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Melissa Hillman
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Dramatic Art PhD and other great decisions. Dramaturgy, disability justice, and D&D. ✡️🧹
I went to college with your mom
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Say hello to what will surely be the Pulitzer Prize winning photo this year. A masked ICE agent macing Pastor David Black in Chicago.

Photo by Ashlee Rezin of the Chicago Sun-Times. Congratulations in advance, Ashlee.
A line of ICE agents on the left in full military battle gear and masks with two protesters and some press on the right. One ICE officer's arm is extended and holding a can of mace while one of the protesters, a pastor in religious garb, turns his face away grimacing, his hands put in front of him trying to protect himself.
October 8, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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I use Awards.com at work. They do a great job. This time, there were a few errors in the 1st proof. In the 2nd proof, there was still a small error I asked them to correct "to appease the Grammar Gods who rule over my heart and soul." This is how they sent back the final (perfect) proof.
Above the proof of two awards (that I have colored over so you can't see the text) it says, we bow to the grammar gods in humble subservience.
July 17, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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This is TONIGHT! Free for everyone. Link in comments to register.
In pink letters against a purple background it says, Know Your Rights: Encounters with ICE. Webinar with Annette Wong, Tuesday July 15, 6-7:30pm Pacific. Underneath are the logos for Chinese Affirmative Action and Theatre Bay Area. To the right is Annette Wong's headshot. She's an Asian American woman with very short, dark hair streaked with grey. She wears a black shirt and wire-framed glasses. She smiles slightly into the camera.
July 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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A summer weather tip
June 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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And here's little Flagstaff, Arizona! My sister shot this video. Sound up to hear the cars honking in solidarity! She's been out there at every protest. So proud of her!
June 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Listen, lots of men have a thing for Elly Ameling

I sang the Frauenliebe und leben when I was in my 20s and I was an absolute tramp; I get it
June 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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June 7, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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This was the winner
May 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Yesterday my nephew turned 19. My baby brother's baby. He plays baseball for the College of San Mateo. The man facing away is my father, a major sports guy, who stopped going to spring training every year to come back to CA for the season & watch his grandson's games instead. I LOVE this picture.
Two men stand outdoors at the College of San Mateo. The young man , a white man with an athletic build, wears a College of San Mateo baseball uniform. The old man faces away from the camera. He wears jeans, a baseball cap, and a jacket with HILLMAN across the back. The young man points to the name with his left hand and holds a gear bag in his right.
March 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Between this and today's filibuster, that's more like it, Dems! More of this, every day!
Brian Tyler Cohen posts an image of Representative Al Green holding his cane aloft as he shoots at Trump during the State of the Union address. Cohen says, What a photo " Democratic Rep Melanie Stansbury stands defiantly holding a sign that says, This is not normal" as Trump walks past her at the 2025 State of the Union address. The Resistance posts a meme on Facebook with the caption, This is what the resistance looks like! Bravo, Rep Frost! Underneath it shows Representative Frost leaving the state of the Union address. The meme says, Democratic Rep Maxwell Frost took off his jacket and walked out of the chamber as Trump spoke. The T shirt he had on read No Kings Live Here.
March 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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#Resist #StandWithUkraine
A poster that's modeled after a Star Wars poster. A huge star destroyer painted with the colors of the Russian flag is seen above. Behind it are dozens of other star destroyers. Facing off with it, head on, is a tiny x wing fighter painted in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. Underneath, in the characteristic Star Wars font, it says "Resist." Underneath that, it says "stand with Ukraine" with a Ukrainian flag.
March 2, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Truth
A protest sign on a car that says DOGE could save 18 billion dollars by cancelling Musk's SpaceX and Tesla subsidies
February 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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It's Black History Month! Black People in European History #20
#castblackactors #blackhistorymonth

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A still from the film Black Panther showing the Dora Milaje looking tough, holding their spears in their red leather armor against a blue sky.
February 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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January 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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A glamour shot of a Tesla Cyber truck. Above and below it says: The new 2025 Swastikar
January 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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And here we are
The photo of Elon Musk doing the Nazi salute. The text above and below says: The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
January 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Period.
January 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Just watched the video of Musk giving the Sieg Heil salute twice in a speech today. It can't be written off as anything else. He wasn't waving or gesturing in some other way. It's clear, and deliberate. And the MAGA crowd? They cheered.
A photo of Elon Musk with his hand extended in a Sieg Heil salute. He stands behind a podium with the seal of the United States on it. Musk is making a face that seems both angry and insistent.
January 21, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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January 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Singular they is older than
Singular you
A post from Medeya Espina that says: I found a wallet on the ground at Macy's. Found the cashier and together we tracked down the owner. They were so happy that I returned the wallet that they tried offering me cash. Of course I refused because it's not their fault that they lost their wallet. Anyway the moral of the story is . . . you do understand the use of They/Them pronouns to refer to a singular person. You do very clearly and so does everyone else!
January 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A post from Michael Jochum that says "I'd like to cancel my subscription to 2025. I've experienced the 7-day trial and I'm no longer interested.
January 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Not many people know this but this was drawn by Elon's therapist
A four panel cartoon of Elon Musk and a worker sitting at a computer. Elon says, People on my own platform hate me. fix it. The workers says, Mr. Musk, I can't actually force-- and Elon cuts them off, angrily yelling "like me" for two panels while pelting the worker with wads of cash
January 7, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I've been sending this meme everywhere this season
December 26, 2024 at 12:21 AM
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The Black Madonna of Chartres Cathedral, 1508
A very dark-skinned Madonna and Child statue dressed entirely in gold fabric deeply embroidered in gold flowers and leaves. They wear gold crowns. Mary carries a gold scepter. Jesus wears a golden cross around his neck. The background is an all-gold alcove. The dark skin of their faces and hands is striking against all the bright gold. It's gorgeous.
December 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM
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Madonna of the Book, Sandro Botticelli, c 1480
A stunningly beautiful painting because that's all Botticelli makes. Mary sits at a chair by an open window, the Italian countryside in the background. She looks down at an open book on a reading table, her hand resting on it to keep it open as she reads. Baby Jesus sits on her lap, turned to look up at her instead of the book. Their halos are intricately painted gold leaf. Mary wears a blue cloak with an embroidered gold sun on the shoulder.
December 25, 2024 at 6:54 PM