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Melissa L. Bennett (she/her)
@melissalbennett.bsky.social
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Writer, storyteller, storylistener, spirit worker, tarot reader, ancestor whisperer, Indigenous Auntie, cat mom, transracial adoptee. Message me for your spiritual needs - my appointments are conducted virtually so I’m here for you no matter where you are.
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Melissa L. Bennett (she/her) @melissalbennett.bsky.social · Jan 31
Hey friends. Need a tarot reading? Some advice from the unseen world? A visit with your ancestors? Send me a message and we’ll make it happen. 🥰🔮🔥❤️‍🩹
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My sweet cat Finn is in need of medical support for his diabetes. Please share and donate if you are able. Thanks so much! It makes a huge difference for us.

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Donate to Support Finn's Urgent Medical Needs, organized by Melissa Bennett
Finnegan Sharktooth Bennett is my ten year old boy. We've been together since he w… Melissa Bennett needs your support for Support Finn's Urgent Medical Needs
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July 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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#NoKings
June 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Sometimes I don’t want to go to sleep because I don’t want to have more nightmares. Sometimes my mind gets more rest awake than it does asleep.
March 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Anyone else noticing the fascist propaganda ads creeping into their social media?
March 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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The Two-Spirit & Native LGBTQ+ Center for Equity is hosting two Virtual Healing Talking Circles for Two-Spirit/Native LGBQ/Trans relatives during these times for discussion and support. Register here: rb.gy/30852h and rb.gy/kipv98.
March 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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massively depressing that the big scandal is that the shithead guy from the atlantic got texted accidentally and not the part where they're raining more death on yemen
March 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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In the past four weeks, Costco, which has embraced DEI initiatives, GAINED 7 million shoppers…

Target, which got rid of DEI, LOST 5 million shoppers!

That’s the power we have as consumers.

Remember that.
March 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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You can find my piece “River of Stars” right here. Enjoy! And shout out to all the other incredible contributors. It’s an honor to be in such good company!
expositionreview.bsky.social Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · Mar 21
We are beyond excited to present our #Flash405: 2024 Issue! We are grateful to our judges and winners for letting us share their work with the world! And to cover artist POST WOOK & the editors who made this happen!

Enjoy and read the issue here: tinyurl.com/ExpoFlash24!
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Flash 405: 2024 Issue - Exposition Review
Flash 405 is Exposition Review’s multi-genre flash competition, awarding prizes and online publication to the winners. To celebrate these award-winning works, we’ve collected them together in our Flas...
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March 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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I’m so excited to attend the Adoptee Lit Festival tomorrow!
March 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Netanyahu has shattered the ceasefire agreement, indiscriminately killing hundreds of people in Gaza and putting the lives of the remaining hostages at risk. This is after not allowing any food, water, aid, or fuel into Gaza in two weeks.

Arms embargo NOW.
March 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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US photographer Margaret Bourke-White taking photographs while perched on the Chrysler Building in 1934 #WomensArt
March 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Hey friends. Need a tarot reading? Some advice from the unseen world? A visit with your ancestors? Send me a message and we’ll make it happen. 🥰🔮🔥❤️‍🩹
January 31, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Please sign and share
March 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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International Women’s Day and I think of my beloved ancestors, all the ways we go missing, and that sometimes we find each other across realms.
expositionreview.bsky.social Exposition Review @expositionreview.bsky.social · Mar 9
Happy International Women’s Day! This is a rough one, but we are grateful to the strong sisters who surround us and to the women who stood up for our rights in protest today.

Today we celebrate our #ExpoContributor women. See a selection below and find more here: expositionreview.com. #ExpoReview
March 9, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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I’ll say it again…there is nothing new about the tactics of colonizers. They have always been and will always be afraid of artists. So, what do we do? We keep creating.
March 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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How can they NOT SEE
March 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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“A small apartment and counseling with no preconditions.” Sometimes I wonder if it’s time to learn more about my Nordic ancestry and move to Scandinavia.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Mar 6
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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March 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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THIS! IS SO GREAT! I MEAN SIERRA CLUB AND JAPANESE CITIZENS LEAGUE, TOGETHER AT LAST, TO TROUNCE MUSK. IT'S A GLORIOUS LAWSUIT WITH BOLD LANGUAGE.....
mjsdc.bsky.social Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Mar 5
This new complaint against DOGE is truly cranked up to 11 from start to finish. What a way to start a lawsuit
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INTRODUCTION 1. Defendant Elon Musk is not, legally, the President of the United States, nor is he a federal elected official of any kind. And Mr. Musk is not a Senate-confirmed officer of the United States. But he and his so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE)—not, in fact, a federal executive department—are lawlessly and unconstitutionally wielding sweeping power across the executive branch. As Mr. Musk and DOGE lawlessly seize power over large swaths of federal spending, decimate the federal workforce, and dismantle federal agencies, they are severely harming, and threatening further imminent harm, to everyday Americans.
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Pope Francis: “Made of ashes… we experience fragility when, in the social and political realities of our time, we find ourselves exposed to the ‘fine dust’ that pollutes our world: the re-emergence of old ideologies based on identity that advocate exclusion.” www.vatican.va/content/fran...
March 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Much better
March 6, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
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March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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That’s my uncle Don on page 39! 🤩🥹
tasmitchell.bsky.social Todd Mitchell @tasmitchell.bsky.social · Feb 25
The paper on our indigenous science work at Swinomish has just arrived in the published book "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge"!

Thanks @ecohugger.bsky.social for getting this published! & thanks @kjrm.bsky.social for helping with all the work!
#IndigenousSTEM 🧪⚒️🍎
a hand holding up the paperback book, "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge". on the cover is an eagle silhouette in white in front of a starry background and above green stylized flower leaves and yellow flowers with red petals. first page of table of contents of "Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge" book. Chapter 6 is titled: Swinomish Place-based Science, Culture, and Environmental Education: An Indigenous Approach to Environmental and Resource Issues, By Todd A. Mitchell swəlítub, Page 86. Indigenous Critical Reflections on Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Edited by Lara A. Jacobs. "Indigenous Peoples have shared values, but we live them out in ways that reflect the places where our Tribes emerged as People and the communities in which we live. Jacobs has created a touchstone in these collected essays and reflections from Indigenous Peoples throughout the so-called Americas and beyond, giving voice to the various ways we live out relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility. I will return to these words again and again, and so will you." -PATTY KRAWEC, author of Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future With more than 50 contributors, this book offers important perspectives by Indigenous Peoples on TEK and Indigenous value systems. The book aims to educate and inspire readers about the importance of decolonizing how Indigenous Knowledges are considered and used outside of Native communities. By including the work of Indigenous storytellers, poets, and scholars from around the globe, Jacobs and chapter authors effectively explore the Indigenous value systems—relationships, reciprocity, and responsibility—that are fundamental to Indigenous Knowledge systems and cultures. Indigenous languages and positionality statements are featured for each of the contributors to frame their cultural and geographical background and to allow each Indigenous voice to lead discussions and contribute critical discourse to the literature on Indigenous Knowledges and value systems. By creating space for each of these individual voices, this volume challenges colonial extraction norms and highlights the importance of decolonial methods in understanding and protecting Indigenous Knowledges. This is an essential resource for students, academics, members of Tribal, state, and federal governments, Indigenous communities, and non-Indigenous allies as well as a valuable addition to environmental and Indigenous studies collections.
March 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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“Men often ask me, Why are your female characters so paranoid? It’s not paranoia. It’s recognition of their situation.” —Margaret Atwood buff.ly/3q4rkOJ
March 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM