Melissa Shippee (MGS Designs)
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Melissa Shippee (MGS Designs)
@melissashippee.bsky.social
Beadwork is somehow my life now? I design jewelry with seed beads and teach others how to make it. My children are my biggest challenge and joy, my house is a close second.
To-do list today:

Print out and mail a FOIA request to DOGE.

Print blank copies for friends and hand them to them tonight.

Do the same and we can overwhelm DOGE.

jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
March 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by Melissa Shippee (MGS Designs)
The US has been added to the CIVICUS Human Rights watchlist. We are heading in a very bad direction- is this what maga meant by making us great? 😡
www.newsweek.com/map-shows-co...
Map shows countries on human rights watchlist as US added
Drawing on data from the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, Newsweek has created this map to show countries on the Human Rights Watchlist.
www.newsweek.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Reposted by Melissa Shippee (MGS Designs)
We're making headway. If the Tesla stock price were to fall to $114 per share, Elon Musk's margin loan used to finance his Twitter acquisition could be at risk of a margin call, as the value of the collateral (Tesla stock) would fall below the agreed ratio with the lender.
March 13, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Something fun we can do this week!

Let’s overwhelm DOGE with privacy act requests!

jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy...
DOGE Privacy Act Requests
U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin is encouraging all U.S. citizens to join him this week in filing formal demands for access to their personal data obtained by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and Elon Musk.
jamieraskin.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I’m going to have to add to my list next week “commenting on pro-WH post in earnest on FB and then trolling supporters in the comments.”
March 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I know I’m late to this, but 5 things I did last week:

1. Cancelled my Amazon Prime membership

2. Stopped grocery shopping at Walmart

3. Did taxes and read about war tax resistance

4. Cut down trees on my property to make room for more gardens

5. Joined the Reddit subthread r/MarchAgainstNazis
March 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Executive orders are kind of like official temper tantrums.
January 30, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Envy Bracelet is one of my remaining pre-pandemic projects that I was able to finish out. I made the last of the kits and re-stitched the pink colorway with new seed beads! I’ll also be making earrings soon! Kits up now:

MGSdesigns.net/shop

#beading #beadweaving #bracelet #diyjewelry #beads
January 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This is my first post in Bluesky! Thanks to a fellow fan of podcasters @jowrotethis.bsky.social and @da7e.bsky.social, @bertrandallain.bsky.social. It’s still all about the friends we meet along the way.
October 20, 2023 at 1:38 PM