Melissa Yosua-Davis
@mellanella.bsky.social
Aspiring homesteader who loves nerdy board games, knitting, and sci-fi/fantasy novels. Stay-at-home Mom of three. Clergy. Lives on an island off the coast of Maine.
Pinned
At the end of 2022, I left my job as pastor of the community church on the island to be a stay at home mom. Now my days consist of wrangling children and chickens and planning our homestead. Continue to be interested in building spiritual community in a neo-monastic way. Very much not a tradwife.
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my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
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Senator Susan Collins sleeps on Senate floor through Senator Schiff’s reminder: “Feeding hungry kids is not waste. This bill is going to take lunches out of school cafeterias.”
Collins awakens and rises, votes no to feeding kids.
#BigUglyBill #VoteNo
Collins awakens and rises, votes no to feeding kids.
#BigUglyBill #VoteNo
July 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Senator Susan Collins sleeps on Senate floor through Senator Schiff’s reminder: “Feeding hungry kids is not waste. This bill is going to take lunches out of school cafeterias.”
Collins awakens and rises, votes no to feeding kids.
#BigUglyBill #VoteNo
Collins awakens and rises, votes no to feeding kids.
#BigUglyBill #VoteNo
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The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.
May 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Vatican keeps in tradition of having a Pope who doesn't like JD Vance.
Here's the thing - it's good to create supportive and resilient community and to do good things for the resistance. But this administration is taking people off the street and taking away people's access to food and health care. You can't GoFundMe your way out of this.
Today House Republicans, cheered on by the richest person on Earth, passed a budget framework that will cut support for the poorest people in our country.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
All while cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthy, and massively increasing the deficit.
April 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Here's the thing - it's good to create supportive and resilient community and to do good things for the resistance. But this administration is taking people off the street and taking away people's access to food and health care. You can't GoFundMe your way out of this.
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Do you ever look at a sparrow and think, "that bird is really wasting her potential?"
No. That thought would clang against the simple dignity we sense in nature, the dignity of a living thing inhabiting a life.
You are that sparrow. You are the branch she rests upon.
You embody that same dignity.
No. That thought would clang against the simple dignity we sense in nature, the dignity of a living thing inhabiting a life.
You are that sparrow. You are the branch she rests upon.
You embody that same dignity.
April 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Do you ever look at a sparrow and think, "that bird is really wasting her potential?"
No. That thought would clang against the simple dignity we sense in nature, the dignity of a living thing inhabiting a life.
You are that sparrow. You are the branch she rests upon.
You embody that same dignity.
No. That thought would clang against the simple dignity we sense in nature, the dignity of a living thing inhabiting a life.
You are that sparrow. You are the branch she rests upon.
You embody that same dignity.
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The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year.
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
April 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The IRS unit that audits ultrawealthy earners has lost 38% of its employees this year.
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
This will starve the government of revenue by making it easier for the rich to evade taxes — which the top 1% already do to the tune of $163B a year.
See what DOGE is really about?
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
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SCHUMER: Would the senator yield for a question?
BOOKER: Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no
SCHUMER: I just want to tell you, do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud America is of you?
BOOKER: Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no
SCHUMER: I just want to tell you, do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud America is of you?
April 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
SCHUMER: Would the senator yield for a question?
BOOKER: Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no
SCHUMER: I just want to tell you, do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud America is of you?
BOOKER: Chuck Schumer, it's the only time in my life I can tell you no
SCHUMER: I just want to tell you, do you know you have just broken the record? Do you know how proud America is of you?
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The point of Senator Booker's filibuster is to be INSPIRED by this man to go find YOUR ROLE, not to wait for them to go save us now.
That is not this assignment.
Thread of places to go to get started. More coming out of LiST this Thursday.
That is not this assignment.
Thread of places to go to get started. More coming out of LiST this Thursday.
On Organizing
time to level up / an early draft of a playbook
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The point of Senator Booker's filibuster is to be INSPIRED by this man to go find YOUR ROLE, not to wait for them to go save us now.
That is not this assignment.
Thread of places to go to get started. More coming out of LiST this Thursday.
That is not this assignment.
Thread of places to go to get started. More coming out of LiST this Thursday.
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~WHO ARE YOU IF YOU DON'T THINK THE MORAL CHARACTER OF OUR COUNTRY IS BEING TESTED?~
@booker.senate.gov
אם לא עכשיו אימתי
@booker.senate.gov
אם לא עכשיו אימתי
April 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
~WHO ARE YOU IF YOU DON'T THINK THE MORAL CHARACTER OF OUR COUNTRY IS BEING TESTED?~
@booker.senate.gov
אם לא עכשיו אימתי
@booker.senate.gov
אם לא עכשיו אימתי
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If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making.
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
If you are not watching @booker.senate.gov right now, drop everything and turn him on. History in the making.
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Booker throughout this last 24 hours has over and over again pointed to the great cloud of witnesses we are surrounded by as we fight. We fight in honor of them and in hope for our children.
April 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Booker throughout this last 24 hours has over and over again pointed to the great cloud of witnesses we are surrounded by as we fight. We fight in honor of them and in hope for our children.
There's something special about watching this historic moment with my 9 yo. We talk a lot about who is standing up to this administration - and Senator Cory Booker is one great example.
April 1, 2025 at 11:11 PM
There's something special about watching this historic moment with my 9 yo. We talk a lot about who is standing up to this administration - and Senator Cory Booker is one great example.
Honestly, they have no leg to stand on after Musk basically bribed WI voters.
The idea that protestors are paid because no one really has any principles, let alone THOSE principles, is a very old one, aired by the right about everything we've ever protested, pretty much.
March 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Honestly, they have no leg to stand on after Musk basically bribed WI voters.
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Give me it. ❤️
March 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Give me it. ❤️
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Can confirm “State of Maine” hasn’t apologized. (As the official keeper of all state records and guardian of the seal ;))
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Can confirm “State of Maine” hasn’t apologized. (As the official keeper of all state records and guardian of the seal ;))
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NONE of this is normal
March 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NONE of this is normal
Sometimes I wonder why we keep so many sheet sets and towels and baskets full of rags when we barely use half of them. Sometimes I think about downsizing...and then two of your kids get the stomach bug again and you remember why these things come in handy.
Not pictured is the load in the dryer...
Not pictured is the load in the dryer...
March 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sometimes I wonder why we keep so many sheet sets and towels and baskets full of rags when we barely use half of them. Sometimes I think about downsizing...and then two of your kids get the stomach bug again and you remember why these things come in handy.
Not pictured is the load in the dryer...
Not pictured is the load in the dryer...
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I think toddlers should ask questions at town halls. I want to see how you handle being asked 40 questions in 60 seconds
March 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I think toddlers should ask questions at town halls. I want to see how you handle being asked 40 questions in 60 seconds
New tactic that I might try...
How to make Susan Collins's staff testy: Say you'd like to attend 1 of her town halls & ask when it's scheduled. When you're told nothing's "currently" scheduled, ask whether it's true that Collins hasn't held one in 25 years. Answer: "I don't know." Huh. I do. #MEpolitics wgme.com/news/local/p...
Maine protesters call out Sen. Collins for not holding a town hall in 25 years
Dozens of protestors took to Congress Square Park in Portland on Sunday.
wgme.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
New tactic that I might try...
Sitting here with my oldest home from school recovering from yet another stomach bug and my youngest practicing fine motor skills by stringing beads. It's raining outside and cozy inside and I'm grateful to have the space to be present with them today.
March 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Sitting here with my oldest home from school recovering from yet another stomach bug and my youngest practicing fine motor skills by stringing beads. It's raining outside and cozy inside and I'm grateful to have the space to be present with them today.
I appreciate the days we send our toddler to daycare because it means I can use the dishwasher for its whole 3 hour cycle without having to worry that my kid is going to restart the cycle 5 times when there is 1 hour left 🙃
Some days it's the little things...
Some days it's the little things...
March 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I appreciate the days we send our toddler to daycare because it means I can use the dishwasher for its whole 3 hour cycle without having to worry that my kid is going to restart the cycle 5 times when there is 1 hour left 🙃
Some days it's the little things...
Some days it's the little things...
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Good morning! Y’all made our day with your clever and hilarious submissions.
We are pleased to announce that, by popular vote, henceforth DOGE shall stand for the Department of Greed and Embezzlement around here.
Thanks to @alt-irs.altgov.info for the suggestion!
We are pleased to announce that, by popular vote, henceforth DOGE shall stand for the Department of Greed and Embezzlement around here.
Thanks to @alt-irs.altgov.info for the suggestion!
I posted earlier....
Department
Of
Greed and
Embezzlement
Department
Of
Greed and
Embezzlement
March 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good morning! Y’all made our day with your clever and hilarious submissions.
We are pleased to announce that, by popular vote, henceforth DOGE shall stand for the Department of Greed and Embezzlement around here.
Thanks to @alt-irs.altgov.info for the suggestion!
We are pleased to announce that, by popular vote, henceforth DOGE shall stand for the Department of Greed and Embezzlement around here.
Thanks to @alt-irs.altgov.info for the suggestion!
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The world is falling apart
So turn off your screen
Bluebirds are flying outside
(Photo by @mellanella.bsky.social, from our yard.)
So turn off your screen
Bluebirds are flying outside
(Photo by @mellanella.bsky.social, from our yard.)
March 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The world is falling apart
So turn off your screen
Bluebirds are flying outside
(Photo by @mellanella.bsky.social, from our yard.)
So turn off your screen
Bluebirds are flying outside
(Photo by @mellanella.bsky.social, from our yard.)
Sometimes I get the itch to write.
Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
It's Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the beginning of the 40 day season that brings those of us in the Christian tradition to Easter. Lent...
mellanella.blogspot.com
March 6, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Sometimes I get the itch to write.