Mel Lee-Smith | Writer
@melleesmith.com
(she/her) 🇺🇸 in 🇮🇪
Co-founder @recordresistance.com
Co-founder / jr web dev @gazasupporthub.com
Creative writing @melliferamuses.com
Founder @joyfulcreatorsclub.com
Co-founder @recordresistance.com
Co-founder / jr web dev @gazasupporthub.com
Creative writing @melliferamuses.com
Founder @joyfulcreatorsclub.com
We're not done yet! @ipsc.bsky.social Southeast Branch hosted a march through Waterford today. 🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸
I made a sign for all my Pals, including:
@belal2011.bsky.social
@ilaymedia.com
@itsmeio.bsky.social
@monahijazi.bsky.social
@mamatwins.bsky.social
@shireeninthedark.bsky.social
Ahmed & Motaz
I made a sign for all my Pals, including:
@belal2011.bsky.social
@ilaymedia.com
@itsmeio.bsky.social
@monahijazi.bsky.social
@mamatwins.bsky.social
@shireeninthedark.bsky.social
Ahmed & Motaz
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We're not done yet! @ipsc.bsky.social Southeast Branch hosted a march through Waterford today. 🇮🇪❤️🇵🇸
I made a sign for all my Pals, including:
@belal2011.bsky.social
@ilaymedia.com
@itsmeio.bsky.social
@monahijazi.bsky.social
@mamatwins.bsky.social
@shireeninthedark.bsky.social
Ahmed & Motaz
I made a sign for all my Pals, including:
@belal2011.bsky.social
@ilaymedia.com
@itsmeio.bsky.social
@monahijazi.bsky.social
@mamatwins.bsky.social
@shireeninthedark.bsky.social
Ahmed & Motaz
This setup also gives me all live URLs in advance, which I've set up temporary redirects for.
If someone clicks the link, they'll get redirected to /prompts/the-future, which I've had so much fun designing! 🌈
Can't wait for @joyfulcreatorsclub.com's newsletter to go live later today!
If someone clicks the link, they'll get redirected to /prompts/the-future, which I've had so much fun designing! 🌈
Can't wait for @joyfulcreatorsclub.com's newsletter to go live later today!
October 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This setup also gives me all live URLs in advance, which I've set up temporary redirects for.
If someone clicks the link, they'll get redirected to /prompts/the-future, which I've had so much fun designing! 🌈
Can't wait for @joyfulcreatorsclub.com's newsletter to go live later today!
If someone clicks the link, they'll get redirected to /prompts/the-future, which I've had so much fun designing! 🌈
Can't wait for @joyfulcreatorsclub.com's newsletter to go live later today!
I'm not confident with my PHP / client-side skills yet, so I've set up @joyfulcreatorsclub.com's content calendar in Notion to automatically generate code for all creativity prompts.
I fill out 5 fields, copy the code, pop it into a new site file, and boom — published.
It's not stupid if it works!
I fill out 5 fields, copy the code, pop it into a new site file, and boom — published.
It's not stupid if it works!
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I'm not confident with my PHP / client-side skills yet, so I've set up @joyfulcreatorsclub.com's content calendar in Notion to automatically generate code for all creativity prompts.
I fill out 5 fields, copy the code, pop it into a new site file, and boom — published.
It's not stupid if it works!
I fill out 5 fields, copy the code, pop it into a new site file, and boom — published.
It's not stupid if it works!
Just heard back from Ahmed ❤️ This is the message he wants to share:
"I hope they don't forget [me] in the present, because my life is non-existent, my friend, and we are about to enter winter."
Please support if you can:
"I hope they don't forget [me] in the present, because my life is non-existent, my friend, and we are about to enter winter."
Please support if you can:
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just heard back from Ahmed ❤️ This is the message he wants to share:
"I hope they don't forget [me] in the present, because my life is non-existent, my friend, and we are about to enter winter."
Please support if you can:
"I hope they don't forget [me] in the present, because my life is non-existent, my friend, and we are about to enter winter."
Please support if you can:
Always happy to buy from a company that loudly supports Palestine
Just grabbed a bar of watermelon soap which benefits medical aid in Palestine
Y’all getchu one! ❤️🍉
Just grabbed a bar of watermelon soap which benefits medical aid in Palestine
Y’all getchu one! ❤️🍉
October 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Always happy to buy from a company that loudly supports Palestine
Just grabbed a bar of watermelon soap which benefits medical aid in Palestine
Y’all getchu one! ❤️🍉
Just grabbed a bar of watermelon soap which benefits medical aid in Palestine
Y’all getchu one! ❤️🍉
Now we're full set up, I can finally share:
I'm co-founder and lead web developer at @recordresistance.com
We're a grassroots archive against fascism preserving data at risk of revision by authoritarian regimes.
Our latest collection includes screenshots of US gov websites during the shutdown:
I'm co-founder and lead web developer at @recordresistance.com
We're a grassroots archive against fascism preserving data at risk of revision by authoritarian regimes.
Our latest collection includes screenshots of US gov websites during the shutdown:
October 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Now we're full set up, I can finally share:
I'm co-founder and lead web developer at @recordresistance.com
We're a grassroots archive against fascism preserving data at risk of revision by authoritarian regimes.
Our latest collection includes screenshots of US gov websites during the shutdown:
I'm co-founder and lead web developer at @recordresistance.com
We're a grassroots archive against fascism preserving data at risk of revision by authoritarian regimes.
Our latest collection includes screenshots of US gov websites during the shutdown:
Sharing Ahmed’s campaign today
He texted me over the weekend to let me know he wasn’t able to recover his Bsky acct and he’s been without internet
He’s looking to raise $500, please help if you can
CC @mommunism.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...
He texted me over the weekend to let me know he wasn’t able to recover his Bsky acct and he’s been without internet
He’s looking to raise $500, please help if you can
CC @mommunism.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...
September 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Sharing Ahmed’s campaign today
He texted me over the weekend to let me know he wasn’t able to recover his Bsky acct and he’s been without internet
He’s looking to raise $500, please help if you can
CC @mommunism.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...
He texted me over the weekend to let me know he wasn’t able to recover his Bsky acct and he’s been without internet
He’s looking to raise $500, please help if you can
CC @mommunism.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-ahmed...
This is how ours comes out looking! ❤️ it’s not gonna be perfect like some fried okra is but it’s the best I’ve managed to make in all my years of tweaking various recipes. Happy okra-ing!
September 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This is how ours comes out looking! ❤️ it’s not gonna be perfect like some fried okra is but it’s the best I’ve managed to make in all my years of tweaking various recipes. Happy okra-ing!
my mama posted this and damn if it didn't shatter my heart into a thousand pieces. i'm a whole ass adult now, but the domestic violence we all survived half a lifetime ago still affects me every single day.
it's why i holler and hit back against inequity now. because we didn't always have a voice.
it's why i holler and hit back against inequity now. because we didn't always have a voice.
September 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
my mama posted this and damn if it didn't shatter my heart into a thousand pieces. i'm a whole ass adult now, but the domestic violence we all survived half a lifetime ago still affects me every single day.
it's why i holler and hit back against inequity now. because we didn't always have a voice.
it's why i holler and hit back against inequity now. because we didn't always have a voice.
September 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Just look at how @moderation.bsky.app talks to their users!!!
This language is UGLY.
"Spammy" and "fake" behavior when all these people are trying to do is survive!!!
But yes, *I* will be appealing the decision since I own the ilaymedia . com domain.
This account is both mine AND Hana's.
This language is UGLY.
"Spammy" and "fake" behavior when all these people are trying to do is survive!!!
But yes, *I* will be appealing the decision since I own the ilaymedia . com domain.
This account is both mine AND Hana's.
September 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Just look at how @moderation.bsky.app talks to their users!!!
This language is UGLY.
"Spammy" and "fake" behavior when all these people are trying to do is survive!!!
But yes, *I* will be appealing the decision since I own the ilaymedia . com domain.
This account is both mine AND Hana's.
This language is UGLY.
"Spammy" and "fake" behavior when all these people are trying to do is survive!!!
But yes, *I* will be appealing the decision since I own the ilaymedia . com domain.
This account is both mine AND Hana's.
I have 2,000 followers on LinkedIn. I post a lot about human rights. A post about me not being able to go home when my dad dies got 3K impressions.
My posts about actual work? Less than 1% of my audience see them.
But nooo, I'm supposed to "keep politics off LinkedIn" because it's "just for work".
My posts about actual work? Less than 1% of my audience see them.
But nooo, I'm supposed to "keep politics off LinkedIn" because it's "just for work".
September 15, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I have 2,000 followers on LinkedIn. I post a lot about human rights. A post about me not being able to go home when my dad dies got 3K impressions.
My posts about actual work? Less than 1% of my audience see them.
But nooo, I'm supposed to "keep politics off LinkedIn" because it's "just for work".
My posts about actual work? Less than 1% of my audience see them.
But nooo, I'm supposed to "keep politics off LinkedIn" because it's "just for work".
The @melliferamuses.com newsletter is coming along! 🐝
My first newsletter will publish later this month.
Will share the subscribe form soon!
My first newsletter will publish later this month.
Will share the subscribe form soon!
September 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The @melliferamuses.com newsletter is coming along! 🐝
My first newsletter will publish later this month.
Will share the subscribe form soon!
My first newsletter will publish later this month.
Will share the subscribe form soon!
Also as @raeshandalias.bsky.social points out in this Threads post, this is not "political" violence, anyway.
Giving this man flowers isn't gonna win you points with the fascists. JSYK.
As my pal Beau put it: "this is the world he helped build and it did not save him"
Giving this man flowers isn't gonna win you points with the fascists. JSYK.
As my pal Beau put it: "this is the world he helped build and it did not save him"
September 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Also as @raeshandalias.bsky.social points out in this Threads post, this is not "political" violence, anyway.
Giving this man flowers isn't gonna win you points with the fascists. JSYK.
As my pal Beau put it: "this is the world he helped build and it did not save him"
Giving this man flowers isn't gonna win you points with the fascists. JSYK.
As my pal Beau put it: "this is the world he helped build and it did not save him"
JSYK, if I ask you, "Do you recognize Palestine, and can you provide evidence that you don't partner with any company supporting the genocide in Occupied Palestine?"
...and you reply with this?
I will never, ever, ever work with you.
And I'll tell all my folks not to work with you, either.
...and you reply with this?
I will never, ever, ever work with you.
And I'll tell all my folks not to work with you, either.
September 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
JSYK, if I ask you, "Do you recognize Palestine, and can you provide evidence that you don't partner with any company supporting the genocide in Occupied Palestine?"
...and you reply with this?
I will never, ever, ever work with you.
And I'll tell all my folks not to work with you, either.
...and you reply with this?
I will never, ever, ever work with you.
And I'll tell all my folks not to work with you, either.
hi, haven't been here in a bit bc i've been building Record Resistance
a grassroots archive of documents and data at risk of revision or removal by authoritarian regimes
with a specific focus on the US, but committed to global, collective liberation
@recordresistance.bsky.social
a grassroots archive of documents and data at risk of revision or removal by authoritarian regimes
with a specific focus on the US, but committed to global, collective liberation
@recordresistance.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
hi, haven't been here in a bit bc i've been building Record Resistance
a grassroots archive of documents and data at risk of revision or removal by authoritarian regimes
with a specific focus on the US, but committed to global, collective liberation
@recordresistance.bsky.social
a grassroots archive of documents and data at risk of revision or removal by authoritarian regimes
with a specific focus on the US, but committed to global, collective liberation
@recordresistance.bsky.social
Top of the City Garden's website launches today — and I built it 🥹
August 27, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Top of the City Garden's website launches today — and I built it 🥹
maybe my new tagline should be "bringing the blue to bluesky"
August 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
maybe my new tagline should be "bringing the blue to bluesky"
for visibility:
SS 1 - what the post looks like for me
SS 2 - code showing 3 replies
SS 3 - replies in code w usernames + 3 replies highlighted
SS 4 - showing there's no code for the third reply
SS 1 - what the post looks like for me
SS 2 - code showing 3 replies
SS 3 - replies in code w usernames + 3 replies highlighted
SS 4 - showing there's no code for the third reply
August 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
for visibility:
SS 1 - what the post looks like for me
SS 2 - code showing 3 replies
SS 3 - replies in code w usernames + 3 replies highlighted
SS 4 - showing there's no code for the third reply
SS 1 - what the post looks like for me
SS 2 - code showing 3 replies
SS 3 - replies in code w usernames + 3 replies highlighted
SS 4 - showing there's no code for the third reply
SS 1: what shows for me - 2 replies
SS 2: inspect element - 3 replies confirmed
oh, and your username also appears in the code
BUT. i do not know if this is bc a notification from you referred me to the page
gimme a minute to figure that out
SS 2: inspect element - 3 replies confirmed
oh, and your username also appears in the code
BUT. i do not know if this is bc a notification from you referred me to the page
gimme a minute to figure that out
August 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
SS 1: what shows for me - 2 replies
SS 2: inspect element - 3 replies confirmed
oh, and your username also appears in the code
BUT. i do not know if this is bc a notification from you referred me to the page
gimme a minute to figure that out
SS 2: inspect element - 3 replies confirmed
oh, and your username also appears in the code
BUT. i do not know if this is bc a notification from you referred me to the page
gimme a minute to figure that out
cannot see your reply initially here even when i click the "2" replies icon.
August 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
cannot see your reply initially here even when i click the "2" replies icon.
it shows up for me, second reply in the thread.
but now i'm wondering:
bsky claims to have no algo, right?
if some people aren't seeing it, but i am (and we've recently interacted here)...
that's giving algo to me.
or SOMETHING that's making your reply not show for some, but not all.
but now i'm wondering:
bsky claims to have no algo, right?
if some people aren't seeing it, but i am (and we've recently interacted here)...
that's giving algo to me.
or SOMETHING that's making your reply not show for some, but not all.
August 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
it shows up for me, second reply in the thread.
but now i'm wondering:
bsky claims to have no algo, right?
if some people aren't seeing it, but i am (and we've recently interacted here)...
that's giving algo to me.
or SOMETHING that's making your reply not show for some, but not all.
but now i'm wondering:
bsky claims to have no algo, right?
if some people aren't seeing it, but i am (and we've recently interacted here)...
that's giving algo to me.
or SOMETHING that's making your reply not show for some, but not all.
@deshanalulu.bsky.social's birthday is a day after mine next week 🥹🩷
So I'm running a special fundraising push to celebrate our birthday week!
Please help us make some birthday magic for Hana and her family 🎁
7-day goal is $580
Can you help us reach it?? 🩷
gofund.me/bfc8169b
So I'm running a special fundraising push to celebrate our birthday week!
Please help us make some birthday magic for Hana and her family 🎁
7-day goal is $580
Can you help us reach it?? 🩷
gofund.me/bfc8169b
August 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
@deshanalulu.bsky.social's birthday is a day after mine next week 🥹🩷
So I'm running a special fundraising push to celebrate our birthday week!
Please help us make some birthday magic for Hana and her family 🎁
7-day goal is $580
Can you help us reach it?? 🩷
gofund.me/bfc8169b
So I'm running a special fundraising push to celebrate our birthday week!
Please help us make some birthday magic for Hana and her family 🎁
7-day goal is $580
Can you help us reach it?? 🩷
gofund.me/bfc8169b
Since I recently discovered me and @deshanalulu.bsky.social are birthday neighbors, we're running a special birthday fundraiser all next week 🥹🩷
our 7-day goal is $580
Help us get an early start on making some birthday magic for Hana and her family! 🥳🎁
We 🩷 you Hana!
gofund.me/bfc8169b
our 7-day goal is $580
Help us get an early start on making some birthday magic for Hana and her family! 🥳🎁
We 🩷 you Hana!
gofund.me/bfc8169b
August 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Since I recently discovered me and @deshanalulu.bsky.social are birthday neighbors, we're running a special birthday fundraiser all next week 🥹🩷
our 7-day goal is $580
Help us get an early start on making some birthday magic for Hana and her family! 🥳🎁
We 🩷 you Hana!
gofund.me/bfc8169b
our 7-day goal is $580
Help us get an early start on making some birthday magic for Hana and her family! 🥳🎁
We 🩷 you Hana!
gofund.me/bfc8169b
My new profile pic is proper authorly.
Also, new (to you) hair. I've had it cut and dyed like this for a couple months, just lazy on taking selfies and updating.
Also, new (to you) hair. I've had it cut and dyed like this for a couple months, just lazy on taking selfies and updating.
August 3, 2025 at 10:27 AM
My new profile pic is proper authorly.
Also, new (to you) hair. I've had it cut and dyed like this for a couple months, just lazy on taking selfies and updating.
Also, new (to you) hair. I've had it cut and dyed like this for a couple months, just lazy on taking selfies and updating.