Melody/Zzi
@melodydante.bsky.social
Singer/Writer of Hello Dramatic & Grace Under Pressure #music. Polymedia-ist: #Coder, board gamer, active optimist, future podcaster, fulfilled romantic 🏳️🌈 & popcat artist #art.
Sometimes I #stream @hackitzzi on Twitch (she/they).
Sometimes I #stream @hackitzzi on Twitch (she/they).
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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I thought I was too old to get excited about protocols, but this atproto discussion from @danabra.mov delivers:
overreacted.io/where-its-at/
(a follow up to his open social post)
overreacted.io/where-its-at/
(a follow up to his open social post)
Where It's at:// — overreacted
From handles to hosting.
overreacted.io
October 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I thought I was too old to get excited about protocols, but this atproto discussion from @danabra.mov delivers:
overreacted.io/where-its-at/
(a follow up to his open social post)
overreacted.io/where-its-at/
(a follow up to his open social post)
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"The program is meant to reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system in a city where 16 per cent of the population identifies as Indigenous but Indigenous people make up 63% of those incarcerated." Reporting by @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
How a New Approach Will Keep Indigenous People Out of Jail | The Tyee
A new diversion centre in Prince George will offer alternatives to criminal charges for non-violent crimes.
thetyee.ca
October 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"The program is meant to reduce the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system in a city where 16 per cent of the population identifies as Indigenous but Indigenous people make up 63% of those incarcerated." Reporting by @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
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Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
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This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
This would single-handedly transform the lives of everyone I know in such profound ways it is difficult to fully articulate, but it would also let us actually make more and different and crazy things
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Hey folks be warned the Proud Boys have rebranded to new look & feel on FB
September 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Hey folks be warned the Proud Boys have rebranded to new look & feel on FB
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This is 'Ladybug', a powerful artwork inspired by Truth and Reconciliation Day, by Carmen Paola Redunante, a developing artist of Chilean and Nisga’a ancestry, and a valued member of our Visitor Services team.
carmenredunante.com
#TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousArtist #ArtGallery
carmenredunante.com
#TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousArtist #ArtGallery
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This is 'Ladybug', a powerful artwork inspired by Truth and Reconciliation Day, by Carmen Paola Redunante, a developing artist of Chilean and Nisga’a ancestry, and a valued member of our Visitor Services team.
carmenredunante.com
#TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousArtist #ArtGallery
carmenredunante.com
#TruthAndReconciliation #IndigenousArtist #ArtGallery
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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A major plot point of the 1915 drama THE ITALIAN is that an immigrant couple is too poor to buy pasteurized milk and their baby dies from contaminated raw milk. They knew back then.
When people say "We used to drink raw milk from our own cow and it was fine,"
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
That's... usually not the case!
In families w their own cow, the mom usually boiled it before using.
We just forgot bc that's a boring chore that mom did. And who pays attention to that?
youtu.be/vKDPast9WFk
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A major plot point of the 1915 drama THE ITALIAN is that an immigrant couple is too poor to buy pasteurized milk and their baby dies from contaminated raw milk. They knew back then.
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And there I am, because of fucking course I am.
Adding myself to the class action lawsuit now.
Namesearch yourself, authors.
Adding myself to the class action lawsuit now.
Namesearch yourself, authors.
August 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
And there I am, because of fucking course I am.
Adding myself to the class action lawsuit now.
Namesearch yourself, authors.
Adding myself to the class action lawsuit now.
Namesearch yourself, authors.
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Step by step through the obvious fascist authoritarian playbook, as everyone paying attention predicted. And yet still the US media and other deniers and enablers minimize, normalize, and distract.
WHY ISN’T EVERYONE WHO’S STILL SANE SCREAMING ABOUT THIS?
WHY ISN’T EVERYONE WHO’S STILL SANE SCREAMING ABOUT THIS?
All four-star general nominees must now interview with President Trump. The goal is to "ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” says the WH.
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Top Generals Nominated for New Positions Must Now Meet With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Step by step through the obvious fascist authoritarian playbook, as everyone paying attention predicted. And yet still the US media and other deniers and enablers minimize, normalize, and distract.
WHY ISN’T EVERYONE WHO’S STILL SANE SCREAMING ABOUT THIS?
WHY ISN’T EVERYONE WHO’S STILL SANE SCREAMING ABOUT THIS?
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23% of high schools educating 12% of children in the US lack a sports program outside of generic phys ed. You want to talk about school sports? Let’s talk about that 12% of kids— that’s OVER 2 MILLION KIDS— who have no access to an athletic program (or the attendant college scholarships) at all.
July 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
23% of high schools educating 12% of children in the US lack a sports program outside of generic phys ed. You want to talk about school sports? Let’s talk about that 12% of kids— that’s OVER 2 MILLION KIDS— who have no access to an athletic program (or the attendant college scholarships) at all.
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There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”
July 29, 2025 at 12:49 AM
There is absolutely no excuse for any Democrat asked about trans athletes to ever respond with anything but “why are you wasting my time asking about FEWER THAN FIFTEEN CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WHO WANT TO PLAY GAMES WITH THEIR FRIENDS. What is wrong with you?”
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Incredible. We should be investing MORE in science, not less.
July 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Incredible. We should be investing MORE in science, not less.
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My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
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🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
July 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
🚨BREAKING: The last journalists working for AFP in Gaza have said they can no longer work for the news agency.
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
They are out of energy and they are starving to death.
I have never seen a statement from a news organisation like it.
🧵
Much loving of you <3
today my soul nourishing activities will be riding bikes and going on a date with my spoos @melodydante.bsky.social
July 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Much loving of you <3
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blueberries are medicine
July 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
blueberries are medicine
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ICYDK: Godot, the open-source game creation software used to make Dome Keeper, Cassette Beasts, and Brotato, has a VERY beginner-friendly series of online tutorials here.
gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscri...
It says it requires absolutely zero prior experience with coding, and it means it.
gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscri...
It says it requires absolutely zero prior experience with coding, and it means it.
Learn to Code From Zero with Godot
Make your family and friends proud. Learn skills in high demand by creating fun toys and games. Finally become a game developer!
gdquest.github.io
July 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
ICYDK: Godot, the open-source game creation software used to make Dome Keeper, Cassette Beasts, and Brotato, has a VERY beginner-friendly series of online tutorials here.
gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscri...
It says it requires absolutely zero prior experience with coding, and it means it.
gdquest.github.io/learn-gdscri...
It says it requires absolutely zero prior experience with coding, and it means it.
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The resistance swag is available through Peach Berserk. Kingi has been part of the punk rock resistance since we were both 17.
She handles all our resistance gear and all funds go to her independent business. She mails all over.
Just click here.
peachberserk.ca/products/the...
She handles all our resistance gear and all funds go to her independent business. She mails all over.
Just click here.
peachberserk.ca/products/the...
July 1, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The resistance swag is available through Peach Berserk. Kingi has been part of the punk rock resistance since we were both 17.
She handles all our resistance gear and all funds go to her independent business. She mails all over.
Just click here.
peachberserk.ca/products/the...
She handles all our resistance gear and all funds go to her independent business. She mails all over.
Just click here.
peachberserk.ca/products/the...
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We have a crowdfund going right now, and it's for a fucking DELIGHTFUL graphic novel, a sequel to one of our greatest hits. Check it out here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Real Hero Shit Book 2: Harder than It Looks by Kendra Wells
Grab the second volume of the queer fantasy adventures of a disparate band of mismatched adventurers: Real Hero Shit!
www.kickstarter.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We have a crowdfund going right now, and it's for a fucking DELIGHTFUL graphic novel, a sequel to one of our greatest hits. Check it out here!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
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Canada has a huge opportunity from the medical exodus of the United States.
As an MP I tried to help anAmerican doctor make his way through the old boys club of Ontario medical licensing.
Our town was desperately short of doctors.
He eventually went back home.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/06/19/t...
As an MP I tried to help anAmerican doctor make his way through the old boys club of Ontario medical licensing.
Our town was desperately short of doctors.
He eventually went back home.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/06/19/t...
The physicians are coming. Is Canada ready?
US physicians are lining up to serve. Canada’s licensing logjam is holding them back.
canadahealthwatch.ca
June 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Canada has a huge opportunity from the medical exodus of the United States.
As an MP I tried to help anAmerican doctor make his way through the old boys club of Ontario medical licensing.
Our town was desperately short of doctors.
He eventually went back home.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/06/19/t...
As an MP I tried to help anAmerican doctor make his way through the old boys club of Ontario medical licensing.
Our town was desperately short of doctors.
He eventually went back home.
canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/06/19/t...