Melodyvacc
@melodyvacc.bsky.social
RPCV Bulgaria, UU, BookLover, MusicFan, and cofounder of Nebraskans Against Gun Violence, & SeeingRed
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Melodyvacc
@melodyvacc.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Get on the board or committee of something, anything. Join something that has monthly in person meetings and build that civic muscle of showing up and working collaboratively.
#UU congregations are a great place to find an entry point.
#UU congregations are a great place to find an entry point.
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
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Naná Vasconcelos, Angelo, Novelli - Toshiro [Brazil, Instrumental, World Music, Experimental] (1973) Haunting but at the same time tranquilizing song
https://redd.it/pcqb0c
https://youtu.be/XXcLG1zaXvM
https://redd.it/pcqb0c
https://youtu.be/XXcLG1zaXvM
Naná Vasconcelos, Angelo, Novelli - Toshiro [Brazil, Instrumental, World Music, Experimental] (1973) Haunting but at the same time tranquilizing song
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Naná Vasconcelos, Angelo, Novelli - Toshiro [Brazil, Instrumental, World Music, Experimental] (1973) Haunting but at the same time tranquilizing song
https://redd.it/pcqb0c
https://youtu.be/XXcLG1zaXvM
https://redd.it/pcqb0c
https://youtu.be/XXcLG1zaXvM
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The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is back this year and promises to be bigger than ever. Here's a preview of what to expect and how to watch. n.pr/484acRt
How to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is back this year and promises to be bigger than ever. Here's a preview of what to expect and how to watch.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is back this year and promises to be bigger than ever. Here's a preview of what to expect and how to watch. n.pr/484acRt
Working alongside my sister today and I'm reminded what I was like working in an open floor plan. The sistertime is epic and wonderful, but I am gonna need some headphones for focus as we parallel work!
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Working alongside my sister today and I'm reminded what I was like working in an open floor plan. The sistertime is epic and wonderful, but I am gonna need some headphones for focus as we parallel work!
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Cover for my third solo album
November 24, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Cover for my third solo album
I can't find my winter light and I am not going to make it to solstice without it. I'm barely making it now! So much for buy nothing day :shrug:
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I can't find my winter light and I am not going to make it to solstice without it. I'm barely making it now! So much for buy nothing day :shrug:
...
He opens his mouth: Tra-la!
Out comes doves, incandescent bulbs,
Plastic roses. Well, that’s that,
Squirms the young professor who’s
Coordinated this,
No more visiting poets!
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49028/...
He opens his mouth: Tra-la!
Out comes doves, incandescent bulbs,
Plastic roses. Well, that’s that,
Squirms the young professor who’s
Coordinated this,
No more visiting poets!
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49028/...
Charlie Chaplin Impersonates a Poet
Here is the little tramp, standing On a stack of books in order To reach the microphone, the Poet he’s impersonating somehow Trussed and mumbling in a Tweed bundle at his feet.
www.poetryfoundation.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
...
He opens his mouth: Tra-la!
Out comes doves, incandescent bulbs,
Plastic roses. Well, that’s that,
Squirms the young professor who’s
Coordinated this,
No more visiting poets!
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49028/...
He opens his mouth: Tra-la!
Out comes doves, incandescent bulbs,
Plastic roses. Well, that’s that,
Squirms the young professor who’s
Coordinated this,
No more visiting poets!
...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49028/...
I will never recover from knowing that a disabled child was stolen from his mother and in jail over a paperwork issue. And it was done in my name and with my money, while we pretend we have freedom.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
After weeks of anguish, a judge answers Maria’s prayers for her son | Editorial
Maria Garcia's son Emmanuel was detained at a federal immigration center. Now a judicial order could answer her prayers, writes the editorial board.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I will never recover from knowing that a disabled child was stolen from his mother and in jail over a paperwork issue. And it was done in my name and with my money, while we pretend we have freedom.
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/edit...
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Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
Good Gifts 2025
Use your Secret Santa or present giving to support charities, museums and small businesses.
madlinblog.wordpress.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Planning to start your Christmas shopping this weekend?
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
I've got you covered with over 100 links to charities, museums and small businesses selling interesting things which will bring joy not landfill.
#GoodGifts
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Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
November 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Books We Love is back with a brand new batch of hand-picked titles. Mix and match tags like “Book Club Ideas” and “Eye-Opening Reads.” Find 380+ new 2025 reads, and stick around to browse more than 4,000 books from the last 13 years.
I do not know what gorgeous thing
the bluebird keeps saying,
his voice easing out of his throat,
beak, body into the pink air
of the early morning. I like it
whatever it is. Sometimes
it seems the only thing in the world
that is without dark thoughts
.
Mary Oliver
wordsfortheyear.com/2016/05/24/w...
the bluebird keeps saying,
his voice easing out of his throat,
beak, body into the pink air
of the early morning. I like it
whatever it is. Sometimes
it seems the only thing in the world
that is without dark thoughts
.
Mary Oliver
wordsfortheyear.com/2016/05/24/w...
“What Gorgeous Thing” by Mary Oliver
I do not know what gorgeous thing the bluebird keeps saying, his voice easing out of his throat, beak, body into the pink air of the early morning. I like it whatever it is. Sometimes it seems the …
wordsfortheyear.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I do not know what gorgeous thing
the bluebird keeps saying,
his voice easing out of his throat,
beak, body into the pink air
of the early morning. I like it
whatever it is. Sometimes
it seems the only thing in the world
that is without dark thoughts
.
Mary Oliver
wordsfortheyear.com/2016/05/24/w...
the bluebird keeps saying,
his voice easing out of his throat,
beak, body into the pink air
of the early morning. I like it
whatever it is. Sometimes
it seems the only thing in the world
that is without dark thoughts
.
Mary Oliver
wordsfortheyear.com/2016/05/24/w...
#wintersolstice
...
Light a candle,
not for anyone else, but for you.
Watch the flame refuse
to stop reaching.
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/to-the-lon...
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Light a candle,
not for anyone else, but for you.
Watch the flame refuse
to stop reaching.
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/to-the-lon...
To The Lonely, This Holiday
A Poem on Love, Loneliness, and the Holidays
frederickjoseph.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#wintersolstice
...
Light a candle,
not for anyone else, but for you.
Watch the flame refuse
to stop reaching.
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/to-the-lon...
...
Light a candle,
not for anyone else, but for you.
Watch the flame refuse
to stop reaching.
frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/to-the-lon...
UU town hall #1 is done! Felt good to bring a budget with some abundance vs the cuts of previous years.
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
UU town hall #1 is done! Felt good to bring a budget with some abundance vs the cuts of previous years.
A Door just opened on a street -
I - lost - was passing by -
An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed -
And Wealth - and Company.
The Door as sudden shut - And I -
I - lost - was passing by -
Lost doubly - but by contrast - most -
Informing - Misery.
Emily Dickinson
I - lost - was passing by -
An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed -
And Wealth - and Company.
The Door as sudden shut - And I -
I - lost - was passing by -
Lost doubly - but by contrast - most -
Informing - Misery.
Emily Dickinson
November 22, 2025 at 5:31 AM
A Door just opened on a street -
I - lost - was passing by -
An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed -
And Wealth - and Company.
The Door as sudden shut - And I -
I - lost - was passing by -
Lost doubly - but by contrast - most -
Informing - Misery.
Emily Dickinson
I - lost - was passing by -
An instant's Width of Warmth disclosed -
And Wealth - and Company.
The Door as sudden shut - And I -
I - lost - was passing by -
Lost doubly - but by contrast - most -
Informing - Misery.
Emily Dickinson
Ordered a collection of poems by Edna St Vincent Millay, published this century. Instead got a first edition of her poetry book for children. What a delightful mistake!
November 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ordered a collection of poems by Edna St Vincent Millay, published this century. Instead got a first edition of her poetry book for children. What a delightful mistake!
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*exhale* I'm fighting for the light with everything I've got but damn, the darkness is chasing me down. I not recovered from navigating mis/dis information about kids and covid. There is no "do your own research". I'm just a single mom doing my best. I need experts who already did the research.
In agreement with my friend @kkjetelina.bsky.social who writes today: "I suggest the general public avoid the CDC website."
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/cdc-false-...
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
*exhale* I'm fighting for the light with everything I've got but damn, the darkness is chasing me down. I not recovered from navigating mis/dis information about kids and covid. There is no "do your own research". I'm just a single mom doing my best. I need experts who already did the research.
I love the light all around the edges, proving to the dark that there's more than meets the eye. The dark can't have the whole thing.
#30DayMapChallenge · Day 21 · Icons. Lighthouses of the Pacific. Yes...I've done lots of lighthouse maps but not in this projection. I still like it—there's nothing like path-traced points of light realistically rendered.
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
#rayshader adventures, an #rstats tale
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I love the light all around the edges, proving to the dark that there's more than meets the eye. The dark can't have the whole thing.
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🧪🛰️ 🌍
The title says it all.
A very well articulated text from TerraWatch. It reflects and articulates very well what many in the #EarthScience world has been saying for a while.
Glad to see that people outside the science community is noticing.
newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/why-science-...
The title says it all.
A very well articulated text from TerraWatch. It reflects and articulates very well what many in the #EarthScience world has been saying for a while.
Glad to see that people outside the science community is noticing.
newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/why-science-...
Why "Science-as-a-Service" Doesn't Work for Earth Science
There has been a lot of talk lately about whether commercial Earth observation (EO) companies could replace parts of NASA’s Earth science mission portfolio. With a new Administrator coming in, that de...
newsletter.terrawatchspace.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🧪🛰️ 🌍
The title says it all.
A very well articulated text from TerraWatch. It reflects and articulates very well what many in the #EarthScience world has been saying for a while.
Glad to see that people outside the science community is noticing.
newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/why-science-...
The title says it all.
A very well articulated text from TerraWatch. It reflects and articulates very well what many in the #EarthScience world has been saying for a while.
Glad to see that people outside the science community is noticing.
newsletter.terrawatchspace.com/why-science-...
At least one of these comes with a poem and I wish I could read it. Incredible art.
There’s a piece about my #SciArt #symptomatology #embroidery series in the latest issue of Interalia Magazine. #MedSky 🧪
The Symptomatology Series - Interalia Magazine
Lia Pas is a multidisciplinary artist who works in image, text, and sound exploring body and states of being. She was an active composer/performer and poet/librettist until 2015 when she became disabled...
www.interaliamag.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
At least one of these comes with a poem and I wish I could read it. Incredible art.
Free
open.spotify.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Onomatempo - Mirage [North Africa & The Middle East?, Folk, Instrumental, Vocal](1996)
https://redd.it/ztvy5p
https://youtu.be/d8yXBt7_5M0
https://redd.it/ztvy5p
https://youtu.be/d8yXBt7_5M0
Onomatempo - Mirage [North Africa & The Middle East?, Folk, Instrumental, Vocal](1996)
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Onomatempo - Mirage [North Africa & The Middle East?, Folk, Instrumental, Vocal](1996)
https://redd.it/ztvy5p
https://youtu.be/d8yXBt7_5M0
https://redd.it/ztvy5p
https://youtu.be/d8yXBt7_5M0
Just had a #gisday2025 celebration and man, that totally lifted my spirits. GIS is democracy in action with open source, collaboration, creativity, and people who really really care about telling the human story on this potato we call a planet. #gischat
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Just had a #gisday2025 celebration and man, that totally lifted my spirits. GIS is democracy in action with open source, collaboration, creativity, and people who really really care about telling the human story on this potato we call a planet. #gischat
The faculty has never ever been united in opposition to leadership and now here we are. Nobody cares more about the institution than them and they are trying to tell us something important.
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The faculty has never ever been united in opposition to leadership and now here we are. Nobody cares more about the institution than them and they are trying to tell us something important.