Mel!
@melsupial.bsky.social
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all arctic expeditions were at least a little gay. just my theory
i mean in my head polar explorers explored each others bodies a lot. it was cold. they were often iced in for years. dont tell me stuff didnt happen
i mean in my head polar explorers explored each others bodies a lot. it was cold. they were often iced in for years. dont tell me stuff didnt happen
Waiting for you to recommend a Big Gay Arctic Expedition, fiction or non-fiction.
October 4, 2025 at 3:41 AM
all arctic expeditions were at least a little gay. just my theory
i mean in my head polar explorers explored each others bodies a lot. it was cold. they were often iced in for years. dont tell me stuff didnt happen
i mean in my head polar explorers explored each others bodies a lot. it was cold. they were often iced in for years. dont tell me stuff didnt happen
Kirby was denied a treat once. What happens when this insult occurs a second time?
October 4, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Kirby was denied a treat once. What happens when this insult occurs a second time?
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An image from a spooky, noir, Avant-garde horror film titled Where Are My Treats? It's an incredibly rare film that originally debuted in Paris around 1956. However, it was far too scary for viewers, so it's been buried since then.
October 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
An image from a spooky, noir, Avant-garde horror film titled Where Are My Treats? It's an incredibly rare film that originally debuted in Paris around 1956. However, it was far too scary for viewers, so it's been buried since then.
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Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each.
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture.
Read @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social's award-winning investigation:
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I said what I said.
IL Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh: "I think Kristi Noem should have consequences. I think she should be tried at The Hague."
October 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I said what I said.
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What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
Mario Guevara, an Emmy-award winning reporter, was deported to El Salvador — a nation he fled more than two decades ago. He was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
U.S. deports journalist Mario Guevara to El Salvador, family says
Mario Guevara, an independent journalist, was arrested while covering a protest of the Trump administration in a case that has alarmed free speech groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What a dark day for press freedom in the United States
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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years and 2 months in prison in case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’.
October 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy
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Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines.
Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.
Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let's be clear a what's happening here: the "censorship" and "bias" narrative is being extended to Wikipedia bc the far right knows that getting bullshit into LLMs is how to shape reality as "answer engines" replace search engines.
Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.
Wikipedia is core to that fight so the grievance blitz is here.
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The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
October 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.
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OMG! Mychal did it. Anyone who first caught this wonderful human gaining an audience on TikTok knew there was something special happening. What an incredible journey and story. Promoting reading and libraries is so damn important right now, and I can't think of a better ambassador.
Reading Rainbow Returns With New Host and Celebrity Guest Stars
Reading Rainbow is back after almost 20 years! The beloved children's TV program — which ran for 26 years before wrapping in 2006 — is celebrated for fostering childhood reading and literacy.
people.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
OMG! Mychal did it. Anyone who first caught this wonderful human gaining an audience on TikTok knew there was something special happening. What an incredible journey and story. Promoting reading and libraries is so damn important right now, and I can't think of a better ambassador.
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🔥 RICHARD MASSEY: “No one here in MEMPHIS asked for military occupation… this is not a war on crime, it’s a war on the working class… we know better than to sign off on our city becoming a blueprint for authoritarianism.”
September 28, 2025 at 4:07 AM
🔥 RICHARD MASSEY: “No one here in MEMPHIS asked for military occupation… this is not a war on crime, it’s a war on the working class… we know better than to sign off on our city becoming a blueprint for authoritarianism.”
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Imagine living in a country as diverse as this one and hating it. Weird stuff.
We don’t talk enough about how racists and authoritarians are the ones who actually genuinely hate this country.
September 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Imagine living in a country as diverse as this one and hating it. Weird stuff.
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More workers were abducted today than pretty much any other single day over the course of the months-long federal occupation of Los Angeles.
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
DAILY MEMO: Feds Abduct At Least 23 Workers Today, Highest in Weeks
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@eltragon.bsky.social
If you appreciate reporting like this, please consider becoming a monthly or yearly member of L.A. TACO so we can continue to bring you this vital information.
@eltragon.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
More workers were abducted today than pretty much any other single day over the course of the months-long federal occupation of Los Angeles.
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
We are still under siege. There is no other choice but to organize and fight back. Look out for one another and defend your neighbors!
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I am glad that Kimmel is back on the air but I am also unspeakably annoyed that a late night talk show has become a kind of Lexington and Concord moment of our time
September 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I am glad that Kimmel is back on the air but I am also unspeakably annoyed that a late night talk show has become a kind of Lexington and Concord moment of our time
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even for an unhinged presidency this week has been pretty fuckin unhinged tbh
September 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
even for an unhinged presidency this week has been pretty fuckin unhinged tbh
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this archetype remains undefeated
![Screenshot of tweet that says:
me: hey does anyone have any readings on medieval north African trade networks
17 follower alcoholic who works at a bakery:
[link to 157 page pdf] yeah I think this is pretty enlightening](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pvxb47ag7gouo3s7psn2rgme/bafkreifyfty7ux37tlkuhes65pp5seueg6wjwfrjcu6gbuhrrlvmetaxnu@jpeg)
September 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
this archetype remains undefeated
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Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
September 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Do any of the professors or journalists or teachers also get their jobs back or nah
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.
September 23, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Oh dear. It seems Dr. Oz’s company sells Trump‘s big autism cure. What a crazy happenstance.
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Suzy Welch points out Gen Z feels burnt out and hopeless over the future. Her husband Jack Welch, who ruthlessly destroyed GE for quick profit, becoming an icon of "greed is good" corporate mass destruction, had a lot to do with that. This woman is shameless.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Suzy Welch says Gen Z and millennials are burnt out because older generations worked just as hard, but they ‘had hope’
"We believed that if you worked hard, you were rewarded for it," Welch said. "This is the disconnect."
www.yahoo.com
September 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Suzy Welch points out Gen Z feels burnt out and hopeless over the future. Her husband Jack Welch, who ruthlessly destroyed GE for quick profit, becoming an icon of "greed is good" corporate mass destruction, had a lot to do with that. This woman is shameless.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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This story is not getting the attention it deserves in fact it should be so shocking that it took over the CK story at this point.
However, you would be hard pressed to find more than a couple people who even know what happened
However, you would be hard pressed to find more than a couple people who even know what happened
The family of Trey Reed is seeking an independent autopsy following the Delta State University student’s death on Monday, when his body was found hanging in a tree on campus.
Trey Reed’s Family Calls for an Independent Autopsy After Tree Hanging Death
Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s family is seeking an independent autopsy after the Delta State University student was found hanging in a tree.
www.mississippifreepress.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This story is not getting the attention it deserves in fact it should be so shocking that it took over the CK story at this point.
However, you would be hard pressed to find more than a couple people who even know what happened
However, you would be hard pressed to find more than a couple people who even know what happened
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People legit yelled at me for 24 hours when I said it's extremely dumb to RSVP to a protest. Why hand your name over to a group organizing a protest/rally? Do you *want* to have to talk to the FBI?
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Deputy AG Todd Blanche says ‘organized’ Trump protesters could be investigated
Blanche spoke as DOJ sought to walk back Attorney General Pam Bondi’s comments about "hate speech," which landed her in hot water with conservatives.
www.politico.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
People legit yelled at me for 24 hours when I said it's extremely dumb to RSVP to a protest. Why hand your name over to a group organizing a protest/rally? Do you *want* to have to talk to the FBI?
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
Treat anyone encouraging you to RSVP to a protest as a fed. End of.
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I couldn't get tickets to the world premiere of Frankenstein in Imax. They sold out in milliseconds.
My only choice was to get there 40 minutes early and wait in the standby line.
Guillermo del Toro walked by, saw me waiting, and had his team give me one of his personal guest tickets.
My only choice was to get there 40 minutes early and wait in the standby line.
Guillermo del Toro walked by, saw me waiting, and had his team give me one of his personal guest tickets.
September 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I couldn't get tickets to the world premiere of Frankenstein in Imax. They sold out in milliseconds.
My only choice was to get there 40 minutes early and wait in the standby line.
Guillermo del Toro walked by, saw me waiting, and had his team give me one of his personal guest tickets.
My only choice was to get there 40 minutes early and wait in the standby line.
Guillermo del Toro walked by, saw me waiting, and had his team give me one of his personal guest tickets.
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I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was…
The “Debate Me Bro” Grift: How Trolls Weaponized The Marketplace Of Ideas
Among the attempts to create hagiographic eulogies of Charlie Kirk, I’ve seen more than a few people suggest that Kirk should be respected for being willing to talk to “those who disagree with him” as a sign that he was engaging in good faith. Perhaps the perfect example of this is Ezra Klein’s silly eulogy claiming that Kirk was “
www.techdirt.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I had some thoughts about people saying that "debate me bro" trolling is somehow the height of democratic discourse.