Melissa Walsh
@melwalshonline.bsky.social
Detroit-based storyteller, history nerd, craic head, and Great Lakes sailor. Proud mom of adult sons. Patron of pubs. Cynic of AI. #amwriting #amquerying
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I’d like to nominate Aunt Tifa as an addition to the
esteemed Renegades of Funk.
esteemed Renegades of Funk.
When you have the munchies in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Jackpot!
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When you have the munchies in Ballina, Co. Mayo. Jackpot!
Walking through Dublin. Noticed “Detroit-style pizza” copy on a window & the “Doom slice.” I set up to snap a pic. Lads inside waved. I went inside & explained, “I’m visiting from Detroit & have a friend called Jimmy Doom (author/actor James Kenneth Graham). Will you get closer for the shot?” 😂
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Walking through Dublin. Noticed “Detroit-style pizza” copy on a window & the “Doom slice.” I set up to snap a pic. Lads inside waved. I went inside & explained, “I’m visiting from Detroit & have a friend called Jimmy Doom (author/actor James Kenneth Graham). Will you get closer for the shot?” 😂
This morning’s little field trip
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This morning’s little field trip
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"This is a time for moral clarity. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.
Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"This is a time for moral clarity. In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.
Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
Don’t Give Up the Ship!”
As a youth hockey coach, I consoled players after a loss w/ the trite but true “You win or you learn.”
What have we learned since the 2024 loss?
1-trump remains a crazy narcissist.
2-Working-class voters want politicians 2 step out from the elite clubs & ivory towers 2see them, rep them much better.
What have we learned since the 2024 loss?
1-trump remains a crazy narcissist.
2-Working-class voters want politicians 2 step out from the elite clubs & ivory towers 2see them, rep them much better.
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
As a youth hockey coach, I consoled players after a loss w/ the trite but true “You win or you learn.”
What have we learned since the 2024 loss?
1-trump remains a crazy narcissist.
2-Working-class voters want politicians 2 step out from the elite clubs & ivory towers 2see them, rep them much better.
What have we learned since the 2024 loss?
1-trump remains a crazy narcissist.
2-Working-class voters want politicians 2 step out from the elite clubs & ivory towers 2see them, rep them much better.
Piggy’s demand to end state AI regulation (ethical safeguards) demonstrates again his worship of unchecked business (algorithm and LLM slop) over human intelligence and ethics.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Piggy’s demand to end state AI regulation (ethical safeguards) demonstrates again his worship of unchecked business (algorithm and LLM slop) over human intelligence and ethics.
Another exceptional essay by Jill Lepore, wrapped up with a Thomas Paine quote from The American Crisis. 👍
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Was the American Revolution For?
Amid plans to mark the nation’s semiquincentennial, many are asking whether or not the people really do rule, and whether the law is still king.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Another exceptional essay by Jill Lepore, wrapped up with a Thomas Paine quote from The American Crisis. 👍
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
She that rebels against reason is a real windbag, but she that in defense of reason rebels against preying on children has a better title to Defender of Justice, than the DOJ.
~ Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
~ Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
November 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
She that rebels against reason is a real windbag, but she that in defense of reason rebels against preying on children has a better title to Defender of Justice, than the DOJ.
~ Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
~ Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
Hier soir, j'ai regardé Notre Rêve Américain avec d'autres francophones à Detroit. Ce film est formidable. En particulier, j'ai savouré voir des séquences filmées de les bâtiments, monuments, et évenements à Detroit, come Le Marche de Nain Rouge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYvy...
notre rêve américain
YouTube video by chaîne 66
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Hier soir, j'ai regardé Notre Rêve Américain avec d'autres francophones à Detroit. Ce film est formidable. En particulier, j'ai savouré voir des séquences filmées de les bâtiments, monuments, et évenements à Detroit, come Le Marche de Nain Rouge. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYvy...
Reposted by Melissa Walsh
Bumbling your way through any language will always be better than popping in AirPods. The literary translator Ross Benjamin on what we stand to lose in a world of instant translation:
Ditch the Translation App and Use Your Mediocre French
AirPods promise to perfect seamless interpretation, but bumbling your way through any language can be unexpectedly exhilarating.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Bumbling your way through any language will always be better than popping in AirPods. The literary translator Ross Benjamin on what we stand to lose in a world of instant translation:
Yesterday at 11am on 11/11, driving to a work meeting, the rock station DJ plays the 24-note bugle tune. Then a moment of silence. Tears flow.
Driving home, I see 20-30 men on an overpass with a banner: VETS AGAINST TYRANNY. I wave from the car. They wave back. Tears flow again.
Driving home, I see 20-30 men on an overpass with a banner: VETS AGAINST TYRANNY. I wave from the car. They wave back. Tears flow again.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Yesterday at 11am on 11/11, driving to a work meeting, the rock station DJ plays the 24-note bugle tune. Then a moment of silence. Tears flow.
Driving home, I see 20-30 men on an overpass with a banner: VETS AGAINST TYRANNY. I wave from the car. They wave back. Tears flow again.
Driving home, I see 20-30 men on an overpass with a banner: VETS AGAINST TYRANNY. I wave from the car. They wave back. Tears flow again.
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” ― G.K. Chesterton
#armisticeday #veteransday
#armisticeday #veteransday
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
“Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” ― G.K. Chesterton
#armisticeday #veteransday
#armisticeday #veteransday
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Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
November 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Tuesday’s elections were NOT about the Democratic Party.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
They were about candidates focusing on the wants and needs of their constituents; about new leaders prepared to fight; about representation in every sense of the word.
Party leaders haven’t absorbed this yet.
Day-job fresh, new work-week decision: “exceed expectations” or “meet expectations”?
(Hint: An outcome of the former for 5 years has not been a raise, not even 1%.)
(Hint: An outcome of the former for 5 years has not been a raise, not even 1%.)
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Day-job fresh, new work-week decision: “exceed expectations” or “meet expectations”?
(Hint: An outcome of the former for 5 years has not been a raise, not even 1%.)
(Hint: An outcome of the former for 5 years has not been a raise, not even 1%.)
“If I’ve learned anything over the past week it’s that the world is crazy and it hates writers.”
~ The Lowdown, Ep3
👏 #sterlinharjo
I’m hooked. Love the characters, the dialogue, the rhythm of the story.
youtu.be/cE9bq37W3Qo?...
~ The Lowdown, Ep3
👏 #sterlinharjo
I’m hooked. Love the characters, the dialogue, the rhythm of the story.
youtu.be/cE9bq37W3Qo?...
The Lowdown | Official Trailer | Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Keith David | FX
YouTube video by FX Networks
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“If I’ve learned anything over the past week it’s that the world is crazy and it hates writers.”
~ The Lowdown, Ep3
👏 #sterlinharjo
I’m hooked. Love the characters, the dialogue, the rhythm of the story.
youtu.be/cE9bq37W3Qo?...
~ The Lowdown, Ep3
👏 #sterlinharjo
I’m hooked. Love the characters, the dialogue, the rhythm of the story.
youtu.be/cE9bq37W3Qo?...
I’d like to nominate Aunt Tifa as an addition to the
esteemed Renegades of Funk.
esteemed Renegades of Funk.
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I’d like to nominate Aunt Tifa as an addition to the
esteemed Renegades of Funk.
esteemed Renegades of Funk.
I have something to say and more to tell! Time to write it.
This week’s M-F 9-5 is thankfully over.
#amwriting all weekend 😃(except for that shift at the pub I’m picking up tomorrow and the hours of raking leaves I have to get to on Sunday)
This week’s M-F 9-5 is thankfully over.
#amwriting all weekend 😃(except for that shift at the pub I’m picking up tomorrow and the hours of raking leaves I have to get to on Sunday)
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have something to say and more to tell! Time to write it.
This week’s M-F 9-5 is thankfully over.
#amwriting all weekend 😃(except for that shift at the pub I’m picking up tomorrow and the hours of raking leaves I have to get to on Sunday)
This week’s M-F 9-5 is thankfully over.
#amwriting all weekend 😃(except for that shift at the pub I’m picking up tomorrow and the hours of raking leaves I have to get to on Sunday)
Reposted by Melissa Walsh
Is trump a pizza burn on the roof of the GOP’s mouth?
Once the honeymoon is over, presidents tend to lose popularity quickly. But no recent president has fallen so low so quickly as Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s approval rating
Follow our presidential approval rating poll tracker to see how favourably Americans view Mr Trump
econ.st
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Is trump a pizza burn on the roof of the GOP’s mouth?
Reposted by Melissa Walsh
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI—In what they described as a collaborative effort to share resources and information in defense of U.S. territory, Pentagon officials confirmed Monday that all six branches of the ...
theonion.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
All 6 Branches Of Armed Forces Present At Arrest Of Undocumented Nanny
DC’s hottest club is The Ball Room, aka Club Felon. Fascism returns w/an all-new hotspot that answers: How do evil despots party?! This place has everything: Nazi tats, MAGA hats, tanning booth, gold toilets. It’s all the rage, like when an illiterate bully in a mask & w/a gun shouts “I’m with ICE.”
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
DC’s hottest club is The Ball Room, aka Club Felon. Fascism returns w/an all-new hotspot that answers: How do evil despots party?! This place has everything: Nazi tats, MAGA hats, tanning booth, gold toilets. It’s all the rage, like when an illiterate bully in a mask & w/a gun shouts “I’m with ICE.”
Using reason and facts to debate a trumper is like administering medicine to the dead.
~Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
~Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Using reason and facts to debate a trumper is like administering medicine to the dead.
~Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine
~Aunt Tifa paraphrasing Thomas Paine