Melissa Connell
@melyssarave.bsky.social
Professor | Wrestling Scholar | Nerd | Jewish | she/her
I’m so happy for him. You can see him trying not to cry.
April 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I’m so happy for him. You can see him trying not to cry.
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BREAKING: RFK Jr. declares the female orgasm a hoax.
February 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
BREAKING: RFK Jr. declares the female orgasm a hoax.
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Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
January 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Trump has deployed active military to help round up migrants and put them into detention camps.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
The military forced us out of our homes at gunpoint in 1942 because we were considered possibly disloyal Americans. They sent us to internment camps for four years.
History is repeating. Pay attention.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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It’s not patriotic to be a Nazi but it is patriotic to punch one.
January 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It’s not patriotic to be a Nazi but it is patriotic to punch one.
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Regulations exist to protect what cannot protect itself!
January 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Regulations exist to protect what cannot protect itself!
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
Who are some musicians that speak to your soul? Not just the fun music but the ones that really make you feel?
(This post is brought to you by the Tracy Chapman YouTube hole I’ve fallen into in the best way).
(This post is brought to you by the Tracy Chapman YouTube hole I’ve fallen into in the best way).
January 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Who are some musicians that speak to your soul? Not just the fun music but the ones that really make you feel?
(This post is brought to you by the Tracy Chapman YouTube hole I’ve fallen into in the best way).
(This post is brought to you by the Tracy Chapman YouTube hole I’ve fallen into in the best way).
I think Dawn thinks the ottoman is for her 🤣
January 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I think Dawn thinks the ottoman is for her 🤣
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The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The millennial experience is growing up with the internet, and watching it go from a free, open, democratic, and eclectic ecosystem to a wasteland of five websites controlled by billionaires, and now seeing it quickly fill up with AI-generated slop.
I want our World Wide Web back.
I want our World Wide Web back.
Hoping all my friends in DC are very safe this week.
January 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hoping all my friends in DC are very safe this week.
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Marilyn Manson dropped his defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood and has to pay her $300,000 legal fees. Diddy was denied bail a third time. Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Marilyn Manson dropped his defamation lawsuit against Evan Rachel Wood and has to pay her $300,000 legal fees. Diddy was denied bail a third time. Happy Thanksgiving!
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[Batman at McDonald's]
What's your chicken sandwich called?
-A McChicken
And the rib sandwich?
-A McRib
[pulls out his batwallet] I like your style.
What's your chicken sandwich called?
-A McChicken
And the rib sandwich?
-A McRib
[pulls out his batwallet] I like your style.
November 17, 2024 at 1:40 PM
[Batman at McDonald's]
What's your chicken sandwich called?
-A McChicken
And the rib sandwich?
-A McRib
[pulls out his batwallet] I like your style.
What's your chicken sandwich called?
-A McChicken
And the rib sandwich?
-A McRib
[pulls out his batwallet] I like your style.
Help my friend out if you’re able.
desperately seeking aid or gigs. this is my venmo & paypal (pls make sure it doesn't trick you into a "payment" & tax us). On ko-fi as well. Trying to maintain housing & basic necessities. I'm $250 from October rent & haven't heard back on a single job application all year.
September 18, 2023 at 7:56 PM
Help my friend out if you’re able.
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Mexico decriminalized abortion nationwide, in a decision that shows how Latin American countries are expanding reproductive rights. nyti.ms/3PsdsMW
September 6, 2023 at 11:11 PM
Mexico decriminalized abortion nationwide, in a decision that shows how Latin American countries are expanding reproductive rights. nyti.ms/3PsdsMW
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David Frum sums up the Elon Musk decision to disable Starlink so that Ukraine couldn’t attack Russian vessels with drones:
September 8, 2023 at 5:03 PM
David Frum sums up the Elon Musk decision to disable Starlink so that Ukraine couldn’t attack Russian vessels with drones:
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Trans people are so smart, they had to create a separate class of competition in chess, cause we had an unfair intellectual advantage against all cis people.
We are better than you 😝
#TransSupremacy
We are better than you 😝
#TransSupremacy
August 22, 2023 at 6:36 PM
Trans people are so smart, they had to create a separate class of competition in chess, cause we had an unfair intellectual advantage against all cis people.
We are better than you 😝
#TransSupremacy
We are better than you 😝
#TransSupremacy
Top 10 movies to get to know me (in no particular order)
Clue
Labyrinth
To Wong Foo
Jurassic Park
When Harry Met Sally
First Wives Club
Crossing Delancey
The Prince of Egypt
Practical Magic
The Addams Family
Clue
Labyrinth
To Wong Foo
Jurassic Park
When Harry Met Sally
First Wives Club
Crossing Delancey
The Prince of Egypt
Practical Magic
The Addams Family
10 Movies to get to know MOI
John Wick series (obv)
In Bruges
Drive
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Dirty Dancing
Scream
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Point Break
Mad Max: Fury Road
A Knight's Tale
John Wick series (obv)
In Bruges
Drive
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Dirty Dancing
Scream
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Point Break
Mad Max: Fury Road
A Knight's Tale
10 movies to get to know me (oh I’m gonna be judged for this)
Mulholland Drive
Fight Club
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
The Prestige
Alien
The Thing
Inglourious Basterds
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The World’s End
Mulholland Drive
Fight Club
Citizen Kane
A Clockwork Orange
The Prestige
Alien
The Thing
Inglourious Basterds
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The World’s End
August 15, 2023 at 3:31 AM
Top 10 movies to get to know me (in no particular order)
Clue
Labyrinth
To Wong Foo
Jurassic Park
When Harry Met Sally
First Wives Club
Crossing Delancey
The Prince of Egypt
Practical Magic
The Addams Family
Clue
Labyrinth
To Wong Foo
Jurassic Park
When Harry Met Sally
First Wives Club
Crossing Delancey
The Prince of Egypt
Practical Magic
The Addams Family
Her going on TV and smiling while he’s indicted for the fourth time is giving me life.
August 15, 2023 at 3:23 AM
Her going on TV and smiling while he’s indicted for the fourth time is giving me life.
Good job Michigan!!
July 28, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Good job Michigan!!
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Clears throat, then says it loudly for those praying in the back of the room.
July 17, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Clears throat, then says it loudly for those praying in the back of the room.
Rewatching old Project Runway seasons. This one dude on S5 keeps referring to himself in the third person. You’re not The Rock. Stop it.
July 9, 2023 at 12:00 AM
Rewatching old Project Runway seasons. This one dude on S5 keeps referring to himself in the third person. You’re not The Rock. Stop it.
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When I see bezos in his yacht
July 7, 2023 at 4:02 PM
When I see bezos in his yacht
Well hi there! Still figuring this out but I’m excited to explore a new social media.
July 7, 2023 at 4:16 PM
Well hi there! Still figuring this out but I’m excited to explore a new social media.