Melissa
@mkapelle.bsky.social
Not sure if I am actually fixing anything, but always doing my best to help.
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It was great helping run a booth yesterday and getting to meet a lot of our suburban neighbors! #Indivisible #nokings #desplaines
October 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It was great helping run a booth yesterday and getting to meet a lot of our suburban neighbors! #Indivisible #nokings #desplaines
Great news!
EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!!
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Reading Rainbow Is Back, With Mychal the Librarian Hosting! - Reactor
The butterfly is back in the sky; can’t wait to fly twice as high.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Great news!
Reposted by Melissa
ED is making major changes to Federal Student Aid's ombuds office, moving it away from focusing on student complaints to also include financial literacy.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
ED is making major changes to Federal Student Aid's ombuds office, moving it away from focusing on student complaints to also include financial literacy.
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
Seeing the Indigo Girls in Eugene. It's been 25 years since I last saw them.
August 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Seeing the Indigo Girls in Eugene. It's been 25 years since I last saw them.
The Senate tax bill is out: www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
www.finance.senate.gov
June 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The Senate tax bill is out: www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
The Senate bill on higher ed is out:
www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...
www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...
Chair Cassidy Releases Historic HELP Committee Reconciliation Bill Text, Fixing America’s Broken Higher Education System | The U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released...
www.help.senate.gov
June 11, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The Senate bill on higher ed is out:
www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...
www.help.senate.gov/rep/newsroom...
In case anyone is local, Des Plaines Pride Celebration is 6/07, 1-5 at Christchurch
May 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
In case anyone is local, Des Plaines Pride Celebration is 6/07, 1-5 at Christchurch
The Heard and McDonald Islands a year from now.
April 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Heard and McDonald Islands a year from now.
If you're in one of the many places with local elections today, make sure you get out and vote!
April 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
If you're in one of the many places with local elections today, make sure you get out and vote!
Looks like Pell Grant is staying the same for 25-26: fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-ce...
2025-2026 Federal Pell Grant Maximum and Minimum Award Amounts | Knowledge Center
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March 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Looks like Pell Grant is staying the same for 25-26: fsapartners.ed.gov/knowledge-ce...
I went to our city's alderman debate tonight and was happy to see the candidates getting jeered from the crowd when being asshats to their running mates.
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I went to our city's alderman debate tonight and was happy to see the candidates getting jeered from the crowd when being asshats to their running mates.
The OMB Memorandum yesterday felt like COVID 2.0. A day full of chaos and questions no one could answer for half the work day.
January 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The OMB Memorandum yesterday felt like COVID 2.0. A day full of chaos and questions no one could answer for half the work day.
Both paying attention to the news and trying to ignore it is terrible.
January 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Both paying attention to the news and trying to ignore it is terrible.
Watching a Danish dubbed show in English is weird because half the sentences seem normal and half seem totally off.
January 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Watching a Danish dubbed show in English is weird because half the sentences seem normal and half seem totally off.
I just had to edit all my project tabs because the Midwestern in me had me name the "Cost II" survey the "Costs II" survey.
December 27, 2024 at 10:09 PM
I just had to edit all my project tabs because the Midwestern in me had me name the "Cost II" survey the "Costs II" survey.
1st time getting a Christmas gift!
December 25, 2024 at 6:11 PM
1st time getting a Christmas gift!
The cultural view on guns is very apparent when watching American TV vs. British TV.
December 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
The cultural view on guns is very apparent when watching American TV vs. British TV.
Just finished watching 'Kevin Can F Himself' and I'm really going to miss Patty.
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Just finished watching 'Kevin Can F Himself' and I'm really going to miss Patty.
Trying to figure out which L stop they got off on to get to the house in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
December 8, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Trying to figure out which L stop they got off on to get to the house in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
Cats' first Christmas tree
December 8, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Cats' first Christmas tree