Mel
@mogwar.bsky.social
I'll probably just post pictures of my pets here.
Santa just showed up at the restaurant where I was having dinner with an angel & krampus to auction off wrapped gifts for charity. Ah, Bavaria. I've missed this.
November 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Santa just showed up at the restaurant where I was having dinner with an angel & krampus to auction off wrapped gifts for charity. Ah, Bavaria. I've missed this.
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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I'm seeing so many excellent memes and screencaps today missing their alt text!
Please include *everyone* in your joy! Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turning on "Require alt text before posting." This way a reminder will pop up if you try to post an inaccessible image
Please include *everyone* in your joy! Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turning on "Require alt text before posting." This way a reminder will pop up if you try to post an inaccessible image
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I'm seeing so many excellent memes and screencaps today missing their alt text!
Please include *everyone* in your joy! Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turning on "Require alt text before posting." This way a reminder will pop up if you try to post an inaccessible image
Please include *everyone* in your joy! Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turning on "Require alt text before posting." This way a reminder will pop up if you try to post an inaccessible image
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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
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Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Instead of trying to green cars so much why don't we just invest in trains. city trains. under ground trains. above ground trains. trains between cities. trains between countries. TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
THE PEOPLE CRAVE TRAINS
This just makes me think about @wtyppod.bsky.social.
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
This just makes me think about @wtyppod.bsky.social.
Like many in my generation I read Clan of the Cave Bear, Flowers in the Attic, & Heinlein (Cat Who Walks Through Walls) far too early. But my dad thought it was a good idea to suggest I read 1984 in 1984. I was 9.
Quote this with a book you read way too young that explains why you are the way you are.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
I'll start: John Gardner's Grendel.
August 12, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Like many in my generation I read Clan of the Cave Bear, Flowers in the Attic, & Heinlein (Cat Who Walks Through Walls) far too early. But my dad thought it was a good idea to suggest I read 1984 in 1984. I was 9.
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... the countries that build public transit well, quickly, & cheaply all have something in common: most of the work is done by the government itself, using in-house expertise, rather than farming various parts out to private companies under the bullshit theory that private always = more efficient.
July 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
... the countries that build public transit well, quickly, & cheaply all have something in common: most of the work is done by the government itself, using in-house expertise, rather than farming various parts out to private companies under the bullshit theory that private always = more efficient.
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wishbone
With Doctor Who, James Bond and the Pope all about to be recast, is there anyone you think would be ideal in all three roles?
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
wishbone
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Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
April 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Certainly worth repeating in the times we are in..
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Don't believe those who say that tax pros don't want positive change at the IRS. Folks who suggest that tax pros only benefit from a complex tax code and outdated/understaffed IRS don't understand the work. (1/5)
April 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Don't believe those who say that tax pros don't want positive change at the IRS. Folks who suggest that tax pros only benefit from a complex tax code and outdated/understaffed IRS don't understand the work. (1/5)
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A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
April 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that if the government can send migrants to a prison camp without any due process, it can send U.S. citizens there, too. I know because this happened to me and my family in 1942.
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If I was going to start a political movement against AI that glommed onto the current moment, I'd be hard pressed to find a better slogan than “ChatGPT tax.”
The US tariffs were designed by dipshit sex pest failsons asking chatgpt to regurgitate a trade policy for them, it's literally a chatgpt tax on Americans.
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
April 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If I was going to start a political movement against AI that glommed onto the current moment, I'd be hard pressed to find a better slogan than “ChatGPT tax.”
After nearly an hour on the phone I've booked my next cross-country trip. On my way to regaining status with Amtrak. (Also doing a quick train trip across the state tomorrow & one to the East Coast in May.)
March 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
After nearly an hour on the phone I've booked my next cross-country trip. On my way to regaining status with Amtrak. (Also doing a quick train trip across the state tomorrow & one to the East Coast in May.)
This is why we plan to flee the city we've lived in & loved for over 25 years.
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
Donald Trump picks Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib for ambassador to Kuwait
Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib endorsed Trump in September.
www.freep.com
March 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This is why we plan to flee the city we've lived in & loved for over 25 years.
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
www.freep.com/story/news/p...
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I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a
December 19, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a text writeup! I don't want a video! I want a
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i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
November 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
i’m gonna just watch this at least once a day and i recommend everyone do the same
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Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
November 28, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Around this time every year, I share a list of ways to support Native people. From supporting Indigenous people seeking abortion care to defending Native voting rights and keeping Native families together, here are some causes worth supporting. 🧵
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If any assignment editors are reading -- I bet a full accounting of all the financial support Elon Musk and his companies received from the federal government would make for great reading when he inevitably tells all the poors they have to start making sacrifices.
November 23, 2024 at 7:30 PM
If any assignment editors are reading -- I bet a full accounting of all the financial support Elon Musk and his companies received from the federal government would make for great reading when he inevitably tells all the poors they have to start making sacrifices.
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The one true Bluesky etiquette is simply “use alt text”
November 13, 2024 at 7:48 AM
The one true Bluesky etiquette is simply “use alt text”
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I wish everyone who talked about how hard it is to make high speed rail profitable also talked about how hard it is to make interstate highways profitable.
November 13, 2024 at 2:08 PM
I wish everyone who talked about how hard it is to make high speed rail profitable also talked about how hard it is to make interstate highways profitable.