Mel
@quietchaos13.bsky.social
AuDHD queer mental health professional and PhD
Interests: video games, D&D, reading (especially historical (queer) romance), crafting
She/they
Profile WIP (probably will forever be a WIP)
Interests: video games, D&D, reading (especially historical (queer) romance), crafting
She/they
Profile WIP (probably will forever be a WIP)
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The Trump administration said that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from most Democratic-controlled states unless they provide recipient records.
Trump administration says it will withhold SNAP food aid from Democrat-led states over data
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The Trump administration said that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from most Democratic-controlled states unless they provide recipient records.
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I'm supporting @scarleteen.com's $40,000 fundraiser for health benefits for staff and volunteers! Sex ed notoriously doesn't pay well, and this fund will make a huge difference in people's lives. The first $1,000 I personally raise will be matched. Today would be a great day to hit that goal!
Scarleteen Staff and Volunteer Healthcare Fund
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www.classy.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm supporting @scarleteen.com's $40,000 fundraiser for health benefits for staff and volunteers! Sex ed notoriously doesn't pay well, and this fund will make a huge difference in people's lives. The first $1,000 I personally raise will be matched. Today would be a great day to hit that goal!
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Boston and mass friends!
URGENT Call to Action: The Senate version of the S.2696 is moving out of committee BUT this version does not include any protections for book creators and only contains weak first amendment protections. The timing is tight: please email your senator before Wednesday, Nov. 12! More info:
URGENT Call to Action - Email Your Senators! — Mass Freedom To Read
Mass Freedom To Read learned late on Thursday that An Act Regarding Free Expression (renamed S. 2696) has moved out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and will be going to a floor vote next Thursd...
www.massfreedomtoread.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Boston and mass friends!
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My God.
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My God.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
September 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
i have to say, as a trans journalist who has covered the "trans debate" for about a decade now, there is no daylight between how the trump administration and conservatives lie about tylenol and autism and how they've lied about youth trans care.
Please keep in mind the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert is the proof of what happens when you look the other way when Black women and are other POC are targeted. Colbert and Kimmel weren’t the first targets. They’re just the right gender and color for more people to pay attention.
September 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Please keep in mind the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert is the proof of what happens when you look the other way when Black women and are other POC are targeted. Colbert and Kimmel weren’t the first targets. They’re just the right gender and color for more people to pay attention.
Your tears fall as if to release the sky’s woes
My heart battles to escape the confines of my body
Your words hold it hostage as you seek to calm its fervor
One day perhaps you will let me wield my shield and sword for you
Or perhaps one day you will finally pick up your own
#vss365 #perhaps
My heart battles to escape the confines of my body
Your words hold it hostage as you seek to calm its fervor
One day perhaps you will let me wield my shield and sword for you
Or perhaps one day you will finally pick up your own
#vss365 #perhaps
September 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
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The government won't tell you that they are fascists, but they will tell you that anti-fascists are their enemies.
September 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The government won't tell you that they are fascists, but they will tell you that anti-fascists are their enemies.
I don’t what to say really so I’m going to just repeat fuck this timeline.
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I don’t what to say really so I’m going to just repeat fuck this timeline.
I don’t think we need to see his “nice guy” moments in order to understand he had them. Most of us have met plenty of men who are horrible people but are “nice guys” in other situations. It’s not a stretch. The nuance isn’t the problem. It’s the not being able to call out the evil that’s the problem
September 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I don’t think we need to see his “nice guy” moments in order to understand he had them. Most of us have met plenty of men who are horrible people but are “nice guys” in other situations. It’s not a stretch. The nuance isn’t the problem. It’s the not being able to call out the evil that’s the problem
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I need a cigarette after listening to this
Yesterday, Adam from South Dakota called my SiriusXM show to say Charlie Kirk was unalived b/c people on the left use words like racism or facism to describe folks like Charlie.
That call did not end the way he thought it would.
#TrollSlay: Words Hold Power
youtu.be/BEcoVzaEOP4
That call did not end the way he thought it would.
#TrollSlay: Words Hold Power
youtu.be/BEcoVzaEOP4
#TrollSlay: Words Hold Power
YouTube video by Lurie Daniel Favors
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September 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I need a cigarette after listening to this
Paradox of tolerance y’all.
September 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Paradox of tolerance y’all.
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condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
September 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.
She follows the rules, a smile on her face
Soft whispers of compliments falling from her lips
You enjoy the touch of her embrace
The sweet goodness of her perceived innocence
You know nothing of her soul
Nor her mind’s thoughts
For you only see the #wrapper
And miss all that lives within
#vss365
Soft whispers of compliments falling from her lips
You enjoy the touch of her embrace
The sweet goodness of her perceived innocence
You know nothing of her soul
Nor her mind’s thoughts
For you only see the #wrapper
And miss all that lives within
#vss365
September 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
Unbound for Gaza
Silent auction 'Unbound for Gaza' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hey, the Unbound for Gaza fundraiser is here, starting September 25th.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
www.32auctions.com/unboundforga...
The auction raises money for charities operating in Gaza. There are a LOT of super-cool items, many of which would be AMAZING holiday gifts for book nerds.
The vibe today. We’re maybe not this patient but the hope is there!
spongebob squarepants is sitting in a chair with the words `` patiently waiting '' written below him .
Alt: spongebob squarepants is sitting in a chair with the words `` patiently waiting '' written below him .
media.tenor.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The vibe today. We’re maybe not this patient but the hope is there!
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They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
August 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
They're openly calling to lock up every trans person by force. We need every ally to speak out forcefully against this because trans folks cannot do this on our own.
It’s kind of ridiculous that it’s taken this long to see more news on Rep. Nicole Collier. Not surprising, of course, but still this is ridiculous.
August 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
It’s kind of ridiculous that it’s taken this long to see more news on Rep. Nicole Collier. Not surprising, of course, but still this is ridiculous.
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We're disabled and queer. 🏳️🌈 We sell our writing to eat.
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
Disability Pride Against Censorship
We’re Disabled and Queer — Itch.io and the Payment Processors Are Starving Us.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
July 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We're disabled and queer. 🏳️🌈 We sell our writing to eat.
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
We launched two book sales — each has 20 books for $30. Itch bowed to conservative pressure, and hid them without warning.
Do you agree this is bullshit? Then help us make them pay.
disabilitypac.carrd.co
#MakeCensorshipCost #BookSky
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Better pop in to say that our bundle of ze/ zirs/ they's (nonbinary main character books 😉), is only available for 1.5 more days.
Check out their adventures in Fantasy/ and or Romance/ SciFi here: itch.io/b/3153/nonbi...
🌈📚🪐📚💙
Check out their adventures in Fantasy/ and or Romance/ SciFi here: itch.io/b/3153/nonbi...
🌈📚🪐📚💙
July 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Better pop in to say that our bundle of ze/ zirs/ they's (nonbinary main character books 😉), is only available for 1.5 more days.
Check out their adventures in Fantasy/ and or Romance/ SciFi here: itch.io/b/3153/nonbi...
🌈📚🪐📚💙
Check out their adventures in Fantasy/ and or Romance/ SciFi here: itch.io/b/3153/nonbi...
🌈📚🪐📚💙
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The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The ICE camps are concentration camps. They should be called concentration camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
It is, of course, important to distinguish between concentration camps and death camps, but also, I am not sure we will know when or if we undergo the transition from concentration camps into death camps.
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While President Trump may believe he’s accountable to no one, state AGs are stepping up to remind him he must answer to the Constitution and the American people.
And here in Massachusetts, we’re punching above our weight.
And here in Massachusetts, we’re punching above our weight.
June 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
While President Trump may believe he’s accountable to no one, state AGs are stepping up to remind him he must answer to the Constitution and the American people.
And here in Massachusetts, we’re punching above our weight.
And here in Massachusetts, we’re punching above our weight.