Melissa Weiland
@thenerdymel.bsky.social
Artist, educator, wizard
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Melissa Weiland
@thenerdymel.bsky.social
· Nov 13
I've been here a few weeks and realize I never introduced myself:
I'm Mel. I'm a teaching artist and technical consultant (I help artists like their computers and design workflows). Folks here might remember me from 2600/HOPE or just being mouthy on Twitter or, if I'm lucky, my art!
I'm Mel. I'm a teaching artist and technical consultant (I help artists like their computers and design workflows). Folks here might remember me from 2600/HOPE or just being mouthy on Twitter or, if I'm lucky, my art!
@rickyftw.bsky.social my other half has been spending some time messing around with Labubus in his art and couldn't help himself after watching yesterday's episode. He's been making all kinds of weird stuff like this. I call them Labozos.
August 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
@rickyftw.bsky.social my other half has been spending some time messing around with Labubus in his art and couldn't help himself after watching yesterday's episode. He's been making all kinds of weird stuff like this. I call them Labozos.
April 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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You are fantastic. You are a moment of profound realization. You are the resilience of a water bear. You are a gothic film with practical effects. You are a labyrinth formed of ancient hedges, populated by eldritch hedgehogs and talking capybaras in top hats.
March 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
You are fantastic. You are a moment of profound realization. You are the resilience of a water bear. You are a gothic film with practical effects. You are a labyrinth formed of ancient hedges, populated by eldritch hedgehogs and talking capybaras in top hats.
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Fascist regimes thrive on propaganda, fear, and the erosion of critical thought. By reclaiming the narrative through verified information and public discourse, societies can resist normalization of authoritarian control and preserve civic freedoms.
March 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Fascist regimes thrive on propaganda, fear, and the erosion of critical thought. By reclaiming the narrative through verified information and public discourse, societies can resist normalization of authoritarian control and preserve civic freedoms.
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Just a reminder that America will in fact crush fascism.
It will take a while and it will be messy.
But bet on it.
It will take a while and it will be messy.
But bet on it.
March 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Just a reminder that America will in fact crush fascism.
It will take a while and it will be messy.
But bet on it.
It will take a while and it will be messy.
But bet on it.
This is genocide.
There is no die process. This treatment is intentionally dehumanizing.
The people making the Hitler comparisons are right.
There is no die process. This treatment is intentionally dehumanizing.
The people making the Hitler comparisons are right.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is genocide.
There is no die process. This treatment is intentionally dehumanizing.
The people making the Hitler comparisons are right.
There is no die process. This treatment is intentionally dehumanizing.
The people making the Hitler comparisons are right.
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cut my stress into pieces
at this spa & resort
meditation; slow breathing
did a cold plunge and the water was freezing
at this spa & resort
meditation; slow breathing
did a cold plunge and the water was freezing
March 17, 2025 at 11:35 AM
cut my stress into pieces
at this spa & resort
meditation; slow breathing
did a cold plunge and the water was freezing
at this spa & resort
meditation; slow breathing
did a cold plunge and the water was freezing
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I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I am begging blue state governors to have lunch this week with your adjutant general of the National Guard.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
Cannot stress enough how important this relationship is going to be in the near future.
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The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.
March 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.
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Eyes always
On the trees
That your love is not lost
I want to say
It will outlast them all
Dig roots into the
Earth below
Let them die by
Their own hands
This will
Still be here
Will we?
I always wonder
How near the end we are
And keep my
Eyes forever locked
On the nectar in
These roots
#poetry
On the trees
That your love is not lost
I want to say
It will outlast them all
Dig roots into the
Earth below
Let them die by
Their own hands
This will
Still be here
Will we?
I always wonder
How near the end we are
And keep my
Eyes forever locked
On the nectar in
These roots
#poetry
March 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Eyes always
On the trees
That your love is not lost
I want to say
It will outlast them all
Dig roots into the
Earth below
Let them die by
Their own hands
This will
Still be here
Will we?
I always wonder
How near the end we are
And keep my
Eyes forever locked
On the nectar in
These roots
#poetry
On the trees
That your love is not lost
I want to say
It will outlast them all
Dig roots into the
Earth below
Let them die by
Their own hands
This will
Still be here
Will we?
I always wonder
How near the end we are
And keep my
Eyes forever locked
On the nectar in
These roots
#poetry
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Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Politics hasn't been this simple in a long time: do you think it's good for one man to exercise unchecked, arbitrary power or not. Those are the two available ideologies right now
Accurate.
Actual summary of the Chuck Schumer NYT interview.
a cartoon character in a suit and tie stands in front of a fire escape
Alt: a cartoon character in a suit and tie stands in front of a broken window.
media.tenor.com
March 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Accurate.
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On the subject of people traveling to the US right about now: Fuck, if I were from another country and I didn't need to come, I sure as hell wouldn't, the current administration has made it clear traveling here isn't safe, and why not take them at their word, there's a whole world to visit
March 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
On the subject of people traveling to the US right about now: Fuck, if I were from another country and I didn't need to come, I sure as hell wouldn't, the current administration has made it clear traveling here isn't safe, and why not take them at their word, there's a whole world to visit
Peach themed works in progress.
March 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Peach themed works in progress.
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It’s hard to reconcile the “they’ll go after ideologies they don’t like next” talk with the fact they’ve been openly targeting a whole suite of them associated with Black scholarship already. They’ve already threatened to defund any university teaching critical race theory. Why doesn’t that count?
March 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It’s hard to reconcile the “they’ll go after ideologies they don’t like next” talk with the fact they’ve been openly targeting a whole suite of them associated with Black scholarship already. They’ve already threatened to defund any university teaching critical race theory. Why doesn’t that count?
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Tired of businesses making things where it’s like “if you don’t have time for lunch, Sponk is a full meal replacement drink”
first of all fuck you I want time for lunch
first of all fuck you I want time for lunch
March 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Tired of businesses making things where it’s like “if you don’t have time for lunch, Sponk is a full meal replacement drink”
first of all fuck you I want time for lunch
first of all fuck you I want time for lunch
My poodle puppy is 8 months old this week. She has taught herself to set traps.
I walked into the kitchen last night and whispered, "Clever girl."
I walked into the kitchen last night and whispered, "Clever girl."
March 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My poodle puppy is 8 months old this week. She has taught herself to set traps.
I walked into the kitchen last night and whispered, "Clever girl."
I walked into the kitchen last night and whispered, "Clever girl."
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I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
March 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I got your waste, fraud, and abuse right here
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Viktor Frankl speaks about “attitudinal freedoms” - when life or history or oppression curtails other freedoms the one freedom that always remains is the freedom to locate your values and attempt to live up the them.
March 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Viktor Frankl speaks about “attitudinal freedoms” - when life or history or oppression curtails other freedoms the one freedom that always remains is the freedom to locate your values and attempt to live up the them.
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Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
March 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Celebrate International Women's Day by interrupting men with your unsolicited opinions and taking credit for their work. If they get upset about it, be sure to tell them that they sound hysterical and should smile more.
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Somebody somewhere
Needs an endless field of flowers tonight
Needs an endless field of flowers tonight
March 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs an endless field of flowers tonight
Needs an endless field of flowers tonight
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Are you watching every new horror and asking WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING?
Turn on the State of the People 24hr Livestream, beloved.
The organization, the knowledge, the energy.
Get informed! Get educated! Get engaged! #stateofthepeople
www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...
Turn on the State of the People 24hr Livestream, beloved.
The organization, the knowledge, the energy.
Get informed! Get educated! Get engaged! #stateofthepeople
www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...
March 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Are you watching every new horror and asking WHY ISN'T ANYONE DOING ANYTHING?
Turn on the State of the People 24hr Livestream, beloved.
The organization, the knowledge, the energy.
Get informed! Get educated! Get engaged! #stateofthepeople
www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...
Turn on the State of the People 24hr Livestream, beloved.
The organization, the knowledge, the energy.
Get informed! Get educated! Get engaged! #stateofthepeople
www.youtube.com/live/wW1Y4hp...
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It's officially release day for dear @shvetathakrar.bsky.social's beautiful DIVINING THE LEAVES! ATL area, she's doing a great event in conversation w/ @runwithskizzers.bsky.social @ Little Shop of Stories, 7pm!
Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/shveta-tha...
Book: littleshopofstories.com/book/9780063...
Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/shveta-tha...
Book: littleshopofstories.com/book/9780063...
Shveta Thakrar with Preeti Chhibber - Divining the Leaves!
Shveta Thakrar and Preeti Chhibber come together for one magical night all about Divining the Leaves!
www.eventbrite.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
It's officially release day for dear @shvetathakrar.bsky.social's beautiful DIVINING THE LEAVES! ATL area, she's doing a great event in conversation w/ @runwithskizzers.bsky.social @ Little Shop of Stories, 7pm!
Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/shveta-tha...
Book: littleshopofstories.com/book/9780063...
Event: www.eventbrite.com/e/shveta-tha...
Book: littleshopofstories.com/book/9780063...
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Tonight, no Senate Democrats voted for the ban on trans girls and young women participating in sports, and it failed cloture. The prevailing reasoning was far less about trans equality and far more about preventing genital exams of girls and young women. Don't be surprised when the GOP tries again.
March 4, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Tonight, no Senate Democrats voted for the ban on trans girls and young women participating in sports, and it failed cloture. The prevailing reasoning was far less about trans equality and far more about preventing genital exams of girls and young women. Don't be surprised when the GOP tries again.