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Melissa Santos

@ansate.bsky.social
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often looking to make friends, reading a lot, maybe some baking and sewing, I adore my cat. pdx. she/her also @ansate@social.coop

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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 15h
(I have mostly been shouting about these on the Fediverse, but happy to have anyone who is interested come chat! It's usually just 2-3 of us right now, but we've had more for some in the past, and it's always been great!) Book club is a side effect of social pressure to get me to read nonfiction
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 15h
#slowBookClub is finishing reading Fight Like Hell - The Untold History of American Labor luma.com/chwiawi1 our 3rd/last session will be Tues Nov 3 at 6p Pacific this is still a fine time to drop in - just read some of chapters 10-13. Or if you've read the book and want to discuss...
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Fight Like Hell, Part 3 of 3 · Luma
Our book is Fight Like Hell, The Untold History of American Labor, by Kim Kelly It's about 300 pages of content. For Part 3, let's read chapters 10-13 +…
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
this week I have bookclub Tuesday (Fight Like Hell 2/3, 2 more chapters to read, I should get on it!), CSA (vegetable) delivery Wednesday, and repair cafe Saturday (www.repairpdx.org ) I guess I have a new work bookclub? Designing Machine Learning Systems coming in hot at a probable chapter a week
repairpdx.org
Home | Repair PDX
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
today i have baked chocolate chip cookies and an apple crisp. I have also assembled cinnamon rolls, which are doing an overnight rise in the fridge so that they can be fresh baked in the morning for the recipient.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
oh look a good time to read the latest Murderbot
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
it's "late" (for me) and I don't want to go to bed. and it's Saturday, so it's ok to waste time on the internet instead! 🥳
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
But first… naptime
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think i get a nap and 8-9hours of sleep most days. (Shhh that’s how i spend my lunch hours)
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today: Helping at Radical Mending Oktoberfest Party and Cider Pressing Family Dinner Tomorrow: Double Craft Club Friend Visit Much Baking I remain very good at weekending
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
PDX/Portland, what are we doing for Halloween proper? I got a party to go to the night before - but my ideal is to be out of the house so I don't have to hand out candy (and jump every time the doorbell rings.)
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Tonight's #shortStoryClub was @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social 's lovely story www.baublesfrombones.com/wandering-st... we enjoyed it a lot - and are on the look out for more things with likable protagonists who make good choices - and we only wandered off topic in the best of ways.
baublesfrombones.com
Wandering Star by Sarena Ulibarri
Attuned with the stars, Iva is an astronomer from a distant land. When longing gets the better of her, she sets off on a journey to find her love as disaster shoots across the cosmos. Featured in Baub...
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
that's the most compelling argument for licorice i've ever seen
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the harvest festival was wholesome and the food was delicious. I wish i was better at making friends at things like that. must bully friends into coming with next time??
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
if i'm going to post more here, that means you're getting some knitting posts! This is the 3rd object I am making with homespun that was gifted to me by a friend. This is probably gonna be a scarf. This is one skein in of two.
a swatch of green knitting, next to a measuring tape - it's 18ish inches long, and has a zigzag pattern going on
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Lesbian dance party was very good, A++, will go dancing again
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
<3 you're worth it
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I have been weekending HARD and I love it. Today: 2 friend hangouts and then going out dancing at a gay bar with another friend. Tomorrow: Harvest Festival at the farm that sends me veggies every 2 weeks Also my hold for the new Murderbot book finally came in. So even my downtime is exciting.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hey hey, i had a free Saturday, so naturally i found a crafty volunteer opportunity: i will be helping out at Radical Mending www.sincerestudiopdx.org/classes/radi... looks like we are only doing hand sewing and it’s do-it-yourself but volunteers help.
sincerestudiopdx.org
Radical Mending | Sincere Studio
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You are stuck being part of my community
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m fine with it when it’s more planned? This was just “must cook potatoes before they go bad” but i wanted to do other things tonight besides hang out near the toaster oven. Food is very good actually.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Obviously i don’t have any real food plans, so i am just having crispy potato wedges for dinner. Maybe i will microwave some chicken nuggets later. An meal.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
But letting the potatoes go bad is a Sin.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Cooking things from scratch takes so much time, and smells so good you can’t just not eat it when it’s done I had Things To Do besides cook and eat, but NO
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Some kind of obnoxiously large building for communal living. You’re invited
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Brittany Barker @brittanysbarker.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🗺️ Everyone Makes a Map! 🗺️ Come learn, experiment, and connect with other PDX R users! 💻 Led by: Brittany Barker 📅 Date & time: Wed, Oct 14 (5-7 PM) 📍 Location: Lucky Labrador, 7675 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219 📌 RSVP: Meetup — lnkd.in/gtG2XjVe #GIS #R #Maps @rladies.org @weare.rladies.org
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bujold!!!!
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Why is tumblr bringing up the Mummy again? Oh, maybe for bisexual awareness month. Carry on
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Oooooo that sucks
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
i am loving every minute of it
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sometimes i remember i can post here. And think of posts small enough for this character limit.
A cat, lower half in a shark bed, lazing in the rainbowy sub
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
RepairPDX.org
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
wellspentmarket.com/blogs/events...
wellspentmarket.com
5th Annual Tomato Fest
Welcome to Wellspent Market, the new home of Real Good Food. Since 1999, we have been your trusted guide to finding the best imported & domestic olive oil.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Portland is constantly finding out shit like “tomatofest exists” and less than five minutes later accepting that i can’t attend because i will be working a repair cafe.
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My tumblr is currently really into … Lawrence of Arabia. I love tumblr
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Describe your music taste in 3 artists, no genres 🎧 1. They Might Be Giants. 2. My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult 3. Old 97s (went for breadth, not fave bands)
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
pls keep posting to your RSS feed
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I got myself flowers! I am very happy about it
Top down view of a pink and yellow bouquet Side view of same bouquet, wall art visible behind it
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Great suggestion, thanks!
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What should Short Story Club read next? Must be: - available online for free - around 5000 words - this month's was 7000ish and felt a little long - we read a lot of speculative fiction, but are open to other genres - horror has not worked well. Recommending your own writing is very welcome!
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Brunner's intro is the setup to a chonker of a novel. It does the world building but not the story telling. I was so pleased at how well you did the story telling in a similar format! Also it made me hopeful, because his is from the 70s and felt similarly apocalyptic. but we're still here
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
AMAZING. thank you :D the latter didn't occur to many of us but the short story club reader who lives near a beach was all "OH LIKE A WAVE" and fully bought in to the idea
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@rsagarcia.bsky.social Hi!!! I really loved This Is An Emergency Broadcast! You did a great job of world building and story telling in a short format. I am especially charmed by it because it reminds me of the beginning of Brunner's Stand on Zanzibar - any inspiration there?
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tonight's Short Story Club was on clarkesworldmagazine.com/garcia_07_26/ by @rsagarcia.bsky.social as always, fun to discuss! Some questions: - are we perceiving things that the sleepers are experiencing? - is this TOLD in the form of a "wave" in the sense it is used in the story?
clarkesworldmagazine.com
This Is an Emergency Broadcast by R.S.A. Garcia
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Exile To Mars @exiletomars.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Very cool thing! I went last year to an html day event and it was so fun!
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Hey #pdx whomst shall i see at the #montavillastreetfair? Esp the #honkpdx stage?
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
What will you work on?
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Made it to my morning craft club. Darned a sock until my thumb hurt, knitted until my index finger hurt, maybe i will do some sewing today???
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
2017 chevy bolt
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Melissa Santos @ansate.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
4 hours of enthusiastic talking later - losing my voice and so tired. worth it! #HCAO hcao.org
hcao.org
Health Care for All Oregon
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