Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘ProPublica @propublica.org · 2hThe government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️ 4729681759
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Rep Jahana Hayes @repjahanahayes.bsky.social · 1hCT has the 2nd highest number of new cases of breast cancer in the U.S. Know your risk by talking to your doctor about your family history and schedule your annual screening. Early detection can save a life. 043
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026this reveals SO MUCH about legacy media 992506510
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 05/10/2026"Transgender rights activists are spreading misinformation about guidance that protects single-sex spaces by claiming it erodes trans people’s rights, the equalities regulator has said." [Times page 2] 4645459
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Livsbian 🌈 @livvytrouble.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I don’t think the normies realise that under Labour the UK is to the right of *Donald Trump* on trans issues 😕 07414
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The Deadline Is Monday Texas voter registration closes Monday, Oct 5. Miss it, you sit out November. Texas is the hardest state in America to vote in, and that's no accident. It's 150 years of laws built to keep the list short. 🧵 open.substack.com/pub/lonestar...open.substack.comHow Texas Turned Voter Registration Into A Political Weapon150 years of making it hard on purpose. Check your registration before Monday. 12319260
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘UnicornsRockUK @unicornsrockuk.northsky.social · 30/09/2026The whole thing is a bigoted disgrace. The cis don't have to tell each other if they are married, if they have herpes, if they are a Tory, if they've been convicted of horrendous offences. But if we fail to disclose we're trans, off to prison we go and have to sign the sex offenders register. 27119
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 16/09/2026ANGIE NIXON DID NOT COME TO PLAY. LETS GOOOOO! Click below and donate to her campaign for us senate❤️✊🏽 secure.actblue.com/donate/frien... 673427858
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Saw this quote and had to make a thing Most cis/cishet men are convinced none of * their* friends would ever be abusive, to them, they are probably not, but to others, well, thats a different matter that they dont think about 1183
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I've had people declare eternal blood feud against me on the Internet because we had different opinions about "Game of Thrones." Trust me, you can cut a rapist out of your life. 218217
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Angie Nixon @angieforfl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Folks have insulted: My Southern drawl. My loc’d hair. My clothes. My shoes. My intelligence. I’ve been called a ghetto Black b!t€h. Now @JDVance says I don’t belong and should leave the very country my ancestors helped build. This is a lot y’all. It is. #AngieForFlorida 68993622182
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 03/10/20267/ Let’s start with the benefits. For adults 65+, Covid vaccination prevents about 1,200 hospitalizations for every 1 million doses. It also lowers the risk of Covid-related blood clots, including strokes, heart attacks, and blood clots in the legs or lungs. 3324
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 03/10/2026A tiny bit of gentle advice for the men: before you try to explain or pontificate anything about the Cornell 7 to a woman, please remember chances are she’s already an expert 🙏🏻 370110982227
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Amber 🏳️⚧️ @transtraingirl.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Keep! Masking! Yall! 0184
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘shelleyenglish.bsky.social @shelleyenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Remembering Jamal Khashoggi who was murdered on October 2, 2018 by Saudi agents. karenattiah.substack.com/p/rememberin... @karenattiah.bsky.social 230076
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422930966
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘spooky sky ✨🌙✨ @sky-writes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026hi! 🩷 i need some medication pretty urgently and the cost is beyond my means. Please consider sharing or, if you're secure and can swing it, helpin' out. i haven't really talked about some of this stuff publicly before, but this is no time for me to be nervous to ask for help. thank you!!gofund.meDonate to Help sky get urgently needed medication!, organized by Scott LeatonHi! My name is Sky. I’m a trans woman living in Chicago, Illinois, and i’m cur… Scott Leaton needs your support for Help sky get urgently needed medication! 24260
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Epstein emails show he literally advised *all* these freaks, over decades, up til his death, on how to use transphobia as a wedge to make their expected victims more vulnerable Dems could have just not accepted Epstein's framing of trans rights as an essential part of being viewed as electable 220275
Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘 @flowers4melanie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A mere kid in Keith Richards years. 000
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Them @them.us · 02/10/2026Protesters gathered outside UPMC Children’s Hospital after the hospital system agreed to stop providing gender-affirming medical care to patients under 19.them.usIn Democratic-Led Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Hospital Caves to Trump. Trans Kids Could Lose Care for a Decade 053
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We expect victims to be pure at the start and act as if they're being victimized, but the truth is people who have already made some bad or risky decisions tend to be easier prey. Until our understanding of rape fully internalizes this we wont see change. 210612
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Arden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2668202574
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Only 3% of rapists spend a day in jail. If you feel you need a court to convict someone for them to be a rapist, you are a rape apologist. If you don’t automatically believe survivors… you are a rape apologist. The courts don’t care about rape victims and justice for them. The stats prove it. 43511
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Art by Veya @artbyveya.bsky.social · 02/10/2026F your bigotry. 🌼 ❤️ 092
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 02/10/2026Big Tech companies like Flock Safety have built a mass surveillance system to harvest Americans’ private and personal data without their consent. I’m proud to introduce the Ban Flock Act with @sanders.senate.gov to enforce our constitutional right to privacy. 451313360
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 01/10/2026ko-fi.com/dreamingnoct... Hiiii I know…its just me again, because…well, I am trying as hard as I can but things are difficult and life is expensive. Please help out, or consider a commission~ Thaaaaaanks!ko-fi.comSupport Jaye Allison AshtearSupport Jaye Allison Ashtear 01313
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Thread. 19661245
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘azteclady @azteclady.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"Do research, and by that I mean, don't ask ChatGPT but actually look it up yourself" 041
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘This Panda Eats Pumpkins @annie.redpanda.fun · 02/10/2026Somehow my new job is paying me a dollar short of what I was promised, and that also puts me short of being able to actually pay my fucking rent. Which was due yesterday. I'm gonna have a sternly worded chat with my boss, but in the meantime I'm 85 bucks short. Any bit helps. ko-fi.com/acdanversko-fi.comBuy A.C. Danvers a CoffeeQueer author and game designer. Creator of Hulks & Horrors and Arcana Rising. 01723
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Brooklyn Rousseau (Spooky 365, not just October) 🎃 @glamgothcollective.mu.social · 02/10/2026Haven't gotten any donations in the last 10 days, things are pretty rough. 043
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Negativepeace @negativepeace.cryptoanarchy.network · 01/10/2026This place is actively getting even worse and its in large part because of Aaron being a child tbh 110212
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Art is Human" Anti-AI mural seen in Denman Island, British Columbia 3435146
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Claudia: alt text please 😩 @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Look what I found. 6344127
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Tompkins County DA says his office was never given the full transcript where the former Cornell student said, “I can say with 100% confidence I was raped.” Cornell says it turned over its investigation. So what exactly was sent, and why was that statement apparently missing? 1141395
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Kavi Kat 🌬️ @katinthestars.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Capital punishment doesn't benefit society. It's time we abolish it. 👀 deathpenaltyinfo.org/studies-deat...scientificamerican.comEvidence Does Not Support the Use of the Death PenaltyCapital punishment must come to an end. It does not deter crime, is not humane and has no moral or medical basis 09129
Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘 @flowers4melanie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Replace heart with arse in love song lyrics "And I'm shot through the arse As I lay there alone in the dark (Ah, ah) Through the arse (Ah, ah) It's all part of the game that we call love" 000
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Abolish the death penalty. Not just for Christa Pike and Allan Miller, but for every victim of premeditated state murder who went before and every one yet to come. Retribution is not justice; it is barbarism. 520341
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘🏳️⚧️ Ciara RayneCloud 🏳️⚧️ @ciararaynecloud.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We just hit 835 bills across 43 states for 2026. Since 2021, we've now hit a total of nearly 3500. I DO actually think we need to know about what bills are being introruced, by whom, and where actually, and I find it kind of frustrating that I seem to be alone in this. This isn't panic. 42312
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 30/09/20269/ Now's also the time to mask in crowded indoor spaces, especially if you’re at higher risk or spending time with someone who is. Air filters or even opening windows is also a great way to mitigate spread. If you're sick, stay home if possible. 02612
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · 30/09/20268/ What does that mean for you? Although Covid has peaked, we’re still in a Covid wave. Now is a great time to get vaccinated, especially if you’re high risk. 1267
Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘 @flowers4melanie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026These are not serious people. To think that someone handed this dude a JD. 🤦🏼♀️ 000
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘victoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 30/09/2026we've got our first buffalo t-girl baseball practice on sunday (info below! if you're a doll, DM "buffalotgirlbaseball" on IG and come thru!) and i'm going in completely cold. haven't thrown a baseball or swung a bat in a decade. haven't been in shape since i was like 20. i might die out there 6809
Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘 @flowers4melanie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It's ultimately cheaper to house an inmate. Also, in an opinion by the ACLU, they argue that the death penalty violates the US Constitution as a form of cruel and unusual punishment, the guarantee of due process, and equal protection of the law. 100
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Aleksandra Vaca @transiticsnews.com · 29/09/2026The Democrat here, Blake Gendebien, is facing off against Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino. Constantino is literally running on "detransitioning America" and generally just hating trans people. Gendebien could've called Constantino out for being insane. Instead, he chose bigotry. Shame.transiticsnews.comRepublican Wins Competitive New York House Primary—and Likely a Seat in Congress—After Running on ‘Detransitioning America’With Trump’s backing, Anthony Constantino won the primary to succeed outgoing Rep. Elise Stefanik. His repeated calls to ‘detransition America’ must be a warning to us all. 9392110
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘BOOdini 🔮🕷️🕸️🐈⬛ @budini.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Did you read the excerpts from her statement he posted on the DA’s website? It’s just a few quotes from the woman’s 6-page statement. He thinks it supports his decision to not investigate or prosecute. I….do not agree. www.tompkinscountyny.gov/News-article...tompkinscountyny.govDistrict Attorney statement re: Jane Doe v. Cornell University, et alOn Sep. 18, 2026, I learned of the civil complaint filed in New York County Court alleging a series of heinous and despicable acts committed by members of the Chi Phi fraternity at Cornell University ... 55511
Reposted by Melanie Jean Nelson 🫘Atlas Mugged (N95 Duckbill 😷)✊🏿🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ @pamacious.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 I don't understand why the case is being referred to as "reopened, " when the DA's office admitted they never independently investigated to begin with. So they would be "reopening" an "investigation" conducted by campus police at best. Source: ABC News 2204