Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Wtf, the latest Anthropic settlement email. Said to check allocation (like the last email). I did. All the changes I made last time - I had to change my claim to default - are not shown. Email says past changes are recorded but site is but updated. But trust them anyway! Help! 000
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I propose that everyone dress up like Dolly for Halloween this year. She would absolutely love that. 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Be like Dolly: Believe in science, encourage reading, support LGBTQ rights and use the power of music and the arts to inspire and heal. Also,wear whatever the hell you want with panache. 040
Reposted by Melanie BenjaminAmadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible. 46149544076
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I hate this timeline. How is he still alive and this absolute angel isn’t? Rest in the power you demonstrated all your life, Dolly. 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 12/07/2026It’s OK to speak ill of the dead. You think any former colleague of Hitler came out with a sympathetic statement about how he was a really cool guy who had a rotten childhood before he started in on the whole “genocide thing”? 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Watching NYC now reminds me of Chicago when the Cubs won the series in 2016. There’s nothing like seeing a big blue city full of diverse people with diverse issues united by joy and pride and a giant “Eff you” to all the haters who try to demonize their home town. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 29/05/2026This whole modernizing kids books makes me so sad. Reading books written in different times as a kid got me interested in history. It wasn’t an obstacle but a series of breadcrumbs to learn more. And that led me to write historical fiction. 040
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 02/05/2026I see people are worried about Bluesky engagement. Honestly I came here in search of a Twitter replacement. Months later I’ve learned I don’t really miss that place & less social media makes me happy. So no, I’m not here like I once was. It’s not political. Just a mental health thing. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 26/04/2026I know a terrible thing happened last night - the Cubs lost to the Dodgers by 8 runs. But today is a new day & a new chance to humiliate the evil empire. Go Cubs!! 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 16/04/2026I often say I write historical fiction because I understand the past far better than I understand the present. Case in point: 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Guess Melania’s never heard of the Streisand Effect. 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 05/04/2026In my best Edward G. Robinson voice: “Where’s your messiah now?” 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Look, I think they all should rot in jail forever but has anyone else noticed it’s the women he’s throwing under the bus? I mean, of all of them, isn’t Hegseth the absolute worst? 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Longingly looking at that bottle of champagne. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Michael B. Jordan!!!!! There’s one good thing in this world. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Not body shaming at all. People should do what they want to do to feel better about themselves. But also, most of the actresses on this show just make me sad. About unrealistic expectations concerning women in Hollywood. About ageism in general. About Ozempic. About life. #oscars 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I’m not sure that the scripted banter has ever been as lame as it is tonight, though. #oscars 140
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 16/03/2026I’m not sure I’ll ever recover from this year’s Oscar’s “In Memoriam.” 021
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Vote for the people who don’t bomb or prey on children. 010
Reposted by Melanie BenjaminRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 28/02/2026My statement on President Trump’s combat operations in Iran⬇️ 356110263291
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 28/02/2026The Pedophile in the White House just illegally attacked another country. If you voted for him you deserve all the retaliatory shit that will happen. Unfortunately those of us with a moral compass will suffer too. Along with the innocents in the Middle East and the armed services. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Serious question: is anyone on the Hill talking about the DHS funding bill? It’s not even in the headlines anymore. 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 15/02/2026For Valentine’s Day we watched Harold and Maude, which somehow - incredibly - I had never seen. Loved it, amazed by it, and left wondering why cinema has never again reached the heights of the 1970s. 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Fun fact: Spanish has been spoken in this geographic region known as the United States about a century longer than has English. Get bent, MAGA. 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 06/02/2026One of the saddest things about living in these times is having to feel such hatred, every single minute of every single day. Like, I didn’t know this much hate even existed inside me. Now I know & it’s one more thing to hate them for. A veritable Dante’s circle of hate. 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I still don’t know how the hell we went from the beautiful promise of Obama to this. People, stop voting for racist pedophiles. (FYI Trump is a racist pedophile.) 010
Reposted by Melanie BenjaminMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technologyShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman. 13674820219711
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Democracy died in darkness because Bezos paid $75 million for a crappy documentary instead of paying the electric bill. 000
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Men who tell women to smile deserve to be smothered in peanut butter and fed to rats. 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 28/01/2026A guy threw an unknown substance in the face of a Democratic congresswoman and nobody shot him 10 times. 020
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I’m getting strong Trojan Horse vibes with the alleged news about Bovino and rumors about Noem. Please, Schumer, Durbin, et al - don’t open the gates. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Dear Senator Richard Durbin and Senator Tammy Duckworth: Do not be appeased by this apparent “about face.” Do not accept the sacrificial goat that seems to be Bovino. Hold your ground with the spending bill. No more funds to ICE. Period. 060
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Silverio Gonzalez was murdered by ICE in Chicago this fall. Please don’t forget his name. 021
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/01/2026You know you’ve lost the country when the NRA and Democrats suddenly find themselves allied against you. Helluva a job, Trumpy. 130
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Is The Guardian down? It really is the only news site I trust these days. But it’s not working for me right now. 010
Reposted by Melanie BenjaminSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If only we as a country, as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our independence, had some historical events from our founding era that might help us understand why agents of a distant government shouldn’t murder protesters on the streets of the city where they live. 91089427
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 24/01/2026May they all rot in prison before they rot in hell. And that includes every cowardly member of Congress and the Senate. My heart is with Minneapolis and all the brave witnesses risking their lives to show the world what is happening. 030
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 19/01/2026To think that all this is because a black man was president and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. ALL. THIS. 110
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Dear World, we know he’s insane but we’re being held hostage by a spineless Congress and Senate and a corrupted Supreme Court. 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Anyone else sitting out these Olympics because of a profound inability to root for our country right now? I feel sorry for the young athletes having to face the rest of the world while wearing our flag. They worked hard and don’t deserve this. 110
Reposted by Melanie BenjaminAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/01/2026Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait. 553230976926
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Has there been any smiting from the face of the earth today, she asked hopefully? 010
Melanie Benjamin @melanieben.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The self-congratulatory nature of awards shows like the Golden Globes is really not landing with me this year. Can’t imagine it’s landing with many people right now. Congrats, actors, but I can’t get invested in your gowns and speeches. 110
Reposted by Melanie BenjaminKatie Risseeuw @katierizz.bsky.social · 08/01/2026In Sept, ICE killed another person in a car and lied about it. www.reuters.com/world/us/pol...reuters.comFootage of deadly ICE shooting in Chicago suburb challenges official narrativeSilverio Villegas Gonzalez was pulled over and eventually shot by an ICE agent. 0157