Reposted by Melanie SchellerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22hMaybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions). 6684204
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 30/09/2026So-called AI detection tools might be an even bigger scurge than AI. I was talking today with a student (a senior), who shared that they now have to spend time "dumbing down" their papers--shortening sentences, removing advanced vocab and punctuation--because otherwise they get flagged as "AI." 1029274
Reposted by Melanie SchellerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026No AI Government Guardrails: if we leave it up to Trump Listen to this man 🤦🏽♂️ "They're really going to be policing each other... It's going to be very, very safe and there's a self-policing and there's also a group policing and it's going to be great." 4924990
Reposted by Melanie SchellerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026Wait… but Trump said our concerns about AI taking over the world and destroying humanity are a “HOAX.” And efforts to restrict AI and data centers are part of a “SICK conspiracy.” 43456244
Melanie Scheller @melaniescheller.com · 18hThis should probably be worked into the marriage compatibility counseling some people do before the wedding. 010
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 30/09/2026I had a good visit in Canton for a meet and greet with folks there. This town has been through so much since Helene. Every time I'm here I'm reminded how much strength and resilience is in this community. Thank you to everyone who came out to talk with me. #NC11 #WNC #WesternNC 1112
Reposted by Melanie SchellerUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 23hBasic income isn't a handout. It's a head start. 🗨 Arlene Dickinson 02011
Melanie Scheller @melaniescheller.com · 18hGrrrrrr!!!!! I hate it when they make you come to an appointment to get YOUR results. 010
Reposted by Melanie SchellerMayors for a Guaranteed Income @mayorsforagi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Despite their name, work requirements don’t help folks stay employed. Instead, they actually increase the instability that those experiencing poverty already face, by creating onerous hoops to jump through. guaranteedincomeworks.substack.com/…guaranteedincomeworks.substack.comWork Requirements Don’t WorkUnconditional cash helps people get to work and stay working 021
Reposted by Melanie SchellerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I got one of those. Do not get into their greedy maw. Just sorting out my Anthropic settlement stuff now. (It's complicated, at least if you're me.) 07436
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 29/09/2026Amy and I host barn dances every month. In Congress, I'll bring that same Western North Carolina spirit as I take on corporate greed, lower costs for families, and fight for our Helene recovery funds. It's time we turned things around. #NC11 #WNC #NCpol 0167
Reposted by Melanie SchellerKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The platform “takes aim at pesticides in food… It seeks accountability for polluters, with a pledge to get industry lobbyists out of regulatory agencies. And it aims to get substances such as lead and microplastics out of water, in part by strengthening federal drinking water rules.”cbsnews.comDemocrat Abdul El-Sayed courts RFK Jr.'s MAHA voters with new health policy platformMichigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is making a play for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" supporters with the release Tuesday of a new health policy platform. 081
Reposted by Melanie SchellerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/09/2026Wow! Pissed-off Trump voter says America is not great again, and she regrets her vote for Trump. 1261236389
Reposted by Melanie SchellerKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“I think if we can acknowledge the kinds of logic people bring to these conversations, it creates the possibility of having better conversations. If we dismiss what they’re saying without any acknowledgement… it gets really hard to create a shared sense of understanding from which to move forward.”statnews.comShe's spent two decades talking to parents who don't vaccinate their children. Here's what she's learnedJennifer Reich has spent two decades speaking to families about their immunization decisions. In an interview, she unpacks what she's learned. 0115
Reposted by Melanie SchellerShawnfeb@bsky.social @shawnfeb24.bsky.social · 28/09/2026💙🆘️We can help this senior boy get the medical attention he needs by sharing, reposting and pledging. Every little bit helps to get him to safety.🆘️💙 045
Reposted by Melanie SchellerCats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Please help if you can! Queen City Cat Lounge is an adoption center I visit frequently here in Vermont and their window was vandalized last night. Fortunately they had double glass for the cats' safety, but the broken outer window needs to be fixed ASAP. www.gofundme.com/f/repair-and... 19966555
Reposted by Melanie SchellerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 28/09/2026ANOTHER DHS VOTER FRAUD CLAIM COLLAPSES Trump’s DHS claimed as many as 15,903 noncitizens were on Nevada’s voter rolls. Nevada pushed back and demanded evidence. 15,903 became 185. Nevada checked the 185. The new number: ZERO. Every single one was a US citizen. 321186621
Melanie Scheller @melaniescheller.com · 27/09/2026It's true! I remember thinking, "Fifty years of this shit is enough. I'm done." It makes a difference in how you move through the world. 010
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 27/09/2026It’s been two years since Hurricane Helene tore through Western North Carolina. While the damage was devastating, the way this community came together to rebuild has been even more powerful. It is still a long road ahead, but we're in it together. #NC11 #WNC #WesternNC #HurricaneHelene 0156
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJames Aura @jamesaura.bsky.social · 27/09/2026'For Customers Only' explores how restroom access- or lack thereof- reflects nationwide injustices #books #history archive.ph/k4HSh 111
Melanie Scheller @melaniescheller.com · 27/09/2026As someone who grew up in houses without indoor plumbing, I take this issue very seriously! 100
Reposted by Melanie SchellerBasic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 27/09/2026Since 1979, worker productivity is up 93.7%. Typical worker pay is up only 32.7%. The gains kept flowing, they just stopped flowing to the people generating them. Would a guaranteed income floor give workers enough leverage to close that gap, or is it too structural for UBI alone to fix? 13212
Reposted by Melanie SchellerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026So is the White House, the Kennedy Center, and for that matter the Supreme Court, Congress, the executive branch, the rule of law, the military, public health, and.... Let's hope for a midterm landslide and thereafter some memory in the electorate of who broke what. 11517112
Reposted by Melanie SchellerKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“This is a disease that can be eliminated through vaccination of domestic pets.” “This single case should not be of great concern because it is an infrequent occurrence in domestic pets,” Mitchell said. “However, this should be a reminder of why it’s so important to have dogs and cats vaccinated.”wafb.comLouisiana confirms first rabies case in a dog since 2014The Louisiana Department of Health has confirmed the first case of rabies in a Louisiana dog since 2014. It is the fifth rabies diagnosis in a Louisiana dog in the past 20 years. 0238
Reposted by Melanie SchellerUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Universal training data. Universal dividend. 1418156
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJames Aura @jamesaura.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Study shows 'Heatwave Season has lengthened by about nine days per decade #climate www.earth.com/climate/heat...earth.comHeatwave season has quietly grown by 39 days, arriving sooner and lasting longerThe heatwave season has stretched by about 39 days since 1979, with the biggest shifts in dry regions and a recent rise in fast-peaking heat. 012
Reposted by Melanie SchellerUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Canadian journalist Max Fawcett on UBI: "There's all sorts of data that suggests basic income would actually stimulate economic growth… improves health outcomes. And Lord knows improving health outcomes would save taxpayers and the government a lot of money." 3209
Reposted by Melanie SchellerEli Perencevich @eliowa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026“Housing is ruinously expensive. Child care is costly, too. Jobs are demanding and insecure…From this perspective, the fertility slump is a record of frustrated longing” www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comWhat’s Really Behind the Baby Bust?Are people having fewer children because modern life makes parenthood too difficult—or because the meaning of a satisfying life has changed? 043
Melanie Scheller @melaniescheller.com · 25/09/2026As a former medical transcriptionist, I am appalled by what AI did in transcribing this interview. These are the words it inserted instead of the correct term, salpingectomy, which means removal of the fallopian tubes. cell panjectomy self-injectivity suppinjectomy self-injectomies subanjectomy 000
Reposted by Melanie SchellerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026QUESTION: What’s going on with Susan Collins and the bribery scandal? But explain it to me like I’m five. ANSWER: Here you go 👇🏽 11927721376
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 25/09/2026I’m a farmer and an entrepreneur, which taught me how to lead, how to be humble, and how to execute, not just talk about big ideas. Right now, this country needs leaders in Washington who will roll up their sleeves, work hard, and fight for Western North Carolina. #NC11 #WNC #WesternNC 0187
Melanie Scheller @melaniescheller.com · 25/09/2026I thought I was the only one who experienced this. I will now stop being secretly ashamed about it. 010
Reposted by Melanie SchellerRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026So much of schools "responding to rape" is preventing the legal system from doing so. This is a report on seven adults who committed serious felonies for which there is a legal system to remind them and their pals that they are felonies. 251368405
Reposted by Melanie SchellerChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 25/09/2026DILLEY DETENTION CENTER NUMBER 2 Call it a “staging facility” all you want. The contract says detention. There’s playground equipment behind the fence. And Dilley has already held children far beyond the roughly 20-day Flores limit. Now they’re building “Dilley 2.” We know what this is! 24839792174
Reposted by Melanie SchellerAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 24/09/2026The cervical punch biopsy and colposcopy was easily the worst pain I’ve felt in my entire life. 832105392124
Reposted by Melanie SchellerAman Batheja @amanbatheja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Politico: Trump is airing a pro-Trump midterms ad on TV that -includes “paid for by the U.S. government” disclaimer text -features a song by an artist who says they didn’t approve it’s use and are now looking for a lawyerpolitico.comTrump administration launches pro-Trump TV ad ahead of midtermsThe 30-second ad, apparently paid for by U.S. tax dollars, features photos and videos of Trump, the American flag and military aircraft. 471002367
Reposted by Melanie SchellerUBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ireland's artist basic income returned €1.39 for every €1 spent. They made it permanent. South Korea just announced plans to follow. Now Scotland too. 171927822
Reposted by Melanie SchellerMStewart @thinkingtooloud.org · 24/09/2026So much swirling about AI in the #Writingcommunity and in #publishing these days. . 051
Reposted by Melanie SchellerJamie Ager @jamie.agerforcongress.com · 24/09/2026Thank you to everyone who came out to the meet and greet in Hayesville. I enjoyed talking with folks about affordability and rooting out corruption in DC. #NC11 #WNC #WesternNC 0168
Reposted by Melanie SchellerBen Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thanks to @highcountrynews.org for running this harrowing story on the drought-fueled Bearpocalypse that’s driving ursids into conflicts across the West. Bear issues have become nightly here in Salida; I just wrote to city council begging for better waste disposal. www.hcn.org/articles/as-...hcn.orgAs bears ‘spin out’ in southern Montana, wildlife managers are at wit’s end - High Country NewsAmid a record-breaking year of Western bear conflict, the historically tolerant Red Lodge community is grappling with opposing views on how to live with the species — and if a 'fed bear' really should... 23913