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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Just checking to see if people are seeing my posts. Please engage!!😬 If your emotions were a band, what would they be called today? I’ll go first: “Zen & the Panic Headlines” Your turn! Let’s have some fun & get creative!😜🎤🎶🎸🥁🎹🎺🎻 #VibeCheck #EmotionalSoundtrack #NowPlayingInMyHead #Music

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

If you’ve ever hidden parts of yourself just to survive, this story might resonate. The Weight of Silence is my journey through pain, healing, and self-acceptance. Now available: MelindaVelasquez.com See images for more. 📚#booksky

Cover of the book The Weight of Silence: Emerging From the Shadows of Family Addiction. The white background appears as cracked paint with the ocean at the bottom of the cover and a young blonde curly haired girl is facing the ocean wearing a flowy dress. Her hair and dress are blowing in the wind and there are blue and purple butterflies flying around her and the book title.

Words on a light green and blue background mimicking the colors of the ocean from the front of the book.

Words on a light green and blue background mimicking the colors of the ocean from the front of the book. A picture of the author smiling, leaning her head on her hand with her knees bent, sitting on stone steps. She is wearing a dark green sweater, jeans and brown shoes with foliage in the background. She has blonde curly hair and blue eyes.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Focusing on the good stuff as much as possible during these crazy times. I’m excited for tomorrow, my bestie is taking me out to celebrate my pub day! She’s such a huge source of support & I’m so grateful for her friendship. She’s my soul sister. Here’s a pic of us. What are you looking forward to?

Two women with blonde curly hair laughing while clinking their sparkling wine glasses together

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

One week! That’s all that stands between today and the moment The Weight of Silence is officially out in the world. This back cover blurb gives you a glimpse of what’s inside—a story of resilience, healing, and finding my voice. I can’t wait to share it with you! One week to go! 📚💜🦋 #booksky

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Halfway through the week! Here’s a cute pic of my dog blissfully passed out on my husband last night just in case you need to smile. It’s the dangling leg for me. 😆🥰💜🐕😴

Small brown dog sleeping in a fuzzy blue blanket with front paws outstretched and back leg dangling out of the blanket.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

“We’re talking about doing something extraordinary here for the government to sentence people to what’s essentially slave labor, torture, prison in El Salvador based on nothing, based on having a flower tattoo...” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/u...

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Joe Rogan, Voices on the Right Raise Alarm Over Trump’s Immigration Moves

The cracks in support show how seriously some conservatives are taking the administration’s aggressive and at times slapdash tactics.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 02/04/2025

We deserved some good news!

Wisconsin State Supreme Court
PROJECTED WINNER
Susan Crawford
Decision Desk HQ

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

We made it to Friday! On a week where Tuesday felt like it should be Friday already, I’m calling it a win!! Wooh, the Universe is NOT messin’ around this week! January felt like a year, I barely remember February & March kinda felt like one giant never-ending to-do list. Grateful for calm & quiet. 🤪

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Good morning, Bluesky. May you find pockets of warmth and joy today. I hope you’re able to do something you enjoy today, and spend time with people who fill you up. 💜

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

“It was also unclear if Starlink communications were encrypted. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing White House servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate…” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...

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Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex

Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Here’s some beauty for your Saturday. Absolutely gorgeous day on the Central Coast today. Low tide, no crazy wind. A perfect day for a beach walk. Toes in the sand and I always leave with rocks in my pocket.🌊💜🌞 #beachwalk #pacificocean #grounded #rockcollector

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

So…March is A LOT, already & this month is just getting started! Eclipses & Retrogrades, oh my! 😱🫨🤪😵‍💫😶‍🌫️Doing my best to stay grounded amidst all the crazy. This girl is helping with that this morning. Also, pretty sure most of the time that my dog is a cat trapped in a dog’s body.😆Have a good day!

Little brown and black dog looking right into the camera sitting on a soft gray blanket.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I’m an American and I’m disgusted by how President Zelensky was treated in the Oval Office today. I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

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dk @catmarine.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

economic blackout 2/28, 4/18, 7/4
3/7-3/14 amazon, 3/21-3/28 nestle, 4/7-4/14 walmart, 4/21-4/28 general mills, 5/6-5/12 amazon, 5/20-5/26 walmart, 6/3-6/9 target, 6/24-6-30 mcdonalds small biz ok use cash we the people hold the power

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

And I am an ally. If you are too, let the world know.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Finally received my official copyright certificate for my book in the mail today. This is my first book. I’ve been figuring all of this out on my own as I go & receiving that today felt even better than I thought it would. Trying to be mindful of each milestone & celebrate all the things. 😊📚#booksky

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Feeling a bit off this week. I’m trying to embrace the discomfort of the liminal space while I wait for the formatters to finish, so I can move my book to the final phase of self-publishing. Leaning into surrender & letting go of control. Trusting the process & the timing…sometimes! 😵‍💫🫨🤪😶‍🌫️🫠 #booksky 📚

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

It gives me hope to see all the people who protested today. I ended up having to work all day but I was with you in spirit. I’ll be looking forward to the next one because we need to keep showing up! Thank you for showing up and showing out today! #50501

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

It’s been a full weekend of work for me on my feet & a full week ahead. I’m very much looking forward to not leaving my house tomorrow, doing only a little work & not talking to anyone but myself or my dog for most of the day! 😆Maybe read 📚a little & catch up on shows I’m behind on. Anyone else?

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

When I was a little girl, my mom told me green was my color. I believed her—until others turned a simple green sweater into a weapon to be used against me. (Thread) #Booksky 📚 #healing #selflove #author #memoir

My official author photo. A picture of me sitting on stone steps outside resting my head on my right hand. I have blonde curly hair, just past my shoulders, blue eyes and I'm wearing a dark green sweater, jeans and brown shoes.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 20/20! #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Good morning Bluesky. Enjoying my favorite morning ritual drinking my tea while gazing outside as I sit cozied up under a warm blanket on my couch. Today I get the added bonus of listening to the rain on this stormy morning. Enjoying the quiet moments of solitude before diving into my day. ☕️💜⛈️📚

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 19/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The book cover for the book Love Warrior by Glenn Doyle. The word LOVE and Warrior are written vertically in block letters, LOVE is much bigger on the left side of the cover and the O is in red in the shape of a heart the right side of the heart is a woman who appears to be looking up with her chest out proudly and red flames coming out of her backside inside the heart.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 18/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Audio book cover of the book The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer the image is two small wooden boats anchored in the calm ocean.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 16 & 17/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The cover of the book Becoming by Michelle Obama. It features her against a grayish blue background wearing a white off the shoulder top resting her hand on her face and smiling.

The cover of the book The Lost Years: Surviving A Mother and Daughter’s Worst Nightmare by Kristina Wandzilak and Constance Curry. It features the two authors in black and white the mother on the left side of the cover looking towards the daughter and the daughter looking ahead. The background is black, which also gives the sense of a shared darkness between the two of them.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 15/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Book cover of the book Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. Yellow background with a black banner down the middle with jagged edges & the name of the book ZODIAC in bold red lettering down the middle. Some of the writings of the Zodiac killer are in red capital letters on the right side along with his symbol a circle with a cross over it also in red. The left side in black lettering talks about the book being a national bestseller.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 14/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Book cover of The Diart of a Young Girl with a picture of Anne Frank against a deep red background.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Good morning, Bluesky.💙 I know it’s rough out there. We need to find our moments of zen and comfort. This view of my dog brought me joy this morning, so I thought I’d share. We need to stay grounded so we can continue to persevere and RESIST! #doglover #resist #animals #pets #joy

A little brown dog nestled into a pile of cozy blue blankets and pillows on a grey couch.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 13/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The book cover for The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown with a blue sky background with light clouds a heart with gold around it with these words underneath the heart: Let go of who you think you’re supposed to be and embrace who you are black banner on the bottom with a white bird flying on the bottom right.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 12/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The cover of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee with a deep red background featuring a tree with black branches and light green leaves.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 11/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Book cover for The Anatomy of Peace with a blue background with a plant behind the title in the same blue color but a bit in the shadows

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 10/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Book of the novel, Beloved by Toni Morrison a simple red background with gold lettering.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 9/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Book cover for The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Good Sunday morning, Bluesky! Sending you love, peace and hope today that will carry you through the week. Also just in case you need a little extra joy, here’s one of my favorite pics of my dog. 🥰🐕 #Sunday #Dogs #Pets

A little brown dog wrapped in a blue fuzzy blanket looking back with love

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 8/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

Book Cover for Lord of the Flies featuring an adolescent boy’s face peering out from plants and trees that cover his forehead with an intense and haunting look in his eyes.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 7/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The title of the book with a woman dressed as a geisha on the left side of the book only revealing the left side of her body.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It’s time to speak the truth. I’m proud to reveal the title & cover of my memoir: The Weight of Silence: Emerging from the Shadows of Family Addiction. This is a story of breaking free from silence & reclaiming my voice. I hope it resonates with others who’ve carried the same weight. #Booksky 💙📚🦋

The image is of the book cover at the top with the title starting in a dark turquoise and flowing into a deep purple color against a white background with appearance of cracked paint. As you move towards the bottom of the cover you see soft clouds on the horizon of the ocean where the subtitle is in a soft teal color and the word “Memoir” with an adolescent girl with curly blonde hair standing on the shore looking out at the ocean. She is wearing a patterned blue, white and golden yellow flowy dress. Her hair and her dress are blowing in the wind, and she stands barefoot on the sandy shore. There are two purple and one blue butterfly flying around the title at the the top of the cover and two blue butterflies flying on either side of the girl standing on tue beach. The full title reads:The Weight of Silence: Emerging from the Shadows of Family Addiction. The author’s name, Melinda Velasquez is along the bottom of the cover in black.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 6/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

shows the book's title and most of a body engulfed by a golden cloud

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Something big is coming Friday 1/31/25! What lies beyond the door? The light is just out of reach. For years, I’ve lived in the shadows of my own story. Friday I will finally share the title and cover of my memoir, a story of survival, loss, and hope. Stay tuned for the big reveal. #Booksky

Dark waters and dark skies leading to an open door with light pouring in. Above the image are the words “The wait is almost over”

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Goodnight. May tomorrow bring you calm waters and a beautiful low tide to reveal all the treasures washed ashore. 🌊💜

View of the sun beginning to set over the ocean from a bluff. The tide is very low and the ocean is calm. The horizon has a soft golden yellow hue.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 5/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The cover of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a painting by Francis Cugat titled Celestial Eyes. It depicts a disembodied face of a flapper with red lips and celestial eyes floating above a dark blue New York City skyline.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I used to minimize my pain, comparing it to others’ as if that made it less significant. But strength isn’t just surviving—it’s facing the truth. Something hidden in the shadows for too long is about to be revealed. Stay tuned. #Memoir #Booksky #ReclaimingMyVoice #HealingThroughTruth #ComingSoon

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 4/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

The original book cover for the book Helter Skelter. The true story about the Manson Murders. The words “Helter Skelter” are written in a shiny red font to depict blood with drops of blood coming off the words & slightly dripping down.

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

At home, the walls were crumbling. At school, I was fighting daily battles. The safety I once knew was gone, and my heart was breaking. I didn’t know then how much strength it would take to rebuild and reclaim my voice. Healing starts with truth—and that journey is about to begin. #Booksky

An image of a heart cracking open with a lava like substance coming through the cracks along with a quote from my memoir, “All of this was happening at home while I was facing daily harassment at school. Since my parents’ separation, my home was no longer a sanctuary for me, and the challenges with the blended family only amplified that feeling. My emotional safety in the two environments where I spent most of my time—school and home—had completely eroded.” ~Melinda Velasquez

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 3/20 #booksky #bookchallenge #20bookchallenge

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Melinda Velasquez @melindavelasquez.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The silence in my family was never peaceful—it was a wall, blocking us from confronting the truth. It wasn’t until I left home that I understood how deeply silence had affected me. #Booksky #MemoirComingSoon

Quote from my book shown above an image of a heart shaped hole in a window looking out at a house with a yard in front. “The hole that now existed within our family had become a sad spectacle on the walls of our home, casting a dark shadow over our once happy family. I didn’t say a word or share my feelings with my mom, fearing it would make things worse. This was part of a toxic pattern that I would develop. I just put up a brave front and tried to suppress the pain of what had just happened.” ~Melinda Velasquez

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