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Melissa (she/her)

@melissa-c.bsky.social
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Doom scroller. 3 cats. Queer lady. Baker. Yoga sometimes. Work traveler. Cocktail guy. Fat and grumpy hiker. Poor typist. Trying to make my community a little bit better.

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We can’t allow this man to get within striking distance of a viable presidential candidacy.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
You know, when politicians are term-limited out sometimes they do what’s in their heart, and he’s got nothing but love for throwing out homeless people’s stuff, eliminating jobs with that merger, and killing women
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
QUEENS QUEENS QUEENS
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is a beautiful game of baseball. #wpbl #queens #firebells
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Malevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back"
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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 28/08/2026
"If feminism means each of us finding our unique power, and helping other women do the same, Dolly Parton certainly has done both," wrote Gloria Steinem in 1987.
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Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (January 1987)
Woman of the Year Dolly Parton’s Unique Feminist Power, as Told by Gloria Steinem (From the January 1987 issue of Ms. Magazine)
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 07/07/2026
Incredible news. Illinois Governor Pritzker has signed a law removing testosterone HRT from the PDMP program, a program other states can use to access people's prescription records across state lines. It will protect trans people in IL from places like TX. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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IL Gov. Pritzker Signs Law Protecting Trans Patients By Removing Testosterone from Govt. Monitoring Program
Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) could be exploited to carry out anti-trans attacks. Illinois just made it harder to do.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I think if no one scores after 120 minutes, both teams should lose. PKs are for scorers.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
This announcer is just absolutely roasting Morocco. It feels personal.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sports are NEVER about fairness. There are all kinds of biological, economical and political advantages in sport. It is about grit and determination. It's about the love of the game and your teammates. Trans girls deserve to play sports with other girls. #ProtectTransKids
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Nate DiMeo @natedimeo.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Greenwater Berets
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Karen Geier @karengeier.com · 14/06/2026
It’s not hyperbole that part of what kept the queer liberation movement going in the Reagan era was the partying part of the “bury your friends in the morning, protest in the afternoon, and dance at night” schedule. Without joy there is no air left to fight
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No Score Draws ✍🏻⚽ @noscoredraws.com · 13/06/2026
The story so far
A grid of twelve substandard drawings of various stars and moments of the World Cup so far. There will be many, many more. #worldcup
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
When these people insist the mere presence of people unlike them is an attack on them, their country, or their rights, this is exactly the outcome they are seeking, and disappointment among far right Trumpists is largely that he failed to produce events like this here. www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 09/06/2026
Big news: Capital Weather is now independent at CapitalWeather.com. We’re building a new home for trusted DC-area weather coverage — with around-the-clock forecasts, live updates and deeper local weather and climate coverage. 1/4
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Which isn't to say people shouldn't boo him. Ideally, he should never be able to walk anywhere without being booed. Even to the toilet. If there was a hell, his punishment would be the old lady in "The Princess Bride" following him around and booing for eternity.
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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This is something I've been warning about, and mostly ignored over, forever: the anti-trans panic is going to affect cis people. It's tempting for cis people to ignore this, thinking we're safe. But we're not. It's being used to police us, as well. www.thewrap.com/media-platfo...
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Trump Under Fire for Apparently Calling James Talarico ‘This Transgender’ on Fox News
Donald Trump came under fire Friday evening after the president appeared to call Texas Senate candidate James Talarico "this transgender" during a Fox News interview.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
5 jobs you did as a teenager: Babysitter Worked the counter at the Bagel Bakery Concession stand and ticket booth at a movie theater Lab assistant at a masonry lab Box office at a summer concert venue
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Death knell for our ability to search and find correct/useful information?
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 22/05/2026
www.politico.com/live-updates... republicans poisoned the smithsonian women's history museum bill because they're ideologically opposed to women, history, and museums in that order
While 127 Democrats cosponsored an earlier version of the bill, most of them bailed after Republicans altered it ahead of the floor vote.

New language added in the House Administration Committee last month dedicated the museum to “preserving, researching, and presenting the history, achievements, and lived experiences of biological women in the United States” and prohibited the institution from seeking to “identify, present, describe, or otherwise depict any biological male as a female.”

Other new provisions called for “an equal representation of the diversity of the political viewpoints and authentic experiences held by women in the United States” and gave President Donald Trump the unilateral power to relocate the museum from sites already identified on the National Mall.

The Democratic Women’s Caucus announced earlier this week it would oppose the altered bill after working on it with Republicans for years.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Things may be crappy in different parts of my life and the world, but at least I'm surrounded by snoring cats.
A goofy cat laying belly up. So much floof. The cat is sleeping and you can see her little teefs in her slightly open mouth.
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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My reporting finds that sexual violence against Palestinians by Israeli authorities is widespread. I'm grateful to these assault victims for sharing with me the brutality they endured. Whether we're pro-Israel or pro-Palestinian, we should unite in being anti-rape. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
A silly kitten
Fluffy white cat with black & orange head spots with her tongue stuck out.Fluffy white cat with black & orange head spots bearing her teeth in a yawn in profile.Fluffy white cat with black & orange head spots yawning with teeth laying back.Fluffy white cat with black & orange head spots with her tongue full of hair.
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WIRED @wired.com · 04/05/2026
Alexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGE’s incursion into the agency. www.wired.com/story/a-fede...
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A Federal Worker Was Fired for Filming DOGE. Now She’s Running for Congress
Alexis Goldstein, a former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee, was fired this year for recording DOGE’s incursion into the agency.
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Senator Angela Alsobrooks @alsobrooks.senate.gov · 29/04/2026
John Lewis was beaten with clubs wrapped in barbed wire on the Edmund Pettus Bridge fighting for voting rights. Today’s SCOTUS decision takes the sacrifice and fight of all who marched before us and throws it away. We must keep marching — too many have fought too hard to give up.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.
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Louisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court ruling
Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 30/04/2026
🧵Yesterday, the Supreme Court significantly weakened a key tool that has been used to challenge racially discriminatory voting practices for fifty years. The decision will effectively strip Black and brown voters of their political power. Catch up on some of Wednesday’s breaking coverage below👇
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Supreme Court guts Voting Rights Act, greenlights GOP gerrymanders
Justice Elena Kagan, in dissent, accused the majority of making changes that "eviscerate the law."
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CNN @cnn.com · 22/04/2026
Virginia voters will approve a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats, CNN's Decision Desk projects, in a major boost to the party's effort to flip the House. cnn.it/4w1wU6P
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
And for anyone who doesn't subscribe to The Atlantic yet, a gift link for you: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Kash Patel’s Erratic Behavior Could Cost Him His Job
The FBI director has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Powerful men don't commit these acts in a vacuum. There are always other men who know what's happening and choose to look away.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/04/2026
textbook sanewashing
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump promises strikes on Iran’s power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz isn't reopened.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Five minute mental health work break.
A glass of milk with a wonky stack of 4 Oreos.
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Lambda Legal @lambdalegal.org · 31/03/2026
BREAKING NEWS: Today SCOTUS ruled 8–1 in Chiles v. Salazar to strike down Colorado’s ban on licensed mental health professionals’ use of “conversion therapy” on minors. We condemn this ruling and all practices that purport to “change” the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ people.
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Lambda Legal Condemns Supreme Court Ruling Greenlighting Ineffective and Harmful “Conversion Therapy” Practices
“LGBTQ+ youth do not need to be changed.  Rather, like all youth, they need to be supported and celebrated for the unique and important people they are becoming.”  The U.S. Supreme Court today struck ...
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
At least there's sunshine today.
A gray and white sphynx cat with a blue harness and leash, sitting outside on a porch in the sunshine.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Share a green character for 🍀 or else the rest of the year you'll have terrible luck.
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a green monster is standing in a dark room holding a piece of paper
Alt: a green monster is standing in a dark room holding a piece of paper - Slimer from the original Ghostbusters
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I really love all of these pens. They all have their place in my heart. Though I prefer #6 in green.
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Anyone know of a WV or Appalachian organization I should donate to?
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Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It seems all Kansas-issued trans drivers' licenses are invalid, effective tomorrow It is now illegal for trans people to drive a car until they surrender their license at a DMV (that most will need to drive to) and have it reissued with the wrong gender marker This was never about woman's sports
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Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
"The legislature did not include a grace period."
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
They won't start with banning birth control. First they'll lie about it. Then dictate who can prescribe it, use it, fund it, in what forms, and for how long. Suddenly, your doctor won't call you back. I know this is what they'll do because it's what they're doing to transgender healthcare right now.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
The men's hockey final was fun to watch. Almost as fun as the hockey final.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
USA WINS GOLD BABY!!!!!!!! 🏒
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Capital Weather @capitalweather.com · 18/02/2026
Have you noticed less than great air quality lately? Light winds + recent temp inversions have trapped pollutants near the ground — the same setup that’s brought us fog. A front later this week should bring wind and rain to help clear things out. More info at cwg.live
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Is everything bots?
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Yes!!
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Team USA Curler Rich Ruohonen: "We'd be remiss if we didn't at least mention what's going on in Minnesota...I am a lawyer, as you know, and we have a constitution... and what's happening in Minnesota is wrong. There's no shades of gray. It's clear."
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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Amber Glenn, a queer Texan who started ice skating at the stonebriar mall in frisco at age 5, who plays magic the gathering, is an olympic gold medalist
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
This really hurts
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Melissa (she/her) @melissa-c.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Quiet and snowy morning.
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Brennan Lee Mulligan @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Abolish ICE, prosecute and imprison its leaders, impeach and remove the President from office. This is the only sane reaction to a group of armed men kidnapping and gunning down our neighbors in the street.
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