Reposted by Melissa LimaQueer and Pleasant Danger @monsterologist.bsky.social · 24/08/2026It's probably going to be a bit before I can draw again, so I drew this. I do not like it, but I wanted to jump on the Petra Parker bandwagon before I was totally and horrifically behind the times. Which I kinda am already. I know. I wish I were better at this, too. 19812171
Reposted by Melissa LimaBeacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 27/07/2026“ @kpc.bsky.social writes with a scientist’s sharpness and observational power about what it means to be a queer, non-binary immigrant and find belonging and build a career between the edges of rigid societal expectations.” — @vesnajaksiclowe.bsky.socialbuff.lyImmigrant Strong: June 2026 IssueOn World Cup fever, remembering an Iranian writer, and American subjectivity 072
Reposted by Melissa LimaMys.TraceyTonight @traceytonight.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My friend Rhys is suffering from a severe infectious disease that may cause heart damage unless treated. The goal is at $500 of $4,100 currently, and it would mean everything to me if you could donate & share this around, to keep him safe. www.gofundme.com/f/help-rhys-...gofundme.comDonate to Help Rhys Get Life-Saving Dental Treatment, organized by Anne ArredondoWHO I AM Hello, my name is Anne and I’m trying to save my friend, … Anne Arredondo needs your support for Help Rhys Get Life-Saving Dental Treatment 2354440
Reposted by Melissa Lima🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 21/07/2026🌞 For a limited time only (21-24 July), you can pre-order Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life with 25% OFF at Waterstones (online only)! www.waterstones.com/book/darwin-... #books #booksky #science #histsci #queerhistory @yalebooks.bsky.social 🌈📚🦋🗃️ 01910
Reposted by Melissa LimaComunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Clara E. Mattei vai estar hoje em Lisboa na Lisbon Praxis Summer School 2026, organizada pelo Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa, sob o tema “Teorias Críticas do Fascismo”. 186
Reposted by Melissa Limaemily blight 🐦⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 13/07/2026this is where your money goes when you buy harry potter stuff. rowling isn’t shy about it. amnesty wrote an even-handed report that laid out what anti-rights groups do; rowling uses her billions & clout to suppress it. when you give rowling money; she spends it on stealing people’s human rights. 127791394
Reposted by Melissa LimaPetter Törnberg @pettertornberg.com · 07/07/2026‘Polarization’ has become the master concept for diagnosing our current democratic crisis. But this is not polarization. It is the radicalization of the political right. By misdiagnosing it, we risk becoming complicit in the crisis. 🧵 Just out in Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... 4934501433
Reposted by Melissa LimaZeteo @zeteo.com · 30/06/2026The New York Times came after Mehdi. He came back with receipts. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social explains why he believes the New York Times is tougher on progressives than on Republicans—and responds after the paper called him out. Read more: zeteo.com/p/mehdi-vs-t... 214433
Reposted by Melissa LimaZoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC @zoewithasword.bsky.social · 30/06/2026While everyone's "all the love to trans folks" posts are nice and it is good to see support We have been getting them for a decade now. If you want to support trans folks, hire us. Support GFMs and asks for mutual aid. Put yourself between trans folks in public if you see harassment. 81858984
Reposted by Melissa LimaComunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Marc Bloch é o primeiro historiador a entrar no Panteão francês, honra reservada a figuras da política, da cultura e das ciências. 👉Recorda este artigo de Lucas Brandão: comunidadeculturaearte.com/a-historiogr... 022
Reposted by Melissa LimaNCC (北米日本研究資料調整協議会) @nccjapaninfo.bsky.social · 21/06/2026It’s the first day of summer! ☀️ What’s more summery than a celebration of the season with fireworks? 🎆 Enjoy this Utagawa Toyokuni print of fireworks at Ryōgoku Bridge, dating to c. 1820! Held by Harvard Art Museum: harvardartmuseums.org/collections/... 02715
Reposted by Melissa LimaTiff 🏳️⚧️ & Eve Comics @tiffandevecomics.bsky.social · 17/06/2026New zines are in! 525114
Reposted by Melissa Lima💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 22/03/2025 0168131
Reposted by Melissa LimaChiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 16/06/2026It’s okay if you can’t blend in with everyone. Because your own unique path is the most beautiful one🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 Cherish the parts of you that are different from others. Let’s treasure those differences and keep moving forward. Your world is shining with beautiful, vibrant colors🌈 303322797
Reposted by Melissa LimaJulia Is Waving, Not Drowning @booktweeting.bsky.social · 14/06/2026greatest marriage in literature 1388
Reposted by Melissa Lima💫Allison Cassandra Ashtear🏳️⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Scratched my dog on the neck, and said "wizza wuzza wolfa woo". 0121
Reposted by Melissa Limarui tavares @ruitavares.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Ainda no finzinho do Dia de Camões: amanhã sai o meu podcast, precisamente sobre a criação deste feriado, como ele faz jus (ou não) a um poeta da mudança, e o que Camões nos pode ensinar para o tempo presente. Espero que gostem!expresso.ptTempo ao Tempo — um podcast de Rui TavaresHistórias da História, de passado, presente e futuro. Expresso. 0163
Reposted by Melissa LimaMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026"For far too long... mainstream media in the UK has failed the public. It has downplayed the rise of the far right at home while helping manufacture consent for genocide abroad." I make the case for why we need Zeteo UK, which launched today and which needs your support, as subscribers:zeteonews.co.uk💥 Zeteo UK Is HERE!Read Mehdi’s announcement, explaining why we're launching a UK-focused Zeteo offshoot, who we’re bringing with us, and how we plan to fix a broken British media. 29967222
Reposted by Melissa Limasakura christmas @prof-christmas.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Wow, @universitypress.cambridge.org keeps putting out bangers on early modern Japan! Can’t wait for Laura Nenzi’s Japan After Dark, which challenges the idea that 19th-c. electrification disenchanted night www.cambridge.org/core/books/j... #envhum #envhist #histstm #AsianStudies 04211
Reposted by Melissa LimaXingWu🐉ChineseFolklore @xingwu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In Chinese #folklore, Mi Loong (迷龍) is no noble dragon, but the gambling god of the underworld. He commands countless ghostly bettors and is said to mark certain people before birth, binding them to a life of compulsive gambling. Even death brings no escape. 1/3 #gamblingDeity 1264
Reposted by Melissa LimaMat Johnson @matjohnson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Congratulations to everyone who said it would get this bad. Your prize is watching everyone who disagreed now claim no one could have predicted it would get this bad. 11112262317
Reposted by Melissa LimaCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The far right presents itself as pro-worker and pro-“common man” (yes, man) in its propaganda but its “welfare” policies are always just clientelistic crumbs as massive wealth goes to its own cronies and the rich who jump the bandwagon.theguardian.comOrbán’s oligarchs on edge as Hungary poised to launch wealth taxNew PM Péter Magyar calls policy a sign of ‘social justice’ after years of political loyalty being rewarded with economic opportunity 08836
Reposted by Melissa LimaAsian Studies, University of Edinburgh @asianstudiesed.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Visit the Japan Forum Blog — short reads on Japan, drawn from the latest research: www.bajs.org.uk/japan-forum-...bajs.org.ukBlog - bajsShort, accessible pieces on Japan drawn from the latest academic research. Free to read on the BAJS website. 042
Reposted by Melissa LimaNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Thrilled to have been awarded a Vandervort prize for my recent article "The Invention of the Kamikaze: Dissent and Resistance in the Japanese Military" by the Society for Military History, as one of the two best articles last year in the Journal of Military History! 714122
Reposted by Melissa LimaWyll #1 Fan In The World 🍕 @kittyunlimited.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Asexual flag colour picked from Rin Penrose 2 so you can be rest assured that he is still ace colour themed #RinPenrose #inkpaintrose 5728119
Reposted by Melissa LimaEuropean Commission @ec.europa.eu · 17/05/2026Everyone deserves to be seen. Everyone deserves to be safe. 🌈 On IDAHOT, we stand with LGBTIQ+ people across Europe, and against hate, discrimination and violence. We protect what matters – freedoms and rights. 1034579
Reposted by Melissa LimaMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/05/2026"if you think AOC... is somehow less progressive, less moral, less worthy of your support than MTG; if you as a leftist think she is better than AOC in any way, then I think you need help." My deep dive on AOC vs MTG, especially their records on Gaza & Israel. I bring receipts:youtube.comAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. Marjorie Taylor Greene? Time For a DEBUNKINGYouTube video by Zeteo 50897155
Reposted by Melissa LimaCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I wonder what the international headlines are going to be after Reform's victory in the local elections.... "Hard Right Unstoppable" "The Rise of the Far Right" "Fascism Sweeps the Globe" ... Hungary is so last month! 0312
Reposted by Melissa Limajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/05/2026relentless poll chasing + contempt for your political base + a total absence of principle or vision = political disaster www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats Should Pay Attention to Keir Starmer’s Fall 955181999
Reposted by Melissa LimaChiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 17/09/2025Chiitan loves all transgender people. I've received a lot of criticism for expressing my support, but what's more important is that all transgender people live happy lives. Blue Sky cannot display long posts, so please read this post if you'd like. love you all 🤍 ↓ www.instagram.com/reel/C9qppva... 13496308915941
Reposted by Melissa LimaOleg Benesch @olegb.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I'm thrilled to announce "Global Samurai I" - a special issue of Japan Review, featuring 11 open-access articles and with a wonderful cover by Tetsuya Noguchi. This research feeds into and builds upon the "Samurai" exhibition now on at the British Museum 1/12 nichibun.repo.nii.ac.jp/search?searc... 15526
Reposted by Melissa LimaAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 15/04/2026What was taxation like in the ancient world? #TaxDay In the Assyrian Empire, the imperial core extracted resources in the forms of taxation and tribute from the settlements it took over, meaning wealth disparity increased as the empire expanded. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology 1387
Reposted by Melissa LimaRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Victor Orbán’s removal sends a timely signal. Corrupt kleptocratic Christian nationalism was on the ballot in Hungary today — just as it will be on the ballots that Americans will cast in November. It was repudiated abroad — may it be repudiated here in November (and beyond). 469249125276
Reposted by Melissa LimaKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 12/04/2026Orban was a cornerstone of the international anti-trans movements. Hungarian trans people were among the early targets of his authoritarian regime. It'll take a long time to come back from it all but I hope Hungarian trans people sleep slightly better tonight. 42485536
Reposted by Melissa LimaJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12/04/2026It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source... 133141963069
Reposted by Melissa LimaUniversity of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 10/04/2026"We have not abandoned each other, because we love each other." In 1943, a young French woman spoke these words to a Nazi interrogator. I Will Not Abandon You by @schuneke.bsky.social recovers the hidden history of queer women in Nazi Germany. Discover more: bit.ly/4bW6Z70 @ankahajkova.bsky.social 0134
Reposted by Melissa LimaJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 11/04/2026The author, anti-fascist partisan, and Nazi death camp survivor Primo Levi died on this day in 1987. 32912
Reposted by Melissa Limavargas @volksvargas.pt · 11/04/2026Parabéns a todos os que sonharam com este país 108324
Reposted by Melissa LimaPrinceton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Discover the first complete translation of the Dialogues of Confucius into English, with a detailed introduction discussing Confucian philosophy, the history of the text, & the debates around its authenticity. Out now (5 May UK pub). Take a look inside: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 0145
Reposted by Melissa LimaCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Dire read…theguardian.com‘Assault on justice’: how far-right attacks are threatening rule of law in EuropeJudicial independence is under threat as populist politicians target judges and authoritarian governments attempt constitutional reforms 0169
Reposted by Melissa LimaCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Former owner and president of Olympique Lyonnais loses mayoral election in Lyon! 1152
Reposted by Melissa LimaComunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 18/03/2026A iniciativa está aberta à subscrição pública e pretende mostrar aos deputados que existe uma parte significativa da sociedade civil que não aceita qualquer passo atrás em matéria de direitos humanos. Sabe mais: comunidadeculturaearte.com/portugal-pri... 0166
Reposted by Melissa LimaComunidade Cultura e Arte @comculturaearte.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Ao longo da sua vida, Habermas ligou a filosofia e a política, o pensamento e a ação. A sua autoridade moral valeu-lhe inúmeras distinções em todo o mundo. Sabe mais: comunidadeculturaearte.com/morreu-o-fil... 161
Reposted by Melissa LimaMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 13/03/2026tušāma ina urri iššira damiqtī arḫu innammaru inammira šamšī "Perhaps, at daybreak, good things will come to me A new moon will appear, my sun will shine." A couplet from Babylonian poem, Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, whose protagonist hopes for better days. A lengthy, beautiful, bizarre work of literature. 6378127
Reposted by Melissa LimaCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Whatever the sector - businesses, courts, lawyers, media, military, parties, universities - the pattern is the same: - the elites mainly collaborate - the masses mainly stay passive - and some everyday heroes resist 15923
Reposted by Melissa LimaMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 08/03/2026On this International Women’s Day, I cannot stop thinking about all the girls in Iran, in Sudan, in Gaza, and so may places — girls whose lives were snuffed out in conflicts they played no part in, before they could ever become women. And I am thinking about their mothers. 128779
Reposted by Melissa LimaCas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Good to see the Harper crowd going crazy over this. The Atlantic and NYT are blowing up over this, right…. right?truthout.orgFlorida Has Deemed All Existing Intro to Sociology Textbooks Illegal and Produced Its OwnThe Board of Governors overseeing the new curricula includes roofing contractors, insurance execs, and no professors. 610639