Reposted by Melissa DitmoreBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New York City friends! The LES cat cafe Koneko is closing tomorrow and needs urgent help rehoming some kitties. This place was very cute and took good care of their cats. Tell cat curious NYC friends that there are kitties that need some homes. www.instagram.com/p/DbbfOxcGu1V/ 2411268
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 08/07/2026NYC peeps! You can have narcan overdose reversal sent to you! It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. nextdistro.org/nycchoicenextdistro.orgNew York City - Language Choice — NEXT Distro 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The Mayor's Office released a beautiful 5-minute documentary on the artist Lorenzo Pace, who created the sculpture at the African Burial Ground in Lower Manhattan, for Juneteenth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoUB...youtube.comTriumph of the Human SpiritYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Office 100
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 17/06/2026So sad to learn that Emi Koyama @eminism.org has passed. 020
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 16/06/2026My MacDowell colleague Katy Scoggin's film about her interactions with evangelical creationists and paleontologists, Flood, will show in NYC June 19-25, with Q&A with guests every showing! Laura Poitras, who made Citizen 4, and composer Stuart Bogie will be the guests on Friday, June 19. 100
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Here is a gift link to my new paper with Samantha Majic, "Re-thinking vulnerability: Research fraud and bureaucratic harm in community-engaged online research," about our experience with fraud in research, and the bureaucratic response. Here is a gift link: read.dukeupress.edu/nps/article/...read.dukeupress.eduSex Workers, Online Platforms, and Deplatforming: A Case of Policy Feedback?Abstract. Online platforms exert significant power: While offering users opportunities to earn income, they may easily deplatform them by removing their accounts for breaking platform rules. Policy fe... 010
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Samantha Majic and I have a new paper out, "Re-thinking vulnerability: Research fraud and bureaucratic harm in community-engaged online research," about our experience with fraud in research, and the bureaucratic response. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 020
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 20/05/2026My latest paper, with Marlise Richter and Jantina De Vries, argues that the drastic cuts to global health funding initiated by the Trump Administration in January 2025 require careful consideration of what ‘solidarity’ with the most marginalised entails and bold action. gh.bmj.com/content/11/5...gh.bmj.com 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I will speak in Asheville, NC next Tuesday, May 5, and would love to see you there! Shane Lukas, Kayla Earley and Alicia Diggs, will also speak. Join us! 020
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreYuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social · 26/04/2026Yuhlineforsenate.comyuhlineforsenate.comYuh-Line Niou for State SenateYuh-Line is a progressive Champion running for State Senate to represent Lower Manhattan in Albany. 062
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreYuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social · 26/04/2026We have an important fundraising deadline this Monday! Chip in what you can below!! Your contribution will get matched if you live in our district. Yuhlineforsenate.com 1133
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Commercial space available in my neighborhood: www.loopnet.com/Listing/68-L...loopnet.com 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Congratulations to the people of Hungary, you are role models for the US! 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Tuesday, March 31 I will speak in Winston-Salem, NC - I would love to see you if you are in the area! Clemmons Library, 6365 James Street, Clemmons, NC, with Alicia Diggs, Kayla Earley, and Shane Lukas, 10:30-2:30. Snacks and drinks will be served! 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 20/03/2026MacDowell Fellows meetup: composer Dr. Marti Epstein and me in NYC, where her work will be performed tomorrow. She was recognized immediately by our waitress, who has been studying composition @macdowell1907.bsky.social 020
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreYuh-Line Niou @yuhline.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Friends, happy snow day! Would love if you can come and join our team to petition and canvass and phone bank! We are kicking off our shifts! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...mobilize.usReceive Updates from Yuh-Line Niou · MobilizeYuh-Line Niou is a progressive champion. In the State Assembly, Yuh-Line stood up to Andrew Cuomo and passed historic tenant protections. In the State Senate, she will fight for universal child care a... 061
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 24/02/2026My neighbor and colleague @yuhline.bsky.social is running for NYS senate, after serving in the state assembly for 6 years, where she was instrumental in the passage of campaign finance reform. Now she can benefit from it! Contributions to her grassroots campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/yuh-l...secure.actblue.comDonate to Yuh-Line NiouShow your support with a contribution. 072
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 28/01/2026In light of recent killings, Amnesty International encourages Americans to call their senators and tell them not to pass a funding package as is, not without removing funding for ICE. www.instagram.com/p/DT6Dag3k81...instagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 000
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Labor Secretary Frances Perkins’ first challenge in office was figuring out what to do with Section 24, a gang of immigration agents who were causing chaos with “highly visible and extreme” raids on immigrant communities. So she defunded them. More @thebaffler.com thebaffler.com/latest/a-pie...thebaffler.comA Piece of Work | Kim KellyWorkers can no longer count on the Department of Labor. 1447157
Reposted by Melissa Ditmore𝙽𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝙸𝚝 @nashishereforit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026This is Alex Pretti. 20394763101
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Go to the bank this week to name beneficiaries on your accounts, including retirment accounts, brokerage accounts, etc., if you haven't named them already. Beneficiaries override a will, and make it easy to simply transfer money to anyone you choose when the account holder dies. 100
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Local news in MN reporting another murder by ICE, this time a person on the ground, shot five times. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...startribune.comLive: Man shot by federal agents in south Minneapolis this morning, witnesses sayA video appears to shows federal agents wrestling a man to the ground then shooting him. 111
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 19/12/2025My book Unbroken Chains on the current MacDowell Fellows shelf at the marvelous Toadstool Bookshop in Peterborough, NH 042
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Toadstool Books in Peterborough, NH is a great store, with another branch in Keene, NH toadbooks.comtoadbooks.comHome PageHome Page 030
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreMichelle R. Smith @bymichellersmith.com · 19/12/2025Anti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreaktheguardian.comAnti-vaccine group once led by RFK Jr circulates false assertions amid measles outbreakChildren’s Health Defense using familiar playbook to defend health secretary as it downplays dangers of disease and exaggerate risks of vaccines, public health experts say 0117
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 17/12/2025I'm at @macdowell1907.bsky.social reading by the fire and listening to Rodeo in my studio, which was once occupied by Aaron Copland. Almost as good as finding books by my friends in the library! 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 21/10/2025The last day to register to vote is this Saturday, October 25! NYC voter registration: vote.nyc/page/registe...vote.nycRegister to Vote | NYC Board of ElectionsYou can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail. 022
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Florida sheriff's department used ICE to round up sex workers under pretense of fighting human trafficking and child exploitation. Instead, they arrested 111 sex workers, none of whom was underage and none of which led to a human trafficking arrest.fox13news.comGrady Judd: ‘Operation Fool Around and Find Out Again’ human trafficking investigation nets 246 arrestsPolk County Sheriff Grady Judd says nearly 250 suspects face serious charges after a weeklong multi-agency undercover investigation targeting human trafficking and illegal immigration. 671107515
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I'll speak at the Westport (CT) Public Library this evening about human trafficking. Please come if you are in the neighborhood! I will bring some light to a dark topic in dark times. westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...westportlibrary.orgUnbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking with Author Melissa DitmoreIn partnership with Everfree, an organization dedicated to fighting human trafficking, join us for an author talk and discussion with Dr. Melissa Ditmore, author of Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of... 031
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 14/09/2025My neighbors campaigning for Mamdani for mayor: www.instagram.com/reel/DOeEhjQ...instagram.comLogin • InstagramWelcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. 010
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Wow, MO democrats are sitting in session this wee3kend to block gerrymandering, and it's not in the news www.kfvs12.com/2025/09/05/m...kfvs12.comMissouri House Democrats plan to continue sit-in over weekendMissouri Democrats have surpassed 24 hours of their sit-in on the House floor protesting a special session. 030
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreAlt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 06/09/2025Defend Public Health has released a report here about the science:defendpublichealth.orgRisk Factors for Autism Spectrum Disorder: What We Already Know From Scientific Evidence | Defend Public HealthWith Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promising to announce what he believes are the causes of autism this month, Defend Public Health is preemptively warning the public not t... 1239
Reposted by Melissa Ditmoreruan 🌿 @tiorvan.bsky.social · 03/09/2025a encruzilhada da Makumba é impressionante: alguém comentou num post meu informações sobre mulheres judias polonesas q migraram ao Brasil séculos atrás e aqui acabaram sendo vendidas para o mundo da prostituição. Mulheres judias estas q dps de desencarnadas aparecem em giras como POMBOGIRAS: 721244
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 30/08/2025US people: If you are want to get a covid vaccine this fall, consider writing to your representatives to ask if they will be available to us. It's not guaranteed, and is most urgent for older people and those with conditions that make illnesses particularly risky. actionnetwork.org/letters/writ...actionnetwork.orgWrite members of Congress - Will COVID-19 vaccines be available this fall?It is clear that HHS Secretary RFK Jr. is on a dangerous and fast-moving path to make COVID-19 vaccines totally unavailable here in the U.S. With COVID-19 cases on the rise in many parts of the US an... 020
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I'll speak at the public library in Westport, CT, on September 17th - please come if you are in the area! westportlibrary.org/event/unbrok...westportlibrary.orgUnbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Trafficking with Author Melissa DitmoreIn partnership with Everfree, an organization fighting human trafficking, join us for an author talk and discussion with Dr. Melissa Ditmore, author of Unbroken Chains: The Hidden Role of Human Traffi... 031
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I spoke about PEPFAR funding's roller coaster on South Africa's Power FM radio this morning, highlighting the US grassroots movement of thousands of public health workers targeted advocacy focused on key republican senators. 120
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreLex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 14/07/2025today in 1970 the Young Lords staged a 12-hr takeover of the Bronx's Lincoln Hospital—overcrowded, overrun by rats, called the "butcher shop" b/c medical residents trained on poor people of color the takeover led to one of the first patients' bill of rights in history, and other wins @teenvogue.comteenvogue.comThe Young Lords Brought the Revolution to Public HealthThe group achieved victories for health care access in New York and beyond. 4433180
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 09/07/2025If you can't afford to take a helicopter to your private doctor, here is a video about how your healthcare may be affected by the Republican administration's big brutal bill: www.youtube.com/live/l8zSFiu...youtube.comIs Your Health Care About to Get Better or Worse? #CareTalkYouTube video by Laura Packard 010
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 02/07/2025JUST RELEASED: In collaboration with @rightscon.org @getdweb.net @strangehorizons.bsky.social @dragoncon.org & @compost.bsky.social: a new resource has emerged for storytellers to clap back at encroaching fascism: stopcopaganda.compost.digitalstopcopaganda.compost.digitalCOMPOST Special Issue: Stop Surveillance CopagandaAnti-surveillance stories, reactions, analysis, and incitement built by privacy activists and human rights experts, in collaboration with Strange Horizons as well as the DWeb Camp, DragonCon, and Righ... 14942
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Murkowski voted for the ugly move workers' money to billionaires bill, and so it passed. How many people will lose health care in your state? 40k in AK, 1M in NY where I live 010
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreChristine Parker @christinexparker.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Incredibly important read. This is exactly what LAPD did to me and two other legal observers standing on a quiet street corner this past weekend—except with rubber bullets, not pepperballs, and aimed at our heads, not our feet. …oh, and the officer waved tauntingly right before shooting at us. 11853391
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 17/06/2025NYC update: ICE has detained NYC Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander, so people are protesting at Foley Square. 163
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 16/06/2025US citizens caught up in anti-trafficking raids have been deported, and now we are seeing a much larger scale round up of citizens, people with legal status, and people without status. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...nytimes.com‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned 142
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 13/06/2025NYC people, if you are not registered to vote in the primary, you have all day! The deadline is tomorrow: e-register.vote.nyce-register.vote.nycVoter Registration Portal | NYC Voter Registration 000
Reposted by Melissa DitmoreEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 13/06/2025This is real. This person knows what she is talking about. Tell local NJ reporters who can get to the facility and NJ-based advocates and Sympathetic politicians 22715
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 12/06/2025The creative industries contribute $2 trillion to our economy and employ 11+ million people. Let's protect this vital sector from unlicensed AI training. #copyright #AI copyrightalliance.org/get-involved...copyrightalliance.orgTake ActionYour Voice Matters, It's Time to Take Action! Below you’ll find the campaigns that the Copyright Alliance is facilitating. We encourage all creators and friends of the creative... 000
Melissa Ditmore @melissaditmore.bsky.social · 12/06/2025As an author, I believe AI companies should license creative works for training, not take them without permission. Join me in urging Congress and the president to protect creators' rights! #copyright #AI copyrightalliance.org/get-involved...copyrightalliance.orgTake ActionYour Voice Matters, It's Time to Take Action! Below you’ll find the campaigns that the Copyright Alliance is facilitating. We encourage all creators and friends of the creative... 000