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Melissa Fehr

@melissafehrtrade.bsky.social
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Expat running, sewing, boat-dwelling vampire fanatic (she/her). World record-holding transplant athlete (now recovering from severe Long Covid) & author of "Sew Your Own Activewear": fehrtrade.com

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Elizabeth Minkel @elizabethminkel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
WELL. If you wondered why I had zero things to say about the NYT piece on the HR AI fic situation last month...I had zero things to say publicly then. 🥲 Thank you to everyone who discussed this situation with me and read a draft of this. I tried my best to illustrate these longstanding dynamics:
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Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry
How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 19h
Disney’s animated The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The headless horseman freaked me out for years as a child.
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Disney Headless Horseman
ALT: Disney Headless Horseman
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The 1st annual Vampire Lestat karaoke party was SO FUN last night!! I thought folks might be too timid to join in but HELL NO, we all sang at the top of our lungs regardless of whether we had a mic or not. 🔥 All my diligent work in creating karaoke versions for every song was well worth it!!
A white woman wearing a black Lestat shirt is screaming into a mic in a darkened roomA white woman in a white shirt is handing a copy of the Interview with the Vampire book to another hand, over a table of snacksTwo woman are standing and singing into mics with a projector screen full of lyrics to Dancing with Myself partially in viewTwo women are standing indoors singing passionately into mics and looking at a projector screen with karaoke lyrics to When I Call Your Name
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some absolute genius decided to open a Desi pizza restaurant and it’s the best thing ever?! Talk about “two great tastes that taste great together”?! (It’s East West Pizza on Kingsland Road in London)
A pizza with a spinach base, yellow pieces of paneer, and a drizzle of curry sauce on topAn arancini ball smothered in curry sauce and Parmesan is on a table full of other small plates and a basket of okra fries with dipping sauceA menu for East West Pizza is on a table with glasses of water and a CO2 monitor
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Kirsten M @piperewan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#inktober day 2 “vampire” A weasel vampire and a pigeon vampire locked in a bloody battle. I probably could have drawn more blood, but it seemed like overkill. This’s drawing used: pentel hybrid technica gel pen .04, copic multiliner .003 and dip pen #drawtober #drawloween #mabsdrawlloweenclub
A drawing of a weasel vampire and a pigeon vampire attacking each other in a bloody battle drawn in black and red ink on hot press watercolour paper.
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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Vintage-style Gothic artwork featuring a woman in a long white nightgown fleeing past a gnarled, leafless tree under a dark, dramatic sky. White serif text centered at the top of the image reads: "Ask your doctor if running screaming into the savage night might be right for you." A small copyright watermark reading "©ephemera.com" is visible in the bottom right corner.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The BBC have reported more on the fucking Tra*tors tv show than they have the Green Party conference. I only even knew it was happening because we happened to walk past it yesterday in Brighton. And how many breathless news stories did they post about the Ref*rm party manifestos during theirs?? 😒
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today’s the day!! It’s the big start-to-finish Vampire Lestat karaoke party tonight… 😝🔥🎤 I’ve literally been planning this since June - we’ve got spreadsheets & playlists & cocktails (in other words, the perfect recipe for autistic fun) (London friends, get in touch if you wanna join tonight)
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Took a day trip to the seaside, visited some of my favourite shops, ate nice food, and watched the sunset over the beach. Excellent day.
A setting sun with wispy clouds over a beach with shadows of people sat around.
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alex holley @alexholley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
leaving this here whilst still in progress and I don't have much reach here and fixing some bugs but this right here is the website I've wanted to build forever, for the product I've been meaning to build forever your meeting notes deserve better #macOS #MacApps www.gaspery.com/grod
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GRØD · Meetings, distilled
GRØD remembers what was said, who said it, and what you decided, for as long as you keep it, on this Mac. A private, Mac-native memory for your meetings.
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For those in England & Wales who don’t get them on the NHS: private flu & covid jabs are available from today. I’ve just had both at my local pharmacy. £115 for the pair. Yes, that’s expensive, but if you’re a freelancer & don’t get sick pay it’s probably a lot cheaper than taking time off.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I only just learned (in a book about the development of the space suit) that JFK was chronically ill, and worked extremely hard to hide it during his lifetime. It’s sad that public figures have to do this, when so many of us admire ppl more for what they accomplish in spite of their bodies.
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Plague Poems @plaguepoems.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
According to a new study “More than 1 in 10 US adults reported that a preexisting health condition or concern got worse following a COVID-19 infection,” but there’s no need to worry, instead, just tell yourself, just keep telling yourself, that you won’t be that 1 in 10.
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Kat McKatKat @mckatkat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm doing a follow-up to the Vampire Chronicles fandom survey I did in 2025! This one is short, and mostly about adaptations. Anyone who took or didn't take the original survey is welcome to answer, as long as you consider yourself a fan of the book series. Feel free to share the link!
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The Vampire Chronicles Fandom Survey: The 2026 Talamasca, The Vampire Lestat, and Mayfair Witches Follow-Up
This is a mini followup unofficial fan survey of the broad fandom of The Vampire Chronicles book series by Anne Rice. As a nearly fifty year old fandom, this is being collected simply to find out if t...
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Aguss ✨ TVL / IWTV SPOILERS @realaguss.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I cleaned up these vintage frames from old polish newspaper ads from approx. 1870-1920s - they’re free to use for your scrapbooking/journaling needs : drive.google.com/file/d/1iFSu... #scrapbooking #journaling #vintage
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My 🧠: “More red meat for Redeet” “More red meat for Redeet” “More red meat for Redeet” “More red meat for Redeet”
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I’m all too familiar with seeing a dark shape out of the corner of my eye and thinking it’s Nishi, but this is ridiculous?? (It’s a shadow from the lamp and a blanket projected precisely where she used to sleep as we watched tv 😭)
On the edge of a turquoise striped rug on a wooden floor there’s a dark shadow in the shape of a cat lying down, complete with ears, back leg tucked under, and tail.
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Wisesnail @wisesnail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Wisesnail 2027 calendars are now available! 💙 There are 4 versions available this year: Hannibal Ineffable (GO) Vampire Chronicles (IWTV & TVL) The Master and Margarita Price: £27 + shipping
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We got a storage unit 8 years ago when we had to empty the boat for the big drydock renovation. We’ve downsized the unit a few times over the years but today we emptied it! 🥳 We are freeeeeee!!
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Helen Whately is being typically right wing by "othering" benefit claimants, as though they're not like the rest of the population. Twelve years as a foodbank volunteer has taught me poverty isn't caused by booze and ciggies. It's far more complex - poor pay and housing and bad health for starters.
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Frozen Ocelot @frozenocelot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Once again a reminder. Don't give them a damn thing and CANCEL YOUR NITRO!
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Deleted scene from the 1994 IWTV film?! 15yo me is bouncing off the walls for this! m.youtube.com/watch?v=WTK4...
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Interview with the Vampire (1994) - Church Confessional - Deleted Scene
YouTube video by Théâtre des Vampires
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’d love to know what it’s like to go even six months without a new medical issue… 😩 (Just brought home FOUR new prescriptions)
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Eric Ansley Díaz 🏳️‍🌈 @geekboyeric.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When I was a teenage Anne Rice obsessed gay kid, I stole the bus stop poster for “Interview with the Vampire” in the wee hours of the AM. 30+ years on, I got to interview the film’s director, Neil Jordan. He talked about his squashed sequel plans, & why no director’s cut nerdist.com/article/neil...
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Neil Jordan on INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE'S Immortal Legacy
As Interview with the Vampire arrives on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, director Neil Jordan talks about making his undead historical epic for '90s audiences.
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Tidelines @tidelines.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's tomorrow! Come and cheer the Salmon Runners and join activities along the route: Exmouth: 8.45–10am Exeter Quay 10–12.30 Dulverton 2.30–7pm 🐟🐟🐟
Graphic to promote the Salmon Run 2026 event. Against a mustard-coloured background is a stylised map  of the River Exe with blue arrows indicating the relay sections. In the bottom corner is a silhouette of two runners, one holding a salmon aloft.Graphic promoting activities at Exeter Quay during Salmon Run.Graphic promoting activities at Dulverton during Salmon Run.Graphic promoting activities at Exmouth during Salmon Run.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
20 y/o me would be shocked and terrified of what she’ll have to endure.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The fit on Beth’s bodice is God Tier! 🤌 #SewingBee
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 15/09/2026
But STARTING a Substack? Now? After all we know about that platform? The way it promotes and supports Nazis, transphobes, racists, etc? If you wouldn't start a new Twitter account to promote your thing, then why the fuck are you starting a Substack? There are so many alternatives?!
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Bloody Great Sickos @bloodygreatsickos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Photos cos I didn't bring out my light box and TVL branded velvet fabric to NOT show them off! 😝
A silver ring with an oval red stone sits in a cardboard ring box with a purple stamped VL symbol on the lid. A velvet pouch with a gold glitter VL symbol is next to it, and there's black velvet fabric with purple VL symbols underneath.A white hand wears five rings, all with a sterling silver setting with red oval cabochons with natural variation in the stone colourFive rings with a zinc base and solid back and oval red agate stone sit on a black velvet fabric with purple VL symbols. There's natural variation in the stones with swirls of lighter and darker red.Still from The Vampire Lestat episode 3 showing a closeup of a white man's hand with a silver ring with an oval red stone worn on his pointer finger.
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Bloody Great Sickos @bloodygreatsickos.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Nicki rings are now LIVE in our Etsy shop! Inspired by the one in ep3 of The Vampire Lestat, you get a choice of 3 ring bases (sterling silver or budget-friendly zinc or rhodium) with a red agate cabochon stone. Ships in a velvet bag or ring box. #tvl bloodygreatsickos.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
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Lestat Ring With Red Stone and Choice of Band Inspired by the Vampire Lestat - Etsy
This Statement Rings item is sold by BloodyGreatSickos. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on Sep 15, 2026
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Steppie The Eldritch Blob 🍁🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🗑️🔥 @bookwormywriter.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's from the Bible! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_...
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Lemuel (biblical king) - Wikipedia
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Am I the only person who had no idea Gulliver from Gulliver’s Travels first name was Lemuel?? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemuel_... I just thought the Vampire Lestat writer’s room made that name up!
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Lemuel Gulliver - Wikipedia
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Me at 8pm: oh I’ll be fine with a single scoop of matcha ice cream - I’m caffeine sensitive but it’ll only have a tiny spec of matcha in it! Me at 4am: wide-fucking-awake 😵‍💫 I should’ve just had two scoops of the mint choc 😭
A white hand holds a small paper cup with two scoops of gelato - one green and the other white with dark flecks. There’s a woman serving at an ice cream cart in the background.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We’re eight seasons into Drag Race UK and there are still queens who enter the werkroom without taking a single sewing lesson?? 😒 It was probably appropriate I was sewing while watching tbh
On a worktop next to a sewing machine there’s two pocket flaps in a black and beige brocade, a mug of tea, and an iPad playing Drag Race UK
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Sean of the WTF FFS @sheepbop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
If you can't afford to bid on the Aardman props auction, perhaps you can get to the exhibition this weekend. London Bridge. Auction: propstoreauction.com/auctions/inf... Exhibition: www.eventbrite.com/e/aardman-50...
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Aardman 50th Anniversary Auction Exhibition
Celebrate 50 years of Aardman with over 220 original puppets, artwork and more with Propstore's Auction Exhibition
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretary
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“We need an Ozempic for cars. They are growing at a phenomenal rate, wreaking havoc on roads, squeezing out smaller vehicles and endangering pedestrians. Like ever-hungry teenagers, cars in Europe are growing on average a centimetre wider every year.” Don’t repeat North America’s mistake, Europe.
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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar
Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Keeping myself busy by finally cutting into this abstract violin brocade from the IWTV props auction for my Halloween outfit. I’ve made three muslins already for an 18th c frock coat & breeches so it’s time to start the actual sewing!
A beige brocade fabric with large scale abstract shapes of portions of violins is folded on a table
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Wheels for Wellbeing @wheelsforwellbeing.org.uk · 09/09/2026
Wheels for Wellbeing were very excited to see this fantastic example of inclusive cycle parking being made available to handcyclists at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social London, for users to store their cycle safely, indoors, when out and about where regular bike racks fail to meet needs.
photo of a wall-mounted bikelock inside a building. Next to it, a laminated sign reads 'parking for wheelchair hand cycle attachment' with a photo of a handcycle and the King College London logophoto of a wall-mounted bikelock inside a building. Next to it, a laminated sign reads 'parking for wheelchair hand cycle attachment' with a photo of a handcycle and the King College London logo
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Suika @suikamelon6.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Such a great review of #TVL #TheVampireLestat. It's nice when they UNDERSTAND every point that the show tried to do www.trillmag.com/entertainmen...
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We met Nishi when she was the size of my palm, the runt of a litter born into a house share. We were looking for a long haired boy cat, and not all black as we didn’t want to try and replace our previous cat, Bosco. She was none of those things but stole our hearts from the moment we met her.
A soft and silky short haired black cat lies primly on a rose velvet sofaA black cat is peering around the corner of a blue wall with a room in the backgroundAn impossibly tiny 3 week old runt kitten with a head too big for its body is being petted on the neck by a hand that’s bigger than she isA black cat with yellow eyes is sitting behind an iPad in a stand which has a Fuckoctopus sticker on it and there’s a room in the background
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dusty @strdusts.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Finally sharing my replica of the Mardi Gras invitation from #iwtv This was a lot of work but so satisfying to make ! It's available on my shop, and as a little fun bonus, I've made a customization option to get your own name on it ! www.dusty-prints.com/product/mard... #iwtvfanart #iwtvmerch
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Aguss ✨ TVL / IWTV SPOILERS @realaguss.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
⚜️ #wip #iwtv #intwrviewwiththevampire #iwtvs1 #neworleans #iwtvart
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
24hrs after our insane feast at Fallow and I’m only just starting to feel hungry again (seriously I lost track of the number of dishes and courses we had but it was EPIC). Definitely recommend if you’re an adventurous eater and in London. (They have a great YT channel with recipes too!)
Two boards on a table with grilled sourdough bread and mushroom parfait topped with shittake mushroomsA plate with a huge burrata topped with puréed coriander and crispy seaweed with curried pumpkin on the side and sourdough bread in the backgroundA smoked whole cod’s head smothered in orange sauce is on a plate A blue speckled plate with a slice of Chelsea Tart, a caramel-looking pie made from ultra condensed whey. There’s a scoop of white milk ice cream on the side.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe. Age verification makes everyone less safe.
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Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I saw not one but TWO foxes on my cycle rides this evening. 😌
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
So tarrifs on goods into America went up AGAIN? I’ve been posting the exact same thing to folks there over the past two months and this is the 3rd or 4th time they’ve increased. (This time, by £3/$5!) And still people bitch about the shipping cost. As if I can control that… 😒
Photo of a computer screen with a Delivery service for “Royal Mail International Tracked DDP”.

Out of a total of £20.85, only £10.90 is actual shipping cost.
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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
“Light rain”, my arse!
A white woman wearing a pink rain poncho and cycling helmet and cap is taking a selfie. She’s absolutely drenched and blowing a raspberry at the camera
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