Reposted by MelissaBUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 4hThis Mike Collins ad against Ossoff wants me to think this doesn’t look relaxing as hell  2936624
Reposted by Melissaboonque @kwstzhaderbonch.bsky.social · 4hMeta leaves up aggressively evil antisemitic, Islamaphobic, and racist material, but it draws the line at gays? 0106
Reposted by MelissaAmy Mode Activated 🪷 ᓚᘏᗢ ಇ. @activateamymode.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This is an excellent explanation. 07335
Melissa @melissagayle.bsky.social · 4hthinking about this by @schraubd.bsky.social today for Reasons dsadevil.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-... 131
Reposted by MelissaClaudia Conway @ukseennotseen.bsky.social · 5hI find it fascinating to ask fellow Brits how many Jewish people they think live in the UK. Most people are like 'A million? A couple of million?' That there's fewer than 300,000 of us totally floors people. 052
Reposted by MelissaMaggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 5hHere's the thing: most books that are banned don't make the lists that get circulated each #BannedBooksWeek. If you're a book creator and your book gets banned, please respond to this post with your book and its buy link on bookshop.org. That way we can support indies and banned books 💛bookshop.orgBookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores. 9540275
Reposted by MelissaFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026. 581322823
Reposted by MelissaRootless Suburbian @rootless.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Boycott the Browns. I'm not kidding. 032
Reposted by Melissaike, son of mike @i-bresnick.bsky.social · 13hThe sleight of hand around "zionism" is so exhausting. Few gentiles who use the word actually seem to mean to refer to zionism itself. It's always a stand-in for "pro-Israelism" or "the Jews." I don't think the ambiguity of the usage is accidental. 86112
Reposted by MelissaJosh Yunis @joshyunis.bsky.social · 6hTo understand this, the movement would have to get genuinely curious about Israeli and Jewish life (especially Jewish life that is connected to Israel), which they are incapable of doing 2146
Reposted by MelissaJosh Yunis @joshyunis.bsky.social · 7hThe ambiguity is a feature not a bug, because vilifying “Zionists” and “Zionism” allows the movement to (1) set the terms of the debate back to a time before 1948 and (2) target any Jew in the diaspora who doesn’t recite the proper slogans 1258
Reposted by MelissaRNS @rns.org · 9hOPINION: (The Conversation) — For many people, Jewish American history is synonymous with northern cities like New York and Chicago. But the South played an important role, especially in the early 1800s.religionnews.comAs Jewish college students look South, some discover a long but overlooked history(The Conversation) — For many people, Jewish American history is synonymous with northern cities like New York and Chicago. But the South played an important role, especially in the early 1800s. 172
Reposted by MelissaDaniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I want you to imagine people deciding you are unworthy of a basic level of standing in general society, based on a belief you hold specifically *because the last 2,000 years of the history of your people has shown, repeatedly, that it’s not just rational, but vital, for you to hold it*. 310611
Reposted by MelissaBrianna Ashby @briannaduggan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🎃🍂A few seasonally appropriate prints available in ye olde shoppe!🍂🎃 www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products 55918
Reposted by MelissaMatt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We made up our minds that "AI is Bad" because IT'S BUILT WITH THE STOLEN SUM TOTAL OF OUR LIFE'S WORK, for which we have received no real recompense or restitution. Our labor is being blatantly exploited to create these products, and I have increasing contempt for people who elide that fact. 37017
Reposted by MelissaSam @samd.bsky.social · 11hthe clear throughline behind every Trump voter is a refusal to believe that their behavior has consequences 1129532
Reposted by MelissaCrooked Marquee @crooked-marquee.bsky.social · 10hThe cult favorite that marked Tom Hanks' directorial debut is best remembered for its eponymous song and beloved late songwriter, even if he missed out at winning the Oscar statuette. A look back at “That Thing You Do!,” released 30 years ago today: buff.ly/ctmSjqK 031
Reposted by MelissaChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 11h“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 372579512
Reposted by MelissaTX FReadom Fighters @freadomfighters.bsky.social · 12hIt’s Banned Books Week this week. At FReadom Fighters we are beginning our sixth year of supporting the freedom to read and the librarians and students who defend it. We applaud all the small and large acts of courage that it takes to stand up for the right to read. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 0279
Reposted by MelissaElizabeth Taylor @elizabethtaylor47.bsky.social · 12hPeople on the left who’s primary focus in politics is to root out ‘Zionists’ (which often seems to include anyone who disagrees with their methods even if they’re not Zionist) as well as being often antisemitic are just completely toxic and draining. 524742
Reposted by MelissaJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 13hThis is because most Gentiles assume Jews are just Christians without Christ, and miss the fact that there are a lot fewer of us and that being in community as one people, even with people you disagree with or even hate, is a big part of what it means to be Jewish. Peoplehood, not just religion. 013931
Reposted by MelissaMike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 12hAnd lots of Americans who make that assumption about American diaspora Jews just kinda view Israels as American diaspora jews who decided to do a colonialism. Which, you can take the most morally correct stance on palestinians in the world, if your grasp of facts is that wrong youre gonna be lost. 0363
Reposted by Melissaghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 12hlike we can slice the numbers up a few different ways but basically over the last century the vast majority of world Jewry either 1) were murdered 2) migrated to America or 3) migrated to Israel. 0243
Reposted by MelissaMike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 12hOne stat I use all the time, there are about as many Christians living in Egypt as there are Jews in the entire world. People who are not Jewish simply don’t understand how few Jews there are in the world (this will happen when half of all Jews were exterminated within living memory). 518032
Reposted by MelissaTuring Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 13hthe other thing is that a lot of gentiles, from what i can tell, simply do not understand that asking a jewish person, even an anti-zionist, to never interact with members of the community who are in fact zionists, is really fundamentally antithetical to the nature of jewish communal life 955363
Reposted by MelissaNick Tortelli’s Ignominious Legacy @nick-tortelli.bsky.social · 11hWhat a lot people these days don't realize is that Jews being considered "white" is only a very recent occurrence. As late as the 1970s, Jews (even wealthy Jews) weren't allowed to stay in some hotels. As late as the 90s, Jews were OPENLY forbidden from joining certain country clubs. 2136
Reposted by MelissaYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 11hWhat people fail to understand is also that Zionism was not just a plan/ideology for Jews in Palestine, it was also a vision for Jewish *diasporic* identity. Much of Zionist activity has always taken place outside Palestine/Israel and was about communal identity and politics. Hence the attachment. 521240
Reposted by MelissaElizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 11hI’m just going to say one other thing to men: stop posting memes in response to this shit. It’s not cute. We aren’t going to give you props for posting a graphic. Go talk to your sons, your grandsons, your nephews, your friends. Do something that actually might work to change things. 09816
Reposted by MelissaMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 23hThe Chinese characters in Sinners explicitly speak Taishanese (a southeast Chinese language not mutually intelligible with Cantonese spoken by a very disproportionate number of Chinese migrants to the US) which I thought was an incredibly niche but very accurate note 829859
Reposted by Melissaelias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 03/10/2026watch til the end and think about what this joke on this show at this time says about what social norms used to be when someone openly said nazi shit. 4472115
Reposted by MelissaJacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"After measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system" @bachynski.bsky.socialinquirer.comA 20-year-old Amish woman with leukemia got measles and died in Pa.’s largest outbreak in three decadesAfter measles swept through her household, the young woman wanted to get vaccinated. Her doctor said she couldn't because she had leukemia and the treatments had weakened her immune system. 27507213
Reposted by MelissaJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The reason we need more religious studies education is because the "New York Times" can just allow someone to say in an interview that wokeness is like the Old Testament, which supposedly has no forgiveness, and the assertion goes unchallenged. 1824451
Reposted by MelissaPortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He needs to go before a review board. This is beyond professional misconduct. "Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he based his decision not to pursue charges on the accuser’s initial six-page statement given to police." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comDA did not review witness statements and other evidence Cornell police collected in alleged gang rape of studentTompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten said he based his decision not to pursue charges on the accuser’s initial six-page statement given to police. 44816
Reposted by MelissaProfessor Power @powerofacademe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The fact that we are here trying to debunk what should be obvious ahistorical, irrational gobbledegook of figural Judaism is a symptom of how far along into epistemic collapse we already are. 1137
Reposted by MelissaIsaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026if you think Jewish peoplehood is an artificial construct invented in 1902 then kindly block me ahead of time so i don't have to see your posts 1264
Reposted by MelissaPhil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I went to the grand reopening of the African American Civil War museum this week and the timing is just right — its mission to preserve Black history is more relevant now than everhuffpost.comThe African American Civil War Museum Reopens To Honor The Black Soldiers Who Changed HistoryThe museum recently held its grand reopening in Washington’s historic U Street Corridor. 172338590
Reposted by MelissaAkivaMCohen @akivamcohen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026For all the conspiracy theorists JAQing off about how the passengers were able to enter the cockpittimesofisrael.com‘I couldn’t let all of them die’: Flydubai captain recounts opening cockpit door with ‘last push’ after copilot stabbed himSmit Machchhar tells India's Modi he collapsed from wounds but was determined to save passengers as Tel Aviv-bound plane dropped 14,000 feet; his actions enabled Israelis to enter cockpit, tackle the ... 712425
Reposted by MelissaRazzball @razzball.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Announcing the merger with Titanic footage is an incredible bit 465142232840
Reposted by Melissa🐈⬛️כעלעמער קאַץ @orphanim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026one of the most common kinds of antisemitism is assuming we are just perfidious liars 0337
Reposted by MelissaCURSE BOWL (look it up) @excited.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Like. Why wouldn’t we feel nervous or angry about this shit.jewishreviewofbooks.substack.comCancelling the Book JewWhy a Spanish culture festival launched an inquisition against a Jewish writer 052
Reposted by MelissaChristian Skotte @skooter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I live next door to two day care centers. One is religious Jewish. The other completely secular. The Jewish one always has a security guard. The secular one doesn't. Being forced to budget for staffing security is pretty clearly systemic antisemitism. 927352
Reposted by MelissaBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5052412312
Melissa @melissagayle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A lot of people have brought up PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN this week but I’m thinking about ALL I WANNA DO and how it’s the townie boys that actually step in when girls are being assaulted and the only reason they’re there is that they disguised themselves as prep school boys by putting on their uniforms 130
Melissa @melissagayle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.com‘Making Marie Antoinette’: A Mother’s Love Letter to Sofia Coppola’s Genius Charms NYFFSofia Coppola opened up about her late mother Eleanor’s intimate, fly-on-the-wall doc about the making of her 2006 film ‘Marie Antoinette’ at NYFF. 120
Reposted by MelissaColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People have asked why we aren't involved with Neil deGrasse Tyson...this is why. @standupforscience.net does not endorse candidates with accusations of sexual misconduct and we do not collaborate with people who have accusations of sexual misconduct. PERIOD. Welcome to the matriarchy. 833387
Reposted by Melissaaccidentalflyer 🇨🇦🇹🇼🇺🇸🇺🇦 @accidentalflyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026BTW 121.5 is the International emergency frequency and Always monitored. In case off-duty pilot not available, use that frequency to communicate and air traffic will talk you down, i.e. give instructions to land the plane. 58422
Reposted by Melissaghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 30/09/2026sorry, i don't yet understand what happened on the plane to Israel either but if your kneejerk is that this is a perfidious Israeli false flag you are just absurdly cooked and you need to change your life 2666580
Reposted by MelissaLaurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I want the people who did this to never know a moment’s peace again. 1392
Reposted by MelissaDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 192037615