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Melissa Jun Rowley

@melissarowley.bsky.social
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Climate & Gender Equity Activist, Media & Tech Entrepreneur, Writer, Filmmaker, Singer, Deep Breather, Cinefile, Compulsive Traveler, Warrior for Love

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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Being a part of the era of corporate back peddling and silence is not a good look for any company. www.fastcompany.com/91476021/min...
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We asked Minnesota's biggest companies about ICE. None of them responded
In a sign of how far we've come from the summer of 2020, well-known brands have stayed silent as escalating chaos unfolds in their backyard.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
There’s spin — and then there’s blatant lying that insults the basic human senses of the American public. Renee Good could have been any one of us. This tragedy happened inside a system where force is being prioritized and protected over the truth.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
The more time I spend around #AI builders, artists, organizers, and #climate advocates, the clearer it becomes that in addition to the environmental and social toll of AI data centers, a major risk is our own drift into autopilot. Read the full column here ➡️ lnkd.in/g-Jr5Mda.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Thank you, #JaneGoodall, for making science tender, activism enduring, and wonder inseparable from responsibility. #RIP
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
How is harvesting cannabis worth a military-style raid? ICE arrested 200 farmworkers and teargassed protesters, including children. This isn’t about safety or justice. It’s about filling a quota. Support groups fighting for immigrant families like the national day laborer, organizing network.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Some things to keep in mind as we’re consuming information about war 👇 open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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When Propaganda Drops As Fast As Bombs
Yesterday, the U.S.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
As #Juneteenth is marked across Slack channels, here’s a question biz leaders can ask: - Where is justice still being delayed in my business & what will it take to stop the delay? open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Honoring Juneteenth And Why Justice Can’t Be Seasonal
Juneteenth marks the day freedom finally reached the last enslaved people in Texas—two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
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Sari Beth Rosenberg @sari.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The goal is to make him a dictator and dismantle the government, creating a country where the billionaires get richer and everyone else can “die” (to paraphrase Joni Ernst) 2/
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Sari Beth Rosenberg @sari.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
If you listened to what he was saying on the campaign trail or read Project 2025/Agenda 47, everything the Trump Administration is doing is not shocking at all. 1/
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
June is for Justice, Joy, and Disobedience open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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June is for Justice, Joy, and Disobedience
The month of June is chock-full of occasions to celebrate, honor, and protect what’s precious to us.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Climate Action Without Democracy & Justice Is Just Greenwashing
We’ve been taught to treat climate change, injustice, and the attack on democracy like separate lanes on a highway—climate in the far left, democracy in the center, public safety riding the shoulder, ...
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
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When the Password Is Freedom, but the CAPTCHA Is a Border You Can’t Click Through
Once upon a time in America, we talked about freedom like it was our middle name.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
When @sanders.senate.gov walked on stage at Coachella he wasn’t just giving a speech. He was sounding an alarm. Festivals are more than escapism. They’re cultural accelerators where values get tested in real time and where the crowd becomes the chorus 🎶 open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Bernie Takes The Main Stage
Because Culture Is The Main Show
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
The greatest threat to free speech in America isn’t silence —it’s spin. open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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The Real Threat to Free Speech Isn’t Silence—It’s Spin
On Saturday, April 5, 2025, millions of individuals participated in over 1,300 “Hands Off!” protests across all 50 U.S.
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West Coast Women Forward (A Persist Affiliate) @westcoastwomen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Why do YOU #Persist? 🎥 Watch this: bsky.app/profile/thep... We’re asking our community to share your own “I Persist because…” stories in a video or comment. We Persist because fired-up women change everything. 💥 @thepersistnetwork.bsky.social
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
What #CoryBooker’s 25-Hr Speech Can Teach Us About Mastering Storytelling and Communications @booker.senate.gov open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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What Cory Booker’s 25-Hour Speech Can Teach Us About Mastering Storytelling and Communications
𝗡𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Booker didn’t just speak — he persisted.
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Sylvia at Tono Latino @tonolatino.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
YESSS!! @booker.senate.gov just broke the record!!! Let’s remind everyone that the last Senator who spoke for 24 hours and 18 minutes did so to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957. The last time someone spoke for over 24 hours on the Senate floor was to stop Black Americans’ right to vote.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
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You Can’t Protect the Planet Without Pissing People Off
In Europe, companies can be sued for not doing enough on climate.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Calling the war-focused content of Signalgate “sensitive,” not “classified" is the national security version of “we were on a break.” open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
A North Dakota jury handed down a $660 million penalty against @Greenpeace for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. If this ruling stands, it could bankrupt Greenpeace’s U.S. operations and set a chilling precedent for advocacy groups everywhere. open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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If A Corporation Can Silence Greenpeace, Who’s Next?
A North Dakota jury just handed down a staggering $660 million penalty against Greenpeace for its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, one of the largest anti-fossil fuel demonstrations in US ...
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Deregulation is being sold as a way to boost businesses and save money, but the truth is it will cost us much more in the long run—in terms of healthcare costs, lost productivity, and the inevitable toll on people’s lives. #climate #environment #health #EPA open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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How The EPA’s Environmental Rollbacks Will Make More Americans Sick—Literally
And what we can do about it.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/03/2025
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
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DOGE staff entered the U.S. Institute of Peace with D.C. police help
The U.S. Institute of Peace, a think tank funded by Congress, was the scene of a hostile takeover by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE has tried to install new leadership at the institute.
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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Let this sink in—the head of the EPA has now labeled climate science as “religion”, and reframed the purpose of the EPA to “lower the cost of buying a car… and running a business”—the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY! That’s where we are now. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/c...
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
See you in Austin! @sxsw.com @sierraclub.org
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
“You don’t need a political title to leave. You just need a story that’s your own. Start telling it.” open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Real Leaders Still Exist (Even If Cowards Are Getting More Airtime)
I’ve been thinking a lot about leadership lately—or rather, the lack of it across the U.S.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
The President of the United States does not speak for all Americans.
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SoonerLaw70 @soonerlaw70.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
If you are boycotting complicit businesses (and you should be), please also tell them to delete your personal data and accounts, and remove any associated apps from your devices. All of these metrics are important to company valuations. #EconomicBoycott #Resist
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
This isn’t just about Trump. It’s about what happens when we let any leader—Republican, Democrat, or anyone else—entirely erode the foundations of a functioning democracy. open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Trump Just Gave Himself a Permission Slip to Rule Without Oversight
Trump’s Executive Order Gives Him Authority over the SEC, FTC, and FCC. No matter where any of us fall on the political spectrum, this is bad for all of us. But we can do something about it.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Word 💯
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Misinformation spreads 6x faster than factual news. But fact checking isn’t enough. People dont change their minds because they got fact checked into submission. They change when they see themselves in a new story. open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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Simply Responding to Climate Denial Won’t Save Us, Telling a New Story Might
How to Beat the Misinformation Machine Without Playing by Its Rules
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
@philshapiro.bsky.social
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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Presenting the Gaffe I mean ‘Gulf of America’ and Attack on Press Freedom
From 'Gulf of America' to Gagging the Press, Trump’s Latest Power Move Threatens Democracy & International Ties
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
The War on Words, Climate, Science, and Equality open.substack.com/pub/melissaj...
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The War on Words, Climate, Science, and Equality
Last I checked, the only people who want to live in a world that forbids the idea or promotion of equal opportunity, are the ones living in fear of their own self-perceived supremacy being jeopardized
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Excellent piece in @Wired by @brianbarrett: www.wired.com/story/the-us...
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The US Government Is Not a Startup
Elon Musk is moving fast and breaking things that can’t afford to be broken.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Threats to humanitarian aid are a threat to humanity everywhere. Let's let Musk stick to what he does best: launch rockets, sell cars, and occasionally tank Tesla stock with an ill-advised tweet. melissajunrowley.substack.com/p/the-danger...
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The Dangers of Elon Musk's DOGE-Eat-DOG World
Threats to humanitarian aid are a threat to humanity everywhere. Let's let Musk stick to what he does best: launch rockets, sell cars, and occasionally tank Tesla stock with an ill-advised tweet.
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Melissa Jun Rowley @melissarowley.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
My latest column for #RollingStone is live💥 Full piece here: lnkd.in/gQrjyWhk 💡 Imagine a future where communities, schools, municipalities & studios can generate and sell their own clean energy. That’s the vision of some of the innovators included here.
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