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Melissa Ryan

@melissaryan.bsky.social
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Writer. Organizer. Coffee drinker. Cancer warrior. Twin Mom. Expert in countering far-right extremism and hate, and the intersection of tech, culture, and politics. Newsletter: www.altrightdelete.news

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10h
I'm still on medical leave but thanks to my talented and sharp friend @greene.haus, CARD is out as scheduled. Read Greg's take on Cornell's abysmal handling of a campus sexual assault and the role far-right actors have played in making things worse online. www.altrightdelete.news/p/nine-years...
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Nine Years After #MeToo, One Answer for Survivors Is ‘So What?’
‘Maybe she was assaulted, maybe not’: from federal agencies to online platforms, people with power and audiences take pains to show they don’t care
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 10h
My friend @melissaryan.bsky.social loaned me her platform today to talk about the frenzy on X around the Cornell case — and how it shows that the current policy climate's answer to #MeToo, nine years later, is more like "so what." (* content warnings apply, of course)
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Nine Years After #MeToo, One Answer for Survivors Is ‘So What?’
‘Maybe she was assaulted, maybe not’: from federal agencies to online platforms, people with power and audiences take pains to show they don’t care
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 9h
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 9h
Excellent dive by @greene.haus into the Cornell case & how shocking/not shocking it is to see how little has changed for survivors, especially in the era of Trump 2.0. Greg pulls it together at @melissaryan.bsky.social's pad: 🧾 t2m.co/prHigqQ (NOTE: next wk I'm in the guest chair for Melissa.)
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Nine Years After #MeToo, One Answer for Survivors Is ‘So What?’
‘Maybe she was assaulted, maybe not’: from federal agencies to online platforms, people with power and audiences take pains to show they don’t care
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10h
I'm still on medical leave but thanks to my talented and sharp friend @greene.haus, CARD is out as scheduled. Read Greg's take on Cornell's abysmal handling of a campus sexual assault and the role far-right actors have played in making things worse online. www.altrightdelete.news/p/nine-years...
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Nine Years After #MeToo, One Answer for Survivors Is ‘So What?’
‘Maybe she was assaulted, maybe not’: from federal agencies to online platforms, people with power and audiences take pains to show they don’t care
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 14h
Always a pleasure to sub in for my great friend. ✨
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 14h
This week I handed the keys to Ctrl Alt-Right Delete over to @greene.haus. His post goes live at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT. And there's still time to subscribe and receive it in your inbox. www.altrightdelete.news
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Ctrl Alt Right Delete | Melissa Ryan | Substack
A weekly newsletter that covers the MAGA Right, white nationalism, disinformation, and online toxicity. Click to read Ctrl Alt Right Delete, by Melissa Ryan, a Substack publication with tens of thousa...
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Early twitter was gold. Especially when you were traveling for work events and conferences. I met multiple people IRL this way. In my mind Twitter peaked at @dansinker.com's Mayor Rahm account. Started going downhill the second Rahm ascended to Internet heaven.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Big news in the Senate battle. After pouring $30 million in NC, John Thune's GOP SuperPAC stops spending there, effectively conceding Cooper is likely to win. And they're dumping their first 7-figures in Kansas. (Note: a Dem internal found Hamilton up today.) www.semafor.com/article/10/0...
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
these are our pianos, not theirs! I know this stuff can feel secondary with all of the immediate pain this admin causes, but in the face of such personalism, it also feels important to assert the democratic principle that these cultural inheritances don't belong to the president, they belong to us
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No greater sign that they know their money is toxic than the broligarchs canceling millions in planned Super PAC spending lol www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...
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OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC
Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A.I. company.
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Karoli @karoli.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Please read and share this article on the Cornell 7 and more broadly, the way entitled men get away with sex crimes. www.liars-ledger.com/p/from-corne...
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From Cornell To Trump: Stop Asking Why Powerful Men Keep Getting Away With Rape
Cornell is only the latest reminder of America’s long-running history of worrying more about what sexual violence will do to the powerful men committing it than the women they’re harming.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today is my Fuck Cancer Day. Tumors, or as my kids call them "naughty boys" are coming out. I hate everything about this but thank God for @aexia.bsky.social, grandparent childcare and medical science. So I guess based on that last one it's also Fuck RFK Jr. and MAHA day.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have yet to meet a stay at home parent who doesn't need at least some childcare. Even if they're choosing to stay home, as opposed to being forced out because of the cost of childcare, everyone needs some care to run errands or have a few hours of sanity each day.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
See how easy it is?
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the most New England email I have ever received.
Screenshot of an email from LL Bean. Promoting a collab with Dunkin. Photos are tops and a bag in Dunkin's shade of pink. Headline text reads: The Ultimate Fall Blend
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sure, Jan.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New from me: Turns out broadcast media can quit Trump. For a week, anyway. www.altrightdelete.news/p/turns-out-...
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Turns Out Broadcast Media Can Quit Trump
As always, a little solidarity goes a long way
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
👀 Degenerate Palantir chief & end-of-human race advocate Peter Thiel wants publicly off association w/the Trump train even though he is the main sponsor and Daddy to JD Vance. 🤣🤣 He sees what's coming...are any other Tech Bros going to pretend to abandon ship? 📺 youtube.com/shorts/_dnS9...
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Who could’ve seen this coming?
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@melissaryan.bsky.social:"Because these outlets & platforms chose to amplify & platform Trump after MAGA’s coup attempt. One of the networks that Trump banned, CNN, is arguably responsible for Trump’s being welcomed back into the mainstream political fold." 🧾 www.altrightdelete.news/p/turns-out-...
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New from me: Turns out broadcast media can quit Trump. For a week, anyway. www.altrightdelete.news/p/turns-out-...
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Turns Out Broadcast Media Can Quit Trump
As always, a little solidarity goes a long way
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Joe Sudbay @joesudbay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
A searing editorial from @pressherald.com: It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins www.pressherald.com/2026/09/27/i...
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It’s Maine’s turn to be concerned about Susan Collins | Editorial
The senator's complacent response to open allegations of bribery sends voters a very clear and disrespectful message.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Married @aexia.bsky.social 11 years ago today. Still the best decision I've ever made.
Cute and needy couple each wearing glasses and a blue rain coat.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump and/or AI is about to kill us all and this is what we're debating right now.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Nurse at the cancer hospital: Hey at least it's Friday.
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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So Elon Musk can't attend at the launch of a product he's been hyping for a decade because he's... "with the president." His Super PAC has spent $17M for the GOP in under a month. Every reporter who credulously repeated that he was "done with politics" or "stepping back" should resign in disgrace.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Personally I think it's fine to point out that policies intended to harm minorities also harm the majority! People respond to messages rooted in self-interest and it also emphasizes that we're all connected. "Trans bathroom bans harm cis people" isn't the only argument, but it's true & worth noting
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My career in one skeet.
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 25/09/2026
Parker Molloy just published this thoughtful piece tonight. It's worth a read imo. open.substack.com/pub/readtpa/...
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Trainwreck
Old habits, especially embarrassing ones, die hard.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Me to the World for the last month: I am starting cancer treatment on Tuesday and need to have everything wrapped up before that. World: Cool, sounds good. We'll plan to not resolve anything for you until at least 4 PM on Monday. That work?
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ALL coverage of him should be like this. youtube.com/shorts/1r52s...
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Trump speech inaudible as US networks boycott White House event | AJ #shorts
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 24/09/2026
Never been to the opera before? Now’s your chance. We’re giving away 70,000 free tickets to the @metopera at the iconic Lincoln Center. Go to on.nyc.gov/opera to enter the lottery. There’s not a bad seat in the house.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Not that I needed another reason to drink as much coffee as I do, but I'll take it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/w...
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That Cup of Coffee May Have a Longer-Term Perk (Gift Article)
A new study of over 47,000 women found links between coffee drinking and healthy aging. Here’s what we know.
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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
the call was coming from inside the couch, I guess?
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Perfect. No notes.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 23/09/2026
The next Star Trek showrunner: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nWM...
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i believe in the dominion! (funniest line in deep space nine)
YouTube video by Kevin
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 23/09/2026
Funny how this came out immediately *after* California caved on the merger
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good work on that settlement, state AGs!
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
By destroying Voting Rights Act and gutting 14th & 15th amendments the Roberts Court is recycling legal arguments once used by Confederates and white supremacists to destroy Reconstruction Please read my deep dive w/ @pemalevy.bsky.social in @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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#TeslaTakedown @teslatakedown.com · 22/09/2026
"That said, Tesla Takedown...was successful, according to the documentary, in large part because it bruised Musk’s ego so much. He is desperate to be liked and loved by a critical mass of people." 😂🔥🤘 LFG! www.hardresetmedia.com/p/we-got-a-s...
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We Got a Sneak Peek at the Massive Musk Doc
Elon Musk is so insane that he must be a genius, we’ve been told. But is that true? Is he actually just … insane? A new film peels back the layers of his illusions.
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⚔️ Michael Whitney @michaelwhitney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is like Dick Cheney forcing the guy he shot in the face to apologize
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There's a lot to like in this interview with @aoc.bsky.social but her talking about the realities of gender, race, and the presidency really resonates with me. She says, "Everyone else is allowed to talk about it, but I’m not?” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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Will Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Run for President in 2028? Here’s What She Said. (Gift Article)
In a wide-ranging interview, the New York congresswoman offered her most detailed insight yet into how she is thinking about a possible presidential run.
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Lumpectomy in one week. Am I ready? No. But it's happening. Cancer SUCKS, but it does solidify a person's priorities. And for that, at least, I'm grateful.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This feels like Pluto isn't a planet levels of change. But I dig it. med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Renee DiResta (@noupside.bsky.social) and Dean Jackson published a new paper explaining how the "censorship industrial complex" propaganda campaign took shape & was eventually used to dismantle election information resilience infrastructure in the U.S. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper examines how a propaganda frame alleging the existence of a “Censorship Industrial Complex” was institutionalized and then helped justify the dismantling of US election information resilie...
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