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Melissa Vida

@melissavida.bsky.social
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Passionate about local resilience, soil regeneration, and narratives. A journalist & editor (Global Voices). Also, a mom of a little human in this beautiful, turbulent world. I'm new on BlueSky.

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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Decolonizing the internet, one post at a time. Help us shift the narrative — for good. globalvoices.org/donate/ #KeepGVStrong
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
One of the best pieces of writing this year. If you've ever gone for a jog to feel just a bit better mentally, this is for you.
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
"Central American workers were never meant to leave their countries. Their labor was intended to be exploited where they lived. When people flee those conditions (...) they are refusing the role assigned to them. Migration, in this sense, becomes an act of defiance." beta.elfaro.net/en/opinion-e...
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Punishment and Control: From US Interventionism to ICE Raids in Los Angeles
The current wave of ICE raids in Los Angeles is not merely about enforcement. These migrants are being punished not for breaking the law, but for trying to survive outside the structure built to conta...
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
a "scienticide" - Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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‘I don’t want my training to go to waste’: the Argentinian scientists working side jobs amid Milei’s sweeping cuts
Javier Milei’s government’s punishing budget cuts have forced researchers to take up work as electricians, school teachers or Uber drivers
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
We're starting a big campaign tomorrow but since I'm here, please donate to @globalvoices.org, we provide news with no ads and no trackers and we'd like to be able to keep doing that! globalvoices.org/donate/
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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 02/07/2025
Wilmer Aram Ajú facilitates workshops on the ancient Mayan writing system to generate greater curiosity about the language and its relationship to Mayan art.
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K'iche’ Maya glyphs to reconnect art and language: Wilmer Aram Ajú's project in Guatemala
Wilmer Aram Ajú facilitates workshops on the ancient Mayan writing system to generate greater curiosity about the language and its relationship to Mayan art.
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
"AI will live your life for you"
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
GUYS this is a beautiful story of resilience, solidarity and poetry. the kind of story that makes my little editor heart leap of joy. globalvoices.org/2025/06/27/n...
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Neighbors come together to defend urban trees in Caracas, Venezuela
The indiscriminate cutting of three rubber trees in the capital of Venezuela reveal the challenges facing a city that must embrace its urban trees
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Met with a beautiful circle of mostly moms this weekend. We grieved wars, heard survivors, and held space—thanks to local feminist groups. By the end, we danced and giggled. My 1.5-year-old laughed with abandon. A small moment of healing in community.
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Old-growth forests deserve legal personhood!
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Liz Vella @lizvella.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Textured Light #RockinTuesday #EastCoastKin #photography #antelopecanyon #navajonation #arizona
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Doctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Just a reminder that we have a @globalvoices.org Starter Pack, if you want to make sure you catch everything from our dedicated community of global journalists, researchers, and activists: go.bsky.app/UnMznFc
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Karim Wafa-Al Hussaini @karimwafa.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Bombing for peace is like burning books to promote literacy.
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Melissa Vida @melissavida.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
While having a stroll in Madrid, I noticed these huge artworks reimagining Picasso's Guernica in Gaza's context. The pain of mothers is universal. This is my latest story for @globalvoices.org - the last painting shown was the one that most touched me. globalvoices.org/2025/06/22/s...
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Spanish artists reimagine Picasso's Guernica against the genocide in Gaza
In Madrid, eight striking artworks depict the pain of the countless mothers in Gaza losing their children to senseless violence.
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