Melon The Sun @noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I took a step back from this app for defending Obama for not speaking out. I pointed out that the wannabeking has the evil in him to threaten even B. Obama's freedom. Got hit with verbal abuse. I am not clairvoyant for predicting yesterday. I just pay attention. 130
Reposted by Melon The SunTrue Blue Majority @truebluemajority.bsky.social · 24/04/2025You need to stop focusing on the people getting the most convenient media attention and notice the ENORMOUS number of other folks working hard in the trenches every day. 3293
Reposted by Melon The SunCandidly Tiff @tify330.bsky.social · 24/04/2025There have been plenty of House primaries in blue districts. In 2022 Brand New Congress PAC ran a stack of candidates so need people to stop acting brand fucking new because David isn’t the innovator. I track shit on purpose. DNC officers never got involved and should never. 811839
Reposted by Melon The SunMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 25/04/2025The phrase ‘just deserts’ has only one S. It has nothing to do with desserts 🧁or deserts 🏜️. The word ‘desert’ is spelled like🏜️ and pronounced like🧁. It's related to ‘deserve’ and means “reward or punishment deserved or earned by one’s qualities or acts.” 1131601276
Reposted by Melon The SunCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 25/04/2025Oh, and by the way, it’s not illegal to obstruct random people with no identification or uniform from kidnapping people on the streets. That’s just being a good neighbor. 71038192
Reposted by Melon The Sungolvio @golvio.bsky.social · 23/04/2025And then they shit on the artists who are actually revolutionary, only to insist they totally always liked them decades later when history vindicated them/they got dug up and turned into nostalgia cash cows as symbols of a bygone era. 0166
Reposted by Melon The Sunwwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 22/04/2025maybe we should consider that just because something is published in book form rather than online self publishing, it doesn’t inherently has more value or quality. idk though. 237013
Reposted by Melon The SunJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/04/2025My first apartment in 1994 was $350/month. Adjusting for inflation, that apartment should now rent for $744/month. It actually rents for $1500. Greed and inflation are hurting the kids, not their Starbucks lattes. 908254855205
Reposted by Melon The SunBert’s Books @bertsbooks.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️ 121034107
Reposted by Melon The SunCoach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 21/04/2025There is no honor in making others struggle solely because you did. Persevering through difficulty is worth celebrating, but is worth even more if you can lessen the burden for those who come after you, especially those less fortunate, less privileged. That way lies glory. 91323385
Reposted by Melon The SunGianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025“What would the Founding Fathers think” buddy I don’t care what my regular father thinks 11828104
Reposted by Melon The SunHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Some people are reading this as “Oh we should give up.” Obviously no, progressives just shouldn’t expect that playing by their rules will work for us…we need to play our own game, and I’m already seeing it happen. 614013176
Reposted by Melon The SunListenDana @listendana.bsky.social · 20/04/2025If your magic system is mostly component-free except for potions, why do you even *need* a school? Make a spreadsheet. 141
Reposted by Melon The SunPete. That's it. Mostly. @grampafitness.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Also, consider NOT calling TERFs the "b**ch" word. It just validates their entitled sense that misogyny against cis women is the only evil in the world. Call them "assholes," because they will smell bad until they clean themselves up. Call them "dicks": that's how they act and it will piss 'em off 0973
Reposted by Melon The SunAstrid @curiouscarrottop.bsky.social · 20/04/2025Does anyone know of any mutual aid networks that specifically help people who are getting back on their feet after homelessness and/or help people whose pets have had expensive emergencies? One of my close friends is in desperate need of funds to get his cat back from an expensive emergency vet! 221
Reposted by Melon The SunPierce @pierceah66.bsky.social · 20/04/2025He had to be talked out of primarying Obama. He stayed in his 1st run for months after he mathematically lost. You trashed actual civil rights icons in his name. You ramped up the harassment in his second run & routinely & grotesquely threaten conditional allyship if anyone points out poor behavior. 313129
Melon The Sun @noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social · 20/04/2025My great uncle, worked the railroad and had scale models, would put a hole through tools and remote controls and tie these things to tables he drilled holes through. But I would be yelled at for suggesting he was on the spectrum by familial adults who completely understand the impulse. 010
Reposted by Melon The SunCaræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 19/04/2025I need people to understand that Barthes meant "Death Of The Author" to mean that authorial intent should not be the primary lens by which to criticize and understand a text; it has nothing to do with "is buying a book by a bigot acceptable" it is about LITERARY CRITICISM 282043692
Reposted by Melon The SunCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 18/04/2025For a sincere Catholic, having the frail, elderly Pope drag himself back from the brink of death to summon you to his office for remedial catechism would result in guilt so powerful that they would have to invent new physics to sound its depths. 946989
Reposted by Melon The SunOmar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 18/04/2025To be clear, the narrative shift didn’t just happen, it required courage and action by courts, Senator Van Hollen, union leadership, protesters, reporters and, critically, Abrego Garcia’s wife. In the 1960s, civil rights leaders called it “dramatizing injustice.” 122317371
Reposted by Melon The Sunwednesday @mx0x20wednesday.bsky.social · 18/04/2025the libs are now suggesting minorities stand their ground during armed traffic stops with immigration officers as a militant leftist that helped organize armed actions for a couple years during the last admin; this is not a plan for resistance, you're suggesting people commit suicide by cop 3136569
Reposted by Melon The SunThe Resistance Sentinel @www.resistancesentinel.com · 18/04/2025END/ Our source said the changes and damage go far beyond removal of books from the library and change in mission statement to the fundamental gutting of the institution. 319731
Reposted by Melon The SunPink 🌷 @pinkumbrella.bsky.social · 17/04/2025transphobia literally hurts everyone. How embarrassing 0112
Reposted by Melon The SunDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 17/04/2025He actually turned out to be a mole chef the whole time, the series is just forest food propaganda 3231
Reposted by Melon The SunScience Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 18/04/2025In this video game, you begin with a barren wasteland and use advanced eco-tech—such as wind turbines, soil purifiers, and irrigators—to transform it into a thriving, diverse ecosystem.sciencefriday.comThis Video Game Prioritizes Restoring An Ecosystem Over ProfitsIn Terra Nil, a “reverse city-builder,” your goal is to restore a barren wasteland into a thriving ecosystem. 25992139
Melon The Sun @noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social · 17/04/2025So after menopause, do women automatically become non-binary or do they need to file some paperwork? Because this bioesentialism bs is turning cis women into incubators by law at a frightening rate. 031
Reposted by Melon The SunRobert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 17/04/2025“biological sex” should refer only to having sex in a lab, knocking over microscopes and shit, contaminating every surface while scientists watch you and take notes 948361233
Reposted by Melon The SunDr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 16/04/2025If you're a writer, research & write stories about anti-fascist resistance. If you're a game designer, make games about resistance. If you're a teacher, teach about the history of resistance. Every culture worker alive right now has a pressing responsibility to do this. Our lives depend on it 162537410
Reposted by Melon The SunBree Lundberg @breelundberg.com · 14/04/2025Something to remember when you’re feeling bad about your creative work. 1420144
Reposted by Melon The SunSasii Loxx *bite me* @xxsasixx.bsky.social · 11/04/2025My LGBTQ+ fantasy ebooks are now on Barnes & Noble! ⚔️🏳️🌈 If you love queer heroes, check out The War of the Alfirin, The Wraiths of Eotenswynter, & Myrkursborn. Available here: www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Saskia%20l... #QueerFantasy #LGBTQBooks #booksky #IndieAuthor #FantasySeries #Sapphic #Transbarnesandnoble.comSaskia loxleyReceive free shipping with your Barnes & Noble Membership. 133
Melon The Sun @noneofyourbusyness.bsky.social · 11/04/2025"all will be degraded to a position of equality" Damn, all our fixable ills can come down this sentiment. How dare you make me share a toilet. How dare you make me compete. I don't want those people getting help. 020
Reposted by Melon The SunPaolo A. Livorati @plivo.bsky.social · 11/04/2025• Stay Safe • Help People • Boycott the Billionaires • When the Time Comes, Take to the Streets • Help Rebuild When This Is Over • Survive - From "SURVIVE THE TYRANT! An RPG-style guide to living under an oppressive regime" survivethetyrant.infy.uk/SurviveTheTy... (via @theradr.bsky.social) 26416
Reposted by Melon The SunAutistGM @autistdm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I really love the "Not enough people voted third party to swing the election" argument. Yes. Boast about your numerical insignificance. That'll move the Dems left. And also pretend that you had nothing to do with sewing apathy that hurt the Harris campaign 6252
Reposted by Melon The SunEll Ohh Arr Ee @troppypop.bsky.social · 09/04/2025I'm starting to wonder if literally one edgelord runs the social media accounts for all of these guys, because the posts are so CONSISTENTLY written like some 90s comic book villain. "Screeching peasants!!!" 0151
Reposted by Melon The SunEco Trekkie (he/him) @ecotrekkie.bsky.social · 09/04/2025While there can be a conversation argument for bringing back extinct species this company has not achieved that result. They just made genetically modified grey wolves that may have some features that resemble dire wolves. Always good to be critical when it comes to tech industry hype these days. 🌎newscientist.comNo, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinctionColossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species 1143
Reposted by Melon The SunTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group. 1053489889000
Reposted by Melon The SunThe Digital Empress ⚜️ @thedigitalempress.bsky.social · 08/04/2025It's starting to enrage me thinking about all of the creativity and evolution we're missing out on because of musty ass racism and discrimination 391338306
Reposted by Melon The SunOG_CrashFan @og-crashfan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I've seen a number of comments on the whole Nintendo tariff fiasco like "When it starts to effect my hobbies, that's when I get pissed." And like... yeah... happy to have you on board... but sending people to Salvadorian prison camps without trial wasn't enough? 1245
Reposted by Melon The SunPreacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 08/04/2025“Why do you criticize the left so much?” Because the right wing are either dumbasses or demons and the Dems seem pretty married to bipartisanship at this point (though it does seem like their voters are getting disillusioned at this point). I criticize the left because it NEEDS to become viable. 2226923
Reposted by Melon The SunMat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 06/04/2025It was a mistake to look at some forums and reddit in regard to the US tariff and Switch 2 pre-order situation. Good gravy. I know things are hard to absorb right now. But no, this isn't some grand Nintendo conspiracy, and no the tariffs aren't just going to be a lol/jk situation. Call your reps. 15777142
Reposted by Melon The SunGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 06/04/2025People LOVED their factory jobs back in the 60s / 70s. That's why there were so many songs about how they wanted to stay on the production line for all time and never, ever leave their hometown. 892228252
Reposted by Melon The SunStephen is probably writing @themissinglink97.bsky.social · 05/04/2025“God is dead. The words flashed across the TV screen hanging above the bar. Some ad for a new game, Aylan thought absently, too engrossed in his beer to really care. He’d hear all about it from the kids next door through the paper-thin walls of his apartment.” #1stLinePit #WIP #SF 0308
Reposted by Melon The SunSara Alfageeh @saraalfageeh.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Publishing is bananas because tell me how I got quoted $350 American dollars in front of god and all his angels for a full cover illustration in one email, and in the next email same gig for a different publisher for $3500. 41499
Reposted by Melon The Sunweisselberger @weisselberger.bsky.social · 04/04/2025The party that spent 40 years preaching that your 401K mattered more than your humanity is now telling you to stop worrying about your 401K. 461853352