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Randie Melton

@randiem.bsky.social
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Retired old tranma from the land of the Pines (N.C.). Glacially transitioning. Like cooking, wine, some sports, dogs, family, discovering myself

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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
There's a shit-ton of actual anti-Semitism in the world today, but Netanyahu's fraudulent misuse of the term devalues it dangerously. Hamas is anti-Semitic and murderous. Netanyahu is a cynical, murderous shitheel. Mamdani is an American politician with a perverse impulse to tell blunt truths.
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Giant Boy Detective @captfamous.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We have a cultural blanket assumption of "parenting = selfless" that lets parents get away with so many selfish things
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God @thegodshow.com · 25/09/2026
How are you feeling these days? God’s just watching in Heaven and wondering why you don’t rise up and put them all in prison and stuff? Think about how good that would feel.
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is the real closing of the American mind. We will pay through the nose for it.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/09/2026
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI theonion.com/dog-cant-believe-guy-s…
Dog Can’t Believe Guy She Hooked Up With 10 Years Ago Now Head Of FBI
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Between 29 and 35 percent of the American citizenry is too fucking ignorant to operate a republic. As Churchill noted, democracy is the worst form of government there is -- until you consider every alternative. It's hard, quotidian labor to self-govern, so the worst of us are exploring alternatives.
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riskie78.bsky.social @riskie78.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
911? I’d like to report a murder.
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Tweeets of Dogs Automated @tweeetsofdogsauto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Never Forget: Old Dogs Are Beautiful Too😊🖤🤍 Original post
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𝐩u𝐫e i𝐦b𝐞c𝐢l𝐞 @pureimbecile.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This regime will put @theonion.com out of business.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So that's the thing. I grew up Mormon. And there are ~progressive poly folks~ who insist "Oh but haha we're not doing it BAD like those crazy Mormons did, we're GOOD people!" and then merrily describe doing shit that "oppressed Mormon sister wives in the 1860s" 100% would not have put up with.
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Joshua Tait @joshuatait.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Many years ago, when millennials treated the Harry Potter books with a weirdly religious reverence, people used to say, “Read another book.” The freakout about Greta Gerwig’s casting of Meryl Streep as the voice of the still-a-male-lion Aslan in the upcoming Narnia adaptation... 🧵
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Republican House members Nancy Mace and Ronny Jackson have called for all transgender people to be rounded up and forcibly institutionalized. They want us gone, but will they let us escape? trib.al/S5fGeof
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The Fascists Want Trans People to Leave. I Left. But Should We All?
I moved north. Polls show many trans Americans would leave if they could. Should Canada make us an offer we can’t refuse?
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Lane Stellmaker @hipcrimevocab.net · 16/09/2026
It seems like this is a good time to tell you all why LLMs are never, and can never be, conscious.
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 17/09/2026
“The problem, as French sees it, is clearly the mere existence of Texans with South Asian heritage. That’s it. That’s the entire message.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-future-o...
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The Future of the Republican Party After Trump Is in Texas
The white male supremacists of the Texas GOP embody what the national party has become.
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Jessica Luther @jessicawluther.com · 16/09/2026
The Manning moment is small, in the scheme of all the things happening in this god forsaken time. But let's be clear -- this is not a product of this time. The AI aspect, yes. But men in sports, especially football, being shitty about and to women? Male journalists joining in? Old shit.
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How a particular candidate can motivate their base while also reaching out to other voters is specific to the candidate and the race. But it's silly to act like the only task the candidate has is to reach out to low-info swing voters and the base should motivate themselves or be blamed for the loss.
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anniempeterson.bsky.social @anniempeterson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I tried here to explain why anti-trans activists are targeting Portland, the struggle I have with covering some of these issues as a reporter and how transgender athletes belong in sports. Exclusion is incompatible with equity.
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The IX Sports @theixsports.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This week in @anniempeterson.bsky.social's Soccer Insider for The IX Sports she explains why anti-trans activists have chosen to target the Portland Thorns FC and women's sports bar the Sports Bra. Read: www.theixsports.com/newsletter/inclusion-is-the-path-to-equity-in-womens-sports/
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Everyone Belongs | The IX Sports
Anti-trans activists have descended on Portland, targeting the Thorns and the Sports Bra. Why they chose Portland and what can be done.
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K.C. Clyburn, Author @kccomplainsalot.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
one thing i think this president has been outstanding is reframing every fight as one where minorities and the marginalized have all the power and white folks are just smol beans along for the ride who are politely asking for things like segregation and open prejudice and lower gas prices
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 14/09/2026
Elsewhere on Bluesky folks are noting that The Kids These Days aren't much into Douglas Adams. As someone who is much into Douglas Adams (and in fact wrote an intro to new edition of his works) allow me to remind folks that it's not actually surprising when The Kids aren't into decades-old stuff.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2026
HOLY SHIT - Tapper plays Johnson footage of GOP candidate Brandon Herrera describing moms as "cum trophies," mentions he called Nazi machine guns "the original ghetto blasters," & asks Johnson how he can support him. Mike says "he has run a very effective campaign ... that was his persona online"
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💠𝑺𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒛𝒊𝒆𝑷𝒊𝒆💠 @schultziepie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Period! #FDT #Pinks
Companies with record breaking profits should have employees with record breaking incomes
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threads.com/@ohnoanotherputz
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victoria scott @victoriascott.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
As I was standing by this gas pump filling up my truck with six dollar gas I couldn’t help but think that this was a small price to pay so that every child wanting to play sports in elementary school has to submit to mandatory genital inspections
My jeep with a gas pump in her fuel filler $94.59 at 5.999/gal
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Gawd, I love dogs.
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riksredguard.bsky.social @riksredguard.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Meanwhile, at the flicks.....
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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 11/09/2026
"For those of us who lived it, it feels like everything that has happened since still lingers in the shadow of those burning towers, those plumes of smoke stretching across the skyline, the silence before the second strike. "But history rolls on." www.liberalcurrents.com/after-septem...
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After September
The grief lingers, and the mistakes cannot be overturned, and the dead do not return from their graves.
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Tawni Marshall @tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Being a transphobe is so fucking embarrassing. What do you mean your special interests are Ray Blanchard and trading pics of surgery? You gonna bully some kids at a softball game? You gonna wear your suffragette colors? Should we invite glinner? Fucking losers.
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
*Boom* Righteous rant here.
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Roy Edroso @edroso.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Trump told 9/11 families that he was rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center -- an obvious and shocking lie. Here's how the New York Times reports it. This is like reporting George Wallace's "segregation forever" speech as "Governor speaks at inauguration. Some remarks controversial."
New York Times:
Trump Honors 9/11
Emergency Personnel in
Washington
President Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to a volunter firefighter who saved numerous people. He also added to a disputed account of his actions that day.
Sept. 8, 2026 Updated 1:54 p.m. ET
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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 22/08/2026
2026 CFB names thread:
PRAYER
YOUNG-BLACKGOAT
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It’s mind-blowing that we have literal white nationalists in the White House carrying out unfathomably cruel, abusive, white nationalist policies, and the punditariat has spent the last two weeks debating if some people were too intemperate after a Black man was murdered by cops six years ago.
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Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation.
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Fuck. Farewell to a true Goddess/legend. 😢😢 She made the world a better place.
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Lynn Miclea @lynnmiclea.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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David Simon @audacityofdespair.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Get in line. Americans won't trust Americans again. A third of my fellow citizens put their hand on the same hot stove twice and most of them would still do it again.
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hopeful66 @hopeful66.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
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David Atkinson @davidatkinsonpoet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Today is Senior Citizens Day I know this poem is very well known but it’s brilliant & I really can’t think of a more apt poem for today. I’m all for practicing now too. In fact, of the list of dos and don’ts I’m 40% of the way there already #poetry #poemoftheday
Poem - 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph
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Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 21/08/2026
I wrote about how angry I feel watching people write columns about trans women in sports.
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Just call me a man already and get it over with
I'm angry. I hate writing when I'm angry. I think it makes me too emotional, too attached to copy and most importantly makes my brain move too fast having ideas pop up and die before I can even get t...
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melodicsighs.bsky.social @melodicsighs.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Restore “the warrior ethos” while he single handedly destroys the most professional and effective military on earth.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
See NYT asked me for an op-ed on the Colorado River water issue. So that's what I told them. And the editors panicked & cancelled the piece. In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue." We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards.
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Word!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Rank and file Republicans are turning against LGBT acceptance and GOP politicians are leaning into bigotry in both rhetoric and policy. But it is you, the progressive queer or ally, who needs to open your mind and consider other people's feelings. news.gallup.com/poll/710810/...
Most of the recent changes in LGBTQ+ attitudes have occurred among Republicans. For example, in 2021 and 2022, 55% of Republicans said they favored legal same-sex marriage, but today, the figure is 37%. Among independents, support has dropped six points, to 67%, while Democrats’ views are the same as in 2022 (87% in favor).
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Randie Melton @randiem.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Describe your music taste in 3 artists, no genres R.E.M. Mary Chapin Carpenter Brandi Carlile
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting
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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
M. Gessen has written a truly extraordinary piece about the "soft fascism" faced by transgender people in America, and by trans people in Kansas particularly. Beautifully written and reported, deeply humane. I really hope you'll read it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...
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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All (Gift Article)
Is Kansas just the beginning?
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
modern fascists aren't posturing, or saying stuff for some other purpose—they mean it my latest with @liberalcurrents.com www.liberalcurrents.com/fascists-rea...
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Fascists Really Believe It
Millions could die because of ideas intellectually and morally equivalent to the ‘lizard people’ conspiracy theory.
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