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Melissa Ryan

@melissaryan.bsky.social

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I want to help build a world where we can all do our work, share our stories, and live our lives free from hate, harassment, and harm. Newsletter: https://www.altrightdelete.news/ Work with me: [email protected]

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Should you RSVP before attending next week's No Kings protest? There's lots of discourse about this so I decided to consult some experts. www.altrightdelete.news/p/to-rsvp-or...

To RSVP or not to RSVP

That is the question

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 4m

This isn't the most popular piece I've ever written but I've really enjoyed the response to it. I love that both first time activists and longtime organizers have all been considering this same question themselves and found the article helpful. My favorite kind of pieces to write.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Should you RSVP before attending next week's No Kings protest? There's lots of discourse about this so I decided to consult some experts. www.altrightdelete.news/p/to-rsvp-or...

To RSVP or not to RSVP

That is the question

www.altrightdelete.news

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Should you RSVP before attending next week's No Kings protest? There's lots of discourse about this so I decided to consult some experts. www.altrightdelete.news/p/to-rsvp-or...

To RSVP or not to RSVP

That is the question

www.altrightdelete.news

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 8m

I find questions like this really interesting which is why I pitched the piece. Mostly I want people to understand there are risks and benefits to every decision and part of our personal threat models need to be evaluating those and figuring out the appropriate level of risk with a clear head.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 11m

There are plenty of reasons not to RSVP, starting with that you don't want fundraising emails until the end of time, but given the volume of responses for most people the risk is probably low. FWIW one of the co-founders of Indivisible shared the article so I don't think he saw it as paranoid/silly.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 9h

Nope, Indivisible isn't a client. I wouldn't write about them if they were.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 10h

There are so may layers of fucked up here that I don't know where to begin. And that's just from the screenshot. I'm not about to read the piece.

Screenshot of an article in Bari Weiss' The Free Press. Headline is Woody Allen remembers Diane Keaton.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 14h

It depends on what the event is and whether the goal is to attract as many people/press as possible. The thing I want people to understand most is that there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer to any of these questions.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 15h

In my experience, most people don't show up to a mainstream event like No Kings masked. And those who do usually are doing it for health reasons rather than security. However, that aside, people have varying risk levels. But for most people, signing up online is a low-risk activity.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 16h

Read the article. For most of us it's probably no big deal.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

YES

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

With expert takes from @thorinklosowski.com and @bhavik.bsky.social!

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Susan McPherson @susanmcp.bsky.social · 17h

“I understand why people are wary. Is it safe to RSVP to a protest? Do the benefits outweigh the risks? These are reasonable questions to ask, and so I posed them to a couple of experts whom I trust.”

@melissaryan.bsky.social breaks it down.

www.altrightdelete.news/p/to-rsvp-or...

To RSVP or not to RSVP

That is the question

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Should you RSVP before attending next week's No Kings protest? There's lots of discourse about this so I decided to consult some experts. www.altrightdelete.news/p/to-rsvp-or...

To RSVP or not to RSVP

That is the question

www.altrightdelete.news

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 17h

They do it because so many of them don't have a robust audience anymore...

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 17h

Jenkins is admittedly doing this for the engagement but it's always so telling when people with a large platform use it to flatter the powerful as opposed to sticking up for the marginalized.

Then those same powerful people bemoan the lack of trust in media…

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 21h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 19h

I just met a family with two sets of twins, and I am humbled. I tell people that being a twin parent is my super power but I'm in complete awe right now.

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 22h

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 23h

“Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.”

Absolutely love Portland.

Costumed protesters in Portland defy description of the city as a 'war zone'

Dancing frogs, peacocks and unicorns outside the federal immigration building present a joyful contrast to the Trump administration's portrait of the Oregon city, they say.

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Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

So true. Reporters appreciated one of the first candidates I supported for actually answering the questions they were asked. Meaning the press got a ton of gotcha moments from them. The candidate was authentic to a fault, but the press read it as green/inexperienced.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

Agree.

Melissa Ryan @melissaryan.bsky.social · 1d

The stupidest fucking people are running the country. They're cruel and heartless, but they're also just really stupid.

Apoorva Mandavilli @apoorvanyt.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration on Saturday scrambled to rescind layoffs of hundreds of CDC scientists who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...