Mel🏳️🌈 she/they universal healthcare now
@knownforms.bsky.social
She/her, they/them. Writer, Researcher. Work in Strange Horizons, Tin House, Electric Lit, and more. I used to do research for Roxane Gay.
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The Price: A Queer Daughter of a Queer Mother - Electric Literature
I am doomed to die an ugly death or at least to be separated from my partner, probably violently. So is my queer mother and my partner and my cousin and many of my friends. We are all doomed, it seems...
electricliterature.com
I wrote this and it's still true but also, I've since gone no contact because she's toxic and have been writing a response ever since electricliterature.com/the-price-a-...
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Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
February 16, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)
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They had a silent auction for art with ICE OUT and the rebel loon. When I put in my donation to theie link for families from Minneapolis schools the total was at $39k and change for a goal of $40k. (5/?)
February 16, 2026 at 12:57 AM
They had a silent auction for art with ICE OUT and the rebel loon. When I put in my donation to theie link for families from Minneapolis schools the total was at $39k and change for a goal of $40k. (5/?)
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If you want to help, there are many ways. Mine is pretty micro in the scheme of things - I'm trying to keep neighbors in my own building in Minneapolis housed.
bsky.app/profile/cazt...
If you feel like you want to help in another way, please check standwithminnesota.com which has a LOT of options
bsky.app/profile/cazt...
If you feel like you want to help in another way, please check standwithminnesota.com which has a LOT of options
February 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
If you want to help, there are many ways. Mine is pretty micro in the scheme of things - I'm trying to keep neighbors in my own building in Minneapolis housed.
bsky.app/profile/cazt...
If you feel like you want to help in another way, please check standwithminnesota.com which has a LOT of options
bsky.app/profile/cazt...
If you feel like you want to help in another way, please check standwithminnesota.com which has a LOT of options
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Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.
Judge blocks Trump admin from rescinding health grants to Democratic-led states
The ruling temporarily blocks the Trump Administration from cutting $600 million in public health grants that had already been allocated to four Democratic-led states.
www.npr.org
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Unbelievable that we still talk about withholding HIV funding as a form of political maneuvering rather than an act of social murder, as if the 80’s + 90’s never happened and we didn’t lose an entire generation to this already.
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Kingdom of Kush - History Of Africa with Zeinab Badawi [Episode 4]
YouTube video by BBC News Africa
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 3:22 AM
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King Piankhy's Victory Over Egypt (King Piye)
YouTube video by Danita Smith
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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You might not want a data center to go in your area. But did you know that if it goes through against your wishes, you still have the right to advocate for mitigations like a public rate lock to keep it from raising your electric bill, or a decommissioning bond to pay for it to be removed someday?
February 16, 2026 at 3:59 AM
You might not want a data center to go in your area. But did you know that if it goes through against your wishes, you still have the right to advocate for mitigations like a public rate lock to keep it from raising your electric bill, or a decommissioning bond to pay for it to be removed someday?
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Once I realized almost any public or private infrastructure project that goes through your local planning office (data centers, battery storage, energy projects) could include permit conditions for both mitigations and public benefit add-ons, I couldn’t stop pulling examples for public comments.
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Once I realized almost any public or private infrastructure project that goes through your local planning office (data centers, battery storage, energy projects) could include permit conditions for both mitigations and public benefit add-ons, I couldn’t stop pulling examples for public comments.
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The Idaho Food Bank offers a searchable list of food pantries.
Click on the link ”Get Help” at the top left of the screen for a menu showing:
• An interactive “Locate Food” map
• Northern Idaho food resources served by Spokane’s Second Harvest
• Statewide resources
idahofoodbank.org/get-help/get...
Click on the link ”Get Help” at the top left of the screen for a menu showing:
• An interactive “Locate Food” map
• Northern Idaho food resources served by Spokane’s Second Harvest
• Statewide resources
idahofoodbank.org/get-help/get...
Food Assistance Locator - The Idaho Foodbank
idahofoodbank.org
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
The Idaho Food Bank offers a searchable list of food pantries.
Click on the link ”Get Help” at the top left of the screen for a menu showing:
• An interactive “Locate Food” map
• Northern Idaho food resources served by Spokane’s Second Harvest
• Statewide resources
idahofoodbank.org/get-help/get...
Click on the link ”Get Help” at the top left of the screen for a menu showing:
• An interactive “Locate Food” map
• Northern Idaho food resources served by Spokane’s Second Harvest
• Statewide resources
idahofoodbank.org/get-help/get...
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A lovely and thoughtful review! Cheers Niall!
My thoughts on “Grief Eater” by @redscribe.bsky.social thanks to an ARC from @netgalley.bsky.social
niallhetherington.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/b...
niallhetherington.wordpress.com/2026/02/16/b...
Book Review – Grief Eater
Image linked from NetGalley.com Artwork by Dante Luiz First off, this is my first time getting my hands on an ARC so a massive thank you to the author and NetGalley, it was a great experience to ha…
niallhetherington.wordpress.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
A lovely and thoughtful review! Cheers Niall!
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*sigh* People that know nothing about criminal justice reform, police, or Black people, just on here declaring as fact things that are absolutely not true.
There is no harm that ICE is doing that is not currently being done by cops at between 10X to 100x the scale.
Shootings. False detention.
There is no harm that ICE is doing that is not currently being done by cops at between 10X to 100x the scale.
Shootings. False detention.
If ICE was a local police department they would be on the verge of being dropped by their malpractice insurance
February 15, 2026 at 10:34 PM
*sigh* People that know nothing about criminal justice reform, police, or Black people, just on here declaring as fact things that are absolutely not true.
There is no harm that ICE is doing that is not currently being done by cops at between 10X to 100x the scale.
Shootings. False detention.
There is no harm that ICE is doing that is not currently being done by cops at between 10X to 100x the scale.
Shootings. False detention.
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do u think during the industrial revolution people thought the factory was their boyfriend
February 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
do u think during the industrial revolution people thought the factory was their boyfriend
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Sigh. Y'all, the trope of Appalachia as a "pure" (Anglo-Saxon or Scots-Irish) white region is racist propaganda from the early 20th century, meant to crush multiracial and multiethnic resistance in a highly exploited area.
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
February 16, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Sigh. Y'all, the trope of Appalachia as a "pure" (Anglo-Saxon or Scots-Irish) white region is racist propaganda from the early 20th century, meant to crush multiracial and multiethnic resistance in a highly exploited area.
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
Don't buy into it. The fash are wrong about here as they are everywhere else
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I want to remind folks of something that’s still raw for me. After the 2024 loss, most Dems in Congress went quiet. You remember the silence. It was deafening.
Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
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Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
🧵
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
I want to remind folks of something that’s still raw for me. After the 2024 loss, most Dems in Congress went quiet. You remember the silence. It was deafening.
Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
🧵
Jasmine Crockett did the opposite. She stepped up early, got loud, and was never afraid to take on Trump.
@jasmineforus.bsky.social
🧵
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What's the purpose of saying that there's no position so extreme that someone could lose your vote? Especially this far out? You're effectively giving possible candidates the all clear to move as far right as they'd like. This seems foolish.
February 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
What's the purpose of saying that there's no position so extreme that someone could lose your vote? Especially this far out? You're effectively giving possible candidates the all clear to move as far right as they'd like. This seems foolish.
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We have your backs. You're not alone.
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
We have your backs. You're not alone.
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every last conservative is a fucking pedophile holy shit www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Erika Kirk Faces Backlash Over Alleged 'Inappropriate' Texts With A 15-Year-Old: 'Absolutely Vile'
Purported Texts Between Erika Kirk And A 15-Year-Old Go Viral Sparking Backlash And 'Grooming' Allegations
www.yahoo.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:05 AM
every last conservative is a fucking pedophile holy shit www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
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I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs.
It is fact now. Sorry.
It is fact now. Sorry.
Ichthyosaur snout and Roman farm found in bypass dig. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ichthyosaur snout and Roman farm found in Melton bypass digs
Archaeological digs unearth a rich seam of discoveries dating back to prehistory.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:52 AM
I am ABSOLUTELY reading this as HARD PROOF that Romans farmed ichthyosaurs.
It is fact now. Sorry.
It is fact now. Sorry.
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Beautiful tribute to Alice, Jane! Thanks for giving from your heart. 🫶🏽
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3
Myself and @sesmith.lol and others were interviewed for the Lancet’s obituary of our friend Alice. <3
Alice Wong
Writer, editor, and disability justice activist. Born on March 27, 1974 in Indianapolis,
IN, USA, she died from an infection on Nov 14, 2025 in San Francisco, CA, USA, aged
51 years.
www.thelancet.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Beautiful tribute to Alice, Jane! Thanks for giving from your heart. 🫶🏽
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this is such an absolutely wild take in 2026.
Since 2022, no fewer than twenty-seven states have banned or severely restricted healthcare for trans youth. www.lgbtmap.org/equality-map...
Since 2022, no fewer than twenty-seven states have banned or severely restricted healthcare for trans youth. www.lgbtmap.org/equality-map...
February 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
this is such an absolutely wild take in 2026.
Since 2022, no fewer than twenty-seven states have banned or severely restricted healthcare for trans youth. www.lgbtmap.org/equality-map...
Since 2022, no fewer than twenty-seven states have banned or severely restricted healthcare for trans youth. www.lgbtmap.org/equality-map...
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Important thread on measles:
Measles is one of those nightmare diseases that, if it hadn't been killing people for hundreds of years, people would ABSOLUTELY be pushing conspiracy theories about right now. It's too nasty in too many different directions to seem natural. But oh, boy, it sure is.
February 15, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Important thread on measles:
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Autism Delaware offers a PDF listing food pantries
“…providing detailed information about local food pantries and food closets. These community-driven initiatives are committed to offering food supplies to individuals and families in need at little to no cost.”
www.autismdelaware.org/wp-content/u...
“…providing detailed information about local food pantries and food closets. These community-driven initiatives are committed to offering food supplies to individuals and families in need at little to no cost.”
www.autismdelaware.org/wp-content/u...
www.autismdelaware.org
February 15, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Autism Delaware offers a PDF listing food pantries
“…providing detailed information about local food pantries and food closets. These community-driven initiatives are committed to offering food supplies to individuals and families in need at little to no cost.”
www.autismdelaware.org/wp-content/u...
“…providing detailed information about local food pantries and food closets. These community-driven initiatives are committed to offering food supplies to individuals and families in need at little to no cost.”
www.autismdelaware.org/wp-content/u...