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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 2d

“If you refuse to let my people go, I will send a plague of frogs across your entire land. . . They will come up out of the river. . . .They will enter the houses of your officials. . . Frogs will jump on you, your people, and all your officials.” Exodus 8:2-4

#nokingspdx #nokings #portland

Tara Dublin, Rock Star Author📚❤️‍🔥🤘🏻 @taradublinrocks.bsky.social · 2d

I have a million photos & videos from today’s amazing #NoKings in #Portland, but I’m pretty sure nothing will top the frogs dancing to “Peace Train” on the packed Portland waterfront #NoKingsPDX

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 2d

Where there's no smoke, there's no fire. No #Portland burning. The beauty of peaceful protest is that performing a counter-narrative is much more effective than arguing against one. #nokingspdx @wyden.senate.gov

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 2d

@portlandpolice.bsky.social striking the right tone at #nokingspdx #nokings #portland

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 3d

@wyden.senate.gov #nokingspdx #portland #nokings

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you for this analysis.

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Nancy Townsley @nancytownsley.bsky.social · 12d

I had made myself a note (so many notes!) to circle back around to the wonderful @bethcastrodale.bsky.social in November to see if she'd had time to read my debut novel Sunshine Girl. She beat me to the punch with this amazing review! Thank you, thank you, Beth.

smallpresspicks.com/sunshine-girl/

From Beth Castrodale's review of my debut novel Sunshine Girl in Small Press Picks.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d

‘Photos don’t go bigger than mine’: the epic, impossible images of the great Andreas Gursky

From Amazon warehouses to Olympic skiers and the crowd at a Madonna gig, his pictures have made him one of the world’s most feted photographers. So why did the German artist want to postpone his new show?

www.theguardian.com

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 14d

Portland wasn't burning down in 2020, either.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

In 2020, Trump Intervened in Portland’s Protests. They Got Even Worse

www.nytimes.com

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 15d

Portlanders fleeing the city Sunday morning

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 15d

Democratic socialism and socialism are not the same

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 16d

21,000 fans went to downtown Portland Saturday night for a soccer game, apparently unaware of the danger around them

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 16d

Police presence in "war-ravaged Portland" as the Portland Thorns take on Bay FC

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 17d

You continue to refer to Democratic Socialists as "socialists" and I wonder if you understand the difference.

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 17d

Why are you referring to Democratic socialists as socialists. There are significant differences.

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 17d

After identifying the Portland city councilors as Democratic socialists at the start of this article, @kellen.bsky.social (or the @nytimes.com editor) refers to them consistently as simply "socialists". There is a difference. The terms are not interchangeable.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/04/u...

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

www.nytimes.com

Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 18d

@lidiamiles.bsky.social You made The Guardian (see photo of Powell's)

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nature, books and naked bike rides: Portlanders push back on Trump claims that city is ‘like living in hell’

On the ground in the Oregon city, with rich fall colors and leafy hiking trails, things look different than on Trump’s TV

www.theguardian.com

Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 18d

I'm so glad you've been able to do that!

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 19d

In 1993 Sharon Kaplan Roszia & I published "The Open Adoption Experience" (HarperCollins) to help families and professionals know what to expect and how to work through difficulties. We said, "Open adoption is more of a relationship than an institution or process."

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 19d

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 19d

In 1993, Sharon Kaplan Roszia & I published "The Open Adoption Experience" (HarperCollins) to normalize the relationship between birth and adoptive parents and provide guidance to adoption professionals and families on how to navigate open adoption beyond placement. It contains extensive references

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 21d

Welcome, but damn--Hina?

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 21d

Huge loss for Portland and bad for business too.

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 23d

I went downtown this week to shop at one of my favorite stores: FREE PEOPLE.

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · 27d

The Fairness Doctrine required broadcasters to fairly present both sides of an issue ( i. e., to avoid "bias"). The FCC abolished this in 1987 because it determined that requiring a broadcaster to present both sides of an issue violated the first amendment by restricting free speech.

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Lois Melina @lmelina.bsky.social · Sep 8

'Kavanaugh claims that it is just “common sense” to stop Latinos who look like they might be engaged in low-wage jobs and question their immigration status.'

What else is just "common sense"? Paying men more for comparable work? Saying marriage can only be between a man and a woman?

ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.”
My latest in @thenation

The Supreme Court Just Gave the OK to Racial Profiling

The court’s ruling allowing ICE to resume its indiscriminate round-ups of LA’s Latino residents can only be described as one thing.

www.thenation.com

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