.mél.
@meladroite.bsky.social
Moody, and with good cause. Welcome to the bad parts of my brain. Bipolar, cptsd, endometriosis, my mom died when I was young, my dad is an asshole. Unceded Algonquin Territory. They/them.
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.mél.
@meladroite.bsky.social
· Nov 18
"Mellllll toi de tes affaires"
A moment of silence for the old Pizza Shark website. IYKYK.
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A moment of silence for the old Pizza Shark website. IYKYK.
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I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I've filtered Ottawa's traffic collision data to show only collisions with injuries for each year, and then added the speed camera locations present in those years.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
It looks like speed cameras have made the roads much safer.
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In case you missed it: Teen Vogue, previously a remarkably useful source of US political news, recently fired all the black women in their organisation and their entire political journalism team.
You can unfollow them now; I have.
You can unfollow them now; I have.
A letter from the Teen Vogue team regarding the recent changes at our publication.
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In case you missed it: Teen Vogue, previously a remarkably useful source of US political news, recently fired all the black women in their organisation and their entire political journalism team.
You can unfollow them now; I have.
You can unfollow them now; I have.
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LIFE HACK: Answer your phone "Hello you're on the air" and 99% of the time people will just hang up.
December 1, 2024 at 4:15 AM
LIFE HACK: Answer your phone "Hello you're on the air" and 99% of the time people will just hang up.
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I ain’t been right felt right or done right since Daylight Savings, lord.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I ain’t been right felt right or done right since Daylight Savings, lord.
I decided the other day that I won't be decorating the tree til after the toddler's pre-xmas birthday, and my aunt just told me my grandma did the same for my mom 🥰
November 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I decided the other day that I won't be decorating the tree til after the toddler's pre-xmas birthday, and my aunt just told me my grandma did the same for my mom 🥰
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Imagine walking out of a Walmart, Target or Costco. As you push your large shopping cart to your car, you ask yourself: Did I really need all that stuff?
The answer is you probably didn’t. And now an economist has measured the effect.
The answer is you probably didn’t. And now an economist has measured the effect.
The ‘supercenter’ effect: How massive, one-stop retailers fuel overconsumption − and waste
The arrival of a supercenter results in a 7% bump in consumer waste, a study found.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Imagine walking out of a Walmart, Target or Costco. As you push your large shopping cart to your car, you ask yourself: Did I really need all that stuff?
The answer is you probably didn’t. And now an economist has measured the effect.
The answer is you probably didn’t. And now an economist has measured the effect.
"Little something to take the edge off" and it's me holding a single, old school outdoor Xmas bulb between my fingers like a cigarette
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Little something to take the edge off" and it's me holding a single, old school outdoor Xmas bulb between my fingers like a cigarette
Breakfast for dinner, duh.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Breakfast for dinner, duh.
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TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
TIL that blood platelets have serotonin receptors, which is why anemia can mimic depression symptoms and that is absolutely fucking fascinating.
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yo yo yo if someone blocks you do not email them to ask why.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
yo yo yo if someone blocks you do not email them to ask why.
Dunno how @joeboughner.bsky.social is feeling but my shovel is looking at this snow like 👀🥵
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Dunno how @joeboughner.bsky.social is feeling but my shovel is looking at this snow like 👀🥵
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Ok hear me out… laundry that folds its fucking self.
November 9, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Ok hear me out… laundry that folds its fucking self.
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Had to share: Timeline BINGO!
cc: @infinitescream.bsky.social
cc: @infinitescream.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Had to share: Timeline BINGO!
cc: @infinitescream.bsky.social
cc: @infinitescream.bsky.social
Anyways you ever just want to scream very loudly
November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Anyways you ever just want to scream very loudly
I love the gay Xmas ornaments section at can tire
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I love the gay Xmas ornaments section at can tire
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GM to my door frogs. My handle toads
July 27, 2023 at 11:58 AM
GM to my door frogs. My handle toads
The toddler shit on one of us, is how things are going
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The toddler shit on one of us, is how things are going
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man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
man, share the memories you have about your people now. don't wait; just, like make that a regular thing. tell them why they matter to you all the fucking time. and tell them beautifully, poetically, the way you would reminisce about them. because that beauty is important.
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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Please share YouTube links to the most regionally specific representations of where and when you grew up. Like… local sandwich shop commercials. Footage of amateur theater productions. Hyper regional news stories. I wanna see it all.
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Please share YouTube links to the most regionally specific representations of where and when you grew up. Like… local sandwich shop commercials. Footage of amateur theater productions. Hyper regional news stories. I wanna see it all.
Mims has been like this for hours, and she put herself there.
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Mims has been like this for hours, and she put herself there.