Melanie Mallon
@melmall.bsky.social
Writer/editor in semirural Minnesota trying to reschedule the end times (she/her)
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Melanie Mallon
@melmall.bsky.social
· Jul 22
I've been getting to know Mohammed. His home was destroyed before he and his new wife had a chance to live in it. They got married in a tent. He's a teacher who knows which students died, are missing after bombings, or are mutilated. He is also helping his community. He's hungry. gofund.me/7763073d
Donate to Contribute a step towards the journey of hope and education, organized by Kariman Saleh
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Mohammed's account got taken down, but he is real. His wife is real. We've had video calls (lots of attempted sign language!). Please, please, please help them out. They are starving to death!
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none of these people (inclusive of UK labour) seem to understand that voters want their leaders to *lead* them, not reflect their own ill thought preferences back at them
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
none of these people (inclusive of UK labour) seem to understand that voters want their leaders to *lead* them, not reflect their own ill thought preferences back at them
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Many polls are less measures of stable preferences than snapshots of current perceptions of highly mutable policy takes.
This is why the phrase "let the data speak for itself" fills me w rage.
Because data is ALWAYS open to multiple interpretations, based on underlying theoretical views.
This is why the phrase "let the data speak for itself" fills me w rage.
Because data is ALWAYS open to multiple interpretations, based on underlying theoretical views.
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Many polls are less measures of stable preferences than snapshots of current perceptions of highly mutable policy takes.
This is why the phrase "let the data speak for itself" fills me w rage.
Because data is ALWAYS open to multiple interpretations, based on underlying theoretical views.
This is why the phrase "let the data speak for itself" fills me w rage.
Because data is ALWAYS open to multiple interpretations, based on underlying theoretical views.
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Ah, yes, that great immutable thing, "public opinion."
I feel like the combination of widely available data, along with a naive if not almost seemingly willful refusal to understand how it is generated, is a major bane of our current time.
I feel like the combination of widely available data, along with a naive if not almost seemingly willful refusal to understand how it is generated, is a major bane of our current time.
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ah, yes, that great immutable thing, "public opinion."
I feel like the combination of widely available data, along with a naive if not almost seemingly willful refusal to understand how it is generated, is a major bane of our current time.
I feel like the combination of widely available data, along with a naive if not almost seemingly willful refusal to understand how it is generated, is a major bane of our current time.
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CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade!
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
The Color Thesaurus
I love to collect words. Making word lists can help to find the voice of my story, dig into the emotion of a scene, or create variety. One of my on-going word collections is of colors. I love to st…
ingridsnotes.wordpress.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
CRAFT CHAT! Let's talk about one of my favourite craft techniques for fiction—the use of colour and shade!
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
This blog post is a great place to start, and many thanks to Ingrind Sunberg for creating it in the first place.
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it is both deeply stupid and utterly disastrous how many online democrats have adopted the rhetorical stance,
"i am going to lecture you about the need for political sacrifices while insisting, to your face, that YOU are the sacrifice i'm willing to make"
"i am going to lecture you about the need for political sacrifices while insisting, to your face, that YOU are the sacrifice i'm willing to make"
meanwhile, the very rational onlookers will say to you and each other, "this isn't very rational. straighten up and show some respect. don't you know the other guy wants to turn the woodchipper up higher" while it's eating your legs
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
it is both deeply stupid and utterly disastrous how many online democrats have adopted the rhetorical stance,
"i am going to lecture you about the need for political sacrifices while insisting, to your face, that YOU are the sacrifice i'm willing to make"
"i am going to lecture you about the need for political sacrifices while insisting, to your face, that YOU are the sacrifice i'm willing to make"
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As parents are helping their kids consider colleges, this is my perennial reminder that state schools often have lower price tags, yes, but private schools, including many small liberal arts schools, often have better aid packages, and are thus often cheaper in the end (but may be more competitive).
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
As parents are helping their kids consider colleges, this is my perennial reminder that state schools often have lower price tags, yes, but private schools, including many small liberal arts schools, often have better aid packages, and are thus often cheaper in the end (but may be more competitive).
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How much did your insurance premiums increase this year? Please add your story to the incredibly unscientific survey.
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My Health Care Horror Story
Provide info, vent!
forms.gle
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How much did your insurance premiums increase this year? Please add your story to the incredibly unscientific survey.
forms.gle/DX4pD29sibCB...
forms.gle/DX4pD29sibCB...
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I wanna see trump draw a clock on live tv
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I wanna see trump draw a clock on live tv
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Winter view up the driveway in Minnesota
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Snow
#Nature
#Minnesota
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Snow
#Nature
#Minnesota
December 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Winter view up the driveway in Minnesota
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Snow
#Nature
#Minnesota
❄️❄️
#Photography
#Photographer
#BlueSkyArt
#EastCoastKin
#Snow
#Nature
#Minnesota
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BREAKING
Trump’s troops must get out of Los Angeles, a federal judge rules.
(Ruling paused until Monday.)
Look out for more coverage soon at All Rise News.
Trump’s troops must get out of Los Angeles, a federal judge rules.
(Ruling paused until Monday.)
Look out for more coverage soon at All Rise News.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING
Trump’s troops must get out of Los Angeles, a federal judge rules.
(Ruling paused until Monday.)
Look out for more coverage soon at All Rise News.
Trump’s troops must get out of Los Angeles, a federal judge rules.
(Ruling paused until Monday.)
Look out for more coverage soon at All Rise News.
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My final manuscript in! And now I give you..... COVER REVEAL (US cover, UK is sooooo different but it's not public yet)
December 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
My final manuscript in! And now I give you..... COVER REVEAL (US cover, UK is sooooo different but it's not public yet)
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The FDA's expert panel on testosterone replacement therapy for men — specifically cis men — takes place today.
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
FDA Expert Panel on Testosterone Replacement Therapy for Men
FDA Expert Panel on Testosterone Replacement Therapy for Men
www.fda.gov
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The FDA's expert panel on testosterone replacement therapy for men — specifically cis men — takes place today.
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
I'm sure it will be very different from their other panels about gender-affirming care 😅
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JFC wish people would stop saying THE HUNGER GAMES ripped off BATTLE ROYALE. (Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian, parroting Quentin Tarantino, being the latest offender.) Might as well say it ripped off THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME; DEATH RACE 2000; ROLLERBALL; THE RUNNING MAN; THE 10th VICTIM tbc
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
JFC wish people would stop saying THE HUNGER GAMES ripped off BATTLE ROYALE. (Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian, parroting Quentin Tarantino, being the latest offender.) Might as well say it ripped off THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME; DEATH RACE 2000; ROLLERBALL; THE RUNNING MAN; THE 10th VICTIM tbc
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“Health-care prices are on track to get exponentially worse with the expiration of Obamacare tax credits that help millions of Americans pay for health insurance.”
"Trump has appeared unmoved by calls for him to tackle rising prices—even when his own supporters appeal to him.”
"Trump has appeared unmoved by calls for him to tackle rising prices—even when his own supporters appeal to him.”
“… within hours of his self-declaration of brilliance, a new survey revealed that the crisis Trump had just publicly dismissed is actually worse than many realized: Half of Americans are struggling to pay for food.” www.thedailybeast.com/americans-bl...
Americans Blame Trump for Brutal Price Rises He Claims Are a Hoax
It’s not just Democrats that are fed up with the president’s handling of soaring prices.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“Health-care prices are on track to get exponentially worse with the expiration of Obamacare tax credits that help millions of Americans pay for health insurance.”
"Trump has appeared unmoved by calls for him to tackle rising prices—even when his own supporters appeal to him.”
"Trump has appeared unmoved by calls for him to tackle rising prices—even when his own supporters appeal to him.”
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this rendition of the niemoller poem fucking sucks
December 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
this rendition of the niemoller poem fucking sucks
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"Samuel suffered broken teeth and testicular trauma requiring hospitalization, according to the letter, which also asserts that he was later billed for the ambulance ride required to treat the injuries allegedly inflicted by the guards."
Shocking reports out of Texas: Officers at a detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse. A civil rights coalition is demanding the facility be shut down now!
How many more warnings do we need?
#Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
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How many more warnings do we need?
#Accountability
#USDemocracy
#Pinks
apple.news/AYwOE2cfsSHy...
Officers at Texas immigration detention facility accused of beatings and sexual abuse — Guardian US
Civil rights coalition calls for immediate closure of camp, where more than 2,700 detainees are being held
apple.news
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
"Samuel suffered broken teeth and testicular trauma requiring hospitalization, according to the letter, which also asserts that he was later billed for the ambulance ride required to treat the injuries allegedly inflicted by the guards."
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Over the past year, a group of activists, former law enforcement officials, and relatives of people who were harmed by police worked to recommend police reforms for Springfield, Illinois. Their new report reflects months of debate and compromise.
A Police Killing Drew National Protests. At Home, a Commission Struggles with How to Make a Difference.
More than a year after Sonya Massey was killed by police in Illinois, a namesake commission has wrestled over changes that would prevent future tragedies.
boltsmag.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Over the past year, a group of activists, former law enforcement officials, and relatives of people who were harmed by police worked to recommend police reforms for Springfield, Illinois. Their new report reflects months of debate and compromise.
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Trump's gilded White House makeover is all about power
Trump's gilded White House makeover is all about power
On this week’s “More To The Story,” art historian Erin Thompson examines the ways societies build and destroy monuments—and why Trump is so focused on remaking Washington in his own image.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump's gilded White House makeover is all about power
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yes. more of this. do the rest now too.
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
yes. more of this. do the rest now too.
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15 years sober today. I’m very grateful for everyone who has helped me get here, in big and small ways.
Not everyone needs sobriety but man, I sure did. Life is so much better, even when things are hard, as they inevitably are sometimes. And the good times are more joyful.
Thank you!
Not everyone needs sobriety but man, I sure did. Life is so much better, even when things are hard, as they inevitably are sometimes. And the good times are more joyful.
Thank you!
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
15 years sober today. I’m very grateful for everyone who has helped me get here, in big and small ways.
Not everyone needs sobriety but man, I sure did. Life is so much better, even when things are hard, as they inevitably are sometimes. And the good times are more joyful.
Thank you!
Not everyone needs sobriety but man, I sure did. Life is so much better, even when things are hard, as they inevitably are sometimes. And the good times are more joyful.
Thank you!
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you will never understand what could be wrong with #adoption until you can see what is obvious: adoption is about power. it is about an extreme kind of power that most of you will never be subjected to: the power to decide which families get to exist: who gets to be a mother/father/child of whom.
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
you will never understand what could be wrong with #adoption until you can see what is obvious: adoption is about power. it is about an extreme kind of power that most of you will never be subjected to: the power to decide which families get to exist: who gets to be a mother/father/child of whom.
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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You do not care about any marginalized group if a guy who chose to have Nazi symbolism etched on his flesh in congress is ok. Not even Palestinians. You don't have a real connection to how it feels to be marginalized. No one Nazis hate is ok with them having power. They're just no threat to you.
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
You do not care about any marginalized group if a guy who chose to have Nazi symbolism etched on his flesh in congress is ok. Not even Palestinians. You don't have a real connection to how it feels to be marginalized. No one Nazis hate is ok with them having power. They're just no threat to you.
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“Of the state’s 27 new cases, 16 were linked to exposure at a church, the Way of Truth Church in Inman.”
".. A measles outbreak that began in South Carolina at the start of October is showing no signs of slowing as officials on Tuesday reported 27 new cases since Friday. Those cases bring the outbreak total to 111."
@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
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@arstechnica.com @aaronsojourner.org
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Over 250 people quarantined in South Carolina as measles outbreak rages
16 cases are linked to a church, which followed exposures at four schools last week.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
“Of the state’s 27 new cases, 16 were linked to exposure at a church, the Way of Truth Church in Inman.”
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This piece pretty much sums it up, and has been the theme in much of the European press today
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
This piece pretty much sums it up, and has been the theme in much of the European press today
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...