Mel Orr
@melorriii.bsky.social
Photographer, prolific reader, sci-fi nerd, physics geek, all-around weirdo. Black Lives Matter. He/him. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
A lovely a Fireside Martini at Shuk.
December 8, 2025 at 1:06 AM
A lovely a Fireside Martini at Shuk.
Shuk is the one place in Savannah where I can find mulled wine.
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Shuk is the one place in Savannah where I can find mulled wine.
Just a little bit of Christmas joy.
December 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Just a little bit of Christmas joy.
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Trump, a billionaire, is claiming the word “affordability” is a Democrat scam.
The scam is the billionaire class hoarding wealth while the rest of us suffer.
The scam is the completely manufactured housing crisis, inflated food prices and ridiculous cost of living that leaves many of us to suffer.
The scam is the billionaire class hoarding wealth while the rest of us suffer.
The scam is the completely manufactured housing crisis, inflated food prices and ridiculous cost of living that leaves many of us to suffer.
December 3, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Trump, a billionaire, is claiming the word “affordability” is a Democrat scam.
The scam is the billionaire class hoarding wealth while the rest of us suffer.
The scam is the completely manufactured housing crisis, inflated food prices and ridiculous cost of living that leaves many of us to suffer.
The scam is the billionaire class hoarding wealth while the rest of us suffer.
The scam is the completely manufactured housing crisis, inflated food prices and ridiculous cost of living that leaves many of us to suffer.
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I approve this message. It's going to be a threshold issue for me. That and completely dismantling ICE, fully implementing the Voting Rights Act, creating a national living wage (with subsidies for businesses that need it,) expanding the Supreme Court, and admitting DC and Puerto Rico as states.
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I approve this message. It's going to be a threshold issue for me. That and completely dismantling ICE, fully implementing the Voting Rights Act, creating a national living wage (with subsidies for businesses that need it,) expanding the Supreme Court, and admitting DC and Puerto Rico as states.
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Breaking: Sen. Jacky Rosen of the Foreign Relations Cmte. says, if reports are true, "Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
December 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Breaking: Sen. Jacky Rosen of the Foreign Relations Cmte. says, if reports are true, "Hegseth likely committed a war crime when he gave an illegal order that led to the killing of incapacitated survivors of the U.S. strike in the Caribbean."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
Rosen adds: "He should resign immediately."
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No child should have to worry about being shot at school or gunned down at a birthday party.
It doesn’t matter if they’re in a red or blue state.
It doesn’t matter who their parents are.
If the volume of mass shootings doesn’t enrage you, you’ve lost your way.
It doesn’t matter if they’re in a red or blue state.
It doesn’t matter who their parents are.
If the volume of mass shootings doesn’t enrage you, you’ve lost your way.
December 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
No child should have to worry about being shot at school or gunned down at a birthday party.
It doesn’t matter if they’re in a red or blue state.
It doesn’t matter who their parents are.
If the volume of mass shootings doesn’t enrage you, you’ve lost your way.
It doesn’t matter if they’re in a red or blue state.
It doesn’t matter who their parents are.
If the volume of mass shootings doesn’t enrage you, you’ve lost your way.
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If you steal billions of dollars, you can get a pardon.
If you’re a convicted drug smuggler, you get a pardon.
If you tried to overthrow the government on Jan 6th, you get a pardon.
If you’re an immigrant who’s never done anything wrong?
You get deported. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
If you’re a convicted drug smuggler, you get a pardon.
If you tried to overthrow the government on Jan 6th, you get a pardon.
If you’re an immigrant who’s never done anything wrong?
You get deported. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 AM
If you steal billions of dollars, you can get a pardon.
If you’re a convicted drug smuggler, you get a pardon.
If you tried to overthrow the government on Jan 6th, you get a pardon.
If you’re an immigrant who’s never done anything wrong?
You get deported. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
If you’re a convicted drug smuggler, you get a pardon.
If you tried to overthrow the government on Jan 6th, you get a pardon.
If you’re an immigrant who’s never done anything wrong?
You get deported. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
19 year old freshman just wants to go home for Thanksgiving to see her family, she gets deported to Honduras.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
Former President of Honduras who’s serving 45 years in prison for drug trafficking?
He gets a full presidential pardon.
Both are Honduran. Only one is a criminal.
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ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
November 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
ICE fascists:
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
•Detained Indigenous American actor Elaine Miles, claiming her "papers look fake"
•Arrested wife of Navy Vet AT HER Green card Interview
•Arrested & kidnapped Brazilian immigrant & mother of Leavitt's nephew
•Arrested, kidnapped,& deported to Honduras a 19-year-old student here legally
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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A billion times this.
I don't know, y'all, I would just never choose to play these fucking games with a guy who was so competent and squeaky clean and reasonable that the federal government paid many millions of dollars to train him specifically to go into space. Super bad idea to shamelessly slander astronauts.
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A billion times this.
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DOGE shuts down having not found trillions of dollars of waste or saved any money.
They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000.
By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died.
That’s their legacy
They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000.
By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died.
That’s their legacy
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
DOGE shuts down having not found trillions of dollars of waste or saved any money.
They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000.
By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died.
That’s their legacy
They compromised the security of government systems, fired federal workers and oversaw the dismantling of USAID which has killed 600,000.
By 2030 approx 14 million people will have died.
That’s their legacy
My current read and this morning's scenary.
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My current read and this morning's scenary.
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Precious time that could still have saved his life. That child lay their gasping for air and Loehmann just watched him die.
Loehmann was acquitted of all charges.
Injustice upon injustice.😓
2/2
Loehmann was acquitted of all charges.
Injustice upon injustice.😓
2/2
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Precious time that could still have saved his life. That child lay their gasping for air and Loehmann just watched him die.
Loehmann was acquitted of all charges.
Injustice upon injustice.😓
2/2
Loehmann was acquitted of all charges.
Injustice upon injustice.😓
2/2
Well.
If this isn't vomi inducing, I do not what is.
If this isn't vomi inducing, I do not what is.
Trump praised Zohran Mamdani as good for NYC before Chuck Schumer did. Think about that.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Well.
If this isn't vomi inducing, I do not what is.
If this isn't vomi inducing, I do not what is.
Seriously. The whole Meghan Merkle discourse is absolutely bewildering.
And yet, completely unsurprising.
And yet, completely unsurprising.
I don’t care if people dislike Meghan Markle; I don’t know her and am not protecting her.
My issue is how incredibly angry they get about her, practically frothing at the mouth.
Everything she says and does (which is usually quite bland and safe), they act as if she’s just insulted their child.
My issue is how incredibly angry they get about her, practically frothing at the mouth.
Everything she says and does (which is usually quite bland and safe), they act as if she’s just insulted their child.
November 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Seriously. The whole Meghan Merkle discourse is absolutely bewildering.
And yet, completely unsurprising.
And yet, completely unsurprising.
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If Evangelicals want to know why people are leaving organized religion, it's because you excuse and elevate the objectively worst people as "God's chosen," while ridiculing the poor, marginalized, and downtrodden as sinners and lepers.
And I'm talking to Evangelicals of all faiths.
And I'm talking to Evangelicals of all faiths.
November 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
If Evangelicals want to know why people are leaving organized religion, it's because you excuse and elevate the objectively worst people as "God's chosen," while ridiculing the poor, marginalized, and downtrodden as sinners and lepers.
And I'm talking to Evangelicals of all faiths.
And I'm talking to Evangelicals of all faiths.
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Trump calls to hang Democrats who oppose him
US Coast guard no longer considers swastika a hate symbol
97.4% of (mostly) Latinos ICE arrested have 0 criminal record
This is what systemic white supremacy looks like. Trump is building a Nationalist Christian (Nat-C) state to violently stifle dissent.
US Coast guard no longer considers swastika a hate symbol
97.4% of (mostly) Latinos ICE arrested have 0 criminal record
This is what systemic white supremacy looks like. Trump is building a Nationalist Christian (Nat-C) state to violently stifle dissent.
November 20, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump calls to hang Democrats who oppose him
US Coast guard no longer considers swastika a hate symbol
97.4% of (mostly) Latinos ICE arrested have 0 criminal record
This is what systemic white supremacy looks like. Trump is building a Nationalist Christian (Nat-C) state to violently stifle dissent.
US Coast guard no longer considers swastika a hate symbol
97.4% of (mostly) Latinos ICE arrested have 0 criminal record
This is what systemic white supremacy looks like. Trump is building a Nationalist Christian (Nat-C) state to violently stifle dissent.
Not in my hometown, godsdamnit!
“If there was ever a time that we needed powerful, principled moral leadership to stand up to meet these demands, today is that day,” an organizer said.
Durham advocacy group demands Duke protect immigrant patients, hospital staff
“If there was ever a time that we needed powerful, principled moral leadership to stand up to meet these demands, today is that day,” an organizer said.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Not in my hometown, godsdamnit!
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
Should happen but won't happen.
Remember when the Pentagon press corps refused to sign Hegseth’s document & all walked out in solidarity?
The White House corps should do the same thing.
Refuse to cover Trump until he apologizes for the “Quiet Piggy”.
No press conferences. No interviews. Full media blackout.
The White House corps should do the same thing.
Refuse to cover Trump until he apologizes for the “Quiet Piggy”.
No press conferences. No interviews. Full media blackout.
November 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Should happen but won't happen.
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This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This all-male panel is deciding whether South Carolina women can be charged with murder for their pregnancies — and whether birth control and pro-choice websites stay legal.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
This a real thing happening today. Don't look away.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM