Melissa
@carbonorchestra.bsky.social
Middle-aged goth, Fannibal, and general nerd. She/her.
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YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Yes we all agree that this is the reason colleges are in trouble
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
YOUR STUDENTS ARE NOT YOUR CUSTOMERS.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
Get the fuck out of education if that's the way you're talking about them.
You know you've properly curated your timeline when multiple people independently QT the McMahon clip with this gif.
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You know you've properly curated your timeline when multiple people independently QT the McMahon clip with this gif.
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As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
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everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
everyone who spent the 90s laboriously and lovingly making mixtapes just dissolved into ancient dust
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The NYT actually listens to a reader for once and it's in the service of this atrocity
That's what happens when you take headline advice from your FB readers
November 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The NYT actually listens to a reader for once and it's in the service of this atrocity
Made the gingerbread version, but the shortbread is unexpectedly more of a blondie with this recipe. 🍽️
November 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Made the gingerbread version, but the shortbread is unexpectedly more of a blondie with this recipe. 🍽️
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
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Finally gave millionaire's shortbread a try to see if I could pull it off. It's messy but tastes quite good. This holiday season, I'll be making a gingerbread version. 🍽️
October 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Finally gave millionaire's shortbread a try to see if I could pull it off. It's messy but tastes quite good. This holiday season, I'll be making a gingerbread version. 🍽️
Baked with black cocoa for the first time.
October 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Baked with black cocoa for the first time.
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40 years ago today
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye backstage after Black Flag concert, DC Space, Washington DC, October 4, 1985.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #henryrollins #IanMacKaye #history #punkhistory
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye backstage after Black Flag concert, DC Space, Washington DC, October 4, 1985.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #henryrollins #IanMacKaye #history #punkhistory
October 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
40 years ago today
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye backstage after Black Flag concert, DC Space, Washington DC, October 4, 1985.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #henryrollins #IanMacKaye #history #punkhistory
Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye backstage after Black Flag concert, DC Space, Washington DC, October 4, 1985.
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #blackflag #henryrollins #IanMacKaye #history #punkhistory
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After a somewhat long time, I was in the mood for #Crowley! I forgot how much I loved painting him <:
I hope you like it! 💙
#AnthonyJCrowley #DavidTennant #GoodOmens #IneffableHusbands #Wisesnail
I hope you like it! 💙
#AnthonyJCrowley #DavidTennant #GoodOmens #IneffableHusbands #Wisesnail
October 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
After a somewhat long time, I was in the mood for #Crowley! I forgot how much I loved painting him <:
I hope you like it! 💙
#AnthonyJCrowley #DavidTennant #GoodOmens #IneffableHusbands #Wisesnail
I hope you like it! 💙
#AnthonyJCrowley #DavidTennant #GoodOmens #IneffableHusbands #Wisesnail
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"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that
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Surprise! Turns out the five people you meet in heaven are all Edward Ka-Spel, and he just wants to smoke a bowl and talk about Fairport Convention.
September 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Surprise! Turns out the five people you meet in heaven are all Edward Ka-Spel, and he just wants to smoke a bowl and talk about Fairport Convention.
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I do not want the video. I will never watch the video. I usually won’t even give the video the effort of complaint.
I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.
I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.
September 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I do not want the video. I will never watch the video. I usually won’t even give the video the effort of complaint.
I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.
I just want to read the news story. Give me the text. This would be my Ted Talk but that would be text too.
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gentle reminder for anyone who is anticipating the need for caramelized onions later this week: you should probably start now
September 28, 2025 at 12:15 AM
gentle reminder for anyone who is anticipating the need for caramelized onions later this week: you should probably start now
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Oof. Rolling Stone dot com about to find out how many people were mostly subscribing for Alan Sepinwall.
I know nothing about Rolling Stone and its management, but Alan Sepinwall is the smartest, hardest working TV critic working today. His work has elevated the medium. I don't watch a show without checking to see what he thought of it, before or after.
Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.
September 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Oof. Rolling Stone dot com about to find out how many people were mostly subscribing for Alan Sepinwall.
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A thought I keep returning to — and that’s underscored by today’s news — is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.
Well, this is fucked up and depressing.
Rolling Stone fired Alan Sepinwall, Status’ Oliver Darcy reports. That’s probably the end of my subscription.
September 16, 2025 at 5:14 AM
A thought I keep returning to — and that’s underscored by today’s news — is that a legacy publication or a deep-pocketed investor could hire an astonishing array of talent right now and make the best newspaper in America overnight.
gotta say, the thirst-mourning over Robert Redford has been an entertaining distraction from, well, *gestures wildly*
September 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
gotta say, the thirst-mourning over Robert Redford has been an entertaining distraction from, well, *gestures wildly*
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM