melissa
@femphil.bsky.social
Philosophy nerd. Bleak sense of humor. She/her.
Reposted by melissa
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Toddler hospitalized with respiratory failure was returned to ICE detention without prescribed medication, lawsuit says
The 18-month-old was sent back to a South Texas facility after days in intensive care with severe respiratory distress, according to a federal lawsuit.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: A baby held in immigration detention became so sick, she had to be rushed to a hospital in severe respiratory distress.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
“She was at the brink of dying,” a lawyer told me.
But the girl didn’t go home after her 10-day hospital stay; instead, ICE put her and her mother back in lock up at Dilley.
Reposted by melissa
Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
February 7, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone should be following the digitization and posting of the Adam Jacobs Collection. A 10,000 live concert chronicle of rocknroll-live-in-Chicago between the mid-1980s and today. archive.org/details/aada...
Reposted by melissa
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Stand With Minnesota: Resource Hub
Causes to Donate to in Minnesota to Help Our Communities Defend Themselves from ICE This list is now available/shareable at standwithminnesota.org *Note: I am from Minnesota, and these come from peo...
docs.google.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:48 AM
For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by melissa
It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
January 6, 2026 at 5:11 PM
It's an MTV simulator with almost 30,000 videos, organized by decade, with special sections for Headbanger's Ball and Yo! MTV Raps. This is so good.
Reposted by melissa
You gotta admit it's really funny that Trump is cognitively at about the level of a lower beast in one of Aesop's fables.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
You gotta admit it's really funny that Trump is cognitively at about the level of a lower beast in one of Aesop's fables.
Never not a good time to revisit ‘Sandinista!’
January 5, 2026 at 3:47 AM
Never not a good time to revisit ‘Sandinista!’
Can the Tolkien estate do something about this shit or no
Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
December 29, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Can the Tolkien estate do something about this shit or no
Reposted by melissa
my teaching philosophy
go slow
work small
get weird
go slow
work small
get weird
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
my teaching philosophy
go slow
work small
get weird
go slow
work small
get weird
Reposted by melissa
The holiday season can bring up a lot for many of us, especially those of us who have complex relationships with family. During this time, we want to make sure you know about safe direct services & resources so we’re re-sharing this list you can lean on for support during the holiday season. 💗
We want to make sure that you know about -- and share -- some more safe direct help resources available on Scarleteen and elsewhere, as well as some content on our site that might now or soon be particularly relevant to you if you live in the United States. (1/9)
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The holiday season can bring up a lot for many of us, especially those of us who have complex relationships with family. During this time, we want to make sure you know about safe direct services & resources so we’re re-sharing this list you can lean on for support during the holiday season. 💗
Man, AI really likes Pierre Bourdieu
December 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Man, AI really likes Pierre Bourdieu
Donations to @msf.ca triple-matched today give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/744...
Donate to MSF
Support our cause by donating to Doctors Without Borders.
give.doctorswithoutborders.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Donations to @msf.ca triple-matched today give.doctorswithoutborders.org/campaign/744...
… spent a lot of time & money repaying student loans to be this deep
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 AM
… spent a lot of time & money repaying student loans to be this deep
Spent too much time (a few minutes) thinking about whether immorality or amorality is worse but it does not matter
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Spent too much time (a few minutes) thinking about whether immorality or amorality is worse but it does not matter
Reposted by melissa
I have a lifetime to think about what a world without Alice in embodied form looks like. To have loved and been loved by her was one of the greatest privileges of my life. I will carry her spirit with me always.
Many thoughts about my cyborg bitch boss goddess accomplice Alice Wong & all the things she meant but there is a tendency for white disabled people to overshadow conversations about disabled BIPOC including in death. I choose to let Alice speak for herself & uplift those she wanted to represent her.
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I have a lifetime to think about what a world without Alice in embodied form looks like. To have loved and been loved by her was one of the greatest privileges of my life. I will carry her spirit with me always.
Yaaay just subscribed in the ongoing effort to _curate_ my doomscrolling 😂😐🧛🏻♀️
GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! Today is the last day of our Flytrap subscription drive. The goal for today is 159 subscriptions! THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR THE 15% OFF DISCOUNT: the-flytrap.ghost.io/chomp
The Flytrap
Feminist cultural criticism against the algorithm
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Yaaay just subscribed in the ongoing effort to _curate_ my doomscrolling 😂😐🧛🏻♀️
Reposted by melissa
It's early in the morning, but if you're online and cannot afford a subscription HYPE US UP! I mean look at what we've recently published. You can't find a feature on Halloween Villaging ANYWHERE ELSE: the-flytrap.ghost.io/inside-the-t...
Inside the Tiny, Weird World of Halloween ‘Villaging'
As part of this Boomer-coded subculture, two companies vie for the attention of weirdos like me, who prefer to spend their time—and money—constructing small, spooky landscapes.
the-flytrap.ghost.io
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It's early in the morning, but if you're online and cannot afford a subscription HYPE US UP! I mean look at what we've recently published. You can't find a feature on Halloween Villaging ANYWHERE ELSE: the-flytrap.ghost.io/inside-the-t...
Reposted by melissa
My precise age is “whistling Sebadoh in the Walgreens on Sunday night”
October 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
My precise age is “whistling Sebadoh in the Walgreens on Sunday night”
what a time to be teaching social contract theory
October 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
what a time to be teaching social contract theory
Reposted by melissa
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
Reposted by melissa
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
Your Cheat Sheet to the 2025 General Elections - Bolts
Four contests have come to largely define the 2025 elections: the elections to lead New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City, plus California’s redistricting measure. But there’s so much else... Read M...
boltsmag.org
October 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW: November general elections are around the corner, so it’s time to launch my cheat sheet of what’s on the ballot this fall!
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
I guide you thru the *185* elections I'm watching, & why: lawmakers, governors, judges, DAs, mayors, school boards, & dozens of ballot measures.
Explore, share, save:
Reposted by melissa
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Reposted by melissa
This week, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced their lates project, Freedom Trucks.
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
The IMLS's Freedom Trucks Project Is Propaganda in Support of Historical Erasure: Book Censorship News, September 12, 2025
This week, the IMLS announced their Freedom Trucks initiative. It is blatant propaganda.
bookriot.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This week, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced their lates project, Freedom Trucks.
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
It is a tremendous work of propaganda.
A deep dive into the project, what it really aims to do, and the curious timing and appearance of the press release.
bookriot.com/imls-freedom...
That eternal question, what’s up with women in philosophy 🤷🏻♀️
The percentage of women among people earning PhDs in philosophy in the US over the past decade has increased, though the cause is unclear…
Women’s Share of US PhDs in Philosophy Increased by about One-Third Over Past Decade (guest post) - Daily Nous
Women earned 37% of US Philosophy Doctorates in 2024, up from 28% ten years ago. But what explains the change? Here with the data and analysis is Eric Schwitzgebel (UC Riverside). (A version of this p...
dailynous.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:31 AM
That eternal question, what’s up with women in philosophy 🤷🏻♀️
Reposted by melissa
Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
September 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.
Reposted by melissa
The APA board of officers has endorsed the @acls1919.bsky.social joint statement on the White House review of Smithsonian Institution museums. www.apaonline.org/news/708483/...
August 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The APA board of officers has endorsed the @acls1919.bsky.social joint statement on the White House review of Smithsonian Institution museums. www.apaonline.org/news/708483/...