Auntie Mel🏳️🌈 she/they universal healthcare now
@knownforms.bsky.social
She/her, they/them. Writer, Researcher. Work in Strange Horizons, Tin House, Electric Lit, and more. I used to do research for Roxane Gay.
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The Get-Get Man
The Get-Get Man travels at night, sharp as a scalpel, dark as soot. He cuts through the yards and streets, slicing and taking what doesn’t make way. They say...
firesidefiction.com
Some of my sort of scary stories still available online to read for free: firesidefiction.com/issue37/chap...
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after we find out exactly what he did, i want to know the names of everybody who helped cover up what he did.
everybody.
everybody.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 AM
after we find out exactly what he did, i want to know the names of everybody who helped cover up what he did.
everybody.
everybody.
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Leia and Han as babies
September 12, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Leia and Han as babies
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Those of us who are SA survivors are used to the mass shrug in response to even the most overt evidence of horrific behavior. Epstein's crimes and the complicity of many influential figures involved have been known for decades (’05 to be exact). It's never mustered much interest or consequence.
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Those of us who are SA survivors are used to the mass shrug in response to even the most overt evidence of horrific behavior. Epstein's crimes and the complicity of many influential figures involved have been known for decades (’05 to be exact). It's never mustered much interest or consequence.
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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“‘The Epstein affair brings to light a much larger problem,’ [Naomi] Oreskes wrote [in 2020]. ‘It undermines the integrity of the research enterprise when individuals can pick and choose lines of inquiry that appeal to them simply because they can pay for them.’”
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee
www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...
Jeffrey Epstein Emails Reveal Depth of Ties to High-Profile Scientists
A trove of emails of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was released Wednesday by a Congressional committee.
www.scientificamerican.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“‘The Epstein affair brings to light a much larger problem,’ [Naomi] Oreskes wrote [in 2020]. ‘It undermines the integrity of the research enterprise when individuals can pick and choose lines of inquiry that appeal to them simply because they can pay for them.’”
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Cry more Glenn www.wric.com/news/politic...
www.wric.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Cry more Glenn www.wric.com/news/politic...
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White billionaire preachers
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
White billionaire preachers
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And now this. A clear violation of free speech.
Jay Bhattacharya likes to talk about censorship, but he doesn’t actually care about censorship or free speech: he just wants to weaponize those principles to censor others. Like @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Jay Bhattacharya likes to talk about censorship, but he doesn’t actually care about censorship or free speech: he just wants to weaponize those principles to censor others. Like @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Trump’s HHS put me on “non-disciplinary” admin leave today. This was retaliation for speaking up. Moves like this are designed to silence us. Let’s not let.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Dteoop/
I guess I am hitting a nerve, because they just put me on admin leave.
TikTok video by Jenna
www.tiktok.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
And now this. A clear violation of free speech.
Jay Bhattacharya likes to talk about censorship, but he doesn’t actually care about censorship or free speech: he just wants to weaponize those principles to censor others. Like @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Jay Bhattacharya likes to talk about censorship, but he doesn’t actually care about censorship or free speech: he just wants to weaponize those principles to censor others. Like @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social
Defund billionaires.
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Defund billionaires.
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anyway, i got word tonight just before all this that ICE is doing raids in Huron, SD, where there's a significant population of Karen refugees from what used to be Burma. They have a very large tightknight community there, and many of them work at the turkey processing plant there. I hate this.
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 AM
anyway, i got word tonight just before all this that ICE is doing raids in Huron, SD, where there's a significant population of Karen refugees from what used to be Burma. They have a very large tightknight community there, and many of them work at the turkey processing plant there. I hate this.
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Can't see the Northern Lights? Check out the lights in our Northern Pacific Gallery. Comb jellies have eight rows of cilia, or combs, that propel them through the water, producing a flickering, rainbow-like appearance with their movements. 🌈💡🌌
Photo by Robin Riggs #AOPjellies
Photo by Robin Riggs #AOPjellies
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Can't see the Northern Lights? Check out the lights in our Northern Pacific Gallery. Comb jellies have eight rows of cilia, or combs, that propel them through the water, producing a flickering, rainbow-like appearance with their movements. 🌈💡🌌
Photo by Robin Riggs #AOPjellies
Photo by Robin Riggs #AOPjellies
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using a vpn so no one knows i’m posting from the moon
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 AM
using a vpn so no one knows i’m posting from the moon
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Here's another horrible consequence to losing housing: you get out just in time to put your life's belongings in storage, then they raise that rate too, now don't have anywhere to sleep and also have nothing to start over with.
Please help if you can
Please help if you can
we need to come up with $300 by Monday or they're going to auction our storage space
we're two queer, forty something transsexual, SA surviving, former sex workers and we're active community members in meat space and the internet™️
love you whether you give or boost or ignore entirely xoxo
we're two queer, forty something transsexual, SA surviving, former sex workers and we're active community members in meat space and the internet™️
love you whether you give or boost or ignore entirely xoxo
November 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Here's another horrible consequence to losing housing: you get out just in time to put your life's belongings in storage, then they raise that rate too, now don't have anywhere to sleep and also have nothing to start over with.
Please help if you can
Please help if you can
Finally!
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Finally!
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I have read so many headlines & stories today that are just devastating. Thinking of those who have experienced SA of any kind and hoping you are doing whatever you need to take care of yourself or get support.
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I have read so many headlines & stories today that are just devastating. Thinking of those who have experienced SA of any kind and hoping you are doing whatever you need to take care of yourself or get support.
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Tremane Wood was set to be executed this morning for a killing his brother admitted to. At the last minute, he was granted clemency.
Huge kudos to @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social who has been relentlessly reporting on his story for years.
Huge kudos to @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social who has been relentlessly reporting on his story for years.
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tremane Wood was set to be executed this morning for a killing his brother admitted to. At the last minute, he was granted clemency.
Huge kudos to @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social who has been relentlessly reporting on his story for years.
Huge kudos to @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social who has been relentlessly reporting on his story for years.
Justice for the victims. #RapeCulture
"Be clear: I blame the protectors of the predators just as much as the rapists themselves because without them, this cycle might’ve ended long ago with sexual abusers, especially those ensconced in politics and media, rooted out," MFP Founding Editor Donna Ladd wrote in August. "Maybe."
The Epstein Saga Is Not a Game. It’s About Protecting Women.
Donna Ladd reflects on her own story amid the still-unfolding Jeffrey Epstein saga of rape, retribution and the protection of sexual predators.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Justice for the victims. #RapeCulture
Mask up, punks!!
COVID spreads fast in shared indoor air — any season, any time.
Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick.
#PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention
Let’s build healthy habits that protect us year-round: masks, ventilation, and testing when sick.
#PublicHealth #CleanAir #COVID #COVID19 #InfectionPrevention
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Mask up, punks!!
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“The AMA did not provide a reason for the decision to shutter the journal. The organization acknowledged our request for comment but told us it had nothing to add beyond the statement.”
The @ama-assn.org will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year.
AMA ethics journal shutters after 26 years
The American Medical Association will cease publication of its ethics journal at the end of this year. The AMA Journal of Ethics, an open access, peer-reviewed journal was founded in 1999 und…
retractionwatch.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“The AMA did not provide a reason for the decision to shutter the journal. The organization acknowledged our request for comment but told us it had nothing to add beyond the statement.”
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they are desperately fighting to prevent the release of other stuff
November 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
they are desperately fighting to prevent the release of other stuff
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Hi y'all I very prematurely closed my old gfm and I've started a new one. Things are quite dire and it's looking like I'm going to need to hire a lawyer which I can't afford. Your help would mean the world to me truly.
CA: @margotlaine
Venmo: @marghoul
CA: @margotlaine
Venmo: @marghoul
Donate to Help Margot Recover from Financial Crisis, organized by Margot Laine
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November 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Hi y'all I very prematurely closed my old gfm and I've started a new one. Things are quite dire and it's looking like I'm going to need to hire a lawyer which I can't afford. Your help would mean the world to me truly.
CA: @margotlaine
Venmo: @marghoul
CA: @margotlaine
Venmo: @marghoul
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If you think this is badass, wait until we win.
katforillinois.com/legal
katforillinois.com/legal
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you think this is badass, wait until we win.
katforillinois.com/legal
katforillinois.com/legal
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Government isn’t meant to turn a profit.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Government isn’t meant to turn a profit.
Justice for the victims. #RapeCulture
20,000 documents from Epstein’s estate are now compiled into an easily searchable repository. Find it here:
We created a searchable database with all 20,000 files from Epstein’s Estate
Easily find every mention of Trump, Clinton, blackmail, and potential sex crimes in the thousands of private messages between Epstein and his close associates.
www.beltway.news
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Justice for the victims. #RapeCulture
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Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for publishing this excerpt from TERRY DACTYL, which takes the form of a frantic list... "Suddenly it felt like so much was going on, even though nothing was going on. But actually, something was going on."💥💫⚡
Terry Dactyl
Suddenly it felt like so much was going on, even though nothing was going on. But actually, something was going on. 1. Sabine said I’m closing the gallery. 2. Is that really what she said first? Ma…
lithub.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thanks to @literaryhub.bsky.social for publishing this excerpt from TERRY DACTYL, which takes the form of a frantic list... "Suddenly it felt like so much was going on, even though nothing was going on. But actually, something was going on."💥💫⚡