Melanie Walters
@melaniewalters.bsky.social
Flute nerd, feminist killjoy
She/her
She/her
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Women are lagging behind on going bankrupt on DraftKings, drinking themselves to death, and fist-fighting anyone who looks at them funny on the subway but they can catch up.
June 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Women are lagging behind on going bankrupt on DraftKings, drinking themselves to death, and fist-fighting anyone who looks at them funny on the subway but they can catch up.
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my 14yo made a power point of what she wants her future to look like and this is my favorite slide
May 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
my 14yo made a power point of what she wants her future to look like and this is my favorite slide
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Stripping funding from the entire organisation because an artist spoke out against genocide.
Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.
Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.
March 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Stripping funding from the entire organisation because an artist spoke out against genocide.
Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.
Australians really need to shut the fuck up about Trump for a second while this shit is going on.
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I’ve gone from thinking AI is an annoying joke to thinking that it’s actively fraying our social fabric. In small ways right now, but these freaks want profit from their idea so much that they’re going to shove this horse shit into every industry
February 16, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I’ve gone from thinking AI is an annoying joke to thinking that it’s actively fraying our social fabric. In small ways right now, but these freaks want profit from their idea so much that they’re going to shove this horse shit into every industry
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Truest thing ever written.
December 26, 2024 at 6:42 AM
Truest thing ever written.
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sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
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Sometimes I don’t even get my own jokes until men explain them back to me.
December 8, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Sometimes I don’t even get my own jokes until men explain them back to me.
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If you're using ChatGPT for life advice, just learn to do tarot instead, it's more fun and and wastes less water
November 22, 2024 at 10:50 PM
If you're using ChatGPT for life advice, just learn to do tarot instead, it's more fun and and wastes less water
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Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
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This is a farce and an insult to open government
November 21, 2024 at 3:23 AM
This is a farce and an insult to open government
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The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.
And Heinlein would have approved! Terry Pratchett said, "Most SF writers were once fans. There's a habit they have, not of paying back, but of paying forward; I know of no other branch of literature where the established "names" so keenly encourage wannabe writers to become their future competitors
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The secret is that other writers aren't competition; they're peers, colleagues and friends. Someone who reads me is going to read other writers as well; the entire publishing economy is "yes, and." Therefore it does me no harm, and much good, to support other writers and to wish them well.
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A reminder - your boss does not own your free time.
Unpaid overtime is wage theft.
Unpaid overtime is wage theft.
Today is Go Home on Time Day!
Australia Institute research shows Australians are missing out on an average $7,713 each year in unpaid overtime.
So make sure you go home on time today!
#auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
Australia Institute research shows Australians are missing out on an average $7,713 each year in unpaid overtime.
So make sure you go home on time today!
#auspol @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 10:57 PM
A reminder - your boss does not own your free time.
Unpaid overtime is wage theft.
Unpaid overtime is wage theft.
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Me learning my first piece by Mel Bonis: oh I get it, she’s like Ravel and Debussy
Me learning my second piece by Mel Bonis: wait this is just better Brahms
Me learning my second piece by Mel Bonis: wait this is just better Brahms
November 19, 2024 at 11:51 PM
Me learning my first piece by Mel Bonis: oh I get it, she’s like Ravel and Debussy
Me learning my second piece by Mel Bonis: wait this is just better Brahms
Me learning my second piece by Mel Bonis: wait this is just better Brahms
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adulthood is falling back in love with everything you loved as a child but suppressed because it wasn’t “cool”
November 17, 2024 at 3:42 PM
adulthood is falling back in love with everything you loved as a child but suppressed because it wasn’t “cool”
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Hey folks, a reminder:
Don't use Gen ai.
You can either afford an artist/stock art, or you can't.
If you can't, you can make your own art/designs or abstain.
Or you can cheaper your entire brand and communicate to your audience that you peddle low-effort garbage by using a plagiarism machine.
Don't use Gen ai.
You can either afford an artist/stock art, or you can't.
If you can't, you can make your own art/designs or abstain.
Or you can cheaper your entire brand and communicate to your audience that you peddle low-effort garbage by using a plagiarism machine.
November 17, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Hey folks, a reminder:
Don't use Gen ai.
You can either afford an artist/stock art, or you can't.
If you can't, you can make your own art/designs or abstain.
Or you can cheaper your entire brand and communicate to your audience that you peddle low-effort garbage by using a plagiarism machine.
Don't use Gen ai.
You can either afford an artist/stock art, or you can't.
If you can't, you can make your own art/designs or abstain.
Or you can cheaper your entire brand and communicate to your audience that you peddle low-effort garbage by using a plagiarism machine.
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Thinking of survivors today, and all those who tried to come forward and weren't heard, or were deliberately silenced.♥️
November 18, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Thinking of survivors today, and all those who tried to come forward and weren't heard, or were deliberately silenced.♥️
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Thank you @clintsmithiii.bsky.social for this perfect poem.
November 15, 2024 at 11:25 PM
Thank you @clintsmithiii.bsky.social for this perfect poem.
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It's cool seeing more and more people jumping into freelance and creative projects. I have only 3 pro tips for you.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
November 16, 2024 at 4:05 PM
It's cool seeing more and more people jumping into freelance and creative projects. I have only 3 pro tips for you.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
DO NOT WORK WITHOUT A WRITTEN AGREEMENT.
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My brilliant friend and musicians’ union colleague Aaron Wyatt’s Boyer Lecture on art music and First Nations culture is a must listen. Beautiful and powerful and inspiring. Find half an hour and give it a spin.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Aaron Wyatt: Our Shared Humanity - ABC listen
“There is much to be gained by tapping into the tens of thousands of years of culture that we have available to us in this country. Exposing more people to it can only help to highlight our shared hum...
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2024 at 2:22 AM
My brilliant friend and musicians’ union colleague Aaron Wyatt’s Boyer Lecture on art music and First Nations culture is a must listen. Beautiful and powerful and inspiring. Find half an hour and give it a spin.
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...