Melico
@melico.bsky.social
Extremely online and leftist but not an extremely online leftist.
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You will see lots of photos of my cat and dogs.
Support your local library!!
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"Sadism has really come out of its closet. We’re now living in a time where sadism seems to be embraced."--Madeleine Stowe
I interviewed Madeleine Stowe, who told me what she thinks It: Welcome to Derry is really about. She did not mince words. (gift link)
‘It: Welcome to Derry’: Madeleine Stowe on Playing Evil’s Little Helper
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Sadism has really come out of its closet. We’re now living in a time where sadism seems to be embraced."--Madeleine Stowe
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
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buy an mp3 player, rip cds from a record store or library, buy shit on bandcamp or itunes or whatever, [stage whisper] internet archive for old shit
theres not really a good streaming solution because streaming is a long running fucking *disaster* for music, just start a digital collection again
theres not really a good streaming solution because streaming is a long running fucking *disaster* for music, just start a digital collection again
December 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
buy an mp3 player, rip cds from a record store or library, buy shit on bandcamp or itunes or whatever, [stage whisper] internet archive for old shit
theres not really a good streaming solution because streaming is a long running fucking *disaster* for music, just start a digital collection again
theres not really a good streaming solution because streaming is a long running fucking *disaster* for music, just start a digital collection again
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“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
Oprah Pursues Dr. Phil On Ship Through Arctic
THE ARCTIC CIRCLE—With a vow to destroy the abomination she had created if it was the last thing she ever did, television host Oprah Winfrey has spent weeks on a ship pursuing Dr. Phil through the Arc...
theonion.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“I brought this horrid creature into the world, and now I must take him out!” Winfrey said
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I have reached out to ABC News and parent company Walt Disney Co. for comment about Trump’s verbal abuse of reporter Rachel Scott, a Black woman journalist. No response yet.
December 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I have reached out to ABC News and parent company Walt Disney Co. for comment about Trump’s verbal abuse of reporter Rachel Scott, a Black woman journalist. No response yet.
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What kind of parasocial nincompoopery gets supposedly responsible professionals to ride or die their favorite local gossip?
My grandma liked her daytime stories, but she sure wasn't going to climb up on the pyre over them.
My grandma liked her daytime stories, but she sure wasn't going to climb up on the pyre over them.
December 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
What kind of parasocial nincompoopery gets supposedly responsible professionals to ride or die their favorite local gossip?
My grandma liked her daytime stories, but she sure wasn't going to climb up on the pyre over them.
My grandma liked her daytime stories, but she sure wasn't going to climb up on the pyre over them.
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Notably there hasn't been a mass campaign to get Nuzzi fired from Vanity Fair or picketing bookstores where her shit is sold. Instead it's just people sharing what she wrote and laughing at it for being bad. They want to make criticizing elites illegal.
a *lynching*? huh.
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Notably there hasn't been a mass campaign to get Nuzzi fired from Vanity Fair or picketing bookstores where her shit is sold. Instead it's just people sharing what she wrote and laughing at it for being bad. They want to make criticizing elites illegal.
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since it seems like a supreme court majority doesn't believe in independent govt agencies, can the govt stop believing in the supreme court
December 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
since it seems like a supreme court majority doesn't believe in independent govt agencies, can the govt stop believing in the supreme court
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The reason they believe this is because "the card says Moops" is how they won 2000, which is the mythic foundational victory of 21st century movement conservativism (3 SCOTUS justices served on W's legal team in that case) bsky.app/profile/edsp...
Eh, they are also *really* stupid, so...
The thing I keep thinking about is what the hell the thinking was behind Jan 6th. They seemed to *actually* think that "The card says 'Moops'" was going to be enough, and that the Democrats (or anyone else who cared about democracy) would just shrug...
The thing I keep thinking about is what the hell the thinking was behind Jan 6th. They seemed to *actually* think that "The card says 'Moops'" was going to be enough, and that the Democrats (or anyone else who cared about democracy) would just shrug...
December 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The reason they believe this is because "the card says Moops" is how they won 2000, which is the mythic foundational victory of 21st century movement conservativism (3 SCOTUS justices served on W's legal team in that case) bsky.app/profile/edsp...
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
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If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 AM
If some guy stole my shit and made millions off it while wiping out my job prospects, and you, as my friend, bought that guy's cheap mass market replica of my shit, you and i would for obvious reasons have a problem. It being a massive company, not a guy, actually makes it even more of a problem.
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Really looking forward to having to prove my sex repeatedly in a restaurant, in the event I want to do something outrageous like order food or go to the lav
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Really looking forward to having to prove my sex repeatedly in a restaurant, in the event I want to do something outrageous like order food or go to the lav
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“HIPAA, the federal health privacy law, doesn’t apply to the companies behind popular chatbots. Legally, said Bradley Malin… “you’re basically waiving any rights that you have with respect to medical privacy,” leaving only the protections that a given company chooses to offer.”
People Are Uploading Their Medical Records to A.I. Chatbots
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
“HIPAA, the federal health privacy law, doesn’t apply to the companies behind popular chatbots. Legally, said Bradley Malin… “you’re basically waiving any rights that you have with respect to medical privacy,” leaving only the protections that a given company chooses to offer.”
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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I like how Republicans forever used to be opposed to government getting involved in businesses. But now that they have their own wildly corrupt authoritarian in the White House who demands his cut at every turn, conservatives are all, ‘This is great! This is how you do Serious Business!’
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I like how Republicans forever used to be opposed to government getting involved in businesses. But now that they have their own wildly corrupt authoritarian in the White House who demands his cut at every turn, conservatives are all, ‘This is great! This is how you do Serious Business!’
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being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
it’s been pretty funny to see Polis’ addiction to posting completely end any discussion of him as a potential 2028 candidate
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
being in any way impressed by hanania or seeing him as a voice worth hearing is definitive evidence that your brain is a perfect sphere
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This is a reply to someone who posted about her husband being abducted by ICE. The original post is deleted now, probably due to harassment from weirdos like this. Does anyone know who is responsible for managing harassment on this website?
December 8, 2025 at 12:33 AM
This is a reply to someone who posted about her husband being abducted by ICE. The original post is deleted now, probably due to harassment from weirdos like this. Does anyone know who is responsible for managing harassment on this website?
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Wurman’s literal claim is that everyone has gotten the Constitution wrong for 150 years besides Donald Trump and I think it’s incredibly fucking stupid to pretend this is a good faith argument.
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Wurman’s literal claim is that everyone has gotten the Constitution wrong for 150 years besides Donald Trump and I think it’s incredibly fucking stupid to pretend this is a good faith argument.
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every Batman is a policy failure
This headline got me all exited that Elizabeth Warren was going to fight The Batman.
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
every Batman is a policy failure
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Watched Oceans 11 with the teen last night and decided that the answer to the male loneliness epidemic is more heists.
December 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Watched Oceans 11 with the teen last night and decided that the answer to the male loneliness epidemic is more heists.
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Tom Cotton’s enthusiasm for this stuff makes me think someone should look into whether he committed any crimes during his time in Afghanistan and Iraq.
WELKER: Lawmakers say the 2 men appeared to raise their arms potentially to surrender. Why did Admiral Bradley interpret these actions as anything other than them trying to survive?
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
TOM COTTON: They were sitting or standing on top of a capsized boat. They weren't floating helplessly in the water
December 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Tom Cotton’s enthusiasm for this stuff makes me think someone should look into whether he committed any crimes during his time in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Well, Joe, Mark Zuckerberg has sole control over Facebook, which directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. So let’s have the conversation.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Well, Joe, Mark Zuckerberg has sole control over Facebook, which directly enabled the Rohingya genocide. So let’s have the conversation.