Melanie Baker
@melle.ca
Reader, writer, editor, baker, sock zoologist, universal aunt, wayward. Tell your dog I said hi. (she/they) 🐾🖋🍪🇨🇦🏴☠️ | melle most places | linktr.ee/melledotca
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I have bought a ton of little low tech things over the course of the last couple years and I have made a few purchases that were very small but life changing for a middle aged lady:
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
November 23, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I have bought a ton of little low tech things over the course of the last couple years and I have made a few purchases that were very small but life changing for a middle aged lady:
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
-hand fans
-cotton hankies
-cheapass reading glasses
-decent pens (you pen nerds were totally right about pens)
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a day spent reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands Cottage in front of a crackling fireplace whilst indulging in a plate of emotional support scones will indeed fix you.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a day spent reading Agatha Christie in a Scottish Highlands Cottage in front of a crackling fireplace whilst indulging in a plate of emotional support scones will indeed fix you.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
Anyone who tells you otherwise is not worthy of your friendship.
There are two kinds of elderly ladies I tend to encounter with the dog: those who want nothing to do with us and those who would probably steal her from me.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
There are two kinds of elderly ladies I tend to encounter with the dog: those who want nothing to do with us and those who would probably steal her from me.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
I don’t fancy my chances fighting them off; those dames grew up on farms.
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hey guys i made a seasonal meme
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 AM
hey guys i made a seasonal meme
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
November 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well, really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light in every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Sneak Peek | Heated Rivalry (Crave Original)
YouTube video by Crave
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November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
He looks like the love child of Fidel Castro and Matt LeBlanc.
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 AM
He looks like the love child of Fidel Castro and Matt LeBlanc.
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Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Gonna check in on Canada, where politics is more normal... I see there is a convoy headed to Ottawa to avenge a flock of dead ostriches
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This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is why you have to love the work. When publishing and fortune kick you in the face, the page will still be there for you. When all you get are nos, the story will be your yes. You can't count on sales or marketing money, but you can count on the feeling of flow, of creation, the joy of art.
I have a hot date — taking my friend with me to Costco. She’s never been.
Where do I even start???
Where do I even start???
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I have a hot date — taking my friend with me to Costco. She’s never been.
Where do I even start???
Where do I even start???
Here, please.
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here, please.
That cheese noshed its way to the top via every charcuterie board in Hollywood.
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:57 AM
That cheese noshed its way to the top via every charcuterie board in Hollywood.
Targeted viruses aren't killing off your infection?
Problematic phage gap.
Problematic phage gap.
Your tiger is out?
Problematic cage gap
Problematic cage gap
Your thanksgiving stuffing doesn’t taste right?
Problematic sage gap.
Problematic sage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Targeted viruses aren't killing off your infection?
Problematic phage gap.
Problematic phage gap.
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YOU SAID NO TO MUPPETS KNIVES OUT?! YOU DEPRIVE US OF BENOIT BLANC SURROUNDED BY MUPPETS?! JAIL FOR RIAN! JAIL FOR RIAN FOR 1000 YEARS!
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 1:22 AM
YOU SAID NO TO MUPPETS KNIVES OUT?! YOU DEPRIVE US OF BENOIT BLANC SURROUNDED BY MUPPETS?! JAIL FOR RIAN! JAIL FOR RIAN FOR 1000 YEARS!
Personnes in the US:
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Personnes in the US:
Project Hail Mary | Official Trailer 2
YouTube video by Amazon MGM Studios
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November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reheating soup.
1:35: still half cold
1:45: so hot it’s attracting vulcanologists
1:35: still half cold
1:45: so hot it’s attracting vulcanologists
November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Reheating soup.
1:35: still half cold
1:45: so hot it’s attracting vulcanologists
1:35: still half cold
1:45: so hot it’s attracting vulcanologists
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Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale! 50% off books!
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale by Chace Verity
A bundle by Chace Verity, $17.00 for 17 games
itch.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Chace Verity's Christmas Chsale! 50% off books!
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
Spouse's car died unexpectedly. We need a new car and will be ok on the car front! But I look forward to buying Christmas gifts for the whole family every year, and I now won't have the funds for it.
Unless *you* can help!
itch.io/s/167653/cha...
The pet store, which welcomes dogs, put up a small Christmas tree at floor level. I feel this was a poor decision.
November 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The pet store, which welcomes dogs, put up a small Christmas tree at floor level. I feel this was a poor decision.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Yo dawg, I heard you desired desire, so I desired your desire while you were desiring desire.
i think this may be the bit that broke me bc I am picturing her self-satisfied smirk at coming up with this and it is, honestly, making me die a little on the inside
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Yo dawg, I heard you desired desire, so I desired your desire while you were desiring desire.
I had a Terry's Chocolate Orange yesterday, and damned myself, as I am quite sure the cravings will now far exceed fortnightly.
a man wearing glasses is sitting on a couch and making a funny face
Alt: Mike Myers playing Stuart, the Scottish father in So I Married An Axe Murderer, wearing Coke bottle glasses, a maroon plaid flannel shirt and grey knitted cardigan vest, and barking out something rude.
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I had a Terry's Chocolate Orange yesterday, and damned myself, as I am quite sure the cravings will now far exceed fortnightly.
Pick just one perfect album. From 1991. Yeah, good luck with that.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Pick just one perfect album. From 1991. Yeah, good luck with that.