MelM
@melmscow.bsky.social
Australian born, Montreal based. Wrangler of words. Parent to two, homeschooling one. Not keen on Covid.
Also at Mastodon: @[email protected]
Also at Mastodon: @[email protected]
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I am now partnering with @wildhornets.bsky.social latest raffle to raise funds so that they can build a second mobile lab, allowing them to accelerate their design development, so that their drones get even more effective!
Please donate!
Please donate!
A year ago we asked you to fund a Wild Hornets mobile lab
You came through
This lab fuelled innovations that changed the war
Our drones⤵️have downed 3300 Shaheds—saving 2800 civilians from death or injury
To speed up crucial R&D we now need a 2nd mobile lab
So we're launching a new fundraiser...
You came through
This lab fuelled innovations that changed the war
Our drones⤵️have downed 3300 Shaheds—saving 2800 civilians from death or injury
To speed up crucial R&D we now need a 2nd mobile lab
So we're launching a new fundraiser...
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I am now partnering with @wildhornets.bsky.social latest raffle to raise funds so that they can build a second mobile lab, allowing them to accelerate their design development, so that their drones get even more effective!
Please donate!
Please donate!
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Sharing the Go Fund Me for Maya, the 12 year old girl in the Tumbler Ridge shooting who was airlifted to Children's Hospital in Vancouver with a gunshot wound to the head and neck.
No words 💔 will be hugging my teen extra tonight
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
No words 💔 will be hugging my teen extra tonight
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery, organized by Krysta Hunt
My name is Krysta, and I am the Cousin of Cia, Mayas mother.
I am starting this… Krysta Hunt needs your support for Support For Maya In Her Road To Recovery
www.gofundme.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Sharing the Go Fund Me for Maya, the 12 year old girl in the Tumbler Ridge shooting who was airlifted to Children's Hospital in Vancouver with a gunshot wound to the head and neck.
No words 💔 will be hugging my teen extra tonight
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
No words 💔 will be hugging my teen extra tonight
www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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Statement on the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC
February 11, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Statement on the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, BC
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NEW: The FDA just shot down Moderna's new flu shot. From me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
FDA declines to review Moderna application for new flu vaccine
Moderna requests meeting to discuss refusal as decision could have implications for all new and updated vaccines
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
NEW: The FDA just shot down Moderna's new flu shot. From me:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Canada: The bridge that carries 25% of our trade is at capacity, We should build a 2nd one.
US: We don't want to pay for one.
Canada: Okay, we'll pay, but build it together.
US: Nice, thanks, Let's do it.
Canada & US build bridge together, Canada pays.
US: You took advantage of us!
Canada: 🙄
US: We don't want to pay for one.
Canada: Okay, we'll pay, but build it together.
US: Nice, thanks, Let's do it.
Canada & US build bridge together, Canada pays.
US: You took advantage of us!
Canada: 🙄
February 10, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Canada: The bridge that carries 25% of our trade is at capacity, We should build a 2nd one.
US: We don't want to pay for one.
Canada: Okay, we'll pay, but build it together.
US: Nice, thanks, Let's do it.
Canada & US build bridge together, Canada pays.
US: You took advantage of us!
Canada: 🙄
US: We don't want to pay for one.
Canada: Okay, we'll pay, but build it together.
US: Nice, thanks, Let's do it.
Canada & US build bridge together, Canada pays.
US: You took advantage of us!
Canada: 🙄
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February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Covid-19 is not just a respiratory infection. Cardiovascular symptoms are seen in both acute and long covid. Katharine Lang reports on what we’ve learnt since the onset of the pandemic
Cardiovascular...
www.bmj.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:54 AM
February 2026 - the BMJ publishes a piece called "Why covid-19 is “a vascular disease masquerading as a respiratory one”
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
Some of us have been screaming this for years
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
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1/6 I just delivered my baby in the hospital and was saddened to hear from the staff that routine vitamin K shots for babies are being rejected by parents more frequently now due to the information, without scientific basis or research evidence, being spread by the current administration. 🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽⚛️
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
1/6 I just delivered my baby in the hospital and was saddened to hear from the staff that routine vitamin K shots for babies are being rejected by parents more frequently now due to the information, without scientific basis or research evidence, being spread by the current administration. 🧪🧬👩🔬🍎🥽⚛️
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Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Younger people can just accept Naomi Wolf as a lunatic without grappling with the dissonance that comes from having witnessed her early promise.
February 8, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Younger people can just accept Naomi Wolf as a lunatic without grappling with the dissonance that comes from having witnessed her early promise.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Breaking
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
February 3, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Breaking
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
The world’s first vaccine targeting the entire SARS coronavirus family has commenced human testing.
GBP511, developed by UW Medicine and tested by SK Bioscience, seeks to provide protection against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses, potentially preventing the onset of the next pandemic.
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The Kahnawà:ke Nation has sent Carney a letter regarding the speech he gave at the Plains of Abraham a few weeks ago. It is very good and I think people should read it.
Press release: kahnawake.com/open-letter-...
Press release: kahnawake.com/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Kahnawà:ke responds to Prime Minister's historical inaccuracies - Kahnawà:ke
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to inform the community that an Open Letter has been sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney in response to remarks made during his January 22 Building Canada ...
kahnawake.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:04 AM
The Kahnawà:ke Nation has sent Carney a letter regarding the speech he gave at the Plains of Abraham a few weeks ago. It is very good and I think people should read it.
Press release: kahnawake.com/open-letter-...
Press release: kahnawake.com/open-letter-...
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A lot of discussion of Ukraine's military contribution to a united Europe, but there are also a lot of lessons to be learned from Ukrainian emergency response and civil defence
January 31, 2026 at 12:29 PM
A lot of discussion of Ukraine's military contribution to a united Europe, but there are also a lot of lessons to be learned from Ukrainian emergency response and civil defence
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X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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I am heartbroken to hear of the death of Catherine O'Hara. What an extraordinary talent. Offering condolences to her friends, family and in particular her sister Mary Margaret.
She is with the angels.
She is with the angels.
January 30, 2026 at 6:29 PM
I am heartbroken to hear of the death of Catherine O'Hara. What an extraordinary talent. Offering condolences to her friends, family and in particular her sister Mary Margaret.
She is with the angels.
She is with the angels.
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MSM clueing into to the fact that viruses have chronic impacts.
“Officials in ‘23 declared an end to the COVID pandemic. 2 years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal info about the virus’s ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some w/ mild symptoms.”
“Officials in ‘23 declared an end to the COVID pandemic. 2 years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal info about the virus’s ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some w/ mild symptoms.”
Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID's long-term harm
Studies offer insights into the health risks and burdens faced by people who have had COVID infections. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has narrowed COVID vaccine recommendations and cut research.
www.cbsnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
MSM clueing into to the fact that viruses have chronic impacts.
“Officials in ‘23 declared an end to the COVID pandemic. 2 years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal info about the virus’s ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some w/ mild symptoms.”
“Officials in ‘23 declared an end to the COVID pandemic. 2 years later, a growing body of research continues to reveal info about the virus’s ability to cause harm long after initial infections resolve, even in some w/ mild symptoms.”
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Mark Carney Took the Stand theRest of the World Must Now Take newrepublic.com/article/2058... via @newrepublic.com
Mark Carney Took the Stand the
Rest of the World Must Now Take
Disentangling Canada from the United States is a mammoth undertaking. But Carney clearly means business.
newrepublic.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Mark Carney Took the Stand theRest of the World Must Now Take newrepublic.com/article/2058... via @newrepublic.com
Justins and Jasons are important thinkers whose names leave them at a deficit.
January 29, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Justins and Jasons are important thinkers whose names leave them at a deficit.
Under the Trump administration, the value of a human life is reduced from $11.7 million to zero.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Under the Trump administration, the value of a human life is reduced from $11.7 million to zero.
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
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The immanent contradiction of dominance masculinity is that it both claims absolute authority and strength and also cannot countenance even the slightest challenge.
We need to talk about the rise of "smol bean fascism" where you have all the guns and the immunity but the really scary people are the ones with whistles and phone cameras and they're giving you generational trauma and ptsd by filming you killing people for no reason
January 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
The immanent contradiction of dominance masculinity is that it both claims absolute authority and strength and also cannot countenance even the slightest challenge.
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The U.S. has successfully convinced its people that “the humanities are frivolous and STEM is Important and Real” is basically a law of nature: this is absolute nonsense that we should stop putting up with.
January 28, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The U.S. has successfully convinced its people that “the humanities are frivolous and STEM is Important and Real” is basically a law of nature: this is absolute nonsense that we should stop putting up with.
Just pondering, for no particular reason, how insufferable I would have been if I'd had access to social media as an undergrad. Back in the Faludi days, I was intolerable enough at house parties where my degree of exposure was limited to some thirty people at a time.
January 29, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Just pondering, for no particular reason, how insufferable I would have been if I'd had access to social media as an undergrad. Back in the Faludi days, I was intolerable enough at house parties where my degree of exposure was limited to some thirty people at a time.
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Trump trying to destabilise Canada from within.
Trump officials met group pushing Alberta independence from Canada
Separatists from oil-rich province try to capitalise on friction between White House and Mark Carney
www.ft.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Trump trying to destabilise Canada from within.
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After 3 years working under Putin’s missiles and drones as our Ambassador to Ukraine, I resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin.
The America I proudly served for 28 years does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
But the Trump Admin keeps doing exactly that.
1/3
The America I proudly served for 28 years does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
But the Trump Admin keeps doing exactly that.
1/3
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
After 3 years working under Putin’s missiles and drones as our Ambassador to Ukraine, I resigned when Trump kept appeasing Putin.
The America I proudly served for 28 years does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
But the Trump Admin keeps doing exactly that.
1/3
The America I proudly served for 28 years does not bow to dictators. It’s not who we are.
But the Trump Admin keeps doing exactly that.
1/3
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"The mutual aid side is more secretive..., because it is taking care of the people who cannot leave their homes without being kidnapped.
It’s strange to realize that the work people can do aboveground is harass federal agents, but the work that people have to do in secret is… feed people."
It’s strange to realize that the work people can do aboveground is harass federal agents, but the work that people have to do in secret is… feed people."
I wrote about my time in Minneapolis last week, about what is involved in creating bottom-up, decentralized networks of care.
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/our-neighb...
January 26, 2026 at 11:19 PM
"The mutual aid side is more secretive..., because it is taking care of the people who cannot leave their homes without being kidnapped.
It’s strange to realize that the work people can do aboveground is harass federal agents, but the work that people have to do in secret is… feed people."
It’s strange to realize that the work people can do aboveground is harass federal agents, but the work that people have to do in secret is… feed people."