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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 2d

And Jaylan, dear, it’s YOU who doesn’t understand the definition of community.

Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 2d

Josh, honey, you don’t have a claim to the definition of community. #MAFS

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 3d

Baton Rouge is a big city. Lolol Good one, Chad. #MAFS

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 3d

Are you kidding me, lady?! Women “want their husbands to want you to take their name” for the sake of romance? It PROPERTY, not romance that bore that tradition. #MAFS Thats exactly why I married for convenience and financial reasons. I belong to no one!

Plus, changing your name is a fucking pain!

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 3d

“You’ll know when you’re done. You’ll literally be like, ‘I CAN NOT HANDLE ANY MORE!’” — Meghann’s brother-in-law on #MAFS.

Dear god, what a stupid way to decide to stop having kids. “I’m just barely holding it together. I guess that means we’re a family now!”

So happy to be a #childless #CatMom

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Zaki Hasan @zakiscorner.bsky.social · 6d

They’ll never love you, Vivek.

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Aiyana Ishmael @aiyanaish.bsky.social · 6d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.

At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 8d

Glad they addressed the negative experiences. I was so full of absolute rage. Men are much more frightening to me now. Also, of course the Trump admin supports testosterone for women: It improves their own sex lives. God forbid we care about women’s health in general. #WomensHealth #Menopause

‘I’m on Fire’: Testosterone Is Giving Women Back Their Sex Drive — and Then Some

www.nytimes.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 9d

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Andrew Mueller @andrewmueller.bsky.social · 9d

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 9d

This is exactly how we get the civilian-military hybrid of Commanders in #TheHandmaidsTale. This is how we get more civilians in power in an authoritarian manner.

Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

www.theatlantic.com

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 10d

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.

California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.

Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 10d

I’ve also picked up on a trend of alpha (for lack of a better term) women talking about how they make decisions in their work life and don’t want to make decisions at home. I wonder how much these are actually the same. Additionally, how much of this is women just FED UP doing relationship work?

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 10d

Love it! Great point!

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 10d

On both #LoveIslandAUS and #MAFS, women have indicated that they want a man to do the thinking. “I want someone who knows how to use their brain so I don’t have to. Like ChatGPT,” I paraphrase from LIA. These #tradwife trends are highly disturbing. #TheHandmaidsTale is coming. #LoveIsBlind

Traditional Values Came for TV’s Weirdest Dating Show

A season with a notably old-fashioned streak ended in a breakdown of Love Is Blind’s premise.

www.theatlantic.com

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 11d

“I’ve dated potential before.” After everything #GenuineJordan said and did, you’re gonna dig like that? #Rude #LoveIsBlind

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 11d

“Ms. James said she thinks the unserious embrace of Group 7 could be seen as a much-needed antidote to the current ‘state of the world.’”

Ladies and gentleman, this influencer solved world peace. Thank. God. #worldPeace #Group7 #SophiaJames

Also, this is the death of #music. #SocialMedia #TikTok

What Is Group 7? You’re Either in or You’re ‘No One.’

www.nytimes.com

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 12d

The president should be meeting with congressional leaders on both sides every single day until government is open.

Instead, Trump is in Asia pining to meet dictator Kim Jong Un and he's focused on building himself a $300 million ballroom.

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 13d

#Idaho #Photography

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 14d

It was 4 in the morning in mid-August, and @rhettmiller.bsky.social was on his way to meet family at Lake Erie. We discussed how stupid it was that he had to fly through Atlanta (of course!) to get to Pennsylvania. It’s almost certain he does not recall this but good story, right? #RhettMiller

Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 14d

I couldn’t stay to chat with @rhettmiller.bsky.social, but I desperately wanted to ask if he remembered meeting at Lambert-St. Louis Airport in 2019. My husband and I were embarking on our honeymoon to the Dominican Republic, and he said it was great, but full of seaweed (no lies!). #RhettMiller

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 14d

@rhettmiller.bsky.social put on a great show, as always. After #GregDulli, he’s the musician I’ve seen the most. I’ve seen him in the Midwest a number of times and assumed I’d never see him again once I moved to #Seattle. But then #MurryHammond moved here, too, and I get to enjoy #RhettMiller live!

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 18d

So #LoveIsNOTBlind, huh? #LoveIsBlind

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Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 18d

Never mind. Lol

Nicole @melancholyandsex.bsky.social · 18d

#Seattle #foggyfall #foggy #autumn #photography #fall #leafpeeping

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