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Aya 🎃

@melangell.bsky.social

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Graduate student at LSE. Cis. She. Millennial. War is bad; that should be the baseline of human decency. Opinions are my own.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · Jun 23

Iran is now the 8th Muslim-majority country the United States has bombed and or invaded in the last fifteen years. So, from Obama, to Trump, to Biden, to Trump again. Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, and now Iran.

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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 2h

Bluesky deletes the accounts of the very real Gaza civilians here. But their plight isn't over and they rely on our donations to survive.

Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her family. And find and help others. We’re their only voice and means of survival. ❤️ 🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 1h

Psh. That’s what happens when two people are comfortable in eachother’s company! You just naturally get excited and joke around. The most successful relationships are between people who can give and receive some good-natured ball busting. 😌

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 2h

I’m hardly a supporter of Candace Owens (our politics likely sit at opposite ends of the spectrum) but if she’s turning her fire on Turning Point USA, Dave Rubin, The Daily Wire, and Ben Shapiro, I’m not complaining. Have my axe, even.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 2h

lol, wtf? A misogynist!? That escalated quickly.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 2h

I just want to say: everything about this. Yes.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 23h

Once again, Candace Owens and Marjorie Taylor Greene to the left of Democrats on everything. Free speech, Gaza, and now healthcare. What is this timeline.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, lol, it’s inevitable. I thought the dynamic was sickeningly sweet, so you’re clear.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 18h

Reminds me of those recipe blogs that start with "On 9/11, my husband Tom and I..." Tina, I just want some banana bread.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 18h

He got a bad migraine, though.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 18h

Amid growing calls for it to register under FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act), AIPAC appears to be leaning into more overtly "America First” rhetoric. The Kennedy administration pressed AIPAC’s predecessor, the American Zionist Council (AZC), to register under FARA once upon a time.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 20h

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 22h

Right. All of that shows how deep the failure runs.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 22h

The VA data includes all veterans, and the higher suicide rate persists across every subgroup, not just combat-exposed ones.

The VA’s been gutted for years by political meddling and privatization efforts. Whatever the cause, the fact remains that veterans are dying at double the rate of civilians.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 22h

Had one who lived 14 years, so... I dunno, lol.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s my nine-year-old rooster happily taking a dirt bath.

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Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 23h

Once again, Candace Owens and Marjorie Taylor Greene to the left of Democrats on everything. Free speech, Gaza, and now healthcare. What is this timeline.

Aya 🎃 @melangell.bsky.social · 23h

Wym? Veterans make up about 7% of the U.S. population but account for 13% of suicides, so that’s nearly double the rate of non-veterans. So it’s not just drug or trauma problems; it’s a systemic failure to care for those we send to war.