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Melanor Rigby
@rigbymel76.bsky.social
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Musician, Library worker, Historian, Museum Nerd, Insatiable Reader, Dog Mom, Cat Mom. Auntie. Into singing, feminism, movies, justice, sustainability, animals, science, holidays, folklore, antiracism, gardens, art, libraries - most things. She/her
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daily bunnies 🐇✨ @dailybunnies.bsky.social · 1h
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 7h
See the difference? 👀

#NoKings
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SassySenora701 @sassysenior70.bsky.social · 19h
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Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 16h
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Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 6h
i just want one person to ask a Republican to explain the logistics of Soros funding the protests. Are there 7 million direct deposit forms? Does he send out 7 million w-9s? DOES GEORGE SOROS USE VENMO?
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 9h
Some folks were worried that they'd sic thugs on the protestors or declare martial law. Instead they posted AI videos and complained.

These people have no juice. Their supporters are cowards. They are are all bark and no bite. They collapse when we push back. Remember that.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 6h
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 6h
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
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Sean for Congress (VA-01) @subletteweather.com · 8h
Excellent summary yesterday from @shannonheckt.bsky.social in the Mercury.
Thousands flood Richmond streets for No Kings rally in protest of Trump administration • Virginia Mercury
Thousands of Virginians gathered at Capitol Square in Richmond for the No Kings protest against the Trump administration.
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 23h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
A sampling of the crowd having a good time at Monroe Pk, Richmond, VA #RVA #NoKings #PeacefulProtest
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
T rexes for no kings, Monroe Park, Richmond VA #RVA #NoKings
Two t rexes in Monroe Park standing for democracy
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
It’s a GREAT day to protest fascism . #NoKings
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 1d
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
This week:

-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions

The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 2d
Going to a protest may not feel like your norm.

But guessing living amidst an onslaught of rising fascism likely also not your norm.

Please be there if you can.

2000+ locations.

#NoKings 10/18
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
My sweetie got me #Halloween truffles from For the Love of Chocolate #yummy #RVA #RVAFood #candy
Halloween truffles on a festive seasonal paper plate prior to being eaten
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
jerry from tom and jerry is laughing while covering his mouth .
ALT: jerry from tom and jerry is laughing while covering his mouth .
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
Much good sense here. #NoKings on Saturday.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-kings-no-...
No Kings, No Violence: On the Ongoing Misrepresentation of the Left
Portlanders deploying inflatable animal costumes, a brass band, mass ukulele renditions of “This Land Is Your Land,” naked bike rides, and other tactics in their ICE protests are undermining the Trump...
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
Last 4 films watched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #MovieSky #FilmSky #movies📽️
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Movie posters for the last four movies I watched: * One Battle After Another (2025) * Frankenstein (1931) * Roofman (2025) * Marc Maron: Panicked (2025)
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2d
Correct
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My feeling is that the most important opportunity for the 2026 midterms is not flipping Congress to the Dems, but flipping the Dems to an actual opposition party.
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