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Mel K

@tensionissues.bsky.social

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Leftist, sewist, depressionist. A classic American dish. Dogs, quilts, music, non-sequiturs. BloNo IL She/her (maybe they, I don't know yet) 🏳️‍🌈 🧵🪡 🍉

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, there are bits we skip cause they're too hard to watch

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 1d

We rewatch constantly. It's Tyler's comfort show

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 1d

Added 5 sneezes today and yesterday. Things are ramping up. 723

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 2d

Cooking and filling the dishwasher means throwing the utensils you were using to cook in the dirty dishwater.

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 3d

I miss my 89 Volvo 240

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 7d

The worst part about Game of Thrones is how the Night's Watch hasn't discovered hats yet

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · 12d

I just sneezed my 700th sneeze this year.

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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · Sep 10

Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Sep 9

I've sneezed 650 times this year.

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Aug 17

Heads up, Bloomington-Normal

Pink flyer with a bastardized American flag, where the star portion is Ts forming a swastika.

The flyer reads:
We have the White House, Congress, the courts, and the Bloomington Mayor. Now it's time to take back our state. It's time to make a statement and celebrate with a

MARCH on BLOOMINGTON August 30

We will gather at Miller Park at 7am and march north to the Farmers Market. Feel free to wear your military or patriotic organization colors PROUDLY and be ready to make some NOISE! The time for 'not in our town' is over. We're claiming Illinois for REAL CITIZENS.

Let's have some fun!

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · Aug 5

THERE WAS NOTHING IN THAT BROWNIE THIS EDIBLE IS BULLSHIT

- oNe hOUr laTer-

Trump shouting into the void on the White House lawn

Trump standing on the white house roof for no apparent reason

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hey blono, come scream with me.
#bloomingtonnormal #blono #Bloomingtonil #normalil

Flyer that reads: Scream Club Bloomington -Normal. Let it out. Join us at the bridge at Miller Park. Meet at 7pm, scream at 7:15. Sunday the 10th and every Sunday after.

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 26

I've got the Just Got Out of the Shower and Should Fix My Bangs Before They Dry Stupid but I'm So Tired Blues

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's hard being part of two communities that use the same acronyms for totally different things. I run into FTM (female to make/first time mom) confusion too.

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 18

Aww those babies are little. I hope Mama came back.

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 17

I told a co-worker today what I paid for 3 MCR tickets and she said, wow, I didn't even pay that much to see Kenny Chesney.

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 12

Nah, texting works. I might do burps next year

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 12

It's my new years resolution. I keep track. At first it was in my head, then I started texting myself.

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 10

I've sneezed 500 times this year

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · Jul 5

I wrote about how the Everglades experiment fits into the history of concentration camps in the US and abroad, and how it will connect a domestic network of camps to an international one. We’re watching the imposition of a global concentration camp network.

Opinion | Don’t call it ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Call it a concentration camp.

This facility’s purpose fits the classic model, and its existence points to serious dangers ahead for the country.

www.msnbc.com

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jul 3

Screenshot of a tweet from Laura Loomer

Alligator lives matter.

The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

Chai Dingari replied

it only took 294 days to get from "immigrants are eating animals" to "we will feed immigrants to animals"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jul 1

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

Jason Delgado (Florida Capitol reporter for Spectrum News 13) on X: "Quick look at what inside a detainment tent looks like here at Alligator Alcatraz." What is shown in the picture is a long tent structure, about 50 feet wide. There is a corridor running down the middle. On each side are three rows of bunk beds. The bunk beds are sectioned off into cells which are constructed out of chain link fence, with chain link on the ceiling as well, making each cell a literal cage. It looks to me like each cell contains 9 bunk beds, so has capacity for 18 people each.

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jun 30

OESD (big embroidery design company) and Bernina have partnered with Warner Bros. to license their characters and now I'm going to have to explain 10 times a day at work why I won't buy or recommend any Harry Potter stuff.

But I'll spread the word, I guess.

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Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jun 30

I need to work on using some blue before I by any more.

Which is hard, cause I work at a fabric store.

Mel K @tensionissues.bsky.social · Jun 30

I know! And orange. And what's funny is I just went to a favorite lqs to fill out my green.