Mel🏳️🌈 she/they universal healthcare now
@knownforms.bsky.social
She/her, they/them. Writer, Researcher. Work in Strange Horizons, Tin House, Electric Lit, and more. I used to do research for Roxane Gay.
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The Get-Get Man
The Get-Get Man travels at night, sharp as a scalpel, dark as soot. He cuts through the yards and streets, slicing and taking what doesn’t make way. They say...
firesidefiction.com
Some of my sort of scary stories still available online to read for free: firesidefiction.com/issue37/chap...
Not sure if it's journalistic best practice to frame "proof of involvement in a decades-long ring of powerful child rapists" as "the greatest challenge to his legacy."
Unless you're trying to actively help him overcome it, I think it should rightly be framed as the final word on his legacy.
Unless you're trying to actively help him overcome it, I think it should rightly be framed as the final word on his legacy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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now do it for gENdEr
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
now do it for gENdEr
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This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is exactly what the recent Trump-BBC 'scandal' was designed to achieve. The BBC is now self-censoring criticisms of Trump in the name of "impartiality"
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Musk actually killed people by withdrawing their aid. Estimated 15,000 in March. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Musk actually killed people by withdrawing their aid. Estimated 15,000 in March. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
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no one wants to be interviewed so isaac chotiner is just stalking twitter now looking for new eager victims to admit they are dumbos
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
no one wants to be interviewed so isaac chotiner is just stalking twitter now looking for new eager victims to admit they are dumbos
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It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s pronounced Christmas jifts
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i put my pants on the same way as everyone else: screaming
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i put my pants on the same way as everyone else: screaming
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My friends and loved ones...
I'm Saeed from Gaza, still doing my best to support my family. This week, we need food for our children, medicine for my parents, and basic supplies costing around €300. Any support, no matter how big or small, means life to us all.
Support link: 🍉
gofund.me/a0a540b8
I'm Saeed from Gaza, still doing my best to support my family. This week, we need food for our children, medicine for my parents, and basic supplies costing around €300. Any support, no matter how big or small, means life to us all.
Support link: 🍉
gofund.me/a0a540b8
Donate to Bring hope back to Saed and his family after the war, organized by Marina Reilly
Dear Comrade,
From beneath the rubble… I write my story!
I … Marina Reilly needs your support for Bring hope back to Saed and his family after the war
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November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is an irresponsibly favorable profile of RFK Jr, painting him as a vaccine skeptic rather than what he is: fervently anti-vaccine. Whether the reporter caved to pressure from RFK Jr or is so ignorant of science he doesn’t understand how many will come to harm bc of him, this is shameful. +
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but someone who’s job is to procure magical items is a sourcerer, right?
November 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Correct me if I’m wrong, but someone who’s job is to procure magical items is a sourcerer, right?
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honored at how many people continue to visit and share this honest, simple essay. one reader shared that she read it aloud to her teenager who was curious about witchcraft and i just 😭
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/what-is-wi...
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/what-is-wi...
what is witchcraft: a samhain meditation
This morning, I woke up and made offerings to my ancestors: water and fire, but also tobacco and whiskey.
jeannakadlec.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
honored at how many people continue to visit and share this honest, simple essay. one reader shared that she read it aloud to her teenager who was curious about witchcraft and i just 😭
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/what-is-wi...
jeannakadlec.substack.com/p/what-is-wi...
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The harassment is never going to stop as long as the companies give in. They're going to fire every person of color, everyone in the LGBT community, every woman, and that still won't placate the "trolls." They'll just assign white male employees they don't like the title of "liberal" and keep going.
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The harassment is never going to stop as long as the companies give in. They're going to fire every person of color, everyone in the LGBT community, every woman, and that still won't placate the "trolls." They'll just assign white male employees they don't like the title of "liberal" and keep going.
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MAD SISTERS OF ESI is one of The Washington Post’s 10 best SFF novels of 2025. In the sheer amount of what gets published each year and what gets lost, this feels like a small, precious miracle ❤️
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
MAD SISTERS OF ESI is one of The Washington Post’s 10 best SFF novels of 2025. In the sheer amount of what gets published each year and what gets lost, this feels like a small, precious miracle ❤️
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Is there interest in ordering another round of these stickers? 👀
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Is there interest in ordering another round of these stickers? 👀
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Haha holy shit countless people are going to suffer and die because of this
haha oh god the consequences of this are going to be so incredibly grave in five to ten years time
Outrage after Trump’s bill reclassifying nursing as not a ‘professional degree’
Nursing organizations warn limiting access to student funding ‘threatens the very foundation of patient care’
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Haha holy shit countless people are going to suffer and die because of this
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Incredible photo of Miga at Friendsgiving last night
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Incredible photo of Miga at Friendsgiving last night
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Unpopular opinion: Yes, it's bullshit that Ghislane Maxwell is getting better treatment in prison than everyone else because she praised Trump. But it's much bigger bullshit that incarcerated people are treated so horrifically that toilet paper is considered a privilege.
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Unpopular opinion: Yes, it's bullshit that Ghislane Maxwell is getting better treatment in prison than everyone else because she praised Trump. But it's much bigger bullshit that incarcerated people are treated so horrifically that toilet paper is considered a privilege.
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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On the latest The Joy Reid Show, we unpack the MAGA fakes and grifters who are stealing left and right while Americans suffer and enriching themselves while pretending to be populists (hey there, Marjorie Taylor Greene!) www.youtube.com/live/e0tsYLY...
MAGA Fakes vs America | The Joy Reid Show Live
YouTube video by The Joy Reid Show
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
On the latest The Joy Reid Show, we unpack the MAGA fakes and grifters who are stealing left and right while Americans suffer and enriching themselves while pretending to be populists (hey there, Marjorie Taylor Greene!) www.youtube.com/live/e0tsYLY...
THANKS RFK JR!
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THANKS RFK JR!
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A fabulous pre-code gag from "Wonder Bar" (1934)
November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A fabulous pre-code gag from "Wonder Bar" (1934)
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If the Dems had any fuckin’ brains, saying “the part of Epstein is trying to make laws that let them look in your kid’s pants” would be a pretty easy way to crush the Republicans
it’s also a thing where people can be convinced. the right got some people worked up about trans women in sports but possible to get people a lot more worked up about individual/parental rights, genital inspectors, etc
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If the Dems had any fuckin’ brains, saying “the part of Epstein is trying to make laws that let them look in your kid’s pants” would be a pretty easy way to crush the Republicans
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If you’re able to join me in making a donation to support Victoria’s expenses, please do 💕 let’s love and support our people in the ways we can
Because of the ice raids, I haven’t been able to find a caregiver through medicaid since June. For three days a week I have to hire one from a company, and it cost $39.50 an hour. I owe $898 from my last bill and I’m struggling. If youd like to donate I would appreciate it ❤️
Donate to Critical Healthcare Support for Victoria, organized by Vee Copeland
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November 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
If you’re able to join me in making a donation to support Victoria’s expenses, please do 💕 let’s love and support our people in the ways we can