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Melissa Boyack

@mamaonthemic.bsky.social

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Politics & behavioral sciences · film & TV · singer & artist · 🦉Temple U mom Former marketing director at a major regional theater, now on a medical mystery tour. Actually liberal. Collapse aware. ⌛💣 #BillsMafia 🦬 #Spoonie #crochet #FDT 🚫DMs

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · May 2

I'm overseas right now and have had similar experiences, including the questions and the plane going over being only 50-60% full.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · May 2

Thank you for writing this!

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · May 2

Rick, there are too many dudes in Silicon Valley who have simply never had genuine, in-person human relationships, and it shows. Yarvin is the Head Boy of that disordered antisocial sect.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · May 1

Russia is once again preparing to escalate the forced removal and deportation of Ukrainian children during upcoming summer months. Russian official stated that about 53K children from occupied Ukraine will “spend their summer holidays” in children’s camps throughout occupied Ukraine and Russia

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

I feel like I'm burning a lot of calories lately just by wrenching myself from the clutches of cynicism.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you for this.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

This is THE question.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yep. The fact that Viktor Orban has been underwriting the Heritage Foundation is the only proof anyone needs of this.

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

Rachel, I am so glad that YOU are talking about this! Some people think I'm crazy for saying it, even though it seems blatantly obvious. Thank you!

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yikes

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 30

What happened?

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

You know some of that is gonna happen.

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

I hear ICE is deputizing a bunch of newbies, probably vetted mostly for MAGA loyalty and not much else. Won't be surprised if some of them straight up commit armed robberies by power of their uniforms. That's typical in fascist regimes.

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

That definitely adds up.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

I feel foolish for ever believing they'd do this.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

Yep

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

Yep, I have known many people who fit this profile.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

Very true, but I was always told that the market preferred stability, which Trump so obviously was not offering.

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

Sure, but it isn't like a Dem administration was going to hurt them in any meaningful way. They seemed genuinely surprised by the tariffs, even though he yammered about them constantly. It reads to me like they're all greedy idiots dressed up like experts and that lie has finally been exposed.

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

I kind of get that, but from what I've read, there's no clear alternative waiting in the wings to replace the dollar as the global standard. Wouldn't they prefer to avoid such total chaos?

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

That always baffled me.

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Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

Angry, what's your take on the predictions of empty grocery shelves starting to show up in earnest in about two weeks? I keep seeing this. Thanks.

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 29

What the everloving hell are you doing with this skim-milk headline?

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 28

A few months late, but ok, yeah, let's go.

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 28

“Voters didn’t turn out for Democrats last November - not because they don’t want us to fight for our values, but because they think we don’t want to fight for our values. We need to knock off the rust of poll-tested language, decades of stale decorum. It’s obscured our better instincts.” - Pritzker

Melissa Boyack @mamaonthemic.bsky.social · Apr 28

You were just at the wrong church. 😉

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