Just Mel
@melthemartian.bsky.social
UX designer by day.
Running festivals and writing weird fiction by moonlight.
https://melthemartian.com
Running festivals and writing weird fiction by moonlight.
https://melthemartian.com
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Reminder to folks that you can get anything you want at The Map Center, even 8x10 glossy prints with a washable finish so you can draw circles and arrows on them, wipe them clean and reuse them. No need to send them to the landfill!
Also, we will be closed on Thanksgiving.
Also, we will be closed on Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Reminder to folks that you can get anything you want at The Map Center, even 8x10 glossy prints with a washable finish so you can draw circles and arrows on them, wipe them clean and reuse them. No need to send them to the landfill!
Also, we will be closed on Thanksgiving.
Also, we will be closed on Thanksgiving.
Revisiting my boss is terrible:
He told me I didn’t “challenge” or document enough in my process. It was a 2 week sprint.
I was out for 9 weeks on medical leave.
They assigned someone else to my project. Totally fine.
He told me I didn’t “challenge” or document enough in my process. It was a 2 week sprint.
I was out for 9 weeks on medical leave.
They assigned someone else to my project. Totally fine.
My boss didn’t know if we got Friday off 😑
November 26, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Revisiting my boss is terrible:
He told me I didn’t “challenge” or document enough in my process. It was a 2 week sprint.
I was out for 9 weeks on medical leave.
They assigned someone else to my project. Totally fine.
He told me I didn’t “challenge” or document enough in my process. It was a 2 week sprint.
I was out for 9 weeks on medical leave.
They assigned someone else to my project. Totally fine.
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My other new print is this guy, "Fire in My Belly." This is a design idea I've been trying to make for years, so happy to have finally gotten to make it! www.cathygjohn.net/store/fire-i...
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My other new print is this guy, "Fire in My Belly." This is a design idea I've been trying to make for years, so happy to have finally gotten to make it! www.cathygjohn.net/store/fire-i...
My boss didn’t know if we got Friday off 😑
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My boss didn’t know if we got Friday off 😑
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As winter approaches and temperatures drop, Rhode Island residents using the bus may encounter longer wait times as a result of the Rhode Island Public Transport Authority’s service cuts.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Thank you for your reporting @browndailyherald.bsky.social
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Thank you for your reporting @browndailyherald.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
As winter approaches and temperatures drop, Rhode Island residents using the bus may encounter longer wait times as a result of the Rhode Island Public Transport Authority’s service cuts.
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Thank you for your reporting @browndailyherald.bsky.social
www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...
Thank you for your reporting @browndailyherald.bsky.social
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/ UH OH
/ MEYE FOOT IS HEALING
/ 6 DAYS LEFT
/ 2 USE COUPON CODE "METATARSAL" @ CHECKOUT 4 20% OFF
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/ MEYE FOOT IS HEALING
/ 6 DAYS LEFT
/ 2 USE COUPON CODE "METATARSAL" @ CHECKOUT 4 20% OFF
/ OFF OF ALL MERCH ITEMS @
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/ EYE AM GETTING OVER COVID
/ BUT MEYE FOOT IS STILL BROKEN
/ & SO ON GOES THE MERCH SALE
/ THATS RITE WE GOT MERCH
/ STICKERS PAMPHLETS PINS PATCHES
/ T-SHIRTS HOODIES ETC AVAILABLE IN MANY DIFFERENT SIZES & COLORS
/ USE COUPON CODE "METATARSAL" @ CHECKOUT 4 20% OFF
/ merch.weatherishappening.com
/ BUT MEYE FOOT IS STILL BROKEN
/ & SO ON GOES THE MERCH SALE
/ THATS RITE WE GOT MERCH
/ STICKERS PAMPHLETS PINS PATCHES
/ T-SHIRTS HOODIES ETC AVAILABLE IN MANY DIFFERENT SIZES & COLORS
/ USE COUPON CODE "METATARSAL" @ CHECKOUT 4 20% OFF
/ merch.weatherishappening.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
/ UH OH
/ MEYE FOOT IS HEALING
/ 6 DAYS LEFT
/ 2 USE COUPON CODE "METATARSAL" @ CHECKOUT 4 20% OFF
/ OFF OF ALL MERCH ITEMS @
/ merch.weatherishappening.com
/ MEYE FOOT IS HEALING
/ 6 DAYS LEFT
/ 2 USE COUPON CODE "METATARSAL" @ CHECKOUT 4 20% OFF
/ OFF OF ALL MERCH ITEMS @
/ merch.weatherishappening.com
RIP Udo Kier. A great weirdo that played some excellent vampires.
November 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
RIP Udo Kier. A great weirdo that played some excellent vampires.
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Laziest of Sundays
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Laziest of Sundays
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I could use some help spreading the word.
My new little book is about two sisters who hunt down killers and collect body parts while complicating their lives with volatile magics, bizarre visions, and a mysterious mouth in the wall.
Think Junji Ito meets Little Women.
ghoulish.rip/product/fami...
My new little book is about two sisters who hunt down killers and collect body parts while complicating their lives with volatile magics, bizarre visions, and a mysterious mouth in the wall.
Think Junji Ito meets Little Women.
ghoulish.rip/product/fami...
November 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I could use some help spreading the word.
My new little book is about two sisters who hunt down killers and collect body parts while complicating their lives with volatile magics, bizarre visions, and a mysterious mouth in the wall.
Think Junji Ito meets Little Women.
ghoulish.rip/product/fami...
My new little book is about two sisters who hunt down killers and collect body parts while complicating their lives with volatile magics, bizarre visions, and a mysterious mouth in the wall.
Think Junji Ito meets Little Women.
ghoulish.rip/product/fami...
The Pluribus atom bomb scene makes me feel seen. It’s a conversation with an insane idiot. That’s what it like to live in 2025.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The Pluribus atom bomb scene makes me feel seen. It’s a conversation with an insane idiot. That’s what it like to live in 2025.
Sometimes being a certain kind of neurodivergent is saying to other NDs “we can only ask a friend for their unwanted furniture if we offer them food because they also have a sick parent.” And I was right.
Anyway, I’ve been up since 8am solving things and got drunk by accident at 4:30.
Anyway, I’ve been up since 8am solving things and got drunk by accident at 4:30.
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Sometimes being a certain kind of neurodivergent is saying to other NDs “we can only ask a friend for their unwanted furniture if we offer them food because they also have a sick parent.” And I was right.
Anyway, I’ve been up since 8am solving things and got drunk by accident at 4:30.
Anyway, I’ve been up since 8am solving things and got drunk by accident at 4:30.
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My one contribution to Housewives discourse is that one can find delicious pizza on Reservoir Avenue between Park Ave and Legion Way and that Pizza Momma is just a few doors away.
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My one contribution to Housewives discourse is that one can find delicious pizza on Reservoir Avenue between Park Ave and Legion Way and that Pizza Momma is just a few doors away.
“Thrashed By A Lady Cyclist” is a great album name.
If women get too physically strong they'll beat the shit out of you and for that we must demonize any kind of exercise and hearty food for them
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
“Thrashed By A Lady Cyclist” is a great album name.
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Want to present your work? Use our contact form to signup for our Bonfire Showcase in 2026!
Use this form: https://bit.ly/3KaeRb9
Use this form: https://bit.ly/3KaeRb9
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Want to present your work? Use our contact form to signup for our Bonfire Showcase in 2026!
Use this form: https://bit.ly/3KaeRb9
Use this form: https://bit.ly/3KaeRb9
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By request, here's a thread of books that I think make excellent gifts this holiday season (obviously they're cartographically inclined, you know me)
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
By request, here's a thread of books that I think make excellent gifts this holiday season (obviously they're cartographically inclined, you know me)
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
1. Best anthology
"All Over the Map" by Betsy Mason and Greg Miller
A gorgeous, full color history of maps mind-bending maps from around the world.
My mom was heartbroken when I spoiled the ending of Wicked For Good.
You know, the ending that’s from 1939.
You know, the ending that’s from 1939.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
My mom was heartbroken when I spoiled the ending of Wicked For Good.
You know, the ending that’s from 1939.
You know, the ending that’s from 1939.
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Time to call and email your reps about this federal ban on states being allowed to regulate AI!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
Tell Congress to Oppose an AI Regulation Ban
This summer, congress attempted to bury a dangerous provision in what some lawmakers called the "Big Beautiful Bill." The provision would ban most states and localities from regulating AI. Thankfully,...
actionnetwork.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Time to call and email your reps about this federal ban on states being allowed to regulate AI!
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...
My dad (RIP) was USPS.
HELL YES. They are a branch of the federal government. With a better union and history than fucking ICE. USPS represent American values way better too.
HELL YES. They are a branch of the federal government. With a better union and history than fucking ICE. USPS represent American values way better too.
A U.S. postal worker on Long Island is accused of trying to help a man escape from ICE custody earlier this month, according to a federal criminal complaint: https://gothamist.visitlink.me/YNagDp
US postal worker charged with breaking man out of ICE custody on Long Island
Police arrested the worker and the man she tried to free.
gothamist.visitlink.me
November 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
My dad (RIP) was USPS.
HELL YES. They are a branch of the federal government. With a better union and history than fucking ICE. USPS represent American values way better too.
HELL YES. They are a branch of the federal government. With a better union and history than fucking ICE. USPS represent American values way better too.
Orville Peck covered a song from Caberet on his newest album. Goddamn him for being this cool and sexy. Need to see him live soon.
youtu.be/GEa-dFPFIhg?...
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Orville Peck - Maybe This Time (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Orville Peck
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Orville Peck covered a song from Caberet on his newest album. Goddamn him for being this cool and sexy. Need to see him live soon.
youtu.be/GEa-dFPFIhg?...
youtu.be/GEa-dFPFIhg?...
RiDOT Hearing - Now We Know the Problem
YouTube video by Casey Jones - Professional Engineer
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Today’s fun: fighting with my old boss that drove my teaching career into the ground. Apparently I shouldn’t “assume” folks that support AI, Musk, and Joe Gebbia are bigoted Nazis. They’re just hanging out, being cool tech guys.
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today’s fun: fighting with my old boss that drove my teaching career into the ground. Apparently I shouldn’t “assume” folks that support AI, Musk, and Joe Gebbia are bigoted Nazis. They’re just hanging out, being cool tech guys.
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/ ON THIS TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
/ THIS YOU COULD KNOW
/ THIS IS FOR CERTAIN
/ WITHOUT ANY DOUBT OR MENTAL EVASION:
/ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
/ THIS YOU COULD KNOW
/ THIS IS FOR CERTAIN
/ WITHOUT ANY DOUBT OR MENTAL EVASION:
/ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
/ ON THIS TRANS DAY OF REMEMBRANCE
/ THIS YOU COULD KNOW
/ THIS IS FOR CERTAIN
/ WITHOUT ANY DOUBT OR MENTAL EVASION:
/ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
/ THIS YOU COULD KNOW
/ THIS IS FOR CERTAIN
/ WITHOUT ANY DOUBT OR MENTAL EVASION:
/ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
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🚲🚌Life After Cars makes its first New England stop at Providence’s Uptown Theater in just two weeks!
Get tickets today for the show featuring the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social in conversation about freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile!
Get tickets today for the show featuring the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social in conversation about freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile!
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🚲🚌Life After Cars makes its first New England stop at Providence’s Uptown Theater in just two weeks!
Get tickets today for the show featuring the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social in conversation about freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile!
Get tickets today for the show featuring the hosts of @thewaroncars.bsky.social and @billbartholomew.bsky.social in conversation about freeing ourselves from the tyranny of the automobile!
I’ve been using Scrivener and liked it. But no app is safe.
Unlike most apps these days, Scrivener does not use AI in any way. However, if you’re on a Mac, you may see an AI prompt.
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
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Here’s why, and what you can do if you want to remove this: buff.ly/MlAq0rL
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I’ve been using Scrivener and liked it. But no app is safe.