O.R. Melling
@ormelling.bsky.social
World-wandering writer, screenwriter, XR/immersive tech, newbie gamer. Also feminist, socialist, contrarian, Corbynite. Ireland born, Canada reared, Irish inhabitant. She/her. Website: www.ormelling.com. *DMs blocked unless invited*
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non se' ancor per tutto 'il cerchio volto/per che, se cosa n'apparisce nova/non de' addur maraviglia al tuo volto." you have not yet turned through the whole circle; for that [reason] if a new thing appears to us, it should not bring wonder to your face."
First #Amatsu treatment was on my birthday which synchronistically (synchronicity being a big word for magic) is the birthday of its founder/creator Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei, 94 last week. And he's a martial arts expert, writer & actor. We also share a penchant for purple hair. (website photo)
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
First #Amatsu treatment was on my birthday which synchronistically (synchronicity being a big word for magic) is the birthday of its founder/creator Masaaki Hatsumi Sensei, 94 last week. And he's a martial arts expert, writer & actor. We also share a penchant for purple hair. (website photo)
Got in the Christmas mood today despite intermittent pain (Amatsu working its wonders). Most of my international cards done for Canada & America. Decoration boxes out from under stairs, some window stuff done. Agatha Christmas on the couch with hot spiced punch.
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Got in the Christmas mood today despite intermittent pain (Amatsu working its wonders). Most of my international cards done for Canada & America. Decoration boxes out from under stairs, some window stuff done. Agatha Christmas on the couch with hot spiced punch.
Plan to improve my Bluesky experience: ignore house symbol that gives me nothing but non-stop news from America (fuck off, fed up, no longer interested). Instead, I'll click on whoever gives me likes or responses while trawling through followers & followees to see what's up (Americans included).
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Plan to improve my Bluesky experience: ignore house symbol that gives me nothing but non-stop news from America (fuck off, fed up, no longer interested). Instead, I'll click on whoever gives me likes or responses while trawling through followers & followees to see what's up (Americans included).
Is every health system in the West broken? Inevitable in late-stage capitalism? But I suspect Spain is better than Ireland from what I've heard & also Scandinavian countries. Wondering about the East also. As I was wheeled by paramedics in for emergency cat scan, I passed a hellish scene .../2
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Is every health system in the West broken? Inevitable in late-stage capitalism? But I suspect Spain is better than Ireland from what I've heard & also Scandinavian countries. Wondering about the East also. As I was wheeled by paramedics in for emergency cat scan, I passed a hellish scene .../2
Life comes at ya fast. Routine angiogram. Heart good. woo hoo. Sent home happily. Next day it's pain, after shock complications, ambulance with siren blaring, fentanyl & morphine, hospitalisation, pain pain pain. Lovely nurses from Kerala & Philipines. Final diagnosis: musculoskeletal. 😭
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Life comes at ya fast. Routine angiogram. Heart good. woo hoo. Sent home happily. Next day it's pain, after shock complications, ambulance with siren blaring, fentanyl & morphine, hospitalisation, pain pain pain. Lovely nurses from Kerala & Philipines. Final diagnosis: musculoskeletal. 😭
(This is a hoot.) You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Just rewatched #TheLongBallad with massive skipping to fave bits. Woo hoo I get the entire Eagle Division led by Ashile A'Sun. Mission accomplished!
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
(This is a hoot.) You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? Just rewatched #TheLongBallad with massive skipping to fave bits. Woo hoo I get the entire Eagle Division led by Ashile A'Sun. Mission accomplished!
In my bare feet, I walked this sacred mountain that is an embodied god. (Glorious day with a Chilean staying in the same ashram house as me in Pondicherry.) #TamilNadu #India #Tiruvannamalai
Look, there it stands,
as if insentient.
When it stilled my mind
and drew me to itself
and I came near,
I saw that it was
absolute stillness,
O Arunachala!
Ramana Maharshi, 20th century
#Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
as if insentient.
When it stilled my mind
and drew me to itself
and I came near,
I saw that it was
absolute stillness,
O Arunachala!
Ramana Maharshi, 20th century
#Photography #Poetry #SpeirGorm #Stunday #ImageAndVerse #ArtOfBlueSky #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In my bare feet, I walked this sacred mountain that is an embodied god. (Glorious day with a Chilean staying in the same ashram house as me in Pondicherry.) #TamilNadu #India #Tiruvannamalai
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Animated display of some of Chao Shao-an's 趙少昂 famous works. Video recorded at the Special Exhibition (celebrating the painter's 120 birth year) held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Chao Shao-an is an iconic painter from the Lingnan School of Painting 嶺南畫派.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Animated display of some of Chao Shao-an's 趙少昂 famous works. Video recorded at the Special Exhibition (celebrating the painter's 120 birth year) held at the Hong Kong Heritage Museum. Chao Shao-an is an iconic painter from the Lingnan School of Painting 嶺南畫派.
#Chinesehistory
#Chinesehistory
But who was there counting?
OMG, it's true! Scientific proof we never shut up!
Anyway, did you hear about the O'Driscoll's youngest?
Anyway, did you hear about the O'Driscoll's youngest?
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 AM
But who was there counting?
"The 'ceasefire' is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media."
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
— #AJOpinion by @yarahawari.bsky.social ⤵️ aje.io/p14911
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
aje.io
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It ys onlye Gen AI if it ys from the Gen AI regioun of Fraunce, otherwyse it ys just sparklinge plagiarism.
Watching #LoveandCrown & #MoonRiver on #Viki. The Cdrama has 8.6 rating & the Kdrama 9.7. I'm a captivated 10 for both. Viewing is a subjective experience but the more who vote up make it a winner. Negative comments on each begin at Ep 1 so my vote for Viki viewers these days is 👎.
a woman wearing a hat with the name drxx_yxh written on the bottom
Alt: Korean actress dressed as a Joseon era porter smiling and nodding.
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Watching #LoveandCrown & #MoonRiver on #Viki. The Cdrama has 8.6 rating & the Kdrama 9.7. I'm a captivated 10 for both. Viewing is a subjective experience but the more who vote up make it a winner. Negative comments on each begin at Ep 1 so my vote for Viki viewers these days is 👎.
I guess #Minecraft knows I live in Ireland. It's always raining when I go in there. Built the mediaeval bridge thanks to YouTuber - assignment from my 19 yr gaming teacher. The red thing in the background is rollercoaster of earlier homework (goes underwater). Planted cherry trees everywhere.
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I guess #Minecraft knows I live in Ireland. It's always raining when I go in there. Built the mediaeval bridge thanks to YouTuber - assignment from my 19 yr gaming teacher. The red thing in the background is rollercoaster of earlier homework (goes underwater). Planted cherry trees everywhere.
😍🌟👏🤞
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
😍🌟👏🤞
Recuerdos del Camino de Santiago. Spanish blue. Big push to finish last draft of THE DEEP ROAD TO SANTIAGO before year's end. It's a book-length haibun, prose & haiku, genre created by Basho to write of his pilgrimages in 17th century Japan; title homage to Oku no Hosomichi. #haibun #Basho #haiku
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Well this is worth a repost for the sheer beauty of the scene - actors, cinematography, and music. #LegendoftheBlueSea
Oh yes, that’s a beautiful scene 😊
Here’s a clip showing part of it, with the lanterns calling her to the surface & him approaching her by boat
youtu.be/ls8WbeoWVJY?...
Here’s a clip showing part of it, with the lanterns calling her to the surface & him approaching her by boat
youtu.be/ls8WbeoWVJY?...
The Legend of Blue Sea EP02 Sky Lantern scene cut [Second Moon - Hidden story]
YouTube video by mikahfans
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Well this is worth a repost for the sheer beauty of the scene - actors, cinematography, and music. #LegendoftheBlueSea
This is an old scene without fancy cinematography but I think it's exquisite. Also the scene where lanterns were lit to call the mermaid. Sorry not great image but only one I could find. Time for a rewatch! Both leads are out of this world beautiful. #LegendoftheBlueSea #LeeMinHo #JunJiHyun
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is an old scene without fancy cinematography but I think it's exquisite. Also the scene where lanterns were lit to call the mermaid. Sorry not great image but only one I could find. Time for a rewatch! Both leads are out of this world beautiful. #LegendoftheBlueSea #LeeMinHo #JunJiHyun
I've the attention span of a fruit fly. Asian dramas I've dropped midway -Chinese, Korean & Japanese plus some Vietnamese, Thai & Filipino- far outnumber the ones viewed to the end. Anything with #ZhaoLusi & #LiuYuning gets finished even if I'm not impressed #StoryofPearlGirl #LovesAmbition
a woman with her hair in a bun is looking at a man .
Alt: Chinese actor & actress in historical costume blocking each other's hand movements.
media.tenor.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I've the attention span of a fruit fly. Asian dramas I've dropped midway -Chinese, Korean & Japanese plus some Vietnamese, Thai & Filipino- far outnumber the ones viewed to the end. Anything with #ZhaoLusi & #LiuYuning gets finished even if I'm not impressed #StoryofPearlGirl #LovesAmbition
So the latest #kdrama on Netflix #DynamiteKiss is pulling out every old tried and true and tired and worn Kdrama romance trope ... and I'm here for it. 🥰 (But what's with the insanely slow drop of episodes?)
a man and a woman are kissing each other in a close up of their faces .
Alt: Close-up of Korean man and woman kissing each other with light shining between them.
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
So the latest #kdrama on Netflix #DynamiteKiss is pulling out every old tried and true and tired and worn Kdrama romance trope ... and I'm here for it. 🥰 (But what's with the insanely slow drop of episodes?)
I'm still dealing with the fact that a physicist told me electrons can be simultaneously here & on the other side of the universe. Also they "make choices" & yes "they may be conscious". And now we know they can dance.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm still dealing with the fact that a physicist told me electrons can be simultaneously here & on the other side of the universe. Also they "make choices" & yes "they may be conscious". And now we know they can dance.
#FangsofFortune what a hoot. At first I thought it was my imagination & then I realised nah this is deliberate. There's something here for everyone - hetero, gay, bi, trans, human, demon. And they're all so gorgeous I don't know who to ship. As for that sword with the shiny helmet that lights up ...
a close up of a person 's face with snow falling on it
Alt: Chinese actor in fantasy costume with shining otherworld eyes with ashes or snow falling around him.
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#FangsofFortune what a hoot. At first I thought it was my imagination & then I realised nah this is deliberate. There's something here for everyone - hetero, gay, bi, trans, human, demon. And they're all so gorgeous I don't know who to ship. As for that sword with the shiny helmet that lights up ...
One of the great things about #Cdrama addiction ("use disorder" in Canada, bringing non-judgemental language to a ridiculous new place) is how much it has made a language I'd originally considered too exotic to comprehend into the familiar recognition bestie zone (e.g. me in Japan hearing Korean).
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
One of the great things about #Cdrama addiction ("use disorder" in Canada, bringing non-judgemental language to a ridiculous new place) is how much it has made a language I'd originally considered too exotic to comprehend into the familiar recognition bestie zone (e.g. me in Japan hearing Korean).
We all know what rich & powerful men get up to & without accountability except the one who was murdered in prison to keep him quiet: one is President of the USA, another is a former prince still living off British taxpayers. Others are businessmen, politicians, lawyers ...
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We all know what rich & powerful men get up to & without accountability except the one who was murdered in prison to keep him quiet: one is President of the USA, another is a former prince still living off British taxpayers. Others are businessmen, politicians, lawyers ...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11... **Irish doctor confirms the Trump/Israeli ceasefire in Gaza is a LIE. After amputating a child's leg due to a bullet wound, the doctor claims things are worse than the last time he was there.** #Gaza #Israel #ceasefire [again, I had to search for this, not in my newsfeed]
Gaza now resembles 'Mad Max movie', says Irish surgeon
Gaza resembles "something out of a Mad Max movie", with lawlessness on the streets and amputations carried out on children daily, an Irish surgeon who left Palestinian territory this week has said.
www.rte.ie
November 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11... **Irish doctor confirms the Trump/Israeli ceasefire in Gaza is a LIE. After amputating a child's leg due to a bullet wound, the doctor claims things are worse than the last time he was there.** #Gaza #Israel #ceasefire [again, I had to search for this, not in my newsfeed]
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Battledore and shuttlecock or jeu de volant was an earlier version of badminton. Played with two rackets and a shuttlecock, the object was for the players to hit the shuttlecock towards each other without letting it fall to the ground. #FolkloreThursday
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Battledore and shuttlecock or jeu de volant was an earlier version of badminton. Played with two rackets and a shuttlecock, the object was for the players to hit the shuttlecock towards each other without letting it fall to the ground. #FolkloreThursday