Melanor Rigby
@rigbymel76.bsky.social
Musician, Library worker, Historian, Museum Nerd, Insatiable Reader, Dog Mom, Cat Mom. Auntie. Into singing, feminism, movies, justice, sustainability, animals, science, holidays, folklore, antiracism, gardens, art, libraries - most things. She/her
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
December 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
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The threats from unchecked AI are real — worker displacement, corporate surveillance, invasion of privacy, environmental destruction, unmanned warfare.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
The threats from AI are real | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The threats from unchecked AI are real — worker displacement, corporate surveillance, invasion of privacy, environmental destruction, unmanned warfare.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
Today, a tiny number of billionaires are shaping the future of AI behind closed doors. That is unacceptable. That must change.
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TONIGHT in #RVA -- it's free and you should come out if you can. #RVAArts #theatre #radio #holidays #festive @henricorecparks.bsky.social
I am performing in A Thing soon:
Join the On the Air Radio Players for some festive fun featuring classic holiday sitcom episodes of “Our Miss Brooks” & “The Great Gildersleeve.” Enjoy our talented voice actors and sound effects artists as they bring these holiday stories to life Dec 3&4 7pm #rva
Join the On the Air Radio Players for some festive fun featuring classic holiday sitcom episodes of “Our Miss Brooks” & “The Great Gildersleeve.” Enjoy our talented voice actors and sound effects artists as they bring these holiday stories to life Dec 3&4 7pm #rva
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Where's the 24-7 coverage on Trump's declining health, inability to stay awake DURING TELEVISED events, cankles, two MRIs, and lack of stamina?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
Where's Jake Tapper?
NYT?
Fox?
Corporate Media?
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Reposted by Melanor Rigby
The Republican Plan to kill kids is how we should be labeling this. It’s shocking, easy to digest, and 100% true
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine. n.pr/3McwKqG
Doctors warn delaying hepatitis B shot for newborns could revive a deadly threat
As RFK Jr.'s new vaccine panel ponders changing the hepatitis B vaccination schedule, some doctors recall past patients, including children, who died painful deaths before there was a vaccine.
n.pr
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The Republican Plan to kill kids is how we should be labeling this. It’s shocking, easy to digest, and 100% true
Healthcare for profit is a crime against humanity. #SinglePayer #UniversalHealthcareNow
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Healthcare for profit is a crime against humanity. #SinglePayer #UniversalHealthcareNow
TONIGHT in #RVA -- it's free and you should come out if you can. #RVAArts #theatre #radio #holidays #festive @henricorecparks.bsky.social
I am performing in A Thing soon:
Join the On the Air Radio Players for some festive fun featuring classic holiday sitcom episodes of “Our Miss Brooks” & “The Great Gildersleeve.” Enjoy our talented voice actors and sound effects artists as they bring these holiday stories to life Dec 3&4 7pm #rva
Join the On the Air Radio Players for some festive fun featuring classic holiday sitcom episodes of “Our Miss Brooks” & “The Great Gildersleeve.” Enjoy our talented voice actors and sound effects artists as they bring these holiday stories to life Dec 3&4 7pm #rva
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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"No platform for fascists"
Sticker spotted in Dundee, Scotland
Sticker spotted in Dundee, Scotland
December 3, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"No platform for fascists"
Sticker spotted in Dundee, Scotland
Sticker spotted in Dundee, Scotland
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Republicans are terrible for business
“.. The US lost an average of 4k private-sector jobs per month over the last 3 months (ADP data), the first 3-month decline since the 2020 recession.”
- Bilello
- Bilello
December 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Republicans are terrible for business
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Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar is a shameless plug for a piece I have in a charity auction run by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social . There is some brilliant small artwork, including this 13cm x 19cm piece by myself #ArtYear #art
December 3, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Day 3 of #ArtAdventCalendar is a shameless plug for a piece I have in a charity auction run by @skullsandsheets.bsky.social . There is some brilliant small artwork, including this 13cm x 19cm piece by myself #ArtYear #art
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Auguste Herbin, Synchromy in Dark Blue, 1941
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Auguste Herbin, Synchromy in Dark Blue, 1941
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135925
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The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor
A raccoon broke into a closed Virginia liquor store and drank alcohol from the bottom shelves over the weekend.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: bottles were smashed and alcohol pooled on the floor.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
The suspect acted like an animal because, in fact, he's a raccoon.
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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December 2, 2025
December 2, 2025
The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:21 AM
December 2, 2025
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Remaining politically unbiased requires staying neutral on matters like evidence, relevant past behavior, clear patterns, obvious lies, and observable truth, which is worth remembering whenever somebody starts complaining about political bias.
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Remaining politically unbiased requires staying neutral on matters like evidence, relevant past behavior, clear patterns, obvious lies, and observable truth, which is worth remembering whenever somebody starts complaining about political bias.
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The emperor… has no clothes
can’t stay awake
is a child rapist
hired a SecDef who gleefully murders fishermen
is a Russian asset
hates women
hates black & brown people
destroyed the East Wing of our house
abuses the Constitution…
HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR REPS TODAY?
202-224-3121
#RemoveTrump
can’t stay awake
is a child rapist
hired a SecDef who gleefully murders fishermen
is a Russian asset
hates women
hates black & brown people
destroyed the East Wing of our house
abuses the Constitution…
HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR REPS TODAY?
202-224-3121
#RemoveTrump
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
The emperor… has no clothes
can’t stay awake
is a child rapist
hired a SecDef who gleefully murders fishermen
is a Russian asset
hates women
hates black & brown people
destroyed the East Wing of our house
abuses the Constitution…
HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR REPS TODAY?
202-224-3121
#RemoveTrump
can’t stay awake
is a child rapist
hired a SecDef who gleefully murders fishermen
is a Russian asset
hates women
hates black & brown people
destroyed the East Wing of our house
abuses the Constitution…
HAVE YOU CALLED YOUR REPS TODAY?
202-224-3121
#RemoveTrump
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 AM
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
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If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
If you ever wondered what GOP gerrymandering looks like in red states with blue cities, I present:
Good night BlueSky, and remember: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Good night BlueSky, and remember: “Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can.”
Healthcare for profit is a crime against humanity. #SinglePayer #UniversalHealthcareNow
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Healthcare for profit is a crime against humanity. #SinglePayer #UniversalHealthcareNow
One of many reasons why funding for the arts is absolutely vital.
December 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
One of many reasons why funding for the arts is absolutely vital.