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Melanor Rigby
@rigbymel76.bsky.social
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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
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Sandieglo @sandieglo.bsky.social · 15h
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17h
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 17h
A sampling of the crowd having a good time at Monroe Pk, Richmond, VA #RVA #NoKings #PeacefulProtest
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 19h
T rexes for no kings, Monroe Park, Richmond VA #RVA #NoKings
Two t rexes in Monroe Park standing for democracy
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 22h
It’s a GREAT day to protest fascism . #NoKings
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 22h
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 22h
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 22h
For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d
This week:

-Three more universities rejected Trump's extortion compact
-Over a dozen airports refused to play Kristi Noem's propaganda video
-30+ press outlets refused to comply with Pete Hegseth's new restrictions

The only way to rebuke Trump's authoritarianism is solidarity.
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A Republic If You Can Keep It @arepublicif.bsky.social · 1d
Going to a protest may not feel like your norm.

But guessing living amidst an onslaught of rising fascism likely also not your norm.

Please be there if you can.

2000+ locations.

#NoKings 10/18
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 1d
My sweetie got me #Halloween truffles from For the Love of Chocolate #yummy #RVA #RVAFood #candy
Halloween truffles on a festive seasonal paper plate prior to being eaten
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 2d
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
jerry from tom and jerry is laughing while covering his mouth .
ALT: jerry from tom and jerry is laughing while covering his mouth .
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
Much good sense here. #NoKings on Saturday.
www.meditationsinanemergency.com/no-kings-no-...
No Kings, No Violence: On the Ongoing Misrepresentation of the Left
Portlanders deploying inflatable animal costumes, a brass band, mass ukulele renditions of “This Land Is Your Land,” naked bike rides, and other tactics in their ICE protests are undermining the Trump...
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
Last 4 films watched
#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #MovieSky #FilmSky #movies📽️
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Movie posters for the last four movies I watched: * One Battle After Another (2025) * Frankenstein (1931) * Roofman (2025) * Marc Maron: Panicked (2025)
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 2d
Correct
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My feeling is that the most important opportunity for the 2026 midterms is not flipping Congress to the Dems, but flipping the Dems to an actual opposition party.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
It is ALWAYS a good day to resist fascism.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
Good morning. Today is a good day to demand universal healthcare. #UniversalHealthcareNow #SinglePayer
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
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.”
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
Tonight’s spooky viewing: Frankenstein (1931). Classic.
Movie poster for the 1931 classic horror film “Frankenstein” starring Boris Karloff and Colin Clive
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
💜 IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHY EVERYONE’S SUDDENLY TALKING ABOUT PERIMENOPAUSE… IT’S BECAUSE THERE WAS ZERO INFO UNTIL GEN X HIT IT.
We were blindsided.
And now we are MAD ABOUT IT. 🖕
#GenX
#Millennials
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d
Top 10 Rally Reminders for #NoKingsDayOct18th
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Ian Rennie @theangelremiel.bsky.social · 3d
Look for the helpers. If you see them, help them. If you don't see them, you're the helpers.
jackiantonovich.bsky.social Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 3d
As a historian, I can certify that we are in the bad times. But bad times eventually end.
In the meantime:
• Figure out a small way to help someone
• Figure out a small way to fight back
• Figure out a small place to find joy
• Figure out a small way to grow and thrive

And do it often.
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Melanor Rigby @rigbymel76.bsky.social · 2d
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a can of soda and says yes very sad anyway ..
Alt: Loki (Tom Hiddleston) in a suit and tie is sitting at a table with a can of soda and saying "yes, very sad. anyway ..."
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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 3d
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