MEL
@thrivingwriter.bsky.social
In every moment, choose LOVE: voracious reader, passionate writer who turns ideas into assets. https://muckrack.com/mel-hopkins-1
Not bad for the Original Content Creator. 🎄🎅🏽
The Hallmark Channel has risen from the ninth to the fourth most-watched cable channel in prime time in the last three weeks.
A Hallmark Christmas Movie Just Beat Almost Everything On CNN, MSNBC
The Hallmark Channel has risen from the ninth to the fourth most-watched cable channel in prime time in the last three weeks.
www.forbes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Not bad for the Original Content Creator. 🎄🎅🏽
Live inside the question long enough to uncover what others rush past. It iis there you'll ignite your creativvity.
The Future Belongs to Those Who Ask Awkward Questions.
Ever struggle to form the right question? I did — about GLP-1 drugs of all things — and what began as a health curiosity turned into a meditation on how we think. In a world racing toward instant answers (and even Uber hiring PhDs for “digital tasks”), the act of asking awkward questions might be the last frontier of human creativity.
melhopkins.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Live inside the question long enough to uncover what others rush past. It iis there you'll ignite your creativvity.
Semantics maybe - but you either retire and there’s a special election. Or you will not seek reelection (because you are retiring) A representative seat is an elected position not a permanent position.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Semantics maybe - but you either retire and there’s a special election. Or you will not seek reelection (because you are retiring) A representative seat is an elected position not a permanent position.
“Everybody Eats, B” 🩷💚
VP Harris on Lowering Food Prices and Costs of Living
During a campaign event in Raleigh, 2024 Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris outlines part of her economic agenda to build "an opportunity economy." She focuses her remark...
www.c-span.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Everybody Eats, B” 🩷💚
It is clear that Uber’s business model is derived from what most friends do for each other for free. Kind of Genius.
Uber's Digital Tasks, which involve training AI, show that the app is becoming a place to find work, including for users with advanced degrees.
Uber is offering AI gigs for PhDs as it becomes a 'platform for work,' CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says
Uber's Digital Tasks, which involve training AI, show that the app is becoming a place to find work, including for users with advanced degrees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It is clear that Uber’s business model is derived from what most friends do for each other for free. Kind of Genius.
“Genius: ability to reduce the complex to the simple to the obvious“ Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), Murder, She Wrote | A Virtual Murder Season 10 Episode 5. 10/31/1995
November 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
“Genius: ability to reduce the complex to the simple to the obvious“ Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury), Murder, She Wrote | A Virtual Murder Season 10 Episode 5. 10/31/1995
🐶 Bop 💃🏽
Dog Park | Progressive Insurance Commercial
YouTube video by Progressive Insurance
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
🐶 Bop 💃🏽
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THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was released 31 years ago today. One of the most popular films ever made, and among the greatest Stephen King adaptations, the making of story has as many secrets as a Rita Hayworth poster…
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September 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION was released 31 years ago today. One of the most popular films ever made, and among the greatest Stephen King adaptations, the making of story has as many secrets as a Rita Hayworth poster…
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September is #LibraryCardSignUpMonth!
Your #librarycard is more powerful than you think. Beyond books on shelves, the Santa Fe Public Library offers a wide range of digital resources, learning tools, entertainment, and research databases, all free with your library card.
santafelibrary.org
Your #librarycard is more powerful than you think. Beyond books on shelves, the Santa Fe Public Library offers a wide range of digital resources, learning tools, entertainment, and research databases, all free with your library card.
santafelibrary.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
September is #LibraryCardSignUpMonth!
Your #librarycard is more powerful than you think. Beyond books on shelves, the Santa Fe Public Library offers a wide range of digital resources, learning tools, entertainment, and research databases, all free with your library card.
santafelibrary.org
Your #librarycard is more powerful than you think. Beyond books on shelves, the Santa Fe Public Library offers a wide range of digital resources, learning tools, entertainment, and research databases, all free with your library card.
santafelibrary.org
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get a library card get a library card get a library card get a library card get a LIBRARY CARD
August 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
get a library card get a library card get a library card get a library card get a LIBRARY CARD
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By me: Some 1.1 million Allianz Life customers had personal information stolen in a recent data breach involving its Salesforce CRM database, according to Have I Been Pwned.
Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers | TechCrunch
Data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned notified 1.1 million customers of a July data breach, a number not previously reported.
techcrunch.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
By me: Some 1.1 million Allianz Life customers had personal information stolen in a recent data breach involving its Salesforce CRM database, according to Have I Been Pwned.
So, “Costco WON’T sell MF”and “300,000 Black women LEFT the workforce”🤦🏽♀️ These headlines are journalistic malpractice.🚨
August 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
So, “Costco WON’T sell MF”and “300,000 Black women LEFT the workforce”🤦🏽♀️ These headlines are journalistic malpractice.🚨
tiktoker @ shannanejohnson mentioned, to paraphrase “Of course, Blue Ivy is going to learn every facet of entertainment. She is learning the ropes of her family’s business!” Now I can’t stop thinking how we ARE influenced by our families’ business, no matter what “business” our families are in.
a man in a tuxedo is sitting in front of a window holding his hand up and says `` family '' .
Alt: a man in a tuxedo Marlon Brando as the Godfather is sitting in front of a window holding his hand up and says `` family '' .
media.tenor.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
tiktoker @ shannanejohnson mentioned, to paraphrase “Of course, Blue Ivy is going to learn every facet of entertainment. She is learning the ropes of her family’s business!” Now I can’t stop thinking how we ARE influenced by our families’ business, no matter what “business” our families are in.
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The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.
n.pr
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.
Start with social engineering. Corporate & Government Institution breaches i.e., banks, credit card co., DOJ 3rd party, Equifax, National Public Data (NPD), social network et al helped online scammers get our Personal Identifiable Information (PII). No story is complete without its beginning.
Still, more than 7-in-10 U.S. adults have been a victim of an online scam or attack like credit card fraud, ransomware or online shopping scams. www.pewresearch.org/...
Online Scams and Attacks in America Today
73% of U.S. adults have experienced some kind of online scam or attack, and these are common across age groups. Most get scam calls, texts and emails at least weekly.
www.pewresearch.org
August 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Start with social engineering. Corporate & Government Institution breaches i.e., banks, credit card co., DOJ 3rd party, Equifax, National Public Data (NPD), social network et al helped online scammers get our Personal Identifiable Information (PII). No story is complete without its beginning.
AI was built on the premise of how we learn.
So why are so many academics mocking it? 🤔
So why are so many academics mocking it? 🤔
August 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
AI was built on the premise of how we learn.
So why are so many academics mocking it? 🤔
So why are so many academics mocking it? 🤔
“What ever the hell the media is” ~ Hunter Biden 🎯
Hunter Biden Interview
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
youtu.be
July 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“What ever the hell the media is” ~ Hunter Biden 🎯
Farewell, Malcolm-Jamal Warner Source: TMZ 💔 Mr. Warner played in this flick “A Fare to Remember” (1999) and stole my heart. That was the day he stopped being “Theo” to me and became a grown-ass man. Enjoy your new existence, Mr Warner. My condolences to your loved ones. 🤍🕊️
July 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Farewell, Malcolm-Jamal Warner Source: TMZ 💔 Mr. Warner played in this flick “A Fare to Remember” (1999) and stole my heart. That was the day he stopped being “Theo” to me and became a grown-ass man. Enjoy your new existence, Mr Warner. My condolences to your loved ones. 🤍🕊️
ChatGPT also reports arXiv is an open-access repository for preprints (not peer-reviewed journals). So, this report could be biased.
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
ChatGPT also reports arXiv is an open-access repository for preprints (not peer-reviewed journals). So, this report could be biased.
In 2022, a Kickstarter book project raised nearly $42,000,000 from over 185,341 backers. 🤯 While publishing isn’t recession proof, Storytelling and Creator-led book projects =💲💲💲 #WriteOn
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
In 2022, a Kickstarter book project raised nearly $42,000,000 from over 185,341 backers. 🤯 While publishing isn’t recession proof, Storytelling and Creator-led book projects =💲💲💲 #WriteOn
Millennials’ Teddy Swims is Gen X’s Robin Thicke is Boomer’s Michael McDonald.
Gen Z, “where you at?”
Gen Z, “where you at?”
July 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Millennials’ Teddy Swims is Gen X’s Robin Thicke is Boomer’s Michael McDonald.
Gen Z, “where you at?”
Gen Z, “where you at?”
Except ChatGPT scanned my 400-page manuscript and pulled out copyrighted material so that I could request permission from the artist. Does Clegg need my prompt? 🙄
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Except ChatGPT scanned my 400-page manuscript and pulled out copyrighted material so that I could request permission from the artist. Does Clegg need my prompt? 🙄
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I like randomly interacting with ppl on here lol…i know ppl be like well who the fuck are you 🥴😌
May 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I like randomly interacting with ppl on here lol…i know ppl be like well who the fuck are you 🥴😌
The system always works as intended. It knows precisely what levers you’ll pull to get the desired results. If you want something different, #Knowthyself and be the glitch that takes the system down.
I just realized that obscene tariffs not only line Donad’s pocket with funding for tax cuts, it’s forcing us into hyper-consumerism—a jolt to the lagging retail economy. We are busy power buying, stocking up, and spending like drunken sailors
www.nbcnews.com/select/amp/r...
www.nbcnews.com/select/amp/r...
What You Might Want to Buy as Tariffs Take Effect
Does your T-shirt say “made in China”? You might have to pay more for it the next time you buy one.
www.nbcnews.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The system always works as intended. It knows precisely what levers you’ll pull to get the desired results. If you want something different, #Knowthyself and be the glitch that takes the system down.