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Mels

@maimysantiago99.bsky.social

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Was Ardentdelirium and Researchnerdery on the other site. Disabled, queer, fan of sff & horror. Professional account: @bumblebeeLandscape She/her/they I don't automatically follow back.

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Mels @maimysantiago99.bsky.social · Dec 18

Also I think it's time to recreate the post I pinned over on Twitter, since this stupid phone refuses to learn how I swype (the old ones at least tried)

Please take all "dammit, autocorrect!"s as read

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The Peculiarity Shop @peculiarityshop.bsky.social · 21h

*points*

The ten item limit is lifted for this because it's seasonal, if you already maxed out your week.

Thank you!

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 21h

Our release for @peculiarityshop.bsky.social was a wild success. Half the items were gone by day one. I still have three weeks to Halloween and spooky stuff I'd love to move.

20% off.

LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned!

www.peculiarityshop.com/halloween2025
www.peculiarityshop.com/nightborne

HALLOWEEN 2025 PECULIARITY SHOP

General Halloween goodness fromThe Peculiarity Shop.

www.peculiarityshop.com

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Dextrosity @dextrosity.bsky.social · 13h

Since it’s nothing more than a minor inconvenience we can have Kavanaugh experience this later this week, right?

Renee (paix120) @paix120.bsky.social · 13h

Masked ICE agents threatened an American citizen, put him into an unmarked van, held him for several hours, and dropped him back off at his workplace, without ever explaining why they abducted him

VIDEO: ICE detains, threatens Oregon man despite U.S. citizenship
www.koin.com/news/portlan...

www.koin.com

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Rose/T.A. Summers @rosepetals1984.bsky.social · 10h

Honestly, I either would have played it or watched someone play it, depending on the story direction.

And I'm still upset folks came for Yasuke like that.

Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 21h

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan

Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke

www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year

Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File

www.gamefile.news

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 6h

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Aaliyah 🇮🇪🇵🇸 ‼️SAVE GAZA‼️ @aaliyahxx.bsky.social · 3h

BREAKING: Israeli tanks fired directly at civilians on Al-Rashid Street while the latter were trying to return to northern Gaza, shortly after the ceasefire agreement had supposedly taken effect.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

Exhibit #1 million that you can just DO THINGS. These folks came up with an idea and have now implemented it. We can all do something where we are. I just donated to their efforts.

Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · Sep 6

We’ve officially launched! Lots of ways to support this new initiative that supports street vendors from 🧊 we keep us safe!

Interest form and flyer below! #BikeChi

forms.gle/dY931Sxzs6V9...

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

White people are producing mass shooters at an incredible clip, and this is what they’re trying to do about it.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5h

A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.

www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...

Article from "The Root" by Asheea Smith. Published October 8, 2025

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ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 3h

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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Mona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 2h

This is a military wife calling out Mike Johnson on C-SPAN this morning
Yesterday Johnson had the temerity to announce publicly that he will NOT call the House back to pass emergency pay for our troops
Can't imagine why he thought taking callers on C-SPAN would go well for him..

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3h

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 2h

Every single day I share at least 5 concrete actions people are taking and someone always asks: "but what can I do?"

I don't really know what to tell you at this point. I really don't.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22h

Bloödcheëp shirt preorder! Want a metal-style shirt with a terrifying bald cardinal? Preorder here:
topatoco.com/collections/...

Blöödchëëp Shirt

Blöödchëëp Shirt - merch by Rosemary Mosco and Bird and Moon at TopatoCo!

topatoco.com

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Jill Blake @biscuitkitten.bsky.social · 13h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Ingrid Bergman as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 10h

If you’ve ever wanted an example of a very load-bearing passive voice, here you go. Goose meme accepted by whom dot jpg.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 15h

The next Supreme Court term is shaping up to be the most consequential since 1937. Depending on how it rules, it may cease to be accepted as a legitimate arbiter, and even nullify its own power as an independent judiciary.

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ptarnation @ptarnation.bsky.social · 10h

i am eager to hear the story of the woman who announced herself as the gf of one of the founders of antifa

what yarns did she spin?
how did she use this in negotiation?
can other arrestees use this story and claim they are in the polycule of the/an antifa founder?

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 9h

Purring loudly.

Also: murder.

Coal looking like he just ate some children.

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Mels @maimysantiago99.bsky.social · 9h

😍

Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 9h

TOO MUCH.

Coal the Maine Coon rescue with one ear. All black.

Cinder the 37 foot long silver tipped cat.

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 12h

Thread. in case you need to calm a Facebook-pilled relative.

Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12h

You can tell it’s October when ppl start spreading drug sadism myths about expensive drugs given for free to school-age children, since children usually have the means to purchase more drugs…

Anyways, we actually know pretty definitively that “fentanyl-laced marijuana” isn’t a thing & never will be

Post
The Dank Informer & @TheDankInformer
X.com
Franklin County deputies seized 8 lbs of fentanyl-laced marijuana targeting kids

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 12h

This headline is sexy af

Free Parking 🚘 @free-parking.bsky.social · 15h

This is exactly what we need. This is it.

"New York City Council member Chi Ossé, a close ally of Zohran Mamdani, is privately discussing a run against House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)"

Scoop: Mamdani ally weighs challenging Hakeem Jeffries

Just talking about a potential campaign could drive a further wedge between Mamdani — the democratic socialist in line to be New York's next mayor — and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

www.axios.com

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 11h

anyway good night

Fluffy gray tripod tabby asleep on his back with a big smile. He is halfway in a sunbeam (which tells you how long he’s been there - he was in a full puddle of light when he plopped down there)….and the other half in shadow, with rainbow reflections scattered across his hairy little belly.

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Mels @maimysantiago99.bsky.social · 11h

She loves you SO MUCH MORE than kitten food

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

/4 I was trying to give a litigation update to the Board of Directors and three of them were wearing those big inflatable animal costumes. They kept squeaking against the leather chairs and I couldn't concentrate. Then the hippo sprung a leak and made this farting sound for five minutes.

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 17h

OK. It's going to be coming out soon because of the relentless investigations of Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, so I might as well admit it before the news breaks:

I am the General Counsel of Antifa.