Melody
@melodyferrello.bsky.social
Teletherapist living in Evanston, movie addict, podcast fiend, lost then found artist. Trying to have a healthy relationship with social media, while wishing it would go away. I envy those with free time, lol
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ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
January 24, 2026 at 4:28 PM
ICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing?
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW.
I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
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My first live podcast is a doozy! @nickdigilio.bsky.social is interviewed by yours truly as we talk all about his legacy as a Chicago film critic and his terrific new book 40 YEARS 40 FILMS at the library to a sold out crowd. Congrats again Nick! Click & enjoy! www.jimlaczkowski.net/nickbookbonu...
Bonus Episode: Chicago Film Critic Nick Digilio (40 Years, 40 Films - LIVE)
My first live podcast recording! Author/film critic/podcaster Nick Digilio sold out the community room at the Rogers Park Branch library in Chicago to talk all about his new book and memoir, 40 YEARS ...
www.jimlaczkowski.net
January 23, 2026 at 2:46 PM
My first live podcast is a doozy! @nickdigilio.bsky.social is interviewed by yours truly as we talk all about his legacy as a Chicago film critic and his terrific new book 40 YEARS 40 FILMS at the library to a sold out crowd. Congrats again Nick! Click & enjoy! www.jimlaczkowski.net/nickbookbonu...
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NEW BONUS EPISODE!! Gabe, Patrick, @jimlaczkowski.net, @minillajovovich.bsky.social, @chloesnotscared.bsky.social, @tylergfoster.bsky.social, @usagikumihimo.bsky.social, and 96 Greers co-host Barry Linn offer you their top five (or more) UNDERRATED films of the last 25 years! Happy New Year!
BONUS EPISODE: The Most Underrated Films of the First Quarter of the 21st Century!
HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU MISSED IN THE LAST 25 YEARS!!The gang is back together and we’re talking about our top 5 (sometimes 10) underrated films released between the years 2000 and 2025 (don’t give me t...
www.genregrinder.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
NEW BONUS EPISODE!! Gabe, Patrick, @jimlaczkowski.net, @minillajovovich.bsky.social, @chloesnotscared.bsky.social, @tylergfoster.bsky.social, @usagikumihimo.bsky.social, and 96 Greers co-host Barry Linn offer you their top five (or more) UNDERRATED films of the last 25 years! Happy New Year!
2025 not a great year for movies but most have moments that’ll stay with me, even if very few work as a whole. I hope something stands out that I don’t find incredibly flawed.
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
2025 not a great year for movies but most have moments that’ll stay with me, even if very few work as a whole. I hope something stands out that I don’t find incredibly flawed.
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OpenAI has released new estimates of how many ChatGPT users appear to be experiencing severe mental distress in any given week, and the figures are startling.
For one, around 560,000 people's chats -- EVERY WEEK -- appear to indicate mania or psychosis.
For one, around 560,000 people's chats -- EVERY WEEK -- appear to indicate mania or psychosis.
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
OpenAI has released new estimates of how many ChatGPT users appear to be experiencing severe mental distress in any given week, and the figures are startling.
For one, around 560,000 people's chats -- EVERY WEEK -- appear to indicate mania or psychosis.
For one, around 560,000 people's chats -- EVERY WEEK -- appear to indicate mania or psychosis.
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Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons get weird in the new trailer for BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' dark sci-fi comedy hitting theaters wide on October 31.
Emma Stone And Jesse Plemons Get Weird In New BUGONIA Trailer
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons get weird in the new trailer for BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' dark sci-fi comedy hitting theaters wide on October 31.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons get weird in the new trailer for BUGONIA, Yorgos Lanthimos' dark sci-fi comedy hitting theaters wide on October 31.
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Did you know I have a podcast where I talk to people about their favorite scary movies? This week, we’re chatting with actor/writer Ben Tracy about Wes Craven’s Red Eye (2005). Listen on Apple, Spotify, wherever! chloesnotscared.substack.com/p/4-red-eye-...
4. Red Eye (2005)
The idea that you can overpower the manager of one of the finest hotels in a tourist city is pure stupidity on Cillian Murphy’s part.
chloesnotscared.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Did you know I have a podcast where I talk to people about their favorite scary movies? This week, we’re chatting with actor/writer Ben Tracy about Wes Craven’s Red Eye (2005). Listen on Apple, Spotify, wherever! chloesnotscared.substack.com/p/4-red-eye-...
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In addition to a new episode of Director's Club, you also get the debut of the spin-off podcast, B-SIDE ME, feat. co-host Sharon Gissy as we take the format of my other show and instead of directors, we discuss music/bands. Check out our first episode here! directorsclub.substack.com/p/smashingpu...
September 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
In addition to a new episode of Director's Club, you also get the debut of the spin-off podcast, B-SIDE ME, feat. co-host Sharon Gissy as we take the format of my other show and instead of directors, we discuss music/bands. Check out our first episode here! directorsclub.substack.com/p/smashingpu...
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Do you like shorts / anthology series like Amazing Stories, Twilight Zone? Inspired by @dekkoparsnip2.bsky.social stop by my streaming channel this Friday, May 9th at 7pm/CST for Video Mixtape 3. I'll remind you Friday, hope to see you there for weird, wild stuff! app.kosmi.io/room/@nowpla...
May 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Do you like shorts / anthology series like Amazing Stories, Twilight Zone? Inspired by @dekkoparsnip2.bsky.social stop by my streaming channel this Friday, May 9th at 7pm/CST for Video Mixtape 3. I'll remind you Friday, hope to see you there for weird, wild stuff! app.kosmi.io/room/@nowpla...
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Thank you @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social for showing my favorite PTA film in 70mm a week before my birthday. I spent the next day writing a lot of thoughts as to why I love it so much. Included quotes from @ethanwarren.bsky.social and @glennkenny.bsky.social directorsclub.substack.com/p/inherentvice
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Thank you @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social for showing my favorite PTA film in 70mm a week before my birthday. I spent the next day writing a lot of thoughts as to why I love it so much. Included quotes from @ethanwarren.bsky.social and @glennkenny.bsky.social directorsclub.substack.com/p/inherentvice
Wow this rocks! 🎸
Not sure why the huge bump in streams for my Gary Numan cover this week, but happy to see it. Give it a listen if you like!
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April 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Wow this rocks! 🎸
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Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
April 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
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A #library success during #nationallibraryweek. I started a song club at my branch. People request a song, I play it, we hear why they love it. This is why we need #libraries. To bring people together at a time when an idiot dictator wants to tear us apart. #booksky #librarian #IMLS #forourlibraries
April 11, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A #library success during #nationallibraryweek. I started a song club at my branch. People request a song, I play it, we hear why they love it. This is why we need #libraries. To bring people together at a time when an idiot dictator wants to tear us apart. #booksky #librarian #IMLS #forourlibraries
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Hundreds of Museum and Library Grants Terminated Overnight 📚
hyperallergic.com/1002518/hund...
hyperallergic.com/1002518/hund...
Hundreds of Museum and Library Grants Terminated Overnight
IMLS’s Trump-appointed director Keith Sonderling cut an estimated over 1,000 grants as the administration continues to decimate arts and culture funding.
hyperallergic.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Hundreds of Museum and Library Grants Terminated Overnight 📚
hyperallergic.com/1002518/hund...
hyperallergic.com/1002518/hund...
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for no particular reason, fyi - any US citizen can request a passport card, which serves as proof of US citizenship and is small enough to carry in a wallet or tuck away in your bag
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
Get a Passport Card
Compare the U.S. passport card and passport book so you can decide if you want to apply for one or both documents.
travel.state.gov
April 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
for no particular reason, fyi - any US citizen can request a passport card, which serves as proof of US citizenship and is small enough to carry in a wallet or tuck away in your bag
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
travel.state.gov/content/trav...
I wasn’t overreacting or being defeatist
April 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I wasn’t overreacting or being defeatist
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This is not good
Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.
I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE
The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is not good
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The very best thing I've read this year.
"What is good in life? To be recognized as worthy by others equally real."
"What is good in life? To be recognized as worthy by others equally real."
"Stand up straight with your fucking shoulders back, stop chasing get-rich-quick schemes and porno fantasies, get a job and try talking to that girl you like and listening when she talks to you." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-new-gend...
The New Gender Synthesis
To be only masculine or only feminine is to be half a human being.
www.liberalcurrents.com
April 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The very best thing I've read this year.
"What is good in life? To be recognized as worthy by others equally real."
"What is good in life? To be recognized as worthy by others equally real."
Wake me when America is over
April 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wake me when America is over
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Goodnight to a Real One
April 2, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Goodnight to a Real One
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Library advocates: there is too much at stake to stay quiet. We need to act. Have you called Congress yet?
Tell your elected officials to protect library funding and show up for the Institute of Museum and Library Services: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Tell your elected officials to protect library funding and show up for the Institute of Museum and Library Services: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
March 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Library advocates: there is too much at stake to stay quiet. We need to act. Have you called Congress yet?
Tell your elected officials to protect library funding and show up for the Institute of Museum and Library Services: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
Tell your elected officials to protect library funding and show up for the Institute of Museum and Library Services: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries #FundLibraries
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In Alaska—and every state—communities need the services and programs that federal library funding supports. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Opinion: The president is dismantling an important program for Alaska libraries and museums — and Alaskans. Please help save it.
This funding supports critical infrastructure, technology, training and education and community programs for museums, cultural centers, and libraries.
www.adn.com
March 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In Alaska—and every state—communities need the services and programs that federal library funding supports. www.adn.com/opinions/202...
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
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Be sure to follow these three talents. They’re the reason I love podcasts!! @directorsclub.substack.com @uptownsongclub.bsky.social
@gabepowers.bsky.social
@gabepowers.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Be sure to follow these three talents. They’re the reason I love podcasts!! @directorsclub.substack.com @uptownsongclub.bsky.social
@gabepowers.bsky.social
@gabepowers.bsky.social