Mel 🐝
@melsdaven.bsky.social
🧑🏻🎨📚 she/they | Genderless Goblin 90% of the time, Lady™️ the remaining 10%.
Books & playing with watercolour. Leftist.
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Books & playing with watercolour. Leftist.
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Farmers are celebrating the bailout as “Christmas coming early.” Meanwhile, many of the same voices insisted students didn’t deserve loan relief because they should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.”
December 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Farmers are celebrating the bailout as “Christmas coming early.” Meanwhile, many of the same voices insisted students didn’t deserve loan relief because they should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.”
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Yes, I know The Mirror is not a bastion of truth sometimes, but other news sites reporting this are all paywalled.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Village at war over plan to build new homes on Jane Austen countryside
The rolling fields of east Hampshire are said to have helped the author pen some of her most famous novels, including Pride and Prejudice - but locals now fear they will soon be "concreted over"
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Yes, I know The Mirror is not a bastion of truth sometimes, but other news sites reporting this are all paywalled.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Turning antisemitism into a weird game like this doesn’t seem like the best way to protect Jewish people. Also, can I just say, the non-stop harassment of Ms. Rachel in particular for just saying “please stop killing Palestinian children and their families” is bone chilling.
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Turning antisemitism into a weird game like this doesn’t seem like the best way to protect Jewish people. Also, can I just say, the non-stop harassment of Ms. Rachel in particular for just saying “please stop killing Palestinian children and their families” is bone chilling.
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Breaking: Canadian Prime Minister and Alberta Premier sign deal that will quash Indigenous rights, provoke a wave of backlash and opposition unlike anything every seen in Canada, and roll back big climate protections to benefit a handful of foreign owned oil and gas companies.
#oil #cdnpoli
#oil #cdnpoli
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
www.splinter.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"Conservative groups, funded by fossil fuel magnates, spend $1B/yr interfering with public understanding of what is happening to our world. Few investments rival the return they've gotten from evangelicals."
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
An oldie but goodie makes the link between fossil fuels, climate denial, and U.S. religion.
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Much love to my trans siblings today.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Much love to my trans siblings today.
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Doing this two days before TDoR is particularly vile.
Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
The Alberta government has invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause for the second time in less than a month in this case to protect from legal challenge a trio of laws affecting transgender youth...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Doing this two days before TDoR is particularly vile.
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Indigenous health-care programs in Quebec at risk due to funding insecurity, advocates say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/indigenous-health-care-programs-quebec-funding-ombudsman-report-9.6976034
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Indigenous health-care programs in Quebec at risk due to funding insecurity, advocates say https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/indigenous-health-care-programs-quebec-funding-ombudsman-report-9.6976034
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⇢ CanadaHealthwatch.ca/newsletter
I can’t post this on other social media because it’s a gift for a friend and they’ll see, but I’ve painted the front doors of some friends and family’s houses and this is the latest.
#Watercolour #ArtSky
#Watercolour #ArtSky
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
I can’t post this on other social media because it’s a gift for a friend and they’ll see, but I’ve painted the front doors of some friends and family’s houses and this is the latest.
#Watercolour #ArtSky
#Watercolour #ArtSky
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Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
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Met with a 4th grade classroom just a few days ago and they had really great questions prepared!! Really cool to see how into archaeology they were 🧪⚱️🍎
Heyyyy we desperately need more archaeologists to volunteer to answer questions from students via video chat through @skypeascientist.bsky.social.
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
We have 80 unmatched teams. We’ve already matched 650 😵💫
If you know any archaeologists, please send them here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html
Sign Up
Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.
www.skypeascientist.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Met with a 4th grade classroom just a few days ago and they had really great questions prepared!! Really cool to see how into archaeology they were 🧪⚱️🍎
I play Animal Crossing New Horizons and I got a Godzilla statue for my town. Look how good he looks! He’s overlooking the lower town. 😁 #AnimalCrossing
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I play Animal Crossing New Horizons and I got a Godzilla statue for my town. Look how good he looks! He’s overlooking the lower town. 😁 #AnimalCrossing
I live on the east coast of Canada. Wtf.
October 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I live on the east coast of Canada. Wtf.
October 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I’m working on a Christmas gift for a friend and it’s in the stage where it looks horrible and I’m questioning all my choices. #Watercolour #ArtSky
October 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I’m working on a Christmas gift for a friend and it’s in the stage where it looks horrible and I’m questioning all my choices. #Watercolour #ArtSky
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Oracle employees who expressed support for Palestine were "referred to internal mental health resources."
Oracle is about to own TikTok.
Oracle is about to own TikTok.
Execs at Oracle, the likely new owner of TikTok, are VERY outspoken in Israeli media about the company's "mission to support the State of Israel" & "unequivocal support for Israel."
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
Insufficiently pro-Israel Oracle staff receive mental health counseling. responsiblestatecraft.org/oracle-tikto...
Oracle execs: Love Israel or maybe this isn't the job for you
Employees who disagreed were reportedly referred to company mental health services
responsiblestatecraft.org
October 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Oracle employees who expressed support for Palestine were "referred to internal mental health resources."
Oracle is about to own TikTok.
Oracle is about to own TikTok.
Some things I’ve painted or framed in the last couple of months.
#Watercolour #ArtSky #Watercolor #Aquarelle
#Watercolour #ArtSky #Watercolor #Aquarelle
September 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Some things I’ve painted or framed in the last couple of months.
#Watercolour #ArtSky #Watercolor #Aquarelle
#Watercolour #ArtSky #Watercolor #Aquarelle
August 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-....
July 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
To celebrate Jane Austen's 250th, Austen Connection is hosting an Austen read-along all year long. They are currently in the midst of “Mansfield Park!” For the full schedule, go to austenconnection.substack.com/p/the-great-....
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Techie men love AI because its confident bullshit reminds them of themselves. Techie women do not love AI because its confident bullshit reminds them of the techie men.
July 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Techie men love AI because its confident bullshit reminds them of themselves. Techie women do not love AI because its confident bullshit reminds them of the techie men.
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I have yet to read a single story about men adopting AI at work (without being told) at a higher rate than women that presents it as anything other than men being smart. Not one story about how it implies they're lazier and less ethical.
Because that's not the narrative that's being pushed about AI.
Because that's not the narrative that's being pushed about AI.
July 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I have yet to read a single story about men adopting AI at work (without being told) at a higher rate than women that presents it as anything other than men being smart. Not one story about how it implies they're lazier and less ethical.
Because that's not the narrative that's being pushed about AI.
Because that's not the narrative that's being pushed about AI.
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Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study
Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
I’ve been dealing with anaemia for 2.5 years. I got updated blood work done yesterday and my results are in and…
I am still anaemic. 🤦🏻
I’m on iron supplements, I’m trying to eat more iron-rich foods.
Maybe I *should* be using my cast iron pan for everything.
#Anaemia #Anemia #Anaemic #Anemic
I am still anaemic. 🤦🏻
I’m on iron supplements, I’m trying to eat more iron-rich foods.
Maybe I *should* be using my cast iron pan for everything.
#Anaemia #Anemia #Anaemic #Anemic
July 8, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Parked a few blocks away from my dermatologist’s office because it’s a lovely walk.
AND, I’m also still skin cancer free!
Wear sunscreen and a hat!
AND, I’m also still skin cancer free!
Wear sunscreen and a hat!
June 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Parked a few blocks away from my dermatologist’s office because it’s a lovely walk.
AND, I’m also still skin cancer free!
Wear sunscreen and a hat!
AND, I’m also still skin cancer free!
Wear sunscreen and a hat!