Melanie Dunn
@pinkmelly.bsky.social
Of all the teams to have been drawn for the Seattle Pride match at next year's World Cup 🌈🙈😂
I'm sad that England aren't due to play there at all but still excited to see matches coming from the home of the mighty Sounders & Seahawks 🩵💚
I'm sad that England aren't due to play there at all but still excited to see matches coming from the home of the mighty Sounders & Seahawks 🩵💚
Iran and Egypt have complained to FIFA over Seattle’s plans to promote LGTBQ+ support during a World Cup match this June.
Seattle Has Designated A World Cup ‘Pride Match’—Between Two Countries That Punish Homosexuality
Iran and Egypt have complained to FIFA over Seattle’s plans to promote LGTBQ+ support during a World Cup match this June.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Of all the teams to have been drawn for the Seattle Pride match at next year's World Cup 🌈🙈😂
I'm sad that England aren't due to play there at all but still excited to see matches coming from the home of the mighty Sounders & Seahawks 🩵💚
I'm sad that England aren't due to play there at all but still excited to see matches coming from the home of the mighty Sounders & Seahawks 🩵💚
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NEWS! Donald Trump asks King why he built his castle right underneath Heathrow's flight path newsthump.com/2025/09/17/d...
Donald Trump asks King why he built his castle right underneath Heathrow’s flight path
Donald Trump has again demonstrated his masterful understanding of the history of other nations, by asking the King why his house was built under so many noisy planes.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
NEWS! Donald Trump asks King why he built his castle right underneath Heathrow's flight path newsthump.com/2025/09/17/d...
What a shocking waste of money & resources, not to mention the impact this will have on women around the world. How can anyone justify this?
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What a shocking waste of money & resources, not to mention the impact this will have on women around the world. How can anyone justify this?
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I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
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Thoughts and prayers for all the fragile men at this difficult time.
July 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thoughts and prayers for all the fragile men at this difficult time.
Good morning! 🦦
July 24, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Good morning! 🦦
What a day. Chelsea win the Club World Cup, the Lionesses have an emphatic win & I've spent most of the day reminiscing about being at Live Aid 40 years ago today. I didn't even get to see any of the tennis!
#iwasthere #liveaid40 #blueisthecolour #cmonengland
#iwasthere #liveaid40 #blueisthecolour #cmonengland
July 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
What a day. Chelsea win the Club World Cup, the Lionesses have an emphatic win & I've spent most of the day reminiscing about being at Live Aid 40 years ago today. I didn't even get to see any of the tennis!
#iwasthere #liveaid40 #blueisthecolour #cmonengland
#iwasthere #liveaid40 #blueisthecolour #cmonengland
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If you know, you know
April 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If you know, you know
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April 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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You can't change your past, but you can change your future from today;
You can't stop time going by, but you can stop the moment from getting away.
#allontheboard
You can't stop time going by, but you can stop the moment from getting away.
#allontheboard
March 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
You can't change your past, but you can change your future from today;
You can't stop time going by, but you can stop the moment from getting away.
#allontheboard
You can't stop time going by, but you can stop the moment from getting away.
#allontheboard
I was contacted by a friend from my time in Seattle about this today. Just shocking. Local people are doing their bit to try and help get her released.
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I was contacted by a friend from my time in Seattle about this today. Just shocking. Local people are doing their bit to try and help get her released.
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Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
Please repost if you want it restored.
Please repost if you want it restored.
February 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Freedom of Movement was robbed from us by a successful Russian influence operation and the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history.
Please repost if you want it restored.
Please repost if you want it restored.
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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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Today is YAD DRAWKCAB LANOITAN for no reason other than to have fun doing things in reverse or in unconventional ways, so you'll need to grab a mirror if you would like to know what the board above really says.
#YADDRAWKCABLANOITAN #NationalBackwardDay #allontheboard
#YADDRAWKCABLANOITAN #NationalBackwardDay #allontheboard
January 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Today is YAD DRAWKCAB LANOITAN for no reason other than to have fun doing things in reverse or in unconventional ways, so you'll need to grab a mirror if you would like to know what the board above really says.
#YADDRAWKCABLANOITAN #NationalBackwardDay #allontheboard
#YADDRAWKCABLANOITAN #NationalBackwardDay #allontheboard
Yep. And it's still only January! 😫
Word of the day: QUANKED - overcome with fatigue.
January 31, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Yep. And it's still only January! 😫
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” - Martin Luther King Jr.
#martinlutherkingjr #mlkday #allontheboard
#martinlutherkingjr #mlkday #allontheboard
January 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that” - Martin Luther King Jr.
#martinlutherkingjr #mlkday #allontheboard
#martinlutherkingjr #mlkday #allontheboard
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Huge scandal for Starmer: if it turns out Feathers McGraw was part of the early prison release scheme then he's finished. #WallaceAndGromit
December 25, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Huge scandal for Starmer: if it turns out Feathers McGraw was part of the early prison release scheme then he's finished. #WallaceAndGromit
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People who go fox hunting are terrible. No exceptions. Probably the worst people (in my experience) are the ones who try to normalise it by saying ‘but I live in the country, it’s different’. No it’s not. Stop it.
December 26, 2024 at 4:25 PM
People who go fox hunting are terrible. No exceptions. Probably the worst people (in my experience) are the ones who try to normalise it by saying ‘but I live in the country, it’s different’. No it’s not. Stop it.
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If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this?
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
December 26, 2024 at 7:48 AM
If you care about the future of the NHS & you see this on Boxing Day, please could you share this?
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
If we want privatisation to be removed from the NHS, NHS campaigners like me have a *lot* of work to do next year and…I’d just like to see if people care enough about this for our campaigning to work…
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When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS.
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
December 10, 2024 at 6:57 AM
When I left X, I left 260000ish followers who cared about the NHS.
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
This is bad because the NHS is in a state of emergency and EveryDoctor has just launched an important petition. If you can see this, please could you follow me and share this? 🤞💙🚨
Hello! 👋 I finally decided to see what's happening on this side. So far, it feels much nicer!
November 18, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Hello! 👋 I finally decided to see what's happening on this side. So far, it feels much nicer!