Melinda C.
@rhapsodica.bsky.social
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Instructional Tech at a university in Philadelphia. Women's college grad. Nerdily interested in education, queer things, technology, cities, U.S. social and political issues, good food, and dogs.
Instructional Tech at a university in Philadelphia. Women's college grad. Nerdily interested in education, queer things, technology, cities, U.S. social and political issues, good food, and dogs.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people
August 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
what a fucking stupid time to be a person who cares about other people
I simply feel the need to complain about this somewhere.
I told LI to stop showing me this job (2nd one down) WEEKS ago. And yet, every time I scroll through listings (most of which aren't even relevant to me), I still see THIS. 🤨
I told LI to stop showing me this job (2nd one down) WEEKS ago. And yet, every time I scroll through listings (most of which aren't even relevant to me), I still see THIS. 🤨
June 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I simply feel the need to complain about this somewhere.
I told LI to stop showing me this job (2nd one down) WEEKS ago. And yet, every time I scroll through listings (most of which aren't even relevant to me), I still see THIS. 🤨
I told LI to stop showing me this job (2nd one down) WEEKS ago. And yet, every time I scroll through listings (most of which aren't even relevant to me), I still see THIS. 🤨
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Mourning years that could’ve been spent fighting for a better future rather than a rearguard against the past slouching from the grave
June 22, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Mourning years that could’ve been spent fighting for a better future rather than a rearguard against the past slouching from the grave
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The right-wing attack on universities and the widespread use of ChatGPT to replace thinking and writing are two sides of the same relentless assault on what the Greeks called paideia: the education and development of citizens as ethical beings engaged in their communities.
May 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The right-wing attack on universities and the widespread use of ChatGPT to replace thinking and writing are two sides of the same relentless assault on what the Greeks called paideia: the education and development of citizens as ethical beings engaged in their communities.
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I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
April 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I wrote about this a bit in my last book but it really shakes me that a defining feature of this catastrophic era is that we just keep going to work. We work through pandemics, we work through natural disasters, we work through economic calamity, we work through coups, we work, we work, we work.
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
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"Having trouble sleeping? It could be your mattress!"
I can assure you, podcast ad lady, it isn't my mattress.
I can assure you, podcast ad lady, it isn't my mattress.
April 3, 2025 at 12:38 AM
"Having trouble sleeping? It could be your mattress!"
I can assure you, podcast ad lady, it isn't my mattress.
I can assure you, podcast ad lady, it isn't my mattress.
I lol'd.
Cory Booker Sets Record For Longest Fingernails On Senate Floor
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April 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I lol'd.
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It’s all so fucking STUPID.
April 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
It’s all so fucking STUPID.
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if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
April 2, 2025 at 2:42 PM
if the united states ever has even a hope of recovering we have to destroy the idea of american individualism. "they don't owe you anything" we owe each other everything actually
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Do NOT shift your beliefs about what “normal” is. The norms are the same. You’re not crazy. This—all of it—is not normal behavior.
March 18, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Do NOT shift your beliefs about what “normal” is. The norms are the same. You’re not crazy. This—all of it—is not normal behavior.
I started reading this headline without realizing where it was published, and... it didn't seem out of the question, the way things are going.
Texas Implements Mandatory 6-Month Quarantine For Anyone Who Has Watched ‘Will And Grace’
Texas Implements Mandatory 6-Month Quarantine For Anyone Who Has Watched ‘Will And Grace’
AUSTIN, TX—In a drastic new order purportedly aimed at protecting its citizens, Texas state government officials reportedly put into effect a new mandatory six-month quarantine that would apply to any...
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March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I started reading this headline without realizing where it was published, and... it didn't seem out of the question, the way things are going.
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Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
March 13, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Authoritarians govern through fear, not legislation. The simple fear of what they would do in certain situations can push even the opposition to capitulate. That’s success for them.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
We lose when we fold due to a hypothetical. We win when we challenge the REALITY that is hurting working people.
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"No more apologies for a bleeding heart when the opposite is no heart at all. The danger of losing our humanity must be met with more humanity." – Toni Morrison
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March 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"No more apologies for a bleeding heart when the opposite is no heart at all. The danger of losing our humanity must be met with more humanity." – Toni Morrison
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We're gonna move fast and break things. Sometimes we'll make mistakes. If we remove the wrong organ we'll put it back in. We are disrupting surgery
March 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
We're gonna move fast and break things. Sometimes we'll make mistakes. If we remove the wrong organ we'll put it back in. We are disrupting surgery
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Ugh it's barely 10 am on Monday and already I can tell this is going to be a very long week.
March 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Ugh it's barely 10 am on Monday and already I can tell this is going to be a very long week.
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the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized.
March 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
the more democrats concede to the republican war on trans people, the more that signals to the public that trans people are a problem and should be stigmatized.
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i dont like it when things happen. thats a slippery slope to more things happening
February 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
i dont like it when things happen. thats a slippery slope to more things happening
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Great letter from my colleagues @sbagen.bsky.social, @mjschlanger.bsky.social and other legal scholars across the country explaining why it is not necessary to start eliminating university programs because Trump
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February 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Great letter from my colleagues @sbagen.bsky.social, @mjschlanger.bsky.social and other legal scholars across the country explaining why it is not necessary to start eliminating university programs because Trump
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February 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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Don't mind me, just in bed shivering under the blankets with a sore throat and slowly climbing fever. Really hope this is just a cold and doesn't get much worse.
February 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Don't mind me, just in bed shivering under the blankets with a sore throat and slowly climbing fever. Really hope this is just a cold and doesn't get much worse.