Melissa Huggins
@themelisser.bsky.social
It's a Joni kinda Christmas in rainy Seattle. Peace and love to you and yours. open.spotify.com/track/0DAmSY...
December 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's a Joni kinda Christmas in rainy Seattle. Peace and love to you and yours. open.spotify.com/track/0DAmSY...
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Always a good time when Brandi Carlile stops by 🫶
December 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Always a good time when Brandi Carlile stops by 🫶
What are the holidays for, if not to watch Greta Gerwig's Little Women and cry your eyes out
a close up of a woman 's face with the caption merry christmas world
ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the caption merry christmas world
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
What are the holidays for, if not to watch Greta Gerwig's Little Women and cry your eyes out
no words.
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
no words.
"It Begins With the Trees" by Ada Limón share.google/0Qxg8Z01fQ3S...
It Begins With the Trees
Two full cypress trees in the clearing
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December 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"It Begins With the Trees" by Ada Limón share.google/0Qxg8Z01fQ3S...
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Tis the season to slow down a little. ✨
Love the glow of the Market on a wet winter night—it makes the season feel deeper, quieter, more present.
Love the glow of the Market on a wet winter night—it makes the season feel deeper, quieter, more present.
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tis the season to slow down a little. ✨
Love the glow of the Market on a wet winter night—it makes the season feel deeper, quieter, more present.
Love the glow of the Market on a wet winter night—it makes the season feel deeper, quieter, more present.
A few days from Christmas, the weather is gross, and I have several things I should be doing but don't want to. Time to pour a beverage then watch a Nora film featuring Rob 💔
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A few days from Christmas, the weather is gross, and I have several things I should be doing but don't want to. Time to pour a beverage then watch a Nora film featuring Rob 💔
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"Authoritarian propaganda isn’t just designed to mislead. It’s designed to pour lemon juice in the wounds of cultural divisions, distract from corruption and unchecked corporate power, and construct a permission culture for cruelty."— @karlbode.com
www.damemagazine.com/2025/01/02/a...
www.damemagazine.com/2025/01/02/a...
America’s Right-Wing Propaganda Problem Might Be Terminal - Dame Magazine
America’s descent into mass delusion isn’t happenstance. The demise of courageous journalism isn’t a happy accident. Its replacement with engagement-chasing infotainment and propaganda isn’t an error....
www.damemagazine.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Authoritarian propaganda isn’t just designed to mislead. It’s designed to pour lemon juice in the wounds of cultural divisions, distract from corruption and unchecked corporate power, and construct a permission culture for cruelty."— @karlbode.com
www.damemagazine.com/2025/01/02/a...
www.damemagazine.com/2025/01/02/a...
How many more times can I spin this album before the end of the year? feels like I'm about to find out open.spotify.com/album/5eQYim...
No Hard Feelings
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December 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
How many more times can I spin this album before the end of the year? feels like I'm about to find out open.spotify.com/album/5eQYim...
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In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for life-changing — sometimes lifesaving — post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.
Congolese rape survivors search in vain for medicine after USAID cuts
In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for PEP kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In eastern Congo, where rape is widespread, the cancellation of USAID funding for life-changing — sometimes lifesaving — post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) kits has left many victims vulnerable, according to nearly 50 interviews.
#amreading The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
"She was not wanted. That was the long and the short of it: she had learned want, briefly and hungrily. A span of a day, two days. She had learned the shape of it, the quick taste of it. She had reached out, foolishly, and she was not wanted in return."
"She was not wanted. That was the long and the short of it: she had learned want, briefly and hungrily. A span of a day, two days. She had learned the shape of it, the quick taste of it. She had reached out, foolishly, and she was not wanted in return."
December 22, 2025 at 6:14 AM
#amreading The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
"She was not wanted. That was the long and the short of it: she had learned want, briefly and hungrily. A span of a day, two days. She had learned the shape of it, the quick taste of it. She had reached out, foolishly, and she was not wanted in return."
"She was not wanted. That was the long and the short of it: she had learned want, briefly and hungrily. A span of a day, two days. She had learned the shape of it, the quick taste of it. She had reached out, foolishly, and she was not wanted in return."
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Generative AI is for losers. It’s so embarrassing to watch people debase real artists, the environment, and themselves for a sloppy, rip-off of a party trick.
December 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Generative AI is for losers. It’s so embarrassing to watch people debase real artists, the environment, and themselves for a sloppy, rip-off of a party trick.
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
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DMB 2025 Recap #11: The Gorge had it all!
3 historic nights. Before These Crowded Streets performed front to back on night 2 with multiple guest appearances. The return of "I Did It", "Mercy" and "American Baby". The weekend really was the best of what's around.
3 historic nights. Before These Crowded Streets performed front to back on night 2 with multiple guest appearances. The return of "I Did It", "Mercy" and "American Baby". The weekend really was the best of what's around.
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
DMB 2025 Recap #11: The Gorge had it all!
3 historic nights. Before These Crowded Streets performed front to back on night 2 with multiple guest appearances. The return of "I Did It", "Mercy" and "American Baby". The weekend really was the best of what's around.
3 historic nights. Before These Crowded Streets performed front to back on night 2 with multiple guest appearances. The return of "I Did It", "Mercy" and "American Baby". The weekend really was the best of what's around.
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From Miriam Toews's A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE: We only get one heart. Put it all on the line. Every time.
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
From Miriam Toews's A TRUCE THAT IS NOT PEACE: We only get one heart. Put it all on the line. Every time.
I've been on this earth for over four decades & still have to re-learn annually that Christmas music is some of the most depressing shit we have.
Me, a dummy: Oh, let me put on holiday music to cheer up!
The music: All I Want for Christmas; Blue Christmas; I'll Be Home for Christmas; River (!!!!!!)
Me, a dummy: Oh, let me put on holiday music to cheer up!
The music: All I Want for Christmas; Blue Christmas; I'll Be Home for Christmas; River (!!!!!!)
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've been on this earth for over four decades & still have to re-learn annually that Christmas music is some of the most depressing shit we have.
Me, a dummy: Oh, let me put on holiday music to cheer up!
The music: All I Want for Christmas; Blue Christmas; I'll Be Home for Christmas; River (!!!!!!)
Me, a dummy: Oh, let me put on holiday music to cheer up!
The music: All I Want for Christmas; Blue Christmas; I'll Be Home for Christmas; River (!!!!!!)
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This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This is Millie. She just learned how to sled. Hopes you brought a second land frisbee, because she will not be taking turns. 13/10 (TT: millietheredlab)
Saw the white bike and memorial this morning from the bus on my way to work. Heartbreaking. There's a pedestrian crosswalk and signal light right there, along with bike lanes along Beacon in both directions. The driver of that car must have been so, so negligent.
Early Sunday morning, a driver struck and killed a 38-year-old named Allie who was biking across Beacon Ave S. The driver fled the scene. As a lifelong cyclist who’s had my share of close calls, my heart goes out to Allie’s family and friends.
December 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Saw the white bike and memorial this morning from the bus on my way to work. Heartbreaking. There's a pedestrian crosswalk and signal light right there, along with bike lanes along Beacon in both directions. The driver of that car must have been so, so negligent.
this is what we're destroying precious finite natural resources to accomplish when we could simply choose...not to
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
this is what we're destroying precious finite natural resources to accomplish when we could simply choose...not to
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Serbians handed in guns after two attacks. Montenegro said it would crack down on firearms. Sweden pledged to tighten gun laws.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
How countries around the world have responded to mass shootings
A mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Australia’s Bondi Beach has renewed a global discussion about gun control. Australia is known for large-scale gun buybacks.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Serbians handed in guns after two attacks. Montenegro said it would crack down on firearms. Sweden pledged to tighten gun laws.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
While gun-control measures divide politics in the U.S., they are a common response to mass killings in many countries.
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
this is such a painful loss. my heart is broken.
“The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them — words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they’re brought out. But it’s more than that,...
wilwheaton.net
December 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It hasn't even been twelve hours, but all three of us have been overwhelmed with requests from media for comment and I'm mostly writing this now so they'll leave me alone.
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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I don’t even know what to say. If you love movies, he’s THE guy, the hero, just an absolute giant - and ALSO someone who loved humanity, who consistently fought for what was right in politics and civic life, too. God, what a horrible horrible loss
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I don’t even know what to say. If you love movies, he’s THE guy, the hero, just an absolute giant - and ALSO someone who loved humanity, who consistently fought for what was right in politics and civic life, too. God, what a horrible horrible loss
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Every senseless death is a tragedy but Rob Reiner was a towering genius at making movies. Just an incalculable loss.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Every senseless death is a tragedy but Rob Reiner was a towering genius at making movies. Just an incalculable loss.