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Melissa (she/her)

@melmarino

On a mission to say nice things to strangers for no good reason. Academic editor, copywriter, cook, promoter of freedom.

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White House: the witness’s allegations are “completely baseless” and “backed by zero credible evidence.”

Fact: FBI found her credible enough to interview repeatedly, and she received a financial settlement from the Epstein estate.

07.03.2026 02:39 👍 7181 🔁 2451 💬 138 📌 65

It wasn't "cancel culture" when women and people of color got used up, silenced, and dismissed before their careers even began. It only became "cancel culture" when powerful abusers started having established careers momentarily inconvenienced by revelations of what they'd done.

05.03.2026 14:00 👍 1823 🔁 524 💬 8 📌 10

If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.

05.03.2026 15:04 👍 3646 🔁 881 💬 113 📌 35

I low-key want to hear you say this on the radio...I know you can't. It'd be funny.

05.03.2026 18:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, as am I. I got carried away. I'm sorry.

05.03.2026 16:40 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You're right. I was on a bit of a tear and got carried away. I'm sorry.

05.03.2026 16:38 👍 44 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Remember when Rep. Greg Gianforte, now the GOP governor of the state, body slammed a reporter into a table?

We probably need to shut down the Montana Republican Party entirely until we can figure out where all this violent rage is coming from.

04.03.2026 23:44 👍 3599 🔁 967 💬 155 📌 61

Just here for the ratio. Oh, and to tell you that she's not Jewish. If she were Jewish, Platner would have led with that. Trump's wife is an immigrant, and he hates immigrants. Vance's wife is an immigrant, and he still hates immigrants. Stephen Miller is Jewish, and he's still a white supremacist.

05.03.2026 07:05 👍 288 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

Fascinating. Hold on, someone else is saying something to me. Donald Trump? Married to an immigrant? Oh wow. And what’s this about JD Vance? The same JD Vance who’s always haunting white supremacist circles online? And they’re married?Boy, I owe those guys an apology, turns out they’re alright.

05.03.2026 04:58 👍 29 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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What are HeLa cells? A cancer biologist explains The immortal cancer cells of Henrietta Lacks revolutionized the fields of science, medicine and bioethics. And they still survive today, more than 70 years after her death.

"In February 2026, over 70 years after doctors took Lacks’ cells without her consent or knowledge, her family reached a settlement with biotech company Novartis, which they’d sued in 2024 for making billions of dollars from her unethically harvested cells."
theconversation.com/what-are-hel...

04.03.2026 14:41 👍 47 🔁 20 💬 3 📌 0

For decades, Iran has been on the verge of attacking us. The attack could have happened at any time. Really. They were going to do it.

Source: Trust me, bro.

04.03.2026 19:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

There were use cases for eugenics, too. Doesn't mean it's good for people.

04.03.2026 19:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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#StillWithHer
Jasmine Crockett
Kamala Harris
Hilary Clinton
Women would have never! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤷🏾‍♀️
We wouldn’t in such a better place right now.

04.03.2026 16:42 👍 43 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 3

There's no reasoning with anyone who watched this primary unfold and thinks misogynoir wasn't the biggest factor, by a wide margin.

But- blocked

I think it wa- blocked

It was more about electab- blocked

04.03.2026 05:28 👍 11 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Let's talk about the relative uselessness of this. AI can't reproduce facts reliably, can't generate texts with a guarantee of no false information, and can't integrate the complete knowledge of authors of scraped text. Basically, it can write in their voice absent relevant thought. It can't think.

03.03.2026 13:29 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed.
Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

03.03.2026 11:58 👍 3515 🔁 1538 💬 97 📌 284
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

EXCLUSIVE: At more than 30 installations, U.S. commanders told troops the war on Iran is a Christian war.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation has been “inundated” with more than 110 complaints.

One NCO said they were told the U.S. war is to bring about Armageddon and the return of Jesus…

03.03.2026 01:54 👍 12806 🔁 6376 💬 1310 📌 4134

Hillary during the deposition being the smartest person in the room:

03.03.2026 05:16 👍 23 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

Dear Sen. Gallego:

I raised $136,000 for your own Senate campaign.

I've been a fan of much of what you've done so far.

To say I'm disgusted with this endorsement is a massive understatement.

Even if you weren't a fan of Gov. Mills, you could've just kept out of the Maine race entirely.

02.03.2026 18:21 👍 486 🔁 104 💬 22 📌 3
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Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego Groans His Party Doesn't Allow 'Women to Be Hot' in Leaked Texts: 'Dem Women Look Like Dem Men' Arizona Sen. Ruben Gallego, a moderate Democrat, dissed the physical appearance of men and women in his political party in a series of text screenshots. Gallego declined to take back what he wrote, in...

Ruben Gallego, endorser of Nazi-adjacent Platner, seems to have personal problems. He messaged a friend, "Dem women look like Dem men and Dem men look like women." He approved of a message calling Connecticut Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro the face of erectile dysfunction. people.com/ruben-galleg...

02.03.2026 19:07 👍 57 🔁 23 💬 10 📌 6

Ruben Gallego is a trash excuse for a man. The disgusting misogyny at the honorable Rep. Lauro makes me sick. Of course Ruben loves the Blackwater Nazi! Their Misogyny Party

How dare you fix your mouth to criticize the appearance of women. SHUT UP 🤬

@gallego.senate.gov

02.03.2026 20:04 👍 17 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Don’t blame me, I happily and proudly voted for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.

My conscience is clear.

28.02.2026 21:42 👍 2372 🔁 365 💬 166 📌 42

No offense, but if you have an opinion about the filibuster in 2026 that refers to “the ruling parties” like you don’t know what that means or who they are, I’m going to assume you’re an idiot.

02.03.2026 03:57 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0

you do know she literally faced Trump in the White House, alone, in February 2025 and told him no to his face on trans rights, right? like? Newsom king of shit posts sat there pissing himself, 49 other governors sat while Trump said "we are the law" and she said "see you in court"

02.03.2026 01:19 👍 42 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0

Yes, hidden from people who don't read.

01.03.2026 12:19 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Study: 14 million lives could be lost due to Trump aid cuts A new study looks at lives saved by USAID in the past and what the future without the agency will look like.

Fuck off

www.npr.org/sections/goa...

28.02.2026 15:45 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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28.02.2026 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

They must be bad; they're already on my Really Ignorant People list.

28.02.2026 13:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Airing the grievances of rightwing voters and blogosphere residents in the interest of "being fair to" their brainwashed psyches is not the job of any journalist.

23.02.2026 08:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Okay, glad I read the thread. As a person without an illness like Tourette's, I am unable to have unintentional words leave my mouth, but you are correct; the person with Tourette's could apologize.

23.02.2026 07:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0