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Melissa Yeager

@melissayeager.bsky.social

Editor for Western USA/Canada at Lonely Planet. Former TV journalist. Travel is political.

135 Followers  |  241 Following  |  90 Posts  |  Joined: 16.07.2023  |  1.8719

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Why treating your weekend like a vacation can make you happier on Monday : Life Kit So many weekends get filled up with errands, plans and work. These relaxation techniques can make your days off feel less taxing and more rejuvenating.

So many weekends get filled up with errands, plans and work. These relaxation techniques can make your days off feel less taxing and more rejuvenating.

06.07.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 13

Poppyseed is such a cute dog and name for a pup

22.03.2025 22:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is rather dystopian

21.03.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Delivery drivers who include pups in confirmation photos deserve raises

20.03.2025 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When a Marine calls the work environment hostile 😳

28.02.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh this looks good - thanks for the recommendation

24.02.2025 03:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

These replies are going to be delicious - get those FOIAs sent now 🀣

22.02.2025 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It really should be @repjasmine.bsky.social and @aoc.bsky.social give the democratic response daily

19.02.2025 01:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Seems like an appropriate time to recommend the book House of Ullstein - written as a memoir by the leader of Germany’s largest publishing house about the fall of the German press. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-house-...

15.02.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s not the story anyway. The story is the people the policies are impacting

15.02.2025 03:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel absolutely naseous

14.02.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gerry you can still log off now it’s not too late 🫠

14.02.2025 00:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I really need the term β€œDestination Dupeβ€œ to retire

12.02.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I will just say that as a journalist, if you let a government (or anyone) dictate what you say or how you say it for something small or seemingly trivial, it makes it much harder when they try to do it with something much larger and more important

11.02.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fabulous πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ’₯

10.02.2025 01:47 β€” πŸ‘ 19546    πŸ” 2651    πŸ’¬ 196    πŸ“Œ 231

Can’t anyone file for an injunction?

05.02.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: if you don’t like what DOGE is doing at Treasuryβ€” neither do we

So we just sued to stop it! www.citizen.org/wp-content/u...

I’ll be on @thereidout tonight at 7:40 PM ET to break down that and much more

04.02.2025 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5646    πŸ” 1475    πŸ’¬ 314    πŸ“Œ 91
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'An honour to be Prime Minister': De Croo passes baton to De Wever De Croo congratulated his successor and gifted him a Lonely Planet guide and a book with one of the first-ever references to Belgium.

Ok this is awesome! Lonely Planet’s Arizona guidebook!!! www.brusselstimes.com/1425109/an-h...

03.02.2025 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And he has access to the Treasury payment systems and all our personal info. Surely the party concerned with TikTok’s data collection will step in πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„πŸ™„

03.02.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Really weird party who was OUTRAGED on Bidenβ€˜s β€œoverreach” to forgive student loans without congressional approval somehow quite an unelected billionaire is shutting down an agency charged to disburse funds congress approved for international aid.

03.02.2025 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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03.02.2025 04:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Chappell Roan speech πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

03.02.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So beyond happy for Beyoncé 😭

03.02.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is concerning. Bringing US passport renewal online was a recent and huge step forward for this government service.

02.02.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I want to speak directly to Americans," says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. "This is a choice that will harm Canadians...but will have real consequences for you."

02.02.2025 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 20111    πŸ” 3710    πŸ’¬ 470    πŸ“Œ 181

Purely from the perspective of whatever your conception of American greatness is, soft power is a lot cheaper than military spending.

01.02.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 785    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 5

Just extremely sad for these families who are still waiting for their loved ones to be recovered and are enduring so much. Moving forward, I’m only going to amplify voices of those directly involved with the investigation to provide real answers.

30.01.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NTSB Media Briefing - PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700 and Sikorsky H-60 military helicopter collision YouTube video by NTSBgov

The NTSB press briefing is now live. It is the ONLY government source of information you should be listening to. www.youtube.com/live/d860IiU...

30.01.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 169    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 7

This! Stop using the cover word for racism and misogyny.

30.01.2025 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"It just could have been," says Trump in response to a direct question whether diversity initiatives caused the crash of #AA5342.

Again, speculation and insinuation does nothing to help an open NTSB investigation β€” note we have not heard a single word from the NTSB yet.

30.01.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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