melisa

THIS! More of this. Please! And less of [gestures at everything else]. #hero #chickenjockey4president

"dialogues with war"

"War: At last..."

War's shift and sigh in that moment are palpable. As if War is sympathetic and patient and communal.

Powerful images, Yaroslava. Your writing gives us a meditation on the diurnal companionship of chaos, destruction, utter depravity.

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To make your feed a bit more beautiful today:
A view of St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.

We didn't know how good we had it way back in 2024. Gemini is useless AND I fell for the sheep shearing machine in Mongolia video. 🤦‍♀️

Science friends, life is difficult now, but please still try to peer review papers if you can.

I'm the editor handling a paper that just had it's 43rd person decline to review. We may have to reject it because no one is willing to review it, which sucks for the authors.

What's on the tea towel under the skull? It's humerous to think about him going to such lengths to get this look and memorializing his wild oats/dirtbag era. And to think how cringe but nostalgic he'd have felt running across it say in 1650 or so. We've all been there.

This sounds eerily like what Grann wrote about in Killers of The Flower Moon.

You've been quiet. All good now?

This little guy blows my mind. Still chugging along. I always have my students learn and write about V1s Feb 14 1990 Pale Blue Dot photo and Carl Sagan's commentary. #carlsagan

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This video shows Ukrainian life during the war.

I am so proud of all #Ukrainians who continue fighting and supporting our country despite all the challenges.

📹: ira_kytsman / Instagram

Truth 👇💯

Reminder: Write that thing. Pluck it outta your soul with rusty pliers. Hit the keyboard like it owes you money. Write whenever, wherever you can. Tell your story. Make the words dance. Whatever you want—a novel, a short story, an agent, a movie—it all starts with the writing.

🍻 To Quint

Guess what it’s called when you or I report inflated numbers to the government, investors, etc. and then “revise downward” by 90%

Whoa!!! How have I been coming to Pittsburgh 4+ times a year for 4 years and never knew this bookstore existed? Of course I had to pick up a few titles including this one.
@melville-society.bsky.social @mobydickatsea.bsky.social

Aww. He's darling. My new favorite Pirate.

📌 Yet no 💰💸 for REAL needs

Is anyone else , disgusted 🐥

I've bought a couple bc of bsky posts. One directly from a link posted.

Friends,

May we never forget that while negotiations,speeches,statements, addresses&the rest of the diplomacy track are happening,exhausted Ukrainian men&women in military uniform are holding back evil on the frontlines

Brilliant!

It has taken medical science 200 years to advance humans to the point where people are so healthy and living so long that they can deny that science and medicine is what got us here.

Lol. It's missing the diet coke.

Better than Mr. Wheelie, I guess.

My husband once got a colonoscopy from Dr. Dick Aycock. We both thought it was a joke when the guy introduced himself.

One minute in Kyiv.

Underground talents today.
Just a small reminder - the city lives.

We can’t arrest our way out of homelessness.

Baby Dolphin Break

And yet I read Moby Dick over and over.