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Melissa McLeod

@melmac.bsky.social

Teacher, researcher, writer on Victorian literature, culture, and politics; hot takes my own

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Bookmarking like mad rn

07.02.2026 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great book

07.02.2026 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œApplications are invited from well-qualified candidates with expertise in literature in English of the long eighteenth century (1660–1830).”

05.02.2026 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pleased to say that both of my senators are ready to fight

27.01.2026 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t disagree. I was just there visiting family and there’s so much going on that you don’t know unless you’re there. Having said that the NYT The Daily has a great piece on the resistance there

23.01.2026 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re ready for the ice storm in Georgia y’all

23.01.2026 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Moriarty, Ellison ask for public’s help sharing evidence in ICE shooting Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Attorney General Keith Ellison are asking for the public to share evidence in the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and Attorney General Keith Ellison are asking for the public to share evidence in the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good.

Written by Katrina Pross

09.01.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

β€œWe had whistles. They had guns.”

09.01.2026 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I love this so much

09.01.2026 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

😍Taylor + Travis = Traylor😍
Someone’s already does this, right?

09.01.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to read it!

06.01.2026 12:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interesting job opening πŸ‘‡

03.01.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welp, we’re not talking about the Epstein files now, are we?

03.01.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Btw: highly recommend sitting / standing desk. I have an electric one from Vari and it’s changed my working life πŸ’―

01.01.2026 22:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am and you’re sweet. That incident was from about a month ago. Happy new year to you!

01.01.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok. This is 60. Injured neck turning over in bed. Nursed it for 2weeks. Barely recovered then injured it again flushing the toilet.

01.01.2026 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s gonna be a big 🐢

31.12.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thought it was just me

28.12.2025 21:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

How many of you academics go to your campus office during winter break?

27.12.2025 21:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a tuxedo with the words that 's right on the bottom ALT: a man in a tuxedo with the words that 's right on the bottom

Godfather is not a Christmas movie. I said what I said

25.12.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œStay calm” RightπŸ‘€

23.12.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2 hours and 40 minutes, sir

23.12.2025 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m always afraid I won’t be able to get into the building

22.12.2025 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Instituto de Filosofia - UP

Funded postdoctoral positions (FCT) at the Institute of Philosophy, University of Porto – Call for expressions of interest:
ifilosofia.up.pt/news/funded-...

16.12.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Amazed and gratified by the number of students who say they love Ali Smith’s Companion Piece.

12.12.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War
Against Woke
Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface "wasteful," casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts.

β€’ = 64 Relations Wit At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the Biden-era move to the sans serif typeface "wasteful," casting the return to Times New Roman as part of a push to stamp out diversity efforts.

How are y’all not wading in here?

11.12.2025 22:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Submitting grades EARLY. Please clap

11.12.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Placing periods outside quotation marks

02.12.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Great topic. Looking forward to reading it!

30.11.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tomorrow's the deadline for proposals for this virtual mini-workshop for grad students with the Post45 Data Collective. Pitch a 10-15 minute presentation with data from the collective. Get feedback from a lot of excellent people.

30.11.2025 19:48 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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