Mellie

I should have gotten meatballs. (she/her)

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@tasbeeeeeeh yes! i’ve noted this too (as a long term car-free person in the la metro area), using la public transit has become very cool-girl coded which i love! great issue!

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@jowrotethis highly recommend listening to the audiodrama “Cold Tapes” during convalescence! thinking of you ❤️❤️

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@metrolaalerts Hi! Is this going to be all night or only temporary? Thanks!

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@roxana_hadadi Awww I hope you can snag another deal, good luck!! 🤞

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@roxana_hadadi I can recommend the Steffi Tee by Flore Flore! Boat neck & 3/4 sleeves, very nice cotton knit & fit. A bit pricy but it’s on sale on various retail sites :)

[naturgeschichtliche @la_leere]

impossible to say or think anything beyond "how can we stop this?"

[Mosab Abu Toha @MosabAbuToha]

A letter to President Joe Biden from Poet Mosab Abu Toha

Mr. President of the United States, Merry Christmas to you and your family and loved ones.
Unlike previous years, this is the first time I’m not sending of receiving Christmas greetings and wishes.
I’m writing to you from Cairo, where I’m staying with my wife and three kids, the youngest of which, three years old, helped us get out of Gaza. Whereas everyone in the world is visiting their families and friends and exchanging kisses and hugs, I’m unable to contact my parents and siblings and their children, the youngest of whom is four months old. I cannot be sure whether my mother and father have food to eat and water to drink, whether they are breathing.
I was born 31 years ago in a refugee camp, just a few kilometers from where Jesus was born. People in the world are commemorating the birth of Jesus, while we are mourning the death of our families. Every day Israeli tanks retreat from certain areas, Gazans discover corpses, mostly of children decaying, in the streets and under the rubble of houses.
We have been asked repeatedly to evacuate our houses in the north and head to the south. Yesterday Israel bombed a neighborhood in Maghazi, in south Gaza, killing at least 88 people, mostly children.
My colleague Ismael and his parents, children and siblings evacuated their house in north Gaza and stayed in Nuseirat camp. Three weeks ago, only his wife and two of his sisters survived.
Children constitute around half of Gaza’s population. After each air strike and artillery shelling, children, along with their parents and siblings, lose their lives. They are buried under the rubble of their bedroom, which used to be their playrooms.
I’m trying to imagine the future of these children, who have witnessed at least four wars in the past nine years. Those children who were pulled amputated from under the rubble or lost members of their families. What will become of them? I’m sure that not even the smartest psychologist or psychiatrist can fathom a right answer.

I’m not asking you in this letter to impose a two-state solution, nor am I asking for the bringing back of the lives of children and their families.
I’m asking you as a power to impose a ceasefire as soon as you read my letter.
After the ceasefire, drones can stay in the sky. We don’t mind anyone watching us retrieve the bodies of our loved ones. We don’t mind the whole world watching us rebuild our houses and schools and plant our gardens.
May next Christmas come while Palestinians have their own airport and seaport, because it has been my dream, not only to see Gaza from a plane window and from a distant ship, but to also take my family and friends to Times Square on Christmas Day, to have lunch in Washington DC, and later to show them the elegant campus of Syracuse University, where we both studied. I also would love to welcome my international friends to Gaza, to take them to the strawberry farms in Beit Lahia, and to watch the sunset on the beach.
For peace and for children and for humanity, let there be a ceasefire.

Yours Faithfully,
Mosab Abu Toha

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@SaeedDiCaprio @ivehaditpodcast

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@roxana_hadadi @vulture What a great interview!!

[Mellie @melloshmello]

Not a single study/number cited that points to a correlation between remote work and reduced productivity. Just assumptions by CEOs and managers. What else to expect from the reliably abysmal @nytimes opinion section

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

"The attitude of many Americans toward work appears to have changed during the long pandemic," Steven Rattner writes in a guest essay. "This new approach threatens to do long-lasting damage to economic growth and prosperity." https://t.co/WxHF6zbvFs

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@angelicabastien Happy happy birthday! 💫

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@ToastTab @Big_Keez Yes I would like to know the same!

[Chris Brooks @chactivist]

A panel of experts in Finland produced a summary of >4,000 international studies. The results are shocking: 1 in 2 adults and around 2% of children may experience prolonged symptoms. 20% of COVID survivors are experiencing long-term cognitive impairment
https://t.co/D86qJ0aA1N

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@RottenInDenmark I’m currently in Berlin (German normally living in the US) and I have THOUGHTS on this topic! Big fan of You’re Wrong About 💖

[Jen Brick Murtazashvili @jmurtazashvili]

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[Bushra Ebadi @Bushra_Ebadi]

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[Mellie @melloshmello]

@hbomax I‘m trying to watch Starstruck (great!) but the stream keeps freeeeeezing ugh!!! Please fix this app!!! Adore the content, abhor the UX 😖

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@TulipFolly 😭 literally had the same reaction when Kavanaugh said that the NCAA is using antitrust laws to exploit student athletes

[Mellie @melloshmello]

@reavmhrs Pelican Brief, Long Kiss Goodbye, My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Wedding Singer, Ever After, Never Been Kissed, Now and Then, To Die For, Practical Magic, The Piano, Raise the Red Lantern, Gosford Park (obwohl 2001)