Nick Melton

Horror writer and jazz pianist. Gay. Left-handed leftist who eats lefse. He/him. Feminist. Living on stolen Tuscarora land. #BlackLivesMatter

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

Today I learned that chamber pots were also known as "thunder mugs," and I now demand we start referring to all toilets as such.

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

Male Enya fans should be called “Orinoco Bros.”

[✊🏾🇵🇷Vita Ayala🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @definitelyvita]

When people complain that TV is "too woke" now, but you remember The Twilight Zone exists because Serling was so sickened by what happened to Emmett Till and the acquittal of those involved in the child's murder that he created the show to get around the censors to talk about it.

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

Idea: silent movies screened with inappropriate music, e.g., NOSFERATU accompanied entirely by Taylor Swift songs.

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

Does anyone know if someone has performed Leonard Cohen's "Last Year's Man" and Elvis Costello's "This Year's Girl" together? Seems like an obvious pairing.

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

@dgellis0907 “Tired means old. ‘You look tired’ means you look old. And ‘you look rested’ means you’ve had collagen.”

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

The House of Representatives just passed a bill that could ban TikTok.

Not raising the minimum wage.
Not lowering healthcare costs.
Not lowering housing costs.
Not lowering childcare costs.

TikTok.

[Eric @EricG1247]

Why are things expensive?

4 companies control 55% to 85% of the meat market.

4 airlines control 80% of air travel.

3 companies control 92% of the soda market.

3 companies control 73% of the cereal market.

Why don't I hear about it?

6 companies control 90% of the news.

[Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis @RevJacquiLewis]

Watching Luke Combs sing beside Tracy Chapman with such obvious reverence makes the difference between appropriation and appreciation crystal clear.

When someone engages source material in a spirit of love, it shows.

Count all the ways he centers her, not himself 👇🏾

[🪬 Caleb 🪬 @sethpuertoluna]

what were the strikes for

[Omar Sakr @omarsakrpoet]

CEASEFIRE NOW!
END THE SEIGE!
ABOLISH APARTHEID!
FREE PALESTINE

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

@CodySDax I mean, it's right there in that LOWER DECKS episode...

Riker: "Ah, Tulgana IV. You know, they have a Little Risa."
Troi: "Oh, so then should we take the little horga'hn?"
Riker: "No...let's take the one we always use."

[THE HOT BABIE HIPPO⁷ is seeing BTS 🪭 @melaninbarbie]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Free Congo 🇨🇩
Free Haiti 🇭🇹
Free Sudan 🇸🇩
Free the Kingdom of Hawai’i
Free all indigenous peoples from colonial powers.
Goodnight everyone 💗

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

The US is launching ANOTHER indefinitely long war

with no functioning legislative branch

& no clear line of succession (house speaker)

as the 80 year old president single-handedly overrides the will of 66% of Americans

& funds genocide

while Americans can’t afford groceries.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

We may be witnessing the total obliteration of Gaza.

Political leaders refusing to speak out should feel eternal shame over the horror they are allowing to unfold.

Those of us who believe in peace cannot stay silent. We must say to the Palestinian people: you are not alone.

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

New literary conspiracy theory from my partner: Bram Stoker was just a pen name for Mary Shelley. She was also Jules Verne.

[Nick Melton @nbmelton]

@PigliceReturns @Ramona_RK_ I don't know about Epstein Island, but there is this. https://t.co/Nxlt8Yubda