I will be offline for the foreseeable due to the 3rd bereavement in my family in 8 months. I can't support others if I'm unwell, and my spoons are totally depleted from grief and homesickness. Y'all take care, and please hug your people. 🩷
Mel | Comms Specialist (offline)
@melleesmith.com
(she/her) 🇺🇸 in 🇮🇪 Writer, lover & survivor first and foremost PR Officer @ Top of the City Garden Comms Officer @ Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign SE Co-founder / jr web dev @gazasupporthub.com Creative writing @melliferamuses.com
🧵 I haven't officially shared this yet - but in May, I was elected Comms Officer to the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Committee, South East Branch (national org @ipsc.bsky.social) I'm building the branch's website, leading tech divestment, and co-leading social comms. Stuff I've worked on, w/ alt:
My sweet boy Elias in Gaza is going blind! Amidst this utter hell,Iam begging on my knees—please,merciful souls, save his eyes before darkness steals him forever!We are desperate,time is running out! Don't let my child lose his sight! Save Elias😔 Verified by:molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/1624...
Has anyone seen our #StopTheGame ball? Last spotted flying around the crowd at The Mary Wallopers...! Come see us and maybe the ball at our IPSC stall on The Road to Nowhere at All Together Now 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine
Please help if you can 🙏
Ommer Draven🚛$0/100 ⚒️🏳⚧♿@ommerdraven.unitedsyncretic.org · 5d agoWe finally had a little motion on donations yesterday but still have a long way to go to catch up! Anything you can spare helps us finally get out of this tent and on the road to our friends apartment! Thank you!!! 💸 bit.ly/WDCshApp ☕ ko-fi.com/ommerdraven 🙏⚒️💕💸🏳⚧♿💜
Greta fuckin' Thunberg did a speech at All Together Now in Portlaw and the first I'm hearing about it was the IG post after the fact?! Would you not have that shit plastered everywhere? Y'all suck at advertising, wth lol. You should hire me to help with that 💅🏻
does [anyone except a republican] have a chance in South Carolina? y’all asking the WRONG question
Can smell the smoke from Waterford City as well
Mel | Comms Specialist (offline)@melleesmith.com · 6d ago'Waterford Fire Service is currently at the scene of another fire in the Comeragh Mountains. [The] Council issued a statement this afternoon advising the public to avoid the Coumshingaun Loop Walk.' www.waterford-news.ie/news/waterfo...
'Waterford Fire Service is currently at the scene of another fire in the Comeragh Mountains. [The] Council issued a statement this afternoon advising the public to avoid the Coumshingaun Loop Walk.' www.waterford-news.ie/news/waterfo...
Waterford crews tackle fire in the Comeragh Mountains - News - Waterford News & Star
Waterford City and County Council issued a statement this afternoon advising the public to avoid the Coumshingaun Loop Walk
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My soul is breaking! Gaza is stealing my son Elias's eyes. Darkness is swallowing his gentle vision, and time has run out. Without immediate surgery, he will be blind forever. I am begging on my knees—save my boy's sight before night claims him! Verified : molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/1624...
Why is it that when I try to get out and treat myself to just 1 day of calm and stress relief, I get a call that another family member is dying? Fuck. Sake. This whole ass year can get in the bin.
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Tyler The Creator: So That Was A Fucking Lie
ALT: Tyler The Creator: So That Was A Fucking Lie
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Mel | Comms Specialist (offline)@melleesmith.com · last wk.this last week was truly one of the roughest i've had since *gestures at this year* turns out grief, loss, betrayal, and lack of support for a severe mental illness can be cumulative and knock you for six when they're compounded and prolonged hoping for a calmer week that's less lonely / isolating
grief isn't something you defeat or emerge from— you just gotta swim. #Haiku #Poetry #Poem #PoetryDaily #MelliferaMuses #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
feel slightly slanted, like a dancing house on an amsterdam canal #Haiku #Poetry #Poem #PoetryDaily #MelliferaMuses #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
I refuse to attach my reputation to work I'm not personally responsible for. If I have a responsibility for a task, I feel a moral obligation to do it to the best of my ability and to know that body of work inside out. If there are queries later, I need to be an authority in that topic.
honestly i'm just real tired of bad things happening to good people
"Pay workers enough to say Yes. Don't withhold UBI to prevent No."
Scott Santens@scottsantens.com · last wk.The kind of socialist that gives socialists a bad name are those who oppose UBI and say stuff like "In socialist society, we fully expect that people will continue to need to be incentivised to do work…" Yeah that's what wages are for. Pay workers enough to say Yes. Don't withhold UBI to prevent No.
The loss of freedom to return home is its own category of grief. One I've keenly felt. I watched my dad die on a fucking video chat 5 months ago because my advocacy work puts me at this exact same risk of having my devices seized & searched, and myself being charged. techcrunch.com/2026/07/24/u...
US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border search | TechCrunch
A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constit...
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Why are we clutching our pearls at 47 “threatening American citizens”? Y’all living under a rock? Who’s considered a “citizen” to them has everything to do with loyalty to the regime. Constitution be damned, because that’s how regimes work.
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The EU and other countries continue targeting my bank accounts. Without your support, my work wouldn't be possible. You can support me here, where I'm still able to receive funds. buymeacoffee.com/josepgodedf www.patreon.com/josepgoded www.paypal.com/paypalme/Jos...
Absolutely outrageous from our government, the reasons for refusal are a disgrace and the appeals process is impossible. Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students www.rte.ie/news/educati...
Concern over study visa refusal rate for Gazan students
Concern is growing in Irish universities over a high rate of refusal of study visas to students in Gaza who are due to take up college scholarships in Ireland this September.
rte.ie
My soul is shattered and utterly hopeless! Gaza is stealing my son Elias's eyes. Darkness is swallowing his vision, and time has run out. I am on my knees begging—save my boy's sight before eternal darkness claims him forever! Verified by : molly shah✅ chuffed.org/project/1624...
"Military missiles fired in the Middle East, Right above the kids who didn't have a thing to eat. White man with a suit and tie is in his Uber ride, Listening to news who tells him who should live and die." Always a good day to share Hyphen www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujDe...
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this last week was truly one of the roughest i've had since *gestures at this year* turns out grief, loss, betrayal, and lack of support for a severe mental illness can be cumulative and knock you for six when they're compounded and prolonged hoping for a calmer week that's less lonely / isolating
Multiple concurrent incidents in one county is where resource coordination gets hard fast. The airlift on the Comeraghs while a coast guard search is running on the Suir is not a comfortable place for a duty controller.
Yeah this "pervert glasses in the classroom" thing is bothering me enough that I emailed both my departments asking if we can get practical guidance from the chancellor & IT. What I'm really, increasingly wanting is a Wi-Fi kill switch for each classroom, but i don't know that that's in the offing.
Syreeta McFadden @reetamac.bsky.social · 2w agoThe other thing I think about all the time is how some of us will have to negotiate how we deal with these apps and those glasses in the classroom in the coming academic year.
Hamza's wife is in critical condition, and he'd really appreciate more shares and donations. He's very scared for her and their unborn child, and they're not getting the help they need. Help them survive Israel's genocide by sharing & donating:
Help Hamza survive
I am Hamza, I am raising funds for my baby and my wife, Aziza. My wife's condition is worsening. I've had a miscarriage before and I don't want it to happen again. Your help brings us hope. Save my li...
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Insatiable Antifa Slut@insatiableone.bsky.social · 2w agoHamza: "Hamza 🫶🥺🫂❤️ Today my wife entered her sixth month of pregnancy and her condition is deteriorating. Please don't leave us alone. Snakes are attacking us inside the tents. Please save my wife and our unborn child. My wife needs treatment that costs $250". ☑️Molly Shah tinyurl.com/Help4Hamza.
