Melissa Hanson
@lynnjulia.bsky.social
Your average person making her way through life.
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I’m a historian. The Founding Fathers didn’t want a Christian nation, so how did we get here?
The Founding Fathers didn’t want a Christian nation, so how did we get here?
This long-standing debate over the founders’ religious intentions has gained renewed intensity with the approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4
trib.al
May 3, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I’m a historian. The Founding Fathers didn’t want a Christian nation, so how did we get here?
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Because the point is to destroy the engine that powers America - Science, Technology, Mathematics, & Engineering.
Exactly what Putin wants.
#MedSky #GreenSky 🧪
@standupforscience.net
Exactly what Putin wants.
#MedSky #GreenSky 🧪
@standupforscience.net
The party that claims to be bravely defending “Western Civilization” from its supposed imminent destruction by barbarian hordes, has empowered a guy who eats roadkill to shut down research on one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in decades.
Kennedy canceled $500 million in mRNA research and announced no new mRNA projects will ever be initiated—killing the technology that produced the fastest vaccine rollout in human history.
April 11, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Because the point is to destroy the engine that powers America - Science, Technology, Mathematics, & Engineering.
Exactly what Putin wants.
#MedSky #GreenSky 🧪
@standupforscience.net
Exactly what Putin wants.
#MedSky #GreenSky 🧪
@standupforscience.net
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In case anyone is unclear that he and his family and friends are war profiteering, he included the stock ticker — seemingly to remove any doubt
April 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
In case anyone is unclear that he and his family and friends are war profiteering, he included the stock ticker — seemingly to remove any doubt
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Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms at Arakurayama Sengen Park 🌸🗻
Honestly, one of the most stunning views in Japan.
So… will you come see it for yourself next cherry blossom season? 😉
#MountFuji
#MtFuji
#Fujisan
#Sakura
#Japan
Honestly, one of the most stunning views in Japan.
So… will you come see it for yourself next cherry blossom season? 😉
#MountFuji
#MtFuji
#Fujisan
#Sakura
#Japan
April 11, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms at Arakurayama Sengen Park 🌸🗻
Honestly, one of the most stunning views in Japan.
So… will you come see it for yourself next cherry blossom season? 😉
#MountFuji
#MtFuji
#Fujisan
#Sakura
#Japan
Honestly, one of the most stunning views in Japan.
So… will you come see it for yourself next cherry blossom season? 😉
#MountFuji
#MtFuji
#Fujisan
#Sakura
#Japan
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One person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this and refuses to act.
April 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
One person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this and refuses to act.
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Oh look, RFK Jr. found a loophole to "re-charter" ACIP after a judge literally told him no.
Overriding the courts to (re)stack ACIP with unqualified quacks, sorry I mean * vaccine skeptics*, 🙄 all while measles is raging? Incredible work 🧠🪱.
We saw this shady pivot coming from a mile away. 🤡🎪
Overriding the courts to (re)stack ACIP with unqualified quacks, sorry I mean * vaccine skeptics*, 🙄 all while measles is raging? Incredible work 🧠🪱.
We saw this shady pivot coming from a mile away. 🤡🎪
RFK Jr.’s HHS rewrites rules governing key CDC vaccine committee | CNN
US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved changes to rules that govern an expert group that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine rec...
www.cnn.com
April 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Oh look, RFK Jr. found a loophole to "re-charter" ACIP after a judge literally told him no.
Overriding the courts to (re)stack ACIP with unqualified quacks, sorry I mean * vaccine skeptics*, 🙄 all while measles is raging? Incredible work 🧠🪱.
We saw this shady pivot coming from a mile away. 🤡🎪
Overriding the courts to (re)stack ACIP with unqualified quacks, sorry I mean * vaccine skeptics*, 🙄 all while measles is raging? Incredible work 🧠🪱.
We saw this shady pivot coming from a mile away. 🤡🎪
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BREAKING: The Artemis II astronauts have safely splashed down after their historic 10-day mission around the moon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_a...
April 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
BREAKING: The Artemis II astronauts have safely splashed down after their historic 10-day mission around the moon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_a...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K_a...
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I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.
Buttigieg: "For the leader of this country to make a nakedly genocidal threat against another civilization as if the US was a death star that was going around blowing up civilizations, of course that is a new low ... the whole country is being judged just for tolerating that kind of thing at the WH"
April 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I hate when fantasy films I made a long time ago begin to come true in real life.
Please read the SAVE act, it does not account for married women whose birth certificate name does not match her present legal name. Certified birth certificate plus certified marriage license is NOT acceptable form of voter ID according to the SAVE act. Call your Senators to vote No!
Meryl Streep: The SAVE America Act will make it harder for women who have changed their names to vote
She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.
She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.
April 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Please read the SAVE act, it does not account for married women whose birth certificate name does not match her present legal name. Certified birth certificate plus certified marriage license is NOT acceptable form of voter ID according to the SAVE act. Call your Senators to vote No!
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Meryl Streep does an excellent job of explaining the SAVE America Act and why it is so important for women to act now so their vote and voice will be heard in the midterms and beyond!
#SheShed
#SheShed
Meryl Streep: The SAVE America Act will make it harder for women who have changed their names to vote
She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.
She’s right. Text SAVE to 63033 to tell your senators to vote no on the SAVE America Act.
April 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Meryl Streep does an excellent job of explaining the SAVE America Act and why it is so important for women to act now so their vote and voice will be heard in the midterms and beyond!
#SheShed
#SheShed
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Ah yes, lets ban the sale of routers not made in the U.S. before we have infrastructure to manufacturer them in the U.S. Looks like this administration wants to control the internet like China controls theirs. Not Authoritarian at all...no.
HW News is up - second one for this week just due to the flood of news the last week or so. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYaf...
HW News - US Bans Most Routers - Shortage Likely, AMD Joins Corrupt Council, CPU Price Hike
YouTube video by Gamers Nexus
www.youtube.com
April 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Ah yes, lets ban the sale of routers not made in the U.S. before we have infrastructure to manufacturer them in the U.S. Looks like this administration wants to control the internet like China controls theirs. Not Authoritarian at all...no.
The salt is real! I love that Jay, Nic, and Phil call out dumb comments. If you're going to "speak" then make sure you're right AND understand the context.
You called me out... So of course I responded!
YouTube video by JayzTwoCents
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April 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The salt is real! I love that Jay, Nic, and Phil call out dumb comments. If you're going to "speak" then make sure you're right AND understand the context.
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Republican lawmakers pretending that the SAVE Act isn’t a huge problem for married women are either lying or haven’t actually read the bill.
Mike Rounds said a marriage certificate is a valid form of ID. It is not. trib.al/8Ks1nuh
Mike Rounds said a marriage certificate is a valid form of ID. It is not. trib.al/8Ks1nuh
MAGA Senator Appears Not to Have Read the SAVE Act
Mike Rounds said a marriage certificate is a valid form of ID. It is not.
trib.al
February 22, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Republican lawmakers pretending that the SAVE Act isn’t a huge problem for married women are either lying or haven’t actually read the bill.
Mike Rounds said a marriage certificate is a valid form of ID. It is not. trib.al/8Ks1nuh
Mike Rounds said a marriage certificate is a valid form of ID. It is not. trib.al/8Ks1nuh
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So the President of the United States illegally taxed our groceries, clothes, and other basics goods for nearly a year.
Where’s our refund?
Where’s our refund?
February 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
So the President of the United States illegally taxed our groceries, clothes, and other basics goods for nearly a year.
Where’s our refund?
Where’s our refund?
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New poll says Bad Bunny represents America better than Donald Trump - after president’s Super Bowl rage
New poll says Bad Bunny represents America better than Donald Trump
About 44 percent of U.S. adults said they approved of Bad Bunny’s historic Super Bowl halftime performance
trib.al
February 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM
New poll says Bad Bunny represents America better than Donald Trump - after president’s Super Bowl rage
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I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot
Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.
www.nbcnews.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
I genuinely cannot believe the degree to which we are pissing away this generational breakthrough, even given the fuckmuppets who are involved www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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The system creates a blueprint for saving people previously considered beyond hope by transplant teams.
Custom machine kept man alive without lungs for 48 hours
Infections had turned his lungs to soup and had to be cleared before transplant.
arstechnica.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
The system creates a blueprint for saving people previously considered beyond hope by transplant teams.
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www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #ProudBlue #USDemocracy. Putting the murderers of Alex Pretti on administeration leave should have been done immediately after the execution. Now charge them with murder. There must be justice for Alex Pretti. His killers cannot remain free to kill again.
Minneapolis live updates: Two Border Patrol agents who fired their guns in Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting have been put on leave
Follow live updates on a preliminary Department of Homeland Security report sent to Congress on Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting in Minnesota that said two officers fired their guns during the struggle.
www.nbcnews.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:38 PM
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #ProudBlue #USDemocracy. Putting the murderers of Alex Pretti on administeration leave should have been done immediately after the execution. Now charge them with murder. There must be justice for Alex Pretti. His killers cannot remain free to kill again.
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Yeah, they said that at Nuremberg too.
January 28, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Yeah, they said that at Nuremberg too.
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FBI Director Kash Patel and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.
Gun rights groups slam feds' comments after Minneapolis shooting
FBI Director Kash Patel and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.
bit.ly
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
FBI Director Kash Patel and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem both said peaceful protesters do not carry firearms with them.
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This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
January 26, 2026 at 5:22 AM
This can’t be repeated enough. Not only won’t they investigate, they may never even tell us who did this.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.
Think about the message that sends to the next ones. Nobody is safe.