Melanie Richards

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Group Product Manager, Design @Webflow. My mission is to help people make inspiring, impactful, and inclusive things on the web.
Posts about: web tech, accessibility, product management, books, art, and fountain pens
PronounsShe/her
LocationSeattle, WA
Websitehttps://melanie-richards.com
Melanie RichardsFeb 5
Sasha AkhaviFeb 5
Wrote my rep: “As David French writes in The NY Times today, the MAGA establishment is threatening the use of ICE to disenfranchise Americans in the coming midterms. To head this possibility off, we must pass the Bevins bill making federal officials accountable in civil court if they infringe citizens’ civil rights. In order to pass that bill, we must require it as a precondition of any funding for DHS and ICE, immediately.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/opinion/trump-nationalize-elections-midterms.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J1A.G0AQ.Ju10hUcH8WwK&smid=nytcore-ios-share
Opinion | A Law That Might Just Save the Midterms

President Trump has made it clear that he is set to accept only one outcome of the midterms: MAGA wins.

The New York Times
Melanie RichardsFeb 5
Ok, last blog post for this week. I’ve been a blog post machine because I may or may not be distracting myself from the fact that the baby starts daycare next week 😭 https://melanie-richards.com/blog/learning-log-2601/
Learning Log, Jan 2026

Defund, dissolve, abolish, melt the ICE

Melanie Richards
Melanie RichardsFeb 4
*DJ. Khaled voice* Another one! All my active hobby projects wrapped around the same time, heh #sewing #quilting https://making.melanie-richards.com/nursery-mug-rug/
Nursery Mug Rug

A quick project for my daughter’s nightstand

Melanie Richards’ fiber crafts and sketchbook fun
Melanie RichardsFeb 3
Another project I finished in January: my first capital-Q Quilt! #sewing #quilting https://making.melanie-richards.com/granny-core-baby-quilt/
Nursery Mug Rug

A quick project for my daughter’s nightstand

Melanie Richards’ fiber crafts and sketchbook fun
Melanie RichardsFeb 3
May I offer you a birb or five in these trying times? #BirbFest2026 #sketchbook 🐤 https://making.melanie-richards.com/birb-fest-2026/
Nursery Mug Rug

A quick project for my daughter’s nightstand

Melanie Richards’ fiber crafts and sketchbook fun
Melanie RichardsJan 23

So happy to see that Sinners has set a new record for Oscar nominations: 16, previous was 14. Hope Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, and team take home a bunch of awards!!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2026/01/22/oscar-nominations-sinners-hits-all-time-record-of-16-one-battle-follows-with-13/

Oscar Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Hits All-Time Record Of 16, ‘One Battle’ Follows With 13

Other top Academy Award nominees are “One Battle After Another,” “Frankenstein” and “Marty Supreme.”

Forbes
Melanie RichardsJan 21

#uspol: if you want to see ICE defunded and disbanded, call your Rep today. The House is expected to vote on a DHS appropriations bill tomorrow (Thursday).

Just called despite my millennial fear of the phone, and my 4-month-old helped voice her dissent as well 😂 https://5calls.org/issue/dhs-budget-ice-defund/

Defund ICE (UPDATED 1/22) - SENATE VOTE THIS WEEK ⭑ 5 Calls

Updates January 22, 2026: By a 220-207 vote, the House has passed H.R. 7147, the standalone DHS appropriations bill. Republican Rep. Massie (KY) voted …

5 Calls
Melanie RichardsJan 21
✍️ New blog post: a buffet of creative goals for 2026. Making things helps me stay balanced in These Trying Times https://making.melanie-richards.com/2026-making-goals/
Nursery Mug Rug

A quick project for my daughter’s nightstand

Melanie Richards’ fiber crafts and sketchbook fun
Melanie RichardsJan 16
Erin KissaneJan 16

At Unbreaking.org, we added dozens of events across four timelines this week and did a short briefing on Immigration events in the US along with smaller updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research teams:

https://unbreaking.org/blog/this-week-at-unbreaking-jan-16/

#uspol

This week at Unbreaking, January 16 — Unbreaking

This week, we have a briefing on Immigration and quick updates from our Data Security, Federal Workforce, and Medical Research Funding teams.

Melanie RichardsJan 9

Decided to do the #BirbFest2026 shortlist! Here’s last Thursday’s birb, the Bronzewing Pigeon; a pretty pidge

#BirbFest #sketchbook