Melissa
@mercuralis.bsky.social
(She/Her) Artist. Actress. Director. Designer. Writer. Smart Ass. Professional Nobody. 🧷
“A poem should be equal to:
not true.
For all the history of grief
an empty doorway and a maple leaf.
For love
the leaning grasses and two lights above the sea.
A poem should not mean
But be.”
not true.
For all the history of grief
an empty doorway and a maple leaf.
For love
the leaning grasses and two lights above the sea.
A poem should not mean
But be.”
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“A poem should be equal to:
not true.
For all the history of grief
an empty doorway and a maple leaf.
For love
the leaning grasses and two lights above the sea.
A poem should not mean
But be.”
not true.
For all the history of grief
an empty doorway and a maple leaf.
For love
the leaning grasses and two lights above the sea.
A poem should not mean
But be.”
You know, as someone who collects fairy tale retellings — especially B&tB — I cannot believe it took me until today to realize @tkingfisher.com had written one, too. Bryony and Roses is easily in my current top three B&tB retellings, now.
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 AM
You know, as someone who collects fairy tale retellings — especially B&tB — I cannot believe it took me until today to realize @tkingfisher.com had written one, too. Bryony and Roses is easily in my current top three B&tB retellings, now.
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I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
December 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I don’t want to vote for a Democrat who promises to get Trump’s voters to vote for them. I want a Democrat who wants to put Trump in prison
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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This. 😄
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This. 😄
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Jonathan Harker, my oblivious himbo son
a man who should never have been allowed to travel further than the end of his block
a man who should never have been allowed to travel further than the end of his block
I am reading DRACULA, I have never read it before
It starts with an English man complaining that a paprika-based dish, a national dish of EASTERN EUROPE, was TOO SPICY
This is going to be hilarious, isn't it
It starts with an English man complaining that a paprika-based dish, a national dish of EASTERN EUROPE, was TOO SPICY
This is going to be hilarious, isn't it
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Jonathan Harker, my oblivious himbo son
a man who should never have been allowed to travel further than the end of his block
a man who should never have been allowed to travel further than the end of his block
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death never cares
how hard you love
so love harder
how hard you love
so love harder
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
death never cares
how hard you love
so love harder
how hard you love
so love harder
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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Away with the dotard, to the jail with him!
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Away with the dotard, to the jail with him!
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
Sick of condescending men who talk down at me.
I have very little bandwidth right now, and you want me to waste what I do have on bullshit? No thanks.
I have very little bandwidth right now, and you want me to waste what I do have on bullshit? No thanks.
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Sick of condescending men who talk down at me.
I have very little bandwidth right now, and you want me to waste what I do have on bullshit? No thanks.
I have very little bandwidth right now, and you want me to waste what I do have on bullshit? No thanks.
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lmfao keep sharing this stuff. such a balm.
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
lmfao keep sharing this stuff. such a balm.
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i did the dismal math on this recently and i haven’t gone more than a year without losing a loved one since i was a teenager. most years it’s more like every ~6 months. tell people you love them, man. tell it to them all the time even if it feels embarrassing
September 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
i did the dismal math on this recently and i haven’t gone more than a year without losing a loved one since i was a teenager. most years it’s more like every ~6 months. tell people you love them, man. tell it to them all the time even if it feels embarrassing
No one prepares you for the ways grief sneaks up on you and ambushes you. How you’ll be fine one moment and then sobbing into your dog’s neck and apologizing to her because she’ll never see her other person again.
It’s been 23 days and every minute he gets farther away. I just want to pause time.
It’s been 23 days and every minute he gets farther away. I just want to pause time.
September 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
No one prepares you for the ways grief sneaks up on you and ambushes you. How you’ll be fine one moment and then sobbing into your dog’s neck and apologizing to her because she’ll never see her other person again.
It’s been 23 days and every minute he gets farther away. I just want to pause time.
It’s been 23 days and every minute he gets farther away. I just want to pause time.
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"I watched Snow White when I was a kid and I ain't give a b*tch a poison apple yet" is my favourite line
August 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"I watched Snow White when I was a kid and I ain't give a b*tch a poison apple yet" is my favourite line
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Children will look to you for which way to turn, to learn what to be.
August 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Children will look to you for which way to turn, to learn what to be.
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Can it be? An article with good precautionary recommendations in this foul year of our authoritarian overlord? Oh, my giddy heart! 😷 #MaskUp #CleanTheAir
www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
We're Heading Toward A COVID Surge — Here's When It's Predicted To Peak
It's hard to predict COVID infections, but rates are high and growing throughout the country. Here’s what you should do to keep you and your loved ones safe.
www.huffpost.com
August 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Can it be? An article with good precautionary recommendations in this foul year of our authoritarian overlord? Oh, my giddy heart! 😷 #MaskUp #CleanTheAir
www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/covid-...
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"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create
January 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"Things might be tough but it's great for artists! They'll create more!" You might not believe me but going through a lifetime's worth of stress Every Single Week for years and years- is actually not the optimal set of circumstances that inspires artists to create
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This is how I flirt
August 9, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is how I flirt
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Eliminating voting rights is the singular, guiding focus of John Roberts’ entire career. A goal he has pursued with obsessive fervor since long before he joined the court.
All of which is to say: fck John Roberts, that democracy-r@ping ignorant assface villain.
All of which is to say: fck John Roberts, that democracy-r@ping ignorant assface villain.
Everyone in DC knows that if you want to hide something, announce it on a Friday in August. Better yet, make it nearly impossible to track down.
That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.
That's exactly what SCOTUS did last week. But the news is too staggering to hide for long: SCOTUS has decided it's time to destroy the Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know it
And they don't want you to notice.
www.motherjones.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Eliminating voting rights is the singular, guiding focus of John Roberts’ entire career. A goal he has pursued with obsessive fervor since long before he joined the court.
All of which is to say: fck John Roberts, that democracy-r@ping ignorant assface villain.
All of which is to say: fck John Roberts, that democracy-r@ping ignorant assface villain.
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It's so crazy we live in a world where female athletes are striking for better wages and dodging sex toys being thrown at them, while trans athletes are being accused of evil scheming so they can play women's sports, which pays well and is highly dignified. It's almost like someone's full of shit
August 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's so crazy we live in a world where female athletes are striking for better wages and dodging sex toys being thrown at them, while trans athletes are being accused of evil scheming so they can play women's sports, which pays well and is highly dignified. It's almost like someone's full of shit
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"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.
August 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"We're all throwing dildos at women athletes to promote our memecoin" really puts a fine point on not just how sexist, mean and stupid so much of right now is, but also the grim degree to which we're just inundated with Stuff a 15-Year-Old Dipshit Would Think is Cool. A confederacy of Beavises.
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I talk to friends, and think about you.
August 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I talk to friends, and think about you.
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Climbing mountains can be slow, darling. Take it easy as you climb. I'd say you're a winner, also a beginner, one step at a time.
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Climbing mountains can be slow, darling. Take it easy as you climb. I'd say you're a winner, also a beginner, one step at a time.
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“keep politics out of kids movies”
disney in 1973:
disney in 1973:
July 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
“keep politics out of kids movies”
disney in 1973:
disney in 1973: