Arden Mercury (Retrograde)
@misc-mercury.bsky.social
Maker, troublemaker, larper, sword gay, and cat pawrent to Chili. They/them.
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If you are in Jersey City and haven't had Know Your Rights or Rapid Response training, theres another one scheduled Dec 21. I will bring Wonder Bagels.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
If you are in Jersey City and haven't had Know Your Rights or Rapid Response training, theres another one scheduled Dec 21. I will bring Wonder Bagels.
Spot. Fucking. ON.
Unlearning this is vital to having or accepting ANY kind of accountability.
Unlearning this is vital to having or accepting ANY kind of accountability.
It never fails to break my brain how Americans act like a person, a nation, a culture must be only and immutably villain or victim. 🧵
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Spot. Fucking. ON.
Unlearning this is vital to having or accepting ANY kind of accountability.
Unlearning this is vital to having or accepting ANY kind of accountability.
I am too full of love to be this inconvenienced. (i.e. I should not have scheduled a dental cleaning and a car diagnostic on the same work day, right after helping a friend move, what the fuck was I thinking?)
December 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I am too full of love to be this inconvenienced. (i.e. I should not have scheduled a dental cleaning and a car diagnostic on the same work day, right after helping a friend move, what the fuck was I thinking?)
This is confirmation of what I keep saying (& arguing with scared centrist Dems about): progressives CAN AND DO win when they appeal to voters who would normally stay home instead of chasing the center. This is the blueprint.
The next challenge: deliver for them. Build trust. Do it again.
The next challenge: deliver for them. Build trust. Do it again.
Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate.
I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is confirmation of what I keep saying (& arguing with scared centrist Dems about): progressives CAN AND DO win when they appeal to voters who would normally stay home instead of chasing the center. This is the blueprint.
The next challenge: deliver for them. Build trust. Do it again.
The next challenge: deliver for them. Build trust. Do it again.
THE FLOP ERA IS OVER.
THE 7-2 ERA IS OVER.
Two DSA members on the city council and no more Boggiano falling asleep in meetings.
Still going to give 'em hell and make sure they live up to the promises they've made, but things look a little bit brighter.
THE 7-2 ERA IS OVER.
Two DSA members on the city council and no more Boggiano falling asleep in meetings.
Still going to give 'em hell and make sure they live up to the promises they've made, but things look a little bit brighter.
Councilman James Solomon defeats ex-Gov Jim McGreevey in Jersey City mayor’s race newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/jerse...
Councilman James Solomon defeats ex-Gov Jim McGreevey in Jersey City mayor's race • New Jersey Monitor
Councilman James Solomon will become Jersey City's new mayor in January, succeeding three-term incumbent Steve Fulop.
newjerseymonitor.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
THE FLOP ERA IS OVER.
THE 7-2 ERA IS OVER.
Two DSA members on the city council and no more Boggiano falling asleep in meetings.
Still going to give 'em hell and make sure they live up to the promises they've made, but things look a little bit brighter.
THE 7-2 ERA IS OVER.
Two DSA members on the city council and no more Boggiano falling asleep in meetings.
Still going to give 'em hell and make sure they live up to the promises they've made, but things look a little bit brighter.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
Waiting on some news about a car repair and making chimichurri cubes. This is how much parsley I started with.
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Waiting on some news about a car repair and making chimichurri cubes. This is how much parsley I started with.
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Voted! And then promptly had to pick up the cat to keep her from running down the stairs, and remove my sticker from her fur.
I have a feeling big change is coming to City Hall, but some things never change.
I have a feeling big change is coming to City Hall, but some things never change.
December 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Voted! And then promptly had to pick up the cat to keep her from running down the stairs, and remove my sticker from her fur.
I have a feeling big change is coming to City Hall, but some things never change.
I have a feeling big change is coming to City Hall, but some things never change.
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be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
be the bitch doing something yourself that you want to see in the world
Passing "circle one: yes / no / maybe" notes, only instead of "do you like me?" the question is "is limerence a one-person cult that you build for yourself?"
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Passing "circle one: yes / no / maybe" notes, only instead of "do you like me?" the question is "is limerence a one-person cult that you build for yourself?"
After the last few years of legendary war criminals dying comfortably in their 80s-90s having faced zero consequences, I'm not confident that repercussions will come for the current set. And I know federal and international law will not save us.
But damned if I don't want to see #hagueseth trending.
But damned if I don't want to see #hagueseth trending.
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
After the last few years of legendary war criminals dying comfortably in their 80s-90s having faced zero consequences, I'm not confident that repercussions will come for the current set. And I know federal and international law will not save us.
But damned if I don't want to see #hagueseth trending.
But damned if I don't want to see #hagueseth trending.
We can't have nice things.
Nuke poetry zine when?
Nuke poetry zine when?
this is quite the detail
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We can't have nice things.
Nuke poetry zine when?
Nuke poetry zine when?
This is why trans people are afraid to seek medical care for even non-gender-related conditions: you never know when a healthcare provider you trust might pull something like this.
When we say "the trans agenda is an average life expectancy" we also mean fighting medical discrimination.
When we say "the trans agenda is an average life expectancy" we also mean fighting medical discrimination.
1 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- 45 y/o Jennifer Capasso, who has w/ Stage 4 metastatic rectal cancer, files suit against NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering: staff repeatedly used male pronouns, changed her records to "Male" w/o consent, & she taped them during surgery mocking her trans status.
Transgender Patient Sues Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center for Years of Discriminatory Treatment — Wardenski P.C. | Civil Rights Law
Wardenski P.C. and Correia & Puth, PLLC have filed a civil rights lawsuit in New York state court against Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) in New York City on behalf of Jennifer Capass...
www.wardenskilaw.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is why trans people are afraid to seek medical care for even non-gender-related conditions: you never know when a healthcare provider you trust might pull something like this.
When we say "the trans agenda is an average life expectancy" we also mean fighting medical discrimination.
When we say "the trans agenda is an average life expectancy" we also mean fighting medical discrimination.
Okay, I'm putting a pin in this one because it is 900% a larp meme.
if elon musk had a butler he wouldn't be spending all day online posting about trying to get grok to make a girlfriend for him, he'd be laying on the ground with jarvis spooning him, cradling his head gently
November 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Okay, I'm putting a pin in this one because it is 900% a larp meme.
Small Business Saturday drop? Listed. Floors? Clean. Closet hardware installation? Finished. Allergy attack & sinus headache? Still in progress.
The closet re-do isn't particularly interesting, just more stable (new brackets and endcaps). However, I cannot say the same for myself.
The closet re-do isn't particularly interesting, just more stable (new brackets and endcaps). However, I cannot say the same for myself.
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Small Business Saturday drop? Listed. Floors? Clean. Closet hardware installation? Finished. Allergy attack & sinus headache? Still in progress.
The closet re-do isn't particularly interesting, just more stable (new brackets and endcaps). However, I cannot say the same for myself.
The closet re-do isn't particularly interesting, just more stable (new brackets and endcaps). However, I cannot say the same for myself.
Sounds like a total pain.
I bet he feels like crepe.
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Sounds like a total pain.
Okay, I'm giving Etsy and the seasonal grind one more try. If this doesn't work, I'm going to focus more on in-person vending, because this digital treadmill is not why I got into jewelry.
Find all this and more at Miscmercury.etsy.com and use code SHOPSMALL at checkout for 10% off.
Find all this and more at Miscmercury.etsy.com and use code SHOPSMALL at checkout for 10% off.
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Okay, I'm giving Etsy and the seasonal grind one more try. If this doesn't work, I'm going to focus more on in-person vending, because this digital treadmill is not why I got into jewelry.
Find all this and more at Miscmercury.etsy.com and use code SHOPSMALL at checkout for 10% off.
Find all this and more at Miscmercury.etsy.com and use code SHOPSMALL at checkout for 10% off.
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GLOBAL: Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday uniglobalunion.org/news/make-am...
Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday
From November 28 to December 1, 2025, Amazon workers, unions and allies across six continents will join forces under the banner #Make Amazon Pay to strike and protest
uniglobalunion.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
GLOBAL: Thousands of Amazon workers and allies to strike and protest in dozens of countries on Black Friday uniglobalunion.org/news/make-am...
Got all my outside errands done before 1 PM and promptly stepped in dog shit unloading the car. So now I guess I can add "power washed dog shit off my Sambas with the garden hose" to the list of things I accomplished today. 🫠
November 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Got all my outside errands done before 1 PM and promptly stepped in dog shit unloading the car. So now I guess I can add "power washed dog shit off my Sambas with the garden hose" to the list of things I accomplished today. 🫠
So overwhelmed by my fabric stash that I'm considering making my own boxer shorts.
But then again, why SHOULDN'T I have custom underthings in cute prints?
But then again, why SHOULDN'T I have custom underthings in cute prints?
November 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
So overwhelmed by my fabric stash that I'm considering making my own boxer shorts.
But then again, why SHOULDN'T I have custom underthings in cute prints?
But then again, why SHOULDN'T I have custom underthings in cute prints?
Just @ my cat while you're at it, damn.
I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Just @ my cat while you're at it, damn.
The "pie" can also be a verb if you're sufficiently determined, and within range of Anita Bryant.
Did not realize the "Punch" in "Punch and pie" was a verb
November 26, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The "pie" can also be a verb if you're sufficiently determined, and within range of Anita Bryant.
It's so fucking bleak when you start feeling mildly guilty for your privilege, and that privilege is the ability to handle an expected furlough from work and an unexpected car repair without having to set up a crowdfund.
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's so fucking bleak when you start feeling mildly guilty for your privilege, and that privilege is the ability to handle an expected furlough from work and an unexpected car repair without having to set up a crowdfund.
If you are old enough to get this joke, how are your lower back and knees?
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If you are old enough to get this joke, how are your lower back and knees?