MissMeliss
@melysse.bsky.social
Writer. Podcaster. Book reviewer. Word-ninja. Bathtub mermaid. Kayak junkie. Blue dot in Florida. #feminist. The #beach is my happy place. #startrek is my favorite universe. #Coffee is my higher power.
Three weeks picking a costume for one night?
Under the water, we call that Tuesday.
#CostumeCrisis #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #HalloweenHumor #OceanObservations
Under the water, we call that Tuesday.
#CostumeCrisis #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #HalloweenHumor #OceanObservations
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Three weeks picking a costume for one night?
Under the water, we call that Tuesday.
#CostumeCrisis #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #HalloweenHumor #OceanObservations
Under the water, we call that Tuesday.
#CostumeCrisis #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #HalloweenHumor #OceanObservations
Reposted by MissMeliss
Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
Reposted by MissMeliss
Even in the movies, scenes of the White House getting blown up by invading aliens or terrorists feel emotionally unsettling.
It’s the People’s House after all.
So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.
It’s the People’s House after all.
So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Even in the movies, scenes of the White House getting blown up by invading aliens or terrorists feel emotionally unsettling.
It’s the People’s House after all.
So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.
It’s the People’s House after all.
So imagine having to witness its destruction in real life…and the culprit is the President.
Reposted by MissMeliss
Ooh, I'm so verklempt. The holodeck! It's an energy-to-matter converter, using force fields and holographic emitters to make solid, breathable environments. You can have a whole planet, right there! But, God forbid, the safety protocols fail, and then whoosh, you're eaten by a holodeck lion!
October 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Ooh, I'm so verklempt. The holodeck! It's an energy-to-matter converter, using force fields and holographic emitters to make solid, breathable environments. You can have a whole planet, right there! But, God forbid, the safety protocols fail, and then whoosh, you're eaten by a holodeck lion!
Reposted by MissMeliss
A really great self reflection here. Our future tries to teach us to see ourselves each as Heroes on the Heroes Journey to change society, when instead we need to see ourselves as part of a community shifting and changing. Individual and community need to be balanced - not one over the other.
Now watching: “Why Tech Oligarchs Love Star Trek” by @jessiegender.bsky.social. Incoherent amateur review, and even more incoherent self reflection, to follow.
October 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A really great self reflection here. Our future tries to teach us to see ourselves each as Heroes on the Heroes Journey to change society, when instead we need to see ourselves as part of a community shifting and changing. Individual and community need to be balanced - not one over the other.
Midnight. The fridge light. The whisper of “just one bite.”
You raid your fridge; we raid the reef.
Everyone’s pretending it’s fine.
#MidnightSnacks #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #OceanObservations #LateNight
You raid your fridge; we raid the reef.
Everyone’s pretending it’s fine.
#MidnightSnacks #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #OceanObservations #LateNight
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Midnight. The fridge light. The whisper of “just one bite.”
You raid your fridge; we raid the reef.
Everyone’s pretending it’s fine.
#MidnightSnacks #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #OceanObservations #LateNight
You raid your fridge; we raid the reef.
Everyone’s pretending it’s fine.
#MidnightSnacks #SpookySeason #SeaHumor #OceanObservations #LateNight
Mermaid Minute: Why do landwalkers pay admission to walk through other people's sad goodbyes. Let's talk about haunted houses.
October 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Mermaid Minute: Why do landwalkers pay admission to walk through other people's sad goodbyes. Let's talk about haunted houses.
Reposted by MissMeliss
Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
October 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.
I've been really bad about posting here, mostly because most of my apps don't have an autopost function for BlueSky. But on my podcast,I'm 1/3 of the way through a 31-day horror story called MIRROR MIRROR. I hope you'll check it out: www.bathtubmermaid.com/category/pod...
Mirror Mirror – The Bathtub Mermaid
www.bathtubmermaid.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I've been really bad about posting here, mostly because most of my apps don't have an autopost function for BlueSky. But on my podcast,I'm 1/3 of the way through a 31-day horror story called MIRROR MIRROR. I hope you'll check it out: www.bathtubmermaid.com/category/pod...
Tonight I have not just one story, but three—threads of salt and myth, memory and resistance—woven from sea and sky.
#audio #talesfromthetub #essays #shortstories #flashfiction #pirates #ghosts #mermaids #storms #startrek
www.patreon.com/posts/139300...
#audio #talesfromthetub #essays #shortstories #flashfiction #pirates #ghosts #mermaids #storms #startrek
www.patreon.com/posts/139300...
TBM-2509.19-Sea-and-Stars | The Bathtub Mermaid
Get more from The Bathtub Mermaid on Patreon
www.patreon.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Tonight I have not just one story, but three—threads of salt and myth, memory and resistance—woven from sea and sky.
#audio #talesfromthetub #essays #shortstories #flashfiction #pirates #ghosts #mermaids #storms #startrek
www.patreon.com/posts/139300...
#audio #talesfromthetub #essays #shortstories #flashfiction #pirates #ghosts #mermaids #storms #startrek
www.patreon.com/posts/139300...
So it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. But let’s not forget: Some of the sharpest swords, fiercest tempers, and cleverest strategies belonged to women.
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #talklikeapirateday #talklikeapirate #annebonny #maryread #femalepiratesruledthewaves
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #talklikeapirateday #talklikeapirate #annebonny #maryread #femalepiratesruledthewaves
September 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
So it’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. But let’s not forget: Some of the sharpest swords, fiercest tempers, and cleverest strategies belonged to women.
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #talklikeapirateday #talklikeapirate #annebonny #maryread #femalepiratesruledthewaves
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #talklikeapirateday #talklikeapirate #annebonny #maryread #femalepiratesruledthewaves
All that fuss about machines to visit the past or peek into the future. But mermaids? Honey, we’ve been at it for centuries…
Video clip by #VectorFusionArt via #123rf
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #tidetravel #timetravel
Video clip by #VectorFusionArt via #123rf
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #tidetravel #timetravel
September 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
All that fuss about machines to visit the past or peek into the future. But mermaids? Honey, we’ve been at it for centuries…
Video clip by #VectorFusionArt via #123rf
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #tidetravel #timetravel
Video clip by #VectorFusionArt via #123rf
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #memedelmare #tidetravel #timetravel
Reposted by MissMeliss
September 8th is a double holiday: Star Trek Day and World Ampersand Day. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Sure, Star Trek makes sense — but what’s an ampersand?”
Link: www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #startrek #startrekday #worldampersandday #ampersand
Link: www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #startrek #startrekday #worldampersandday #ampersand
September 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
September 8th is a double holiday: Star Trek Day and World Ampersand Day. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Sure, Star Trek makes sense — but what’s an ampersand?”
Link: www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #startrek #startrekday #worldampersandday #ampersand
Link: www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
#audio #short #humor #mermaidminute #startrek #startrekday #worldampersandday #ampersand
Can you unlock the secrets of the keys before the enemy does?
Join the mission in The Bulls of Bashan. @lonestarlit.bsky.social
#LSLLBullsofBashan #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit
Read my review and enter the giveaway here: www.bibliotica.com/2025/09/revi...
Join the mission in The Bulls of Bashan. @lonestarlit.bsky.social
#LSLLBullsofBashan #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit
Read my review and enter the giveaway here: www.bibliotica.com/2025/09/revi...
September 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Can you unlock the secrets of the keys before the enemy does?
Join the mission in The Bulls of Bashan. @lonestarlit.bsky.social
#LSLLBullsofBashan #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit
Read my review and enter the giveaway here: www.bibliotica.com/2025/09/revi...
Join the mission in The Bulls of Bashan. @lonestarlit.bsky.social
#LSLLBullsofBashan #TexasAuthor #LoneStarLit
Read my review and enter the giveaway here: www.bibliotica.com/2025/09/revi...
August 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
So today, we remember the women who marched, protested, and risked it all to crack open those voting booths. And we also honor the ones who had to keep fighting long after 1920, because justice doesn’t always arrive on time.
So today, we remember the women who marched, protested, and risked it all to crack open those voting booths. And we also honor the ones who had to keep fighting long after 1920, because justice doesn’t always arrive on time.
TBM-2508.26 -Mermaid Minute Bonus: 19th Amendment | The Bathtub Mermaid
Get more from The Bathtub Mermaid on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
So today, we remember the women who marched, protested, and risked it all to crack open those voting booths. And we also honor the ones who had to keep fighting long after 1920, because justice doesn’t always arrive on time.
So today, we remember the women who marched, protested, and risked it all to crack open those voting booths. And we also honor the ones who had to keep fighting long after 1920, because justice doesn’t always arrive on time.
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
Painting over a rainbow doesn’t erase the people who live it, love it, and shine it every single day. That’s like trying to paint over the tide. The water’s just going to wash back in.
Painting over a rainbow doesn’t erase the people who live it, love it, and shine it every single day. That’s like trying to paint over the tide. The water’s just going to wash back in.
TBM-2508.25 - Mermaid Minute: Rainbow Crosswalks and Ocean Truths | The Bathtub Mermaid
Get more from The Bathtub Mermaid on Patreon
www.patreon.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
Painting over a rainbow doesn’t erase the people who live it, love it, and shine it every single day. That’s like trying to paint over the tide. The water’s just going to wash back in.
Painting over a rainbow doesn’t erase the people who live it, love it, and shine it every single day. That’s like trying to paint over the tide. The water’s just going to wash back in.
Reposted by MissMeliss
Now more than ever, we writers must write with courage and conviction. “This is the time for Big Poems” ~Gwendolyn Brooks
open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
Writing with Courage and Conviction
to the unvarnished, uncluttered, undiluted truth
open.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Now more than ever, we writers must write with courage and conviction. “This is the time for Big Poems” ~Gwendolyn Brooks
open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
open.substack.com/pub/artoffla...
I've been bad about posting here, but today is Day 9 of the annual Dog Days of Podcasting challenge, where a bunch of us do daily episodes in August. My alter-ego MeMe del Mare, Actual Woman of the Sea has control of my feed, which you can find here: patreon.com/bathtubmerma...
Get more from The Bathtub Mermaid on Patreon
creating flash-fiction, short fiction, and essays.
patreon.com
August 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I've been bad about posting here, but today is Day 9 of the annual Dog Days of Podcasting challenge, where a bunch of us do daily episodes in August. My alter-ego MeMe del Mare, Actual Woman of the Sea has control of my feed, which you can find here: patreon.com/bathtubmerma...
Nutty doesn't like the word "apathy" and Tek might be reincarnated as an amoeba. Join me for my new interview series based on the Lipton/Pivot questionnaire. This time I'm In the Tub with Nutty and Tek.
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
TBM-2507.25 – In the Tub with Nutty and Tek | The Bathtub Mermaid
Get more from The Bathtub Mermaid on Patreon
www.patreon.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Nutty doesn't like the word "apathy" and Tek might be reincarnated as an amoeba. Join me for my new interview series based on the Lipton/Pivot questionnaire. This time I'm In the Tub with Nutty and Tek.
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
www.patreon.com/posts/tbm-25...
The new Superman movie is awesome! Go see it in an actual theater! Enjoy a great film and two hours in a/c someone else pays for.
July 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The new Superman movie is awesome! Go see it in an actual theater! Enjoy a great film and two hours in a/c someone else pays for.
Reposted by MissMeliss
This part can’t be repeated enough. Does anyone actually think this was a coincidence?
July 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Really Flordia? REALLY @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social ?? I expect the Florida GOP to make stupid decisions, but... REALLY?
Here are the 128 House Democrats who voted to table (kill) the Rep. Al Green D-TX impeachment resolution against President Trump over the Iran attacks.
June 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Really Flordia? REALLY @usrepkathycastor.bsky.social ?? I expect the Florida GOP to make stupid decisions, but... REALLY?
Reposted by MissMeliss
Bill Foster continues to suck as my Rep, I see
Here are the 128 House Democrats who voted to table (kill) the Rep. Al Green D-TX impeachment resolution against President Trump over the Iran attacks.
June 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Bill Foster continues to suck as my Rep, I see