The Volatile Mermaid
@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social
Eldest Sister. Childless Cat Lady. Italian Jew. Witchy Woman.
I’m from N-E-W Jerz
I’m from N-E-W Jerz
Pinned
Maybe if we start calling our body parts gun-sounding names like “revulva” or “shooterus” the GOP will stop trying to regulate them.
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Here's a hot take I know some people will think is crazy:
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
January 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Here's a hot take I know some people will think is crazy:
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
Our country would be much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much much better off if Harris/Walz had won in 2024.
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Been reading this over and over and can't for the life of me understand what he's even trying to say. This is a lot of words to say... nothing.
January 14, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Been reading this over and over and can't for the life of me understand what he's even trying to say. This is a lot of words to say... nothing.
How is this even a real conversation
Trump: Milk would help your cognitive abilities?
Carson: Absolutely. You can tell who has been drinking milk.
Trump: I took a cognitive test—I’ve taken a lot of them. I've aced all of them because I drink milk.
Carson: Absolutely. You can tell who has been drinking milk.
Trump: I took a cognitive test—I’ve taken a lot of them. I've aced all of them because I drink milk.
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 AM
How is this even a real conversation
Loudly and officially giving ICE the ok to do more murders.
January 14, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Loudly and officially giving ICE the ok to do more murders.
Nothing says “We’re not fragile little racist babies and DEFINITELY not Nazis” like trying to erase any history that doesn’t make you look like heroes.
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Nothing says “We’re not fragile little racist babies and DEFINITELY not Nazis” like trying to erase any history that doesn’t make you look like heroes.
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I’ll never understand people whose entire political belief system is based on whether or not they find a form of protest annoying or cringey rather than if they agree with the point of the protest
January 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM
I’ll never understand people whose entire political belief system is based on whether or not they find a form of protest annoying or cringey rather than if they agree with the point of the protest
There are a lot of ignorant people in the world but one of the most ignorant things that ignorant people think is that the left likes Bill Maher.
January 12, 2026 at 3:34 PM
There are a lot of ignorant people in the world but one of the most ignorant things that ignorant people think is that the left likes Bill Maher.
White people who are afraid of becoming a minority feel that way because they know how they themselves treat minorities.
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’ www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
White people who are afraid of becoming a minority feel that way because they know how they themselves treat minorities.
“Women should smile more.”
(Woman smiles)
*gunshots*
(Woman smiles)
*gunshots*
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 12, 2026 at 12:08 PM
“Women should smile more.”
(Woman smiles)
*gunshots*
(Woman smiles)
*gunshots*
The Alt-Righteous Gemstones
Column: Erika Kirk, a mother to two toddlers, continues to take on public-facing leadership duties while promoting traditional ideas about prioritizing marriage and motherhood.
Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://wapo.st/3N3czMn
Here’s how her clothes are attempting to walk the same line: https://wapo.st/3N3czMn
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
The Alt-Righteous Gemstones
At this point they’re clearly just trying to make us too sad and angry to read the news.
January 11, 2026 at 12:52 PM
At this point they’re clearly just trying to make us too sad and angry to read the news.
I had an old picture of him in my room as a little girl, he was my first crush. Fare you well, Bobby.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Co-Founder and Guitarist, Dead at 78
Bob Weir, the singer-guitarist who co-founded the Grateful Dead and later found success with Dead & Company, has died at age 78.
www.rollingstone.com
January 11, 2026 at 1:13 AM
I had an old picture of him in my room as a little girl, he was my first crush. Fare you well, Bobby.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Oh god no, not Bob Weir.
January 11, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Oh god no, not Bob Weir.
Literally threatening to murder her
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Literally threatening to murder her
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This is how they played The First of Us
🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
This is how they played The First of Us
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A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
www.youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
A career federal agent says that in 25 years, a fleeing vehicle has never justified killing its occupant, and officers should never stand in front of a running car. CBS reportedly pulled the interview, but it posted on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
If Machado doesn’t give Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, he’s just going to take it from her without her consent.
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 PM
If Machado doesn’t give Trump her Nobel Peace Prize, he’s just going to take it from her without her consent.
“If you want to see sexualized AI images of children, you have to pay us!”
isn’t “turning off” anything.
isn’t “turning off” anything.
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
Grok, Elon Musk’s AI tool, has switched off its image creation function for the vast majority of users after widespread outcry over its use to create sexually explicit and violent imagery.
It comes after Musk was threatened with fines, regulatory action and reports of a possible ban on X in the UK. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 12:20 PM
“If you want to see sexualized AI images of children, you have to pay us!”
isn’t “turning off” anything.
isn’t “turning off” anything.
When you try to smear a shooting victim’s life that’s called Jesse-ing the Watters.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 PM
When you try to smear a shooting victim’s life that’s called Jesse-ing the Watters.
Even if having “pronouns in her bio” were a bad thing, the shooter wasn’t looking at her bio, he was looking at her FUCKING FACE. DID SHE HAVE PRONOUNS ON HER FUCKING FACE, YOU NAZI FUCK?
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Even if having “pronouns in her bio” were a bad thing, the shooter wasn’t looking at her bio, he was looking at her FUCKING FACE. DID SHE HAVE PRONOUNS ON HER FUCKING FACE, YOU NAZI FUCK?
HOLY SHIT WHAT?!?!
Noem: "People need to stop using their vehicles as weapons ... it's clear that it's being coordinated. People are being trained"
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
HOLY SHIT WHAT?!?!
THEY MURDERED AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ON CAMERA WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE
January 7, 2026 at 7:21 PM
THEY MURDERED AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ON CAMERA WHAT THE FUCK ARE WE EVEN DOING HERE
This story needs to be everywhere. Every news outlet every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse. Shout it at your neighbors. Scream it at your colleagues. This is murder.
NEW: Second video shows ICE shooting in Minneapolis. A woman, a U.S. citizen, was killed
January 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This story needs to be everywhere. Every news outlet every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse. Shout it at your neighbors. Scream it at your colleagues. This is murder.
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Following marginalized voices makes you smarter and better informed than a million hours of consuming any Murdoch-owned news media.
January 7, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Following marginalized voices makes you smarter and better informed than a million hours of consuming any Murdoch-owned news media.