Mel
@melistired.bsky.social
Writer, painter, frustrated gardener. Absolutely will never use AI. If you post AI images, I will block you. She/her.
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#flounsiemeetup is upon us. The much-anticipated meeting between Elsie and Flounder, another very prolific button-user, happens Feb 18. I'm eager to see how they interact, after months of long-distance scent- and video-based prep. If you're on Instagram, follow @elsiewants for regular reports.
February 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
#flounsiemeetup is upon us. The much-anticipated meeting between Elsie and Flounder, another very prolific button-user, happens Feb 18. I'm eager to see how they interact, after months of long-distance scent- and video-based prep. If you're on Instagram, follow @elsiewants for regular reports.
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Oh this is fantastic art using actual images from space missions. Jupiter and Io, Earth, and Mars.
Impossible Portrait: Jupiter and Io (Cassini), Earth (Rosetta) and Mars (Hope Mission) - From Andrea Luck (andrealuck.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/2mRNEX8
February 10, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Oh this is fantastic art using actual images from space missions. Jupiter and Io, Earth, and Mars.
😂 This is brilliant!
Slime molds with my footage. I also shared stink horn and mosquito footage for other videos.
youtu.be/k_GTIL7AECQ?...
youtu.be/k_GTIL7AECQ?...
True Facts: The Smartest Slime
YouTube video by Ze Frank
youtu.be
February 10, 2026 at 6:06 AM
😂 This is brilliant!
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Trying to get your brother to text back and send wine in the 7th century BCE.
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
February 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Trying to get your brother to text back and send wine in the 7th century BCE.
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
“Why do I not see your messenger? If I see your messenger before I enter Borsippa, let my brother send one jar of the same wine that you drink.”
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#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
February 9, 2026 at 1:58 AM
#BadBunny's performers continued to dance and party outside the stadium after the #SuperBowl #HalftimeShow
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More like GREAT bunny amiright
February 9, 2026 at 1:39 AM
More like GREAT bunny amiright
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Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Happy #SuperbOwl 🦉 Sunday to all who celebrate.
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His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
February 8, 2026 at 3:46 AM
His stage name is BAD BUNNY... a bad-ass artist and honey-of-a-Bunny. His given name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio. He is a handsome 31-year-old American citizen. Make no mistake. 1917: The Jones Act grants U.S. citizenship to all Puerto Ricans. I'll be watching... I'm a huge fan!
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February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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This is so delightful
While I don’t know if any Muppets break the second fourth wall on Television or Movies …
There is this one camera test where Kermit and Fozzie ad lib being abstract entities …
There is this one camera test where Kermit and Fozzie ad lib being abstract entities …
Muppet Movie 1979 camera test: The banter is so hilariously improvised.
YouTube video by LifeIsSublime
youtu.be
February 8, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This is so delightful
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Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.
February 8, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Palestinian Uncles doing freestyle poetry battles coming with some of the hardest lines I’ve heard in a long time.
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Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) tells reporters the Epstein files contain allegations that President Trump raped and threatened to kill children.
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) tells reporters the Epstein files contain allegations that President Trump raped and threatened to kill children.
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Oh no, digital-crime-tulips losing entirely arbitrary value fast. Woe and wurra.
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Oh no, digital-crime-tulips losing entirely arbitrary value fast. Woe and wurra.
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I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
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Yikes. This is what measles does. It's incredibly infectious. Make sure you're up to date on your vaccinations! Talk to your doctor.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
Oh boy. “The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Health officials have begun contacting individuals who may have been exposed.” @aetiology.bsky.social
Measles exposure reported in two University of Florida classes, university says
The University of Florida and the Florida Department of Health in Alachua County are investigating potential measles exposure in two UF classes following two confirmed cases in the county.
www.news4jax.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Yikes. This is what measles does. It's incredibly infectious. Make sure you're up to date on your vaccinations! Talk to your doctor.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
Also, impeach RFK Jr.
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Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Context: this speech is from SIR THOMAS MORE, a history written, as near as scholars can tell, in the early 1600s by 6 or 7 people including Dekker, Heywood, Chettle, Shakespeare, and Munday.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
It was never performed, because Jacobean England was a police state and it was banned by the censor.
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Oh my GOD, the White House copied our ad but made it completely deranged.
The Nazi slop factory is all out of ideas! SAD!
The Nazi slop factory is all out of ideas! SAD!
February 5, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Oh my GOD, the White House copied our ad but made it completely deranged.
The Nazi slop factory is all out of ideas! SAD!
The Nazi slop factory is all out of ideas! SAD!
😂 Puppy just wanted to chew.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
😂 Puppy just wanted to chew.
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“But what do you want Democrats to do….”
I don’t know stuff like this?
I don’t know stuff like this?
NEW: Letitia James, the New York attorney general, announced that her office will deploy "legal observers" to document ICE activity in NY.
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
Her office says the effort is the first of its kind by an AG.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/n...
New York Attorney General to Deploy Observers to Document ICE Raids
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
“But what do you want Democrats to do….”
I don’t know stuff like this?
I don’t know stuff like this?
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When your anti-leftist campaign fails hard 👀
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 PM
When your anti-leftist campaign fails hard 👀
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I have determined that everything right now is All Too Much and it needs to be Considerably Less, so if reality could just dial it down a fucking iota or two, I think we'd all like that
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I have determined that everything right now is All Too Much and it needs to be Considerably Less, so if reality could just dial it down a fucking iota or two, I think we'd all like that
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![Comic. [Person talking to person with black hat.] PERSON 1: Historically, it refers to a ceremony to predict the weather using a rodent. But nowadays people often use it to mean “a time loop experienced by one person.” PERSON 2: …What. [caption] Easily our weirdest holiday.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidknpywgj44ox6nphuyzs6si6lozn77jyx75nbh7v67wsjr6dssl4@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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