Amy N-K
@aankphd.bsky.social
She/they. Nonprofit grant writer. PhD, research and evaluation nerd. Mom of 4 wonderful young adults. Queer, polyfi, disabled, Quaker, Oregonian. Grateful for love, art, music, birds, gardening, and my service dog.
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Amy N-K
@aankphd.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Hello new followers - nice to have you here. Some things you can expect from me: posts relevant to Portland, as well as: expansive definitions of family, trans rights, disability rights, racial equity, environmental protections, and pictures of my service dog, of beautiful birds, and of my garden. 💐
When the resources exist to have both (spoiler alert: tax the ultra rich and corporations more, and we do!), “what if…. both?” is exactly what we should ponder about everything. But especially pizza and books. 💕🍕📚
small child on the way out of the library, dragging his feet and chanting angrily: NO PIZZA, BOOKS! NO PIZZA, BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
When the resources exist to have both (spoiler alert: tax the ultra rich and corporations more, and we do!), “what if…. both?” is exactly what we should ponder about everything. But especially pizza and books. 💕🍕📚
This is relevant to my interests on multiple fronts. People who create data viz should also be striving to make the point of a chart clear enough to be easily translated into a few sentences.
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is relevant to my interests on multiple fronts. People who create data viz should also be striving to make the point of a chart clear enough to be easily translated into a few sentences.
Been feeling absolutely drained; sleep has been elusive and the ever-present dysautonomia is extra present today.
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Been feeling absolutely drained; sleep has been elusive and the ever-present dysautonomia is extra present today.
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
I took the day off with Sprocket for a nap and a slow/gentle walk near Oaks Bottom in Portland, to breathe in the petrichor and touch some grass. He was especially happy about this. 🐕🦺🍁
Sprocket the #ServiceDog is apparently a Dancing With the Stars fan! 💃🕺💕🐕🦺
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Sprocket the #ServiceDog is apparently a Dancing With the Stars fan! 💃🕺💕🐕🦺
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
I wonder who he is rooting for… 😊
Sprocket the service dog just went to the Halloween candy bowl for trick-or-treaters and came back to offer me a peanut butter cup. 🎃🍫
Best service ever. 😂
Best service ever. 😂
November 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Sprocket the service dog just went to the Halloween candy bowl for trick-or-treaters and came back to offer me a peanut butter cup. 🎃🍫
Best service ever. 😂
Best service ever. 😂
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
If you know Portland at all, here is a good example of why AI-generated street maps are not recommended. 🫠
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If you know Portland at all, here is a good example of why AI-generated street maps are not recommended. 🫠
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
Among many other issues, it seems that Ladd’s Addition has been subtracted. 😂 (What’s your favorite: Bicckman, Richmoend, or Barbk?)
Gotta love that AI slapped a Google logo on there, too…
Please consider signing. It’s not a safe location for residents, businesses, school kids, or the canners themselves.
c.org/VWPz8g89T2
c.org/VWPz8g89T2
A Better Location for All: Find a More Suitable Location for The People's Depot
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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October 31, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Please consider signing. It’s not a safe location for residents, businesses, school kids, or the canners themselves.
c.org/VWPz8g89T2
c.org/VWPz8g89T2
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portland people
here are some restaurants who are doing their best to help folks being starved by our government. please support
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
here are some restaurants who are doing their best to help folks being starved by our government. please support
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
www.koin.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 AM
portland people
here are some restaurants who are doing their best to help folks being starved by our government. please support
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
here are some restaurants who are doing their best to help folks being starved by our government. please support
www.koin.com/news/oregon/...
I mean… this ICE ad works if they are recruiting for Ringwraiths (dudes who hide their faces while trying to violently capture people on behalf of an evil authoritarian leader who wants to be king of all Middle Earth…) 😒
Pretty sure Ents would take umbrage with Trump environmental policies, too… 🌳
Pretty sure Ents would take umbrage with Trump environmental policies, too… 🌳
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I mean… this ICE ad works if they are recruiting for Ringwraiths (dudes who hide their faces while trying to violently capture people on behalf of an evil authoritarian leader who wants to be king of all Middle Earth…) 😒
Pretty sure Ents would take umbrage with Trump environmental policies, too… 🌳
Pretty sure Ents would take umbrage with Trump environmental policies, too… 🌳
Yes. I get very cranky when anyone dares to tell me who my “real family” is. I don’t care what lines are on the family tree. It’s the love and the character of the relationship that matter. (I also say this as the primary caregiver and birth/adoptive/step mother of 4 kids with 7 biological parents.)
Three children can claim me as their biological aunt. Twelve children call me
Aunt Ashley. At least one child I know thinks he has a white mom AND a Black one because of my relationship with him. Keep your Eurocentric familial labeling out of my mostly ethnic community.
Aunt Ashley. At least one child I know thinks he has a white mom AND a Black one because of my relationship with him. Keep your Eurocentric familial labeling out of my mostly ethnic community.
In the final days of New York City’s mayoral race, Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani has faced pushback over a story he told about his aunt being afraid to wear her hijab while riding the subway after the September 11, 2001, attacks. https://cnn.it/432IAcr
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Yes. I get very cranky when anyone dares to tell me who my “real family” is. I don’t care what lines are on the family tree. It’s the love and the character of the relationship that matter. (I also say this as the primary caregiver and birth/adoptive/step mother of 4 kids with 7 biological parents.)
I have the Sunday night dread this evening so I put the kettle on and made myself some hot chamomile lemon tea in a pink mug with a bunny on it. 🐇
I still have a general impending doom feeling (common these days), but my hands are warm and my throat soothed. I’ll take little pleasures when I can. 💕
I still have a general impending doom feeling (common these days), but my hands are warm and my throat soothed. I’ll take little pleasures when I can. 💕
October 27, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I have the Sunday night dread this evening so I put the kettle on and made myself some hot chamomile lemon tea in a pink mug with a bunny on it. 🐇
I still have a general impending doom feeling (common these days), but my hands are warm and my throat soothed. I’ll take little pleasures when I can. 💕
I still have a general impending doom feeling (common these days), but my hands are warm and my throat soothed. I’ll take little pleasures when I can. 💕
With torrential Portland rain this weekend, the guys, the service dog, and I were looking for ways to wander indoors.
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
October 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
With torrential Portland rain this weekend, the guys, the service dog, and I were looking for ways to wander indoors.
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
Fortunately, I am an oddity and Sprocket is a curiosity, so we fit right in at the Expo. 😂
He alerted me for medical stuff and I found a seat when I needed it; he was very good. 💓
When your service dog knows how to open the bathroom door… “You okay in here?” 😂
October 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
When your service dog knows how to open the bathroom door… “You okay in here?” 😂
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Show up for Portland’s Parks and wildlife by voting yes on the Portland Parks Levy! Without the Levy Portland Parks & Rec will lose nearly half its budget, forcing closures and eliminating programs. Let’s show how much we love our parks by voting yes! birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...
YES on 26-260, Portlanders for Parks
Bird Alliance of Oregon urges your YES on 26-260, the Portland Parks Levy which will be in front of Portland Voters this November. The Levy will ensure that the City of Portland is able to maintain an...
birdallianceoregon.org
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Show up for Portland’s Parks and wildlife by voting yes on the Portland Parks Levy! Without the Levy Portland Parks & Rec will lose nearly half its budget, forcing closures and eliminating programs. Let’s show how much we love our parks by voting yes! birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...
Took an evening walk through our Portland neighborhood with my son and my dog. We can’t figure out how these festive neighbors made the giant cat on their porch roof move as if it is pouncing.
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
October 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Took an evening walk through our Portland neighborhood with my son and my dog. We can’t figure out how these festive neighbors made the giant cat on their porch roof move as if it is pouncing.
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
Obviously we need the national guard to help us with these scary inflatables everywhere. 😅🐈⬛🎃
Reposting with alt text. 😊🦖💕
October 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Reposting with alt text. 😊🦖💕
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There’s so much worse going on right now but I’m here once again complaining that the census website has been unusable for nearly a month and I don’t know if you all know how much researchers in every single industry rely on it but it is a problem.
October 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
There’s so much worse going on right now but I’m here once again complaining that the census website has been unusable for nearly a month and I don’t know if you all know how much researchers in every single industry rely on it but it is a problem.
My late season garden is rather glorious right now! The dahlias just keep going… every bloom in that bouquet is abundant in my yard, and it is making me very happy. Tonight we will celebrate 4 family October birthdays; my sister is in town from the Netherlands and I got her fave pumpkin pie. 💕🌸🌼💐
October 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My late season garden is rather glorious right now! The dahlias just keep going… every bloom in that bouquet is abundant in my yard, and it is making me very happy. Tonight we will celebrate 4 family October birthdays; my sister is in town from the Netherlands and I got her fave pumpkin pie. 💕🌸🌼💐
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Check out this crowd shot we got in Portland.
What a hellhole, amirite?
What a hellhole, amirite?
October 18, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Check out this crowd shot we got in Portland.
What a hellhole, amirite?
What a hellhole, amirite?
I like to imagine old timer salmon whispering stories to young salmon, saying “someday we will get to go home again” over and over again for the past 100 years. And now they can!
Go, salmon, go! 🥹🐟💕
Go, salmon, go! 🥹🐟💕
October 18, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I like to imagine old timer salmon whispering stories to young salmon, saying “someday we will get to go home again” over and over again for the past 100 years. And now they can!
Go, salmon, go! 🥹🐟💕
Go, salmon, go! 🥹🐟💕
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The No Kings protest is tomorrow. And while I wish I could be there, it’s a no-go for me with my particular disability and it’s a no-go for my service dog. There are lots of folks like me who may feel disappointed and still want to contribute. Let’s list alternative ways to support. ❤️
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The No Kings protest is tomorrow. And while I wish I could be there, it’s a no-go for me with my particular disability and it’s a no-go for my service dog. There are lots of folks like me who may feel disappointed and still want to contribute. Let’s list alternative ways to support. ❤️
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Show me a time when government agents punished people just for not carrying papers, and I’ll show you profound human rights abuses.
October 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Show me a time when government agents punished people just for not carrying papers, and I’ll show you profound human rights abuses.