Amanda Kahl
@ageofnight.bsky.social
Artist, Gamer, Gardener, Outdoor Enthusiast, Public Servant, Mom
She/They 🏳️🌈
She/They 🏳️🌈
Also, they are great to volunteer for. During a shift earlier this week we had volunteers from ages 4 to 95 and everyone was able to help in ways that matched their abilities.
November 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Also, they are great to volunteer for. During a shift earlier this week we had volunteers from ages 4 to 95 and everyone was able to help in ways that matched their abilities.
Can never say enough good things about Food & Medicine in Brewer, Maine. It's currently Solidarity Harvest time and they could still use a few more donations to reach their goal:
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actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Solidarity Harvest Sponsor-A-Meal
"Solidarity, not charity." Solidarity Harvest began in 2002 to support laid-off union workers and their families. 15 years later, the program has grown to 1,300 baskets to families in all 16 countie...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Can never say enough good things about Food & Medicine in Brewer, Maine. It's currently Solidarity Harvest time and they could still use a few more donations to reach their goal:
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Being a grownup is balls. Why did I sign up for this.
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Being a grownup is balls. Why did I sign up for this.
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You ever think about how beautiful and rare your friends are and stare into space for 10 minutes because in all the wretched terrifying universe somehow something still managed to give you the miracle of their presence?
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You ever think about how beautiful and rare your friends are and stare into space for 10 minutes because in all the wretched terrifying universe somehow something still managed to give you the miracle of their presence?
Gotta love when you work with That Guy who manages to screw you over in the exact same way on the exact same project every year and yet you have no power to get him out of your life -.-
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Gotta love when you work with That Guy who manages to screw you over in the exact same way on the exact same project every year and yet you have no power to get him out of your life -.-
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Anyway.
Don't ever let some fucking dork tell you a setting featuring bright blue soldiers called "Ultramarines" and catgirls and canon characters named Lion El' Jonson and *Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau* is something you have to take seriously.
Don't ever let some fucking dork tell you a setting featuring bright blue soldiers called "Ultramarines" and catgirls and canon characters named Lion El' Jonson and *Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau* is something you have to take seriously.
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Anyway.
Don't ever let some fucking dork tell you a setting featuring bright blue soldiers called "Ultramarines" and catgirls and canon characters named Lion El' Jonson and *Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau* is something you have to take seriously.
Don't ever let some fucking dork tell you a setting featuring bright blue soldiers called "Ultramarines" and catgirls and canon characters named Lion El' Jonson and *Obiwan Sherlock Clousseau* is something you have to take seriously.
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the biggest motivation boost
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
the biggest motivation boost
I'm still masking at large events and probably always will! Definitely will never fly without one again.
I get why a lot of non-disabled people want to pretend respiratory illnesses don’t exist, but as we’re coming up on another event I can’t safely attend, I encourage you to just THINK about wearing a mask at events - or at least on the train/ plane there, where there’s probably no reason not to
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I'm still masking at large events and probably always will! Definitely will never fly without one again.
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"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
I really appreciate all the friends who are genuinely enthusiastic about my successes. It is so uplifting to have folks in my corner, cheering me on 😊
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I really appreciate all the friends who are genuinely enthusiastic about my successes. It is so uplifting to have folks in my corner, cheering me on 😊
MIL is visiting friends for a few days, so The Dog is now glued to my side
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
MIL is visiting friends for a few days, so The Dog is now glued to my side
What I'm supposed to be doing at work tonight: researching ordinances.
What I'm actually doing: getting distracted by 100+ year old blueprints
What I'm actually doing: getting distracted by 100+ year old blueprints
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
What I'm supposed to be doing at work tonight: researching ordinances.
What I'm actually doing: getting distracted by 100+ year old blueprints
What I'm actually doing: getting distracted by 100+ year old blueprints
It is endlessly funny to me how the same brutish jerks who puff their chests out about winning elections and laugh about "liberal tears" are such giant crybabies every time an election doesn't go their way.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It is endlessly funny to me how the same brutish jerks who puff their chests out about winning elections and laugh about "liberal tears" are such giant crybabies every time an election doesn't go their way.
Okay, watching Insidious for the first time and LOL WHAT they bought this giant house and they are living on a teacher's salary???
Is the big twist that they are being haunted by the ghost of someone they killed for inheritance money?
Is the big twist that they are being haunted by the ghost of someone they killed for inheritance money?
November 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Okay, watching Insidious for the first time and LOL WHAT they bought this giant house and they are living on a teacher's salary???
Is the big twist that they are being haunted by the ghost of someone they killed for inheritance money?
Is the big twist that they are being haunted by the ghost of someone they killed for inheritance money?
Tonight's RPG quote:
Penny: My character will try to talk to them.
Me: I will shush Brenda's character so she doesn't mess this up.
GM: That's going to count as a two point assist.
Penny: My character will try to talk to them.
Me: I will shush Brenda's character so she doesn't mess this up.
GM: That's going to count as a two point assist.
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Tonight's RPG quote:
Penny: My character will try to talk to them.
Me: I will shush Brenda's character so she doesn't mess this up.
GM: That's going to count as a two point assist.
Penny: My character will try to talk to them.
Me: I will shush Brenda's character so she doesn't mess this up.
GM: That's going to count as a two point assist.
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Every time Congress pulls this kind of shit I just have to opine that some of us civil servants ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO OUR JOBS.
October 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Every time Congress pulls this kind of shit I just have to opine that some of us civil servants ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO OUR JOBS.
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
Every time my FIL fires up the tractor I feel my blood pressure spike.
Wtf kind of nonsense are you getting up to at 7AM?!
Wtf kind of nonsense are you getting up to at 7AM?!
October 23, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Every time my FIL fires up the tractor I feel my blood pressure spike.
Wtf kind of nonsense are you getting up to at 7AM?!
Wtf kind of nonsense are you getting up to at 7AM?!
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Me: if I was a big success as an artist i would be happy!
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Me: if I was a big success as an artist i would be happy!
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
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This is the result of some discord shitposting, but I'll bet it applies to some of you here too 👀
October 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
This is the result of some discord shitposting, but I'll bet it applies to some of you here too 👀
Watched Paranormal Activity with the husband this evening (he had never seen it) and WOW I wonder why this movie scared me so much as a twenty-something with untreated mental health issues and a shitty abusive boyfriend 🙃🙃🙃
October 19, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Watched Paranormal Activity with the husband this evening (he had never seen it) and WOW I wonder why this movie scared me so much as a twenty-something with untreated mental health issues and a shitty abusive boyfriend 🙃🙃🙃
I have had to move and/or install or uninstall 3 washing machines this week. That is too many washing machines for someone whose job does not include the word "appliance."
October 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I have had to move and/or install or uninstall 3 washing machines this week. That is too many washing machines for someone whose job does not include the word "appliance."
Does anyone know if @davidmalki.com 's blog post from like... 2011 still exists somewhere? It was called "You are doing fine" (or something similar) and was about how we're all making it up as we go and the only folks who claim not to be are lying to you.
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Does anyone know if @davidmalki.com 's blog post from like... 2011 still exists somewhere? It was called "You are doing fine" (or something similar) and was about how we're all making it up as we go and the only folks who claim not to be are lying to you.
It is 50°F outside and this venue has the AC on. Why. Why are you trying to make me freeze to death?!
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It is 50°F outside and this venue has the AC on. Why. Why are you trying to make me freeze to death?!