Amanda C 🥄
@amandaesque.bsky.social
I enjoy filling out forms because it feels like taking a test where I know all the answers. MSP, she/her. Former 18F content strategist. Practitioner of bureaucromancy.
I NEED to know if any other lit nerds made an out-loud reaction at seeing a Lord Byron quote pop up on the screen during “Frankenstein.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I NEED to know if any other lit nerds made an out-loud reaction at seeing a Lord Byron quote pop up on the screen during “Frankenstein.”
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Solo Jazz lookin ass chart
November 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Solo Jazz lookin ass chart
One of the time-blindness effects of my ADHD is a sudden panicking fear that “how it is now is how it will be forever” and then trying to plan for a completely wild future.
This hasn’t been great with laryngitis!! Attempting to just not talk at all for days and hope it heals. 😬
This hasn’t been great with laryngitis!! Attempting to just not talk at all for days and hope it heals. 😬
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
One of the time-blindness effects of my ADHD is a sudden panicking fear that “how it is now is how it will be forever” and then trying to plan for a completely wild future.
This hasn’t been great with laryngitis!! Attempting to just not talk at all for days and hope it heals. 😬
This hasn’t been great with laryngitis!! Attempting to just not talk at all for days and hope it heals. 😬
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
Have almost completely lost my voice, but also have sprint demo in about an hour, so saving up all the energy to make this an ASMR database structure overview, woooooooo.
November 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Have almost completely lost my voice, but also have sprint demo in about an hour, so saving up all the energy to make this an ASMR database structure overview, woooooooo.
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(not pictured: full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes)
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
(not pictured: full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes)
Midday thoroughfare at a gaming convention and a guy goes running down the hallway. Someone further back yells "He stole my bag!"
A man puts his arm out and clotheslines the dude, flipping him onto his back while his feet (and the stolen bag) fly into the air.
A man puts his arm out and clotheslines the dude, flipping him onto his back while his feet (and the stolen bag) fly into the air.
had an awful day. please reply with your favorite memory someone that totally ate shit in a physical way that isn’t a total bummer
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Midday thoroughfare at a gaming convention and a guy goes running down the hallway. Someone further back yells "He stole my bag!"
A man puts his arm out and clotheslines the dude, flipping him onto his back while his feet (and the stolen bag) fly into the air.
A man puts his arm out and clotheslines the dude, flipping him onto his back while his feet (and the stolen bag) fly into the air.
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look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
November 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
look I know being an engaged citizen IS the work of democracy but it is also the work of elected officials not to create situations where everyone has to be mobilized all the time to prevent them from allowing some kind of Dickensian horror on a Sunday night while you're in between loads of laundry
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Just thinking about this scene today
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Just thinking about this scene today
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Encyclopédie Brun
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Encyclopédie Brun
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RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
New uncanny valley unlocked: inflatable corn maze for urban fall fests.
November 9, 2025 at 4:25 AM
RIP Baudrillard you would have loved this shit
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The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
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Ellis: "Requiring the government to comply with its obligations under the Constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment, is simply not a harm."
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ellis: "Requiring the government to comply with its obligations under the Constitution, in particular the Fourth Amendment, is simply not a harm."
This whole thread of the closing arguments in the Sandwich Guy trial is so worth reading out loud in your most dramatic Aaron Sorkin script voice. Tears of laughter.
Also my reaction to this part of the prosecution's closing was "You SPIKE Miette?? You THROW HER like a subway footlong?????"
Also my reaction to this part of the prosecution's closing was "You SPIKE Miette?? You THROW HER like a subway footlong?????"
We have reached the moment the footlong was flung. “He spikes it, throws it like a baseball.” It strikes Agent Lairmore in the chest — “he says he could feel it.” Government acknowledges prosecution is not alleging he needed medical treatment.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This whole thread of the closing arguments in the Sandwich Guy trial is so worth reading out loud in your most dramatic Aaron Sorkin script voice. Tears of laughter.
Also my reaction to this part of the prosecution's closing was "You SPIKE Miette?? You THROW HER like a subway footlong?????"
Also my reaction to this part of the prosecution's closing was "You SPIKE Miette?? You THROW HER like a subway footlong?????"
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Reminder to be kind to the hardworking Minneapolis Elections staff this morning.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reminder to be kind to the hardworking Minneapolis Elections staff this morning.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
They worked all day yesterday and late into the night supporting precincts and election judges, and will be back at it first thing this morning to bring us RCV results.
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I mean,we are very likely recession bound,but this is due to the boycott. Target destroyed their brand & insulted their core customer base.You can get away w/ that if you have something people need at a price or w/ convenience that can’t be beat. But you can’t do that when you’re easily replaceable.
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer. A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising qz.com/tgt-wmt-earn...
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer
A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising
qz.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I mean,we are very likely recession bound,but this is due to the boycott. Target destroyed their brand & insulted their core customer base.You can get away w/ that if you have something people need at a price or w/ convenience that can’t be beat. But you can’t do that when you’re easily replaceable.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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If you have $20k + $500/month to burn and would like your house to be cleaner maybe just pay someone a fair wage to come clean your house occasionally?
Pay $500/month&request on phone app a task to be done-human virtually in your house teleops robot-sometimes succeeds. "In reality, projects like Tesla’s Optimus or 1X’s NEO are less about practical consumer robotics and more about cashing in off of technological hype." futurism.com/future-socie...
$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch
Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If you have $20k + $500/month to burn and would like your house to be cleaner maybe just pay someone a fair wage to come clean your house occasionally?
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I need a cigarette and I don't smoke and I'm not a fan of either of these teams
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I need a cigarette and I don't smoke and I'm not a fan of either of these teams
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People should use their SNAP benefits for whatever they think they need. Both because any effort you make to micromanage purchases is inefficient and cumbersome and because people who need help aren’t obligated to perform for or satisfy others in order to eat.
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 PM
People should use their SNAP benefits for whatever they think they need. Both because any effort you make to micromanage purchases is inefficient and cumbersome and because people who need help aren’t obligated to perform for or satisfy others in order to eat.
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We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
October 30, 2025 at 11:24 AM
We literally do disagree about this, though. Some politicians want to take food from children and some politicians don't. Pretending this "isn't political" just allows the child-starving ghouls to get away with it.
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
Tell people who supports the *political program* to feed children and who doesn't!
GSA real ones know. 🛁🦐 #bathtubshrimp
When Las Vegas visits (and gambling revenue) are running negative year-on-year.
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/ele...
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 PM
GSA real ones know. 🛁🦐 #bathtubshrimp
Free niche Halloween costume idea:
Stressed-out middle age suburban housewife running around and screaming at everyone that company is coming and these ships need to be WRECKED. That we cannot give up ANY of our dead, you hear me???
The Gayles of November. youtu.be/GBwELzvnrQg?...
Stressed-out middle age suburban housewife running around and screaming at everyone that company is coming and these ships need to be WRECKED. That we cannot give up ANY of our dead, you hear me???
The Gayles of November. youtu.be/GBwELzvnrQg?...
COMPANY IS COMING
YouTube video by Chris Fleming
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Free niche Halloween costume idea:
Stressed-out middle age suburban housewife running around and screaming at everyone that company is coming and these ships need to be WRECKED. That we cannot give up ANY of our dead, you hear me???
The Gayles of November. youtu.be/GBwELzvnrQg?...
Stressed-out middle age suburban housewife running around and screaming at everyone that company is coming and these ships need to be WRECKED. That we cannot give up ANY of our dead, you hear me???
The Gayles of November. youtu.be/GBwELzvnrQg?...