Amanda C 🥄
@amandaesque.bsky.social
Bureaucromancer. I enjoy filling out forms because it feels like taking a test where I know all the answers. MSP, she/her.
I don’t make the rules, but when it’s reposting this, I damn well follow them and YOU’D BETTER TOO. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica
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January 18, 2026 at 2:46 AM
I don’t make the rules, but when it’s reposting this, I damn well follow them and YOU’D BETTER TOO. youtu.be/jPCJIB1f7jk?...
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This is how Powderhorn in South Minneapolis shows up on a zero-degree today—and every day—after peacefully capturing a nazi and dropping him at his hotel.
WE KEEP US SAFE ❤️
WE KEEP US SAFE ❤️
January 17, 2026 at 9:56 PM
This is how Powderhorn in South Minneapolis shows up on a zero-degree today—and every day—after peacefully capturing a nazi and dropping him at his hotel.
WE KEEP US SAFE ❤️
WE KEEP US SAFE ❤️
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My non professional tip for adding Alt Text to an image is to pretend you want to show me something on your screen and you yell "Arnica, come see this!"
And I reply "Babe, I'm frying you homemade donuts, can you just DESCRIBE it to me?"
Whatever you would holler to me is the Alt text!
And I reply "Babe, I'm frying you homemade donuts, can you just DESCRIBE it to me?"
Whatever you would holler to me is the Alt text!
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
My non professional tip for adding Alt Text to an image is to pretend you want to show me something on your screen and you yell "Arnica, come see this!"
And I reply "Babe, I'm frying you homemade donuts, can you just DESCRIBE it to me?"
Whatever you would holler to me is the Alt text!
And I reply "Babe, I'm frying you homemade donuts, can you just DESCRIBE it to me?"
Whatever you would holler to me is the Alt text!
It can be easy to get stuck in an overthinking trap of wanting to do the “most needed” or “best suited to you” good.
Let it go, show up, open your hands, and give the help being asked for.
Let it go, show up, open your hands, and give the help being asked for.
you don’t have to do everything, and you don’t have to do anything huge or drastic or violent or dangerous, but you must do *something*
January 17, 2026 at 4:25 AM
It can be easy to get stuck in an overthinking trap of wanting to do the “most needed” or “best suited to you” good.
Let it go, show up, open your hands, and give the help being asked for.
Let it go, show up, open your hands, and give the help being asked for.
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Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
by @democraticwins.bsky.social CNN just aired a devastating compilation of all the times ICE brutally attacked Americans. Remember, Donald Trump sponsored this. This is done at his command.
January 16, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Because the media does not know how to frame what is happening, they keep referring to regular Minnesotans as protesters. But there is very explicit training that so many people done to learn how to be a constitutional observer. People are bearing witness to kidnappings, with phones and whistles.
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January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Note: Minnesota is full of great writers who need work. Stop putting your dudes on planes and start hiring local writers. I've now connected two folks. I can find you more.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Note: Minnesota is full of great writers who need work. Stop putting your dudes on planes and start hiring local writers. I've now connected two folks. I can find you more.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
*I do not want this work I have a syllabus to finish this ain't about me.
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I love us
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I love us
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this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
"America's problems are solved problems. Just not here."
It feels like there's a zero-sum aspect to a lot of conversations around policy and implementation. It's not even letting perfect being the enemy of the good; sometimes things have to be *less bad* first, and that's fine. It's a process.
It feels like there's a zero-sum aspect to a lot of conversations around policy and implementation. It's not even letting perfect being the enemy of the good; sometimes things have to be *less bad* first, and that's fine. It's a process.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
"America's problems are solved problems. Just not here."
It feels like there's a zero-sum aspect to a lot of conversations around policy and implementation. It's not even letting perfect being the enemy of the good; sometimes things have to be *less bad* first, and that's fine. It's a process.
It feels like there's a zero-sum aspect to a lot of conversations around policy and implementation. It's not even letting perfect being the enemy of the good; sometimes things have to be *less bad* first, and that's fine. It's a process.
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And honestly, I think in general this attack on my city shows a total lack of understanding the basic character of Minnesotans, underestimating our tenacity, stubbornness, resilience, communality, and absolute willingness to volunteer for shit and show up. The revolution has a Sign-Up Genius.
I'm at a coffee shop at the moment with a bunch of writer buds, and we just observed a large convoy of ICE vehicles pursued by a much larger convoy of volunteer observers honking their horns with wild abandon. If there's one thing Minnesotans do, it's show up for shit.
January 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
And honestly, I think in general this attack on my city shows a total lack of understanding the basic character of Minnesotans, underestimating our tenacity, stubbornness, resilience, communality, and absolute willingness to volunteer for shit and show up. The revolution has a Sign-Up Genius.
Hello from the airport, I am surrounded by too many people watching videos without headphones.
January 12, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Hello from the airport, I am surrounded by too many people watching videos without headphones.
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if all the problems are just distractions from one other problem, then the people with power don't have an obligation to fix the other problems when they can
that's what pisses me off most about the "[latest trump evil thing] is just a distraction from [another evil trump thing]"
that's what pisses me off most about the "[latest trump evil thing] is just a distraction from [another evil trump thing]"
January 12, 2026 at 11:09 AM
if all the problems are just distractions from one other problem, then the people with power don't have an obligation to fix the other problems when they can
that's what pisses me off most about the "[latest trump evil thing] is just a distraction from [another evil trump thing]"
that's what pisses me off most about the "[latest trump evil thing] is just a distraction from [another evil trump thing]"
A damn private plane just flew in circles over my town while neighbors are sheltering in fear from door to door raids. Get your Cessna outta here, go back to Eden Prairie!
January 11, 2026 at 10:08 PM
A damn private plane just flew in circles over my town while neighbors are sheltering in fear from door to door raids. Get your Cessna outta here, go back to Eden Prairie!
Got a promo email with the subject "Flan-tastic deals inside!"
It's about flannel, but honestly, this was my reaction:
It's about flannel, but honestly, this was my reaction:
January 11, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Got a promo email with the subject "Flan-tastic deals inside!"
It's about flannel, but honestly, this was my reaction:
It's about flannel, but honestly, this was my reaction:
I think the US is, in many different ways, a very culturally individualistic (instead of collectivist) place. Having the self-awareness and humility to step aside from something and using connections/influence to elevate others is a necessary trait for any leader, especially those in public service.
but, and this is where people are really fucking up, once you have that realization, you have to GET THE FUCK OUT THE WAY AND LET MORE QUALIFIED PEOPLE TAKE OVER! Looking at you, Hakeem Jeffries/Chuck Schumer/Amy Klobuchar/so many others. If you're not going to meet the moment, step aside!!!
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I think the US is, in many different ways, a very culturally individualistic (instead of collectivist) place. Having the self-awareness and humility to step aside from something and using connections/influence to elevate others is a necessary trait for any leader, especially those in public service.
There was an AI "photo" of a protest from an impossible angle in Minneapolis, but the instant slop clue was regularly spaced people in white t-shirts.
In Minnesota. In January. At night.
In Minnesota. In January. At night.
I want to emphasize for people again: there's a bunch of AI stuff going around of people confronting ICE agents. It's fake. It's slop.
Verify before reposting.
Verify before reposting.
January 10, 2026 at 4:32 PM
There was an AI "photo" of a protest from an impossible angle in Minneapolis, but the instant slop clue was regularly spaced people in white t-shirts.
In Minnesota. In January. At night.
In Minnesota. In January. At night.
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I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
January 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."
Please also know that it's not "just" or "only" a neighborhood or even the cities proper. It's the surrounding cities, it's MY town, it's agents outside dismissal at my son's school, it's more agents than the total officers of both city's police forces combined.
I don’t know how to explain to all of you outside the Twin Cities metro how bleak it is to live here right now - and yet somehow I am even more certain of the goodness of my community than I ever have been.
January 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Please also know that it's not "just" or "only" a neighborhood or even the cities proper. It's the surrounding cities, it's MY town, it's agents outside dismissal at my son's school, it's more agents than the total officers of both city's police forces combined.
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I don’t know how to explain to all of you outside the Twin Cities metro how bleak it is to live here right now - and yet somehow I am even more certain of the goodness of my community than I ever have been.
January 10, 2026 at 5:19 AM
I don’t know how to explain to all of you outside the Twin Cities metro how bleak it is to live here right now - and yet somehow I am even more certain of the goodness of my community than I ever have been.
It’s miserable trying to do any “How’re you doing?” small talk because everyone in the Twin Cities is on edge and sad.
So I’ve been asking if people want to hear a groaner joke, and they do, and being able to have a smile and laugh is such a balm.
So I’ve been asking if people want to hear a groaner joke, and they do, and being able to have a smile and laugh is such a balm.
January 9, 2026 at 11:47 PM
It’s miserable trying to do any “How’re you doing?” small talk because everyone in the Twin Cities is on edge and sad.
So I’ve been asking if people want to hear a groaner joke, and they do, and being able to have a smile and laugh is such a balm.
So I’ve been asking if people want to hear a groaner joke, and they do, and being able to have a smile and laugh is such a balm.
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The @hennepinatty.bsky.social and my office have an interest as state prosecutors in fairness and transparency. To the degree possible, we want to set forth a process about which fair-minded people can say when it’s over, “as good and just of a job that could be done was done."
Submission Portal: HCAO and MNAGO announce joint effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation into killing of Renee Nicole Good
Hennepin County Attorney’s Office and Minnesota Attorney General’s Office announces effort to collect and preserve evidence to support investigation (release January 2026)
www.hennepinattorney.org
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 PM
The @hennepinatty.bsky.social and my office have an interest as state prosecutors in fairness and transparency. To the degree possible, we want to set forth a process about which fair-minded people can say when it’s over, “as good and just of a job that could be done was done."
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I love passing this bridge and realizing that if a whole city can be this petty, I am not holding onto too many grudges.
January 9, 2026 at 5:18 PM
I love passing this bridge and realizing that if a whole city can be this petty, I am not holding onto too many grudges.
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He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
He has sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States
He has kept among us Standing Armies without Consent of our legislatures
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us
For protecting them from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States