Amanda Farah
@amandafarah.bsky.social
Woman on the verge of a nervous breakthrough.
Your foreign correspondent.
Sometime music writer.
Kombucha socialist.
Pointy dog owner.
Hemmelig dansker.
Your foreign correspondent.
Sometime music writer.
Kombucha socialist.
Pointy dog owner.
Hemmelig dansker.
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Amanda Farah
@amandafarah.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello new followers.
I want to talk about music.
I will spend too much time talking about politics.
There is a real chance I will bore you with my little craft projects (anyone else sew or embroider?).
I will compensate with photos of my pointy dog.
I want to talk about music.
I will spend too much time talking about politics.
There is a real chance I will bore you with my little craft projects (anyone else sew or embroider?).
I will compensate with photos of my pointy dog.
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Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028
The Bushwick bisexuals have it! We can ask for so much more, and at COYOTE we plan to.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Zohran’s win offers the Bay Area a glimpse at a better future — one where we’re not locked in a room with Gavin Newsom for another four years.
Happy Halloween from me and my hellhound.
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Happy Halloween from me and my hellhound.
The story I tell myself is that I am a reasonable, responsible woman, but then here’s the Jim Henson auction to poke holes in that idea: www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction
Julien’s Auctions is proud to present The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction.
Over the course of its 70-year history, The Jim Henson Com...
www.juliensauctions.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The story I tell myself is that I am a reasonable, responsible woman, but then here’s the Jim Henson auction to poke holes in that idea: www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
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If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
I donated to his campaign. I was pissed off when it was revealed he worked as a merc, and debating what to do when the tattoo & queerphobic posts came out.
I contacted ActBlue, asked for it to be returned, got an acknowledgement of the return a few hours later; 2 days later it was in my account.
I contacted ActBlue, asked for it to be returned, got an acknowledgement of the return a few hours later; 2 days later it was in my account.
October 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If you donated to Platner via ActBlue, you can get a refund!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
Contact them NOW and ask for your money back!
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Holy shit.
This is not about architecture and not about the East Wing being demolished. You THINK it's about architecture. And then it gets batshit.
This is not about architecture and not about the East Wing being demolished. You THINK it's about architecture. And then it gets batshit.
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Holy shit.
This is not about architecture and not about the East Wing being demolished. You THINK it's about architecture. And then it gets batshit.
This is not about architecture and not about the East Wing being demolished. You THINK it's about architecture. And then it gets batshit.
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trans people, especially trans women, told you what kind of person Newsom was months ago 🤷♂️
He may occasionally do the right thing for LGBTQ people but he is not a good person. Even if Bannon had a good opinion once in awhile like "kittens are cute," you don't ever gotta proactively hand it to him!
He may occasionally do the right thing for LGBTQ people but he is not a good person. Even if Bannon had a good opinion once in awhile like "kittens are cute," you don't ever gotta proactively hand it to him!
"When you talk to a guy like Steve Bannon, he talks about working folks, and he talks about about how we hollowed out the industrial core of this country,” Newsom said of Bannon, a past guest on his podcast.
“But he denies the election!” Walz said.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
“But he denies the election!” Walz said.
www.mediaite.com/media/podcas...
Gavin Newsom Shocks Tim Walz With Steve Bannon Praise: ‘Reminds Me a Lot of What Democrats Were Saying 20, 30 Years Ago’
Gavin Newsom shocked Tim Walz by offering some positive words about Steve Bannon during a discussion the state of the Democratic Party.
www.mediaite.com
October 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
trans people, especially trans women, told you what kind of person Newsom was months ago 🤷♂️
He may occasionally do the right thing for LGBTQ people but he is not a good person. Even if Bannon had a good opinion once in awhile like "kittens are cute," you don't ever gotta proactively hand it to him!
He may occasionally do the right thing for LGBTQ people but he is not a good person. Even if Bannon had a good opinion once in awhile like "kittens are cute," you don't ever gotta proactively hand it to him!
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Pitchfork putting comments under reviews? Who the hell is going to monitor that inevitable cesspit? I imagine this has nowt to do with wanting the readership's opinion, and 100% about maximising page refreshes and scraping the last few dollars and cents from the bust barrel of advertising.
*whistles idly*
*hears something about Pitchfork...ADDING comment sections to their reviews*
*boggles, checks*
Uh.
(It's a beta test...and here's to hoping it stays that way?)
pitchfork.com/news/were-te...
*hears something about Pitchfork...ADDING comment sections to their reviews*
*boggles, checks*
Uh.
(It's a beta test...and here's to hoping it stays that way?)
pitchfork.com/news/were-te...
October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Pitchfork putting comments under reviews? Who the hell is going to monitor that inevitable cesspit? I imagine this has nowt to do with wanting the readership's opinion, and 100% about maximising page refreshes and scraping the last few dollars and cents from the bust barrel of advertising.
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Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
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If I was Doctor Who I probably would spend loads of my time re-enacting the Van Gogh episode except it would be making old school critics read the reappraisals of stuff they hated. "Shouldn't you let Alice herself know how much she's loved?" asks the companion, I tetchily wave them aside
Reading contemporary Alice Coltrane album reviews… wow, if she had literally brought back John Coltrane from the dead, these reviewers would have criticized the way she resurrected John Coltrane.
I was already expecting Yoko Ono levels of hate, but wow, it was worse.
I was already expecting Yoko Ono levels of hate, but wow, it was worse.
October 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If I was Doctor Who I probably would spend loads of my time re-enacting the Van Gogh episode except it would be making old school critics read the reappraisals of stuff they hated. "Shouldn't you let Alice herself know how much she's loved?" asks the companion, I tetchily wave them aside
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Newsom is a NON-VIABLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. None of the quippy clapback posts mean a goddamn thing if he is willing to throw the queer community under the bus at any opportunity he gets to do so.
Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85
October 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Newsom is a NON-VIABLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. None of the quippy clapback posts mean a goddamn thing if he is willing to throw the queer community under the bus at any opportunity he gets to do so.
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Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Cops misled journalists about using a powerful surveillance tool to track a woman across state lines because she had an abortion, then tried to cover it up when we found out the truth. Huge story from @jasonkoebler.bsky.social and @josephcox.bsky.social this morning: www.404media.co/police-said-...
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I will definitely be doing more versions of my cyberfascism keynote, mostly because I want more opportunities to get on stage and yell, "Less complying in advance and more 'Fuck you, make me!'"
October 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I will definitely be doing more versions of my cyberfascism keynote, mostly because I want more opportunities to get on stage and yell, "Less complying in advance and more 'Fuck you, make me!'"
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ppl dunk constantly on things like philosophy and sociology and then turn around and go "maybe the computer *is* actually talking to me"
October 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
ppl dunk constantly on things like philosophy and sociology and then turn around and go "maybe the computer *is* actually talking to me"
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Wonderful thread
This could be a long and rambling thread. Be patient with me.
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
I bought an old mahogany bureau on Ebay. I didn't really want a bureau as we're meant to be downsizing, but it was a beautiful piece & obviously very old. Google lens suggests the brass chased handles are Queen Anne. That's 1702-1714 😯
October 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Wonderful thread
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Notable how far France is ahead of the UK on this stuff
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Notable how far France is ahead of the UK on this stuff
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A lot of people treat boycotts like dieting. If you "mess up" once you may as well eat a whole cake.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
September 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A lot of people treat boycotts like dieting. If you "mess up" once you may as well eat a whole cake.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
Remember that financial pressure is about large trends. More people spending less money. You're just one part of a larger effort. Do your best; reduce your dependence on the worst of the worst.
Copenhagen Airport is currently closed with all outbound flights cancelled and all inbound flights diverted because of drone activity.
DR has a live blog, but since there’s no actual information, we’re getting useful headlines like: “No doubt about it, things are not as they usually are.”
DR has a live blog, but since there’s no actual information, we’re getting useful headlines like: “No doubt about it, things are not as they usually are.”
September 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Copenhagen Airport is currently closed with all outbound flights cancelled and all inbound flights diverted because of drone activity.
DR has a live blog, but since there’s no actual information, we’re getting useful headlines like: “No doubt about it, things are not as they usually are.”
DR has a live blog, but since there’s no actual information, we’re getting useful headlines like: “No doubt about it, things are not as they usually are.”
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My extremely popular opinion is that there should be a 10% wealth tax per private jet.
September 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
My extremely popular opinion is that there should be a 10% wealth tax per private jet.
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If a headline makes you feel away, wait to respond. Rage bait, news media & campaigns of misinformation & disinformation thrive on your immediate emotions. Verify the headlines, use multiple sources. If you can wait 2-3 days to respond, I'll bet you'll feel better & approach it differently.
September 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
If a headline makes you feel away, wait to respond. Rage bait, news media & campaigns of misinformation & disinformation thrive on your immediate emotions. Verify the headlines, use multiple sources. If you can wait 2-3 days to respond, I'll bet you'll feel better & approach it differently.
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Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.
September 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Like hundreds of other people, I was targeted by Charlie Kirk's "Professor Watchlist" project and spuriously accused of being a "Terror Supporter" and an "Antisemite". The legacy of Charlie Kirk is bigotry, classroom surveillance and anti-intellectual harassment.
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Folks, as someone who watched an enormous amount of graphic footage in my time as a journalist and developed PTSD because of it, please do not watch the Charlie Kirk footage.
Trust me. Once it's seared into your memory you cannot delete it.
Trust me. Once it's seared into your memory you cannot delete it.
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Folks, as someone who watched an enormous amount of graphic footage in my time as a journalist and developed PTSD because of it, please do not watch the Charlie Kirk footage.
Trust me. Once it's seared into your memory you cannot delete it.
Trust me. Once it's seared into your memory you cannot delete it.
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Utah was the first state to allow open carry on campus. A would-be assailant could walk right onto campus armed as they please and nobody could’ve done a thing about it.
In 2014, Anita Sarkeesian canceled an event at Utah State after a credible assassination threat because the school’s response was that Utah allows guns on college campuses.
People have warned about this kind of violence for years. But they weren’t the people the powers at be wanted to protect.
People have warned about this kind of violence for years. But they weren’t the people the powers at be wanted to protect.
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Utah was the first state to allow open carry on campus. A would-be assailant could walk right onto campus armed as they please and nobody could’ve done a thing about it.
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On top of the usual reasons for doing ALT text, another reason: for any given image or text image, there is a significant portion of your audience who, due to different life experiences, have no f-ing idea what that is.
September 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
On top of the usual reasons for doing ALT text, another reason: for any given image or text image, there is a significant portion of your audience who, due to different life experiences, have no f-ing idea what that is.
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Everything you need to know about the western press: Reuters called its own camera a “Hamas camera” because Israel called it a “Hamas camera” after they bombed the Reuters camera.
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September 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Everything you need to know about the western press: Reuters called its own camera a “Hamas camera” because Israel called it a “Hamas camera” after they bombed the Reuters camera.