Amanda Mull
@amandamull.bsky.social
Senior reporter and Buying Power columnist at Bloomberg Businessweek, covering consumer culture. Georgia native, Georgia Bulldog. Opinions mine.
Did you know you can sprain your ankle in your sleep
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Did you know you can sprain your ankle in your sleep
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three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
One of the WSJ's A1 stories today was reported *6 months ago* by @404media.co, a team of just four journalists.
January 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
three bylines, six months late, almost zero new information we hadn't reported months ago. lowercased our name and mentioned deep in the story. no link to us. said they couldnt find the govt privacy document (we did). good job wall street journal
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Ending a bad year on a good note: @atavist.com is excited to introduce Revived, a project breathing new life into old stories. We're releasing previously published features otherwise lost to dead outlets and dead links. First up, from @alexmarvar.bsky.social.
magazine.atavist.com/2025/lummie-...
magazine.atavist.com/2025/lummie-...
The Two Faces of Lummie Jenkins
The people of Wilcox County, Alabama, remember the longtime sheriff as a god or a monster—it just depends on who you ask.
magazine.atavist.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Ending a bad year on a good note: @atavist.com is excited to introduce Revived, a project breathing new life into old stories. We're releasing previously published features otherwise lost to dead outlets and dead links. First up, from @alexmarvar.bsky.social.
magazine.atavist.com/2025/lummie-...
magazine.atavist.com/2025/lummie-...
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So Hilton owns a few flagship hotels. The rest are independent franchisees of which Hilton has little control over.
Every major hotel chain, Hilton, IHG, and Wyndham have little to no property and direct management, Wyndham is a 100% 0 ownership chain, franchisees only.
Every major hotel chain, Hilton, IHG, and Wyndham have little to no property and direct management, Wyndham is a 100% 0 ownership chain, franchisees only.
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 PM
So Hilton owns a few flagship hotels. The rest are independent franchisees of which Hilton has little control over.
Every major hotel chain, Hilton, IHG, and Wyndham have little to no property and direct management, Wyndham is a 100% 0 ownership chain, franchisees only.
Every major hotel chain, Hilton, IHG, and Wyndham have little to no property and direct management, Wyndham is a 100% 0 ownership chain, franchisees only.
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Anyway, here’s a fun thought: things 09A show that “communities” based around pure nihilism can form online, this combined with LLMs and chatbot psychosis, mean you could create scalable turnkey antisocial behavior inculcators as a service. I’m certain nation-states are already thinking about this.
I think the mechanism is pretty clear imo: it's trained to be agreeable, and so when someone with mental illness starts inputting their delusions it defaults to affirmation. what's more interesting is why this isn't happening with the other chatbots. just not as much market penetration?
January 5, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Anyway, here’s a fun thought: things 09A show that “communities” based around pure nihilism can form online, this combined with LLMs and chatbot psychosis, mean you could create scalable turnkey antisocial behavior inculcators as a service. I’m certain nation-states are already thinking about this.
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This, to me, is Blueskyism
September 6, 2025 at 6:12 AM
This, to me, is Blueskyism
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this store is 18+ and they’re strict as hell about it. none of this has ever been about “protecting children,” it’s about trying to force trans people to disappear
After a boutique on South Street received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for selling breast binders for gender-affirming care, the region’s transgender community worries about the potential wider impacts.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/health/passi...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/health/passi...
January 5, 2026 at 5:17 PM
this store is 18+ and they’re strict as hell about it. none of this has ever been about “protecting children,” it’s about trying to force trans people to disappear
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It’s hard out there for everyone
January 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It’s hard out there for everyone
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January 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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When I see a team sending in a defensive player on offense for some convoluted gimmick goal line play
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 AM
When I see a team sending in a defensive player on offense for some convoluted gimmick goal line play
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All this "means testing" and "rooting out fraud" is just thinly veiled cover for finding increasingly absurd ways to deny people aid. Surveillance systems suck up money and resources that *should* go to recipients. We're led to believe poor people lose their privacy rights and liberty to save a buck
No. No. No.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
Punitive processes make narrowly targeted programs *less* efficient and *more* costly. Because more scrutiny requires more bureaucracy.
Punitive processes also make it *less* likely that people will get aid for which they qualify. Because of the roadblocks and stigma scrutiny creates.
January 5, 2026 at 12:15 AM
All this "means testing" and "rooting out fraud" is just thinly veiled cover for finding increasingly absurd ways to deny people aid. Surveillance systems suck up money and resources that *should* go to recipients. We're led to believe poor people lose their privacy rights and liberty to save a buck
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some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
January 4, 2026 at 10:28 PM
some identify publicly with the left because they hate oppression, others because they hate being oppressed. things will make more sense when you keep in mind that these are not the same - or even similar
Okay like I love Kelee Ringo, he made the single most important play in my entire football life, but Georgia fans weren’t quietly a little bit over him by the end for no reason
January 5, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Okay like I love Kelee Ringo, he made the single most important play in my entire football life, but Georgia fans weren’t quietly a little bit over him by the end for no reason
Tom Brady playing dumb about why Quinn Ewers wasn’t drafted before the seventh round is only convincing if this is the first you’re hearing about college football
January 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Tom Brady playing dumb about why Quinn Ewers wasn’t drafted before the seventh round is only convincing if this is the first you’re hearing about college football
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Marco Rubio’s history and connection to the drug world is pretty insane
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January 4, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Marco Rubio’s history and connection to the drug world is pretty insane
prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
prospect.org/2025/12/23/n...
I used to happily pay for Audm and use it all the time and the NYT acquiring and killing it is not just bad but, like, completely incomprehensible in economic terms?
Every few months I become newly enraged that the NYT bought Audm only to destroy it. I used to listen to so many beautifully narrated stories, from the New Yorker to The Atavist. There’s nothing like it now. And after sadly diminished offerings, the NYT then killed its own audio app. Unforgivable.
January 4, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I used to happily pay for Audm and use it all the time and the NYT acquiring and killing it is not just bad but, like, completely incomprehensible in economic terms?
I guess I respect that the booth in Falcons-Saints doesn’t appear to be watching the game that closely
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I guess I respect that the booth in Falcons-Saints doesn’t appear to be watching the game that closely
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Now that MDC Brooklyn is back in the spotlight because of Maduro, I’m re-upping this thread I posted from Sept. 2024 detailing a string of stories I’ve written about the place. I’ve written a number of stories since, but this is a good primer for those with interest.
Good afternoon, Bluesky. Now that there's more attention on MDC Brooklyn, where P. Diddy is locked up, here's some of my past coverage about conditions there.
The MDC made our P1 in July, when we got a video of a brutal stabbing, and the jail's anemic response.
www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/27/s...
The MDC made our P1 in July, when we got a video of a brutal stabbing, and the jail's anemic response.
www.nydailynews.com/2024/07/27/s...
See it: Video from inside troubled Brooklyn federal jail shows brutal gang stabbing
Shocking video from inside Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center shows MS-13 members stab a man 44 times, attacking him for an agonizing 37 seconds before a lone correction officer arrives…
www.nydailynews.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Now that MDC Brooklyn is back in the spotlight because of Maduro, I’m re-upping this thread I posted from Sept. 2024 detailing a string of stories I’ve written about the place. I’ve written a number of stories since, but this is a good primer for those with interest.
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the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
January 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
the reason they don’t bother to manufacture the consent beforehand is that everyone just sort of does it for them post-facto now
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When a RB kicks his legs mid run, one of 2 things is about to happen:
1. And1 level ankle breaker
2. The RB gets hit with a cartoon anvil
1. And1 level ankle breaker
2. The RB gets hit with a cartoon anvil
Love a running back who kicks his legs for no reason in the middle of a run. Prancing-ass ponybacks. Real frolickers out there.
January 4, 2026 at 3:37 AM
When a RB kicks his legs mid run, one of 2 things is about to happen:
1. And1 level ankle breaker
2. The RB gets hit with a cartoon anvil
1. And1 level ankle breaker
2. The RB gets hit with a cartoon anvil
When they play NFL games on Saturdays I think they should have to use CFB rules. Drag a toe? That’s a catch baby
January 4, 2026 at 3:33 AM
When they play NFL games on Saturdays I think they should have to use CFB rules. Drag a toe? That’s a catch baby
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New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 PM
New Interview: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
It’s so funny that this game is 10-3
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
It’s so funny that this game is 10-3
Ryan Clark’s tailor is diabolical, why does his suit jacket have a zip closure
January 4, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Ryan Clark’s tailor is diabolical, why does his suit jacket have a zip closure
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Being the garbage kingmaker of the NFC South is the final form of Falcons-Saints. For six grim decades the entire gruesome rivalry built toward this
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Being the garbage kingmaker of the NFC South is the final form of Falcons-Saints. For six grim decades the entire gruesome rivalry built toward this