Amanda Scott
@amandascott2023.bsky.social
Jungian. Cinéphile. Lawyer. Chess fanatic. CEO NanoApps Medical Creative Dir. Alias
'What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.'
Samuel Beckett
'What do I know of man's destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.'
Samuel Beckett
Pinned
'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.'
C. G. Jung
C. G. Jung
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Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
January 6, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Stephen Miller, who wants the U.S. to steal Greenland and shake down Latin America, says: ”We live in a world … that is governed by force, that is governed by power. These are the iron laws of the world since the beginning of time.”
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
That‘s a criminal pretending that a civilized world is impossible.
Happy Birthday Robert Duvall!
Born January 5, 1931. He is 95. 🙏
He made his iconic film debut as the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.
Born January 5, 1931. He is 95. 🙏
He made his iconic film debut as the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.
January 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Happy Birthday Robert Duvall!
Born January 5, 1931. He is 95. 🙏
He made his iconic film debut as the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.
Born January 5, 1931. He is 95. 🙏
He made his iconic film debut as the reclusive Arthur "Boo" Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.
"..large quantities of untapped, if hard-to-access, rare earths, among other minerals that Trump wants. This vast island also has oil and gas beneath its undisputed territorial waters."
Putin has come out in support of Trump’s annexation plan.
Anyone surprised?
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Putin has come out in support of Trump’s annexation plan.
Anyone surprised?
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Trump doesn’t care about alliances, and his motives on Greenland are clear
Even if the vast territory isn’t the next item on Donald Trump’s wish list, he seems determined to take it before leaving office.
www.smh.com.au
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 AM
"..large quantities of untapped, if hard-to-access, rare earths, among other minerals that Trump wants. This vast island also has oil and gas beneath its undisputed territorial waters."
Putin has come out in support of Trump’s annexation plan.
Anyone surprised?
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
Putin has come out in support of Trump’s annexation plan.
Anyone surprised?
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
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TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
TAPPER: Can you rule out the US is going to take Greenland by force?
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
MILLER: Greenland should be part of the US. By what right does Denmark assert control over Greenland? The US is the power of NATO
T: So force is on the table?
M: Nobody is gonna fight the US militarily over future of Greenland
“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse
Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.
futurism.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
“AI is the asbestos we are shoveling into the walls of our society, and our descendants will be digging it out for generations”
futurism.com/future-socie...
futurism.com/future-socie...
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A 🧵 of editorial cartoons from around the globe about US aggression in Venezuela.
When you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Free Venezuela!
Elmer, Argentina 🇦🇷
When you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Free Venezuela!
Elmer, Argentina 🇦🇷
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
A 🧵 of editorial cartoons from around the globe about US aggression in Venezuela.
When you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Free Venezuela!
Elmer, Argentina 🇦🇷
When you get to the end, click on Read 1 more reply.
If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle.
Free Venezuela!
Elmer, Argentina 🇦🇷
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"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
January 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
"America is an oil company with an army."
—George Carlin
—George Carlin
"Countries like Australia need to wake up to who they are dealing with in the US.
He has contempt for the law, US institutions, other countries and the United Nations. Appeasing him emboldens him to do worse."
www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
He has contempt for the law, US institutions, other countries and the United Nations. Appeasing him emboldens him to do worse."
www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
Australia should not lie in bed with a shameless dictator like Trump
The US president should be met with strength, not with “fear, fawning and appeasement”.
www.smh.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"Countries like Australia need to wake up to who they are dealing with in the US.
He has contempt for the law, US institutions, other countries and the United Nations. Appeasing him emboldens him to do worse."
www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
He has contempt for the law, US institutions, other countries and the United Nations. Appeasing him emboldens him to do worse."
www.smh.com.au/national/aus...
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🇩🇰🇺🇸 Danish PM Frederiksen:
"It is completely pointless to talk about the US seizing Greenland. USA has no right to annex any of the three countries that make up the Danish Realm.
Greenland and its people have made it clear they are not for sale and called on Washington to stop threatening people."
"It is completely pointless to talk about the US seizing Greenland. USA has no right to annex any of the three countries that make up the Danish Realm.
Greenland and its people have made it clear they are not for sale and called on Washington to stop threatening people."
January 4, 2026 at 10:08 PM
🇩🇰🇺🇸 Danish PM Frederiksen:
"It is completely pointless to talk about the US seizing Greenland. USA has no right to annex any of the three countries that make up the Danish Realm.
Greenland and its people have made it clear they are not for sale and called on Washington to stop threatening people."
"It is completely pointless to talk about the US seizing Greenland. USA has no right to annex any of the three countries that make up the Danish Realm.
Greenland and its people have made it clear they are not for sale and called on Washington to stop threatening people."
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These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
These freaks want territorial expansion and they know Trump will do everything he can to deliver.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
This isn’t just a tweet from some random asshole either. This is Stephen Miller’s wife. Miller was in the room with Trump during the kidnapping of Maduro.
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🇸🇪🇩🇰🇬🇱 PM of Sweden:
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
January 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
🇸🇪🇩🇰🇬🇱 PM of Sweden:
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
Only Denmark and Greenland have the right to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland. Sweden fully stands up for our neighboring country.
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Colombian President Petro on Epstein’s collaborator Donald Trump:
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Colombian President Petro on Epstein’s collaborator Donald Trump:
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil." #OpDeathEaters
You have to be fucking kidding.🤦
The “Mar-a-Lago face” phenomenon is surging across Washington, D.C., with plastic surgeons being swamped with an unprecedented spike in requests for the look associated with President Donald Trump’s closest allies.
knewz.com/demand-for-m...
The “Mar-a-Lago face” phenomenon is surging across Washington, D.C., with plastic surgeons being swamped with an unprecedented spike in requests for the look associated with President Donald Trump’s closest allies.
knewz.com/demand-for-m...
Demand for Mar-a-Lago face leaves doctors overwhelmed
Plastic surgeons say the Mar-a-Lago face trend is surging in the capital as figures aligned with President Donald Trump and MAGA fuel demand for a conspicuously artificial look.
knewz.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
You have to be fucking kidding.🤦
The “Mar-a-Lago face” phenomenon is surging across Washington, D.C., with plastic surgeons being swamped with an unprecedented spike in requests for the look associated with President Donald Trump’s closest allies.
knewz.com/demand-for-m...
The “Mar-a-Lago face” phenomenon is surging across Washington, D.C., with plastic surgeons being swamped with an unprecedented spike in requests for the look associated with President Donald Trump’s closest allies.
knewz.com/demand-for-m...
Albert Camus 🙏
(November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960)
"Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
Albert Camus
(November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960)
"Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
Albert Camus
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Albert Camus 🙏
(November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960)
"Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
Albert Camus
(November 7, 1913 – January 4, 1960)
"Be careful, when a democracy is sick, fascism comes to its bedside, but it is not to inquire about its health."
Albert Camus
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"And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 AM
"And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time."
Little Gidding, Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
September 26, 1888 – January 4, 1965
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You Don’t Get to Break the Constitution Just Because the Bastard Had It Coming
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
You Don’t Get to Break the Constitution Just Because the Bastard Had It Coming
Because “he deserved it” has never been a constitutional argument
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
You Don’t Get to Break the Constitution Just Because the Bastard Had It Coming
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
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In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
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Trump's Venezuela Attack: It’s All About the Oil, Stupid!
Here are five times Donald Trump himself admitted that illegally attacking Venezuela and toppling Nicolás Maduro was aimed at seizing the country’s massive oil reserves.
zeteo.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In his 2019 memoir The Threat, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe quotes first-term Trump saying Venezuela was “the country we should be going to war with, they have all that oil and they’re right on our back door.”
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
zeteo.com/p/venezuela-...
Musk's Grok AI on X created sexualized images of children for posting.
Musk's response?
"Musk appeared to poke fun at the controversy on Friday, posting laugh-cry emojis..."
Are the US FCC and Federal Trade Commission afraid to comment? 🤔 Yep, and we know why.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Musk's response?
"Musk appeared to poke fun at the controversy on Friday, posting laugh-cry emojis..."
Are the US FCC and Federal Trade Commission afraid to comment? 🤔 Yep, and we know why.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Elon Musk’s Grok AI floods X with sexualised photos of women and minors
One expert says he warned that the AI chatbot was “a nudification tool waiting to be weaponised”.
www.smh.com.au
January 3, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Musk's Grok AI on X created sexualized images of children for posting.
Musk's response?
"Musk appeared to poke fun at the controversy on Friday, posting laugh-cry emojis..."
Are the US FCC and Federal Trade Commission afraid to comment? 🤔 Yep, and we know why.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
Musk's response?
"Musk appeared to poke fun at the controversy on Friday, posting laugh-cry emojis..."
Are the US FCC and Federal Trade Commission afraid to comment? 🤔 Yep, and we know why.
www.smh.com.au/world/north-...
So we’re just announcing foreign strikes and kidnappings of foreign leaders on social media now? No Congress. No explanation.
This is madness.
This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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"I don't sleep at night,I knit [socks].I knit as best I can so their feet are warm in them."
95-year-old Mrs Sofiia Dukhovych from the village of Krylos,Ivano-Frankivsk region,has been knitting socks for Ukrainian Defenders for three years.During this time,she has knitted over 270 pairs
📹Reporter
95-year-old Mrs Sofiia Dukhovych from the village of Krylos,Ivano-Frankivsk region,has been knitting socks for Ukrainian Defenders for three years.During this time,she has knitted over 270 pairs
📹Reporter
January 2, 2026 at 9:48 PM
"I don't sleep at night,I knit [socks].I knit as best I can so their feet are warm in them."
95-year-old Mrs Sofiia Dukhovych from the village of Krylos,Ivano-Frankivsk region,has been knitting socks for Ukrainian Defenders for three years.During this time,she has knitted over 270 pairs
📹Reporter
95-year-old Mrs Sofiia Dukhovych from the village of Krylos,Ivano-Frankivsk region,has been knitting socks for Ukrainian Defenders for three years.During this time,she has knitted over 270 pairs
📹Reporter
Venezuela : de fortes explosions secouent la capitale Caracas
Venezuela : de fortes explosions secouent la capitale Caracas
Une série d’explosions, avec des bruits ressemblant à des survols d’avions, sont constatés par l’Agence France-Presse dans la capitale vénézuélienne depuis 2 heures du matin (7 heures, heure de Paris).
www.lemonde.fr
January 3, 2026 at 6:56 AM
Isaac Asimov 🙏 #BOTD
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
January 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Isaac Asimov 🙏 #BOTD
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States...The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'"
David Bailey 🙏#BOTD
"The 60's was great for the hundred or so of the ponces in London like me taking pictures or making movies or being Mick Jagger.. but ask a coal miner from South Yorkshire what he thought of the Sixties and he’ll tell you just how cool it really was."
David Bailey
"The 60's was great for the hundred or so of the ponces in London like me taking pictures or making movies or being Mick Jagger.. but ask a coal miner from South Yorkshire what he thought of the Sixties and he’ll tell you just how cool it really was."
David Bailey
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 PM
David Bailey 🙏#BOTD
"The 60's was great for the hundred or so of the ponces in London like me taking pictures or making movies or being Mick Jagger.. but ask a coal miner from South Yorkshire what he thought of the Sixties and he’ll tell you just how cool it really was."
David Bailey
"The 60's was great for the hundred or so of the ponces in London like me taking pictures or making movies or being Mick Jagger.. but ask a coal miner from South Yorkshire what he thought of the Sixties and he’ll tell you just how cool it really was."
David Bailey
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"Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does..."
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 AM
"Unlike any other visual image, a photograph is not a rendering, an imitation or an interpretation of its subject, but actually a trace of it. No painting or drawing belongs to its subject in the way that a photograph does..."
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017
John Berger
November 5, 1926 – January 2, 2017