Andie LaMantia
@amazingandrogen.bsky.social
Just a human doing human things while trying not to let the existential dread set in.
300 characters is not enough- Prepare to be confused by my attempts to trim my verbosity.
300 characters is not enough- Prepare to be confused by my attempts to trim my verbosity.
I'm having a hard time keeping "toddlers are little scientists and button pushing means they are growing" in my head so i can keep calm and carry on. The phrase keeps getting replaced with "toddlers are clearly terrorists intending to destroy my sanity".
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I'm having a hard time keeping "toddlers are little scientists and button pushing means they are growing" in my head so i can keep calm and carry on. The phrase keeps getting replaced with "toddlers are clearly terrorists intending to destroy my sanity".
I'm doing math homework with my child and we are laughing. I can't even imagine laughing while working on difficult math as a kid. Dyscalculia aside, I wonder what my relationship with math would be like if I had been able to laugh about it when I was 11 instead of the copious tears.
November 19, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I'm doing math homework with my child and we are laughing. I can't even imagine laughing while working on difficult math as a kid. Dyscalculia aside, I wonder what my relationship with math would be like if I had been able to laugh about it when I was 11 instead of the copious tears.
Why, BB, why...
Strangely enough I'm not super excited about carrying you home now that you sat in a puddle and are cold and wet.
Strangely enough I'm not super excited about carrying you home now that you sat in a puddle and are cold and wet.
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Why, BB, why...
Strangely enough I'm not super excited about carrying you home now that you sat in a puddle and are cold and wet.
Strangely enough I'm not super excited about carrying you home now that you sat in a puddle and are cold and wet.
Poppy has gotten infinitely better over the last year- but still ain't good. We literally have the "i need space" leash flag...
I apologize for not including the artist- I did not find attributes for it.
I apologize for not including the artist- I did not find attributes for it.
November 1, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Poppy has gotten infinitely better over the last year- but still ain't good. We literally have the "i need space" leash flag...
I apologize for not including the artist- I did not find attributes for it.
I apologize for not including the artist- I did not find attributes for it.
Reasons my toddler is crying:
Bb wants to be naked, but also have his shirt on because he is cold. But not put the shirt on because NAAAAAAAAKEEDDDD!
being 2 is hard work.
Bb wants to be naked, but also have his shirt on because he is cold. But not put the shirt on because NAAAAAAAAKEEDDDD!
being 2 is hard work.
October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Reasons my toddler is crying:
Bb wants to be naked, but also have his shirt on because he is cold. But not put the shirt on because NAAAAAAAAKEEDDDD!
being 2 is hard work.
Bb wants to be naked, but also have his shirt on because he is cold. But not put the shirt on because NAAAAAAAAKEEDDDD!
being 2 is hard work.
Bb is a big fan of the "tomato" that shows up when you let the water out of the bath tub. Someday I might mention that it's a "tornado", but today is not that day. (Also, gross- my tub drain really needs to be cleaned)
October 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bb is a big fan of the "tomato" that shows up when you let the water out of the bath tub. Someday I might mention that it's a "tornado", but today is not that day. (Also, gross- my tub drain really needs to be cleaned)
The ludicrousness of my mothers main threat when i was a child just now hit me.
"If you tell anyone they will take you away and put you in foster care where x, y, and z will happen to you which will be much worse"
I had a 2nd parent I would have been sent to live with if the abuse got out.
Oh.
"If you tell anyone they will take you away and put you in foster care where x, y, and z will happen to you which will be much worse"
I had a 2nd parent I would have been sent to live with if the abuse got out.
Oh.
October 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The ludicrousness of my mothers main threat when i was a child just now hit me.
"If you tell anyone they will take you away and put you in foster care where x, y, and z will happen to you which will be much worse"
I had a 2nd parent I would have been sent to live with if the abuse got out.
Oh.
"If you tell anyone they will take you away and put you in foster care where x, y, and z will happen to you which will be much worse"
I had a 2nd parent I would have been sent to live with if the abuse got out.
Oh.
Breakfast of champions (by which I mean "toddlers") :
Pretzels and yogurt, eaten in a box "car" with a puppy co-pilot.
Pretzels and yogurt, eaten in a box "car" with a puppy co-pilot.
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Breakfast of champions (by which I mean "toddlers") :
Pretzels and yogurt, eaten in a box "car" with a puppy co-pilot.
Pretzels and yogurt, eaten in a box "car" with a puppy co-pilot.
Reality is stranger than fiction.
Package-wars?
Package-wars?
U.S. Postal Service mail carrier shot by Amazon driver
An Amazon driver shot a U.S. Postal Service worker when they crossed paths at an apartment complex.
www.freightwaves.com
October 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Reality is stranger than fiction.
Package-wars?
Package-wars?
Todays parenting observation with BB:
"To many words, not enough context"
Learning how to speak in sentences is hard.
"To many words, not enough context"
Learning how to speak in sentences is hard.
September 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Todays parenting observation with BB:
"To many words, not enough context"
Learning how to speak in sentences is hard.
"To many words, not enough context"
Learning how to speak in sentences is hard.
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I amused myself with this explanation of living in my body.
"Like driving a 1973 Pinto: coolant leak, oil leak, leaky radiator, 3 worn tires and a slightly misaligned chassis. It *can* be driven, just always plan ahead for top ups and be prepared to call for roadside assistance."
"Like driving a 1973 Pinto: coolant leak, oil leak, leaky radiator, 3 worn tires and a slightly misaligned chassis. It *can* be driven, just always plan ahead for top ups and be prepared to call for roadside assistance."
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I amused myself with this explanation of living in my body.
"Like driving a 1973 Pinto: coolant leak, oil leak, leaky radiator, 3 worn tires and a slightly misaligned chassis. It *can* be driven, just always plan ahead for top ups and be prepared to call for roadside assistance."
"Like driving a 1973 Pinto: coolant leak, oil leak, leaky radiator, 3 worn tires and a slightly misaligned chassis. It *can* be driven, just always plan ahead for top ups and be prepared to call for roadside assistance."
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Looking forward to this 😁
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’
Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Looking forward to this 😁
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"biological relation" or not, if you support this horrible government, please lose my contact info.
I can see no use in cultivating a relationship with those who are so willing to overlook so many atrocities.
I don't want to be a part of your fantasy world, and I don't want you in my reality.
I can see no use in cultivating a relationship with those who are so willing to overlook so many atrocities.
I don't want to be a part of your fantasy world, and I don't want you in my reality.
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"biological relation" or not, if you support this horrible government, please lose my contact info.
I can see no use in cultivating a relationship with those who are so willing to overlook so many atrocities.
I don't want to be a part of your fantasy world, and I don't want you in my reality.
I can see no use in cultivating a relationship with those who are so willing to overlook so many atrocities.
I don't want to be a part of your fantasy world, and I don't want you in my reality.
How is this our current timeline? So many of the lessions I was taught about what US is supposed to stand for has turned out to be ”pink”:
whitewashing with a cover of rose colored glasses.
I am ashamed of this country, And of anyone who believes this violent, hate-filled rhetoric.
whitewashing with a cover of rose colored glasses.
I am ashamed of this country, And of anyone who believes this violent, hate-filled rhetoric.
In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.
September 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
How is this our current timeline? So many of the lessions I was taught about what US is supposed to stand for has turned out to be ”pink”:
whitewashing with a cover of rose colored glasses.
I am ashamed of this country, And of anyone who believes this violent, hate-filled rhetoric.
whitewashing with a cover of rose colored glasses.
I am ashamed of this country, And of anyone who believes this violent, hate-filled rhetoric.
@jacko.being.dog , didnt know you were moonlighting in a american state fair..
September 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
@jacko.being.dog , didnt know you were moonlighting in a american state fair..
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Make it make sense.....
September 13, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Make it make sense.....
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Nacho is flaunting his chewy wealth. He doesn't want to eat it, but he certainly does not want to share it either.
Such a perfect allegory for the current world.
Such a perfect allegory for the current world.
September 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Nacho is flaunting his chewy wealth. He doesn't want to eat it, but he certainly does not want to share it either.
Such a perfect allegory for the current world.
Such a perfect allegory for the current world.
Fair.
can i, for once in my millennial life, live in precedented times? ffs
September 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Fair.
If today was a Biography, it would be called
"Stop putting rotten tomatoes in the pool" and other phrases I never expected to utter: A memoir of parenthood.
"Stop putting rotten tomatoes in the pool" and other phrases I never expected to utter: A memoir of parenthood.
August 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If today was a Biography, it would be called
"Stop putting rotten tomatoes in the pool" and other phrases I never expected to utter: A memoir of parenthood.
"Stop putting rotten tomatoes in the pool" and other phrases I never expected to utter: A memoir of parenthood.
The cuteness of these two...
August 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The cuteness of these two...