amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
Writer, rockstar, sci-fi simulacrum ★ Varnish (post-glam/post-punk) ★ Peaceforger trilogy (gripping near-future sci-fi) ★ The Companions (transatlantic Autistic musical duo) ★ Poet ★ Temporarily lapsed actor ★ Autistic ★ Queer ★ zie/zir/any
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amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025?
no, seriously, vote in your local elections
(i was not exaggerating, though character count kept me from pointing out why i supported the candidate who is barely ahead. and the incident noted in this post is not her opponent's only misbehaviour)
(i was not exaggerating, though character count kept me from pointing out why i supported the candidate who is barely ahead. and the incident noted in this post is not her opponent's only misbehaviour)
Seattle's Mamdani is winning by an absurdly small margin over our incumbent mayor, who once pulled a gun on a pregnant woman in a parking lot.
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
Vote in your local elections!
www.thestranger.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
no, seriously, vote in your local elections
(i was not exaggerating, though character count kept me from pointing out why i supported the candidate who is barely ahead. and the incident noted in this post is not her opponent's only misbehaviour)
(i was not exaggerating, though character count kept me from pointing out why i supported the candidate who is barely ahead. and the incident noted in this post is not her opponent's only misbehaviour)
Grateful! For clean lines. For inching ahead. For the right kind of spoilers.
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Grateful! For clean lines. For inching ahead. For the right kind of spoilers.
made the mistake of looking at actual health insurance premium amounts for 2026. i had hoped, for once, i'd be proven wrong about the horrors i keep saying are coming.
anyway, going to go wash my face and stuff. need to push through my current feelings enough to do my nightly gratitude post.
anyway, going to go wash my face and stuff. need to push through my current feelings enough to do my nightly gratitude post.
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
made the mistake of looking at actual health insurance premium amounts for 2026. i had hoped, for once, i'd be proven wrong about the horrors i keep saying are coming.
anyway, going to go wash my face and stuff. need to push through my current feelings enough to do my nightly gratitude post.
anyway, going to go wash my face and stuff. need to push through my current feelings enough to do my nightly gratitude post.
seattle's mayoral race is one of those proofs that your individual vote can matter. here we are, almost a week later, and the candidate currently in the lead (may she win!):
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 AM
seattle's mayoral race is one of those proofs that your individual vote can matter. here we are, almost a week later, and the candidate currently in the lead (may she win!):
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
- was not in the lead friday
- leads by 91 votes
if you're in seattle and didn't vote? think about that if your person loses
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Thinking about how the attempt to subsume everything into the information economy dovetails so suspiciously well with AI.
By the information economy, I mean how every product, need, or service gets turned into something to be solved by supplying information.
By the information economy, I mean how every product, need, or service gets turned into something to be solved by supplying information.
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Me when the AI bubble bursts
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Me when the AI bubble bursts
correct
use your actual intelligence or gtfo
use your actual intelligence or gtfo
“The report found that the heaviest AI users are thought leadership writers (84%), PR/comms professionals (73%), and content marketing writers (73%).”
How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!
How can you be a thought leader when you don’t think? Fraud. Scam. Grift and nonsense!
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 PM
correct
use your actual intelligence or gtfo
use your actual intelligence or gtfo
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Still a few days left before the deadline!
Writer’s room residency application is open for @spl.org until Nov 14! If you live in Seattle and want to take advantage of the library and its collections, apply!! www.spl.org/hours-and-lo...
Writers' Room
Writers can apply to use our Writers' Room to work on their projects.
www.spl.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Still a few days left before the deadline!
💊✨
Robert Hapworth, 40, commented: “Finley’s our miracle child. Way better than the last one. I mean, what’s the point in my wife taking all that Tylenol if our kid’s not gonna be dunking on all the other toddlers?”
Autistic child prodigy absolutely dunking on his talentless sister
An autistic child prodigy has successfully learned six languages, commenced his studies at NASA and inspired middle-aged Facebook aunts everywhere – and totally owned his comparatively mediocre…
thedailytism.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Laura's got your next coaching post for the month:
www.patreon.com/posts/from-c...
www.patreon.com/posts/from-c...
From Coach Laura: A Meditation on the Notes App | Laura Zats and Erik Hane
Get more from Laura Zats and Erik Hane on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Laura's got your next coaching post for the month:
www.patreon.com/posts/from-c...
www.patreon.com/posts/from-c...
this is relevant in multiple states. here's a 🧵
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
this is relevant in multiple states. here's a 🧵
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While most people are focusing on the negatives of starving poor people right before the holidays, some are saying ending SNAP food stamp benefits could be good for businesses like Doug Rifter’s Torch & Pitchfork Emporium.
‘End of SNAP Benefits Could Be Good for Business,’ Says Owner of Torch & Pitchfork Emporium: tinyurl.com/48mw8sr6
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
While most people are focusing on the negatives of starving poor people right before the holidays, some are saying ending SNAP food stamp benefits could be good for businesses like Doug Rifter’s Torch & Pitchfork Emporium.
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do you all ever think about how howard dean got knocked out of a primary for being a lil too excited and now we have All This and people who will defend it because politics are sports to some people
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
do you all ever think about how howard dean got knocked out of a primary for being a lil too excited and now we have All This and people who will defend it because politics are sports to some people
so much the same
I frequently have people try to explain that I could have AI help with the parts I hate or just to get ideas. But, writing is the process, and I can't possibly get to know the characters and their motivations or develop a world if I skip steps. Also, I will die with story ideas still in my head.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
so much the same
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An autistic woman, who was miles away and surrounded by witnesses at the time of a recent strangulation murder, still thinks the immense weight of guilt and shame crouching gargoyle-like on her soul could be related to the crime, it has been reported.
Autistic woman with alibi for murder still thinks she may have somehow committed it
An autistic woman, who was miles away and surrounded by witnesses at the time of a recent strangulation murder, still thinks the immense weight of guilt and shame crouching gargoyle-like on her soul…
thedailytism.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An autistic woman, who was miles away and surrounded by witnesses at the time of a recent strangulation murder, still thinks the immense weight of guilt and shame crouching gargoyle-like on her soul could be related to the crime, it has been reported.
Grateful! For not being disappointed. For thumb drives. For the same UI.
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Grateful! For not being disappointed. For thumb drives. For the same UI.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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Primary every god damned one of them. Every one. No matter if they have 6 years left. Ensure they cannot be in public in peace, without having to answer for their abject failure as a party. Make ALL of them live with the consequences of how much harm and death they have enabled, as a party.
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Primary every god damned one of them. Every one. No matter if they have 6 years left. Ensure they cannot be in public in peace, without having to answer for their abject failure as a party. Make ALL of them live with the consequences of how much harm and death they have enabled, as a party.
hello, friend
(time to re-watch mr. robot. need to make sure i own a copy eventually...even knowing what's what, this show still works for me)
(time to re-watch mr. robot. need to make sure i own a copy eventually...even knowing what's what, this show still works for me)
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 AM
hello, friend
(time to re-watch mr. robot. need to make sure i own a copy eventually...even knowing what's what, this show still works for me)
(time to re-watch mr. robot. need to make sure i own a copy eventually...even knowing what's what, this show still works for me)
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Democrats would do well to remember that trusting a party defined by deceit and bad faith isn’t just naïve, it’s dangerous to democracy itself.
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Democrats would do well to remember that trusting a party defined by deceit and bad faith isn’t just naïve, it’s dangerous to democracy itself.
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The Dems are on the right side of things during the shutdown, but the messaging has been lousy!
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
November 10, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Dems are on the right side of things during the shutdown, but the messaging has been lousy!
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
Its simple & powerful, if put clearly-
“Republicans have taken American families food hostage in order to pressure Dems to let the President gut their healthcare. This is not an acceptable choice!”
heads-up, nerds!
I have stacks of things too beat up to list but too cool to pitch. Maybe someone is looking for a copy of this for super, super cheap? It’s hard to find. But very messed up.
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
heads-up, nerds!
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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watching the gdt frankenstein finally. it is obviously Amazing. and i'm realising i never wish i was a horror writer* except when i watch one of his films and daydream of him doing a stunning adaptation
* i'm a horror reader/watcher, though. def not a horror hater, even if some types are Not For Me
* i'm a horror reader/watcher, though. def not a horror hater, even if some types are Not For Me
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
watching the gdt frankenstein finally. it is obviously Amazing. and i'm realising i never wish i was a horror writer* except when i watch one of his films and daydream of him doing a stunning adaptation
* i'm a horror reader/watcher, though. def not a horror hater, even if some types are Not For Me
* i'm a horror reader/watcher, though. def not a horror hater, even if some types are Not For Me
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If you don’t derive any benefit from the act of writing, no pleasure or catharsis or satisfaction, why are you doing it? This isn’t meant to be an aggressive question, I’m not demanding an answer, but it’s a thing you may want to ask yourself. Life is short and you could do something else?
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
If you don’t derive any benefit from the act of writing, no pleasure or catharsis or satisfaction, why are you doing it? This isn’t meant to be an aggressive question, I’m not demanding an answer, but it’s a thing you may want to ask yourself. Life is short and you could do something else?