Amanda W
@amwesselmann.bsky.social
Interested in books, history, neurodiversity, cooking, art, and democracy
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This is one of the most profound statements & pieces of wisdom I've ever seen in a meme 🖤
Go enjoy the forest, for the Wolf is always near. 🐿️🍁🐺
Go enjoy the forest, for the Wolf is always near. 🐿️🍁🐺
![There is no moral
The wolf eats you one day
And until it does
The forest is beautiful
[Collage of a forest with a picture of red riding hood and the wolf in a circled close up]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tcvpjkdcsdotgvcgdf6epyoe/bafkreid2swc7pkhtfwjjacunslkfar77cbxz3repztkebse4vaojhifwqu@jpeg)
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is one of the most profound statements & pieces of wisdom I've ever seen in a meme 🖤
Go enjoy the forest, for the Wolf is always near. 🐿️🍁🐺
Go enjoy the forest, for the Wolf is always near. 🐿️🍁🐺
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bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
bluesky checked the IP addresses of pro-turkey posters and they're all posting from hungry
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Cartoon by David Horsey.
November 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Cartoon by David Horsey.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
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“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic
November 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic
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Does it count if the plants are outside in the vegetable garden? Alas, the rest is true.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Does it count if the plants are outside in the vegetable garden? Alas, the rest is true.
November 23, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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A photograph of Paul and Kenji Ima posing with each other on Thanksgiving day. The photograph was taken on November 22, 1945. Caption on front: "Thanksgiving 1945"
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
November 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
A photograph of Paul and Kenji Ima posing with each other on Thanksgiving day. The photograph was taken on November 22, 1945. Caption on front: "Thanksgiving 1945"
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
🗃 #skystorians #OTD
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Had fun talking in class today about that time when:
-rural voters got freaked out by urban protesters pushing for equal rights for ALL
-voters picked a famous guy they thought'd restore their country's glory days
-that guy won, cancelled democracy & said he was 👑
(I mean 1852 ofc 😭) 🗃️
-rural voters got freaked out by urban protesters pushing for equal rights for ALL
-voters picked a famous guy they thought'd restore their country's glory days
-that guy won, cancelled democracy & said he was 👑
(I mean 1852 ofc 😭) 🗃️
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Had fun talking in class today about that time when:
-rural voters got freaked out by urban protesters pushing for equal rights for ALL
-voters picked a famous guy they thought'd restore their country's glory days
-that guy won, cancelled democracy & said he was 👑
(I mean 1852 ofc 😭) 🗃️
-rural voters got freaked out by urban protesters pushing for equal rights for ALL
-voters picked a famous guy they thought'd restore their country's glory days
-that guy won, cancelled democracy & said he was 👑
(I mean 1852 ofc 😭) 🗃️
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What to make of the phlox
that blooms out of season,
mere moments before killing frosts,
when with no hope of fitness,
no rhyme and no reason,
brings beauty regardless of costs?
#nativeplants 🌱🌿
that blooms out of season,
mere moments before killing frosts,
when with no hope of fitness,
no rhyme and no reason,
brings beauty regardless of costs?
#nativeplants 🌱🌿
November 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
What to make of the phlox
that blooms out of season,
mere moments before killing frosts,
when with no hope of fitness,
no rhyme and no reason,
brings beauty regardless of costs?
#nativeplants 🌱🌿
that blooms out of season,
mere moments before killing frosts,
when with no hope of fitness,
no rhyme and no reason,
brings beauty regardless of costs?
#nativeplants 🌱🌿
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Good eels make good neighbors. Sometimes.
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Good eels make good neighbors. Sometimes.
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
In 1410, the Archbishop of Canterbury & the Earl of Arundel got in a fight about eel fishing rights on the Ouse in Sussex. Each wanted sole rights to set nets & traps in the river.
It got so bad that King Henry IV had to intervene. 1/3
🗃️🧪
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#BannedBookSkyClub reminder: The December 2025 book is A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin. Discussion begin date TBA.
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
#BannedBookSkyClub reminder: The December 2025 book is A Wizard of Earthsea (The Books of Earthsea, 1) by Ursula Le Guin. Discussion begin date TBA.
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
Join us! #AWizardOfEarthsea #BookSky
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Can’t believe I’m having to post this again.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Can’t believe I’m having to post this again.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
Things you don’t get to choose; Sexuality, gender, ethnicity, disability, mental/physical health, religion you’re born into.
Things you do get to choose; Whether or not to be an arsehole to someone about any of these things.
So people only start to #compost in the spring? None of the #garden or hardware stores in my area have bins for sale rn. I guess my pile is going into old garbage cans until I can get something shipped.
#neighbors #community #KeepThePeace
#neighbors #community #KeepThePeace
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
So people only start to #compost in the spring? None of the #garden or hardware stores in my area have bins for sale rn. I guess my pile is going into old garbage cans until I can get something shipped.
#neighbors #community #KeepThePeace
#neighbors #community #KeepThePeace
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When you call Mamdani a socialist, please remember:
November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
When you call Mamdani a socialist, please remember:
I give you Pepper Thee Pepper. This bell pepper plant grew from a seed a child planted after most pepper plants are well-established in our area. Pepper sprouted, was nibbled by a rabbit, persisted, and in October set flowers. One grew to this teensy bell pepper that I love. #Gardening #TinyJoys
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I give you Pepper Thee Pepper. This bell pepper plant grew from a seed a child planted after most pepper plants are well-established in our area. Pepper sprouted, was nibbled by a rabbit, persisted, and in October set flowers. One grew to this teensy bell pepper that I love. #Gardening #TinyJoys
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Remember when they said they were only going to deport criminals? Not only have they been going after grandmothers and cops, but now priests.
According to the diocese, the priest was legally working here. Now, he’s in ICE detention: www.ncronline.org/news/texas-e...
Texas Episcopal diocese says one of its priests has been detained by ICE
The Episcopal Diocese of Texas announced on Saturday (Nov. 1) that one of its priests, a Kenyan national, has been detained by immigration officials despite working in the state legally.
www.ncronline.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Remember when they said they were only going to deport criminals? Not only have they been going after grandmothers and cops, but now priests.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
CNN Speaker Johnson I don’t know montage
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#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon is the first woman elected to any US state senate, getting more votes than her husband in the Utah election. The local Dem paper said: “Mrs. Mattie Hughes Cannon is the better man of the two.“
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
November 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1896, Martha Hughes Cannon is the first woman elected to any US state senate, getting more votes than her husband in the Utah election. The local Dem paper said: “Mrs. Mattie Hughes Cannon is the better man of the two.“
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1914, American Mary Phelps Jacob is granted a US patent for the brassiere.
This is one of the more straightforward moments in her life. Thread. 👇
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #FashionHistory 🗃️
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This is one of the more straightforward moments in her life. Thread. 👇
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #FashionHistory 🗃️
1/6
November 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1914, American Mary Phelps Jacob is granted a US patent for the brassiere.
This is one of the more straightforward moments in her life. Thread. 👇
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #FashionHistory 🗃️
1/6
This is one of the more straightforward moments in her life. Thread. 👇
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory #FashionHistory 🗃️
1/6
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#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1992, voters in Illinois, USA, make Carol Moseley Braun the first African-American US Senator. She takes up office in 1993.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
November 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
#OnThisDay, 3 Nov 1992, voters in Illinois, USA, make Carol Moseley Braun the first African-American US Senator. She takes up office in 1993.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #AmericanHistory 🗃️
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The November 2025 #BannedBookSkyClub book is #ParableOfTheTalents by Octavia Butler.
I will share talking points from November 5th-12th (I'm traveling some after that), but feel free to reply anytime after since discussions never end.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
I will share talking points from November 5th-12th (I'm traveling some after that), but feel free to reply anytime after since discussions never end.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The November 2025 #BannedBookSkyClub book is #ParableOfTheTalents by Octavia Butler.
I will share talking points from November 5th-12th (I'm traveling some after that), but feel free to reply anytime after since discussions never end.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
I will share talking points from November 5th-12th (I'm traveling some after that), but feel free to reply anytime after since discussions never end.
Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Happy Halloween! 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Happy Halloween! 🎃