Amy
@amybutmoreso.bsky.social
Scientist. Wife. Mother. Order may vary.
She/Her
She/Her
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 AM
A movie that takes place where you’re from.
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
This story seems like a workplace tale @askamanager.org would call banana pants. Or SOME kinda pants.
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
This story seems like a workplace tale @askamanager.org would call banana pants. Or SOME kinda pants.
Reminder when the current administration is saying pastors are “professionals” but professional women are not, this is how lots of pastors act.
Note that these are not “mainstream” Lutherans. But WELS, LCMS, & NALC all have some to most of the same toxic theology and practices.
Note that these are not “mainstream” Lutherans. But WELS, LCMS, & NALC all have some to most of the same toxic theology and practices.
Despite knowing Clint Massie was abusing girls for years, church leaders never reported him to police.
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
It felt like “a group of people who are not just trying to protect someone — but something,” the DA said. “They have enabled something awful here.”
With @startribune.com
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Reminder when the current administration is saying pastors are “professionals” but professional women are not, this is how lots of pastors act.
Note that these are not “mainstream” Lutherans. But WELS, LCMS, & NALC all have some to most of the same toxic theology and practices.
Note that these are not “mainstream” Lutherans. But WELS, LCMS, & NALC all have some to most of the same toxic theology and practices.
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Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Local police officers and sheriffs in Mobile, Alabama, are abducting a man from the waiting room of a car dealership mechanic shop on behalf of ICE/DHS. During the kidnapping, he is administered an unidentified sedative.
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It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It remains insane to me that DOGE was treated at the time as an impressive shock and awe accomplishment - “you can’t deny he’s getting stuff done!” - and then instantly memory holed by the press once if became clear it was a total failure by every possible standard including Musk’s own
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Game industry people rarely get interviewed in the parent sphere, and that’s a shame, because we were all trying to tell people about e.g. FarmVille and dark patterns back in the day, but AFAIK the discussion rarely made it outside the industry.
Please listen about Roblox.
Please listen about Roblox.
Great breakdown of why every single parent I know who works in the games industry (myself included) will never let their kids touch Roblox
Oh, God, this is one of those "where do I even start" things, because Roblox is, like, *fractally* fucked. They are terrible at content moderation. A lot of the games are rated incorrectly, so kids can encounter graphic content (sex or violence) out of nowhere --
November 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Game industry people rarely get interviewed in the parent sphere, and that’s a shame, because we were all trying to tell people about e.g. FarmVille and dark patterns back in the day, but AFAIK the discussion rarely made it outside the industry.
Please listen about Roblox.
Please listen about Roblox.
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Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
November 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who invests in critical thinking and who invests in an AI chatbot to help you think will be really telling.
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i’ve never said this about a paywall but i will say it about ryan lizza’s: oh thank god
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
i’ve never said this about a paywall but i will say it about ryan lizza’s: oh thank god
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assuming every person who is sick with a disease gets
1. listened to
2. tested
3. treated
is itself malpractice of the highest order. which only a person ignorant of medical practice in reality could make
the issue of whether various treatments are effective is an entirely separate issue
1. listened to
2. tested
3. treated
is itself malpractice of the highest order. which only a person ignorant of medical practice in reality could make
the issue of whether various treatments are effective is an entirely separate issue
November 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
assuming every person who is sick with a disease gets
1. listened to
2. tested
3. treated
is itself malpractice of the highest order. which only a person ignorant of medical practice in reality could make
the issue of whether various treatments are effective is an entirely separate issue
1. listened to
2. tested
3. treated
is itself malpractice of the highest order. which only a person ignorant of medical practice in reality could make
the issue of whether various treatments are effective is an entirely separate issue
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“It’s not a baby, it’s a copy of me, made with code.”
Amena folded her arms and looked intensely skeptical. “That you and ART made together, with code. Code which both of you are also made out of.”
Amena folded her arms and looked intensely skeptical. “That you and ART made together, with code. Code which both of you are also made out of.”
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“It’s not a baby, it’s a copy of me, made with code.”
Amena folded her arms and looked intensely skeptical. “That you and ART made together, with code. Code which both of you are also made out of.”
Amena folded her arms and looked intensely skeptical. “That you and ART made together, with code. Code which both of you are also made out of.”
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There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
There are going to be prominent Democrats and mainstream media voices who insist that we have to "turn the page" and "forgive and forget" and they should all be roundly ignored, if not mercilessly mocked.
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something really fun about Trump instantly succumbing to Mamdani’s dazzling charisma is how miserable it probably made Andrew Cuomo to see those pictures 🥰
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
something really fun about Trump instantly succumbing to Mamdani’s dazzling charisma is how miserable it probably made Andrew Cuomo to see those pictures 🥰
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#USA My latest post on Substack is now available, and I invite you to read it, share it, and subscribe if you haven't already!👇
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Epstein and that "difference" thing
Megyn Kelly made headlines for commenting on a podcast, with no evidence other than having heard it from “someone very, very close to the case,” about an alleged “difference” in the ages of Epstein’s ...
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November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#USA My latest post on Substack is now available, and I invite you to read it, share it, and subscribe if you haven't already!👇
pxmolina.substack.com/p/epstein-an...
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All y’all should give Dr. Shiffman a follow.
You know what they say, Every gill’s crazy ‘bout a shark dressed man.
You know what they say, Every gill’s crazy ‘bout a shark dressed man.
I am 16 followers shy of 100,000
Tell a friend
Tell a friend
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
All y’all should give Dr. Shiffman a follow.
You know what they say, Every gill’s crazy ‘bout a shark dressed man.
You know what they say, Every gill’s crazy ‘bout a shark dressed man.
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
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Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
Y'all. If you want a good deal on a good read here you are. It's very, very good.
I do not know why my "sleepwalkers mysteriously walk across a violent, divided America during an unfolding pandemic being investigated by a rogue government-built AI" novel WANDERERS is a buck-ninety-nine for your electromagnetic book reader of choice, but it is, so go enjoy an on-sale apocalypse?
November 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Y'all. If you want a good deal on a good read here you are. It's very, very good.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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So if you are starting these meds, please be careful what groups you join and who you listen to, and get some support. Because it is more of a mindfuck than you might expect. 💓
November 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So if you are starting these meds, please be careful what groups you join and who you listen to, and get some support. Because it is more of a mindfuck than you might expect. 💓
This (and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com) has me in tears.
I have literally spent decades being told everything wrong is because I’m too fat. Even when I was not in any way overweight!
I have literally spent decades being told everything wrong is because I’m too fat. Even when I was not in any way overweight!
It's really difficult to get a handle on the prevalence of AAN because...well for people in larger bodies, doctors praise any weight loss to the skies.
No matter how it's achieved.
No matter how much it might harm their health otherwise.
No matter how it's achieved.
No matter how much it might harm their health otherwise.
November 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This (and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com) has me in tears.
I have literally spent decades being told everything wrong is because I’m too fat. Even when I was not in any way overweight!
I have literally spent decades being told everything wrong is because I’m too fat. Even when I was not in any way overweight!
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This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
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Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Astonishing to stop and realize that, at any given moment, bands of masked men armed to the teeth are storming churches and daycares, terrorizing entire communities—and that most of the country's political establishment barely blinks.
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#AmWorking
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
#AmWorking
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
Big businesses: "We do n% of our code with AI now"
Me: BUT IT DOESN'T WORK ANYMORE! YOU BROKE IT! YOU COMPLETELY RUINED IT!
Had this TWICE today with two different kinds of big business software product and I am ready to throw things.
You discover that your public address system is on the fritz while trying to get three different doctors to your department.
Problematic page gap.
Problematic page gap.
Angry person yelling at chill person who is responding by being calm, which makes the angry person even more mad? Problematic rage gap.
Prisoners keep escaping because you put the bars too far apart? Problematic cage gap.
November 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
You discover that your public address system is on the fritz while trying to get three different doctors to your department.
Problematic page gap.
Problematic page gap.