Amanda Chestnut
@blkamanda.bsky.social
Curator, artist, publisher, arts administrator, educator. They/them.
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Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.
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This month might be the first time I have to go to a food bank as an adult. And if not this month then probably next. I use my SNAP mostly to feed my dad because his SNAP isn’t enough to feed him. I don’t think I’ll be able to afford groceries for us both out of pocket.
HOLD THE DAMN LINE.
HOLD THE DAMN LINE.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This month might be the first time I have to go to a food bank as an adult. And if not this month then probably next. I use my SNAP mostly to feed my dad because his SNAP isn’t enough to feed him. I don’t think I’ll be able to afford groceries for us both out of pocket.
HOLD THE DAMN LINE.
HOLD THE DAMN LINE.
I know the lexapro is finally wearing off because I’ve cried a little every time this has gone by on my phone.
November 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I know the lexapro is finally wearing off because I’ve cried a little every time this has gone by on my phone.
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8274... I think I did this right? I’ve never used this website before and did it from my phone but I think this will get you your very own STFU Tony Romo shirt, while supporting me ❤️💙
November 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/8274... I think I did this right? I’ve never used this website before and did it from my phone but I think this will get you your very own STFU Tony Romo shirt, while supporting me ❤️💙
Going to make shirts that say “STFU Tony Romo”
November 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Going to make shirts that say “STFU Tony Romo”
I think I get Swedish threads because I have the keyboard on my phone. But I’m grateful to be able to see a glimpse of what’s going on because my brother never tells us.
Här önskar man att våra makthavare och folkvalda gjorde betydligt mer. Kommer bli ett våldsamt och livsfarligt valår. www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/a/o3...
Nazisternas våldsnatt i Stockholm – tre attacker på 30 minuter
De är åtalade för flera oprovocerade attacker. Nu har de unga nazisternas våldsamma natt på Stockholms gator kartlagts av polisen. – Jag minns inte något efte
www.aftonbladet.se
October 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I think I get Swedish threads because I have the keyboard on my phone. But I’m grateful to be able to see a glimpse of what’s going on because my brother never tells us.
If I had known I could be gay, do crimes, AND get away with it if I was a piece of 💩, I would have thought twice about trying to be a good person.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case.
October 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
If I had known I could be gay, do crimes, AND get away with it if I was a piece of 💩, I would have thought twice about trying to be a good person.
Randomly spotting an artist I know in national news.
Good trouble.
Good trouble.
Ka’ila Farrell-Smith grew up deeply involved in the fight for Indigenous rights. “I’ve been warned my entire life, ‘The FBI’s watching us.’”
Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.
(Published July)
Now the agency is focused on her and a new generation of activists challenging a lithium mine in Nevada.
(Published July)
“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show
Law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, have collaborated with private security to surveil largely peaceful protesters opposed to the Thacker Pass mine, according to a ProPublica review of thousa...
www.propublica.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Randomly spotting an artist I know in national news.
Good trouble.
Good trouble.
Little (maybe 5 year old) boy in the brewery came up to me and said, very seriously, “You know what? Sometimes you have $5 and sometimes you have $7.”
I really feel that, little dude.
I really feel that, little dude.
October 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Little (maybe 5 year old) boy in the brewery came up to me and said, very seriously, “You know what? Sometimes you have $5 and sometimes you have $7.”
I really feel that, little dude.
I really feel that, little dude.
Just learned the rapture is happening on my birthday.
September 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Just learned the rapture is happening on my birthday.
You know it’s gotten weird when you’re on the same page as Ted Cruz and Karl Rove.
They’re even turning on their own. Texas Republican Ted Cruz slammed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, calling his behavior “mafia-like” and warning that Carr’s threats to retaliate against media companies for their programming were “dangerous as hell.”
Ted Cruz: FCC chair sounded like 'mafioso' in threat over Jimmy Kimmel
Ted Cruz cautioned that the administration's threats against the media posed a risk to free speech protections in the First Amendment.
www.houstonchronicle.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
You know it’s gotten weird when you’re on the same page as Ted Cruz and Karl Rove.
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I keep typing words and then deleting them because none of them are sufficient to capture how utterly fucked up and unacceptable this is. And yet it won't move a single Republican to give a damn.
The president of the United States just declared war, actual military war, not a metaphorical one, on a major American city, and one governed by his political opponents.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
In any other period, this would be impeachment-worthy.
September 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I keep typing words and then deleting them because none of them are sufficient to capture how utterly fucked up and unacceptable this is. And yet it won't move a single Republican to give a damn.
A very useful way to spend $3
Please spread the word!
and YES it's also evidently three bux at Bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/on-r...
and YES it's also evidently three bux at Bookshop!! bookshop.org/p/books/on-r...
On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
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September 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A very useful way to spend $3
Has anyone ever gone through a business rebranding? I worked in marketing when a small nonprofit did. Less than 10 staff, small website. It was a whole nightmare for over a year. Changing the name of even a small business is a huge undertaking. I can’t imagine what a nightmare this would be.
The change would return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
President Trump plans to rename the Defense Department as the Department of War
The change would return the department to a name that it carried for much of its history, until it became the Department of Defense in the wake of World War II.
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September 5, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Has anyone ever gone through a business rebranding? I worked in marketing when a small nonprofit did. Less than 10 staff, small website. It was a whole nightmare for over a year. Changing the name of even a small business is a huge undertaking. I can’t imagine what a nightmare this would be.
There are some fascinating documentaries about the theft of art that happened in wwii.
It’s interesting to me that we’re seeing systemic destruction of the arts again, but this time without the pillaging. Maybe it won’t happen. Maybe it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe we just haven’t heard about it.
It’s interesting to me that we’re seeing systemic destruction of the arts again, but this time without the pillaging. Maybe it won’t happen. Maybe it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe we just haven’t heard about it.
The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:50 AM
There are some fascinating documentaries about the theft of art that happened in wwii.
It’s interesting to me that we’re seeing systemic destruction of the arts again, but this time without the pillaging. Maybe it won’t happen. Maybe it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe we just haven’t heard about it.
It’s interesting to me that we’re seeing systemic destruction of the arts again, but this time without the pillaging. Maybe it won’t happen. Maybe it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe we just haven’t heard about it.
Hello. For those of you who are unfamiliar with my career, you might like to know that I have 20 years of arts nonprofit administration experience. And that is the thing I have the least experience in. The reasonable* maximum is 30 years of experience with photography.
I know my shit, thx ☺️
I know my shit, thx ☺️
August 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Hello. For those of you who are unfamiliar with my career, you might like to know that I have 20 years of arts nonprofit administration experience. And that is the thing I have the least experience in. The reasonable* maximum is 30 years of experience with photography.
I know my shit, thx ☺️
I know my shit, thx ☺️
I have never shared video of a Black person being assaulted like this before. It’s traumatizing to watch. But it’s important to note that this is 🧊. Not police. Not the national guard. The police, who are supposed to serve and protect, stand by and watch as 🧊 bodies this man.
ICE body slams man's head hard into pavement—for eating crabs in public.
Agents shove him into ground with arms twisted behind his back—bleeding severely from his forehead.
"My head! You're breaking my arm!" he cries out. "Why are you doing this? I was just eating crabs!"
Washington, D.C.
Agents shove him into ground with arms twisted behind his back—bleeding severely from his forehead.
"My head! You're breaking my arm!" he cries out. "Why are you doing this? I was just eating crabs!"
Washington, D.C.
August 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
I have never shared video of a Black person being assaulted like this before. It’s traumatizing to watch. But it’s important to note that this is 🧊. Not police. Not the national guard. The police, who are supposed to serve and protect, stand by and watch as 🧊 bodies this man.
Rochester is on his list. Maybe not very high up, but be assured that we’re there.
Trump on DC: "We haven't had to bring in the regular military, which we're willing to do if we have to. And after we do this, we'll go to another location and we'll make it safe also ... Chicago is a mess. And we'll straighten that one out probably next"
August 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Rochester is on his list. Maybe not very high up, but be assured that we’re there.
I was just thinking about how tuberculosis chic is coming back in, as it does during recessions.
Didn’t know TB was also back in.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Didn’t know TB was also back in.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
August 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I was just thinking about how tuberculosis chic is coming back in, as it does during recessions.
Didn’t know TB was also back in.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Didn’t know TB was also back in.
www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Just told off Comic Book Guy incarnate for raising his voice at the girl serving hotdogs at Costco. Because two things we will not do are:
1. Go after young Black femmes
2. Yell in Costco
Pretty sure my @danielleponder.bsky.social shirt gives me superpowers.
1. Go after young Black femmes
2. Yell in Costco
Pretty sure my @danielleponder.bsky.social shirt gives me superpowers.
August 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just told off Comic Book Guy incarnate for raising his voice at the girl serving hotdogs at Costco. Because two things we will not do are:
1. Go after young Black femmes
2. Yell in Costco
Pretty sure my @danielleponder.bsky.social shirt gives me superpowers.
1. Go after young Black femmes
2. Yell in Costco
Pretty sure my @danielleponder.bsky.social shirt gives me superpowers.
Me: did you see that Matt Rife bought Ed and Lorraine Warren’s estate?
Boyfriend: 😶
Me: that comedian who got all the plastic surgery so he could get laid more even though he kind of hates women. And the Warrens, who were pioneers in the paranormal but also super shady and manipulative people.
Boyfriend: 😶
Me: that comedian who got all the plastic surgery so he could get laid more even though he kind of hates women. And the Warrens, who were pioneers in the paranormal but also super shady and manipulative people.
August 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Me: did you see that Matt Rife bought Ed and Lorraine Warren’s estate?
Boyfriend: 😶
Me: that comedian who got all the plastic surgery so he could get laid more even though he kind of hates women. And the Warrens, who were pioneers in the paranormal but also super shady and manipulative people.
Boyfriend: 😶
Me: that comedian who got all the plastic surgery so he could get laid more even though he kind of hates women. And the Warrens, who were pioneers in the paranormal but also super shady and manipulative people.
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Still looking for more stable housing for my niece. Any tips are appreciated
Do I leave anyone who has a rental apartment available? My niece is looking for a spot. 14607 or close to it (she works on Monroe). $900 or less (yeah, I know, I’m encouraging her about a second job). August move in, ideally.
July 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Still looking for more stable housing for my niece. Any tips are appreciated