Amanda C. Davis
@davisac1.bsky.social
Environmental professional, creative amateur. Enthusiastic. Stories in Cemetery Dance, IGMS & others. She/her.
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Yeah I keep seeing this reaction, but it’s wholly at odds with the history of these things.
The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.
The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.
People who are assuring us that this means Trump is going to win are clearly unfamiliar with the deeply weird lore of this country's THREE mid-seventies presidential-candidate assassination attempts.
July 13, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Yeah I keep seeing this reaction, but it’s wholly at odds with the history of these things.
The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.
The bump Reagan got was short lived and that was the exception to the rule. TR, George Wallace, Gerald Ford all survived attacks but did not win their races.
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amplify this not unverified reports until we know more
July 13, 2024 at 10:24 PM
amplify this not unverified reports until we know more
Maybe the best in-universe conceit of the Muppets is that they're terrible performers and almost everyone hates them
June 30, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Maybe the best in-universe conceit of the Muppets is that they're terrible performers and almost everyone hates them
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Hey, all three of the Dragon Age games are on a massive discount on Steam (less than $5 each).
June 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Hey, all three of the Dragon Age games are on a massive discount on Steam (less than $5 each).
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Juneteenth does not celebrate "When news of the end of slavery finally reached Texas."
Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could even after it was abolished, finally couldn't keep up the lie anymore.
Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could even after it was abolished, finally couldn't keep up the lie anymore.
mekka okereke :verified: (@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io)
Juneteenth does not celebrate "When news of the end of slavery finally reached Texas."
Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could...
hachyderm.io
June 19, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Juneteenth does not celebrate "When news of the end of slavery finally reached Texas."
Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could even after it was abolished, finally couldn't keep up the lie anymore.
Juneteenth celebrates when the racist people in Texas that tried to hold on to slavery for as long as they could even after it was abolished, finally couldn't keep up the lie anymore.
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Calling all aspiring climate fiction writers! Polish those stories and submit them to Imagine 2200! The deadline is fast approaching – submissions close on 6/24. I'm one of the judges, along with Omar El Akkad. Winners get cash prizes and publication! Details here: grist.org/climate-fict...
Imagine 2200: Write the future
Everything you need to know about the 2024/2025 Imagine 2200 climate fiction short story contest, celebrating the futures we want to see.
grist.org
June 12, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Calling all aspiring climate fiction writers! Polish those stories and submit them to Imagine 2200! The deadline is fast approaching – submissions close on 6/24. I'm one of the judges, along with Omar El Akkad. Winners get cash prizes and publication! Details here: grist.org/climate-fict...
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Here’s the role that personal choice plays in climate: a lot of the things you can do for personal choice that are in some vague sense of the phrase good for climate are also good for preparing you to be climate adapted.
June 7, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Here’s the role that personal choice plays in climate: a lot of the things you can do for personal choice that are in some vague sense of the phrase good for climate are also good for preparing you to be climate adapted.
Can you believe we had a president named Chester Arthur? Sometimes they really do just fade into the forgetting place.
June 7, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Can you believe we had a president named Chester Arthur? Sometimes they really do just fade into the forgetting place.
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til anyone ages 12-26 can get a library card online from the san diego library to get access to banned books and audiobooks
Books Unbanned
Can you believe that some of America's youth are denied the right to read? Yeah, we couldn’t either! So, guess what we are going to do about it? We believe in your right to read what you want, discove...
www.sandiego.gov
May 31, 2024 at 10:16 PM
til anyone ages 12-26 can get a library card online from the san diego library to get access to banned books and audiobooks
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Whether it’s at college or a difficult job, I feel like everybody needs to have that moment in their young adulthood where they realize “oh man, I actually don’t know very much at all”
May 31, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Whether it’s at college or a difficult job, I feel like everybody needs to have that moment in their young adulthood where they realize “oh man, I actually don’t know very much at all”
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Check out my new original character, Guy Around the Office Who's 100% Noticed That Clark Kent Is Superman
May 26, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Check out my new original character, Guy Around the Office Who's 100% Noticed That Clark Kent Is Superman
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Today! HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING is in stores everywhere.
Davi is stuck in a time loop and sick of trying to save the Kingdom from the Dark Lord. This time she's off to join the winning team!
www.amazon.com/Become-Dark-...
Davi is stuck in a time loop and sick of trying to save the Kingdom from the Dark Lord. This time she's off to join the winning team!
www.amazon.com/Become-Dark-...
Amazon.com: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi Book 1) eBook : Wexler, Django: Kindle Store
Amazon.com: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord Davi Book 1) eBook : Wexler, Django: Kindle Store
www.amazon.com
May 21, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Today! HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING is in stores everywhere.
Davi is stuck in a time loop and sick of trying to save the Kingdom from the Dark Lord. This time she's off to join the winning team!
www.amazon.com/Become-Dark-...
Davi is stuck in a time loop and sick of trying to save the Kingdom from the Dark Lord. This time she's off to join the winning team!
www.amazon.com/Become-Dark-...
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New from Reckoning 8: took a bit of work to get the Osage orthography to display correctly, but worth it so you can fully appreciate "A Move to a New Country" by Dan Musgrave, in which the Osage prepare a generation ship to rejoin the stars from whence they came: reckoning.press/a-move-to-a-...
A Move to a New Country | Reckoning
The 𐓏𐓘𐓓𐓘𐓓𐓟1 were a sky people first before we came down to the Earth to begin a new life. One dawn, a week before 𐒻𐒼𐓂2 went into the hospital, we faced east and watched a pillar of white smoke reach u...
reckoning.press
May 20, 2024 at 2:01 PM
New from Reckoning 8: took a bit of work to get the Osage orthography to display correctly, but worth it so you can fully appreciate "A Move to a New Country" by Dan Musgrave, in which the Osage prepare a generation ship to rejoin the stars from whence they came: reckoning.press/a-move-to-a-...
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Four days until DARK LORD!
You can pre-order it in all the usual places. But if you want a signed copy, I'm offering those through @shawnspeakman.com and The Signed Page! Pre-orders are open!
signedpage.com/products/how...
You can pre-order it in all the usual places. But if you want a signed copy, I'm offering those through @shawnspeakman.com and The Signed Page! Pre-orders are open!
signedpage.com/products/how...
How To Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler (Trade Pap
Author: Django WexlerPublisher: OrbitHardcover: 432 pagesPrinting: 1stISBN: 978-0316392204Release Date: May 21, 2024Signing Date: May 28, 2024Note: Signed and/or personalized on title page Book Descri...
signedpage.com
May 17, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Four days until DARK LORD!
You can pre-order it in all the usual places. But if you want a signed copy, I'm offering those through @shawnspeakman.com and The Signed Page! Pre-orders are open!
signedpage.com/products/how...
You can pre-order it in all the usual places. But if you want a signed copy, I'm offering those through @shawnspeakman.com and The Signed Page! Pre-orders are open!
signedpage.com/products/how...
X-Men 97 writers: "YOU KNOW WHAT, these were never subtle metaphors ANYWAY"
May 15, 2024 at 1:37 AM
X-Men 97 writers: "YOU KNOW WHAT, these were never subtle metaphors ANYWAY"
Happy Eurovision everybody
May 11, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Happy Eurovision everybody
Peacock's watch next suggestion is "Pitch Perfect", so you know their algorithm is on point.
May 11, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Peacock's watch next suggestion is "Pitch Perfect", so you know their algorithm is on point.
WHAT in the Silent Hill is Portugal up to
May 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
WHAT in the Silent Hill is Portugal up to
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If you've spotted the Aurora tonight, report it to aurorasaurus.org! It's crowdsourcing aurora location and intensity data. This kind of citizen science is genuinely valuable!
Aurorasaurus - Reporting Auroras from the Ground Up
Aurorasaurus is a citizen science site where you can report sightings of the aurora. The site contains forecasts of the Northern Lights, user-reported aurora sightings along with Tweets and photograph...
aurorasaurus.org
May 11, 2024 at 4:04 AM
If you've spotted the Aurora tonight, report it to aurorasaurus.org! It's crowdsourcing aurora location and intensity data. This kind of citizen science is genuinely valuable!
Man, I literally can't make my characters dumb enough that I'm not the one making decisions and solving problems, heaven knows I try
"There is a sublime joy in playing a complete numbskull, and I wish to experience it."
I’m dying to play D&D’s biggest idiot, but my parties keep putting me in charge
This is my curse to bear
www.polygon.com
May 6, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Man, I literally can't make my characters dumb enough that I'm not the one making decisions and solving problems, heaven knows I try
This rap battle has to be kayfabe, right?
May 6, 2024 at 5:03 PM
This rap battle has to be kayfabe, right?
So, win/win
Scorpio: Today entire nations will erect statues of you for no other reason than to pull them down and destroy them in an angry riot.
May 6, 2024 at 3:27 PM
So, win/win
Holy cow, X-Men '97 really does go hard, doesn't it?
May 6, 2024 at 2:46 AM
Holy cow, X-Men '97 really does go hard, doesn't it?