"Miss Amanda" 📔🏳🌈🐊 🇺🇦
@fishinyourear.bsky.social
Public librarian, ttrpg geek, severely ADHD. Restraining myself from just posting cute tales of my storytime kids. She/her.
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Once more for the folks in the back:
It is possible to be outraged about many things at once.
It is not possible to be *performatively* outraged about every individual issue at once.
Someone not screaming about the thing you're angry about doesn't (necessarily) mean they don't care. /thread
It is possible to be outraged about many things at once.
It is not possible to be *performatively* outraged about every individual issue at once.
Someone not screaming about the thing you're angry about doesn't (necessarily) mean they don't care. /thread
Yeah, okay, I'll bite.
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Historical fiction
2. Small children
3. Thinking about names
4. Pickling
5. Stretchy skirts
6. Asking people about their *least* favorite book
7. Small lizards
8. Creativity
9. Words
10. Learning about people!
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Historical fiction
2. Small children
3. Thinking about names
4. Pickling
5. Stretchy skirts
6. Asking people about their *least* favorite book
7. Small lizards
8. Creativity
9. Words
10. Learning about people!
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Obscure baseball statistics
2. Breakfast for dinner
3. bombastic Meat Loaf songs
4. walking through a new neighborhood
5. rhombic dodecahedrons
6. Red Bull
7. wombats
8. squad-based strategy games
9. public speaking
10. sleeping in
1. Obscure baseball statistics
2. Breakfast for dinner
3. bombastic Meat Loaf songs
4. walking through a new neighborhood
5. rhombic dodecahedrons
6. Red Bull
7. wombats
8. squad-based strategy games
9. public speaking
10. sleeping in
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Animals
2. Ridiculously complicated strategy games
3. Escapist roleplaying games
4. "Competency Porn" dramas, esp. in space
5. Cooking
6. Whipping code into shape
7. Family and friends
8. Posting random crap
9. out of
10. room
1. Animals
2. Ridiculously complicated strategy games
3. Escapist roleplaying games
4. "Competency Porn" dramas, esp. in space
5. Cooking
6. Whipping code into shape
7. Family and friends
8. Posting random crap
9. out of
10. room
November 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Yeah, okay, I'll bite.
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Historical fiction
2. Small children
3. Thinking about names
4. Pickling
5. Stretchy skirts
6. Asking people about their *least* favorite book
7. Small lizards
8. Creativity
9. Words
10. Learning about people!
Get to know your mutuals. List 10 random things that you like!
1. Historical fiction
2. Small children
3. Thinking about names
4. Pickling
5. Stretchy skirts
6. Asking people about their *least* favorite book
7. Small lizards
8. Creativity
9. Words
10. Learning about people!
Swear to hastur, every time open enrollment or taxes come up and I realize how easy other countries have it, I become a little more of a socialist.
Is my husband my state husband or my local husband???
Is my husband my state husband or my local husband???
November 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Swear to hastur, every time open enrollment or taxes come up and I realize how easy other countries have it, I become a little more of a socialist.
Is my husband my state husband or my local husband???
Is my husband my state husband or my local husband???
I need an analogy for sight reading Sondheim in dress rehearsal that works for non-musical theater people. Anyone?
October 30, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I need an analogy for sight reading Sondheim in dress rehearsal that works for non-musical theater people. Anyone?
Okay, fine, we can go to bed now.
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Okay, fine, we can go to bed now.
You know, LA, I think you could get away with delayed school opening tomorrow after this game. Parents might appreciate it.
October 28, 2025 at 6:09 AM
You know, LA, I think you could get away with delayed school opening tomorrow after this game. Parents might appreciate it.
Yes on 50, of course; fight unfair policies with unfair policies. But if Johnson is refusing to swear in Grijalva, what's to say he'll swear in any of the newly elected representatives either?
October 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Yes on 50, of course; fight unfair policies with unfair policies. But if Johnson is refusing to swear in Grijalva, what's to say he'll swear in any of the newly elected representatives either?
Friday: the Canadians vs Ohtani, Betts, and Seven Other Guys!
October 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Friday: the Canadians vs Ohtani, Betts, and Seven Other Guys!
Please keep sharing the pictures; those of us keeping your local businesses (or libraries) open today appreciate the solidarity too. <3<3<3<3
October 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Please keep sharing the pictures; those of us keeping your local businesses (or libraries) open today appreciate the solidarity too. <3<3<3<3
Have to work tomorrow and may not be able to get away, so I made a starter pack to drop off at my local.
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Have to work tomorrow and may not be able to get away, so I made a starter pack to drop off at my local.
Congratulations. The US has now spent more than its entire USAID budget to bail out one country, and mostly one hedge fund manager. www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/e...
October 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Congratulations. The US has now spent more than its entire USAID budget to bail out one country, and mostly one hedge fund manager. www.cnn.com/2025/10/12/e...
I don't know if Wētā Workshop is on here, but I would like to thank them for Tales of the Shire. It's the only thing breaking through a depressive funk this week. Tricksy hobbitses. o.o
October 17, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I don't know if Wētā Workshop is on here, but I would like to thank them for Tales of the Shire. It's the only thing breaking through a depressive funk this week. Tricksy hobbitses. o.o
Latest concert ad email: "Feel the magic of Azkaban with a live orchestra!"
The line worked okay for Stardew Valley, but that's like saying "Feel the magic of Guantanamo." o.O
The line worked okay for Stardew Valley, but that's like saying "Feel the magic of Guantanamo." o.O
October 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Latest concert ad email: "Feel the magic of Azkaban with a live orchestra!"
The line worked okay for Stardew Valley, but that's like saying "Feel the magic of Guantanamo." o.O
The line worked okay for Stardew Valley, but that's like saying "Feel the magic of Guantanamo." o.O
Little visitor today:
"I'm three!" <holds up eight fingers>
Two minutes later: "I'm still three!"
"I'm three!" <holds up eight fingers>
Two minutes later: "I'm still three!"
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Little visitor today:
"I'm three!" <holds up eight fingers>
Two minutes later: "I'm still three!"
"I'm three!" <holds up eight fingers>
Two minutes later: "I'm still three!"
I suppose "global citizen" is a condensed version of my usual "curious about everyone and everything everywhere." Thank you, program presenter.
Diwali program with a mostly Slavic audience. Pretty cool. :)
Diwali program with a mostly Slavic audience. Pretty cool. :)
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
I suppose "global citizen" is a condensed version of my usual "curious about everyone and everything everywhere." Thank you, program presenter.
Diwali program with a mostly Slavic audience. Pretty cool. :)
Diwali program with a mostly Slavic audience. Pretty cool. :)
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day - a reminder that one person saying "No" can make an unimaginable difference.
September 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day - a reminder that one person saying "No" can make an unimaginable difference.
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never crossed my mind that the crab could consider the immortality of the crab too
September 23, 2025 at 4:51 AM
never crossed my mind that the crab could consider the immortality of the crab too
hey skyline what's the best cave to spend the rest of the year in
September 18, 2025 at 5:54 PM
hey skyline what's the best cave to spend the rest of the year in
Question, internet. What do very small children say in your language for "I do it myself"? I'm trying to learn to communicate with all my tinies.
(inspiration: hearing "ya sama!" from one of my Russian-speaking regulars.)
(inspiration: hearing "ya sama!" from one of my Russian-speaking regulars.)
September 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Question, internet. What do very small children say in your language for "I do it myself"? I'm trying to learn to communicate with all my tinies.
(inspiration: hearing "ya sama!" from one of my Russian-speaking regulars.)
(inspiration: hearing "ya sama!" from one of my Russian-speaking regulars.)
Mildly offended by "you couldn't tolerate the side effects." Look, maybe the side effects couldn't tolerate *me.*
September 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Mildly offended by "you couldn't tolerate the side effects." Look, maybe the side effects couldn't tolerate *me.*
Timeline cleanse: Languages
I run storytime in English/Spanish on Wednesdays and in Russian on Saturdays. Occasionally, my kids cross over.
Stamping hand of a Russian-speaking Ukrainian 2yo after Wednesday storytime.
Her nanny: "What do you say?"
Smol: "Gracias!"
Me: <melts>
I run storytime in English/Spanish on Wednesdays and in Russian on Saturdays. Occasionally, my kids cross over.
Stamping hand of a Russian-speaking Ukrainian 2yo after Wednesday storytime.
Her nanny: "What do you say?"
Smol: "Gracias!"
Me: <melts>
September 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Timeline cleanse: Languages
I run storytime in English/Spanish on Wednesdays and in Russian on Saturdays. Occasionally, my kids cross over.
Stamping hand of a Russian-speaking Ukrainian 2yo after Wednesday storytime.
Her nanny: "What do you say?"
Smol: "Gracias!"
Me: <melts>
I run storytime in English/Spanish on Wednesdays and in Russian on Saturdays. Occasionally, my kids cross over.
Stamping hand of a Russian-speaking Ukrainian 2yo after Wednesday storytime.
Her nanny: "What do you say?"
Smol: "Gracias!"
Me: <melts>
Timeline cleanse: Dog Radar.
16mo storytimer, fixated on all the world's dogs.
After storytime: staring toward the street, pointing at the wall, and repeating "doggy." There's no dog there, just a wall of painted tiles.
Mom and I decided that he has dog radar and can sense dogs through walls. o.o
16mo storytimer, fixated on all the world's dogs.
After storytime: staring toward the street, pointing at the wall, and repeating "doggy." There's no dog there, just a wall of painted tiles.
Mom and I decided that he has dog radar and can sense dogs through walls. o.o
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Timeline cleanse: Dog Radar.
16mo storytimer, fixated on all the world's dogs.
After storytime: staring toward the street, pointing at the wall, and repeating "doggy." There's no dog there, just a wall of painted tiles.
Mom and I decided that he has dog radar and can sense dogs through walls. o.o
16mo storytimer, fixated on all the world's dogs.
After storytime: staring toward the street, pointing at the wall, and repeating "doggy." There's no dog there, just a wall of painted tiles.
Mom and I decided that he has dog radar and can sense dogs through walls. o.o
Murder is bad, but funny how the assassination of Melissa Hortman wasn't "a new age of political violence." Yet the man who spent his entire career advocating for precisely this sort of violence gets lionized and sparks calls for retribution.
We're getting real tired of going high, y'all.
We're getting real tired of going high, y'all.
September 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Murder is bad, but funny how the assassination of Melissa Hortman wasn't "a new age of political violence." Yet the man who spent his entire career advocating for precisely this sort of violence gets lionized and sparks calls for retribution.
We're getting real tired of going high, y'all.
We're getting real tired of going high, y'all.
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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
"Thank you for completing Introduction to <course platform we've been using for work trainings for the entire time I've been here>. We hope you have enjoyed your experience." Consumeth thou a sack of Richards, TalentQuest.
September 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"Thank you for completing Introduction to <course platform we've been using for work trainings for the entire time I've been here>. We hope you have enjoyed your experience." Consumeth thou a sack of Richards, TalentQuest.
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BREAKING NEWS: Small sea otter contemplates the big wide world.
September 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Small sea otter contemplates the big wide world.