Amy Karafin
@karafin.bsky.social
Patient education, former palliative care, recovering writer. I left my heart in Mumbai.
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DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DONALD TRUMP: [asleep, drooling on long red tie]
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
SENATE DEMOCRATS: fine, we give in
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"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"A promise of a vote on healthcare"
It’s a great time to call, fellow introvert New Yorkers — you’ll get the voicemail! Tell these motherfuckers[‘ voicemail] to hold the line!
Oh for the love of
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sharing, since I just googled these so I could leave angry voicemails telling these motherfuckers to hold the line
Schumer's DC office number: 202-224-6542
Gillibrand's DC office number: (202) 224-4451
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It’s a great time to call, fellow introvert New Yorkers — you’ll get the voicemail! Tell these motherfuckers[‘ voicemail] to hold the line!
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New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
New postcard print from Monica Trinidad! justseeds.org/product/soli...
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Please if anyone has room in their lives and homes for two very very sweet kitties. A good friend’s allergies are getting worse and he can’t keep them (and they can’t be separated)
Putting this out into the ether but a friend of mine has two cats, a bonded mother daughter pair ~5 years old, that he has to rehome for allergy reasons. They’re extremely cuddly and he’s heartbroken. Mid-Atlantic. Let me know if anyone wants some loveable kitties.
November 9, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Please if anyone has room in their lives and homes for two very very sweet kitties. A good friend’s allergies are getting worse and he can’t keep them (and they can’t be separated)
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Her name was Anna Bertha Röntgen and when she saw the photo she said "I have seen my death" but in German.
November 7, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Her name was Anna Bertha Röntgen and when she saw the photo she said "I have seen my death" but in German.
this spider web megacity is about as long as my city block
Michael Crichton-ass timeline phys.org/news/2025-11...
Sulfur cave spiders build an arachnid megacity and possibly the largest-ever spider web
Researchers may have discovered the world's biggest spider web, a massive subterranean structure spanning over 100 square meters in a sulfur cave on the Albania–Greece border. The multilayered web alo...
phys.org
November 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
this spider web megacity is about as long as my city block
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
November 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
the question nobody with a soul is asking, answered by people nobody wants to hear from
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i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
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NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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People don’t wanna pay for subscriptions but are also mad about pop-up ads but also want high quality journalism
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November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
People don’t wanna pay for subscriptions but are also mad about pop-up ads but also want high quality journalism
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One-pager zine inspired by a friend thanking me for telling her about some good things I heard about people doing.
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
One-pager zine inspired by a friend thanking me for telling her about some good things I heard about people doing.
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
Digitally legible format shown; printable version at link.
drive.google.com/file/d/1YJfs...
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The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
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We will lay our spawn in their graves. (Photo by @prayingmantis.bsky.social )
November 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We will lay our spawn in their graves. (Photo by @prayingmantis.bsky.social )
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I unfortunately cannot canvass but I can phone bank and perhaps some of you can too: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking
October 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I unfortunately cannot canvass but I can phone bank and perhaps some of you can too: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebanking
i have no words
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes, walking to a parade, do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” Ellis said. “They just don’t.”
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes, walking to a parade, do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” Ellis said. “They just don’t.”
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is set to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis.
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
What you need to know, for @wttw.bsky.social:
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Who Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd, Set to Face Federal Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen Federal Building in downtown Chicago at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
news.wttw.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
i have no words
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes, walking to a parade, do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” Ellis said. “They just don’t.”
“Kids dressed in Halloween costumes, walking to a parade, do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” Ellis said. “They just don’t.”
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A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
October 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
A stat we don't talk about enough: Newspapers have lost 77% of their jobs over the last 20 year, more than any of the 532 other industries tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Zohran Mamdani's promises of free busses might sound great, but I live in Albuquerque NM where city busses have been free for five years and I'm here to tell you the truth. This is what every bus in my city looks like now. Think carefully about your choice this November.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Zohran Mamdani's promises of free busses might sound great, but I live in Albuquerque NM where city busses have been free for five years and I'm here to tell you the truth. This is what every bus in my city looks like now. Think carefully about your choice this November.
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an incredible but heartbreaking response to racism:
The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows.
No more.
My Message to Muslim New Yorkers — and Everyone Who Calls This City Home.
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
an incredible but heartbreaking response to racism: