Amanda C 🥄
@amandaesque.bsky.social
I enjoy filling out forms because it feels like taking a test where I know all the answers. MSP, she/her. Former 18F content strategist. Practitioner of bureaucromancy.
"What if the wizard is good at pinball?"
October 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"What if the wizard is good at pinball?"
Also please never forget the undergrad recruitment campaign: “COME CURIOUS.” With the amazing personalized mailers.
READY TO COME CURIOUS, ₛₐₘᵤₑₗ?
READY TO COME CURIOUS, ₛₐₘᵤₑₗ?
October 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Also please never forget the undergrad recruitment campaign: “COME CURIOUS.” With the amazing personalized mailers.
READY TO COME CURIOUS, ₛₐₘᵤₑₗ?
READY TO COME CURIOUS, ₛₐₘᵤₑₗ?
It did make for some great graffiti potential though!
October 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It did make for some great graffiti potential though!
My response now any time someone brings up AI:
October 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My response now any time someone brings up AI:
HELLO SEASONALLY APPROPRIATE WEATHER FOR WHICH I HAVE PINED.
October 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
HELLO SEASONALLY APPROPRIATE WEATHER FOR WHICH I HAVE PINED.
I don't NEED a co-builder and you don't NEED details of my client's business! This is not helpful, let me opt out, holy crap.
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I don't NEED a co-builder and you don't NEED details of my client's business! This is not helpful, let me opt out, holy crap.
MSP is my home airport and is so good I will go there hours before a flight just to post up with tasty food and fast WiFi to get some writing done.
Also they served me a Bellini spritz in a pint glass.
Also they served me a Bellini spritz in a pint glass.
August 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
MSP is my home airport and is so good I will go there hours before a flight just to post up with tasty food and fast WiFi to get some writing done.
Also they served me a Bellini spritz in a pint glass.
Also they served me a Bellini spritz in a pint glass.
Had a convo today about weird in-jokes or responses you have w/ family or long-term friends because of something that happened in the past. (Example: asking "How was the amethyst mine?" when my mom returns from travel)
I hereby dub these "grinks," ala the classic tweet. What are some of yours?
I hereby dub these "grinks," ala the classic tweet. What are some of yours?
![Tweet from user brent (@murrman5)
[me telling my story how I survived a plane crash and lived on a deserted island for a year] it was crazy
[friend who once got a text from me where I accidentally called the grinch the grink] was the grink there?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o7wy342d6xohhtzc2wx56dcx/bafkreidkpx4eozzab3cadtrn3o6ihzycumkspqm3e7hgbyjmcz4dmkibiq@jpeg)
August 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Had a convo today about weird in-jokes or responses you have w/ family or long-term friends because of something that happened in the past. (Example: asking "How was the amethyst mine?" when my mom returns from travel)
I hereby dub these "grinks," ala the classic tweet. What are some of yours?
I hereby dub these "grinks," ala the classic tweet. What are some of yours?
A Nextdoor moment so iconic I had to screenshot it. (It later became a meme in my work Slack.)
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 AM
A Nextdoor moment so iconic I had to screenshot it. (It later became a meme in my work Slack.)
Just a reminder, not ALL three-point list jokes need to follow the Underpants Gnome model.
July 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just a reminder, not ALL three-point list jokes need to follow the Underpants Gnome model.
WHY does a web app have "normal hours" of operation!? Is it because of maintenance, backup staffing, what???
Does the UI system need to off-gas for a while like some new foam mattress? Or take respite in the salty air of the seaside?
Does the UI system need to off-gas for a while like some new foam mattress? Or take respite in the salty air of the seaside?
June 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
WHY does a web app have "normal hours" of operation!? Is it because of maintenance, backup staffing, what???
Does the UI system need to off-gas for a while like some new foam mattress? Or take respite in the salty air of the seaside?
Does the UI system need to off-gas for a while like some new foam mattress? Or take respite in the salty air of the seaside?
What's a poster you had up in your room growing up?
June 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
What's a poster you had up in your room growing up?
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
June 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Some of y’all can’t handle 2 high agency males going at it and it really shows.
Boy howdy do I wish I could pick certain LinkedIn endorsements to be highlighted skills. Also, if we're pals on The Professional Network and you want to add YOUR endorsement, please feel free!
May 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Boy howdy do I wish I could pick certain LinkedIn endorsements to be highlighted skills. Also, if we're pals on The Professional Network and you want to add YOUR endorsement, please feel free!
They shall battle during Gary Retrograde.
May 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
They shall battle during Gary Retrograde.
I've talked about Brand's pace layers so damn much during (and esp after) my time as a fed that I have the article bookmarked and the diagram saved as a favorite in my camera roll.
Government is slow(er) because it stabilizes and supports the faster layers. jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-b...
Government is slow(er) because it stabilizes and supports the faster layers. jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-b...
May 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I've talked about Brand's pace layers so damn much during (and esp after) my time as a fed that I have the article bookmarked and the diagram saved as a favorite in my camera roll.
Government is slow(er) because it stabilizes and supports the faster layers. jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-b...
Government is slow(er) because it stabilizes and supports the faster layers. jods.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/issue3-b...
Knucks that say "NOPE OUT!"
April 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Knucks that say "NOPE OUT!"
Excited for this to be another installment of "Vulture Bets on Berry"
// @vulture.com, @annevclark.bsky.social
// @vulture.com, @annevclark.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Excited for this to be another installment of "Vulture Bets on Berry"
// @vulture.com, @annevclark.bsky.social
// @vulture.com, @annevclark.bsky.social
I thought for some reason the not-war-plans Signal Group chat was back in the news, but no, it is an ADDITIONAL Signal Group chat.
April 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I thought for some reason the not-war-plans Signal Group chat was back in the news, but no, it is an ADDITIONAL Signal Group chat.
This morning's delight: a Q&A from a google info page about a local brewery.
April 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This morning's delight: a Q&A from a google info page about a local brewery.
It’s the Twins’ home opener! ⚾️
April 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It’s the Twins’ home opener! ⚾️