Amanda Hocking
@amandahocking.bsky.social
Author of many books. Owner of many pets. New book MUSE out now.
Happy 13th birthday to my handsome old man, Sawyer Bean Marino!
March 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Happy 13th birthday to my handsome old man, Sawyer Bean Marino!
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"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
February 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"It's almost impossible to believe he exists.
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
It's as if you took everything that was bad about America, scraped it off the floor, put it in an old hot dog skin & taught it to make noises with its mouth"
#PRESIDEMENTIA
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It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
February 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc.
Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.
Currently vibes. Art by @urbanminis.bsky.social
February 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Currently vibes. Art by @urbanminis.bsky.social
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I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
February 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I sincerely don’t know why people aren’t physically stopping those dorks. Move shit. Lock doors. Lose the keys. Everyone switch seats. Turn off all the lights. Switch the signs on the elevator lobby. Make the settings all silly. Use a different language. Wear costumes. Fill rooms with balloons
It took four years, but our Newfoundland mix finally realized that she is tall enough to steal food off the kitchen counters. Please keep our family in your thoughts during this trying time.
February 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
It took four years, but our Newfoundland mix finally realized that she is tall enough to steal food off the kitchen counters. Please keep our family in your thoughts during this trying time.
I am in love with outfit that Hunter Schafer wore recently from Jean-Paul Gaultier. It reminds me of something that someone would wear to marry the Goblin King. Or Queen. 👑
January 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I am in love with outfit that Hunter Schafer wore recently from Jean-Paul Gaultier. It reminds me of something that someone would wear to marry the Goblin King. Or Queen. 👑
I have recently started added garlic-infused olive oil to my ramen noodles, and it has seriously elevated it to another level. I try to add vegetables (bok choy, mushrooms), but just a splash or two of olive oil is amazing.
a panda bear is sitting at a table eating ramen with chopsticks .
ALT: a panda bear is sitting at a table eating ramen with chopsticks .
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January 30, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I have recently started added garlic-infused olive oil to my ramen noodles, and it has seriously elevated it to another level. I try to add vegetables (bok choy, mushrooms), but just a splash or two of olive oil is amazing.
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Folks.
I am still telling jokes on the internet like a doofus. I want to explain why I am telling jokes like a doofus when people, especially marginalized people but also everyone else, are being slowly pulled apart by the most ghastly people imaginable.
The answer is, for my mental health.
1/
I am still telling jokes on the internet like a doofus. I want to explain why I am telling jokes like a doofus when people, especially marginalized people but also everyone else, are being slowly pulled apart by the most ghastly people imaginable.
The answer is, for my mental health.
1/
January 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Folks.
I am still telling jokes on the internet like a doofus. I want to explain why I am telling jokes like a doofus when people, especially marginalized people but also everyone else, are being slowly pulled apart by the most ghastly people imaginable.
The answer is, for my mental health.
1/
I am still telling jokes on the internet like a doofus. I want to explain why I am telling jokes like a doofus when people, especially marginalized people but also everyone else, are being slowly pulled apart by the most ghastly people imaginable.
The answer is, for my mental health.
1/
In the good news department, my dog Swayze’s seizures are under control. For the past year high-stress events like going to the vets caused seizures, but today she went without any issues at all.
January 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
In the good news department, my dog Swayze’s seizures are under control. For the past year high-stress events like going to the vets caused seizures, but today she went without any issues at all.
The other day I started following @eve6.bsky.social on here, and then the radio played “Inside Out.” Coincidence? Yeah, probably, but it was a nice one.
January 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The other day I started following @eve6.bsky.social on here, and then the radio played “Inside Out.” Coincidence? Yeah, probably, but it was a nice one.
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If the price of coffee goes up the guy from blues traveler will be fine because he also likes tea
January 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
If the price of coffee goes up the guy from blues traveler will be fine because he also likes tea
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In other news, my brain couldn’t think of the word for “lazy Susan” and instead I said “rotating Sally” and so that is the new name for it, please update your records.
January 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In other news, my brain couldn’t think of the word for “lazy Susan” and instead I said “rotating Sally” and so that is the new name for it, please update your records.
If you’re looking for ways to relax and escape this weekend, my new book MUSE is only $2.99 for an ebook. (It’s also available in paperback). MUSE features glittering magic, vibrant kingdoms, and forbidden romance.
January 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
If you’re looking for ways to relax and escape this weekend, my new book MUSE is only $2.99 for an ebook. (It’s also available in paperback). MUSE features glittering magic, vibrant kingdoms, and forbidden romance.
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AI is polluting stock image libraries with generated garbage. search.app/4asE
Designers say AI is making stock image sites unusable
A deluge of AI slop is making it harder to find decent images.
search.app
January 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
AI is polluting stock image libraries with generated garbage. search.app/4asE
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"The people who run this country should not lead comfortable lives while the rest of us suffer. If decorum is dead, let it be buried."
damn that is a BAR. made me pause reading so I could find out if the writer's on bluesky lol
(she is btw @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social)
defector.com/the-old-rule...
damn that is a BAR. made me pause reading so I could find out if the writer's on bluesky lol
(she is btw @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social)
defector.com/the-old-rule...
The Old Rules Are For Losers | Defector
The further we get away from the 2016 Democratic National Convention, the more I become convinced that Michelle Obama standing on that stage saying, “When they go low, we go high,” was a death knell. ...
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January 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"The people who run this country should not lead comfortable lives while the rest of us suffer. If decorum is dead, let it be buried."
damn that is a BAR. made me pause reading so I could find out if the writer's on bluesky lol
(she is btw @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social)
defector.com/the-old-rule...
damn that is a BAR. made me pause reading so I could find out if the writer's on bluesky lol
(she is btw @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social)
defector.com/the-old-rule...
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Cats are such empaths, I swear they just seem to know whenever I'm having a bad day because without missing a beat they’re just like vomit, vomit, tail in coffee, extended screaming, channeling ghosts, channeling ghosts, further screaming…
January 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Cats are such empaths, I swear they just seem to know whenever I'm having a bad day because without missing a beat they’re just like vomit, vomit, tail in coffee, extended screaming, channeling ghosts, channeling ghosts, further screaming…
Severance is such a good tv show it makes me angry at everything else for not being Severance.
January 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Severance is such a good tv show it makes me angry at everything else for not being Severance.
This is my cat Quigley Ponderosa, but my nickname for him is The Perfect Little Man Who is Perfect. He loves to cuddle and sounds like Stede Bonnet inside my head. These are some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken him over the last few days. That’s it. I just wanted to share him.
January 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This is my cat Quigley Ponderosa, but my nickname for him is The Perfect Little Man Who is Perfect. He loves to cuddle and sounds like Stede Bonnet inside my head. These are some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken him over the last few days. That’s it. I just wanted to share him.
Just posting a little reminder that all my books feature LGBT+ characters, and they always will. Love is love, people are people, life is short, and we should celebrate love and happiness wherever we find it.
January 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Just posting a little reminder that all my books feature LGBT+ characters, and they always will. Love is love, people are people, life is short, and we should celebrate love and happiness wherever we find it.
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Listen, my social media is going to be fluffy, interspersed with screaming into the void, because I'm focusing my energy on non-SM stuff where I'm seeing the most positive impact in helping people. SM has it's place, but the pressure to respond to EVERYTHING is exhausting. 1/2
January 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Listen, my social media is going to be fluffy, interspersed with screaming into the void, because I'm focusing my energy on non-SM stuff where I'm seeing the most positive impact in helping people. SM has it's place, but the pressure to respond to EVERYTHING is exhausting. 1/2
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How to spend today
January 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
How to spend today
Today for Martin Luther King Jr Day, I am sharing my favorite quote of his, which is embedded in the promenade in San Diego.
January 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Today for Martin Luther King Jr Day, I am sharing my favorite quote of his, which is embedded in the promenade in San Diego.
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Question for people using alt-text: how detailed should I be when describing book covers? In the past I've sometimes said "the book cover showing Title and Author" because it seems like those are the important bits of info. I glance at a cover for a second: it feels odd writing a long paragraph.
January 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Question for people using alt-text: how detailed should I be when describing book covers? In the past I've sometimes said "the book cover showing Title and Author" because it seems like those are the important bits of info. I glance at a cover for a second: it feels odd writing a long paragraph.