Amanda Scott 💙
@amandascott2023.bsky.social
Jungian. Cinéphile. Lawyer. Chess fanatic. CEO NanoApps Medical Creative Dir. Alias
"You are the music while the music lasts.'
T.S. Elliot
Sydney Aust. No DMs
"You are the music while the music lasts.'
T.S. Elliot
Sydney Aust. No DMs
Pinned
'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.'
C. G. Jung
C. G. Jung
President Donald Trump installed two large flagpoles on the White House grounds, both nearly 100-feet-tall, which sit in the north and south lawns.
Trump: "These are the best poles anywhere in the country, or in the world, actually".
Did the contractors get paid?
www.newsweek.com/american-fla...
Trump: "These are the best poles anywhere in the country, or in the world, actually".
Did the contractors get paid?
www.newsweek.com/american-fla...
US flag lying on ground at White House raises questions
An image of the American flag lying on the ground at the White House has circulated online, sparking questions and concerns.
www.newsweek.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
President Donald Trump installed two large flagpoles on the White House grounds, both nearly 100-feet-tall, which sit in the north and south lawns.
Trump: "These are the best poles anywhere in the country, or in the world, actually".
Did the contractors get paid?
www.newsweek.com/american-fla...
Trump: "These are the best poles anywhere in the country, or in the world, actually".
Did the contractors get paid?
www.newsweek.com/american-fla...
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
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Paul McCartney’s first new recording in five years lacks a tune and jaunty guitar chops because there’s barely anything there. He is releasing the track of an almost silent recording as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Paul McCartney’s first new recording in five years lacks a tune and jaunty guitar chops because there’s barely anything there. He is releasing the track of an almost silent recording as part of a music industry protest against copyright theft by artificial intelligence companies.
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"I come from a mid-20th century America, from downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us..."
Martin Scorsese #botd
Martin Scorsese #botd
November 17, 2025 at 8:14 AM
"I come from a mid-20th century America, from downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us..."
Martin Scorsese #botd
Martin Scorsese #botd
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
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See that Rolex clock and gold bar?
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
November 15, 2025 at 9:30 PM
See that Rolex clock and gold bar?
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off.
Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%.
While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief.
Reposted by Amanda Scott 💙
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
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"Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates..." — Will Self
"One of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature..." — William Boyd
J. G. Ballard #botd
"One of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature..." — William Boyd
J. G. Ballard #botd
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Other writers describe; Ballard anticipates..." — Will Self
"One of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature..." — William Boyd
J. G. Ballard #botd
"One of the most haunting, cogent and individual imaginations in contemporary literature..." — William Boyd
J. G. Ballard #botd
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
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“So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”
- Macbeth, Act I, Scene 3
- Macbeth, Act I, Scene 3
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“So foul and fair a day I have not seen.”
- Macbeth, Act I, Scene 3
- Macbeth, Act I, Scene 3
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“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
“Weaponizing the DOJ” takes on a whole new level when you order investigations in order to reopen it so it’s no longer closed and you can claim you can’t release information because it’s an “ongoing investigation”
The Mar-a-Lago face, MAGA stagecraft.
“I read it as a sign of physical submission to Donald Trump, a statement of fealty to him and the idea that the surface of a policy is the only thing that matters,” Anne Higonnet, prof. of art history at Barnard College
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“I read it as a sign of physical submission to Donald Trump, a statement of fealty to him and the idea that the surface of a policy is the only thing that matters,” Anne Higonnet, prof. of art history at Barnard College
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
In your face: The brutal aesthetics of MAGA
Does proximity to power rely on a specific look?
www.motherjones.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 AM
The Mar-a-Lago face, MAGA stagecraft.
“I read it as a sign of physical submission to Donald Trump, a statement of fealty to him and the idea that the surface of a policy is the only thing that matters,” Anne Higonnet, prof. of art history at Barnard College
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
“I read it as a sign of physical submission to Donald Trump, a statement of fealty to him and the idea that the surface of a policy is the only thing that matters,” Anne Higonnet, prof. of art history at Barnard College
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"if an investigation into any one of the targets suggested by Mr. Trump were to ultimately start, it could allow the Justice Dept (Bondi!) to refuse to release any further files related to Mr. Epstein by claiming that the disclosures could harm continuing inquiries."
Yep.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
Yep.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
“Equally remarkable was how quickly Attorney General Pam Bondi acquiesced to his demand, even though four months ago the Justice Department formally declared that nothing in the Epstein files warranted further investigation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
The Justice Department Will Investigate Epstein Ties. Just Not to Trump.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 AM
"if an investigation into any one of the targets suggested by Mr. Trump were to ultimately start, it could allow the Justice Dept (Bondi!) to refuse to release any further files related to Mr. Epstein by claiming that the disclosures could harm continuing inquiries."
Yep.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
Yep.
bsky.app/profile/ryan...
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Louise Brooks #BOTD
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Louise Brooks #BOTD
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
Henri Langlois #BOTD
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Henri Langlois #BOTD
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
On November 13, 1872 #OTD Claude Monet painted "Impression, soleil levant" from his studio window in a single morning.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On November 13, 1872 #OTD Claude Monet painted "Impression, soleil levant" from his studio window in a single morning.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
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If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Anderson has been banned from more than 30 countries yet his New Independent Fundamental Baptist (NFIB) sect is generally tax-exempt.
My take on his future? Think David Koresh.
Must say, I'm curious how he feels about an having an adulterer in the White House.🤔
bsky.app/profile/kate...
My take on his future? Think David Koresh.
Must say, I'm curious how he feels about an having an adulterer in the White House.🤔
bsky.app/profile/kate...
Pastor Anderson of Faithful World Baptist Church in Phoenix, Arizona
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Anderson has been banned from more than 30 countries yet his New Independent Fundamental Baptist (NFIB) sect is generally tax-exempt.
My take on his future? Think David Koresh.
Must say, I'm curious how he feels about an having an adulterer in the White House.🤔
bsky.app/profile/kate...
My take on his future? Think David Koresh.
Must say, I'm curious how he feels about an having an adulterer in the White House.🤔
bsky.app/profile/kate...
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Can’t wait for Karoline Leavitt to explain how this was a perfect example of the Trump administration’s transparency because he refused to dignify the story with a comment or some dumb crap like that
Trump refuses to answer questions about Jeffrey Epstein and kicks the White House Press Pool out of the Oval Office:
November 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Can’t wait for Karoline Leavitt to explain how this was a perfect example of the Trump administration’s transparency because he refused to dignify the story with a comment or some dumb crap like that
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WH press corps better nail Karoline Leavitt on her bumper crop of lies today. A simple Q...
Why was there a need for an all-hands-on-deck meeting in the *security of Situation Room* over the Epstein files? (More secure than the Signalgate!)
Natl security issue? Blackmail? 🤔
🧾 Time: is.gd/7zwtdS
Why was there a need for an all-hands-on-deck meeting in the *security of Situation Room* over the Epstein files? (More secure than the Signalgate!)
Natl security issue? Blackmail? 🤔
🧾 Time: is.gd/7zwtdS
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
WH press corps better nail Karoline Leavitt on her bumper crop of lies today. A simple Q...
Why was there a need for an all-hands-on-deck meeting in the *security of Situation Room* over the Epstein files? (More secure than the Signalgate!)
Natl security issue? Blackmail? 🤔
🧾 Time: is.gd/7zwtdS
Why was there a need for an all-hands-on-deck meeting in the *security of Situation Room* over the Epstein files? (More secure than the Signalgate!)
Natl security issue? Blackmail? 🤔
🧾 Time: is.gd/7zwtdS
Reposted by Amanda Scott 💙
"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
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The sheer number of people Trump pardoned — 1,500+ — and the magnitude of violence many (most?) of them committed means it is statistically likely that a fair number will be revidivists, potentially for more egregious crimes. The pardons should be a top story EVERY DAY
November 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The sheer number of people Trump pardoned — 1,500+ — and the magnitude of violence many (most?) of them committed means it is statistically likely that a fair number will be revidivists, potentially for more egregious crimes. The pardons should be a top story EVERY DAY
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Gotta love a billionaire genius real estate developer who doesn't know the difference between brass & bronze.
Trump: Take a look at this if you want to see detail. Most people do a sign and paint it on the wall. So that's half inch thick bronze. Carved. By a very talented person. And it's brass. It's pure brass.
November 12, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Gotta love a billionaire genius real estate developer who doesn't know the difference between brass & bronze.