amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
Writer, rockstar, sci-fi simulacrum ★ Varnish (post-glam/post-punk) ★ Peaceforger trilogy (gripping near-future sci-fi) ★ The Companions (transatlantic Autistic musical duo) ★ Poet ★ Temporarily lapsed actor ★ Autistic ★ Queer ★ zie/zir/any
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amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025?
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Another way of looking at this is if each of the US’s 19,000 cities, towns & villages had their own solar thermal plant, THE MEAN AVERAGE would be 2sq km or .77sq miles.
Less than a square mile doesn’t seem so bad, does it.
Less than a square mile doesn’t seem so bad, does it.
One ~182km x ~211km solar thermal plant could provide all of America’s electricity, including a fully-electrified land transport sector.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
100% clean power from just 0.39% of U.S land.
That’s why renewables are constantly under attack from the fossil fuel industry and their paid mouthpieces.
November 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Another way of looking at this is if each of the US’s 19,000 cities, towns & villages had their own solar thermal plant, THE MEAN AVERAGE would be 2sq km or .77sq miles.
Less than a square mile doesn’t seem so bad, does it.
Less than a square mile doesn’t seem so bad, does it.
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Oh, we’re doing NAZI Nazi stuff in those facilities. 😳
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Oh, we’re doing NAZI Nazi stuff in those facilities. 😳
Grateful!
For useful schedule fails.
For stupid names.
For easy routine changes.
For useful schedule fails.
For stupid names.
For easy routine changes.
November 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Grateful!
For useful schedule fails.
For stupid names.
For easy routine changes.
For useful schedule fails.
For stupid names.
For easy routine changes.
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UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
UPDATE: Person infected with bird flu in Washington state has H5N5. It's the first time H5N5 has been found in a human
🧵
Listen, call me a “chronic illness/disability warrior” and I will absolutely demonstrate some war cries. Maybe summon allies.
Real allies, not Allies™️.
Real allies, not Allies™️.
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
🧵
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Here, read this thrilling exposé instead of hate-clicking on the awful NYT piece on that blonde journalist/courtesan (journesan?). You’re welcome.
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 14, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here, read this thrilling exposé instead of hate-clicking on the awful NYT piece on that blonde journalist/courtesan (journesan?). You’re welcome.
i might accidentally write enough words of my current novel this month to win whatever-it-is-we-call-it-now-that-the-old-thing-is-ended. it is at the cost of everything else i ought to be doing 😂 but still want to shout out the fierce partnership of my Autistic focus + artistic flow + escapism 🤝🤜✨🤛
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
i might accidentally write enough words of my current novel this month to win whatever-it-is-we-call-it-now-that-the-old-thing-is-ended. it is at the cost of everything else i ought to be doing 😂 but still want to shout out the fierce partnership of my Autistic focus + artistic flow + escapism 🤝🤜✨🤛
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Well, yes. That is in fact exactly why.
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Well, yes. That is in fact exactly why.
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Miya Wilkes, 29, called an ambulance after suffering a fall at home. When paramedic Avery Mann, 39, arrived on the scene and asked her to describe where it hurt, Wilkes gave a heavy sigh before listing off every source of physical, emotional and psychic pain in her life to date.
Autistic woman asked where it hurts gestures vaguely at entire life
An autistic woman asked to describe the source of her pain has no idea where to begin, it has been reported. Miya Wilkes, 29, called an ambulance after suffering a fall at home. When paramedic Avery…
thedailytism.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Miya Wilkes, 29, called an ambulance after suffering a fall at home. When paramedic Avery Mann, 39, arrived on the scene and asked her to describe where it hurt, Wilkes gave a heavy sigh before listing off every source of physical, emotional and psychic pain in her life to date.
Grateful!
For dialogue.
For peanuts.
For sorting sweets by colour.
For dialogue.
For peanuts.
For sorting sweets by colour.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Grateful!
For dialogue.
For peanuts.
For sorting sweets by colour.
For dialogue.
For peanuts.
For sorting sweets by colour.
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ADHD crew, if you're looking for one tab in Firefox and can't find it and typing in the address bar produces no suggestions even though you KNOW it's there, put a % before your search. If it's really open, it should show up. I've been so frustrated trying to find tabs that I KNEW were open somewhere
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
ADHD crew, if you're looking for one tab in Firefox and can't find it and typing in the address bar produces no suggestions even though you KNOW it's there, put a % before your search. If it's really open, it should show up. I've been so frustrated trying to find tabs that I KNEW were open somewhere
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Thread. As someone who was once a 15-yr-old girl, ALL OF THIS.
To add to this, it’s interesting how the 15 yr old boys are not appropriate partners for 15 yr old girls. As someone who was a 15 yr old girl, it’s very flattering to have attention from adult men, right up to the point where you realize you want to say no.
People are making their jokes but this is white Christian culture writ large. Women, girls alike are raised to understand that men goes after young girls because its their sex that makes them virtuous and their pursuit is just a natural thing that happens. Boys will be boys, men will be men etc.
November 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Thread. As someone who was once a 15-yr-old girl, ALL OF THIS.
Grateful!
For dentists who mask.
For mum advice.
For wins, even by small margins.
For dentists who mask.
For mum advice.
For wins, even by small margins.
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Grateful!
For dentists who mask.
For mum advice.
For wins, even by small margins.
For dentists who mask.
For mum advice.
For wins, even by small margins.
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But the fact that none of today's news is actually news is why I've cut anyone from my life who voted for him. There is no single issue important enough to vote in a rapist...let alone a child rapist.
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
But the fact that none of today's news is actually news is why I've cut anyone from my life who voted for him. There is no single issue important enough to vote in a rapist...let alone a child rapist.
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Her art (in following post) is gorgeous and $10 for sketches is a steal. Maybe round up/give extra?
I lived in Manila for a year and the Philippines is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. Please help! And RT!
I lived in Manila for a year and the Philippines is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. Please help! And RT!
Going serious.
Homeland 🇵🇭 was devastated by back-to-back typhoon which destroyed a lot of homes and displaced families.
I am offering $10+ sketches. All profits will be donated to ChildHope Philippines, a local org providing basic needs to street children, the most vulnerable population rn
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Homeland 🇵🇭 was devastated by back-to-back typhoon which destroyed a lot of homes and displaced families.
I am offering $10+ sketches. All profits will be donated to ChildHope Philippines, a local org providing basic needs to street children, the most vulnerable population rn
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November 13, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Her art (in following post) is gorgeous and $10 for sketches is a steal. Maybe round up/give extra?
I lived in Manila for a year and the Philippines is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. Please help! And RT!
I lived in Manila for a year and the Philippines is one of the most wonderful countries in the world. Please help! And RT!
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“It’s been a pleasure these past 4 years pretending I’ve done anything other than pad the wallets of the city’s richest people, greediest corporations, and blatantly corrupt cops, but the time has come for me to enjoy more time with the part of my family that best fit into my political narrative."
Harrell to Spend More Time with Most Of His Family: tinyurl.com/z5z3xvd4
November 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
“It’s been a pleasure these past 4 years pretending I’ve done anything other than pad the wallets of the city’s richest people, greediest corporations, and blatantly corrupt cops, but the time has come for me to enjoy more time with the part of my family that best fit into my political narrative."
yesssss!
now, let's hope she gets out there and lives up to the aspirational title of "seattle's mamdani" that people keep using for her. (she didn't run on as bold a leftist platform as he did, so i'm not expecting it. but she ought to surpass our current disaster mayor anyway.)
now, let's hope she gets out there and lives up to the aspirational title of "seattle's mamdani" that people keep using for her. (she didn't run on as bold a leftist platform as he did, so i'm not expecting it. but she ought to surpass our current disaster mayor anyway.)
That's a wrap on the Seattle Mayor's race: Katie Wilson wins it by 1,975 votes after the final remaining ballots were counted today.
That takes the race out of automatic recount territory as the gap is >0.5%
That takes the race out of automatic recount territory as the gap is >0.5%
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
yesssss!
now, let's hope she gets out there and lives up to the aspirational title of "seattle's mamdani" that people keep using for her. (she didn't run on as bold a leftist platform as he did, so i'm not expecting it. but she ought to surpass our current disaster mayor anyway.)
now, let's hope she gets out there and lives up to the aspirational title of "seattle's mamdani" that people keep using for her. (she didn't run on as bold a leftist platform as he did, so i'm not expecting it. but she ought to surpass our current disaster mayor anyway.)
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dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
not interested in a kennedy heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a pelosi heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a cuomo heir for the same reason i’m not interested in a clinton heir for the same reason i’m not inter
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
dynasties are a symptom of democratic failure
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
- maybe high barriers to entry into politics
- maybe poor information about all candidates-> name-recognition problem
- maybe something else! but definitely not a sign of merit, fairness, or accountability
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turns out in elite circles "misunderstood" is how you spell "pedophile"
Really wild how all these Harvard scientists and mathematics guys constantly talked about how Jeffrey Epstein was this brilliant, "misunderstood" man and then you read his emails and he's clearly a barely literate lecher, extremely easy to understand
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
turns out in elite circles "misunderstood" is how you spell "pedophile"
i'd post my shocked face, but...
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
i'd post my shocked face, but...
tiny thread
cos i know at least a couple people who will appreciate it
cos i know at least a couple people who will appreciate it
this Wechat emoji is my candidate for "pictorial communication cannot be assumed to be crosscultural"
(it doesn't mean "I want to give you a Satanic phone call" or even "you're a surfing demon", it means "amazing/awesome/smooth")
(it doesn't mean "I want to give you a Satanic phone call" or even "you're a surfing demon", it means "amazing/awesome/smooth")
November 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
tiny thread
cos i know at least a couple people who will appreciate it
cos i know at least a couple people who will appreciate it
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And, to state the obvious:
Mental illness doesn't make you a racist or sexist or antisemite
plenty of people deal with mental illness without repeatedly praising genocidal fascists, somehow
Mental illness doesn't make you a racist or sexist or antisemite
plenty of people deal with mental illness without repeatedly praising genocidal fascists, somehow
November 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And, to state the obvious:
Mental illness doesn't make you a racist or sexist or antisemite
plenty of people deal with mental illness without repeatedly praising genocidal fascists, somehow
Mental illness doesn't make you a racist or sexist or antisemite
plenty of people deal with mental illness without repeatedly praising genocidal fascists, somehow
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I’m at the Door Dash State of Local Commerce. I’m at the Air BnB Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I’m at the combination Door Dash State of Local Commerce/Air BnB Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I’m at the combination Door Dash State of Local Commerce/Air BnB Bureau of Labor Statistics.
November 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I’m at the Door Dash State of Local Commerce. I’m at the Air BnB Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I’m at the combination Door Dash State of Local Commerce/Air BnB Bureau of Labor Statistics.
I’m at the combination Door Dash State of Local Commerce/Air BnB Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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To put her doubts to rest, Paige Thomas, 39, underwent a rigorous diagnostic assessment with clinical psychologist, Graeme Hart. This consisted of seven lengthy questionnaires and three diagnostic interviews, which Thomas voluntarily supplemented with a full autobiography.
“What if I’m not really autistic?” asks world’s most obviously autistic woman, constantly
An autistic woman is boring the ever-living fuck out of her friends and family by relentlessly questioning her own diagnosis, sources have claimed. To put her doubts to rest, Paige Thomas, 39,…
thedailytism.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
To put her doubts to rest, Paige Thomas, 39, underwent a rigorous diagnostic assessment with clinical psychologist, Graeme Hart. This consisted of seven lengthy questionnaires and three diagnostic interviews, which Thomas voluntarily supplemented with a full autobiography.
Grateful! For rewatching when I know the twist. For more than fuel. For letting logic do the lifting.
November 12, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Grateful! For rewatching when I know the twist. For more than fuel. For letting logic do the lifting.