Amber (She/Her)❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
@ambershrews.bsky.social
MA in medieval history, Portland State University | 🏳️🌈 | World Traveler 🌎 | INFJ | Enneagram 4 | Runner | Yogi | Liberal Hippie Pacifist | Multi-fandom (SVU/OC, Hannibal)
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We know that Hannibal is obsessed with entropy and the concept of reverse entropy (shattered teacups coming back together). I hadn’t previously thought about the trajectory of the show as being one of increasing entropy. Order into disorder. For everyone. But it totally is
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This is a significant takeaway imo. Slop isn't a communication strategy.
One minor take-away from the NYC mayor's race for those concerned with AI/synthetic media and its effects on politics and elections might be that, in this particular instance, the guy who made a malicious deepfake lost and the guy who made authentic videos won.
November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is a significant takeaway imo. Slop isn't a communication strategy.
You know when you're having a conversation with someone but the only person you want to be talking to right now isn't the one you're talking to, and you halfheartedly continue talking to the person you're actually having a conversation with while thinking "ugh I really wish this wasn't you" ????
November 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
You know when you're having a conversation with someone but the only person you want to be talking to right now isn't the one you're talking to, and you halfheartedly continue talking to the person you're actually having a conversation with while thinking "ugh I really wish this wasn't you" ????
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Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Withholding money for food and finding money for every unnecessary thing is what sparked the French Revolution. Literally.
*chugs coffee* why am I so anxious
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
*chugs coffee* why am I so anxious
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These [checks notes] white guys at [checks notes] an academic center at Princeton who write for [checks notes] Jacobin sure have ideas about who the real working class are
This is an important conversation but I am struck that nowhere does the power of conservative media come up; indeed media is described as “progressive.” No mention of Rush Limbaugh and talk radio, Fox News, Twitter, or right-wing influencers with huge audiences.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
Opinion | Can Economic Populism Save the Democratic Party?
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
These [checks notes] white guys at [checks notes] an academic center at Princeton who write for [checks notes] Jacobin sure have ideas about who the real working class are
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The plagiarism machine that’s mostly wrong and consumes lakes would like you to get a low flow toilet
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.
AI can help the environment, even though it uses tremendous energy. Here are 5 ways how
Artificial intelligence has caused concern for its tremendous consumption of water and power. But scientists are also experimenting with ways that AI can help people and businesses use energy more efficiently and pollute less.
bit.ly
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
The plagiarism machine that’s mostly wrong and consumes lakes would like you to get a low flow toilet
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But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout
BREAKING—40 million set to lose food aid next week after Trump USDA says it refuses use emergency funds for food stamps. www.axios.com/2025/10/24/g...
Exclusive: USDA says it won't use emergency funds for food stamps
States also won't be reimbursed if they cover SNAP expenses on their own, the memo says.
www.axios.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
But Trump gets a ballroom and Argentina gets a $40 billion bailout
My first husband died 8.5 years ago and I just cried because I just saw a Whole Foods in DC playing the Cal-Virginia Tech football game on TV and he’s the only one who would truly understand all the ways this makes me feel.
These moments are rare—the gut punch, the tears— but they do still happen.
These moments are rare—the gut punch, the tears— but they do still happen.
October 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
My first husband died 8.5 years ago and I just cried because I just saw a Whole Foods in DC playing the Cal-Virginia Tech football game on TV and he’s the only one who would truly understand all the ways this makes me feel.
These moments are rare—the gut punch, the tears— but they do still happen.
These moments are rare—the gut punch, the tears— but they do still happen.
Controversial? 🤭 But she absolutely deserved better than a broken empath who was still hung up on his serial killer ex boyfriend who was writing him letters from jail
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Controversial? 🤭 But she absolutely deserved better than a broken empath who was still hung up on his serial killer ex boyfriend who was writing him letters from jail
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"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory"
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
"Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory"
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
This morning I woke up and immediately realized that it’s going to be one of those days where I have trouble controlling my emotions and it’s going to be utterly exhausting. I prefer to be able to compartmentalize but if I wake up like this I’m cooked 🙃🥲
Does anyone else experience this 😂
Does anyone else experience this 😂
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This morning I woke up and immediately realized that it’s going to be one of those days where I have trouble controlling my emotions and it’s going to be utterly exhausting. I prefer to be able to compartmentalize but if I wake up like this I’m cooked 🙃🥲
Does anyone else experience this 😂
Does anyone else experience this 😂
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New episode of Future Imperfect out! @lollardfish.bsky.social and @profgabriele.com explain who the Carolingians were. I discover I am VERY INTO bits of history where everyone is known by faintly insulting epithets (Louis the Bald, Louis the Fat, Charles the Simple). shows.acast.com/future-imper...
Who were the Carolingians? | Future Imperfect
with David Perry and Mat Gabriele
shows.acast.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
New episode of Future Imperfect out! @lollardfish.bsky.social and @profgabriele.com explain who the Carolingians were. I discover I am VERY INTO bits of history where everyone is known by faintly insulting epithets (Louis the Bald, Louis the Fat, Charles the Simple). shows.acast.com/future-imper...
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In 2023 I rage-deleted my OG Twitter account after my best friend and I broke up in spectacular fashion on a street in Berlin. We’d met on Twitter and that plus Elon had me in the mood to burn bridges.
However, I am such an archivist that I now regret that permanent decision. 😭
However, I am such an archivist that I now regret that permanent decision. 😭
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In 2023 I rage-deleted my OG Twitter account after my best friend and I broke up in spectacular fashion on a street in Berlin. We’d met on Twitter and that plus Elon had me in the mood to burn bridges.
However, I am such an archivist that I now regret that permanent decision. 😭
However, I am such an archivist that I now regret that permanent decision. 😭
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05-25-2025
Will painting~🎨👀
Will painting~🎨👀
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
05-25-2025
Will painting~🎨👀
Will painting~🎨👀
The best thing that happened today is that I was walking down the street and there was a Cuomo campaign flyer on the ground and I stepped on his face
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The best thing that happened today is that I was walking down the street and there was a Cuomo campaign flyer on the ground and I stepped on his face
I HATE BASEBALL 😭😭😭😭
October 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I HATE BASEBALL 😭😭😭😭
I feel a lot of second-hand embarrassment for people who appear in Cuomo's campaign ads.
October 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I feel a lot of second-hand embarrassment for people who appear in Cuomo's campaign ads.
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How every state in the US teaches about feudalism. A New post from me and @profgabriele.com, along with access to a slideshow and spreadsheet with more info.
24 states REQUIRE feudalism.
8 suggest feudalism.
Feudalism, ICYMI, is not a real thing. Click, read, share, subscribe (it's free!).
24 states REQUIRE feudalism.
8 suggest feudalism.
Feudalism, ICYMI, is not a real thing. Click, read, share, subscribe (it's free!).
Revisiting the Medieval "F-Word" (Feudalism)
How Every State Teaches (or doesn't) about Feudalism
buttondown.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How every state in the US teaches about feudalism. A New post from me and @profgabriele.com, along with access to a slideshow and spreadsheet with more info.
24 states REQUIRE feudalism.
8 suggest feudalism.
Feudalism, ICYMI, is not a real thing. Click, read, share, subscribe (it's free!).
24 states REQUIRE feudalism.
8 suggest feudalism.
Feudalism, ICYMI, is not a real thing. Click, read, share, subscribe (it's free!).
I love how during October in New York you never know whether the guy dressed as a knight in Prospect Park or the man waiting to cross the street in Bed-Stuy wearing a billowing red cape are wearing costumes or just being themselves
October 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I love how during October in New York you never know whether the guy dressed as a knight in Prospect Park or the man waiting to cross the street in Bed-Stuy wearing a billowing red cape are wearing costumes or just being themselves
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the "long eighteenth century" strikes again, as we learn how easily we acquired a king #18c
Donald Trump is stealing your money. It’s a message that is true and powerful and should be said explicitly at every turn.
Also history.
Also history.
There's a reason why we don't want a king to dictate the provision of funds in the country, and it dates back to the English Civil War. @ryanlcooper.com with the expert explanation here (I just added some frippery, this is his piece):
prospect.org/politics/202...
prospect.org/politics/202...
October 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
the "long eighteenth century" strikes again, as we learn how easily we acquired a king #18c
I’m seeing more and more executive assistant positions posted online that REQUIRE the use of generative AI to perform job duties. This goes against my personal code of ethics and I hate it here
October 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I’m seeing more and more executive assistant positions posted online that REQUIRE the use of generative AI to perform job duties. This goes against my personal code of ethics and I hate it here
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