Amanda Robinson
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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Friendly reminder that there’s no such thing as “sex with underage girls”! We have a word for that! That word is “rape.”
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Friendly reminder that there’s no such thing as “sex with underage girls”! We have a word for that! That word is “rape.”
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I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
November 6, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.
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It’s cool when you can get stuff for cheap. Even better when it’s fun stuff, like the adventures of a Druid and his wolfhound who’s got a thing for sausages. HOUNDED is on sale in Ebook for $1.99 this week. Let your peeps know or take a gander yourself!
November 3, 2025 at 1:25 AM
It’s cool when you can get stuff for cheap. Even better when it’s fun stuff, like the adventures of a Druid and his wolfhound who’s got a thing for sausages. HOUNDED is on sale in Ebook for $1.99 this week. Let your peeps know or take a gander yourself!
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I grew up on food stamps--not SNAP, physical paper stamps that came in a little book that Mom kept in her purse.
October 31, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I grew up on food stamps--not SNAP, physical paper stamps that came in a little book that Mom kept in her purse.
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own.
Just. Keep. Reading.
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Thanks, New Yorker
October 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Thanks, New Yorker
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all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
When you need an escape, a little fun adventure with lovely characters (INCLUDING THE BEST DOG), may I suggest "Hounded" by @kevinhearne.bsky.social to soothe the soul.
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
When you need an escape, a little fun adventure with lovely characters (INCLUDING THE BEST DOG), may I suggest "Hounded" by @kevinhearne.bsky.social to soothe the soul.
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I know we're all desperate for anyone at all to fight back against trump, but Newsom's not a hero, here. He's not even a good person. He's a transphobe & actively, proudly destroying tent shelter encampments *With His Own Hands*.
This is prime LetThemFight Dot Gif & we get to take down the winner.
This is prime LetThemFight Dot Gif & we get to take down the winner.
August 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I know we're all desperate for anyone at all to fight back against trump, but Newsom's not a hero, here. He's not even a good person. He's a transphobe & actively, proudly destroying tent shelter encampments *With His Own Hands*.
This is prime LetThemFight Dot Gif & we get to take down the winner.
This is prime LetThemFight Dot Gif & we get to take down the winner.
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I don’t want to be governed by vibes. I want to be governed by data, and I want the methods which generated that data to be peer-reviewed so aggressively that bias is recognized and mitigated.
I want to do nothing *but* trust experts, so I can spend my time as an expert in my own tiny field.
I want to do nothing *but* trust experts, so I can spend my time as an expert in my own tiny field.
1. "'Trusting the experts is not a feature of either a science or democracy," Kennedy said."
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
It's literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I've written a fair bit about trust in expertise as a vital mechanism in the collective epistemology of science.
RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: ‘Trusting the experts is not science’
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. sat down with Scripps News for a wide-ranging interview, discussing mRNA vaccine funding policy changes and a recent shooting at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
www.scrippsnews.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
I don’t want to be governed by vibes. I want to be governed by data, and I want the methods which generated that data to be peer-reviewed so aggressively that bias is recognized and mitigated.
I want to do nothing *but* trust experts, so I can spend my time as an expert in my own tiny field.
I want to do nothing *but* trust experts, so I can spend my time as an expert in my own tiny field.
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Psst. It’s still on sale. $1.99 in Ebook in North America right now. Perfect time to try out the series—if you dig, it’s complete and you can binge it!
August 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Psst. It’s still on sale. $1.99 in Ebook in North America right now. Perfect time to try out the series—if you dig, it’s complete and you can binge it!
Family arguing about fungi and camouflaged insects = happiness
July 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Family arguing about fungi and camouflaged insects = happiness
Ah, Murderbot is *chef's kiss
@marthawells.com
@marthawells.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Ah, Murderbot is *chef's kiss
@marthawells.com
@marthawells.com
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Absolutely adore Murderbot!
I had no idea how they would do its internal monologue, but they nailed it. @marthawells.com
I had no idea how they would do its internal monologue, but they nailed it. @marthawells.com
June 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Absolutely adore Murderbot!
I had no idea how they would do its internal monologue, but they nailed it. @marthawells.com
I had no idea how they would do its internal monologue, but they nailed it. @marthawells.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Create joy. Share joy.
May 3, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Create joy. Share joy.
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Oh hey! This means it should be available for the same price on all ebook platforms. Good time to holler at your buds and tell them to give the Iron Druid a try for cheap! Or yeah, you could try it too. Includes a very good dog.
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Hounded (with two bonus short stories): Book One of The Iron Druid Chronicles
Atticus O’Sullivan is the last of the ancient druids. He has been on the run for more than two thousand years and he’s tired of it. The Irish gods who want to kill him are after an enchanted sword he…
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April 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Oh hey! This means it should be available for the same price on all ebook platforms. Good time to holler at your buds and tell them to give the Iron Druid a try for cheap! Or yeah, you could try it too. Includes a very good dog.
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In the face of increasing global discord and polarization, let's display togetherness and kindness harder to send a strong message that we are one.
April 22, 2025 at 7:21 PM
In the face of increasing global discord and polarization, let's display togetherness and kindness harder to send a strong message that we are one.