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Amy McNally
@infamousfiddler.bsky.social
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Fiddle-playing hedonistic madwoman. I play the fiddle with The Tooles, Seanan McGuire, Jack o’the Dust, and other folks! https://linktr.ee/infamousfiddler

No Nazi bullshit please.
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A physical artifact exists!!!
A cd's front cover. It reads "Amy & Me," and then, under a photo of 2 musicians in a couch, "Bill Roper with Amy McNally." Amy is on the left in a red dress holding a fiddle and laughing. Bill is on the right holding a guitar and wearing a space themed button down shirt and bluejeans and grinning real big.
October 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Difficult times call for amazing carbs
Hands holding a slice of yeast bread with ribbons of melted colby and herbs baked inside The outside crust of a round loaf of cheese herb bread, with strings of crusty yellow colby cheese bubbled across it A top-down view of a big round loaf of cheese herb bread, shining in the light and blistered with crusty Colby and freckled with parsley and rosemary The underside of a loaf of cheese bread, roastytoasty brown with some of the colby crusted on the outside edge, flecked here and there with peppercorns and toasted italian herbs and burnt grated cheese
August 23, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Tbh the weather right now is A LOT even with wheels
August 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Heyyyyy. Is it Monday morning and your head already hurts? Mine does. You can stop scrolling and hang out here for a second. Wanna listen to a free pretty song? www.patreon.com/posts/update...

No pressure. Give your shoulders a little roll. Stretch your fingers. Have a sip of beverage.
A dog in a field of flowers, smiling with its tongue out and standing on its hind legs, paws forward and limp, with the inscription: YOU CAN'T SEE ME [top] I'M A FLOWER [bottom]
June 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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A three-pointed orange crown covered by a green bar sinister. In the middle of the bar sinister across the crown, white text reads, "The TOOLES"
A three-pointed orange crown covered by a green bar sinister. In the middle of the bar sinister across the crown, white text reads, "The TOOLES"
June 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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This is Bailey. Bailey, while I was sitting at the table, managed to get my napkin-wrapped bacon sandwich out of my tall tote bag and eat the bacon out of it absolutely soundlessly.

[impressive, honestly, but I'm not telling the cat that.]
A photo of a black and white cat on a tile floor by an empty food dish, looking sulky. Not pictured: the four slices of bacon he ate out of my sandwich one minute prior
May 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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There are probably a bunch of other things I should be doing.

But.

Can I interest you in a moody candlelit dinosaur photo?
a green plastic dinosaur figurine with a translucent red tongue and a top frill stands triumphantly in the foreground. In the background, a green floral tapestry, and between them, a candelabra, four of whose seven candles are showing. The dinosaur's name is Lenore, Avatar Of Feminist Rage
March 27, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Do you like tabletop games?

Do you like history?

Do you think people should do more tabletop gaming in order to have a good time learning things?

OH BOY DO I HAVE AN EVENT FOR YOU ON APRIL 27 in Lake Geneva, WI

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a QR code from bitly that will take you to https://buy.acmeticketing.com/events/514/detail/67363fc04a151d579b801c6f for Wisconsin Adventures D&D
March 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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A single-panel comic by David at nakedpastor.com shows a flock of black-and-white sheep on the left. The sheep at the front of the flock is holding up a leg, and its speech bubble reads, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Hold it right there! He wasn't lost. We kicked him out!" On the right-hand side of the comic, you can see that the sheep is speaking to Jesus, who is wearing white robes and also only drawn in black-and-white. But Jesus is carrying a sheep on his shoulders, and that sheep is in the pale blue and pink and white of the transgender flag. And Jesus's speech bubble reads, "I know. And I found her." https://nakedpastor.com/products/lost-transgender-lamb-variable-print
March 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I'm in a rockin' Irish trio called The Tooles, y'all!

Saturday, March 15 4:30pm-7:30pm
Paddyfest, Loves Park City Hall Admission $10 irishmarchingsociety.com/saint-patric...

Sunday, March 16 2:00pm-5:00pm
Lone Girl Brewing, Waunakee, WI, thelonegirl.com/event/live-m...
To the left, an Irish-flag-colored name badge reads, "HELLO i am a Toole" and to the right is information for our St. Patrick's Weekend gigs this year - Saturday, March 15 2025 4:30pm-7:30pm Paddyfest, Loves Park City Hall, Rockford, WI, The Tooles Admission $10 https://irishmarchingsociety.com/saint-patricks-2025/ Sunday, March 16 2025 2:00pm-5:00pm Lone Girl Brewing, Waunakee, WI, The Tooles https://thelonegirl.com/event/live-music-the-tooles-st-patricks-day-warm-up/
March 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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An image of a billboard with a blue Mario Brothers game screen background reads in large friendly letters "HAVE A SUPER MAR 10" and below it are two comments. The first from "thesassycat": "You can only reblog this today." the second from "askbombasticblake": "I missed my chance last year. Not gonna let it happen again"
March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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if y'all wanna vote for me I got nominated under instrumentalist: violin
Portion of a screengrab for the WAMI ballot. On the left side of the page are several categories, and under Instrumentalist Of The Year it has Violin in bold and in a black square; then on the right side of the ballot there are several violinists listed, but you can see a little box next to "Amy McNally, Madison, Primary Band: The Tooles, SOUTHWEST" and I have drawn a blue box around that to show where I am on the list.
February 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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broadjam.com/wami/ I got nominated!
the text reads,"Wisconsin Area Music Industry WAMI 45th AWARDS NOMINEE" and it is arranged on a black and gold rectangle, with most of the text in gold with little ribbons and star accents, but the WAMI logo is in blue and purple and red and orange and green and blue, and the center of the 'A' in WAMI is not the usual triangle but a cutout of the shape of the state of wisconsin.
February 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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A big red teapot sits atop a grey and blue checkered dish towel. Tea leaves and rose buds are visible in a strainer basket.
February 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Sometimes when I clean I find messages I wrote to myself of cool things people have said to me. Did I write attributions? No. I think the little one is from my therapist.
Two pieces of paper with handwriting on them. One is copy paper and reads, "You didn't notice all the times you could have stepped on people because you were helping them up," and the other is smaller cheerful blue magical themed memo paper and it says "the opposite of war is creation."
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Large words read "IT'S OKAY TO..." above six small drawings with captions. The first reads "log off" under a computer, keyboard, and mouse on a desk, and the computer screen reads "BYE." The second reads "cry it out" under a sketch of a person with long ginger hair holding a kleenex and crying three tears on each cheek. The third reads "do something joyful" under an illustration of the arm of a person of color painting a landscape of a house and forest under a cloudy sky with watercolors by a jar of brushes. The fourth reads "take time to rest," showing a person with dark hair up in a bun lying on a green couch under a cheerful pink-and-yellow floral blanket and matching pillows. A grey cat is lying on top of the person with its tail curled around itself. The fifth says "take a break from the news" and shows someone's right hand holding a phone that reads "do you want to mute this account?" and the final sketch is of a person with long brown hair in a green long-sleeved shirt hugging themself with their eyes closed and a little smile, and they're surrounded by three red cartoon hearts. The drawing is signed @aviatepress
January 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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It's snack plate time.
A snack plate with nutrigrain bar, sliced turkey, sliced apples, cheddar, crackers, bouesin, nuts, dried cranberries, dark chocolate, hard salami, baby carrots
January 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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*beams in your direction* I adore you. <3
a curvy woman with long curly blue hair holds a violin. She's smiling big with her mouth closed and her left eyebrow is raised just a tiny bit, like she knows what she's thinking is silly but she can't help it. She's got on cateye frame teal glasses and red lipstick, dangly earrings and a beaded choker. She's holding a five-string violin and a neo-baroque carbon fiber Incredibow, and wearing a black lace dress and shawl. She's leaning up against a metal banister and a cream colored wall and is wearing a wedding ring.
January 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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*toasts you this morning* Ooooh yes call me! I have many teas to share! The laoshan green blends so nicely with the moonlight white, but this just is a mug of vanilla caramel.
a curvy femme-presenting human lady holds up a tankard of tea with a spoon in it. She's got long curly blue hair and blue iridescent cat-eye glasses, and she's wearing a blue shirt with a pattern of white interlocking circles and diamonds. She's sitting in her living room, and in the room you can see her microphone, a violin, a bookshelf, and a couch with blue blankets and stuffed animals on it. (Her favorite right now is the blue dragon with gold wings in the middle on top of the couch, but you can't tell that from the picture.)
January 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I was in a little magazine once! I felt really cool. issuu.com/projectfamou...
"...had to pause for a moment. 'As a person, I might be described as depressive-go-lucky,' she says wryly, and laughs. 'I'm not naturally a happy person. I'm good-humored and I try to find the silver-linings in things, but I'm really happiest when I'm playing.' How does the music change her? 'I'm distractible, improvisational. I embellish, harmonize, I'm fluid, graceful in a way I rarely am otherwise - even a little silly. Improv musicians are always telling little jokes to each other with their instruments.' McNally's reverence and love for her instruments are clearly seen when she plays them. There's a small smile, the slide and flutter of her fingers and a sense of excitement as she puts the bow to the strings. At the close of the interview, I asked McNally if there was anything else she might wish to add. 'You get trained to do a lot of self promo,' she chuckled 'but if there's anything I want them to REALLY come away with, it's that music is so vitally important. It connects people in ways that nothing else can. I've been so lucky - if my mom hadn't dated a luthier, if I hadn't been able to get scholarships and if other people hadn't thought that music was important to give to children, I would be nowhere. I had no money growing up and my school system didn't have an orchestra in our high school. I'm so happy we've got the Madison Area Music Association here, whose job it is to encourage young people musically, and put instruments in their hands if necessary, like my mom did for me through a twist of fate and a lot of scholarship applications. So if you know someone who's thinking about getting into music, no matter what, it's important tot help them make that dream a reality." McNally plays frequently around the Madison area with bands such as The Tooles, Mad City Jug Band [edit: no longer, but they're still rad], Wild Mercy, and Play it With Moxie, and upcoming events can be found at her website [edit: not currently]. As it is the fall se..."
January 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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A holiday that we associate with love is coming up!

Sometimes that means I get questions.

If you wanna know who I am and who I want to be when it comes to love, it's a Small God: Polly Ann Marie by @seananmcguire.bsky.social and Lee Moyer at leemoyer.wordpress.com/2020/11/11/p...
a curvy femme-presenting human woman lies facedown on a bed, propped up on her elbows, feet up, ankles crossed. The bed is covered in a light blue velvet paisley duvet with pillows in light blue cases. She's got long blue hair, red-painted lips, greenish eyes. She's wearing a red slip that ties in ribbons on the shoulders, and black lace cuffs around her wrists that attach to black metal rings on each of her fingers, and each ring is connected to the cuff by a tiny chain. She's holding her hands together and looking at the camera, and her cleavage is fantastic. This photo was taken by Christy Shilling
January 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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After dinner and wrapping for storage: ten little dinners
On a countertop sit ten squareish packages of aluminum foil. You cannot tell that they contain lasagna, but they do.
December 29, 2024 at 2:56 AM
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I think I can wait for them to cool.

I think.
2 pans of lasagna, with big circles of fresh mozzarella melted on top. The pan on the left is amber pyrex; the pan on the right is sky-blue glazed ceramic. They sit on the back of a flattop electric stove
December 29, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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As @lollardfish.bsky.social might say:

Famine averted.
3 pans of uncooked lasagna resting on tea towels. The slices of fresh mozzarella on top have penzeys mural of flavor sprinkled on top. You can see mixing bowls on the countertop
December 29, 2024 at 1:10 AM
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Me, heading to bed with a large heavy comic book omnibus: "Spider Jerusalem and I are going downstairs."

My niece: "Okay! Go have fun with Spider Jerusalem!"

Me, laughing: "...said no one, ever."

Her dad: "Gah. Please wear a full-body condom! Several!"
A book on a sofa, turned so you can see the spine: The first very large hardcover omnibus of Absolute Transmetropolitan, by Warren Ellis, Darick Robertson, and Rodney Ramos
December 25, 2024 at 11:37 PM