Amy N-K
@aankphd.bsky.social
She/they. Nonprofit grant writer. PhD, research and evaluation nerd. Mom of 4 wonderful young adults. Queer, polyfi, disabled, Quaker, Oregonian. Grateful for love, art, music, birds, gardening, and my service dog.
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Amy N-K
@aankphd.bsky.social
· Oct 6
Hello new followers - nice to have you here. Some things you can expect from me: posts relevant to Portland, as well as: expansive definitions of family, trans rights, disability rights, racial equity, environmental protections, and pictures of my service dog, of beautiful birds, and of my garden. 💐
My chosen profile avatars for various streaming services: cuddly, sweet, and musical… but don’t make me get out the flying monkeys. 🪽🐒 😅
Netflix: Vivo the kinkajou 🎶
HBO: Totoro 🍃
Disney+: Winnie the Pooh 🍯
Peacock: Elphaba 💚
I noped out of Prime, so I just have a generic face there when I access old purchases.
HBO: Totoro 🍃
Disney+: Winnie the Pooh 🍯
Peacock: Elphaba 💚
I noped out of Prime, so I just have a generic face there when I access old purchases.
February 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
My chosen profile avatars for various streaming services: cuddly, sweet, and musical… but don’t make me get out the flying monkeys. 🪽🐒 😅
One of the many things that has been difficult and disappointing about this is how lots of ENM folks used to lift Neil and Amanda up as examples of non-monogamy done right. And now Neil is using ENM as a cover for his awful behavior. It’s harmful to a wider community along with the victims.
Neil Gaiman should never be readmitted to polite society. A man with that much money and power, actively putting up a smokescreen of progressivism to conceal his predation, can never be trusted.
February 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
One of the many things that has been difficult and disappointing about this is how lots of ENM folks used to lift Neil and Amanda up as examples of non-monogamy done right. And now Neil is using ENM as a cover for his awful behavior. It’s harmful to a wider community along with the victims.
We live right across the river from the ICE facility. The gas was quite visible that day and drifting our way and to other parts of town. I’m hoping we are not going to suffer negative health impacts from living where we do. Sprocket has been sniffing carefully before going out lately, too.
ICE tear gassed a bunch of children on Saturday. This was a massive escalation of force. They were shooting tear gas at the back of the crowd, it took these unmasked people maybe 3-5 minutes in the cloud of tear gas to escape in without trampling. www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
ICE is afraid of children protesting
“Next time, I’ll be back with a gas mask.”
www.theverge.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We live right across the river from the ICE facility. The gas was quite visible that day and drifting our way and to other parts of town. I’m hoping we are not going to suffer negative health impacts from living where we do. Sprocket has been sniffing carefully before going out lately, too.
Please support this bill! birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...
Urgent: Tell OR Representatives to Support 1.25% for Wildlife (HB 4134)!
Now is our first chance in the legislative session to urge our representatives to vote “yes” on HB 4134 - 1.25% for Wildlife Bill! Please ask members of the House Revenue Committee to support HB 4134,...
birdallianceoregon.org
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Please support this bill! birdallianceoregon.org/take-action/...
Pretty sure this is the same crackerjack investigative work that identifies the “Rebel Spy” within the audience groups on the Star Tours ride at Disneyland. 🙄😂
🚨 Documents leaked to me reveal a federal watchlist of American protesters suspected of being Antifa - including its supposed leader.
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
One Department of Homeland Security document says a 29-year-old resident of Portland "is the leader of Antifa":
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/feds-ident...
Feds Identify “Leader of Antifa”
The list they're creating says so, anyway
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Pretty sure this is the same crackerjack investigative work that identifies the “Rebel Spy” within the audience groups on the Star Tours ride at Disneyland. 🙄😂
So many people are born into an anti-relational culture. We sever people from their own bodies, replace relationship with hierarchy, equate obedience with goodness, make love conditional and surveillance constant, and punish curiosity, dissent, and softness.
How do we change and find/make a home?
How do we change and find/make a home?
February 3, 2026 at 4:05 AM
So many people are born into an anti-relational culture. We sever people from their own bodies, replace relationship with hierarchy, equate obedience with goodness, make love conditional and surveillance constant, and punish curiosity, dissent, and softness.
How do we change and find/make a home?
How do we change and find/make a home?
Reposted by Amy N-K
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
February 1, 2026 at 1:23 AM
I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
Reposted by Amy N-K
I'm honored to be a part of an amazing lineup Saturday at The Public Theater. It's The People's Filibuster and it includes a number of Broadway stars. I'm scheduled to read my text between 2 and 3. The event will be livestreamed.
publictheater.org/productions/...
publictheater.org/productions/...
THE PEOPLE'S FILIBUSTER
publictheater.org
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I'm honored to be a part of an amazing lineup Saturday at The Public Theater. It's The People's Filibuster and it includes a number of Broadway stars. I'm scheduled to read my text between 2 and 3. The event will be livestreamed.
publictheater.org/productions/...
publictheater.org/productions/...
Reposted by Amy N-K
Reminder that even though a total economic blackout is a great idea, rent is due soon & a lot of small businesses can’t afford to close. If you’re spending money today, have it be at a small business & pay cash!
A lot of places in Portland are donating a percentage of their earnings today to PIRC.
A lot of places in Portland are donating a percentage of their earnings today to PIRC.
January 30, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Reminder that even though a total economic blackout is a great idea, rent is due soon & a lot of small businesses can’t afford to close. If you’re spending money today, have it be at a small business & pay cash!
A lot of places in Portland are donating a percentage of their earnings today to PIRC.
A lot of places in Portland are donating a percentage of their earnings today to PIRC.
The chances of your service dog becoming an axe murderer are low… but never zero.
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January 29, 2026 at 4:14 AM
The chances of your service dog becoming an axe murderer are low… but never zero.
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I was grateful for Sprocket’s smile today. Sharing in case seeing it helps you, too.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:58 AM
I was grateful for Sprocket’s smile today. Sharing in case seeing it helps you, too.
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Guess what? Eagle butt! 🦅
January 25, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Guess what? Eagle butt! 🦅
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January 24, 2026 at 7:25 PM
FYI, you can post a sign of up to 32 sq ft on your own property without having to get a permit in Portland. If you get it printed on mesh, it’s less likely to become a sail, and if you leave the spiky blackberries untrimmed in the ditch below, all the better for potential vandals. Also, 🖕🧊.
January 24, 2026 at 10:45 PM
FYI, you can post a sign of up to 32 sq ft on your own property without having to get a permit in Portland. If you get it printed on mesh, it’s less likely to become a sail, and if you leave the spiky blackberries untrimmed in the ditch below, all the better for potential vandals. Also, 🖕🧊.
If you’ve taken photos of National Park Service signs or memorials that have been removed since the executive order because they told the truth about U.S. history (including slavery, death, discrimination, etc.), consider submitting them here: sos-sandbox.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sos-public-v...
Save Our Signs image viewer
The People's Archive of National Park Signs. Photographs of signs at National Park Service (NPS) sites were taken by volunteers and submitted to the Save Our Signs project.
sos-sandbox.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:01 AM
If you’ve taken photos of National Park Service signs or memorials that have been removed since the executive order because they told the truth about U.S. history (including slavery, death, discrimination, etc.), consider submitting them here: sos-sandbox.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/sos-public-v...
Reposted with alt text - cute birds! With hats! 👒
January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Reposted with alt text - cute birds! With hats! 👒
Stop using Ring/enabling ICE. (Also stop buying from Amazon). I completely de-Alexaed, de-Ringed, and de-Amazoned my life over a year ago. You can get privacy-focused security camera solutions like Eve or Eufy that use your own storage for videos and still have convenient apps (and no sub fees)!
January 22, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Stop using Ring/enabling ICE. (Also stop buying from Amazon). I completely de-Alexaed, de-Ringed, and de-Amazoned my life over a year ago. You can get privacy-focused security camera solutions like Eve or Eufy that use your own storage for videos and still have convenient apps (and no sub fees)!
People are bad at admitting they might be the villains of someone else’s story. It’s why most people never apologize for the worst things they do, let alone make real change.
When you know better you can do better.
Examine not only the racism but also ableism, queer/transphobia, the patriarchy.👀
When you know better you can do better.
Examine not only the racism but also ableism, queer/transphobia, the patriarchy.👀
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM
People are bad at admitting they might be the villains of someone else’s story. It’s why most people never apologize for the worst things they do, let alone make real change.
When you know better you can do better.
Examine not only the racism but also ableism, queer/transphobia, the patriarchy.👀
When you know better you can do better.
Examine not only the racism but also ableism, queer/transphobia, the patriarchy.👀
Reposted by Amy N-K
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.
The daffodils are emerging very early this year, and I still have a few rudbeckia blossoms (blooming since last summer). Elsewhere in the garden, I have a rose that has been blooming all winter long. Pretty, but concerning, too.
January 17, 2026 at 10:58 PM
The daffodils are emerging very early this year, and I still have a few rudbeckia blossoms (blooming since last summer). Elsewhere in the garden, I have a rose that has been blooming all winter long. Pretty, but concerning, too.
Having tables in addition to chairs for meetings matters for people with disabilities. Tables act as additional body stabilization points. People get weird when I ask about room details in advance of meetings, but no support means I’ll be sitting with a very high resting BPM despite looking “fine.”
January 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Having tables in addition to chairs for meetings matters for people with disabilities. Tables act as additional body stabilization points. People get weird when I ask about room details in advance of meetings, but no support means I’ll be sitting with a very high resting BPM despite looking “fine.”
Philanthro-capitalism, charity as “content,” and keeping the kids in line by sending them on missions to indoctrinate others at the ripe old age of 18 and returning to marry in the faith and become baby machines by 20. It’s all in service of the right-wing patriarchal, colonialist machine.
The YouTube phenomenon known as MrBeast has partnered with the LDS Church on philanthropy, and church President Dallin Oaks says he hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages.
Latest from Mormon Land: YouTube’s MrBeast partners with LDS Church; spate of new new stakes created
The YouTube phenomenon known as MrBeast has partnered with the LDS Church on philanthropy, and church President Dallin Oaks says he hopes lower missionary ages will lead to lower marriage ages.
www.sltrib.com
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Philanthro-capitalism, charity as “content,” and keeping the kids in line by sending them on missions to indoctrinate others at the ripe old age of 18 and returning to marry in the faith and become baby machines by 20. It’s all in service of the right-wing patriarchal, colonialist machine.
Sprocket was very good at an all-day staff retreat today. Now he is bringing me his purple octopus toy and smiling big. Yes, I will throw the octopus. 😄💕🐙
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Sprocket was very good at an all-day staff retreat today. Now he is bringing me his purple octopus toy and smiling big. Yes, I will throw the octopus. 😄💕🐙
We had some of our fam there, too.
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January 11, 2026 at 4:52 AM
We had some of our fam there, too.
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The bald eagle pair spent most of the day chattering and calling from the same tree in our neighbor’s yard today. ‘Tis the season for eagle nesting, and I wonder if they have an established one nearby or are scoping out that tree. Would love to continue having them so easily observable!
January 11, 2026 at 4:09 AM
The bald eagle pair spent most of the day chattering and calling from the same tree in our neighbor’s yard today. ‘Tis the season for eagle nesting, and I wonder if they have an established one nearby or are scoping out that tree. Would love to continue having them so easily observable!