Amie Gillingham
@aimkag.bsky.social
Yinzer. Artist. Gardener. Yogi. Hiker. Mom. Presby patient schlepper. Fetid moppet.
Half of my grandfather’s family called him “Bob” instead of “Joe” and they called his brother Steve “Wally” 🤔
Baffled by transphobes insisting that the name on your birth certificate is Your True Name Forever when it was common in my grandparents' generation to just...pick a name you like and use that, nbd. I literally found out both of my grandma's birth certificate first names FROM THEIR OBITUARIES.
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Half of my grandfather’s family called him “Bob” instead of “Joe” and they called his brother Steve “Wally” 🤔
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Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
February 10, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Worth watching this in full. The statement is more powerful than this quote alone. Here is is from USA Today, with alt text.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
Also! Rich Ruohonen is a personal injury lawyer and the oldest athlete to ever represent the United States in a Winter Games at 54 years old.
He forgot to look. I am looking after dinner.
Phew for you!!!
Phew for you!!!
February 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
He forgot to look. I am looking after dinner.
Phew for you!!!
Phew for you!!!
*bit
And I am at 8.4 so far for the day. Grateful to be home. Both children are looking at me longingly for food and/or go somewhere.
And I am at 8.4 so far for the day. Grateful to be home. Both children are looking at me longingly for food and/or go somewhere.
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 PM
*bit
And I am at 8.4 so far for the day. Grateful to be home. Both children are looking at me longingly for food and/or go somewhere.
And I am at 8.4 so far for the day. Grateful to be home. Both children are looking at me longingly for food and/or go somewhere.
My dad’s birthday is the 31st and it would be the best present ever 🤔
It isn't an empty gesture, it may not do anything now, but it's a signal to history, and to the world and to ourselves, that this is not ok.
February 10, 2026 at 8:49 PM
My dad’s birthday is the 31st and it would be the best present ever 🤔
This may be relevant to your interests 👇
Yes, we talked to a geologist who curls about the very special geology of curling's stones, please enjoy
Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth
The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?
www.scientificamerican.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
This may be relevant to your interests 👇
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Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Don’t look away from MN. ICE is still wreaking havoc across the state - changing their tactics to deceive Minnesotans - pretending to be construction workers or folks delivering groceries. Still over 2,000 ICE agents in the state. They’re not going anywhere, your anger and outrage shouldn’t either.
I messaged oldest to check when he wakes up.
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I messaged oldest to check when he wakes up.
I’m a but concerned I am 4 miles into my shift 3 hours in. Non-stop trips between Montefiore and Presby pre-op (each trip essentially walking between Pitt & Carlow) 🥴
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
I’m a but concerned I am 4 miles into my shift 3 hours in. Non-stop trips between Montefiore and Presby pre-op (each trip essentially walking between Pitt & Carlow) 🥴
My the Chlo yelled at me because her first treato somehow disappeared and then because she didn’t want me to go to work. She’s likely asleep up against the living room radiator per usual now.
February 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM
My the Chlo yelled at me because her first treato somehow disappeared and then because she didn’t want me to go to work. She’s likely asleep up against the living room radiator per usual now.
Ouch! Glad it wasn’t worse!!!
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Ouch! Glad it wasn’t worse!!!
Yinz👇
Yinzers - this is your friendly neighborhood insurance professional reminding you to check your inside walls & ceilings for leaks with all the snow and ice melting today, especially if it's a room you don't go in often. Been taking hourly claims for water making people's ceilings sag for a week now.
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Yinz👇
I used to correspond with Dr Maya Angelou with my og AOL account (first non edu email)
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 PM
I used to correspond with Dr Maya Angelou with my og AOL account (first non edu email)
I was in bed before 7pm yesterday. Why am I still so tired?
February 10, 2026 at 10:42 AM
I was in bed before 7pm yesterday. Why am I still so tired?
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You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
You know what they’re going to store in those warehouses?
People
People
Abso-frakkin-lutely.
February 9, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Abso-frakkin-lutely.
I had a convo with a twenty year truck driver for Walmart and he shared many of the same concerns.
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I had a convo with a twenty year truck driver for Walmart and he shared many of the same concerns.
I won’t necessarily go to the ballpark to see Ozuna. But I *do* go to see Cutch with the same reverence I did with Stargell when I was a kid. Cutch is the soul of the Pirates for me.
February 9, 2026 at 9:39 PM
I won’t necessarily go to the ballpark to see Ozuna. But I *do* go to see Cutch with the same reverence I did with Stargell when I was a kid. Cutch is the soul of the Pirates for me.
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Wasn’t it joyful? Masterful storytelling for an audience who isn’t necessarily well-versed in Spanish or Puerto Rican culture.
February 9, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Wasn’t it joyful? Masterful storytelling for an audience who isn’t necessarily well-versed in Spanish or Puerto Rican culture.