Amanda Barr (Cassandra of New Troy)
@amandambarr.bsky.social
Ceramics and Art History prof, moonlighting as bookseller. Books, art, cats, and activism. 🩼🏳️🌈🍋🍉
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All sales donated to mutual aid in Gaza- I’m not on payroll for the summer and am working my butt off to pay rent, so this is how I can help. www.amandambarr.com/shop
Use code “worldsend” and I will cover shipping.
Use code “worldsend” and I will cover shipping.
July 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
All sales donated to mutual aid in Gaza- I’m not on payroll for the summer and am working my butt off to pay rent, so this is how I can help. www.amandambarr.com/shop
Use code “worldsend” and I will cover shipping.
Use code “worldsend” and I will cover shipping.
Someone wearing very strong and very spicy (cardamom? cloves?) is standing next to my desk and I am getting a headache. It would be a nice smell at 1/100th of the volume I'm receiving it at.
July 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Someone wearing very strong and very spicy (cardamom? cloves?) is standing next to my desk and I am getting a headache. It would be a nice smell at 1/100th of the volume I'm receiving it at.
While I'm at it, does no one remember literally five years ago when it was roughly $30 for a bottle of hand sanitizer and you couldn't find toilet paper to save your life... because one giant container ship got stuck and the world was locked down?
This will be worse.
This will be worse.
April 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
While I'm at it, does no one remember literally five years ago when it was roughly $30 for a bottle of hand sanitizer and you couldn't find toilet paper to save your life... because one giant container ship got stuck and the world was locked down?
This will be worse.
This will be worse.
Ceramics people: how screwed are we with these tariffs? I seem to remember there’s a place that has a list of the source for dry materials, but I also know almost all the tools and a lot of equipment we use either comes from Chinese manufacturers or use parts made in China.
April 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Ceramics people: how screwed are we with these tariffs? I seem to remember there’s a place that has a list of the source for dry materials, but I also know almost all the tools and a lot of equipment we use either comes from Chinese manufacturers or use parts made in China.
Any evening when I make my shepherd’s pie is awesome. What makes it better is my ex-husband doesn’t get any. It was his absolute favorite. He doesn’t have the recipe.
a woman wearing a purple dress and a necklace is smiling with the hashtag #smug above her
Alt: a woman wearing a purple dress and a necklace is smiling with the hashtag #smug above her
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March 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Any evening when I make my shepherd’s pie is awesome. What makes it better is my ex-husband doesn’t get any. It was his absolute favorite. He doesn’t have the recipe.
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
March 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a dual-antibody treatment that remains effective against ALL SARS-CoV-2 variants by targeting a less-mutable part of the virus. This breakthrough could lead to longer-lasting therapies that OUTPACE viral evolution. 🧪🧵⬇️
Stop. Complying. In. Advance.
Just restating the simple point: President lacks the constitutional authority to close a department created by Congress. Full stop. Both the creation and on-going funding of these Depts are LAWS not suggestions. This is criminal conduct. www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ
Exclusive | Draft of Trump Executive Order Aims to Eliminate Education Department
Secretary Linda McMahon would be directed to “take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure” based on “the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law.”
www.wsj.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Stop. Complying. In. Advance.
Should my part-time job employer be able to tell me to stop paying attention to politics because it's making me seem sad at work? You know, as we're experiencing a gd coup d'etat?
I would think no, but it happened.
I would think no, but it happened.
February 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Should my part-time job employer be able to tell me to stop paying attention to politics because it's making me seem sad at work? You know, as we're experiencing a gd coup d'etat?
I would think no, but it happened.
I would think no, but it happened.
Some potter I’ve never heard of is having a little gatekeeping breakdown over on threads and it’s quite the ride. (He’s not the first one to do those things)
February 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Some potter I’ve never heard of is having a little gatekeeping breakdown over on threads and it’s quite the ride. (He’s not the first one to do those things)
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Please stop with the generative AI. It's garbage, theft, making us less capable. Image by www.nobodyssweetheart.com
February 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Please stop with the generative AI. It's garbage, theft, making us less capable. Image by www.nobodyssweetheart.com
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Every new detail that emerges about the Harris campaign reveals they were more inept than previously even thought
February 6, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Every new detail that emerges about the Harris campaign reveals they were more inept than previously even thought
Everything is awful, but here's a funny meme I found for my art history class.
February 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Everything is awful, but here's a funny meme I found for my art history class.
If you're very upset about what's happening politically in the USA right now (and rightfully so): what you're seeing is not Trump and Elon breaking the country. If our nation was healthy and strong, they wouldn't be able to do what they are.
What they're showing us is that we were already broken.
What they're showing us is that we were already broken.
February 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
If you're very upset about what's happening politically in the USA right now (and rightfully so): what you're seeing is not Trump and Elon breaking the country. If our nation was healthy and strong, they wouldn't be able to do what they are.
What they're showing us is that we were already broken.
What they're showing us is that we were already broken.
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Nobody who's saying "Haha you idiots should have voted for Kamala to protect the Palestinians" has ever supported the Palestinians. These are all the same people who spent last year telling everyone to shut up about Gaza and stop opposing an active genocide. They can get fucked.
February 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Nobody who's saying "Haha you idiots should have voted for Kamala to protect the Palestinians" has ever supported the Palestinians. These are all the same people who spent last year telling everyone to shut up about Gaza and stop opposing an active genocide. They can get fucked.
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Reminder to Liberals out here blaming others: Harris doubled down on U.S. support for Israel. If genocide wasn't a redline for you then, maybe you should have been vocal about it before now.
February 5, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Reminder to Liberals out here blaming others: Harris doubled down on U.S. support for Israel. If genocide wasn't a redline for you then, maybe you should have been vocal about it before now.
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I was recently awarded a mostly subsidized artist residency at The Hambidge Center in Georgia. Im really excited for this as it is my first residency ever. But there wasn’t enough financial aid to cover all of the cost. This past 3 months have been very tough, art sales have plummeted. I need help.
February 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I was recently awarded a mostly subsidized artist residency at The Hambidge Center in Georgia. Im really excited for this as it is my first residency ever. But there wasn’t enough financial aid to cover all of the cost. This past 3 months have been very tough, art sales have plummeted. I need help.
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I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.
The United States Social Security Administration | SSA
Official website of the U.S. Social Security Administration.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I logged into SSA.gov and downloaded the history of social security and Medicare payments associated with my account, because who knows what is going to happen to government security.
Potentially sad post: my fuzzy cuddle buddy, Sombra, the cat who saved me from the dark, is going in for a small surgery on Friday to biopsy a growth on his paw. If you have the ability to help, I have new mugs up in my shop. amandambarr.com/shop
Thanks to all who already shopped & shared!
Thanks to all who already shopped & shared!
February 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Potentially sad post: my fuzzy cuddle buddy, Sombra, the cat who saved me from the dark, is going in for a small surgery on Friday to biopsy a growth on his paw. If you have the ability to help, I have new mugs up in my shop. amandambarr.com/shop
Thanks to all who already shopped & shared!
Thanks to all who already shopped & shared!
folks probably don't know this, but in the before times, I skated. I still follow skating. between that and the crash being blamed on DEI and 'disability,' I need a break. 😢
January 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
folks probably don't know this, but in the before times, I skated. I still follow skating. between that and the crash being blamed on DEI and 'disability,' I need a break. 😢
Dropping a shop update tomorrow. Logging off and going home tonight to decompress from everything. Here’s a preview, all new mugs!
January 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Dropping a shop update tomorrow. Logging off and going home tonight to decompress from everything. Here’s a preview, all new mugs!
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I'm not gonna lie, I'm floored that a university would call off a Lunar New Year event open to everyone because it might be "DEI"
MSU college abruptly cancels Lunar New Year event, citing Trump DEI orders - The State News
MSU cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting DEI and concerns from students.
statenews.com
January 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I'm not gonna lie, I'm floored that a university would call off a Lunar New Year event open to everyone because it might be "DEI"
Just scrolling my phone when I smell something a bit funky.
It’s my feet. I’ve managed to pretzel myself in half and am face first into my fresh out of the boots feet. Sitting in Ehlers Danlos 🤷♀️ #disabilitylife
It’s my feet. I’ve managed to pretzel myself in half and am face first into my fresh out of the boots feet. Sitting in Ehlers Danlos 🤷♀️ #disabilitylife
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Just scrolling my phone when I smell something a bit funky.
It’s my feet. I’ve managed to pretzel myself in half and am face first into my fresh out of the boots feet. Sitting in Ehlers Danlos 🤷♀️ #disabilitylife
It’s my feet. I’ve managed to pretzel myself in half and am face first into my fresh out of the boots feet. Sitting in Ehlers Danlos 🤷♀️ #disabilitylife
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Read, share, act.
January 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Read, share, act.