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Jungian. Cinéphile. Lawyer. Chess fanatic. CEO NanoApps Medical Creative Dir. Alias “Where there is power, there is resistance.” ― Michel Foucault Sydney Aust. No DMs

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · Dec 1

'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.'

C. G. Jung

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 6h

Mine, too. 🥂

Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 7h

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

YouTube video by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 7h

Wasn't this their first single as Creedence? Was actually recorded when they were still the Golliwogs.

Thanks, Simon!💙🎶🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 11h

Diane Keaton #RIP 💔

"The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more."

Diane Keaton

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 11h

Thank you, Terry!💙

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 22h

Totally agree. Poisonous little insect.

Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

You read him correctly.

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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 1d

Tech-investor Peter Thiel, best known for sponsoring J.D. Vance and co-founding Palantir, goes theology:

“Over the past month, Thiel has hosted a series of 4 lectures on the downtown waterfront of San Francisco philosophizing about who the antichrist could be and warning that Armageddon is coming.“

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

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Kyle Ian @kyleian.cool · 1d

It’s 1 am and I’ve just learned Peter Thiel has been giving off-the-record lectures suggesting people like Greta Thunberg are harbingers of the antichrist.

I should have drank less coffee today, how did I end up here?

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

Irony, much?

A Texas burger chain, which shot to fame after naming itself after Donald Trump and offering a supersized helping of MAGA politics, has closed after ICE arrested its Lebanese owner.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Texas restaurant chain Trump Burger mysteriously closes as owners face deportation

Lebanese owner of fast food chain arrested by ICE

www.independent.co.uk

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

From review.

'Some Velvet Morning' sounds like two songs spliced together by a madman, or an avant-garde short film in song form.

Strangely, it works. Thanks, Simon! 💙🥂🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

"He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will."

Stephen Cheung, White House "communications director"

A woman? Venezuela even? Trump is having a tantrum, so Cheung throws him a lolly.

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

The perfect ending to Strange Days. Thanks, Simon!💙🥂🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations Maria Corina Machado!

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado receives Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader is awarded the prize for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights" in the country.

www.abc.net.au

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Donald Trump had 'no chance' of winning Nobel Peace Prize

Donald Trump has not been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and, despite his persistent claim that he "deserves the prize", experts are not at all surprised he didn't win.

www.abc.net.au

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

"AI, he believes, is part of a deeper philosophical shift in our understanding of creative authorship."

“It’s the balance between human creativity and machine capability” he says. “It strikes me how this debate echoes earlier moments in art history.”

Really? 🤨

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia

www.theguardian.com

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EdwardMO @emo777.bsky.social · 3d

László Krasznahorkai has won
the Nobel Prize in Literature 2025

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 3d

John Lennon #BOTD
(9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)

"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"

John Lennon

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EdwardMO @emo777.bsky.social · 3d

Cinematographer Freddie Young #botd worked on more than 130 films. He was best known for his collaborations with David Lean. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography three times - for Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago, and Ryan's Daughter, all directed by Lean.

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 3d

Mark Bolan🙏👊 Thanks, Simon.🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent pack, hopeful. Thanks for sharing!

#strongertogether

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Pam Spaulding @pamspaulding.bsky.social · 3d

There it is...Trump calls for the arrest of the mayor of Chicago and Governor Pritzker.

So, for all the incrementalists in denial...are we there yet? 🤔
- Did we cross the line into authoritarianism yet?
- Is it fascism yet?
- Is he "joking"?

He & Stephen Miller want civil war.
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Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also!
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115338509988551290

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