Rick Caruso’s Private Fire Crew
@amandasmith.bsky.social
Writer, science nerd, boy crazy, Dodger fan. she/her. I made a book & won best dramatic screenplay at #AFF2021. Opinions my own & often wrong.
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Please don’t mistake declarative statements for expertise, I’m just medically incapable of speaking without unfounded confidence.
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Days after covering a protest last week, I realized I had been shot with a new so-called "less-lethal" munition that the LAPD is using more commonly at protests: the FN303. This week, Chief McDonnell said that officers used the FN303 because a judge banned the LAPD from using 40mm launchers.
February 4, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Days after covering a protest last week, I realized I had been shot with a new so-called "less-lethal" munition that the LAPD is using more commonly at protests: the FN303. This week, Chief McDonnell said that officers used the FN303 because a judge banned the LAPD from using 40mm launchers.
He can only be neutralized by nine fabulous women
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 AM
He can only be neutralized by nine fabulous women
Yeah, I don’t love his character because I think there is a real fine line between being laughing with versus laughing at but man, do I love him anyway
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Yeah, I don’t love his character because I think there is a real fine line between being laughing with versus laughing at but man, do I love him anyway
It only works because he gets stepped on by Anne Hathaway in stilettos (metaphorically)
February 5, 2026 at 4:47 AM
It only works because he gets stepped on by Anne Hathaway in stilettos (metaphorically)
No but you really ought to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell...
Maxwell Jacob Friedman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:46 AM
No but you really ought to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell...
Take this as an opportunity to request Election Day off & work as a poll watcher, volunteer with ICE watches, or offer rides to the polls to ensure our free elections continue.
Tbh, if we start planing early enough, you could get local businesses to close Election Day.
www.eac.gov/help-america...
Tbh, if we start planing early enough, you could get local businesses to close Election Day.
www.eac.gov/help-america...
February 5, 2026 at 4:42 AM
Take this as an opportunity to request Election Day off & work as a poll watcher, volunteer with ICE watches, or offer rides to the polls to ensure our free elections continue.
Tbh, if we start planing early enough, you could get local businesses to close Election Day.
www.eac.gov/help-america...
Tbh, if we start planing early enough, you could get local businesses to close Election Day.
www.eac.gov/help-america...
MJF’s face is INCREDIBLE especially with the context he is playing the heel (bad guy, an arrogant rich boy) in this match against a guy who’s previously worn an Abolish ICE shirt into the ring
But in real life, this is MJF’s Wikipedia page
But in real life, this is MJF’s Wikipedia page
![Friedman began dating artist Naomi Rosenblum in 2020, and they were engaged in September 2022,[158] but had broken up by February 2023.[159] He started dating Canadian media personality Alicia Atout in November 2023, who is of Palestinian ancestry.[160] They married on September 5, 2025.[161]
In a statement to The Players' Tribune, in relation to the Gaza war, Friedman said he did not "support terrorism, Zionism, genocide [and] genocidal governments, dead innocent Palestinians [and] dead innocent Israelis [...] And I’m sick that Hamas, a literal terrorist organization, has fans on this side of the world".[162]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g2c7i7faf5effgregvklypdg/bafkreiapwnne45tzkpofvrvgby23amscfbru2yzq7iaakrlpodwnivayjm@jpeg)
February 5, 2026 at 4:37 AM
MJF’s face is INCREDIBLE especially with the context he is playing the heel (bad guy, an arrogant rich boy) in this match against a guy who’s previously worn an Abolish ICE shirt into the ring
But in real life, this is MJF’s Wikipedia page
But in real life, this is MJF’s Wikipedia page
He’s one of the only wrestlers I know thanks to @maladroithe.bsky.social and I love him very much en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell...
Maxwell Jacob Friedman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 AM
He’s one of the only wrestlers I know thanks to @maladroithe.bsky.social and I love him very much en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell...
MJF would be the only artist whose cancellation would hurt me and yes that’s even taking into account my complicated feelings about the character he plays
February 5, 2026 at 4:32 AM
MJF would be the only artist whose cancellation would hurt me and yes that’s even taking into account my complicated feelings about the character he plays
tfw when you want to have fun and chant too but you can’t because you’re at work
February 5, 2026 at 4:30 AM
tfw when you want to have fun and chant too but you can’t because you’re at work
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Got a camera to monitor my boy and verify noise complaints but he got too smart and joined antipaw to take down the police state
February 5, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Got a camera to monitor my boy and verify noise complaints but he got too smart and joined antipaw to take down the police state
Well Lieutenant Spaghetti never specified what he was the lieutenant of so I guess now we know.
February 5, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Well Lieutenant Spaghetti never specified what he was the lieutenant of so I guess now we know.
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You’ll never guess but the solution to people not having money is to give them money.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
You’ll never guess but the solution to people not having money is to give them money.
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My absolutely involved in human trafficking quarter zip is raising a lot of questions already answered by my quarter zip
losing my mind at this photo, it's literally the 'my t-shirt' meme
February 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
My absolutely involved in human trafficking quarter zip is raising a lot of questions already answered by my quarter zip
Great! Sounds like you should sign up: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Become a Poll Worker | U.S. Election Assistance Commission
The EAC encourages those interested in becoming poll workers at the polls on Election Day to learn more about what is required and how to sign up to work with your local election office.
www.eac.gov
February 4, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Great! Sounds like you should sign up: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Doomposters on here are going to handwring tha the administration has already won but instead of posting, the correct answer in this case is to sign up to be a poll watcher and saying “I’d like to see you try”
There were 89,000 polling places in 2022.
8 states have all-mail elections.
At least 5,000,000 Americans marched in the October No Kings demonstrations.
They have 15,000 guys. They couldn't "surround the polls" if they wanted to.
8 states have all-mail elections.
At least 5,000,000 Americans marched in the October No Kings demonstrations.
They have 15,000 guys. They couldn't "surround the polls" if they wanted to.
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
February 4, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Doomposters on here are going to handwring tha the administration has already won but instead of posting, the correct answer in this case is to sign up to be a poll watcher and saying “I’d like to see you try”
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There were 89,000 polling places in 2022.
8 states have all-mail elections.
At least 5,000,000 Americans marched in the October No Kings demonstrations.
They have 15,000 guys. They couldn't "surround the polls" if they wanted to.
8 states have all-mail elections.
At least 5,000,000 Americans marched in the October No Kings demonstrations.
They have 15,000 guys. They couldn't "surround the polls" if they wanted to.
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:05 PM
There were 89,000 polling places in 2022.
8 states have all-mail elections.
At least 5,000,000 Americans marched in the October No Kings demonstrations.
They have 15,000 guys. They couldn't "surround the polls" if they wanted to.
8 states have all-mail elections.
At least 5,000,000 Americans marched in the October No Kings demonstrations.
They have 15,000 guys. They couldn't "surround the polls" if they wanted to.
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“Not inviting everyone on bsky to your wedding is poster class warfare” the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“Not inviting everyone on bsky to your wedding is poster class warfare” the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
“Not inviting everyone on bsky to your wedding is poster class warfare” the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
February 4, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“Not inviting everyone on bsky to your wedding is poster class warfare” the greatest thread in the history of forums, locked by a moderator after 12,239 pages of heated debate
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If you freaks turn my wedding into Discourse I will b*** Bluesky servers I swear on my fathers ashes
February 4, 2026 at 10:53 PM
If you freaks turn my wedding into Discourse I will b*** Bluesky servers I swear on my fathers ashes
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This is my thing, yes criticize Dems and call them. But run your Republican Congress critters ragged right now. Make it impossible for them to have a moment of peace.
Again, I know everyone wants to yell at The Democrats & Chuck Schumer & Hakeem Jefferies, but there are 10-25 people in Washington who could literally end all of this tomorrow, & none of them are Democrats, & they continue to get 24/7 free passes for being absolute oath-violating cowards. Focus.
Yes, we’re looking at you, Lisa Murkowski & Susan Collins & Thom Tillis, you absolute oath-violating cowards.
February 4, 2026 at 4:30 PM
This is my thing, yes criticize Dems and call them. But run your Republican Congress critters ragged right now. Make it impossible for them to have a moment of peace.
This dude is not thinking of preshocks, the whole premise is goofy and steeped in the usual prepper racism. Also there’s literally no way to know something is a preshock till the larger seismic event occurs.
February 4, 2026 at 10:37 PM
This dude is not thinking of preshocks, the whole premise is goofy and steeped in the usual prepper racism. Also there’s literally no way to know something is a preshock till the larger seismic event occurs.
Yes there’s a reason I won’t live in the PNW but also “I’m going to drive out of town if an earthquake hits” is a bad plan for many reasons
February 4, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Yes there’s a reason I won’t live in the PNW but also “I’m going to drive out of town if an earthquake hits” is a bad plan for many reasons
Only animals and this guy can tell if it’s The Big One or just a small quake
February 4, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Only animals and this guy can tell if it’s The Big One or just a small quake
To be fair he also thinks he can get the kids and pets in the car at the first tremor so this guy is operating on another level
February 4, 2026 at 10:32 PM
To be fair he also thinks he can get the kids and pets in the car at the first tremor so this guy is operating on another level