amy brown
@amybrown.xyz
writer in tech, parent x2
el cerrito via piqua, ohio
my lore: amybrown.xyz/wendys
el cerrito via piqua, ohio
my lore: amybrown.xyz/wendys
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amy brown
@amybrown.xyz
· Dec 14
just got my first message from someone offering to redesign my website. it looks like this on purpose :) i like it. thanks!
my husband to the baby: “hi baby”
the baby to my husband: “hi baby”
the baby to my husband: “hi baby”
November 24, 2025 at 2:09 AM
my husband to the baby: “hi baby”
the baby to my husband: “hi baby”
the baby to my husband: “hi baby”
4 year old upset because the pudding says JELLO on it and he doesn’t like JELLO
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
4 year old upset because the pudding says JELLO on it and he doesn’t like JELLO
a movie that takes place where i'm from
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
a movie that takes place where i'm from
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this was miss norway in the “national costume” portion of the miss universe pageant and pleased as i am that miss mexico won i may need a recount
November 22, 2025 at 7:32 AM
this was miss norway in the “national costume” portion of the miss universe pageant and pleased as i am that miss mexico won i may need a recount
snack report: they had churro-flavored takis at the grocery store. I did not get them this time but they have my attention
November 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
snack report: they had churro-flavored takis at the grocery store. I did not get them this time but they have my attention
google showed me this two months ago and it’s forever changed the lexicon of our household. we can’t stop talking about the San Francisco tree
November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
google showed me this two months ago and it’s forever changed the lexicon of our household. we can’t stop talking about the San Francisco tree
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I was a ghost, I was alone
어두워진 앞길속에
Given the throne, I didn't know how to believe
I was the queen that I'm meant to be
I lived two lives, tried to play both sides
But I couldn't find my own place
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid, 끝없이 on stage
어두워진 앞길속에
Given the throne, I didn't know how to believe
I was the queen that I'm meant to be
I lived two lives, tried to play both sides
But I couldn't find my own place
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid, 끝없이 on stage
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I was a ghost, I was alone
어두워진 앞길속에
Given the throne, I didn't know how to believe
I was the queen that I'm meant to be
I lived two lives, tried to play both sides
But I couldn't find my own place
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid, 끝없이 on stage
어두워진 앞길속에
Given the throne, I didn't know how to believe
I was the queen that I'm meant to be
I lived two lives, tried to play both sides
But I couldn't find my own place
Called a problem child 'cause I got too wild
But now that's how I'm getting paid, 끝없이 on stage
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I will participate in small poem Sunday with this mysterious two line koan I found among my notes
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I will participate in small poem Sunday with this mysterious two line koan I found among my notes
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I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
🧵 We are, in fact, doing the thing again for @onesimplewish.bsky.social. In 2024, the kind people of this community put the money cannon on blast to help grant $75K in wishes for children in foster care. Toys, tech, a suit for job interviews. Here we go again! 👇
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
www.onesimplewish.org/giving/megwa...
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I have been looking at Black Friday sales for a week but I do not actually need anything so instead I closed all those tabs and bought a Polaroid for a foster kid in Florida who uses photography to deal with big feelings. Perhaps you would like to do the same for one of the kids at the link below?
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
the ideal relationship consists of one person who cooks and cleans and the other who makes instagram reels
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
the ideal relationship consists of one person who cooks and cleans and the other who makes instagram reels
typing in "hanukkah" at crate & barrel or whatever and getting a bunch of random blue and silver stuff as a search result gotta be a top 10 modern jewish experience. and some cups? idk, you people use cups on your holiday right
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 AM
typing in "hanukkah" at crate & barrel or whatever and getting a bunch of random blue and silver stuff as a search result gotta be a top 10 modern jewish experience. and some cups? idk, you people use cups on your holiday right
he was a boy
she was a girl
can I make it any more obvious
she was a girl
can I make it any more obvious
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
he was a boy
she was a girl
can I make it any more obvious
she was a girl
can I make it any more obvious
we have fallen so far behind China in sick-ass water slides and I feel like nobody is talking about this
INSANE! 2-MILE GLASS Water Slide Ride Down the Mountain! | Longest Glass Water Slide in the World!
YouTube video by Attractions 360°
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
we have fallen so far behind China in sick-ass water slides and I feel like nobody is talking about this
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this is a metaphor for waking up and logging on
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this is a metaphor for waking up and logging on
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A potato has been named after Prince.
November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A potato has been named after Prince.
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
the baby (17 months) raised both her hands and said “WEADY?” so I said “ready!” and then she slapped me in the face
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trying to lock in my 2026 predictions by Christmas
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
trying to lock in my 2026 predictions by Christmas
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speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
Kempsville High School assistant principal charged for threats against police, ICE
Virginia Beach assistant principal John Bennett and Mark Bennett charged for conspiring threats against police and ICE agents. Both are held without bond.
www.13newsnow.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency
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this must have been what illiterate youtube stans felt like when that try guy cheated on his wife
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
this must have been what illiterate youtube stans felt like when that try guy cheated on his wife
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when I was in college a famous novelist was a guest professor for a year and immediately became notorious for her scathing comments to undergrad writers, including, “it’s not that you need to be a better writer, [name], it’s that you need to be a better person”
anyway, thinking about that today
anyway, thinking about that today
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
when I was in college a famous novelist was a guest professor for a year and immediately became notorious for her scathing comments to undergrad writers, including, “it’s not that you need to be a better writer, [name], it’s that you need to be a better person”
anyway, thinking about that today
anyway, thinking about that today
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Okay. Y'all owe me. Here it is.
ALL RIGHT YOU FREAKS
Telos News Telos News Read in the Substack app Open app Part 2: She Did It Again Ryan Lizza Nov 21, 2025 ∙ Paid If you are new to this series, start here. She did it again. It was four years later....
docs.google.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Okay. Y'all owe me. Here it is.
do we have an unpaywalled version of the Lizza thing floating around yet? im a nosy little gremlin but im not giving that man my money
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
do we have an unpaywalled version of the Lizza thing floating around yet? im a nosy little gremlin but im not giving that man my money