Amanda Banks
@bubzilla.bsky.social
Writer and artist working on a graduate degree. I study community economics through textiles 🖖🏻
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If your holiday gift list includes someone with cancer – or any other serious illness, for that matter – consider hanging those fuzzy socks back on the rack.
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If your holiday gift list includes someone with cancer – or any other serious illness, for that matter – consider hanging those fuzzy socks back on the rack.
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Gen AI tools are not good sources for information during rapidly unfolding, novel events. Words associations aren't helpful for discovering ground truth. These tools are more likely to echo and contribute to the inherent uncertainty and ambiguity of crisis events.
Elon Musk's AI robot is spewing misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
Grok Is Glitching And Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting
Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.
gizmodo.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gen AI tools are not good sources for information during rapidly unfolding, novel events. Words associations aren't helpful for discovering ground truth. These tools are more likely to echo and contribute to the inherent uncertainty and ambiguity of crisis events.
I got to see the magic of NYC today ✨️ The levels of passion and talent in this community are endlessly inspirational.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I got to see the magic of NYC today ✨️ The levels of passion and talent in this community are endlessly inspirational.
The view from my room this morning 😍
December 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The view from my room this morning 😍
Times Square is insane. I am perfectly content to never experience that again.
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Times Square is insane. I am perfectly content to never experience that again.
Baby's first visit to NYC 🖖🏻
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Baby's first visit to NYC 🖖🏻
Today is not a great day for knitting.
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today is not a great day for knitting.
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
Gentle reminder, friends 🎄🖖🏻
Participating in the economic blackout is a great way to start extracting yourself from capitalist cycles of consumption.
If you want your impact to last, drop your subscription services. Cancel your Prime. Avoid big-box stores whenever you can.
Choose local, choose thrift, choose community.
If you want your impact to last, drop your subscription services. Cancel your Prime. Avoid big-box stores whenever you can.
Choose local, choose thrift, choose community.
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Gentle reminder, friends 🎄🖖🏻
Knitting, coffee, and a feminist economics lecture from @iaffe.bsky.social on data collection is the perfect start to the day
🧶☕️📊
🧶☕️📊
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Knitting, coffee, and a feminist economics lecture from @iaffe.bsky.social on data collection is the perfect start to the day
🧶☕️📊
🧶☕️📊
Celebrating the end of finals week by staying up WAY too late doing sweater math.
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Celebrating the end of finals week by staying up WAY too late doing sweater math.
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
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This semester I taught Spatial Data Science with #rstats Students analyzed areal, geostatistical & point pattern data, creating fantastic projects on disease mapping 🗺️ air pollution 🏭 crime 🚨 & species modeling 🐾
Book freely available:
👉 paulamoraga.com/book-spatial/
Book freely available:
👉 paulamoraga.com/book-spatial/
December 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This semester I taught Spatial Data Science with #rstats Students analyzed areal, geostatistical & point pattern data, creating fantastic projects on disease mapping 🗺️ air pollution 🏭 crime 🚨 & species modeling 🐾
Book freely available:
👉 paulamoraga.com/book-spatial/
Book freely available:
👉 paulamoraga.com/book-spatial/
Just got to watch my baby sister graduate with her Bachelor's degree in education 😭
I'm so proud of the choices she has made and the person she has become. She is going to make a wonderful teacher!
I'm so proud of the choices she has made and the person she has become. She is going to make a wonderful teacher!
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just got to watch my baby sister graduate with her Bachelor's degree in education 😭
I'm so proud of the choices she has made and the person she has become. She is going to make a wonderful teacher!
I'm so proud of the choices she has made and the person she has become. She is going to make a wonderful teacher!
One semester left 🙌🏻
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
One semester left 🙌🏻
Up early today to attend the Feminist Economics 101 session from @iaffe.bsky.social!
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Up early today to attend the Feminist Economics 101 session from @iaffe.bsky.social!
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"It gives the government tools to pick and choose who they want to punish." Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova explains how government targeting of marginalized people builds the tools to persecute anyone the government decides is a problem.
December 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
"It gives the government tools to pick and choose who they want to punish." Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova explains how government targeting of marginalized people builds the tools to persecute anyone the government decides is a problem.
I've been awarded the SouthArts 2026 Emerging Artist Program grant!
It's an honor to be recognized for my work and I'm so grateful to the committee for selecting my proposal.
What a wonderful start to the week 😱🤯🤗
It's an honor to be recognized for my work and I'm so grateful to the committee for selecting my proposal.
What a wonderful start to the week 😱🤯🤗
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been awarded the SouthArts 2026 Emerging Artist Program grant!
It's an honor to be recognized for my work and I'm so grateful to the committee for selecting my proposal.
What a wonderful start to the week 😱🤯🤗
It's an honor to be recognized for my work and I'm so grateful to the committee for selecting my proposal.
What a wonderful start to the week 😱🤯🤗
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Globalization has been an economic buzzword for decades, but what does it actually mean?
Here's what I tell my students.
Here's what I tell my students.
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Globalization has been an economic buzzword for decades, but what does it actually mean?
Here's what I tell my students.
Here's what I tell my students.
Really fantastic panel on using/applying care data in economic analysis from @iaffe.bsky.social this morning.
So glad I registered for this one!
So glad I registered for this one!
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Really fantastic panel on using/applying care data in economic analysis from @iaffe.bsky.social this morning.
So glad I registered for this one!
So glad I registered for this one!
Accidentally matched my project to tonight's family movie selection.
Guess what we watched 😂
Guess what we watched 😂
November 20, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Accidentally matched my project to tonight's family movie selection.
Guess what we watched 😂
Guess what we watched 😂
Y'all cross all your fingers for me please 🙏🏻😭📚
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Y'all cross all your fingers for me please 🙏🏻😭📚
Motif crochet is an accessible and portable craft that has proven effective in subverting similar jewelry confiscation policies. 🧶📚🖖🏻
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Motif crochet is an accessible and portable craft that has proven effective in subverting similar jewelry confiscation policies. 🧶📚🖖🏻
Reposted by Amanda Banks
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
The final draft of my PhD proposal is out for review!
If all goes well, I can submit the full application before Thanksgiving. 🦃📚👩🎓
If all goes well, I can submit the full application before Thanksgiving. 🦃📚👩🎓
November 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
The final draft of my PhD proposal is out for review!
If all goes well, I can submit the full application before Thanksgiving. 🦃📚👩🎓
If all goes well, I can submit the full application before Thanksgiving. 🦃📚👩🎓
Year 3 of Roundtop folk festival is in the books! I'm so happy that this 7ft snowflake could spread out, get some love, and inspire my community to get creative.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Year 3 of Roundtop folk festival is in the books! I'm so happy that this 7ft snowflake could spread out, get some love, and inspire my community to get creative.
What an unexpectedly amazing day 🤩
UNA never ceases to impress me. I'm so thankful to have found such a supportive community of teachers and friends.
UNA never ceases to impress me. I'm so thankful to have found such a supportive community of teachers and friends.
October 23, 2025 at 9:28 PM
What an unexpectedly amazing day 🤩
UNA never ceases to impress me. I'm so thankful to have found such a supportive community of teachers and friends.
UNA never ceases to impress me. I'm so thankful to have found such a supportive community of teachers and friends.