Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
@inkling42.bsky.social
Reader, Writer, Knitter, Traveler, Ginger. She/Her.
https://linktr.ee/ovisobscura
https://linktr.ee/ovisobscura
I Blogged Again! Join me on the California Mille!
letteredlady.com/2025/04/28/c...
letteredlady.com/2025/04/28/c...
California Mille 2025, Day 1
In Which Our Heroine Attempts To Begin A Travelogue Today is the first day of the California Mille, a 1000-Mile Classic Car Tour that Alex and I have been on once before. I enjoyed it last time. I …
letteredlady.com
April 28, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I Blogged Again! Join me on the California Mille!
letteredlady.com/2025/04/28/c...
letteredlady.com/2025/04/28/c...
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
🧵Spotted on Waitangi Day in a Small City in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) being carried around the Wharenui (ancestral meeting house) of a Marae by his dad (20s?) who's showing him the carvings and describing what they mean. Dad beaming with pride. Tiny human beaming at Dad. (1)
A tiny human (2?) being carried around the Wharenui (ancestral meeting house) of a Marae by his dad (20s?) who's showing him the carvings and describing what they mean. Dad beaming with pride. Tiny human beaming at Dad. (1)
February 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵Spotted on Waitangi Day in a Small City in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) being carried around the Wharenui (ancestral meeting house) of a Marae by his dad (20s?) who's showing him the carvings and describing what they mean. Dad beaming with pride. Tiny human beaming at Dad. (1)
A tiny human (2?) being carried around the Wharenui (ancestral meeting house) of a Marae by his dad (20s?) who's showing him the carvings and describing what they mean. Dad beaming with pride. Tiny human beaming at Dad. (1)
I hope this Winter Holiday Season is peaceful for you.
December 24, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I hope this Winter Holiday Season is peaceful for you.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
KOSA is deliberately designed to, and will be used to, ban all queer content online as "pornography" including helpful orgs such as Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. Tell your reps to vote NO on this monstrosity.
Does the new version of KOSA they're trying to cram at the last minute to the funding bill solve KOSA's first amendment problems? Ha ha no.
Tell your Congressional Rep. you're not falling for this shit and neither should they.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
Tell your Congressional Rep. you're not falling for this shit and neither should they.
www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...
X's Last-Minute Update to the Kids Online Safety Act Still Fails to Protect Kids—or Adults—Online
Late last week, the Senate released yet another version of the Kids Online Safety Act, written, reportedly, with the assistance of X CEO Linda Yaccarino in a flawed attempt to address the critical fre...
www.eff.org
December 13, 2024 at 6:41 PM
KOSA is deliberately designed to, and will be used to, ban all queer content online as "pornography" including helpful orgs such as Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. Tell your reps to vote NO on this monstrosity.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
If you want to improve your style....learn to draw bodies.
Real bodies. Marked, scarred, disfigured, bald, wrinkly, old and young.
Learn to draw real people and you will learn to find so many more things beautiful.
The best thing you can do for your art is to fall in love with being human.
Real bodies. Marked, scarred, disfigured, bald, wrinkly, old and young.
Learn to draw real people and you will learn to find so many more things beautiful.
The best thing you can do for your art is to fall in love with being human.
December 10, 2024 at 9:55 PM
If you want to improve your style....learn to draw bodies.
Real bodies. Marked, scarred, disfigured, bald, wrinkly, old and young.
Learn to draw real people and you will learn to find so many more things beautiful.
The best thing you can do for your art is to fall in love with being human.
Real bodies. Marked, scarred, disfigured, bald, wrinkly, old and young.
Learn to draw real people and you will learn to find so many more things beautiful.
The best thing you can do for your art is to fall in love with being human.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Even from a purely self-interested perspective, Bluesky is very much building a brand based upon it being a safer place to exist online.
Allowing Jesse Singal to remain, who is a known and active harasser, actively harms that brand and does nothing to attract valuable new users.
Allowing Jesse Singal to remain, who is a known and active harasser, actively harms that brand and does nothing to attract valuable new users.
December 11, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Even from a purely self-interested perspective, Bluesky is very much building a brand based upon it being a safer place to exist online.
Allowing Jesse Singal to remain, who is a known and active harasser, actively harms that brand and does nothing to attract valuable new users.
Allowing Jesse Singal to remain, who is a known and active harasser, actively harms that brand and does nothing to attract valuable new users.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you
December 12, 2024 at 12:11 AM
Usinge AI to learne to wryte ys lyke having a robot go to the gym for you
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
January 10, 2024 at 2:04 PM
My biggest issue with AI evangelism in our industry is that it treats creativity like a problem to be solved, and not an adventure to be had.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
I don't want to be a global town square that represents even the worst voices among us
I think we are better off without them, and they have no shortage of platforms on which to spew their bile
they don't need one more, and their targets deserve somewhere to exist without them
I think we are better off without them, and they have no shortage of platforms on which to spew their bile
they don't need one more, and their targets deserve somewhere to exist without them
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 PM
I don't want to be a global town square that represents even the worst voices among us
I think we are better off without them, and they have no shortage of platforms on which to spew their bile
they don't need one more, and their targets deserve somewhere to exist without them
I think we are better off without them, and they have no shortage of platforms on which to spew their bile
they don't need one more, and their targets deserve somewhere to exist without them
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Have hit the stage of trying to negotiate with the wailing cat. “Sweetie, I know. You think if you yell loud enough, the world will change. I’ve been trying that for forty-seven years and it hasn’t worked for me either.”
December 10, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Have hit the stage of trying to negotiate with the wailing cat. “Sweetie, I know. You think if you yell loud enough, the world will change. I’ve been trying that for forty-seven years and it hasn’t worked for me either.”
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
This response from @sbearbergman.bsky.social to @hildur.bsky.social’s post has changed my week— it is so wholesome, and human, and so the energy we all need right now. And Kerstin Langenberger, the naturalist who posted “I am on my way with the necessary equipment”? This woman is the hero we need.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
“I was Richard the Third.”
“Five curtain calls.”
“WE HAD FIVE CURTAIN CALLS!!”
“Five curtain calls.”
“WE HAD FIVE CURTAIN CALLS!!”
The beautiful thing about the movie Galaxy Quest is that I’m only somewhat sure Alan Rickman was acting and not just deeply irritated to be in the movie Galaxy Quest
December 10, 2024 at 3:38 AM
“I was Richard the Third.”
“Five curtain calls.”
“WE HAD FIVE CURTAIN CALLS!!”
“Five curtain calls.”
“WE HAD FIVE CURTAIN CALLS!!”
Purrrrrrrr. I forgot to take photos, but we went to the new steakhouse in town, and it was pretty good.
December 10, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Purrrrrrrr. I forgot to take photos, but we went to the new steakhouse in town, and it was pretty good.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Today is my birthday and it would mean a lot to me if you have the resources if you donated to your local abortion fund, bail fund, or any other grassroots org doing locally-based abolition, reproductive rights, or justice work. Here is a thread of some of my favorites for inspo:
December 9, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Today is my birthday and it would mean a lot to me if you have the resources if you donated to your local abortion fund, bail fund, or any other grassroots org doing locally-based abolition, reproductive rights, or justice work. Here is a thread of some of my favorites for inspo:
Tomorrow, I Will Write.
December 9, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Tomorrow, I Will Write.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Despair, not fear, is the greater enemy. Fear can be overcome, but when you have lost all hope of victory, you have already lost. A true warrior knows that the smallest thread can unravel the greatest tapestry. Find the thread, don't let it go, and persevere.
December 8, 2024 at 11:22 PM
Despair, not fear, is the greater enemy. Fear can be overcome, but when you have lost all hope of victory, you have already lost. A true warrior knows that the smallest thread can unravel the greatest tapestry. Find the thread, don't let it go, and persevere.
I finished a pair of socks tonight, and I'm slightly worried that I might have dropped a stitch on one.
I've decided Not To Care. They are good socks.
I've decided Not To Care. They are good socks.
December 9, 2024 at 6:09 AM
I finished a pair of socks tonight, and I'm slightly worried that I might have dropped a stitch on one.
I've decided Not To Care. They are good socks.
I've decided Not To Care. They are good socks.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Safe and welcome
December 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Safe and welcome
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
This burn is epic. 🔥
December 8, 2024 at 1:00 AM
This burn is epic. 🔥
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
kinda feel like the Bsky team won't listen to trans users about this, so I'll say it as a Cis Person: I don't want Jesse Singal on here spreading his lying hateful "just asking questions" bullshit. he is not acting in good faith, he causes active harm, and he adds nothing worthwhile to this platform
December 7, 2024 at 8:33 PM
kinda feel like the Bsky team won't listen to trans users about this, so I'll say it as a Cis Person: I don't want Jesse Singal on here spreading his lying hateful "just asking questions" bullshit. he is not acting in good faith, he causes active harm, and he adds nothing worthwhile to this platform
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
My submission for @skullsandsheets.bsky.social's Mari Lwyd charity auction-raising money each year for domestic violence charities.
Auction link for this piece here: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15655102...
See them all: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
Shares would be hugely appreciated!
🎨 #art #bsnm
Auction link for this piece here: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15655102...
See them all: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
Shares would be hugely appreciated!
🎨 #art #bsnm
December 1, 2024 at 4:35 PM
My submission for @skullsandsheets.bsky.social's Mari Lwyd charity auction-raising money each year for domestic violence charities.
Auction link for this piece here: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15655102...
See them all: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
Shares would be hugely appreciated!
🎨 #art #bsnm
Auction link for this piece here: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15655102...
See them all: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/skullsns...
Shares would be hugely appreciated!
🎨 #art #bsnm
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Thread. Be a person!
There's a thing authors used to do on social media when it was new, which was to only advertise their stuff.
December 8, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Thread. Be a person!
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
Dump your transphobic friend. Don't let your racist friend go ignored. Confront that guy in your circle who treats women like shit. Pick fights with your friend. Challenge your anti immigrant uncle to a duel.
December 8, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Dump your transphobic friend. Don't let your racist friend go ignored. Confront that guy in your circle who treats women like shit. Pick fights with your friend. Challenge your anti immigrant uncle to a duel.
Reposted by Amanda/Inkling 🏳️🌈
reminded of this excellent tweet from long ago
December 7, 2024 at 8:30 PM
reminded of this excellent tweet from long ago