Amanda
@moomanda.bsky.social
TV/Media Lawyer - law & popular culture/social sciences academic
• music of confusing genres • games • manga • anime • horror • weird shit & unsurprisingly other nerdy things •
Probable random drivel.
Can be annoying.
All views my own etc
• music of confusing genres • games • manga • anime • horror • weird shit & unsurprisingly other nerdy things •
Probable random drivel.
Can be annoying.
All views my own etc
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Amanda
@moomanda.bsky.social
· Dec 31
hello! Here’s a reluctant intro:
I’m a TV/media lawyer - a law & pop culture academic, psychology nerd, and published satirical writer. Currently procrastinating on a dark horror-comedy script.
Proud dork and a very silly human (to balance out the seriousness of the day job).
I’m a TV/media lawyer - a law & pop culture academic, psychology nerd, and published satirical writer. Currently procrastinating on a dark horror-comedy script.
Proud dork and a very silly human (to balance out the seriousness of the day job).
Clearly I’m not American but my tummy is jealous of the Thanksgiving food that is smattering across many of my feeds. My entire soul (if I had one) desires creamed potato’s and brisket.
I seriously need to have a non-thanksgiving holiday food party for the sake of it.
I seriously need to have a non-thanksgiving holiday food party for the sake of it.
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Clearly I’m not American but my tummy is jealous of the Thanksgiving food that is smattering across many of my feeds. My entire soul (if I had one) desires creamed potato’s and brisket.
I seriously need to have a non-thanksgiving holiday food party for the sake of it.
I seriously need to have a non-thanksgiving holiday food party for the sake of it.
Friday’s team meeting have a strong bias towards a dog friendly office policy and I can honestly say it’s the most enjoyable meeting I’ve had in a long time.
I do miss my little corgi pal - even though she gave me more judgemental looks than is strictly necessary
I do miss my little corgi pal - even though she gave me more judgemental looks than is strictly necessary
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Friday’s team meeting have a strong bias towards a dog friendly office policy and I can honestly say it’s the most enjoyable meeting I’ve had in a long time.
I do miss my little corgi pal - even though she gave me more judgemental looks than is strictly necessary
I do miss my little corgi pal - even though she gave me more judgemental looks than is strictly necessary
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The decision from BBC Scotland to axe so many of its essential long-standing music shows - Billy Sloan // Roddy Hart // Iain Anderson - is shocking and truly devastating for listeners and creators alike.
What the fuck are they thinking?
I’m completely gobsmacked.
Tell your friends.
Kick off.
NOW
What the fuck are they thinking?
I’m completely gobsmacked.
Tell your friends.
Kick off.
NOW
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The decision from BBC Scotland to axe so many of its essential long-standing music shows - Billy Sloan // Roddy Hart // Iain Anderson - is shocking and truly devastating for listeners and creators alike.
What the fuck are they thinking?
I’m completely gobsmacked.
Tell your friends.
Kick off.
NOW
What the fuck are they thinking?
I’m completely gobsmacked.
Tell your friends.
Kick off.
NOW
Allegedly…
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Brain has five ‘eras’, scientists say – with adult mode not starting until early 30s
Study suggests human brain development has four pivotal ‘turning points’ at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83
Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes from infancy to old age.
The study, based on the brain scans of nearly 4,000 people aged under one to 90, mapped neural connections and how they evolve during our lives. This revealed five broad phases, split up by four pivotal “turning points” in which brain organisation moves on to a different trajectory, at around the ages of nine, 32, 66 and 83 years. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Allegedly…
What a scrap!
Day13
M15 Nishikifuji 8-4 (L)
Km Takayasu 5-7 (R)
Good one! Was very curious to see how NFuji does being brought up to this level. He is usually fighting in mid to lower makuuchi #kyushubasho2025
M15 Nishikifuji 8-4 (L)
Km Takayasu 5-7 (R)
Good one! Was very curious to see how NFuji does being brought up to this level. He is usually fighting in mid to lower makuuchi #kyushubasho2025
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
What a scrap!
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I ask you. What other sport offers such drama and sportsmanship while also offering a healthy heartwarming share of unadulterated cuteness?
November 19, 2025 at 8:32 AM
I ask you. What other sport offers such drama and sportsmanship while also offering a healthy heartwarming share of unadulterated cuteness?
It’s my birthday. Happy birthday to me. These photos suggest I’m a feral, glitter-soaked gothic goblin of the night, today I am, regrettably, a fragile Victorian child requiring nourishing broth, cuddles, and possibly a fainting couch. But I looked damn cute.
Please enjoy this moral deception…
Please enjoy this moral deception…
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
It’s my birthday. Happy birthday to me. These photos suggest I’m a feral, glitter-soaked gothic goblin of the night, today I am, regrettably, a fragile Victorian child requiring nourishing broth, cuddles, and possibly a fainting couch. But I looked damn cute.
Please enjoy this moral deception…
Please enjoy this moral deception…
I mean this is great if it can be implemented, but whilst they’re at it how about scrapping dynamic pricing bollocks too
Oh wow! UK to ban resale of tickets above face value for live events
UK to ban resale of tickets above face value for live events
Aggressive crackdown on touts comes after backlash over cost of watching live music and sport
on.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I mean this is great if it can be implemented, but whilst they’re at it how about scrapping dynamic pricing bollocks too
My cousin has literally rerouted their Tokyo day today to swing by Ryōgoku to hunt for sumo merch purely to cheer me up. That’s peak cousin loyalty. The Yokozuna of cousins.
November 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My cousin has literally rerouted their Tokyo day today to swing by Ryōgoku to hunt for sumo merch purely to cheer me up. That’s peak cousin loyalty. The Yokozuna of cousins.
Feels a pertinent reminder to post this, in 2004 upon Greg Dykes departure from the BBC 10,000 staff members, me included, paid for an ad in a national newspaper highlighting the importance of the independence of the BBC... www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/20...
BBC staff advert in The Daily Telegraph
Today BBC staff placed a full page advert in The Daily Telegraph to assert their belief in the continued independence of the BBC, and to pay tribute to the work of Greg Dyke whilst he was Director-Gen...
www.currybet.net
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Feels a pertinent reminder to post this, in 2004 upon Greg Dykes departure from the BBC 10,000 staff members, me included, paid for an ad in a national newspaper highlighting the importance of the independence of the BBC... www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/20...
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So going to start a thread of good news stories (positive impacts imho) to counter the tide of terrible things - not here to debate but share with quoted sources etc:
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
So going to start a thread of good news stories (positive impacts imho) to counter the tide of terrible things - not here to debate but share with quoted sources etc:
This is great
November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is great
When I was little, I always wanted to be a nurse (my love of music changed that!). I’m quite naturally a nurturing person. Today I gave mumma a subcutaneous injection which helps increase white blood cells after chemotherapy. Nurse skills unlocked! Sadly no longer have this outfit.
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When I was little, I always wanted to be a nurse (my love of music changed that!). I’m quite naturally a nurturing person. Today I gave mumma a subcutaneous injection which helps increase white blood cells after chemotherapy. Nurse skills unlocked! Sadly no longer have this outfit.
My cousin is currently on holiday in Japan and asked me what treats I want…I hope she has extra luggage capacity for the list I’m about to send her. But overwhelmingly I want this
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My cousin is currently on holiday in Japan and asked me what treats I want…I hope she has extra luggage capacity for the list I’m about to send her. But overwhelmingly I want this
No more assuming factual TV is easy and “just happens.” Behind every hour are layers of financing gymnastics, spreadsheets that defy physics, contracts and rights-clearances and enough negotiation to make lawyering qualify as an extreme sport. All before we’ve even picked up a camera.
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM
No more assuming factual TV is easy and “just happens.” Behind every hour are layers of financing gymnastics, spreadsheets that defy physics, contracts and rights-clearances and enough negotiation to make lawyering qualify as an extreme sport. All before we’ve even picked up a camera.
Flowers from some lovely colleagues made me a little dewy eyed. Simple gestures make a whole lot of difference
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Flowers from some lovely colleagues made me a little dewy eyed. Simple gestures make a whole lot of difference
Collective anxiety feels like a tide lately one ripple and suddenly we’re all swaying. I’m trying to stay grounded, breathe, and help the people around me steady themselves too. We can’t stop the waves, but we can keep each other from getting swept out.
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Collective anxiety feels like a tide lately one ripple and suddenly we’re all swaying. I’m trying to stay grounded, breathe, and help the people around me steady themselves too. We can’t stop the waves, but we can keep each other from getting swept out.
Papa’s on a rooooollll. Such a good lil bear
Day4
M2 Wakamotoharu 1-2 (L)
Km Takayasu 2-1 (R)
Yasu is very deft at “hanmi”, keeping his body perpendicular to foe up close, giving foe less to hold onto and making him very hard to move.
#kyushubasho2025
M2 Wakamotoharu 1-2 (L)
Km Takayasu 2-1 (R)
Yasu is very deft at “hanmi”, keeping his body perpendicular to foe up close, giving foe less to hold onto and making him very hard to move.
#kyushubasho2025
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Papa’s on a rooooollll. Such a good lil bear
Having worked with Erika Lust previously not surprising she’s part of this consortium. Really positive steps
cool news: some of the biggest porn companies got together to lay out a "code of conduct" for studios, agents, third parties, everyone on set: www.404media.co/adult-studio...
Major Porn Studios Join Forces to Establish Industry ‘Code of Conduct’
The newly-formed, first of its kind Adult Studio Alliance is founded by major porn companies including Aylo, Dorcel, ERIKALUST, Gamma Entertainment, Mile High Media and Ricky’s Room, and establishes a...
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Having worked with Erika Lust previously not surprising she’s part of this consortium. Really positive steps
Day 3 of Mum’s first chemo cycle and after a strong start, she’s struggling. Day 3 was always going to be the difficult one. Comforting a parent suffering is a heartbreak you can’t explain till you live it. I’m feeling a bit broken today, but onwards we go, there’ll be hard days and better ones.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Day 3 of Mum’s first chemo cycle and after a strong start, she’s struggling. Day 3 was always going to be the difficult one. Comforting a parent suffering is a heartbreak you can’t explain till you live it. I’m feeling a bit broken today, but onwards we go, there’ll be hard days and better ones.
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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This, but also adding that, incomprehensively to me, still in post is David Jordan, who's been the BBC's Director, of Editorial Policy & Standards since 2007, & surely should have been a ceremonial sacrifical lamb several 'scandals' ago. Should Davie & Turness have resigned over this, no.
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This, but also adding that, incomprehensively to me, still in post is David Jordan, who's been the BBC's Director, of Editorial Policy & Standards since 2007, & surely should have been a ceremonial sacrifical lamb several 'scandals' ago. Should Davie & Turness have resigned over this, no.
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NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)
(Non-Substack link to follow.)
Ohhhh do I want to see Deftones and Deafheaven at outbreak next year…sorely tempted.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Ohhhh do I want to see Deftones and Deafheaven at outbreak next year…sorely tempted.
Yessssssss
Day2
M3 Hiradoumi 1-0 (L)
Km Takayasu 0-1 (R)
Dang. Tamawashi isn’t the only perennially competitive rikishi who belies his age. #kyushubasho2025
M3 Hiradoumi 1-0 (L)
Km Takayasu 0-1 (R)
Dang. Tamawashi isn’t the only perennially competitive rikishi who belies his age. #kyushubasho2025
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Yessssssss