Amanda
@acbarton.bsky.social
Go ask Alice. I think she'll know. she/her
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For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
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R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
August 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
For a bettir future we need poetrye, creativitye, historical studye, love of language, dreames, dialogues, new storyes, & intellectual curiositye.
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
We must fund & expand higher educacioun yn HEART:
H umanityes
E thiques
A rtes
R hetorique & the crafte of
T eaching
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Ich hadde an Orpheus joke but then Ich looked back
July 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ich hadde an Orpheus joke but then Ich looked back
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Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.
May 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Thinkinge of askinge Chat GPT a questioun about your plannes? Trye a tarot deck. Cheaper, bettir for the environment, bettir resultes.
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Nicola Dinan on crafting characters around pieces of herself, “like Adam’s rib.”
Crafting from of a Creator’s Rib: Nicola Dinan on Writing Characters Based on Herself
The worst part about publishing a book is that everyone around you will think they’re in it. Occasionally, it’s because you don’t bother to change the names, possibly because you think a person wil…
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May 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nicola Dinan on crafting characters around pieces of herself, “like Adam’s rib.”
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You're at home watching Top Chef, when suddenly, Keanu Reeves comes to the door, sweaty with his clothes torn like he'd been in a knife fight.
Hes got a motorcycle with a sidecar and says he needs YOU to help him pull off the most amazing heist in history.
Do you say no, yes, or "I call shotgun"?
Hes got a motorcycle with a sidecar and says he needs YOU to help him pull off the most amazing heist in history.
Do you say no, yes, or "I call shotgun"?
May 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
You're at home watching Top Chef, when suddenly, Keanu Reeves comes to the door, sweaty with his clothes torn like he'd been in a knife fight.
Hes got a motorcycle with a sidecar and says he needs YOU to help him pull off the most amazing heist in history.
Do you say no, yes, or "I call shotgun"?
Hes got a motorcycle with a sidecar and says he needs YOU to help him pull off the most amazing heist in history.
Do you say no, yes, or "I call shotgun"?
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1/5 Watched @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Sen. Angus King today. Sen. King spoke of writing your Reps. & Sen. How important it is, it does make a difference. Then saw this. A lot of screen shots but a good idea. Stick to issues effecting you or those you know. Be Specific.
April 18, 2025 at 3:08 AM
1/5 Watched @hcrichardson.bsky.social & Sen. Angus King today. Sen. King spoke of writing your Reps. & Sen. How important it is, it does make a difference. Then saw this. A lot of screen shots but a good idea. Stick to issues effecting you or those you know. Be Specific.
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in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
Happy First Contact Day!
April 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Happy First Contact Day!
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Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
April 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Corey Booker: “IF AMERICA
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
HASN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART, THEN YOU DON'T LOVE HER ENOUGH." 💙🥹
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Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Sen. Booker’s speech was a substantive and moral account of this moment. He did not read the phone book. He did not babble.
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
For 24 hours @booker.senate.gov laid out a detailed, damning, and critical narrative of truth, history, politics, morality, humanity.
What will you do?
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In 1940, the presidents of Yale, Columbia, and Harvard urged the government and country to fight fascism. It was national news.
March 18, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In 1940, the presidents of Yale, Columbia, and Harvard urged the government and country to fight fascism. It was national news.
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"In the eyes of autocrats and plutocrats, the future is not a right but a commodity."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
hidinginplainsightbook.com
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
hidinginplainsightbook.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"In the eyes of autocrats and plutocrats, the future is not a right but a commodity."
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
hidinginplainsightbook.com
-- HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2020)
hidinginplainsightbook.com
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BREAKING: The head of the $42 billion federal BEAD program that aims to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept.
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
March 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
BREAKING: The head of the $42 billion federal BEAD program that aims to bring broadband internet to rural and unserved areas has left the Commerce Dept.
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
He sent a departing email warning of "deeply negative outcomes" for people if the Trump admin shifts $$ from fiber internet to Musk's Starlink:
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Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)
(and forward the positive vibes)
March 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tariff-free joy flows from Canada to the world—receive this heartfelt and positive export from the land of resilience and love. 🍁🧡
(and forward the positive vibes)
(and forward the positive vibes)
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Which characters did it hurt to exclude? Why didn’t your favorite make the cut? On how we assembled our villains bracket.
Here are some good villains that didn’t make our final bracket.
We put a good amount of work into our villains bracket, and I think I could make a case for each of our initial 64 picks being the worst of all time. This week we’ve watched a lot of our personal f…
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March 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Which characters did it hurt to exclude? Why didn’t your favorite make the cut? On how we assembled our villains bracket.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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AI isn't just theft and environmental callousness. It's also fascist because its overall aim is to wrest the power of artistic expression from everyday ppl and place it in the hands of oligarchs. It's anti-truth and anti-morality.
I block it wherever I see it.
I block it wherever I see it.
March 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
AI isn't just theft and environmental callousness. It's also fascist because its overall aim is to wrest the power of artistic expression from everyday ppl and place it in the hands of oligarchs. It's anti-truth and anti-morality.
I block it wherever I see it.
I block it wherever I see it.
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I guess Republicans could go with "It's the Democrats' fault there's a shutdown because they wouldn't obey us," and there are certainly D.C. reporters who are stupid or craven enough to parrot that, but it does seem fairly easy for any Democrat with a mouth and a microphone to refute convincingly.
March 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I guess Republicans could go with "It's the Democrats' fault there's a shutdown because they wouldn't obey us," and there are certainly D.C. reporters who are stupid or craven enough to parrot that, but it does seem fairly easy for any Democrat with a mouth and a microphone to refute convincingly.
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From October 2024: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/totem-and-...
March 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From October 2024: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/totem-and-...
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NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz to launch national tour of town halls in Republican House districts | CNN Politics
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans, some of whom have stopped holding town halls amid the raucous receptions their colleagues...
www.cnn.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:14 AM
NEW from me -
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
Tim Walz is headed back out on the road – this time, for a tour of House districts represented by Republicans who have stopped holding in-person town halls amid the raucous receptions some of their colleagues have gotten across the country. www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/p...
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We can’t look away from rural spaces by writing everyone off as racist. You don’t magically become racist when you see a cow or cornfield. Racism is an American problem that resides in every corner of the country.
Come back to rural America and speak about jobs and schools and roads and hospitals.
Come back to rural America and speak about jobs and schools and roads and hospitals.
March 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
We can’t look away from rural spaces by writing everyone off as racist. You don’t magically become racist when you see a cow or cornfield. Racism is an American problem that resides in every corner of the country.
Come back to rural America and speak about jobs and schools and roads and hospitals.
Come back to rural America and speak about jobs and schools and roads and hospitals.
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🧵I know what the Trump administration is doing to the country because they’ve already done it to rural America.
They stripped public schools of funding. They closed our hospitals. They sold family farms for parts. They let our infrastructure rot. And then they gerrymandered us to keep us quiet.
They stripped public schools of funding. They closed our hospitals. They sold family farms for parts. They let our infrastructure rot. And then they gerrymandered us to keep us quiet.
March 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
🧵I know what the Trump administration is doing to the country because they’ve already done it to rural America.
They stripped public schools of funding. They closed our hospitals. They sold family farms for parts. They let our infrastructure rot. And then they gerrymandered us to keep us quiet.
They stripped public schools of funding. They closed our hospitals. They sold family farms for parts. They let our infrastructure rot. And then they gerrymandered us to keep us quiet.
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I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
March 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...
This is a campaign of eradication.
www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...