Amanda Bryana
@amandabryana.bsky.social
🔞 (They/Them - Nonbinary, Pan, Autistic, Living that Chronic Illness Life) Writer of m/m erotic romance. Give me my HEA... will settle for HFN if I must. 🌈 🌈 🔞
No Gen AI. Not now. Not ever.
Folksy Store: https://folksy.com/find/shop/OakLeafCrafting
No Gen AI. Not now. Not ever.
Folksy Store: https://folksy.com/find/shop/OakLeafCrafting
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Amanda Bryana
@amandabryana.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Looking forward to connecting with lots of lovely people here. Going to run this acc like all my other social media, so here are my rules.
🚫 No bigots
🚫 No Trump supporters
🚫 No Tories
✔️ This is a queer positive space
✔️ There will be mental and physical health talk
✔️ There will be porn reposted
🚫 No bigots
🚫 No Trump supporters
🚫 No Tories
✔️ This is a queer positive space
✔️ There will be mental and physical health talk
✔️ There will be porn reposted
I have just written the most saccharine sweet paragraph I have ever written. It's cute, and exactly what the character was trying to achieve, but I may need to go and eat a lemon for balance. 😂
December 3, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I have just written the most saccharine sweet paragraph I have ever written. It's cute, and exactly what the character was trying to achieve, but I may need to go and eat a lemon for balance. 😂
Really interesting article. I don't find contemplating my mortality morbid, just realistic. It's helped me overcome the hoarder gene to start clearing some of the stuff I've held onto for sentimental reasons. My family are gone. I am the last of my line. My time is short. It's so hard, but right.
My latest Musings from a Curious Mind newsletter post.
"Considering your inevitable future death encourages you to prioritize the important things in life."
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"Considering your inevitable future death encourages you to prioritize the important things in life."
racebannon.substack.com/p/were-all-g...
We're All Going to Die
Considering your inevitable future death encourages you to prioritize the important things in life.
racebannon.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Really interesting article. I don't find contemplating my mortality morbid, just realistic. It's helped me overcome the hoarder gene to start clearing some of the stuff I've held onto for sentimental reasons. My family are gone. I am the last of my line. My time is short. It's so hard, but right.
It's times like these I wish I'd managed to maintain some kind of faith. I did the christianity > spiritualism > wicca pipleline when I was young, and settled with wicca for about 10 years, but stepped away after our daughter died. I miss it, but only when I'm struggling, which I guess is the point.
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
It's times like these I wish I'd managed to maintain some kind of faith. I did the christianity > spiritualism > wicca pipleline when I was young, and settled with wicca for about 10 years, but stepped away after our daughter died. I miss it, but only when I'm struggling, which I guess is the point.
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if this photo reaches your timeline, everything will be okay ❤️
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
if this photo reaches your timeline, everything will be okay ❤️
Feeling very overwhelmed and completely out of my depth with the prospect of taking on this new venture. I'm stretching mental and physical resources that are already fragile and paper thin. However, I felt similar panic for the first few weeks of the jewellery store, and that's routine now.
December 3, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Feeling very overwhelmed and completely out of my depth with the prospect of taking on this new venture. I'm stretching mental and physical resources that are already fragile and paper thin. However, I felt similar panic for the first few weeks of the jewellery store, and that's routine now.
I'm going to go and watch a couple of episodes of Angel and try to get my anxiety levels out of fight or flight. I have too much to do to be this brittle.
December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I'm going to go and watch a couple of episodes of Angel and try to get my anxiety levels out of fight or flight. I have too much to do to be this brittle.
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have discovered a powerful antibody, known as 04_A06, that is able to neutralize 98.5% of MORE THAN 300 different HIV strains AND permanently reduce HIV viral load to undetectable levels, making it one of the broadest-acting antibodies against HIV identified to date.
Accidentally started another small business. Promised I could handle it. The last hour of crying and absolute terror, suggests I might not have been completely honest there.
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Accidentally started another small business. Promised I could handle it. The last hour of crying and absolute terror, suggests I might not have been completely honest there.
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Ok, so productivity might be a touch ambitious today.
December 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ok, so productivity might be a touch ambitious today.
This Mythbusters episode just made me laugh. They're doing 'can you pick out emotions from photos of eyes,' and they had to exclude Jamie because his facial expression never changes.
I felt that. My face has two settings 1) No expression, 2) I did not give it permission to make that expression 😂
I felt that. My face has two settings 1) No expression, 2) I did not give it permission to make that expression 😂
December 2, 2025 at 4:44 AM
This Mythbusters episode just made me laugh. They're doing 'can you pick out emotions from photos of eyes,' and they had to exclude Jamie because his facial expression never changes.
I felt that. My face has two settings 1) No expression, 2) I did not give it permission to make that expression 😂
I felt that. My face has two settings 1) No expression, 2) I did not give it permission to make that expression 😂
I cannot overstate how creeped out I am when someone asks if I base my characters on real people. Like, dude, do you understand what an intimate process that would be? I know *everything* about my characters. Everything. I don't want to know or imagine that level of detail about real people.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I cannot overstate how creeped out I am when someone asks if I base my characters on real people. Like, dude, do you understand what an intimate process that would be? I know *everything* about my characters. Everything. I don't want to know or imagine that level of detail about real people.
Someone save me from the tedium of changing tags on listings. I've got too much stuff to go through. It's endless.
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Someone save me from the tedium of changing tags on listings. I've got too much stuff to go through. It's endless.
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Ohhhh I’m aware… 😵💫
December 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ohhhh I’m aware… 😵💫
I am not sure the several hours of tedious but incredibly detail oriented work I need to do is compatible with the current levels of brain fog, or with the itchy irritated eyes that tell me my immune system is Seriously Pissed Off about "something".
December 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I am not sure the several hours of tedious but incredibly detail oriented work I need to do is compatible with the current levels of brain fog, or with the itchy irritated eyes that tell me my immune system is Seriously Pissed Off about "something".
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Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Half the vacuuming will have to wait. Vacuum died and is now on charge. Got half done though.
However, Monday is laundry and vacuuming day, and neither will wait. There's also about four hours of work to do on my shop that absolutely has to be done today. And I lose access to a vital nonfiction resource in less than three weeks, so I need to get on with trawling that for all the info I need.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Half the vacuuming will have to wait. Vacuum died and is now on charge. Got half done though.
Slept poorly, woke up normal people sick on top of usual ill. My blend of autoimmune stuff means I always feel a bit like I have the flu - aching muscles, painful points, crippling fatigue - that's my baseline. Today, someone has turned the dial ALL the way up. My joints do not want to work At All.
December 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Slept poorly, woke up normal people sick on top of usual ill. My blend of autoimmune stuff means I always feel a bit like I have the flu - aching muscles, painful points, crippling fatigue - that's my baseline. Today, someone has turned the dial ALL the way up. My joints do not want to work At All.
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possums should be cuddled and stroked gently as goth rock music plays
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
possums should be cuddled and stroked gently as goth rock music plays
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"Our differences are not our weakness; they are our superpower."
Diversity Is Strength
Good night. 🌙
Diversity Is Strength
Good night. 🌙
December 1, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Our differences are not our weakness; they are our superpower."
Diversity Is Strength
Good night. 🌙
Diversity Is Strength
Good night. 🌙
The time has come for me to start consistently enforcing they/them pronouns offline as well as online. I suspect it's going to result in a lot of time feeling like people can't be bothered, but there aren't that many people in my life, so the disappointment will be limited.
December 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The time has come for me to start consistently enforcing they/them pronouns offline as well as online. I suspect it's going to result in a lot of time feeling like people can't be bothered, but there aren't that many people in my life, so the disappointment will be limited.
I just reduced my my main email inbox by two-thirds and my writing one by about 80%. Needed a mindless task to slow brain to usable speeds. Kind of worked, and the emails look a lot less intimidating now.
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just reduced my my main email inbox by two-thirds and my writing one by about 80%. Needed a mindless task to slow brain to usable speeds. Kind of worked, and the emails look a lot less intimidating now.
Oh, that YouGov survey was fun!! Opinions on the BBC, why yes, I do have some...
December 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Oh, that YouGov survey was fun!! Opinions on the BBC, why yes, I do have some...
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
December 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
The online market I was part of all November, has ended. Had enough sales to make it worth it, but I was desperately hoping for a couple more. I have worked So Hard on filling up the website. There are over 200 handmade items on there now. All I can do is keep going until I make the right things.
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The online market I was part of all November, has ended. Had enough sales to make it worth it, but I was desperately hoping for a couple more. I have worked So Hard on filling up the website. There are over 200 handmade items on there now. All I can do is keep going until I make the right things.