🐸 Amanda Gilliam Valentic
@amandagv.bsky.social
Descriptor. Irreverent descriptor. Detailed descriptor. Profession. Hobbies. Nouns! Nouns! Nouns! A work in progress.
Penn! And! Teller!
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Penn! And! Teller!
Perhaps time to close all my BofA accounts and take my female business elsewhere.
"Has feminism failed women brought to you by bank of america" is my MKULTRA sleeper agent activation phrase
December 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Perhaps time to close all my BofA accounts and take my female business elsewhere.
Anxiously awaiting “Bostoo Yook Yarters” branded merch for sale.
For anyone worried AI will replace all of us.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
Courtesy of Gemini for the prompt “create an infographic of all the World Series winners since 1986”
I dare you to find 10 things that are right.
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Anxiously awaiting “Bostoo Yook Yarters” branded merch for sale.
Finally re-reading The Secret Commonwealth after having raw-dogged my way through The Rose Field the instant it was released in October (I had intended to re-read TSC first, but didn’t get to it). I’m glad now that I read them in this order, because now I know which threads I’m looking for.
December 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Finally re-reading The Secret Commonwealth after having raw-dogged my way through The Rose Field the instant it was released in October (I had intended to re-read TSC first, but didn’t get to it). I’m glad now that I read them in this order, because now I know which threads I’m looking for.
My therapist: Ok, then, I’ll see you in the new year! I hope your 2026 is…
Me: …not 2025?
My therapist: Yeah, we’ll go with that. I hope your 2026 is *not 2025*!
Me: …not 2025?
My therapist: Yeah, we’ll go with that. I hope your 2026 is *not 2025*!
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
My therapist: Ok, then, I’ll see you in the new year! I hope your 2026 is…
Me: …not 2025?
My therapist: Yeah, we’ll go with that. I hope your 2026 is *not 2025*!
Me: …not 2025?
My therapist: Yeah, we’ll go with that. I hope your 2026 is *not 2025*!
![[redacted name] posted Apr 19, 2019:
nytimes.com
“Notre-Dame's Safety Planners
Underestimated the Risk, With Devastating...”
You mean the French are terrible at creating effective defense systems? I am shocked, I tell you. SHOCKED.
My favorite post, in response:
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
so I try
to make the remains of the
burger presentable by folding it
in half which doesn't work and
caused people with small children to
stare at us while Bob screeches
"What are you doing? What the fuck are
you doing?" over and over again
(1/2)
to make the remains of the
burger presentable by folding it
in half which doesn't work and
caused people with small children to
stare at us while Bob screeches
"What are you doing? What the fuck are
you doing?" over and over again
(1/2)
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:24 AM
so I try
to make the remains of the
burger presentable by folding it
in half which doesn't work and
caused people with small children to
stare at us while Bob screeches
"What are you doing? What the fuck are
you doing?" over and over again
(1/2)
to make the remains of the
burger presentable by folding it
in half which doesn't work and
caused people with small children to
stare at us while Bob screeches
"What are you doing? What the fuck are
you doing?" over and over again
(1/2)
I grow old ... I grow old ...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I grow old ... I grow old ...
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
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I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
December 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I'm not exaggerating when I say following @boltsmag.org rn will unlock money for our journalism.
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
A generous reader, @russ41.bsky.social, has offered to donate $1 for every 1-person increase to our follower count.
If you're not following @boltsmag.org yet, it'll directly help fund our reporting!
It’s fucking freezing!
I mean, it’s not actually. It’s 49 degrees F. But I’m a wimpy Californian and by wimpy Californian standards it’s FUCKING FREEZING!
I mean, it’s not actually. It’s 49 degrees F. But I’m a wimpy Californian and by wimpy Californian standards it’s FUCKING FREEZING!
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It’s fucking freezing!
I mean, it’s not actually. It’s 49 degrees F. But I’m a wimpy Californian and by wimpy Californian standards it’s FUCKING FREEZING!
I mean, it’s not actually. It’s 49 degrees F. But I’m a wimpy Californian and by wimpy Californian standards it’s FUCKING FREEZING!
“Getting old ain’t for sissies” my Grammy used to say.
I was reminded of this today when I went bouldering because, before I even got to the climbing gym, I tweaked my neck due to the enormous strain of… turning briefly to look at something behind me. 🙄
I was reminded of this today when I went bouldering because, before I even got to the climbing gym, I tweaked my neck due to the enormous strain of… turning briefly to look at something behind me. 🙄
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
“Getting old ain’t for sissies” my Grammy used to say.
I was reminded of this today when I went bouldering because, before I even got to the climbing gym, I tweaked my neck due to the enormous strain of… turning briefly to look at something behind me. 🙄
I was reminded of this today when I went bouldering because, before I even got to the climbing gym, I tweaked my neck due to the enormous strain of… turning briefly to look at something behind me. 🙄
Reposted by 🐸 Amanda Gilliam Valentic
There's dumb, and then there's "publicly accuse Isaac Chotiner of not doing basic homework."
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
There's dumb, and then there's "publicly accuse Isaac Chotiner of not doing basic homework."
I got a PhD in Chemistry for comedic effect, but I understand now that I was always meant to be a writer.
November 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I got a PhD in Chemistry for comedic effect, but I understand now that I was always meant to be a writer.
Why don’t we call all rooms by a representative piece of furniture, like we do with bedrooms? I am currently writing this from the deskroom, but am considering going out to the couchroom by way of the refrigeratorroom.
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Why don’t we call all rooms by a representative piece of furniture, like we do with bedrooms? I am currently writing this from the deskroom, but am considering going out to the couchroom by way of the refrigeratorroom.
Cage-free, Free-range Clown Posse
Boutique Clown Posse
handcrafted, artisanal clown posse
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Cage-free, Free-range Clown Posse
Oh my gosh, you guys! The cat has educated me, and apparently there is Imaginary Bugs O’Clock *AM* as well. What a world!
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Oh my gosh, you guys! The cat has educated me, and apparently there is Imaginary Bugs O’Clock *AM* as well. What a world!
And tomorrow I shall be forced face the DMV. Without an appointment. Pray for me.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
And tomorrow I shall be forced face the DMV. Without an appointment. Pray for me.
It’s not just one of Those Days, it’s apparently several of Those Days doing a temporal overlap of some kind. I give up. I’m going back to bed.
November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
It’s not just one of Those Days, it’s apparently several of Those Days doing a temporal overlap of some kind. I give up. I’m going back to bed.
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The one thing the Internet has taught us is that there is always someone somewhere who is like that for real.
Someone cannot possibly be like that for real right? Right??
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The one thing the Internet has taught us is that there is always someone somewhere who is like that for real.
Today is my 11th, and final, 29th birthday. Next year I believe I will finally be ready to turn 30.
November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Today is my 11th, and final, 29th birthday. Next year I believe I will finally be ready to turn 30.
Only did 2 bouldering problems today because on the down-climb for the second one I suddenly felt my knee go TWINGGG and I learned my lesson last year: joint feels weird, you do not climb “just one more,” you pack up and you go home IMMEDIATELY.
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Only did 2 bouldering problems today because on the down-climb for the second one I suddenly felt my knee go TWINGGG and I learned my lesson last year: joint feels weird, you do not climb “just one more,” you pack up and you go home IMMEDIATELY.
Aurora (maybe?) near San Mateo just before 11 pm local time. Not at all visible to the naked eye with so much ambient light, and I had to reeeeeally torture the photo adjustments to bring it out, but I do think I managed to catch something.
November 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Aurora (maybe?) near San Mateo just before 11 pm local time. Not at all visible to the naked eye with so much ambient light, and I had to reeeeeally torture the photo adjustments to bring it out, but I do think I managed to catch something.
My husband’s mom always used to send him off to school telling him to “have the best day ever!”
She’s gone now, and the world is so much different than it used to be, but to honor her I always tell him to “have the best day possible!” as he walks out the door in the mornings.
She’s gone now, and the world is so much different than it used to be, but to honor her I always tell him to “have the best day possible!” as he walks out the door in the mornings.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My husband’s mom always used to send him off to school telling him to “have the best day ever!”
She’s gone now, and the world is so much different than it used to be, but to honor her I always tell him to “have the best day possible!” as he walks out the door in the mornings.
She’s gone now, and the world is so much different than it used to be, but to honor her I always tell him to “have the best day possible!” as he walks out the door in the mornings.