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Dr. Amuly (she/he)

@amuly.bsky.social

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It’s Amuly from all your favorite fanfic. PhD in Philosophy (Plato expert, yo), unionist, comic book whiz, covered bridge pervert. Mid-30s. archiveofourown.org/users/Dr_Amuly

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · Mar 10

🌉🌉🍃🍃COVERED BRIDGE: VERMONT MASTER THREAD🌉🌉🍃🍃

Already off to a GREAT start: when driving from eastern MA to Bennington, we passed right by a bridge in Brattleboro that is closed to traffic so wasn’t on my list. The Creamery bridge!!

Me standing in front of a covered bridge blocked off by snow

Selfie of me and the gf in front of the covered bridge

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 7h

When that clip came out of SDCC my fiancée and I fucking died, we DIED, and then we started doing it to each other because it was SO. FUNNY

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 14h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 18h

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 8h

Waited too long to eat today between classes and office hours and errands and now I’m paying for it w a brutal migraine. Got through 1/2 my grading for the evening and I guess that’s the best I’m gonna manage 😩😩

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 15h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 8h

Exactly how I sold it to @stitchy.bsky.social yesterday, lol

Bsky DMs, stitchy sent me the link to cool zone promo of the BtB episode and they said “fuck yeah”. I replied:

Lol yeah I listened on my way to [redacted] today. It's good because it allows Robert to just go off about
CS Lewis and Tolkein and Kipling for a while and it was really fun and kind of soothing lol

They replied “awww”

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 8h

this is so fucking funny boston is so funny

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/10/a...

The contrast is jarring. The Kowloon stands out on Route 1, a gleeful mash-up of stick-on motifs — a ’50s-style font meant to mimic Chinese Hanzi characters pinned to a Polynesian-style totem, built into the front of an asphalt-shingled version of a Forbidden City-esque roofline. It will be replaced by what could generously be described as cut-and-paste utilitarianism, an architecture of nowhere and everywhere, with all the aesthetic charm of a 1990s Wal-Mart.

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 12h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 9h

ADRIAN I CARE U

“Got ‘im :)”

#Peacemaker

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h

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Chris Dwan (he/him) @somershade.bsky.social · 10h

Today I learned about "Mt Kali" AKA "Mt Kalimanjaro."

It's a monstrous heap of industrial salt that's piled up out back of the adorable village of Heringen, in Hesse Germany.

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 15h

you're doing the dresses i ain't dumping project after project onto you!

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 15h

absolutely INSANE to think BUS users are....... wealthy?????????? what the absolute fuck?????? yeah when i think of public busses i think the elites. ??????

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 16h

If you're going to a rally on the 18th and don't want to be a frog, this ridiculous thing exists:

Screenshot of an inflatable bald eagle in an Uncle Sam hat that you can wear for only $27 plus patriotic sales tax

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 16h

ah see this is the disconnect, i go through maybe 1 stick every few months?? legit, maybe every 6 months/?? lmaaoaoao

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 16h

oh yeah i almost never cook w butter, always olive oil, lmao. and i have special oils for salad dressing but... also yes, LOL, if i run out of those i make my own

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lacey @byelacey.bsky.social · 18h

it's that time of year, it's time to get your flu and covid booster shot unless you're from massachusetts then it's time for your flu and covid borcester shot

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

ah ah ok ok soRRY YES, THIS WAS. A WHOLE BUNCH not ONE lol

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

aw thank you, I'll look into them!

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

I probably go through one every! 2 months?!

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

wait you only go through one bottle every like 6 months? HOW. I GO THROUGH THEM SO MUCH FASTER

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

i can embroider, i can do this myself, it's just a pain in the ass and time consuming and i don't have a lot of extra time in my life rn. but, this is our reality, so!

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

so i've been thinking about getting converses embroidered for my wedding reception, like ya know all lacy flowers and the date and etc etc. but of course all the etsy sellers who do this are in vietnam, and i've been hesitant to risk the import/customs issues.

guess imma have to just do it myself 🫠

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18h

“I’ve never seen anything like this before,” Matthew Wasserbach, brokerage manager of Express Customs Clearance, said of the UPS backlog. “It’s totally unprecedented.”

@cnbc.com $UPS
www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

UPS is 'disposing of' U.S.-bound packages over customs paperwork problems

Shifting Trump tariffs have created a nightmare for UPS, as thousands of packages from overseas pile up at its hubs while they await customs clearance.

www.nbcnews.com

Dr. Amuly (she/he) @amuly.bsky.social · 17h

AT COSTCO