Amanda C. Aubrey ⚖️ 🌈
@aubreyac.bsky.social
lawyer, bassist, unapologetic women's sports evangelist and passionista
Nashville native in ATX
Nashville native in ATX
It's giving Flemish Masters
Accidentally took a photo of my dog like she’s performed three miracles and is now a saint 😂😂😂
November 24, 2024 at 11:57 AM
It's giving Flemish Masters
yeah um.....no. The point of Wicked was never that we were rooting for the supervillain but rather that we were getting to the root of the supposedly villainous persona.
NYT never misses with a dumb take.
NYT never misses with a dumb take.
"The supervillain persona — world-dominatingly ambitious, wildly unpredictable, unbound by norms or rules — is one that both the president-elect and the richest man in the world have cultivated," our critic writes. They stand out in a U.S. cultural shift reflected in TV, movies and beyond.
Americans Learned to Root for the Supervillain — From Elon Musk to ‘Wicked’
How Americans learned to root for the dark side — from the Joker and “Wicked” to Elon Musk.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:09 PM
yeah um.....no. The point of Wicked was never that we were rooting for the supervillain but rather that we were getting to the root of the supposedly villainous persona.
NYT never misses with a dumb take.
NYT never misses with a dumb take.
I keep thinking it can't be more of a joke and then they come in with this....
President-elect Trump on Friday selected Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, a New York medical director with family ties to his first administration and a Fox News contributor, to be the next U.S. surgeon general.
Trump Picks Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to Be Surgeon General
Dr. Janette Nesheiwat is a medical director for a chain of urgent care clinics. Her sister served as an adviser in the first Trump administration.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:08 PM
I keep thinking it can't be more of a joke and then they come in with this....
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I suspect that some annoyed pundits are insistent in claiming Bluesky is a progressive bubble not because, as they believe, it’s hyper-partisan, but because for them, subconsciously, the remarkably civil tone of the platform feels coded as progressive. And that says quite a lot about their outlook.
November 23, 2024 at 6:11 AM
I suspect that some annoyed pundits are insistent in claiming Bluesky is a progressive bubble not because, as they believe, it’s hyper-partisan, but because for them, subconsciously, the remarkably civil tone of the platform feels coded as progressive. And that says quite a lot about their outlook.
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The moment 14th Amendment disqualification became a live issue, many prominent commentators began to rewrite both history and the english language in order to pretend Donald Trump’s actions up to and on January 6 don’t qualify as “insurrection.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
January 5, 2024 at 1:02 PM
The moment 14th Amendment disqualification became a live issue, many prominent commentators began to rewrite both history and the english language in order to pretend Donald Trump’s actions up to and on January 6 don’t qualify as “insurrection.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trying to post more on here to get in the habit of using it instead.
Today's post is just a photo of my mom, the best person I've ever known.
Today's post is just a photo of my mom, the best person I've ever known.
January 3, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Trying to post more on here to get in the habit of using it instead.
Today's post is just a photo of my mom, the best person I've ever known.
Today's post is just a photo of my mom, the best person I've ever known.
Reposted by Amanda C. Aubrey ⚖️ 🌈
A reminder today that no one—not even those at elite privates—are safe from extreme right wing attempts to remake universities in their image.
And for those of us who dare to engage in public facing work, the risks of doing so have rarely been higher.
The msg: “Cross us and we will come for you.”
And for those of us who dare to engage in public facing work, the risks of doing so have rarely been higher.
The msg: “Cross us and we will come for you.”
January 2, 2024 at 6:41 PM
A reminder today that no one—not even those at elite privates—are safe from extreme right wing attempts to remake universities in their image.
And for those of us who dare to engage in public facing work, the risks of doing so have rarely been higher.
The msg: “Cross us and we will come for you.”
And for those of us who dare to engage in public facing work, the risks of doing so have rarely been higher.
The msg: “Cross us and we will come for you.”