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Amanda
@penny36.bsky.social
ND with lots of special interests. Queer. Loves cats. Lays down a lot but is still always learning and doing new 💩
Just made the customer service rep for my phone service belly laugh #winning Oh no, there are people on the internet too young for that reference. I can do even better…I feel like I made Donald O’Connor proud today #MakeEmLaugh
February 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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This is my favorite picture of Stonewall.

They knew they were getting arrested just for being LGBTQ+.

Yet... they're still here, standing outside of the boarded up Stonewall Inn, smiling as the world was at a fever pitch of hatred against them.

I think about it a lot in moments like this.
January 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)

projects.propublica.org/claimfile/
Find Out Why Health Insurance Denied Your Claim
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file f...
projects.propublica.org
March 22, 2024 at 1:25 PM
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has anyone drawn a correlation between the current level of animosity felt towards US healthcare companies with the long-term grief and trauma of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is still causing people to become sick
December 5, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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I took the liberty to create a thread teaching people how to use the tools to detect such users, with all the info I collected about them and your thread. What do you think?
⚠️INFO⚠️

Belligerent Bots and You: How to avoid them

With Bluesky becoming more popular, bad actors are trying to devalue the site with combative argumentation. Here's how to recognize them. Follow the thread 🧵
And here are a few more. Not clear if these are just baiting arguments for engagement or looking to get mean, but the same argumentative tone is there in all of them.
December 3, 2024 at 11:05 PM
So well articulated and organized. Like, helped me gather up my own feelings and see them through time and space more clearly so I can actually engage with them better, kind of good.
open.substack.com/pub/eladneho...
The Deeper Reasons Democrats Lost
It wasn't just that Trump got more votes. It wasn't just that Harris had lower turnout. A deep dive into the psychological, existential, and systemic reasons Harris and Democrats didn't win in 2024.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Solid movie flow from earlier in the week: My Old Ass — On Golden Pond — Lake House. If your in the mood for some fluffy yet mild angst meditations on love, loss, and life transitions with calming soundtracks these movies are there for you.
November 24, 2024 at 11:08 PM
I’m feeling SO antsy, but also zero pull toward anything, so I don’t have anywhere to put the ants 😩 Nervous system regulation is hard. Gonna go flail around I guess 🙃
November 23, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Haha! I found a prompt!

Name your favorites from Star Trek:

Uniform: Voyager
Spock: Nimoy
Couple: Seven & Raffi
Character: Lwaxana
Ship: Enterprise D
Villain: The Borg Queen (Alice Krige)
Series: Lower Decks
Captain: Burnam
Movie: First Contact
Theme: Next Gen
Guest: Bebe Neuwirth
November 15, 2024 at 9:58 AM
I didn’t imagine in my 20s that I’d regret not really understanding how Twitter works in my 30s…
Is there a prompt list I can reference? Cheat codes? A social script I can study?
November 15, 2024 at 9:26 AM