Amanda Lien
@alienfirst.bsky.social
1K followers 1.5K following 700 posts
She/her. Extremely anxious creature. Seattle, WA area based and working freelance artist. 🔗 https://linktr.ee/alienfirst 📧 [email protected] 🍵 https://www.patreon.com/alienfirst ☕ https://ko-fi.com/alienfirst
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
I can only hope that whatever inhalers we discuss will be covered by my insurance. I already know one that helped a lot that is NOT covered, so I can’t wait to play that game. :|
I await impatiently for October 28th, when I will have my first appointment with a pulmonologist to address this effing persistent cough. I’m not expecting a miracle, but I’m hoping to be taken more seriously than being told “it’s allergies, just live with it.”
Reposted by Amanda Lien
We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.
Reposted by Amanda Lien
Reposted by Amanda Lien
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
Reposted by Amanda Lien
LA: we will fight you.

Chicago: we will fight you.

PDX: we will make you endure week after week of of improv theater.
Glad to be of assistance! 🫡
My favorite Godzilla and I was also ENAMORED with the animated show.
I'm just gonna say it.

Godzilla 1998 was actually hot and the movie was fine. 🦖
This is true. I love my big expensive printer and it’s treated me nice, but I know any moment it will inexplicably refuse to operate and nothing I do or don’t do will help. And then it’ll work again. Until the next time.
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
It is time for my first eye exam since 2016. I know I know. Don’t be me and go that long, especially if you wear glasses.
I bet Superman has Opinions on BBQ.
Reposted by Amanda Lien
NEW MAKESHIP CAMPAIGNS!! THAT’S RIGHT! 3 NEW ELDRITCH DARLING PRODUCTS ARE HERE!!!!! I’m so excited for these, especially the hat! If you wanna support my comic and get cute af merch, head on over!
(if you purchase all 3 you get 10% off!)
www.makeship.com/products/doo...
Sucking it up and making appts. Eye appt scheduled b/c ya girl has headaches and my glasses need an update. Pulmonologist appt b/c ya girl can’t get rid of this cough. Yeehaw.
Reposted by Amanda Lien
Reposted by Amanda Lien
Reposted by Amanda Lien
Reposted by Amanda Lien
If I controlled an animation studio- any animation studio- I would jump both feet forth. Alas- for good or bd- I do not.
Genndy Tartakovsky shared test footage from his film ‘The Black Knight’. It follows a knight who controls a 20ft suit of armor. Sony isn't sure there's an audience for the film and haven’t greenlit it yet.

After Kpop demon hunters success I don't understand why Sony are dragging their feet on this!
Just thinking of the poor pharmacists who would have to field questions on manufacturers now, as if they don't already have to deal with so much shit. (Please be nice to pharmacists. They have to put up with so much.)
Two out of the three pharma who manufacture my medications appear to have plants in the US. The one that doesn't is, of course, the one that makes my brain work good. I love that I have to research this now.
AHAHAHAHAAA *looks at the three medications i need to function daily* Cool. Coolcoolcoolcoolcool.
Out of fucking control and if I were an elected Dem or running for office I’d be in front of every camera I could find telling America your prescriptions just got twice as expensive, your health insurance premiums are about to skyrocket from ACA subsidy cancellation, and oh the gov shuts down Wed.
Reposted by Amanda Lien
This thread is eloquently put. If you're torn on the new TOS & why censoring any kind of fiction is bad in the current political climate, read this.

I say this as a CSA survivor who has been in therapy for 5 years: it's up to us to curate our own spaces. Censorship leads to fascism.
its easy to say "how could someone defend this?" when its targeting something you find beyond the pale. but these policies are both incapable of avoiding collateral damage, and are often created with the INTENTION of targeting less distasteful subject matter those in power want controlled
Thank god del Toro is on stage for this Kojima thing to be at least one person to say “fuck off with AI” in a classy way.
Reposted by Amanda Lien