Amanda ⚾️
@amandadianem.bsky.social
She/her. BLM. LGBTQ2A+ lives matter. Land Back. Knitting cat lady. Baseball fan. Blue Jays. All thoughts are my own and do not represent that of my employer.
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Petty gripe: I've seen an uptick in Canadian stores offering Black Friday sales and NOT Boxing Day sales. Fuck off with that American bullshit, I will buy my discount toaster on December 26th as the QUEEN INTENDED
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Petty gripe: I've seen an uptick in Canadian stores offering Black Friday sales and NOT Boxing Day sales. Fuck off with that American bullshit, I will buy my discount toaster on December 26th as the QUEEN INTENDED
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AI is a goddamn disaster on every level and every time someone tells me they use ChatGP for something, I immediately lose respect for them.
New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...
Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation
Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
AI is a goddamn disaster on every level and every time someone tells me they use ChatGP for something, I immediately lose respect for them.
More like USS Dumbass
Trump Class battleship illustration, as released by the White House.
December 23, 2025 at 12:42 AM
More like USS Dumbass
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People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
JD Vance gets the biggest applause of his speech so far when he says "by the grace of God we always will be a Christian nation"
December 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
People are rightly disgusted by this speech, but it’s a measure of fascism’s normalization that many see this as more of the awful same rather than what I think most of us who’ve been reporting this beat hear it as: a significant calculated escalation. Full alert stuff.
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I'm not so easily shocked these days, but it might actually be shocking that the vice president of the United States is as violently, smugly, publicly racist as he is.
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I'm not so easily shocked these days, but it might actually be shocking that the vice president of the United States is as violently, smugly, publicly racist as he is.
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Another woman dead of intimate partner violence failed by the system.
‘Pam didn’t deserve this’: Friends rally around 6 children left behind after B.C. woman’s killing - Grieving friends of Pamela Jarvis are rallying around the Merritt, B.C., resident’s six children following her death this week.
‘Pam didn’t deserve this’: Friends rally around 6 children left behind after B.C. woman’s killing
Grieving friends of Pamela Jarvis are rallying around the Merritt, B.C., resident’s six children following her death this week.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Another woman dead of intimate partner violence failed by the system.
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One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.
Israel continues ceasefire violations; more Palestinians killed in Gaza, WB
One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.
www.aljazeera.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
One Palestinian killed by Israeli army in Gaza while two Palestinians, including a child, are shot dead in West Bank.
Land theft. Palestinians displaced. Homes bulldozed.
BREAKING: Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, the far-right finance minister says.
Israeli Cabinet approves 19 new Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank
Israel's Cabinet has approved a proposal for 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank. The far-right finance minister, Betzalel Smotrich, announced the decision on Sunday.
bit.ly
December 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Land theft. Palestinians displaced. Homes bulldozed.
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I think the best thing about this Christmas season is how affordable everything is now that there's no carbon tax on gasoline just like the Conservatives promised would happen.
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think the best thing about this Christmas season is how affordable everything is now that there's no carbon tax on gasoline just like the Conservatives promised would happen.
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Man-made public health disaster unfolding in real time.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Man-made public health disaster unfolding in real time.
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Given that it requires an act of Congress to legally change the name of the Kennedy Center and Trump didn't get one, this is by definition an act of vandalism. It's no different than if you were to walk up to the Ronald Reagan building and change it to the Walter Mondale building.
NEWS: They're adding Trump's name to the Kennedy Center building right now. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center adds Trump’s name to building
The signage change follows a vote by the board of trustees to rename the performing arts complex the Trump Kennedy Center.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Given that it requires an act of Congress to legally change the name of the Kennedy Center and Trump didn't get one, this is by definition an act of vandalism. It's no different than if you were to walk up to the Ronald Reagan building and change it to the Walter Mondale building.
Another reason not to go to Florida … as if you needed any more
Florida's Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death.
Florida Supreme Court upholds death sentences by nonunanimous juries
Florida’s Supreme Court has upheld a state law allowing nonunanimous juries to sentence people to death.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Another reason not to go to Florida … as if you needed any more
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December 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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"When household structures change, the expectation is that the family adjusts, often by moving out—the neighborhood stays the same. Any policy limited to single-family use ultimately reinforces one preferred family structure—and the aesthetic expectations built around it."
The Aesthetics of Exclusion
What New Research Reveals About the Architecture of Housing Opposition
www.ryanpuzycki.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
"When household structures change, the expectation is that the family adjusts, often by moving out—the neighborhood stays the same. Any policy limited to single-family use ultimately reinforces one preferred family structure—and the aesthetic expectations built around it."
So is RFK Jr mad about it or supporting his dear leader?
They should be more angry about what he’s done to the program and happy the Kennedy name won’t be associated with the new legacy
They should be more angry about what he’s done to the program and happy the Kennedy name won’t be associated with the new legacy
Relatives of the late President John F Kennedy have expressed outrage at the proposal to rename the arts centre.
White House says Kennedy Center board has voted to rename after Trump
Relatives of the late President John F Kennedy have expressed outrage at the proposal to rename the arts centre.
www.aljazeera.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
So is RFK Jr mad about it or supporting his dear leader?
They should be more angry about what he’s done to the program and happy the Kennedy name won’t be associated with the new legacy
They should be more angry about what he’s done to the program and happy the Kennedy name won’t be associated with the new legacy
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Sunday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the start of astronomical winter.
The shortest day of the year is descending on the Northern Hemisphere. Here's what to know
Sunday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the start of astronomical winter.
bit.ly
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sunday marks the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, signaling the start of astronomical winter.
She was threatened to be killed?! Fucking seriously?!
Kristin Cabot, the woman seen embracing her boss on the "kiss cam" at a Coldplay concert, is speaking out for the first time about the incident
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/s...
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
She was threatened to be killed?! Fucking seriously?!
Ugh the second comment on the article ‘but what about the men?!’
Coun. Pam Wolf convinced even her most conservative colleagues to take a life-saving stand on women’s homelessness, Luisa D’Amato writes. www.therecord.com/opinion/colu...
One change in the regional budget meant the difference between life and death
Coun. Pam Wolf convinced even her most conservative colleagues to take a stand on women’s homelessness, Luisa D’Amato writes
www.therecord.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Ugh the second comment on the article ‘but what about the men?!’
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Yeah, as I've been saying, we overcompensated because the media ran with the stupid 'GDP per capita' and 'immigrants hurt housing' framing. This is long-run damage to the economy by short-term thinking, feeding xenophobia, and helping to further destroy Canada's world class universities.
Canada’s population sees largest decline on record
Canada’s population sees largest decline on record
Statistics Canada attributes the drop to a fewer non-permanent residents. It's the largest decline since records began in 1946.
www.thestar.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yeah, as I've been saying, we overcompensated because the media ran with the stupid 'GDP per capita' and 'immigrants hurt housing' framing. This is long-run damage to the economy by short-term thinking, feeding xenophobia, and helping to further destroy Canada's world class universities.
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Well the Dodgers union busting worked again.
I don’t know if I can continue working for this team.
And I love this team. But they have treated us abysmally.
I’m so heartsick right now.
I don’t know if I can continue working for this team.
And I love this team. But they have treated us abysmally.
I’m so heartsick right now.
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Well the Dodgers union busting worked again.
I don’t know if I can continue working for this team.
And I love this team. But they have treated us abysmally.
I’m so heartsick right now.
I don’t know if I can continue working for this team.
And I love this team. But they have treated us abysmally.
I’m so heartsick right now.
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RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
American Academy of Pediatrics loses government funding after criticizing RFK Jr
Cuts, which affect projects focused on issues including early identification of autism, made without prior notice to AAP
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:36 PM
RFK Jr. has cancelled grants to the American Academy of Pediatrics because “they no longer align with departmental priorities”.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
The grants were on such topics as “reducing sudden infant death, rural access to health care, and mental health…”
The AAP has criticized RFK Jr. That’s the real reason.
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The playbook for Doug Ford (Ontario) and Danielle Smith (Alberta)….and really, every Conservative government.
December 18, 2025 at 5:01 AM
The playbook for Doug Ford (Ontario) and Danielle Smith (Alberta)….and really, every Conservative government.