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Jungian. Cinéphile. Lawyer. Chess fanatic. CEO NanoApps Medical Creative Dir. Alias “Where there is power, there is resistance.” ― Michel Foucault Sydney Aust. No DMs

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · Dec 1

'Knowing your own darkness is the best method for dealing with the darknesses of other people.'

C. G. Jung

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 5h

Really good songwriting! Haven't heard in a long time.

Thanks, Simon!💙🥂🎶

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 1d

“I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. During that time, I was never told what I was charged with, was not allowed to shower despite being covered in tear gas and pepper spray, had no phone call to my family, and no access to an attorney.” - George Retes, U.S. citizen and veteran.

I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.

Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.

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nypapajoe.bsky.social @nypapajoe.bsky.social · 10h

Every tyrannical regime since the beginning of time has invoked that somehow it is “God's Will” that committing genocide, famine, hatred, and torture is divine. Only the mentally deprived would make such a claim to justify their own inhumanity.

www.huffpost.com/entry/jim-jo...

GOP Rep Claims ICE Agents Are ‘Doing The Lord’s Work’

The GOP rep called the “pushback” ICE has been getting “interesting.”

www.huffpost.com

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 10h

"DO SOMETHING!"

Someone should remind him that he was the President on Jan. 6 – therefore it was his Administration running the DOJ, not Biden. So how does this work, exactly?🤔

As for his "reading" of China... FFS. Personal projection (fantasy) vs economic reality? Two guesses.

Scary stuff.

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 11h

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 13h

Can't have too much of a good thing. So...The Disco Purrfection Version. Thanks, Simon! 💙🎶 💃🕺

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The Tymes ~ You Little Trustmaker 1974 Disco Purrfection Version

YouTube video by DJDiscoCat

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 14h

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 1d

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

Mine, too. 🥂

Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

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Creedence Clearwater Revival - Have You Ever Seen The Rain

YouTube video by Creedence Clearwater Revival

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

Wasn't this their first single as Creedence? Was actually recorded when they were still the Golliwogs.

Thanks, Simon!💙🎶🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

Diane Keaton #RIP 💔

"The best part is that I'm still here and, because the end is in sight, I treasure it all more."

Diane Keaton

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, Terry!💙

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

Totally agree. Poisonous little insect.

Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

You read him correctly.

Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

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Sarah Kirchberger @sarahkirchberger.bsky.social · 2d

Tech-investor Peter Thiel, best known for sponsoring J.D. Vance and co-founding Palantir, goes theology:

“Over the past month, Thiel has hosted a series of 4 lectures on the downtown waterfront of San Francisco philosophizing about who the antichrist could be and warning that Armageddon is coming.“

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

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Kyle Ian @kyleian.cool · 2d

It’s 1 am and I’ve just learned Peter Thiel has been giving off-the-record lectures suggesting people like Greta Thunberg are harbingers of the antichrist.

I should have drank less coffee today, how did I end up here?

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

Irony, much?

A Texas burger chain, which shot to fame after naming itself after Donald Trump and offering a supersized helping of MAGA politics, has closed after ICE arrested its Lebanese owner.

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Texas restaurant chain Trump Burger mysteriously closes as owners face deportation

Lebanese owner of fast food chain arrested by ICE

www.independent.co.uk

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

From review.

'Some Velvet Morning' sounds like two songs spliced together by a madman, or an avant-garde short film in song form.

Strangely, it works. Thanks, Simon! 💙🥂🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

"He has the heart of a humanitarian, and there will never be anyone like him who can move mountains with the sheer force of his will."

Stephen Cheung, White House "communications director"

A woman? Venezuela even? Trump is having a tantrum, so Cheung throws him a lolly.

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 2d

The perfect ending to Strange Days. Thanks, Simon!💙🥂🎶

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Amanda Scott 💙 @amandascott2023.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations Maria Corina Machado!

"When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist."

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado receives Nobel Peace Prize

The Venezuelan opposition leader is awarded the prize for "her tireless work promoting democratic rights" in the country.

www.abc.net.au

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