Amanda Mullen
@charmandahhhh.bsky.social
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Amanda Mullen
@charmandahhhh.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Sometimes, you just need to hear the words “There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.”
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The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.
December 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The reason to require government approval of big mergers is to prevent market-distorting concentrations of corporate power that harm competition and consumers, not so the president can distort the market in favor of ideological allies and/or solicit a bribe for himself.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 AM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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BREAKING: Layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression.
I will never understand why 77 million people voted for this.
I will never understand why 77 million people voted for this.
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
BREAKING: Layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression.
I will never understand why 77 million people voted for this.
I will never understand why 77 million people voted for this.
The same company keeps viewing and downloading my resume for the same job they've reposted...*checks notes* three times.
I think I'm being bamboozled here.
I think I'm being bamboozled here.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The same company keeps viewing and downloading my resume for the same job they've reposted...*checks notes* three times.
I think I'm being bamboozled here.
I think I'm being bamboozled here.
That's the party of smaller government and states' rights for you.
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
That's the party of smaller government and states' rights for you.
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not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
Beyond bummed that we didn't get to see this. 🫠
comicbook.com/movies/news/...
comicbook.com/movies/news/...
Scream 7’s Original Ghostface Plan Before Melissa Barrera’s Firing Revealed (& It Sucks It Won’t Happen)
The original Ghostface plan for Scream 7 has been revealed, and it makes the franchise's change in direction more disappointing.
comicbook.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Beyond bummed that we didn't get to see this. 🫠
comicbook.com/movies/news/...
comicbook.com/movies/news/...
This piece for @wicnet.bsky.social was fun to write and far less fun to consider the implications of. 😅
winteriscoming.net/4-ways-netfl...
winteriscoming.net/4-ways-netfl...
4 ways Netflix buying Warner Bros. could hurt the Game of Thrones franchise (and 1 way it could help)
Netflix purchasing Warner Bros. raises questions about the future of HBO shows, including Game of Thrones and its spinoffs.
winteriscoming.net
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This piece for @wicnet.bsky.social was fun to write and far less fun to consider the implications of. 😅
winteriscoming.net/4-ways-netfl...
winteriscoming.net/4-ways-netfl...
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Great actors can take a TV show from good to great, and these genre series absolutely nailed the casting.
10 genre shows that got the casting absolutely perfect
Casting can make or break a TV show, and these titles prove how much a genre series can be elevated by a perfect lineup. Fantasy, sci-fi, and horror are often d
winteriscoming.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Great actors can take a TV show from good to great, and these genre series absolutely nailed the casting.
!!!!!!!
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
Sam and Dean together
The Boys - Final Season Teaser Trailer | Prime Video
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December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
!!!!!!!
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I can’t get over how Barbie succeeded because it offered tangible ways for women and girls to celebrate each other (and dress up and go to the movies together) but studios thought it worked because it’s about toys so now they’re making like Bananagrams the movie
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I can’t get over how Barbie succeeded because it offered tangible ways for women and girls to celebrate each other (and dress up and go to the movies together) but studios thought it worked because it’s about toys so now they’re making like Bananagrams the movie
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December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I know it’s kind of inevitable given how they’re decided, but I wish the Goodreads Choice Awards weren’t SO predictable every dang year.
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
Meet the Winners of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards!
The 17th Annual Goodreads Choice Awards are now in the books! With a new record of more than 7.5 million votes cast, the 2025 awards co...
www.goodreads.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I know it’s kind of inevitable given how they’re decided, but I wish the Goodreads Choice Awards weren’t SO predictable every dang year.
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/30...
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026.
Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
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Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?
The fallout of this anti-science garbage is going to last years and years. It’s infuriating.
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
CDC Panel Of Vaccine Skeptics Votes To Delay Hepatitis B Shot For Most Babies
Public health officials warned that the decision by advisers picked by RFK Jr. will result in more infants being infected and experiencing lifelong liver diseases.
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The fallout of this anti-science garbage is going to last years and years. It’s infuriating.
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This is the one big silver lining
Look I'm not typically a glass-half-full kind of guy but pause for just a second to consider the one big upside of the Netflix/WBD deal:
Indisputably evil motherfucker Larry Ellison didn't get something he wanted, and he's certainly furious about it.
Indisputably evil motherfucker Larry Ellison didn't get something he wanted, and he's certainly furious about it.
December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is the one big silver lining
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I know I'm a big dumb idiot for even asking this and should probably get dragged to hell but: why can't Warner Bros. just be its own company?
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I know I'm a big dumb idiot for even asking this and should probably get dragged to hell but: why can't Warner Bros. just be its own company?
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The absolute wanton destruction of the arts as a whole for the sake of tech company profits and "cutting corners" (cutting people) will be one of the grossest stains of this generation to our history if we do ever manage to evolve past it.
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The absolute wanton destruction of the arts as a whole for the sake of tech company profits and "cutting corners" (cutting people) will be one of the grossest stains of this generation to our history if we do ever manage to evolve past it.
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The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE.
This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE
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According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to this Supreme Court:
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
❌ Using race conscious admissions in college to give minorities a fair shot
✅ Using race to profile people on the street to detain for immigration sweeps
✅ Using race to disenfranchise minorities in elecciones
The only consistency is white supremacy.
A thousand times, this.
We miss out on so many perspectives because the arts don’t pay enough. And people don’t want them to pay at all? 😵💫
We miss out on so many perspectives because the arts don’t pay enough. And people don’t want them to pay at all? 😵💫
If we can only have art from people who "aren't in it for the money" that means we can only have art from privileged middle-class dilettantes. Making art being a viable career is responsible for nearly all worthwhile art, and if it's not a viable career any more we will get drastically less of it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
A thousand times, this.
We miss out on so many perspectives because the arts don’t pay enough. And people don’t want them to pay at all? 😵💫
We miss out on so many perspectives because the arts don’t pay enough. And people don’t want them to pay at all? 😵💫
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I get why the media is focusing on citizens, women ("mothers") and children, but NO ONE deserves to be brutalized by ICE. Men do not deserve this inhuman treatment either, undocumented people do not deserve this treatment. There should be no qualifiers on calling for this to end.
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I get why the media is focusing on citizens, women ("mothers") and children, but NO ONE deserves to be brutalized by ICE. Men do not deserve this inhuman treatment either, undocumented people do not deserve this treatment. There should be no qualifiers on calling for this to end.
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I think a lot of people still aren't used to the idea of a federal government that lies openly, nakedly and as a matter of course.
December 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I think a lot of people still aren't used to the idea of a federal government that lies openly, nakedly and as a matter of course.