Amanda
@akmcclen.bsky.social
Librarian, Christian, Korean American, Texan. Whatever you think of when you think of those things, I'm probably not that.
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
February 2, 2026 at 5:29 AM
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt offerings and grain offerings,
I will not accept them,
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
A fun break from the Present Horrors, if you need it: This is a paper called Uncleftish Beholding, written in a language called Anglish, which is like English if you only kept the Germanic parts (no Latin/Greek/French/etc.)
msburkeenglish.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
msburkeenglish.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
msburkeenglish.wordpress.com
February 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
A fun break from the Present Horrors, if you need it: This is a paper called Uncleftish Beholding, written in a language called Anglish, which is like English if you only kept the Germanic parts (no Latin/Greek/French/etc.)
msburkeenglish.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
msburkeenglish.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Screenplay and Scriptwriting
2. Early Celtic Literature
3. Critical Thinking
4. The Bildungsroman
5. Women Writers
1. Screenplay and Scriptwriting
2. Early Celtic Literature
3. Critical Thinking
4. The Bildungsroman
5. Women Writers
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Differential equations (twice!)
2. Environmental policy and analysis
3. Environmental design analysis
4. Meteorological analysis (also known as Met anal)
5. Weather, climate, and environmental design
1. Differential equations (twice!)
2. Environmental policy and analysis
3. Environmental design analysis
4. Meteorological analysis (also known as Met anal)
5. Weather, climate, and environmental design
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. photojournalism
2. psychology of women
3. logic
4. creative writing: poetry
5. field studies in design philosophy
1. photojournalism
2. psychology of women
3. logic
4. creative writing: poetry
5. field studies in design philosophy
January 31, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university
1. Screenplay and Scriptwriting
2. Early Celtic Literature
3. Critical Thinking
4. The Bildungsroman
5. Women Writers
1. Screenplay and Scriptwriting
2. Early Celtic Literature
3. Critical Thinking
4. The Bildungsroman
5. Women Writers
Between February 6 and February 22, the following are happening:
- The Winter Olympics
- The Super Bowl
- Valentine's Day
- Lunar New Year
- Mardi Gras
- Ash Wednesday
Good luck, everyone
- The Winter Olympics
- The Super Bowl
- Valentine's Day
- Lunar New Year
- Mardi Gras
- Ash Wednesday
Good luck, everyone
January 29, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Between February 6 and February 22, the following are happening:
- The Winter Olympics
- The Super Bowl
- Valentine's Day
- Lunar New Year
- Mardi Gras
- Ash Wednesday
Good luck, everyone
- The Winter Olympics
- The Super Bowl
- Valentine's Day
- Lunar New Year
- Mardi Gras
- Ash Wednesday
Good luck, everyone
1) This is a good way to die early
2) No one I know that is attracted to men would be attracted to this, I don't think
3) Say what you want about religion, at least most normie forms of it will give you more meaning than whatever this is
2) No one I know that is attracted to men would be attracted to this, I don't think
3) Say what you want about religion, at least most normie forms of it will give you more meaning than whatever this is
January 29, 2026 at 3:22 PM
1) This is a good way to die early
2) No one I know that is attracted to men would be attracted to this, I don't think
3) Say what you want about religion, at least most normie forms of it will give you more meaning than whatever this is
2) No one I know that is attracted to men would be attracted to this, I don't think
3) Say what you want about religion, at least most normie forms of it will give you more meaning than whatever this is
You can run on for a long time
You can run on for a long time
You can run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
You can run on for a long time
You can run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
You can run on for a long time
You can run on for a long time
You can run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
You can run on for a long time
You can run on for a long time
Sooner or later God'll cut you down
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
I cannot prove this, but I have a theory that if you picked 10 random women from any church anywhere they could start a pretty decent event planning firm
January 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I cannot prove this, but I have a theory that if you picked 10 random women from any church anywhere they could start a pretty decent event planning firm
Obedience to the earthly powers for its own sake is not the goal; obedience to the greater law of love is.
January 26, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Obedience to the earthly powers for its own sake is not the goal; obedience to the greater law of love is.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
January 26, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
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Keith Porter, another man killed by ICE.
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Family of man killed by off-duty ICE agent in LA demands charges: ‘The ache will never go away’
After Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis, calls grow for accountability in the shooting of Keith Porter Jr on New Year’s Eve
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Keith Porter, another man killed by ICE.
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Keith Porter.
Alex Pretti.
Renee Nicole Good.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
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Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Imagine how much they’d be lying about what happened without all the videos showing it from multiple angles.
January 24, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Imagine what’s happening in the camps.
Mavis Staples - "Eyes On The Prize" (Full Album Stream)
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:24 PM
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When my family and 120,000 other Japanese American were sent to prison camps in WWII, the government only allowed propaganda photos of things like schools and baseball games to be published. A school in a prison is evidence of evil, none of these people, especially children, should be imprisoned
ICE is sending these kids to the concentration camp in Dilley, Texas, where they're preparing to have so many children that they're opening a new school there. They're actively hiring teachers now. I reported on it last month. We have to get people out of there.
January 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM
When my family and 120,000 other Japanese American were sent to prison camps in WWII, the government only allowed propaganda photos of things like schools and baseball games to be published. A school in a prison is evidence of evil, none of these people, especially children, should be imprisoned
Good news, kind of: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
(I mean, the minors shouldn't have been taken in the first place and God knows what's happening to the people that are still there, but this is something at least.)
(I mean, the minors shouldn't have been taken in the first place and God knows what's happening to the people that are still there, but this is something at least.)
ICE is freeing some detained families despite vowing 'zero releases': Exclusive
The Trump administration has promised to arrest and deport millions. Now ICE is releasing detained families.
www.usatoday.com
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Good news, kind of: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
(I mean, the minors shouldn't have been taken in the first place and God knows what's happening to the people that are still there, but this is something at least.)
(I mean, the minors shouldn't have been taken in the first place and God knows what's happening to the people that are still there, but this is something at least.)
Reposted by Amanda
Horror movie Sinners has a record 16 nominations this year, including for best picture, actor Michael B. Jordan and a new category: achievement in casting.
See the full list of 2026 Oscar nominations
Horror movie Sinners has a record 16 nominations this year, including for best picture, actor Michael B. Jordan and a new category: achievement in casting.
n.pr
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Horror movie Sinners has a record 16 nominations this year, including for best picture, actor Michael B. Jordan and a new category: achievement in casting.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
- Punch Brothers/Anais Mitchell
- DC Talk/Newsboys/The Ws (listen, I was 14)
- Jason Isbell and the 500 Unit
- Wilco a couple of times in the 2010s
- Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God tour about 5 or 6 times, I think?
- Punch Brothers/Anais Mitchell
- DC Talk/Newsboys/The Ws (listen, I was 14)
- Jason Isbell and the 500 Unit
- Wilco a couple of times in the 2010s
- Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God tour about 5 or 6 times, I think?
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
U2/Kanye West (mm-hmm)
Guster/Ray Lamontagne
The War on Drugs
Lucinda Williams
Sturgill Simpson
U2/Kanye West (mm-hmm)
Guster/Ray Lamontagne
The War on Drugs
Lucinda Williams
Sturgill Simpson
OK, I'll bite; Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Reel Big Fish/Goldfinger
Radiohead
NIN
Stars
Weird Al Yankovic
Reel Big Fish/Goldfinger
Radiohead
NIN
Stars
Weird Al Yankovic
January 21, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
- Punch Brothers/Anais Mitchell
- DC Talk/Newsboys/The Ws (listen, I was 14)
- Jason Isbell and the 500 Unit
- Wilco a couple of times in the 2010s
- Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God tour about 5 or 6 times, I think?
- Punch Brothers/Anais Mitchell
- DC Talk/Newsboys/The Ws (listen, I was 14)
- Jason Isbell and the 500 Unit
- Wilco a couple of times in the 2010s
- Andrew Peterson's Behold the Lamb of God tour about 5 or 6 times, I think?
Reposted by Amanda
“unassuming diplomat with a penchant for bureaucracy saves 48,000 lives through signing his name and tricking Parliament into his scheme” is an incredible thing that, by definition, is still possible today, if our politicos had the will
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 9:39 PM
“unassuming diplomat with a penchant for bureaucracy saves 48,000 lives through signing his name and tricking Parliament into his scheme” is an incredible thing that, by definition, is still possible today, if our politicos had the will
a few random thoughts for the day:
- Asian Americans and Latinos have always occupied a weird but similar space in the racial politics in this country and we should hang out with each other more
- I appreciate the unironic resurgence of love for places like Chili's
- We should listen to more jazz
- Asian Americans and Latinos have always occupied a weird but similar space in the racial politics in this country and we should hang out with each other more
- I appreciate the unironic resurgence of love for places like Chili's
- We should listen to more jazz
January 21, 2026 at 4:09 PM
a few random thoughts for the day:
- Asian Americans and Latinos have always occupied a weird but similar space in the racial politics in this country and we should hang out with each other more
- I appreciate the unironic resurgence of love for places like Chili's
- We should listen to more jazz
- Asian Americans and Latinos have always occupied a weird but similar space in the racial politics in this country and we should hang out with each other more
- I appreciate the unironic resurgence of love for places like Chili's
- We should listen to more jazz
I think I need this shirt because I actually *do* have more bones than I should voidmerch.threadless.com/designs/defi...
Definitely not full of more bones than I should have Masc T-Shirt | VOID MERCH
Definitely not full of more bones than I should have on Masc T-Shirt – Definitely not full of more bones than I should have. MIND YA BIDNESS! Copyright Jordan Shiveley 2022)
voidmerch.threadless.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I think I need this shirt because I actually *do* have more bones than I should voidmerch.threadless.com/designs/defi...
In my 20s I started praying, as long as I am of more service to the kingdom of God as an unmarried person than a married one, please keep me single. And thus far the answer has been "okay, sure."
January 20, 2026 at 5:43 PM
In my 20s I started praying, as long as I am of more service to the kingdom of God as an unmarried person than a married one, please keep me single. And thus far the answer has been "okay, sure."
it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and not by being as unproblematic as possible, for it is God who works in you to care about actually important things and act on them, to his good pleasure
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and not by being as unproblematic as possible, for it is God who works in you to care about actually important things and act on them, to his good pleasure
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If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 18, 2026 at 11:46 PM
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/