Amanda T
@amandatho.bsky.social
pretty offline actually
..does this count?
..does this count?
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Amanda T
@amandatho.bsky.social
· Dec 13
Dear god, please make them stop saying skeet.
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Tax breaks for the rich, cuts for the rest of us.
We can't afford Ken Sim's misplaced priorities.
In 2023 ABC ended the City's living wage policy.
Use this tool from the Vancouver & District Labour Council to send Council a message: Restore the living wage! vdlc.ca/campaigns/te... #vanpoli
We can't afford Ken Sim's misplaced priorities.
In 2023 ABC ended the City's living wage policy.
Use this tool from the Vancouver & District Labour Council to send Council a message: Restore the living wage! vdlc.ca/campaigns/te... #vanpoli
Tell Ken Sim and ABC: Bring Back the Living Wage! – Vancouver and District Labour Council.
People who work for the City of Vancouver should be able to afford to live in Vancouver. The Living Wage is what someone needs to earn to be able to afford basic essentials. In 2015, the City of Vanco...
vdlc.ca
January 15, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Tax breaks for the rich, cuts for the rest of us.
We can't afford Ken Sim's misplaced priorities.
In 2023 ABC ended the City's living wage policy.
Use this tool from the Vancouver & District Labour Council to send Council a message: Restore the living wage! vdlc.ca/campaigns/te... #vanpoli
We can't afford Ken Sim's misplaced priorities.
In 2023 ABC ended the City's living wage policy.
Use this tool from the Vancouver & District Labour Council to send Council a message: Restore the living wage! vdlc.ca/campaigns/te... #vanpoli
I do not watch videos of violence, much less murder. This thread gave me the context I needed without having to subject myself to it.
JONATHAN ROSS THREAD: 🧵 I think a certain # of women have seen the video from Ross’s cellphone showing the taunts that led to Renee’s murder.
And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly.
Here’s why: 👇🧵
And we feel in our bones that we’ve left immigration officer territory and entered domestic violence territory very quickly.
Here’s why: 👇🧵
January 10, 2026 at 9:00 PM
I do not watch videos of violence, much less murder. This thread gave me the context I needed without having to subject myself to it.
Titanic, great film
January 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Titanic, great film
Xmas miracle
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Xmas miracle
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What do you think is the greatest ever TV news clip? For me this can never be beaten...
September 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM
What do you think is the greatest ever TV news clip? For me this can never be beaten...
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The heist, "caught on film", had texture and warmth and an indescribable aura of authenticity that it would have lacked had it been shot with digital cameras.
December 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The heist, "caught on film", had texture and warmth and an indescribable aura of authenticity that it would have lacked had it been shot with digital cameras.
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Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
November 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Punk rockers | Norval Morrisseau (Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation), 1989. Now on display at The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detriot, Michigan.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but DuckDuckGo still exists as a search engine and you can turn off ai in the settings.
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but DuckDuckGo still exists as a search engine and you can turn off ai in the settings.
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ESP_022607_1725 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/efdMrG
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ESP_022607_1725 - From UAHiRISE (NASA) (uahirise.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/efdMrG
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
2025
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
2025
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if LOTS of people sign up to speak and go to city hall starting Wednesday, that will prevent council from making decisions on the budget
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
November 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
if LOTS of people sign up to speak and go to city hall starting Wednesday, that will prevent council from making decisions on the budget
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
since they are required to hear all the registered speakers first
Sign up here
council.vancouver.ca/20251112/spe...
"The arts, culture and community services department is to lose 12 per cent, or $6 million."
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Planning and Environment also facing deep cuts. Hundreds of jobs are on the chopping block.
vancouversun.com/opinion/colu... #vanpoli #StopTheCuts #EvictKenSim
Leaked memo says Vancouver's 'back to basics' budget will mean slashing 400 jobs
Draft budget contemplates cuts in 12 of 20 areas, and spending freezes in two. Five departments will get spending boosts. Read more.
vancouversun.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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Click on the list, then “subscribe”, then you will have the option to block all of these accounts.
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Click on the list, then “subscribe”, then you will have the option to block all of these accounts.
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starter packs are old model. now we make finisher packs that liberate you from discourse
October 16, 2025 at 2:40 AM
starter packs are old model. now we make finisher packs that liberate you from discourse
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This reminds me of the time when I asked physics twitter whether anyone liked Oppenheimer and based on that single question, film bro twitter had an aneurysm about how physicists don’t understand film
October 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This reminds me of the time when I asked physics twitter whether anyone liked Oppenheimer and based on that single question, film bro twitter had an aneurysm about how physicists don’t understand film
Ken Sim is killing it!
Ken Sim killed the city's Equity Office.
Now, less than a week later, he's retweeting far-right residential school denialists and anti-LGBT activists.
Evict Ken Sim.
Now, less than a week later, he's retweeting far-right residential school denialists and anti-LGBT activists.
Evict Ken Sim.
October 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Ken Sim is killing it!
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It can only good happen
September 24, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It can only good happen
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It is not a good look for Mr hedge-fund Prime Minister to order workers, overwhelmingly female, to do unpaid work. Such a mistake.
August 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It is not a good look for Mr hedge-fund Prime Minister to order workers, overwhelmingly female, to do unpaid work. Such a mistake.
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'Fireflies at Ochanomizu' (1880)
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Kobayashi Kiyochika
July 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
'Fireflies at Ochanomizu' (1880)
Kobayashi Kiyochika
Kobayashi Kiyochika
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No one in English Canada understands how important culture (like real culture -- art, language, poetry, film, theatre) is to sovereignty. Everything else is just cosplaying.
If the Liberals win the election, western separation is unlikely. But here's what might happen instead
Canada news: How likely is Alberta, Saskatchewan separatism?
It's hard to imagine a western separation from Canada. But if the Liberals win the election, here's what could happen instead.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
No one in English Canada understands how important culture (like real culture -- art, language, poetry, film, theatre) is to sovereignty. Everything else is just cosplaying.
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Ken Sim is killing it!
April 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Ken Sim is killing it!