Amanda van Mulligen
@amandavmulligen.bsky.social
Freelance writer & translator NL ➡EN. British born, living Dutch. Nep Achterhoeker. Mother of 3 boys. HSP. WatfordFC 🐝. Long Covid. Springsteen fan.
My random five….
INXS
Bruce Springsteen
The Levellers
Tanita Tikaram
Anouk
INXS
Bruce Springsteen
The Levellers
Tanita Tikaram
Anouk
OK. Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen.
Young Knives
Andrew WK
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Kings of Leon
The Hives
Young Knives
Andrew WK
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Kings of Leon
The Hives
Introduce yourself etc etc
U2
REM
Blackbeard's Tea Party
Emmylou Harris
Public Service Broadcasting
U2
REM
Blackbeard's Tea Party
Emmylou Harris
Public Service Broadcasting
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
My random five….
INXS
Bruce Springsteen
The Levellers
Tanita Tikaram
Anouk
INXS
Bruce Springsteen
The Levellers
Tanita Tikaram
Anouk
Little owl sat in our garden this morning. Thrilled to have spotted it sitting there!
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Little owl sat in our garden this morning. Thrilled to have spotted it sitting there!
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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There are Black Friday deals on hosting right now too.
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Actually quite excited I get to watch #WatfordFC this evening because it’s on Viaplay. I hope I’m not setting myself up for disappointment…….
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Actually quite excited I get to watch #WatfordFC this evening because it’s on Viaplay. I hope I’m not setting myself up for disappointment…….
Radio 1 nu - over post covid. #spraakmakers
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Radio 1 nu - over post covid. #spraakmakers
Morning! Pimmie recommends that you relax today.
November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Morning! Pimmie recommends that you relax today.
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Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Good morning. We are open. 📖☕️
I declare Christmas open.
November 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I declare Christmas open.
Exactly this. It takes a long time to establish the base line - and then it’s all about protecting it.
I totally get this. I have a baseline that I have reached an acceptance over. I am very protective of that baseline.
People often push the disabled to take risks with our health.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
They think if it’s already “that bad” who cares if it gets worse
We care.
Our baselines mean everything to us.
Whatever limited function we have left is always worth protecting.
You don’t get it until you get it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Exactly this. It takes a long time to establish the base line - and then it’s all about protecting it.
What a thread!!!
Can I tell my NYC mayor story again today? Ok, fine.
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 AM
What a thread!!!
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A few facts I wish more Dutch voters knew:
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A few facts I wish more Dutch voters knew:
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Dear Friends, Please help us celebrate #ChristmasCardDay, & the brilliant Sir Henry Cole who invented them, by filling your local postboxes with Christmas cards on 9th December. More info via link. Yours in early Christmas cheer, Dinah 🥳🎄📮 thehandwrittenletterappreciationsociety.org/lets-make-ch...
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Dear Friends, Please help us celebrate #ChristmasCardDay, & the brilliant Sir Henry Cole who invented them, by filling your local postboxes with Christmas cards on 9th December. More info via link. Yours in early Christmas cheer, Dinah 🥳🎄📮 thehandwrittenletterappreciationsociety.org/lets-make-ch...
We had to say goodbye to this little fellow yesterday. Took him to the vet and he had a heart attack there. Turns out he had a heart condition. We didn’t know. Usually it means cats don’t get older than 4 but he was one of the 3-5% that lives beyond that. He was part of our family for 8 years. 💔
Current view. Am trying to watch the Dortmund match.
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We had to say goodbye to this little fellow yesterday. Took him to the vet and he had a heart attack there. Turns out he had a heart condition. We didn’t know. Usually it means cats don’t get older than 4 but he was one of the 3-5% that lives beyond that. He was part of our family for 8 years. 💔
My son will vote on Wednesday for the first time (here in NL). We sat together this evening and watched the Een Vandaag TV debate. Politics really has become a complete shit show. I truly hope the results Wednesday set us on a new path.
October 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My son will vote on Wednesday for the first time (here in NL). We sat together this evening and watched the Een Vandaag TV debate. Politics really has become a complete shit show. I truly hope the results Wednesday set us on a new path.
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Here are 3 shelves of my books in A-Z order by author.
I'm having a big clear out!
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
I'm having a big clear out!
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Here are 3 shelves of my books in A-Z order by author.
I'm having a big clear out!
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
I'm having a big clear out!
You can have any 2 for £10 (free P+P).
Please share (and buy).
UK only.
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You get an extra hour’s reading time tomorrow.
Use it wisely
Use it wisely
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
You get an extra hour’s reading time tomorrow.
Use it wisely
Use it wisely
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New Dutch polling, 4 days to election:
-Wilders slips significantly to 26 seats, his lowest level in a long time
-CDA also falls a lot, from 25 seats a week ago to 20 now, after Bontenbal’s blunder on gay rights in schools
-D66 are the big beneficiary, almost pulling level with Timmermans’ GL/PvdA
-Wilders slips significantly to 26 seats, his lowest level in a long time
-CDA also falls a lot, from 25 seats a week ago to 20 now, after Bontenbal’s blunder on gay rights in schools
-D66 are the big beneficiary, almost pulling level with Timmermans’ GL/PvdA
October 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Dutch polling, 4 days to election:
-Wilders slips significantly to 26 seats, his lowest level in a long time
-CDA also falls a lot, from 25 seats a week ago to 20 now, after Bontenbal’s blunder on gay rights in schools
-D66 are the big beneficiary, almost pulling level with Timmermans’ GL/PvdA
-Wilders slips significantly to 26 seats, his lowest level in a long time
-CDA also falls a lot, from 25 seats a week ago to 20 now, after Bontenbal’s blunder on gay rights in schools
-D66 are the big beneficiary, almost pulling level with Timmermans’ GL/PvdA
Current view. Am trying to watch the Dortmund match.
October 25, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Current view. Am trying to watch the Dortmund match.
Glad to see we’re not still letting goals in within the first 5 minutes. *biggest sigh I can muster* #WatfordFC
October 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Glad to see we’re not still letting goals in within the first 5 minutes. *biggest sigh I can muster* #WatfordFC
This Chelsea Ajax match is insane!!!
October 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This Chelsea Ajax match is insane!!!
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This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
October 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This morning my ChatGPT quota was inexplicably exhausted.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
It took a while but I pieced it together. Voice mode somehow got activated when I went to bed.
The bot then engaged in a 10 hour conversation with my snoring dog, answering questions the pup wasn’t asking and praising him for his insight.
Together is better.
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Together is better.
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I’d say that’s the obligatory NDA blown out of the water then. #watfordfc www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Pezzolano sacked by Watford after ‘resisting pressure to use players linked to agent’
Watford sources have denied Paulo Pezzolano was sacked because he resisted pressure to select players who have a connection to the agent Arnaud Mogi Bayat
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I’d say that’s the obligatory NDA blown out of the water then. #watfordfc www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Our Crowdfunder to try and get copies of "Living Well with Chronic Illness" by the VERY ACE @gracequantock.bsky.social into health centres & hospitals across the UK has now reached £975!
We're getting SO close to our first target!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...
THANKS!
We're getting SO close to our first target!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...
THANKS!
October 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Our Crowdfunder to try and get copies of "Living Well with Chronic Illness" by the VERY ACE @gracequantock.bsky.social into health centres & hospitals across the UK has now reached £975!
We're getting SO close to our first target!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...
THANKS!
We're getting SO close to our first target!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/86e1e73e29...
THANKS!