amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
Writer, rockstar, sci-fi simulacrum ★ Varnish (post-glam/post-punk) ★ Peaceforger trilogy (gripping near-future sci-fi) ★ The Companions (transatlantic Autistic musical duo) ★ Poet ★ Temporarily lapsed actor ★ Autistic ★ Queer ★ zie/zir/any
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amber bird
@amberbird.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Without downloading any new pics what’s your energy going into 2025?
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Venezuela Bombs American Drug Yacht, Wiping Out Entire Sackler Family Cartel: tinyurl.com/mr472vs5
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Venezuela Bombs American Drug Yacht, Wiping Out Entire Sackler Family Cartel: tinyurl.com/mr472vs5
Grateful!
For being internally motivated.
For positive reinforcement.
For attribution.
For being internally motivated.
For positive reinforcement.
For attribution.
December 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Grateful!
For being internally motivated.
For positive reinforcement.
For attribution.
For being internally motivated.
For positive reinforcement.
For attribution.
i'm just gonna go ahead and cosign this for every artist.
your "loved it!" feeds me
your "loved it!" feeds me
you think you need to leave intelligent, thoughtful comments? lmao no
“loved it!” is all you need to say. blurt that out on Steam, YouTube, Amazon for whatever game, book, or video caught your fancy
The algorithm is all consuming but you can help cool people by just commenting “👍🏼”’ so do it
“loved it!” is all you need to say. blurt that out on Steam, YouTube, Amazon for whatever game, book, or video caught your fancy
The algorithm is all consuming but you can help cool people by just commenting “👍🏼”’ so do it
PRO TIP
If you have YouTubers you like and follow and watch their videos a lot
leave innane/positive comments on their videos. The algo is all fucked up for YT creators and a lot of videos get sent to the void for whatever reason.
I hate doing it, but I've been trying to do it.
If you have YouTubers you like and follow and watch their videos a lot
leave innane/positive comments on their videos. The algo is all fucked up for YT creators and a lot of videos get sent to the void for whatever reason.
I hate doing it, but I've been trying to do it.
December 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
i'm just gonna go ahead and cosign this for every artist.
your "loved it!" feeds me
your "loved it!" feeds me
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taking notes
i didn't spend my teens and 20s practising being aloof, pointy, and insufferable to NOT deploy the responses she suggests
taking notes
i didn't spend my teens and 20s practising being aloof, pointy, and insufferable to NOT deploy the responses she suggests
fyi a fun way to answer this is by going “well let me put it this way, what do YOU do?”
and they’ll be like “I’m a dentist”
then you smile and rock back on your heels and go “oh, done any root canals I might have heard of?”
and they’ll be like “I’m a dentist”
then you smile and rock back on your heels and go “oh, done any root canals I might have heard of?”
After someone asks what I do and I say I'm an author: "Have I heard of you?"
How am I supposed to POLITELY respond to that?
I'm supposed to attend a non-writer dinner event in a couple weeks & I'm already having anxiety because of these kinds of scenarios.
How am I supposed to POLITELY respond to that?
I'm supposed to attend a non-writer dinner event in a couple weeks & I'm already having anxiety because of these kinds of scenarios.
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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taking notes
i didn't spend my teens and 20s practising being aloof, pointy, and insufferable to NOT deploy the responses she suggests
taking notes
i didn't spend my teens and 20s practising being aloof, pointy, and insufferable to NOT deploy the responses she suggests
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WEEPING ANGELS ARE THE SAME SPECIES, or at least in the same clade, as the shelf-elfs. I have been saying this for *years*.
Never mind Elf on the Shelf, we have a different treat each December.
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
WEEPING ANGELS ARE THE SAME SPECIES, or at least in the same clade, as the shelf-elfs. I have been saying this for *years*.
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Yeah, I'm gonna be that person too. You need to click through on the quoted post in Anna's post to see the *extent* of this.
Look, I don’t want to be the person who thinks everything is making fun of them, but I cannot help but feel like this is a laugh at the expense of fat people.
If we look like this, we get photographed and shamed on various subreddits. If they make tiny women look like this, it’s fashion. Apparently
If we look like this, we get photographed and shamed on various subreddits. If they make tiny women look like this, it’s fashion. Apparently
Even Marc Jacobs makes ($1850) mistakes.
December 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Yeah, I'm gonna be that person too. You need to click through on the quoted post in Anna's post to see the *extent* of this.
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Here it is! We count down from 98 to 101.
We did it! A wonderful message from the legendary Nena. We pay tribute to Jimmy Cliff, discuss two v different Xmas tunes by Jona Lewie & Weird Al Yankovic before finalising our list with 99 Luftballons/Red Balloons!
open.spotify.com/episode/1uk0...
We did it! A wonderful message from the legendary Nena. We pay tribute to Jimmy Cliff, discuss two v different Xmas tunes by Jona Lewie & Weird Al Yankovic before finalising our list with 99 Luftballons/Red Balloons!
open.spotify.com/episode/1uk0...
This is What We've Waited For
open.spotify.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Here it is! We count down from 98 to 101.
We did it! A wonderful message from the legendary Nena. We pay tribute to Jimmy Cliff, discuss two v different Xmas tunes by Jona Lewie & Weird Al Yankovic before finalising our list with 99 Luftballons/Red Balloons!
open.spotify.com/episode/1uk0...
We did it! A wonderful message from the legendary Nena. We pay tribute to Jimmy Cliff, discuss two v different Xmas tunes by Jona Lewie & Weird Al Yankovic before finalising our list with 99 Luftballons/Red Balloons!
open.spotify.com/episode/1uk0...
for world aids day
very short 🧵
this piece always makes me sob like a child. (so now i'm going to go do some self-soothing)
very short 🧵
this piece always makes me sob like a child. (so now i'm going to go do some self-soothing)
The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community, by Fran Lebowitz. For World AIDS Day. 1 of 2:
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
for world aids day
very short 🧵
this piece always makes me sob like a child. (so now i'm going to go do some self-soothing)
very short 🧵
this piece always makes me sob like a child. (so now i'm going to go do some self-soothing)
*crying in the shower in solidarity*
Megan Aldrich, 30, works full time in an attempt to avoid starving to death, but is forced to choose between showing up to work and being the sort of person who doesn’t cry in the shower.
Autistic woman can have work or dignity but not both
An autistic woman whose government is desperate for her to experience the "dignity of work" cannot experience "dignity" and "work" at the same time, it has been claimed. Megan Aldrich, 30, works full…
thedailytism.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
*crying in the shower in solidarity*
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I've hugged someone who hugged someone alive during the civil war. I think about that a lot actually.
As we lose the generation who survived WW2, it feels like we're going hard at pretending it never happened.
Actually I think a lot of historical atrocities are far closer than we'd like to admit
As we lose the generation who survived WW2, it feels like we're going hard at pretending it never happened.
Actually I think a lot of historical atrocities are far closer than we'd like to admit
I'm 30. Growing up, my great aunt lived with me and my family. She lived to over 95. She was born in 1915... 2 years after Harriet Tubman died. Never let them tell you it was "so long ago". It's just a few generations back
December 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I've hugged someone who hugged someone alive during the civil war. I think about that a lot actually.
As we lose the generation who survived WW2, it feels like we're going hard at pretending it never happened.
Actually I think a lot of historical atrocities are far closer than we'd like to admit
As we lose the generation who survived WW2, it feels like we're going hard at pretending it never happened.
Actually I think a lot of historical atrocities are far closer than we'd like to admit
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I'm 30. Growing up, my great aunt lived with me and my family. She lived to over 95. She was born in 1915... 2 years after Harriet Tubman died. Never let them tell you it was "so long ago". It's just a few generations back
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm 30. Growing up, my great aunt lived with me and my family. She lived to over 95. She was born in 1915... 2 years after Harriet Tubman died. Never let them tell you it was "so long ago". It's just a few generations back
Grateful!
For almond poppy seed spritzgebäck.
For satisfying simplicity.
For thermometers.
For almond poppy seed spritzgebäck.
For satisfying simplicity.
For thermometers.
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Grateful!
For almond poppy seed spritzgebäck.
For satisfying simplicity.
For thermometers.
For almond poppy seed spritzgebäck.
For satisfying simplicity.
For thermometers.
🧵
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 30, 2025 at 8:24 PM
🧵
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Alma Montague, 34, who routinely keeps her arms folded tightly over her chest like someone might try to steal her boobs, is an expert in making new feline friends without exchanging a single word.
Autistic woman only good at body language when she’s talking to cats
An autistic woman whose resting body language says “any second I will snap and rain down fire and brimstone upon you” reportedly has no such issues when it comes to unspoken communication with cats. …
thedailytism.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Alma Montague, 34, who routinely keeps her arms folded tightly over her chest like someone might try to steal her boobs, is an expert in making new feline friends without exchanging a single word.
Grateful!
For deciding later.
For letting less be enough.
For honouring my limits.
For deciding later.
For letting less be enough.
For honouring my limits.
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Grateful!
For deciding later.
For letting less be enough.
For honouring my limits.
For deciding later.
For letting less be enough.
For honouring my limits.
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usually i like being proven more and more right, but not with all the horrors these days
usually i like being proven more and more right, but not with all the horrors these days
Wake up babe, a new way to be horrified by AI just dropped.
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
Talking to a librarian friend back home, she mentions a patron looking for help finding a book she liked as a kid. Super common request.
Lady is adamant the title is “something like XYZ and there’s a picture of a rabbit on it.”
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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usually i like being proven more and more right, but not with all the horrors these days
usually i like being proven more and more right, but not with all the horrors these days
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People of color aren’t taking your rights.
Trans people aren’t taking away your place in society.
Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs, healthcare, or housing.
Rich people are. And they want us fighting to keep from focusing on them.
Trans people aren’t taking away your place in society.
Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs, healthcare, or housing.
Rich people are. And they want us fighting to keep from focusing on them.
November 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
People of color aren’t taking your rights.
Trans people aren’t taking away your place in society.
Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs, healthcare, or housing.
Rich people are. And they want us fighting to keep from focusing on them.
Trans people aren’t taking away your place in society.
Immigrants aren’t taking your jobs, healthcare, or housing.
Rich people are. And they want us fighting to keep from focusing on them.
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Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
November 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Former US military lawyers speak out:
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
"The Former JAGs Working Group unanimously considers both the giving and the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both."
Statement on Media Reports of Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes
1/2
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Also please enjoy these canada geese who dgaf, and the weirdly fitting needle drop
November 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Also please enjoy these canada geese who dgaf, and the weirdly fitting needle drop
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Cohen said: “The itinerary was looking pretty full, to be fair. I’d have had to hang around the venue until about 11pm, which is usually the time I become a depleted husk of a woman. So this has worked out perfectly.”
Autistic woman left at the altar just glad she’s got the afternoon free now
An autistic woman who has been left at the altar at her wedding is quietly relieved to have the time back, according to witnesses. Talia Cohen, 34, was jilted by her husband-to-be Gavin Monks, 34,…
thedailytism.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Cohen said: “The itinerary was looking pretty full, to be fair. I’d have had to hang around the venue until about 11pm, which is usually the time I become a depleted husk of a woman. So this has worked out perfectly.”
my intentions are true
(there's also something to be said for your half of this, hm? i accept blame for only 5 of those years!)
(there's also something to be said for your half of this, hm? i accept blame for only 5 of those years!)
Jay Chester, 40, can’t believe it’s been so long since you last met up and genuinely intends to remedy the issue – and will spend the next decade genuinely intending to remedy the issue.
“We mustn’t leave it so long next time” says AuDHD friend who’ll see you in a decade
An AuDHD friend who has vowed to get better at staying in touch will see you whenever the next parent dies, sources have confirmed. Jay Chester, 40, can’t believe it’s been so long since you last…
thedailytism.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
my intentions are true
(there's also something to be said for your half of this, hm? i accept blame for only 5 of those years!)
(there's also something to be said for your half of this, hm? i accept blame for only 5 of those years!)
Grateful!
For pink sunrises.
For +50k words achieved.
For letting the butter melt.
For pink sunrises.
For +50k words achieved.
For letting the butter melt.
November 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Grateful!
For pink sunrises.
For +50k words achieved.
For letting the butter melt.
For pink sunrises.
For +50k words achieved.
For letting the butter melt.
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IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE is really, really good...and EXTREMELY relevant to current times.
There's some bits of a wonderful life I like, others less so. I do love White Christmas though! We've been seeking out lesser known classic Christmas films and found some great entertainment last few years. Lots of post-war parables. Particularly enjoyed 'It happened on 5th Avenue'.
Open HD | It Happened on 5th Avenue | Warner Archive
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 AM
IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE is really, really good...and EXTREMELY relevant to current times.
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Did you know?
In the Victorian era, a baker unintentionally created a symbol of poverty: the bread line.
Louis Fleischmann noticed men gathering outside, huddling against the warmth that drifted from his ovens. Moved by their condition, he carried out trays of unsold bread.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, a baker unintentionally created a symbol of poverty: the bread line.
Louis Fleischmann noticed men gathering outside, huddling against the warmth that drifted from his ovens. Moved by their condition, he carried out trays of unsold bread.
#Victorian #history
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Did you know?
In the Victorian era, a baker unintentionally created a symbol of poverty: the bread line.
Louis Fleischmann noticed men gathering outside, huddling against the warmth that drifted from his ovens. Moved by their condition, he carried out trays of unsold bread.
#Victorian #history
In the Victorian era, a baker unintentionally created a symbol of poverty: the bread line.
Louis Fleischmann noticed men gathering outside, huddling against the warmth that drifted from his ovens. Moved by their condition, he carried out trays of unsold bread.
#Victorian #history
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Consider how much this could transform how many things in how many places.
(Can we do the media, too?)
(Can we do the media, too?)
I wrote about a novel approach to tackling misinformation currently being discussed in Wales--and which some say Canada should try, too. What if we made a rule so politicians couldn't lie? www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Is it time to make it illegal for politicians to lie to us?
That’s the question currently on the table in Wales, which has just released a draft of the “globally pioneering” sanctions for politicians.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Consider how much this could transform how many things in how many places.
(Can we do the media, too?)
(Can we do the media, too?)