Maria "Amrai" (they/them)
@amstempo.bsky.social
♥️: Coffee, music, reading about different subjects, Star Trek & 🎮 I miss the 90s. I need to get out of my comfort zone. A little. be kind. ♿️ Don't like AI.
current: 📺: Babylon 5, Starfleet Academy
current: 📺: Babylon 5, Starfleet Academy
I watched the rest of #StarfleetAcademy I have thoughts especially about the last episode but in general for now:
I'm not the target audience for this show but everyone has done such a good job in their roles so far.
I adore Captain Ake. And Lura Thok. And of course The Doctor!
I'm not the target audience for this show but everyone has done such a good job in their roles so far.
I adore Captain Ake. And Lura Thok. And of course The Doctor!
February 7, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I watched the rest of #StarfleetAcademy I have thoughts especially about the last episode but in general for now:
I'm not the target audience for this show but everyone has done such a good job in their roles so far.
I adore Captain Ake. And Lura Thok. And of course The Doctor!
I'm not the target audience for this show but everyone has done such a good job in their roles so far.
I adore Captain Ake. And Lura Thok. And of course The Doctor!
Started watching #StarfleetAcademy. It was okay so far going to give it a couple more episodes and see how it goes.
February 5, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Started watching #StarfleetAcademy. It was okay so far going to give it a couple more episodes and see how it goes.
Ugh.
The Steam Machine has been delayed because stupid little babies can't stop using AI to write their emails:
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
aftermath.site/steam-machine-...
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Ugh.
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It's 1999 again...
..because Retro Blast - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is OUT NOW! 🛹
Grab the pizza rolls, your favorite Punk Ska CD, and boot up that PS1, N64, or Dreamcast! It's time to SKATE!
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Spotify
OR anywhere you get your podcasts.
..because Retro Blast - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is OUT NOW! 🛹
Grab the pizza rolls, your favorite Punk Ska CD, and boot up that PS1, N64, or Dreamcast! It's time to SKATE!
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Spotify
OR anywhere you get your podcasts.
February 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
It's 1999 again...
..because Retro Blast - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is OUT NOW! 🛹
Grab the pizza rolls, your favorite Punk Ska CD, and boot up that PS1, N64, or Dreamcast! It's time to SKATE!
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Spotify
OR anywhere you get your podcasts.
..because Retro Blast - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater is OUT NOW! 🛹
Grab the pizza rolls, your favorite Punk Ska CD, and boot up that PS1, N64, or Dreamcast! It's time to SKATE!
Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Spotify
OR anywhere you get your podcasts.
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ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
January 28, 2026 at 5:48 PM
ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained.
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk
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January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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The implications of mass facial recognition systems being used *everywhere* ... The harms, the mistakes, the control over daily lives, the silencing effect it would have over speech, change, democracy, and the peaceful transfer of power. This behavior isn't random. It's a signal.
New— An American citizen boarding flight from Boston to Lisbon just now told me after showing boarding pass, every passenger stopped on jetway by two ICE agents demanding to take their photo. When passenger asked why, ICE threatened to detain them. If they said no photo, couldn't board/TBD detained.
January 21, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The implications of mass facial recognition systems being used *everywhere* ... The harms, the mistakes, the control over daily lives, the silencing effect it would have over speech, change, democracy, and the peaceful transfer of power. This behavior isn't random. It's a signal.
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This right here hits on the crux of what's annoyed me about the Gavin Newsom stuff. He has demonstrated not giving a shit about the poor but bc he makes some (admittedly funny) clap backs ppl rally around him as a savior, to the chagrin of the CA folks who have lived under him for 7 years
Some people fight to see the other side lose. Some people fight to win.
If your actions today don't build towards liberation tomorrow, what's even the point?
If your actions today don't build towards liberation tomorrow, what's even the point?
January 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM
This right here hits on the crux of what's annoyed me about the Gavin Newsom stuff. He has demonstrated not giving a shit about the poor but bc he makes some (admittedly funny) clap backs ppl rally around him as a savior, to the chagrin of the CA folks who have lived under him for 7 years
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There are people in the world who say that there are only two genders: male and female.
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
January 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
There are people in the world who say that there are only two genders: male and female.
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
But the heart and soul have much more personality.
It's very sad that people who can't accept this sometimes utter very harsh words.
You were born to live freely.
Chiitan is an ally of transgender people🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
January 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Friendly reminder that we call eggplant eggplant because the "normal" eggplant used to look like this
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Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate 🎄
Ugh...
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Ugh...
Hope everyone is well. I totally forgot my password again 😅
November 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Hope everyone is well. I totally forgot my password again 😅
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hi friends
i told you on sunday i had a low-commitment ask for you in this week's trans tuesday
it's the #Letters4TransKids
so far only 2 folks besides me have done it
it doesn't have to be long! but please take a few minutes to let them know we're out here trying to make things better for them
i told you on sunday i had a low-commitment ask for you in this week's trans tuesday
it's the #Letters4TransKids
so far only 2 folks besides me have done it
it doesn't have to be long! but please take a few minutes to let them know we're out here trying to make things better for them
Welcome to #TransTuesday!
Time for TRANS KIDS 2: THE INTAKE EXAM AND TRANS FLIGHT
And I'm bringing back #Letters4TransKids
Use the hashtag and post yours, and let them know you've got their backs!
www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/09/23/t...
Time for TRANS KIDS 2: THE INTAKE EXAM AND TRANS FLIGHT
And I'm bringing back #Letters4TransKids
Use the hashtag and post yours, and let them know you've got their backs!
www.tillystranstuesdays.com/2025/09/23/t...
September 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
hi friends
i told you on sunday i had a low-commitment ask for you in this week's trans tuesday
it's the #Letters4TransKids
so far only 2 folks besides me have done it
it doesn't have to be long! but please take a few minutes to let them know we're out here trying to make things better for them
i told you on sunday i had a low-commitment ask for you in this week's trans tuesday
it's the #Letters4TransKids
so far only 2 folks besides me have done it
it doesn't have to be long! but please take a few minutes to let them know we're out here trying to make things better for them
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v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
September 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to!
Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇
New combadges from #StarfleetAcademy look ugly in my opinion.
July 27, 2025 at 2:00 AM
New combadges from #StarfleetAcademy look ugly in my opinion.
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Sad to read of Malcolm-Jamaal Warner’s accidental drowning death, while on a family vacation. Rest in peace. My thoughts with his family 💐
kcra.com/article/malc...
kcra.com/article/malc...
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, actor who starred as Theo in ‘The Cosby Show,’ dead at 54
Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for his role on "The Cosby Show," has died. He was 54.
kcra.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Sad to read of Malcolm-Jamaal Warner’s accidental drowning death, while on a family vacation. Rest in peace. My thoughts with his family 💐
kcra.com/article/malc...
kcra.com/article/malc...
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Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
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Just as a summary, the still-new containment dome for Chernobyl that was installed in 2014 & meant to last 100 years got a hole the size of an SUV punched into it by Russian fighter jets.
This isn't the only nuclear plant they've attacked in Ukraine.
This isn't the only nuclear plant they've attacked in Ukraine.
May 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Just as a summary, the still-new containment dome for Chernobyl that was installed in 2014 & meant to last 100 years got a hole the size of an SUV punched into it by Russian fighter jets.
This isn't the only nuclear plant they've attacked in Ukraine.
This isn't the only nuclear plant they've attacked in Ukraine.
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This edit was sitting in my brain for years.
April 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This edit was sitting in my brain for years.