Amanda Banks
@bubzilla.bsky.social
Writer and artist working on a graduate degree. I study community economics through textiles 🖖🏻
Lies and partisan rhetoric from my senator this morning
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
February 5, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Lies and partisan rhetoric from my senator this morning
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
Vote them out ✊🏻🔥🧊
One week until the PhD interview!
a cartoon rabbit with the words i waiting intensifies below it
ALT: a cartoon rabbit with the words i waiting intensifies below it
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
One week until the PhD interview!
Took a day trip to Florence, AL to stop by the Rosenbaum house, the first Usonian home built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939.
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
February 1, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Took a day trip to Florence, AL to stop by the Rosenbaum house, the first Usonian home built by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1939.
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
I can understand why the family stayed there for 60 years. It's cool to have such an amazing example of design history so close to home!
Ice Melt Bog Jacket 🧊🔥🧥
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
January 31, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Ice Melt Bog Jacket 🧊🔥🧥
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
Made from a discarded quilt and cotton thread. Guaranteed to keep you warm on long revolutionary nights 🖖🏻
Late night tonight, but I made great progress on the presentation for my interview.
Glad I get to start a weekend filled with good art and better people 📚🎨🖖🏻
Glad I get to start a weekend filled with good art and better people 📚🎨🖖🏻
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Late night tonight, but I made great progress on the presentation for my interview.
Glad I get to start a weekend filled with good art and better people 📚🎨🖖🏻
Glad I get to start a weekend filled with good art and better people 📚🎨🖖🏻
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January 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Reached row 92 before the weather got the best of me this weekend!
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
January 26, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Reached row 92 before the weather got the best of me this weekend!
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
It's moving at a brisk pace of 5 rows per hour. The fabric is beautiful, and I can't wait to see how it drapes when finished.
My PhD interview happens in 2 weeks ~
If anyone has insight on what to expect from a candidacy interview in the UK, I would love to hear from you!
If anyone has insight on what to expect from a candidacy interview in the UK, I would love to hear from you!
January 20, 2026 at 6:30 AM
My PhD interview happens in 2 weeks ~
If anyone has insight on what to expect from a candidacy interview in the UK, I would love to hear from you!
If anyone has insight on what to expect from a candidacy interview in the UK, I would love to hear from you!
Reposted by Amanda Banks
This Day in Labor History: January 18, 1913. Teachers in New York City held the first meeting of what would become the Teachers League in New York. This would spur the creation of the American Federation of Teachers a few years later and moved forward American teacher unionism significantly!!!
January 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This Day in Labor History: January 18, 1913. Teachers in New York City held the first meeting of what would become the Teachers League in New York. This would spur the creation of the American Federation of Teachers a few years later and moved forward American teacher unionism significantly!!!
Putting the work to bed for the night with 62 rows complete 🧶
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
January 13, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Putting the work to bed for the night with 62 rows complete 🧶
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
I'm making slow and steady progress, and it's starting to look much more like a butterfly wing. I have to take lots of brain breaks though. Each row is divided across three pages and the stitch count in each spot also changes each row 🫠🙃
My family and I attended a local vigil for Renee Good tonight, organized by a grassroots group.
When we arrived, it was styled as a memorial for all of the people murdered by ICE. One woman was handing out electric candles, and a speaker was educating the crowd on civic participation.
When we arrived, it was styled as a memorial for all of the people murdered by ICE. One woman was handing out electric candles, and a speaker was educating the crowd on civic participation.
January 9, 2026 at 8:03 AM
My family and I attended a local vigil for Renee Good tonight, organized by a grassroots group.
When we arrived, it was styled as a memorial for all of the people murdered by ICE. One woman was handing out electric candles, and a speaker was educating the crowd on civic participation.
When we arrived, it was styled as a memorial for all of the people murdered by ICE. One woman was handing out electric candles, and a speaker was educating the crowd on civic participation.
The lectures in my econ class were filmed when overhead projectors were still in use, and the running example talks about a company that produces film for cameras.
It's amazing, but I have a weird craving for Bagel Bites and Capri Sun.
It's amazing, but I have a weird craving for Bagel Bites and Capri Sun.
a boy and two girls are drinking juice through straws
Alt: Three children are drinking juice from silver pouches through straws, then turn into silver liquid that pools on the floor
media.tenor.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The lectures in my econ class were filmed when overhead projectors were still in use, and the running example talks about a company that produces film for cameras.
It's amazing, but I have a weird craving for Bagel Bites and Capri Sun.
It's amazing, but I have a weird craving for Bagel Bites and Capri Sun.
In bed with the flu today, watching lectures and crocheting a sweater for my oldest 🤒🫖🧶
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
January 7, 2026 at 5:37 AM
In bed with the flu today, watching lectures and crocheting a sweater for my oldest 🤒🫖🧶
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
This crochet pattern is The Monarch Butterfly by Byabimi on Ravelry. I can't recommend it in good faith (unless you have some serious technical chops).
I'm about 50 rows in, working three colors at a time 🖖🏻
The final semester of my MBA program begins this week! It's hard to believe graduation is just around the corner.
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
The final semester of my MBA program begins this week! It's hard to believe graduation is just around the corner.
Happy New Year! ✨️
Last year was a dream filled with art making, time in community, and learning new things. Here's to more of the same in 2026! 🥂
Last year was a dream filled with art making, time in community, and learning new things. Here's to more of the same in 2026! 🥂
January 2, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Happy New Year! ✨️
Last year was a dream filled with art making, time in community, and learning new things. Here's to more of the same in 2026! 🥂
Last year was a dream filled with art making, time in community, and learning new things. Here's to more of the same in 2026! 🥂
Reposted by Amanda Banks
If your holiday gift list includes someone with cancer – or any other serious illness, for that matter – consider hanging those fuzzy socks back on the rack.
December 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
If your holiday gift list includes someone with cancer – or any other serious illness, for that matter – consider hanging those fuzzy socks back on the rack.
Reposted by Amanda Banks
Gen AI tools are not good sources for information during rapidly unfolding, novel events. Words associations aren't helpful for discovering ground truth. These tools are more likely to echo and contribute to the inherent uncertainty and ambiguity of crisis events.
Elon Musk's AI robot is spewing misinformation about the Bondi Beach shooting
Grok Is Glitching And Spewing Misinformation About The Bondi Beach Shooting
Among other problems, the chatbot is spewing misinformation about the horrific Bondi Beach shooting in Australia.
gizmodo.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Gen AI tools are not good sources for information during rapidly unfolding, novel events. Words associations aren't helpful for discovering ground truth. These tools are more likely to echo and contribute to the inherent uncertainty and ambiguity of crisis events.
I got to see the magic of NYC today ✨️ The levels of passion and talent in this community are endlessly inspirational.
December 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I got to see the magic of NYC today ✨️ The levels of passion and talent in this community are endlessly inspirational.
The view from my room this morning 😍
December 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The view from my room this morning 😍
Times Square is insane. I am perfectly content to never experience that again.
December 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Times Square is insane. I am perfectly content to never experience that again.
Baby's first visit to NYC 🖖🏻
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Baby's first visit to NYC 🖖🏻
Today is not a great day for knitting.
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
December 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today is not a great day for knitting.
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
I managed to lose 2" during the armhole shaping on my new sweater project AND felt the sweater I made last year into a geometric mess. 🥲
Gentle reminder, friends 🎄🖖🏻
Participating in the economic blackout is a great way to start extracting yourself from capitalist cycles of consumption.
If you want your impact to last, drop your subscription services. Cancel your Prime. Avoid big-box stores whenever you can.
Choose local, choose thrift, choose community.
If you want your impact to last, drop your subscription services. Cancel your Prime. Avoid big-box stores whenever you can.
Choose local, choose thrift, choose community.
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Gentle reminder, friends 🎄🖖🏻
Knitting, coffee, and a feminist economics lecture from @iaffe.bsky.social on data collection is the perfect start to the day
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December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Knitting, coffee, and a feminist economics lecture from @iaffe.bsky.social on data collection is the perfect start to the day
🧶☕️📊
🧶☕️📊
Celebrating the end of finals week by staying up WAY too late doing sweater math.
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
December 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Celebrating the end of finals week by staying up WAY too late doing sweater math.
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!
The yarn is Inka from Mirasol - a viscose/alpaca blend - worked at a gauge of 4sts/inch. It's incredible.
Making the pattern as I go, loosely based on one of Jane Kaczmarek's tops from Malcom in the Middle!