Amanda
@tacittaciturn.bsky.social
nobody in particular | EC, WI
I’m on a meeting about the HUD NOFO and someone just typed “FMR” (fair market rent) in the chat. Which I misread as “FML”.
And, like, same.
And, like, same.
After the Shutdown: What Everyone Needs to Know About the Upcoming NOFO
The National Alliance to End Homelessness is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to preventing and ending homelessness in the United States.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I’m on a meeting about the HUD NOFO and someone just typed “FMR” (fair market rent) in the chat. Which I misread as “FML”.
And, like, same.
And, like, same.
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Abuse and sexual violence doesn’t require deception at all. It happens right out in the open, and people tolerate it, because it’s a demonstration of power
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Abuse and sexual violence doesn’t require deception at all. It happens right out in the open, and people tolerate it, because it’s a demonstration of power
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What if everything everywhere was designed with the intention of having many different people accessing it? People in wheelchairs, tall people, short people, fat people, elderly people, people with less than four limbs, blind and deaf people, people with chronic pain and illness, and on?
December 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What if everything everywhere was designed with the intention of having many different people accessing it? People in wheelchairs, tall people, short people, fat people, elderly people, people with less than four limbs, blind and deaf people, people with chronic pain and illness, and on?
This, this, one thousand times this.
On VIBE CHECK, we discussed why many people who are obsessed with Epstein don’t seem to care about the actual victims.
“A lot of people would rather get caught up in abstract, distant conspiracy theory of sex trafficking than realize that often the real conspiracy theory is the American family.”
“A lot of people would rather get caught up in abstract, distant conspiracy theory of sex trafficking than realize that often the real conspiracy theory is the American family.”
Coded and Loaded
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:36 AM
This, this, one thousand times this.
He’s back at it.
And he wants you to know that the decomposing body he puts in the makeshift grave he digs will be buried so well, it won’t be … malodorous.
Why would you misconstrue this?
And he wants you to know that the decomposing body he puts in the makeshift grave he digs will be buried so well, it won’t be … malodorous.
Why would you misconstrue this?
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
He’s back at it.
And he wants you to know that the decomposing body he puts in the makeshift grave he digs will be buried so well, it won’t be … malodorous.
Why would you misconstrue this?
And he wants you to know that the decomposing body he puts in the makeshift grave he digs will be buried so well, it won’t be … malodorous.
Why would you misconstrue this?
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A little late for World AIDS Day. A story about lost books and lost writers.
A little late for World AIDS Day. A story about lost books and lost writers.
The Book I Found in the $1 Bin — Split Lip Magazine
I liked the cover because there was a sexy man on it and I’m easy to manipulate, so I brought it to the register and paid a dollar. In the sun, I opened the book and found an inscription: To Russel, ...
splitlipthemag.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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A little late for World AIDS Day. A story about lost books and lost writers.
A little late for World AIDS Day. A story about lost books and lost writers.
For World AIDS Day, here is a story I have written out and deleted several times over. It’s still, nearly 30 years on, tender-feeling. But not necessarily sad.
Except that all its component parts are, in fact, very sad. 🧵
Except that all its component parts are, in fact, very sad. 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
For World AIDS Day, here is a story I have written out and deleted several times over. It’s still, nearly 30 years on, tender-feeling. But not necessarily sad.
Except that all its component parts are, in fact, very sad. 🧵
Except that all its component parts are, in fact, very sad. 🧵
Holy shit, I've been idly (and, I assumed, ineffectually) reporting the most wretched comments on public World AIDS Day Facebook posts, and Facebook actually removed one!
Not sorry to "Brandon", who will have to complain about "the wages of f*ggotry" elsewhere.
Not sorry to "Brandon", who will have to complain about "the wages of f*ggotry" elsewhere.
December 1, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Holy shit, I've been idly (and, I assumed, ineffectually) reporting the most wretched comments on public World AIDS Day Facebook posts, and Facebook actually removed one!
Not sorry to "Brandon", who will have to complain about "the wages of f*ggotry" elsewhere.
Not sorry to "Brandon", who will have to complain about "the wages of f*ggotry" elsewhere.
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
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For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
The List Keepers
The AIDS crisis shattered Broadway, and the scope of the loss has never been fully accounted for. Some kept their own records.
www.vulture.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
For World AIDS Day, which is Dec. 1 and which is being ignored by the Trump administration because they dislike the World Health Organization, other countries, science, and queer people, I'm reposting a piece I wrote earlier this year. (They also hate history.) www.vulture.com/article/hiv-...
Brought to you (today) by, Oh, “Avoidants” are “monsters, actually”? Great, fire up the conveyor belt to the human dump, I guess.
I fucking love* how the machine** dilutes actually helpful concepts for understanding our own and others’ experiences into a thin gruel and sells it to us as a poison that we can drink to kill our supposed enemies
*I don’t love this
**Capitalism, probably
*I don’t love this
**Capitalism, probably
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brought to you (today) by, Oh, “Avoidants” are “monsters, actually”? Great, fire up the conveyor belt to the human dump, I guess.
I fucking love* how the machine** dilutes actually helpful concepts for understanding our own and others’ experiences into a thin gruel and sells it to us as a poison that we can drink to kill our supposed enemies
*I don’t love this
**Capitalism, probably
*I don’t love this
**Capitalism, probably
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I fucking love* how the machine** dilutes actually helpful concepts for understanding our own and others’ experiences into a thin gruel and sells it to us as a poison that we can drink to kill our supposed enemies
*I don’t love this
**Capitalism, probably
*I don’t love this
**Capitalism, probably
Husband and I are talking about what movie to watch (at home) as a family tonight.
My eyes went to a stack of DVDs in the living room and stopped first on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, then on Happy Together.
So, yeah: still taking suggestions.
My eyes went to a stack of DVDs in the living room and stopped first on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, then on Happy Together.
So, yeah: still taking suggestions.
November 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Husband and I are talking about what movie to watch (at home) as a family tonight.
My eyes went to a stack of DVDs in the living room and stopped first on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, then on Happy Together.
So, yeah: still taking suggestions.
My eyes went to a stack of DVDs in the living room and stopped first on Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, then on Happy Together.
So, yeah: still taking suggestions.
Peeling and cleaning potatoes and gouging out the bad spots like I’m in a hoof trimming video
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Peeling and cleaning potatoes and gouging out the bad spots like I’m in a hoof trimming video
A bit horrified by the Dunkin Munchkins all excited about getting eaten😨
November 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A bit horrified by the Dunkin Munchkins all excited about getting eaten😨
My daughter (17) keeps sending me TikToks of desserts she wants me to make and, you know? It’s hard to protest any of this.
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
My daughter (17) keeps sending me TikToks of desserts she wants me to make and, you know? It’s hard to protest any of this.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
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I usually create a thread of options for people who would like to donate to a Native cause or struggle, but it has gotten HARDER to fundraise on socials over the past couple of years, so I am zeroing in on one ask this year. Pls support Native organizing infrastructure: nativeorganizing.org/donate/
November 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I usually create a thread of options for people who would like to donate to a Native cause or struggle, but it has gotten HARDER to fundraise on socials over the past couple of years, so I am zeroing in on one ask this year. Pls support Native organizing infrastructure: nativeorganizing.org/donate/
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
"Groups restricting books ... take for granted that Lo writes novels to teach young readers lessons. And while it’s certainly possible to analyze her books and teach them in a classroom setting, Lo never sets out to make them didactic. 'That’s not the point of writing for me,' she said."
More than 1,800 banned titles in the 2023–2024 school year contained sex-related content. In a new interview, bestselling YA author @malindalo.bsky.social explains the necessity of reading those works in full before considering pulling them from shelves: pen.org/malinda-lo-i...
Uneasy About Sexual Content in a YA Novel? ‘Read the Whole Book,’ Urges Author Malinda Lo
“That’s why there is sexuality in my books: because it is part of life. There’s no nefarious purpose,” says author Malinda Lo.
pen.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"Groups restricting books ... take for granted that Lo writes novels to teach young readers lessons. And while it’s certainly possible to analyze her books and teach them in a classroom setting, Lo never sets out to make them didactic. 'That’s not the point of writing for me,' she said."
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between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
between "study on honesty appears to have used fabricated data," "study on cognitive dissonance after thwarted expectations may not show what it was believed to" and possibly "data for study on use of AI generated by LLM" we're pretty close to either a Dramatic Irony bracket or a trend piece
Stories about aggro turkeys are also exempt.
"The winter’s chill is upon us.
"'I was on a run down Old Wells here and I saw a couple turkeys off in the distance,' Adam Urberg, who faced multiple turkeys in Eau Claire, said.
"But a colder presence continues to linger in the city."
"The winter’s chill is upon us.
"'I was on a run down Old Wells here and I saw a couple turkeys off in the distance,' Adam Urberg, who faced multiple turkeys in Eau Claire, said.
"But a colder presence continues to linger in the city."
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Stories about aggro turkeys are also exempt.
"The winter’s chill is upon us.
"'I was on a run down Old Wells here and I saw a couple turkeys off in the distance,' Adam Urberg, who faced multiple turkeys in Eau Claire, said.
"But a colder presence continues to linger in the city."
"The winter’s chill is upon us.
"'I was on a run down Old Wells here and I saw a couple turkeys off in the distance,' Adam Urberg, who faced multiple turkeys in Eau Claire, said.
"But a colder presence continues to linger in the city."
The song “Green Tambourine” is so vicariously embarrassing, and the band being called The Lemon Pipers pretty much seals the deal.
“Now listen while I play(-ay-ay)/… my green tambourine”?
No. Stop.
“Now listen while I play(-ay-ay)/… my green tambourine”?
No. Stop.
November 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The song “Green Tambourine” is so vicariously embarrassing, and the band being called The Lemon Pipers pretty much seals the deal.
“Now listen while I play(-ay-ay)/… my green tambourine”?
No. Stop.
“Now listen while I play(-ay-ay)/… my green tambourine”?
No. Stop.
My husband is in a drag fundraiser for the local LGBTQ community center and The Trevor Project, and I’m biting my tongue while watching him try to shave his arms. Resisting offering intervention may be what ends me.
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
My husband is in a drag fundraiser for the local LGBTQ community center and The Trevor Project, and I’m biting my tongue while watching him try to shave his arms. Resisting offering intervention may be what ends me.