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Amalia Elliott

@amalicule.bsky.social
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I am a chemist, writer, gamer, musician. She/her/they/them/he/him NB. General Nerd in basically every way you can imagine

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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I have a pervasive feeling that Things are Wrong, buy I have no idea what the "Things" are and cannot define "Wrong".
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump is offering $5000 to everyone if he MAGA wins because he believes anyone can be bought and money is all that matters. He believes that because he can be bought.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you ever needed an example of the importance of literacy; computers were not capable of being dangerously autonomous until we gave them mastery over language. Be dangerously autonomous.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/09/2026
We now know harmful “forever chemicals” are likely in the bodies of most people on Earth. Decades ago, 3M knew that these chemicals had seeped into the public’s blood, but they kept that a secret. One 3M scientist helped reporter Sharon Lerner understand how they kept it quiet for so long:
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How the Planet-Altering Disaster of “Forever Chemicals” Was Kept Secret
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
AI is like a siren song. It's alluring, attractive. But if you don't plug your ears and resist in the end it will destroy you.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Enter: crushing hormonal mood shift
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I wonder if the management pushback against WFH has something to do with it demanding better management. Managers can kind of skate when everyone is together and communicating in person, but
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I have never been a vandal. I have never wanted to be. Until the creation of the cyber truck
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Plot twist: millennials finally kill so many industries we inadvertently end capitalism
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
All you had to do was pay us enough to live
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
When @eremitagray.bsky.social and I get to chatting
me and the mutuals are giving some minor characters rich inner worlds later if you wanna pull up. yeah its gonna be all day.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Trying really really really hard not to think about my manuscript while other people read it. Speaking if which, I still need volunteer Beta Readers! forms.gle/hc9tBAzA3znm...
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Beta Readers for Your Secret's Safe With Me
Thank you for your interest in Your Secret's Safe With Me, an LGBTQ Sports Romance about basketball, friendship, and the intersection of religion and identity. For Jacob Foster, basketball is everyth...
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
We must protect Mikhail Shaidorov at all costs ❤️
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Finally using Obsidian at work and... omg how was i not using it sooner #Obsidian #productivity
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I am so bad at both mornings and evenings. It would be fine, but I'm bad at afternoons, too.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Oh Ilia... But OMG yay for Mikhail! He skated a near perfect program, and he deserves it. Was he the only one who didn't party last night or something? #MilanCortina2026 #FreeSkate #FigureSkating
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Torgashev is so fun to watch! #MilanCortina2026 #Olympics #OlympicIce #FigureSkating
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It's like the Patriots are trying to lose #SuperBowlVX #GoSeahawks
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
If you had told me 15 years ago that I would be watching the Super Bowl to protest a Republican administration I would have probably laughed in your face #SuperBowlVX #BadBunny #NoICE #Greenday
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Finishing up formatting for my 93k word second draft of Your Secret's Safe With Me. If you like basketball, secret romance, gay love, and religious critique, you may like this book! I'm still looking for beta readers. #BookSky #Books #SportsRomance #Romance #WritingCommunity
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Beta Readers for Your Secret's Safe With Me
Thank you for your interest in Your Secret's Safe With Me, an LGBTQ Sports Romance about basketball, friendship, and the intersection of religion and identity. For Jacob Foster, basketball is everyth...
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The Olympics has an Avengers: Endgame problem. It's going to be awhile before anyone can live up to the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremonies, and they will all be mildly disappointing until we collectively forget
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Not me sitting here getting emotional over the Olympic Opening Ceremony #MilanCortina2026 #Olympics
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
It's Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony day! I'm not a huge sports fan in general but I have ALWAYS loved the Olympics #Olympics #OpeningCeremonies #Sports #International
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Jacob Foster only wanted to be a heterosexual NBA shooting guard and to make his Baptist father proud. The Universe, and Seth Thompson, had other plans. #WritingCommunity #AmWriting #DebutNovel amaliaelliott.eo.page/xr24h
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Left the door open at dusk today, and ended up with two terrified hummingbirds in the front room. They were both safely returned outside but what an adventure that was!
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
You know what's harder than writing a book? Having to write promotional material for said book #AmPromoting #WritingCommunity #Write #BetaReaders #BookSummaries #ThanksIHateIt
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
I have finished the 93k word second draft of my gay basketball romance! If you like Heated Rivalry, and you like challenging religious dogma, than I think you would enjoy it. I will be looking for beta readers soon! #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #SportsRomance
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
So... is Florida freezing over close enough to Hell freezing over?
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Such stupid news to wake up to...
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
#moon #halloween
Halloween moon
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Fuck anxiety.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #second
At halftime, Jacob voiced his concerns. 

"What do you have to be worried about? Just keep up those three pointers like always," quipped Bret. 

"Live by the three, die by the three," Jacob said. "I just think we need to surprise them with something in the second half. They've got our strategy now, so we need to change it up." He rubbed at his face and hair with a dry towel. 

"We're in the lead. I don't think we need to worry that much. The Columbia scrimmage was this close, too," said Charlie.

"Columbia isn't Middleton, though." Derek's deep voice resonated through the locker room. "I agree with Jacob. Something's up."
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This guy, man. I know I say that a lot but it's, like, always true
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #might
Jacob's advantage was gone. The air left his lungs all at once. "What the fuck," he managed to say. "Why would you-" but he couldn't complete the question. The saliva dried up in his mouth making it impossible to speak. 

"Why do you think?" Seth asked, muffled by his sleeves. "Cat's out of the bag now, I guess."

Jacob sputtered. "I don't get it. Is this a joke?"

"I guess this day can't get any worse," said Seth, into his arms, resigned. "I like you Jacob. I've had a crush on you since the beginning of last year. When I noticed your 'straight casanova' thing might be an act, it bothered me. I didn't think I had a chance in hell -- I mean, you're so fucking popular -- but I wanted to at least find out if I was right. That's why I talked to you. I didn't think anything would..." Seth's voice faded, followed by a sniffle.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #care
"Well?"

Jacob asked the first question that came to mind, "What happened to you?"

"Like you even care," Seth spat back. 

Jacob bristled. He wanted to not care. He thought he didn't. He shouldn't, but for some reason Seth's conviction that he didn't rankled him. 

"Of course, I care!" he retorted. 

"Right, like you're the only person who's allowed to punch me?" Seth's voice dripped with disdain.

"That's not... ugh!" This was not going the way Jacob had planned. "That's not what I needed to talk to you about." 

"What, then? I need to get to class," said Seth.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #push
This was a bad idea, Jacob thought as soon as they were inside. The air was stiflingly hot, and the crush of bodies up against him made his skin crawl. As they pushed through, someone bumped into him and spilled what smelled like rubbing alcohol down the front of his shirt. The guy looked up at him bleary-eyed and mumbled a 'sorry' before disappearing into the crowd.

"Fuck!" That was a great start to the night. 

"The kitchen's this way," said Dana. "We'll get you cleaned up."

They got out of the fray and Sarah helped Jacob soak up most of the alcohol with a paper towel. 

"Do you want a drink?" asked Dana.

"No, I don't think so," said Jacob. "Maybe later. I destroyed myself last weekend."
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Thank you Google Photos for reminding me that 2017 was 8 YEARS AGO
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
The moon was huge tonight
Photo of the full moon taken with Galaxy S25
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Watched the first episode of Dandadan. What the F did I just watch?
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #leave
"I had a reason!" He shouldn't have said anything. He should just get up and leave Seth to brood about whatever went down. 

"Fuck! Fine! Yes, there was a reason. I don't want to talk about it," Seth growled. 

Jacob didn't have a clue why it bothered him so much that someone ran out on Seth. He shouldn't care. It was so far from being his business he should have to get on a plane to find out anything more. Seth was right. They had agreed to leave each other alone, so what the hell was Jacob doing? He had to know why a guy would run out on Seth; besides his own reason, of course. The guy had obviously gone upstairs with Seth willingly. In fact, it had looked like he'd been the one to suggest it. Had he been playing a prank? Had he been mean to Seth? 

"Why don't you want to talk about it? Did he do something to you?" he asked.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
If you want to know what an era of cinema censorship might look like in the US, look no further than our own history and the Hays Code. Was it law? No, but it didnt need to be.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #skill
"Nope," said Jacob. "There's a limit to the number of players that can be on the roster, but that number is twenty. You only need five on the court at a time. It's why they have different ranked school conferences. We're in a Four A because of the size of the school, but that doesn't help us get people to join the team."

"That's totally unfair," complained Seth. "How are you supposed to compete against that? It has nothing to do with skill."

Sarah sat down on Jacob's other side. "Jake, you should stay off that until the swelling goes down." She took his hand and leaned her head on his shoulder. "I'm sorry you guys lost. If they have such an unfair advantage, that will just make it that much sweeter when you beat them at State."
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
In my 38 years of life, I have survived 45 raptures/apocalypse. Let's do this.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Stardew Valley is saving me at this point
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
This summer has been really hard, and has also gone by incredibly fast. Can time slow down a little?
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This guy, man #Cats #CatsOfBluesky #CatSky
Portrait of an orange cat
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
#WIPSnips #AmWriting #WritingCommunity #AmRevising #YSSWM #yard
He noticed the boxwood bushes that lined the yard between Seth's townhouse and the next, and the overgrown rose bushes in the small stretch of garden against the front wall. The yard was otherwise completely empty. The siding was pale grey with bare windows curtained on the inside with heavy drapes. The houses on either side were freshly painted, with pale yellow on one side and sky blue on the other. Seth's house looked worn, with nicks and dents in the siding from past storms. 

Jacob, surprised that he hadn't noticed it before, found the house incompatible with the glowing, cheerful Seth who stood before him, unlocking the door. 

"My dad won't be home 'till six," Seth said over his shoulder. The aluminum storm door rested against his back as Seth opened the inside door onto a dark hallway. "Do you want anything to eat?"
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Watched The People vs. Larry Flynt last night and, man, it's depressing how relevant it is.
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Amalia Elliott @amalicule.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
I want to make this clear, because apparently not enough people care about others: Trans rights are YOUR rights, no matter your identity. Trans rights are your rights to medical intervention to feel comfortable in your body. 1/
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