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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Splashdown. Tears in my eyes. What an incredible 10 days.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Open access to research is SO important for the UX field. Please read!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Etymology is Latin [condiciōn-em (in later times, through the running together of palatalized c and t, commonly spelt conditiōn-)] by way of Old French [condicion] to Middle English.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Now the word conditioner has a recorded use from 1598, but that means more along the lines of a person who makes conditions (i.e. bargains). The word "conditioner" that means "An agent that brings into good condition." was first recorded in print in 1888.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

While "conditioner" is a noun, we are actually looking for the verb "condition" plus the suffix -er to get what we mean today. That verb was first recorded in 1530, though the particular use w/r/t bringing something into a particular desired condition is from 1850 or so.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The word "condition" was first used (in written language) circa 1315 (!!!) "Hit is wykked condicioun..ȝef he seyth ich wille the have..Ȝef thou deist suche a dede Of queade." BUT! That is the noun of condition, not the verb.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Last night while showering I wondered about the word origins of the word "conditioner," so now you're all getting an etymology lesson today. [NGL, one of the best perks of my job is access to the Oxford English Dictionary.]

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Just finished Dispatch. What a great game! Incredible.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

HM 3/3 - A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay by Octavia E. Butler - She wrote this so long ago but it is SO prescient. - How About Now: Poems by Kate Baer - This collection continues the gut punch of her poetry, and you better tell her thank you once you read it.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

HM 2/3 - James by Percival Everett - This was the first book I read this year, and what a way to kick off the year! - The Hobbit - Obviously, I’ve read The Hobbit before. But this read-through was special, as I read it aloud with Minerva and finished it in January. What a special experience.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Honorable Mentions!! 1/3 - Poems of Parenting by Loryn Brantz - I cried. I laughed. I’m buying this for every parent. - The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie - Best mystery novel I’ve ever read. You should read it. Everyone should read it. Don’t read anything else about it, just pick it up.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

1: Dungeon Crawler Carl (series) by Matt Dinniman - No other series has gripped me so thoroughly as Dungeon Crawler Carl. If you like fantasy and/or RPGs, you should read this series. I devoured all seven books in a matter of weeks.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

2: Katabasis (and Babel) by R.F. Kuang - This book is for academics. It makes you want to be better read in the classics so you get the references.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

3: Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - What a great story. I love when books make you feel hope.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

4: A Frog in the Fall by Linnea Sterte - Do you want to feel a hug in graphic novel form? This book is the embodiment of an autumnal bonfire with friends.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

5: Everything is Tuberculosis by John Green - I will read anything John Green writes. I’m just grateful that he writes really good stuff.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

6: Shadow of the Leviathan (series) by Robert Jackson Bennett - Do you like Hercule Poirot? Do you like fantasy? Do you wish that you could solve crimes in mythical lands? Read this series. The third one comes out in August!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

7: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow - The subtitle of this book is “Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It,” and I’m grateful he took the time to think through the second clause of that sentence. If you’re pissed about the (subpar) quality of the internet right now, read this.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

8: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz - I’ve recommended this book to a couple of people by referring to it as a spiritual sibling of A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers. This book is a balm for the soul.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

9: A Little Daylight Left: Poems by Sarah Kay - How is this her first book in like, a decade? It’s great. She’s great. Poetry is great. We should all read more poetry.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I read 105 books in 2025! My Top 10: 10: Temeraire (series) by Naomi Novik - I finally finished it! This series is basically what if the Napoleonic Wars had dragons? It’s really good. I wouldn’t recommend it to everyone (it can be a bit dry and battle-focused?) but it was extremely my jam. #booksky

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I need the @calm.com app to know that you all dropped a new BFG sleep story today and it is going to do NUMBERS at our house. My kiddo Minerva has basically worn the other two out, so we are so grateful. And thank you to Jerome Flynn, too! You’ve got a 5yo big fan who wants the whole audiobook.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

and THIS is why I always buy @cardsagainsthumanity.com's dumb Black Friday thing. (Diamond Potato: still here, still shriveled, somehow not molding or decaying?)

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I have started my re-listen to the archive of the podcast Til Death Do Us Blart, an annual review podcast of the movie Paul Blart 2 by the McElroy Brothers and the dingdongs from The Worst Idea of All Time. This podcast is art. #DeathBlart is part of my Thanksgiving, can't wait for this year's ep.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 27/10/2025

The earliest known example of ‘brain rot’ comes from Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 book “Walden.” “While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?”

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

The project I've worked on for the last six months is live today! I'm a complex mix of relieved, panicked, happy beyond belief and dead-eyed realization that this was just the first step of several.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 10/10/2025

Printing presses kept their letters in cases. Capital letters went in the upper case. Smaller letters went in the lower case. This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’ Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press? MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 07/10/2025

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day? Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Kiddo brought home some kindy crud. We are both sniffling on the couch, but at least she wanted to watch old school Mr. Rogers. There’s some good today.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2025

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I love this for so many reasons: - I get to show this to my little girl, who loves to read more than anything (today is her fifth birthday! What a gift!) - Mychal is a gem of a human, the perfect person to carry the mantle - the world needs more Book and Library Joy!! 📚💙

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Update: I can't actually be there (prior engagement), which means you should DEFINITELY be there.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Hey, Notre Dame folks! This book was incredible, and I can only imagine how good the talk will be. I’ll be there, and you should, too!

A poster for “Historical Echoes and the Klan in Indiana,” a talk by author Timothy Egan, to be held Oct 3 at 4pm at Notre Dame.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” ― J.R.R. Tolkien Happy Hobbit Day/First Day of Autumn, everyone!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Attending this talk today. Hoping to come out of it with a sense of peace and understanding that’s been lacking in recent years.

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payton mitchell @paytmitch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

now is a good time to turn off video auto play in your settings!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I'm a librarian. I have so many. Easily double digits.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Yo @cardsagainsthumanity.com - figured y’all would enjoy a Diamond Potato update. We’re wrinkled. We’re shriveled. But we’re also seeing some growth? Read into it what you will.

A shriveled potato just riddled with diamond studs.

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Last day of #GenCon! As per tradition, the frantic Math Trade mad rush to get some new games and get rid of some old ones. Also tradition: our game of @divinationrpg.bsky.social to break our hearts. And finding some car charging for the trip home. It was a Gen Con for the books!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

This was the highlight of our trip so far. We were the third game out of five - happy to know my lineage kept the royal throne!

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Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

July & August are going to be VERY busy months for me at work - two major projects coming online. But ALSO #GenCon is smack dab in the middle. A long weekend of gaming will be a welcome brain break. 🎲🐲🎉

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Hey @mattrudkinweather.bsky.social - I have a flight question! I’m coming home from Philly. My arrival time in Chicago just moved up 15 minutes earlier. How do they know the plane will make it there sooner? How accurate is it? I’m happy - makes my tight connection a little less tight!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Just landed in Philly! ALA, here I come!

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Amanda Gray Perry @amandagrayperry.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Not to whine about sunny weather, but I live where winter hurts my face so I don’t have to deal with 81 degrees at 9:30 in the morning. Would love this heatwave to break!

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