Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 07/08/2025It’s been a rough couple weeks for my family, with probably more tough weeks to come. Any good thoughts/vibes/prayers are very much appreciated 🙏🏻 020
Reposted by Amanda PrahlWill Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Epstein matters, but there's a much greater story of American moral depravity that ought to be leading the news America is building an archipelago of squalid concentration camps. No one knows where this will end. The time to scream 'Never again'? Now! My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/us-c...inquirer.comThis column on U.S. concentration camps is the one I hoped I’d never write | Will BunchAndrea Pitzer literally wrote the book on concentration camps. I talked to her about how they came to America. 641781835
Reposted by Amanda PrahlRusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 23/07/2025Hey is it bad if google AI search results stop people from leaving google dot com 99% of the time? All our news and information creators can survive just fine with one percent of their previous search traffic right? I’m sure it’s fine. www.404media.co/googles-ai-i... 61821555
Reposted by Amanda PrahlBlue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Convenient list of places where your donation would go the furthest 6246109
Reposted by Amanda PrahlCeleste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 18/07/2025All, today is a good day to support your local PBS station.npr.orgCongress rolls back $9 billion in public media funding and foreign aidThe House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 36431
Reposted by Amanda PrahlAaron Long @aaronlong.bsky.social · 16/07/2025when a company announces they're going to start using Al in their products all I hear is "our stuff is about to get noticeably shittier, but you should be excited because it'll be cheaper for us" 693091653
Reposted by Amanda PrahlCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 16/07/2025Counterpoint: the last time we switched fuels we saved a ton of lives and cleaned up our air. We can do it again. 1969286
Reposted by Amanda PrahlLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 15/07/2025We need an OFF switch for bullshit. 2027428
Reposted by Amanda PrahlJenny with a Green Ribbon Around Her Neck @readingtheend.bsky.social · 14/07/2025This romantasy starter pack is the most chaotic thing I've ever written. I can't believe the editor let me get away with this. 3376
Reposted by Amanda PrahlThe Road Jess Travelled @jesspected.bsky.social · 13/07/2025I never see this in reverse. Like I've talked to individuals still healing from family that cruelly threw them away for who they love or don't worship but I never see conservatives opining about a responsibility to love & accept their LGBTQ family. Or to stop terrorizing them. 451422315
Reposted by Amanda PrahlFelipe De La Hoz @felipedlh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025“Why is no one covering-“ it’s because every local news outlet has been decimated if not collapsed entirely for a number of reasons, among them that people want the product but are shocked that it costs money to produce and therefore provide it 313943
Reposted by Amanda PrahlLizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social · 12/07/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c... 28485743658
Reposted by Amanda PrahlDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2025This is the sort of smoking gun connection between a decision and outcome that gets people fired in a normal government 6049401441
Reposted by Amanda PrahlCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/07/2025Fascism is evil. Fascism is scary. Fascism is awful. But goddamn it is also so fucking whiny and intellectually vapid and incredibly annoying. 8552721053
Reposted by Amanda Prahlalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025gently: it's fine if you don't love explicit sex scenes in fiction but it would be cool if you could talk about it without sounding indistinguishable from moms for liberty 7169952228
Reposted by Amanda PrahlKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 09/07/2025"The masks frequently worn by agents make ICE seem like the type of secret police that operates in authoritarian regimes. But they are apparently meant to keep the police secret." 752809746
Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I truly loved #Superman , thanks to its phenomenal cast, sweet spirit, and a story that manages to feel both fantastical and relevant. Yes, it can be goofy, but it's thoughtful too - and its flaws mainly lie in its sprawling ambition, not deeper issues. Read my full review ⬇️ 040
Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Just left my #Superman showing with I the biggest grin on my face! Earnest and humorous w/o losing itself in the quips, some serious and timely themes, and big-hearted (if perhaps a bit spread thin at times). Full review @ladygeeksmedia.bsky.social later this week! 052
Reposted by Amanda PrahlRobin Marwick @electricland.bsky.social · 06/07/2025Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD. Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us? 3304949997
Reposted by Amanda Prahlsarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 07/07/2025lol. lmao. jesus fucking christ. 1778770
Reposted by Amanda PrahlDr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 06/07/2025To me this feels like a similar moment to Sandy Hook. If republicans aren’t willing to accept responsibility and change policy to protect young white christian girls in Texas, they won’t do it for anyone. 36691199
Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 30/06/2025"Elphie, now that we're friends, I've decided to make you my new project!" #TheGildedAge 070
Reposted by Amanda PrahlDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 27/06/2025Really a sad way to go through life www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/b... 2152930498
Reposted by Amanda PrahlAmy @lolennui.bsky.social · 27/06/2025It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins 437405908572
Reposted by Amanda PrahlMark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Sotomayor, in dissent, correctly says that today's decision in Mahmoud will lead public schools to simply censor books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes, creating "chaos" and stigmatizing children with LGBTQ families. This decision will lead to book bans. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p... 231489391
Reposted by Amanda PrahlDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/06/2025*Biden tries to forgive student loans* SCOTUS: Whoa there, that is, uh, a major question. Which means you can't do it. *Trump revokes part of the constitution* SCOTUS: Obviously, we got to give the President the benefit of the doubt on this one. 8076682736
Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025tfw a major legacy publication drops a big ol' spoiler in the middle of a feature review, while the rest of us struggle to even get access 🙃media.tenor.coma woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flamesALT: a woman in a black dress says it - it - the f - it - flam - flames 010
Reposted by Amanda PrahlFelicia Davin @feliciadavin.com · 25/06/2025raise your hand if you're not in NYC but you're following the mayoral election out of a desperate need to believe that good things are possible 70198892451
Reposted by Amanda Prahljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 25/06/2025what’s funny is that if pro-cuomo centrist democrats were less myopic they might see that mamdani was running the kind of campaign that could help rebuild the party brand — accessible with an outsider persona and a focus on “kitchen table” issues. 203136171791
Reposted by Amanda PrahlDr. Jacqueline E. Whitt @notabattlechick.bsky.social · 24/06/2025This move is abhorrent and antithetical to the fundamental principles of a democratic society. Five-alarm fire time for historians and others who care about access to the nation’s past and its documentary record. 🔥 🔥 🔥 #historians #history #skystorians 818186
Reposted by Amanda Prahlkelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Between June 10 and June 16, there were FOUR bomb threats sent to public libraries across the US. That this doesn't make wider news–the ongoing targeting of public libraries with bomb threats–is mind-boggling. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...buttondown.comOne Week, Four Library Bomb ThreatsBomb threats at libraries have become a far too common occurrence. In the summer of 2023–two years into an unrelenting attack on public librarians, as well... 4156103
Reposted by Amanda PrahlJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 22/06/2025I was a teenager in the early aughts, and it felt out-of-step with so much mainstream opinion to speak out against war. What is happening now is cruel and sad and wrong, and you don't have to let anyone make you feel bad for thinking and saying so. 171601220
Reposted by Amanda PrahlKim Shumway @kimshum.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Oh, look, a new MIT study shows that LLM use rots your brain. Quelle surprise. Your Brain on ChatGPT: "the LLM group's participants performed worse than their counterparts in the Brain-only group at all levels: neural, linguistic, scoring." arxiv.org/pdf/2506.08872 9289104
Reposted by Amanda PrahlGhostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 18/06/2025this is the most bullshit logic that I have ever seen and my rage CAN NOT BE CONTAINED. the supreme court does not need to be deciding WHAT MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE TREATABLE and no one should ignore this just because this time it wasn't yours, holy shit 6726260
Reposted by Amanda Prahl🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18/06/2025"In sadness, I dissent." 439192
Reposted by Amanda PrahlJennifer Prokop @jenreadsromance.bsky.social · 18/06/2025at this point, i just want this dumbass country to exist long enough for john roberts to be pilloried in history textbooks as the worst chief justice since roger taney. 3949
Reposted by Amanda PrahlRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 16/06/2025If a pregnant woman is brain dead, in a coma, and no longer has rights to make decisions about the pregnancy according to E. Bruenig, that means we don’t have a say in what happens to our organs and corpses after we die. We are public property upon death. Quite an argument! 873576710
Reposted by Amanda PrahlJay Lender @jaylender.bsky.social · 17/06/2025My god! They've discovered TELEVISION!! 06818
Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 17/06/2025I know I’m in my 30s because I just got irrationally excited over figuring out a more effective spreadsheet for my business accounting.media.tenor.coma man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america 'ALT: a man is standing in front of a sign that says ' usted leadership for a stronger america ' 000
Reposted by Amanda PrahlDr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Remember in 2014 when the new U2 album was automatically installed in everyone's iTunes and everyone got really annoyed? Imagine if they'd installed it on every other programme you ever used. And it also somehow meant Bono could interrupt what you were doing and take over That's modern AI, that is 6365130
Reposted by Amanda PrahlJason Carl @vampiresnvino.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Make no mistake: creating in the face of hate and despair is an act of defiance. 141072291
Reposted by Amanda PrahlCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 11/06/2025Exactly this. There are so many alternate options. 317723
Amanda Prahl @amandaprahl.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I’ve been browsing job boards and the like lately (looking for more freelance/contract clients!) and the algorithm on one suggested I apply to V*lnet 😬media.tenor.coma woman from schitts creek is holding a book and saying i won t be doing any of thatALT: a woman from schitts creek is holding a book and saying i won t be doing any of that 020
Reposted by Amanda PrahlJeremiah Oshan @jeremiah.sounderatheart.com · 11/06/2025Feels kinda important to point out that if non-citizens are required to carry proof of legal status, then citizens do too by default. This is absolutely insane. 412332692
Reposted by Amanda PrahlBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 09/06/2025I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it" 61103381999