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Amy (she/her)

@bitter-optimist.bsky.social

Library nerd, love cooking shows, widow, middle-aged, mom of a teen (Kiddo on here), emoji over-user, random, kinda boring. 🫠

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

48. Another turn around the sun.

Photo of a woman with short hair and glasses wearing a blue flowered shirt. At the movies for her birthday.

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I rolled my eyes so hard at him

Meme of Robert Downey Jr with the caption, “Someday I’m going to eye roll myself into another dimension.”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Book recommendation time! While the book is technically written for trans folks, it gave me a new perspective & I learned so much. I feel a little better equipped to be an ally now. It has so much info for everyone.

Book cover for The T in LGBT+: Everything You Need to Know About Being Trans by Jamie Raines

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Thanks for this email about mental health, health insurance. I never knew anything about these things. 🙄🫠

Text of an email:
Breathing Exercises
Deep breathing is one of the best ways to reduce stress in the body. It can help decrease your heart rate, calm your breathing, and lower your blood pressure. There are many breathing exercises you can use; here are instructions for one of them — belly breathing.
1. Sit or lie flat in a comfortable position.
2. Put one hand on your belly just below your ribs and the other hand on your chest.
3. Take a deep breath in through your nose and let your belly push your hand out. Your chest should not move.
4. Breathe out through pursed lips as if you were whistling. Feel the hand on your belly go in and use it to push all the air out.
5. Do these 3 to 10 times. Take your time with each breath.
6. Notice how you feel at the end of the exercise.
Boost your well-being
Here are a few tips and strategies that can help you build resiliency:
• Connect with others
• Avoid excessive alcohol consumption and drug use
• Limit social media use and screen time
• Practice gratitude

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Had to sort through a bunch of LGBTQ+ stickers to make sure they are all kid/teen appropriate. Came across this one & I can’t stop laughing at it! So great & I’m sad I can’t use it.

Sticker with two bisexual flags that says, “I put the bi in bitch.”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Sorta weird to have these come up on my feed right next to each other.

Screenshot of 2 posts-
Top one from Alt National Park Service In response to Trump's assertion, "He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," we say:
The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

Bottom one from Kyle Clark
As a journalist who covers extremism at the local level, I think it's a mistake to view Trump's Napoleonic statement as solely about presidential power.
Consider if it's interpreted as a wink and a nod for any extremist to act outside the law to "save" the country as they see fit.
This has a screenshot of trump’s post, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I immediately thought of @suesswassersee.bsky.social when I saw this. I don’t know what that says. You’re welcome, I guess.

A photo of a deer in the woods. Instead of a deer body, it’s a whole dill pickle. The caption says, “A dill doe in its natural habit.”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This coffee mug felt like a good choice for today.

Mug that says, “What (and I cannot stress this enough) the fuck?”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

When you refuse to wear your snow boots & it's 4°F with a windchill of -15°F, Mom has to carry you home like a little hairy football because your feet get cold & you can't walk. Brat dog.

Photo of a person all bundled up carrying a small tan dog under her arm.

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Facebook reminded me that I posted this 5 years ago today. It’s weird to read this now knowing that 7 months later my husband would be dead. I’ve been giving the in-laws way too much of my mental energy the last few wks. Their ability to hurt my feelings never stops surprising me.

Screenshot of a Facebook post, “For 2020, I'm resolving to let go of all the in-law crap. They don't deserve the mental energy I give them. I'm sure this will be easier said than done & I will still have to vent sometimes, but I will try.
However this doesn't mean I won't still share goofy stories about them because everyone loves those!”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #331,356!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #331,356, Amy (she/her) ‪@bitter-optimist.bsky.social‬, joined on Jul 21, 2023"

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 25/12/2023

Merry Christmas or Happy Monday! Whichever one it is, I hope your day is good! ❤️

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

So there’s this.

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

This book cover is a whole mood (as my child would say).

Book cover for “Okay for Now” by Gary D. Schmidt. It has a person wearing jeans, a white tshirt, & shoes with a baseball glove on one hand & giving a thumbs up with the other. The person has a paper bag with a smile face drawn on it over their head.

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 17/09/2023

This is quite the timeline we’re in.

Screenshot of tweet from NY Post, “Man Lauren Boebert was caught groping at
'Beetlejuice' owns gay-friendly bar that hosts drag shows trib.al/flbbQz4”

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 02/09/2023

Mmmmmmm… that’s my favorite snack! How did you know Target? 😂

Screenshot of a Target Circle offer in the Snacks Food (human) category showing an amount off of cat treats.

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

Does anyone know if there are any in-person places that teach how to do eye liner? Specifically a cat’s eye or winged (basically like below)? Or do you have any YouTubers you recommend that teach how to do it?

Close up of a person’s eye showing their eye makeup.

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Amy (she/her) @bitter-optimist.bsky.social · 26/08/2023

It is colder right now than it has gotten in over 2 weeks. I’m so happy about it. (Even tho I think the word “drizzle” is gross)

Screenshot of the weather app showing 61° Drizzle, H: 73° L: 59°

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