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Amanda Bittner

@bittner.bsky.social
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I like data, dogs, and my dog named Data. Have I mentioned I like data? I study & teach political science. I live to traipse around the wilds of Newfoundland. www.amandabittner.com

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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have been really reflecting on what level of surveillance I myself am comfortable with.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🤣
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I don't understand the okayness with surveillance, coupled with the lack of desire for independence.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
YES THAT'S THE SPIRIT!!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Yeah! Thanks!!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Thank youuuuuuuu! So excited!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
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Friends Phoebe
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Ooooh thank you! Can't wait to hear what you think of this edition!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Beyond excited to announce that the newest edition of PUBLIC OPINION, written by Rosalee Clawson, Zoe Oxley, and ME(!!) is available now! This book is filled with lots of cool material geared towards undergrads, super proud! Find the book here: collegepublishing.sagepub.com/products/pub...
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
#DreamJob
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
😂 Dying
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
😍
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
That bugs me so much.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Civil servants should be able to provide the policy analysis we need. This is ridiculous.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Next Thursday! Join us for a really fun evening where we talk about the perils and joys of running for politics. There will be snacks! Activities! Incredible panelists! Conversations! (Free) Registration at this link: www.eventbrite.ca/e/what-did-w...
Poster with details about "What did we learn" political panel, to take place on Thursday October 27, 2025 at the Well Room on Duckworth Street in St John's.
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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
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I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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Carole V. Bell @cvbell.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I don’t think you can understand the dynamics of the Epstein and Trump and how this much corruption gets suppressed in the digital age without reading Robert Entman’s book, Scandal or Silence, an exploration of the factors that really drive presidential scandal. robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...
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Scandal and Silence: Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct
Scandal and Silence challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption.…
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Wonderful! Congratulations!!
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
"The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that ... would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free." Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
smh.com.au
‘Very clear’: Labor rules out exemption for AI giants to take content for free
The Albanese government has shot down a proposal from the Productivity Commission, which had tech company backing, that would exempt them from copyright laws.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Just…wow
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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Angelle Haney Gullett @cityofangelle.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.” 🎁link
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen @aussiastronomer.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
It’s on election nights especially that I really miss the old good twitter.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Beautiful!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This is so great. I wish we had it at Memorial. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
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The Therapist Next Door
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
LOL
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
What happened to the voters list this year? How many others were dropped off of it and didn't bother to deal with it for all kinds of good reasons?
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
1. I was not on the voter's list. 2. I called and was told I needed to come in person to register. 3. I went down to register, and then was told to come back when my ballot was ready. 4. The postal strike + work travel meant I could not just vote on election day, and could not mail in my ballot.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I needed to take 3 trips to city hall this year in order to vote - I was not on the voters list despite living in the same house for 18 years. The average person would not take these extra steps. Voter turnout is partially a function of electoral management. Let us assess our processes, St John's.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
You don't say...
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Also fun fact, searching for “divorce anthems” on spotify leads to all kinds of entertaining playlists including some separated out by moms versus dads! What a genre!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Wonderful, Gijs! Congratulations.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I am impressed, this is a well-developed list!!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I wanted to name my kids Stevie. Love this one!!!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
YES!!! What are your faves? Mine is definitely The Chicks most recent album Gaskighter. The whole thing is epic. www.npr.org/2020/07/16/8...
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'Gaslighter': The Chicks After The Fire
Long known as firebrands ready to take on abusers, country music and the president, the trio now known as The Chicks is finding – on its first album in 14 years – beauty in loss and lonesomeness.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
I can only imagine. It’s really well done. And the fact that this is so friggin common and basically built into the structure is…well…you know.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This is tough to read but really important.
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Ooooh!!
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Yeah!!
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
MAY I EXPLAIN?
DEAR ANN LANDERS: It is obvious from reading your column that large numbers of husbands and boyfriends are going bisexual or totally gay. I'll bet few women have figured out why this is happening to them. May I explain?

--North County Times, 15 Aug 1982
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
A truly brilliant idea. Get your debate bingo card here. Will the leaders talk about child care? Or any other "gender" issue? I am curious! nl.childcarenow.ca/2025/10/07/n...
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Newfoundland and Labrador Leaders' Debate Bingo - Newfoundland and Labrador Child Care Now
Hey Newfoundland & Labrador party leaders — help us get a BINGO. Wednesday night’s Leaders’ Debate is a chance to show you care about #EarlyLearning and #ChildCare. We’ll be listening for: 🏫 Child car...
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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
🦖 Steve's T-Rex mug > inotternews.etsy.com/listing/1755...
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Bojan Fürst @bojanfurst.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Hey folks! There is still a few spots left in the intro to audio storytelling workshop I will be teaching in October through the StoryCenter.org. Here is the link to the workshop page" www.storycenter.org/schedule/pod...
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Everyone is talking about this article, and it is GOOD. Recommend!
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Say it often, say it loud: "Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
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Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
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Amanda Bittner @bittner.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is the part that I find most astounding and hard to watch.
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