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Amanda

@graidh.bsky.social
651 followers 2.2K following 1.1K posts

Book Lady, Cat Mother, Chicken Wrangler, Weaver, Mistress of the Knitting Needles, Gamer, Harper, Lover of History and Philosophy, Dreamer, Dissident, Pretty Decent Cook and really not happy with this timeline.

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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I’m deleting all social media from my phone on Oct. 1 because I need a break from everything for a bit. If you know me IRL, text me. Otherwise will check DMs when at my desk.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
When I was a student a million years ago, I learned the concept of moral injury. I never thought so many of us would be barely functioning because of it during my lifetime.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I feel sick. This is happening 3 miles from me. I have no words.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
They do not. I’ve just started blocking people I probably would have ignored or muted now. I just will not deal with them.
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DanHELL M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I don't WANT personalized music! I want to hear something made by a PERSON that is trying to SAY something, trying to make me and others FEEL something. That doesn't come about through "personalization." Jesus Christ. The bloodless fucks have never loved anything in their lives except themselves.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also, shortly after seeing this for the first time I became a bookseller and stayed that way.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’m still not over this scene.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
On that note, why are *so* many people so comfortable farming out all cognitive tasks? We are told repeatedly as we age to stay engaged, do puzzles, be creative, etc. to stave off declines in memory and reasoning. I'm just seeing a shitload of people I'd think on board with that saying fuck it.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is the part I just do not understand watching all these commercials for people asking supposed AI agents to do stuff for them. I can barely hammer out a weekly dinner list with my husband without tearing my hair out (and I LOVE cooking) because there is no chance it would ever understand.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This writer is freaking out that people haven’t heard some pop country song? I probably couldn’t hum a Taylor Swift song. Seriously. Lots of people don’t listen to pop anything.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Girl dinner because *gestures around wildly*.
Girl dinner on a slate board. From the top, a can of Limonata, home baked bread, olives, olive oil, parmesan, prosciutto, Calabrian chili salami, pecorino.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nope.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It’s not going to matter to the buyers at the stores, they don’t see this stuff much. What makes me mad is people who pile on without having read a book, then leaving reviews. It’s stupid and harmful in the long run, but less worrisome for you because you have a great sales history. I preordered 🙂.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Jfc. I sell books for a major pub and some days I really wonder why people do this crap. It feels like some kind of clout seeking edgelord bs. It’s awful and harmful the genre. Fandoms can be so icky. I’m so sorry you are dealing with this.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I use these guys a lot. Very well made, packaged, ships quickly.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Criminal.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Flu and second shingles vaccine today. I’ll get my Covid shot when I get my pneumonia one in a couple of weeks. Get your shots people!
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
JCO would be over quicker, I think.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I made it!!!
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, next to a stick figure labeled “AI”. The stick figure says, “my outputs look just like yours now.”
The second panel zooms in on Sarah’s face. Above her we see text reading “I think”.
The third panel zooms in closer on Sarah’s face. Text above her reads “you missed”.
The fourth panel shows Sarah drawing happily in a sunlit room. The text above her reads “the point”.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’m on a plane. It is moving towards the runway. I may get home today. Hooray.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Happy Autumn Everyone!
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It is clean. That is the only compliment I can render. Now for six hours of sleep and a sprint back to the airport.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aaaand the flight home is delayed until tomorrow. And I have no luggage. I hope the hotel doesn’t suck. 😭
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Well then. We have been caught up in the Escape from the East Coast airport clusterfuck and I am at the 8:30 pm giant pretzels, fried cheese and booze part of the program. Maybe I’ll get home today?
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I stand amazed and inspired.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My flight from Boston to Philly sat for a couple of hours and now we are returning to the gate. Are we great yet? No idea what is happening.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’m sorry.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
That was my thought somewhere around halfway through the season. Good grief how does he make utterly broken so appealing?
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I am currently at 9 scam loan calls today. And two texts. I am incredibly close to changing my number to have a couple of months of peace. Ugh.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I would faint!
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Love cucumber masks in hot weather.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Artemis has learned of the pleasures of a blanket fresh from the dryer from her eldest brother J’zargo. #catsky #cats #kittens
A black oriental shorthair cat snuggled into a gray blanket with a black kitten.
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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Today I'm honoring 9/11 Day by turning remembrance into action. 25 years later,,, we remember those we lost and honor the heroes who stepped up by continuing to do GOOD. If you a NYC school teacher,,, drop yo wish list and imma hook up the first 25. Join me and @911day and #UNITEFORGOOD.
Flavor Flav serving up meals at Bowery mission NYC
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I have the cutest coworker.
A small black cat curled up sleeping on a striped towel.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Same! But mine is definitely genetic. I was tested. I’m on a statin and Zetia, not much in the way of side effects and better than an unpleasant surprise in a decade or so. It didn’t matter what I ate or didn’t. How much I exercised. Nothing worked until the meds.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Autumnal birds! 🧡
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Oh I need this to go with my mockingbird print!
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A friend of mine on Clarksville Pk north of OHB had a brief outage and texted me to see what was up. Hers came back in about 10 min. Unaffected in Marrowbone.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
That’s next on our list. We did Rocky tonight and whew. That man was HOT.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
It is time. Laughing singing crying. #rockyhorror
Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Can we just take a moment to appreciate this little diva? And if anyone in Middle TN needs a cat, please let me know. All but one of our formerly feral porch kitties have turned into the sweetest lap babies. #cats #kittens
A beautiful tortie girl cat posing on an outdoor chair.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
<3
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@evilamy.bsky.social
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It's also incredibly inclusive. I had trained it out of myself when I moved to the NE, but realized it's just the Southern version of youse guys which I heard ALL the time in Philly. So y'all returned.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I’m going to ask you something you’ve previously said you would not answer.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
At least 5 a day, sometimes more. I’ve considered changing my number.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Friends, I feel *weary*. T's granny died in the night and my mom's best friend will be going any time now. My inclination is to build a pillow fort and hide. BUT, all these people we have lost and are losing lived big all the way to the end so I'm going to have margaritas and fajitas and twirl.
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Amanda @graidh.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I like my Clever Fox planner. I use the dated Weekly Planner Pro, but they have a smaller size if you don't need quite as much space.
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