Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14mHave never seen this before—a real message in a bottle from the era of physical media 0110
Reposted by Amanda Katzc0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 15hOmigod, this is the most heartwarming story possible! Backpack (bear 89) is the son of the 2019 winner of Fat Bear Week, Holly (bear 435). In 2007, he injured his foot & a practice of riding on momma's Holly's back had a new meaning: he was mobility-restricted while it healed. So Holly moved him. 2843581463
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1hOTOH, in some cases dudes rock www.instagram.com/reel/Dd6_FUa...instagram.comBen & Ming | NYC Creators on Instagram: "My friend’s go-to Chinese takeout order is four chicken wings, pork fried rice, no vegetables. So I had to take him on a Flushing food crawl 🥟 📍 Henan Feng W...6,133 likes, 76 comments - bingbuzz on September 30, 2026: "My friend’s go-to Chinese takeout order is four chicken wings, pork fried rice, no vegetables. So I had to take him on a Flushing food crawl... 2122
Reposted by Amanda KatzJake_Vig @jakevig.bsky.social · 23/09/2026WARNING: Moose will try to diagnose what is wrong with your broken vehicle. 7999189
Reposted by Amanda KatzErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 4h1938 ad for cardboard boxes goes way harder than it needs to 77013
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2hAlso bears never try to lead an online mob of other bears to identify and torment bear victims 1626
Reposted by Amanda KatzMaggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 2hThis was the argument for why I had to stand when I was a cashier at a clothing store, and it didn't make me more attentive or hospitable. It just made my feet hurt so much that after my shift, I had to sit in the car for 15 minutes before I could stand to press the gas pedal 7571
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2hThis is so random. Why? How would this improve the experience for travelers in any way? 6363
Reposted by Amanda KatzThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 4hBreaking news: The Supreme Court said Tennessee can move forward with the execution of 50-year-old Christa Pike. The decision appears to extinguish the last possible reprieve for Pike, who as an 18-year-old helped carry out the murder of Colleen Slemmer in 1995.washingtonpost.comSupreme Court allows execution of Tennessee woman to proceed after delayAn appeals court had paused Christa Pike’s execution to consider her claim that sexual abuse she faced as a child should impact her punishment. 17249
Reposted by Amanda KatzJP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 9hI wrote about being chronically single, and about visiting a psychic to find out what's broken about me. she had some interesting things to say! johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/the-most-u...johnpaulbrammer.substack.comThe Most Unlovable Man in New York CityOn being chronically single and my visit to the love psychic 3056995
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 9hBits of this are pretty good, though "Sometimes the constituent created a small, private world that was soft and warm and simple. Sometimes hard, and cold, and complicated, and due on the 15th." 6122
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 10hMr. Cardamom comes through! This seems like a cool project—a hip-hop-themed public high school emphasizing music, history, entrepreneurship, art, technology, etc. More on it here www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025... 1183
Reposted by Amanda KatzIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 23hBREAKING NEWS: “Do geese see God” is a palindrome 13671061707
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 11hMan, pretty intense to name a staffer dead of that. I mean, soon it'll be all of us, but still, way to get there first 1232
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12hWithout trying to diagnose anything, it is clear that Trump has undergone significant physical and cognitive changes in the last few years and there must be a lot of compensations, aid, and workarounds happening to keep this plane in the air 5496
Reposted by Amanda KatzAmanda Litman @amandalitman.bsky.social · 13hThe newly competitive races & places this year are a necessary reminder that “battleground” is a dynamic term and it is rarely a waste of resources to invest in candidate recruitment and/or infrastructure in deep red places because you never fucking know! 38110
Reposted by Amanda KatzThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 12hTennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years haltedtheguardian.comTennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years haltedThe state governor and supreme court earlier refused calls for clemency for Christa Pike, who was convicted of murder 136918
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 12hWith support from the Trump administration, parents are putting their children’s lives at risk by leaving them unvaccinated for measles and giving them raw milk. Genuinely shocking people are willing to experiment on their babies like this 33912
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 15hThis young woman, just 21, has already been driven out of the state. Another guy in this story has young kids who only know him as Dad and can no longer take his son to the men’s room. Sensitive reporting (as always) by @caseyparks.bsky.social 025781
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 22hThis is actually great. The AI that prepared this clearly knows it would be safer to give Trump his own special country, the Unites States, while someone else runs the USA 27419
Reposted by Amanda KatzEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with a bestselling author who is insane [JACK SMITH]: No [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Naomi Wolf! [SMITH]: That is Naomi Klein sir 231483201
Reposted by Amanda KatzAaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz 844285467
Reposted by Amanda KatzThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows... 178109522060
Reposted by Amanda KatzDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient 202024612
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 30/09/2026We just got distributed a second cat through the system so are all set, but maybe you’re in the DC area and looking for two tiny cuties? 190
Reposted by Amanda KatzCharles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 29/09/2026you are invited to her gallery opening 343097484
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Missed this Greg Sargent joint exploring options to shut down or curtail Stephen Miller’s ethnic cleansing office within State, should Democrats retake the House 213931
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026To *default* to trafficking US residents, with jobs and families here and mostly no criminal record, to third countries, in what has been found by lower courts to be an illegal policy, seems insane. There is no pressing need for this 6679
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just one of your facedown frozen American lake children that you see sometimes. The billionaires’ children are not facedown on a frozen lake, just sayin’ 1336
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Student journalists at both Dartmouth and Cornell absolutely leading the coverage right now 0282
Reposted by Amanda KatzAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation ... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, he engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power" 340123254558
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Wait, the cult-like, billionaire-pushed school that has driven kids to mental health breakdowns and that families have fled in droves? Read the Wired story about it here www.wired.com/story/ai-tea... 315558
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Not to generalize, but it’s hard to overemphasize the extent to which many Americans are just Done with Bullshit 1629
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Are you making more than $-8 billion??? Well congrats, you’re outearning Anthropic! (Yes, that is NEGATIVE eight billion, I’m almost sure you’re doing better) 86112
Reposted by Amanda KatzDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895429931
Reposted by Amanda KatzDan Kennedy @dankennedy.net · 28/09/2026We've all heard about that NYT poll showing Collins with a 3-point lead. That's an outlier. Nearly every other recent poll shows Jackson with a small lead, and, to this point, none of them fully reflects the impact of the ProPublica exposé. 78811
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Look, if their definition of "healthy" includes "unnecessarily giving your newborn brain damage from measles" it might also include "letting accused rapists ask panel questions" 0302
Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I really can't get excited by "Choosin' Texas" or by arguing over it. It's fine. I was irritated the last line of the chorus isn't "He's choosin' Texas over me," which would close out the rhyme scheme more effectively than the half-assed "by myself/I can tell," but then I'm not the one printing $$$ 2200
Reposted by Amanda KatzSam @samd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026it’s so funny that people were like “OMG a 2PM Oval Office announcement, is Trump going to end the war in Iran or invade Cuba?!?!” and it turns out, no, he’s just going to rant about how good the economy is + how elections are rigged and then fall asleep 562041372