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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Spring is the time to refresh! My pal @whiskeywednesdays.bsky.social did a fab job redesigning my website for a sleek new look with personal flourishes, including some guest appearances from Jasper Schuster. Check it out! www.amandaschuster.com

writer Amanda Schuster on header for website amandaschuster.com

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

I am in jury duty in Brooklyn. Since 8:30 AM there has been only one voir dire, only a small bunch called in, a few returned. The woman across the aisle keeps yawning, then saying “sweet Jesus.”

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

If Pam Bondi was a waitress.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I was reminded of this quote from A.J. Liebling today: “Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

“I always drink to world peace.” (Yes, that’s sweet vermouth on the rocks with a twist.) Happy Groundhog Day.

Sweet vermouth on the rocks with an orange twist in globe glass on windowsill in Brooklyn, NY

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Sinners deservedly receiving all those Oscar nominations is excellent news for human creativity. We needed some for a change!

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David Wondrich @davidwondrich.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I was walking through Gowanus this afternoon, which is now one big construction site, and was reminded of the following lines, which I wrote back in 2019 when the canal looked like this and I used to while away many an idle hour wandering free as a rat along its weed-bowered banks.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

These articles are informative, but fail to mention how tariff wars in the FIRST admin set things up for this disaster. Lakes of unsold whiskey sitting in warehouses in Europe and UK before 2021. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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How Kentucky bourbon went from boom to bust

Tariffs, oversupply and teetotaling Gen-Zs have all contributed to the downfall of one of America's most iconic liquors.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

8 candles for the shortest day of the year (reflected in Jasper’s shiny coat)! Wishing you all peace and light in the darkness. Happy Hanukkah from Brooklyn.

Adorable black cat posing on Brooklyn windowsill with Menorahsaurus aflame with 9 candles for Night 8 of Hanukkah.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Hanukkah Night 7: FACE! (Also, blep!)

Adorable black cat next to Menorahsaurus with 8 lit candles for night 7 of Hanukkah on Brooklyn, NY windowsill.

Adorable black cat with tongue out next to Menorahsaurus with 8 lit candles for night 7 of Hanukkah on Brooklyn windowsill.

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

“Blue Period” is a double disc anthology of BP early work. The limited edition pressing sold out last year. But our label just discovered an extra box in Europe. This anthology captures the time between “The Cigarette Girl From The Future” and “Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are.”

The monochromatic cover of “Blue Period.”

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Night 2. May there be light and grace in your lives. Love from Jasper and me.

Adorable black cat checking out the Menorahsaurus candles for Night 2 of Hanukkah on windowsill in Brooklyn, NY.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Happy First Night! From me and Jasper. (And Menorahsaurus Rex.)

Adorable black cat in windowsill looking on next to T Rex menorah with 3 candles on first night of Hanukkah.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

So I stopped by to see the shrub…

View from 49th St. of Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lit up, New York City.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Listening to @npr.org @wnyc.org. There was a report on the planned NYC F & M subway line swap scheduled for next week. Sound byte from @mta.info rep was so on brand: completely muffled and unintelligible.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

A very satisfying early morning pomegranate dismantling.

Bowl of pomegranate seeds with juice spatters next to cutting board with knife and red rubber spatula.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

As we head into Halloween, fun cinema trivia: The Bride of Frankenstein was the first film with a dedicated thematic score for each scene and character, composed by Franz Waxman.

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a black and white photo of a woman with a wig on her head

Alt: Scene from the movie Bride of Frankenstein

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God @thegodshow.com · 30/10/2025

President Orange Julius Caesar and his ilk claim that guns are a God given right but don’t feel that food is a God given right. They claim to care about babies but don’t care if they go hungry when they become children.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/10/2025

Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may play the fool no where but in ’s own house.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Overheard in Brooklyn: “Are you broad spectrum miserable or is there something specifically wrong?” Anyway, here’s a cool swinging jack-o’-lantern.

Jack-o-lantern on swing near hanging witch hats in brownstone Brooklyn, NY.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Brooklyn says “fuhgeddaboudit!” to fascism. #nokings

Protesters in inflatable unicorn costumes showing up for No Kings Day in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

Signs “ISN’T IT PAST YOUR JAIL TIME?” and “NOPE (w/ golden labradoodle) held by protesters at No Kings Day rally, Brooklyn.

Terrier mix dog wearing “THE ONLY KING WE NEED IS SHORT KING” placard at No Kings Rally, Brooklyn.

“DON’T OBEY” frog protest sign at No Kings rally, Brooklyn.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 17/10/2025

As for the Duke of York, this late complaint Will make but little for his benefit.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

A friend just likened the genius of John Oliver’s deep dives to Eddie Izzard/Suzy’s prolonged intellectual standup bits. Yes!

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BEAUTY PILL @beautypill.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

The pressing of Beauty Pill's double vinyl "Blue Period" anthology sold out pretty quickly. But the label informed us that our European distributor has discovered an extra box(!). On its way back to us now. 40-50 copies, they say. As soon as we have it, we'll put it up for sale on bandcamp.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

In the 1990s I worked for what was then Time Warner when they purchased Turner. Somehow, it was decided the name of the merger would be Time Warner and Turner. #funwithacronyms

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

Tweet From Obama mentioning my firing from the Washington post. Wirh a photo of me

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

I always have a Manhattan on this day. Taking a moment to enjoy it and feel grateful to live in this amazing city. We’re resilient people. Cheers to you, NYC!

Manhattan cocktail in a coupe glass with 3 cherries, on a patterned coaster on a windowsill in Brooklyn at sunset.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 07/09/2025

Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I heard they’re still struggling to get the president to master the line “putting on the ritz!”

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Vince Keenan @vpkeenan.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

ICYMI, the latest Cocktails & Crime has background on my CrimeReads story about the six movies directed by Danny DeVito now that a remake of THE WAR OF THE ROSES is in theaters. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-81...

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

And by "records" they mean That's What I Call Redaction Volume Epsteinth.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

You know, if you're pitching me with a cocktail recipe that has 5 or more ingredients for a Labor Day editorial, you're kinda missing the point of that holiday.

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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 15/08/2025

How I would make him fawn, and beg, and seek, And wait the season, and observe the times, And spend his prodigal wits in bootless rhymes, And shape his service wholly to my device, And make him proud to make me proud that jests!

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

“That ought to take the sting out of being occupied, eh Mr. Richard?”

Glass of champagne in Porter House restaurant.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

If you live in DC and are active on normie social media sites, you should be flooding the zone with videos of boring peaceful life in the city.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

This one goes out to all you Jill Stein voters and those who “couldn’t decide because we don’t have enough information”. youtu.be/MUt6Mrrp27U?...

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Gang Of Four - He'd Send In The Army (Official Live | Urgh 1980)

YouTube video by Gang Of Four

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Raspberries, blackberries, and mulberries are not actually berries but are fruits grown from flowers with multiple ovaries as seeded droplets. However, a banana is a berry because it grows as a single droplet from a flower from one ovary.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

New phone camera and its astounding depth of focus.

Black cat lying on red patterned rug, exposing white heart-shaped tuft on lower belly, next to shredded cardboard scratch pedestal and assorted cat toys.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

And no drunk texting "you up?" (Nicely done, Wayne.)

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

A peacock showing off its art.

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Amanda Schuster @winenshine.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

OH at Trader Joe's, woman talking too loudly on phone: "Look. She's either going to wear a lot of clothes or not. She'll do what she wants. I just won't go to the club."

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