Amanda Katz
@katzish.bsky.social
Writer and editor. Host of the newsletter Porch Party (sign up! porchpartynews.com). Ex @PostOpinions @CNN @BostonGlobe @BloomsburyUSA. Sometime poet & translator. Good eater. Parent. Bostonian by birth, New Yorker by disposition, currently in DC.
TRUMP: I will lay waste to the White House, Washington, the nation’s natural heritage and native lands, and the earth’s environment! ELON: Haha sucker I will lay waste to the moon cbs12.com/news/local/a...
Abandoned SpaceX rocket slams into moon at 5,400 mph, carving new crater
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket booster that launched from Florida struck the surface of the moon early Wednesday, creating a new crater.
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This had me in absolute tears laughing. Bring back home ec
Los Angeles: sports capital of the world@theamitie.bsky.social · 11h agoThere’s a guy on TikTok who posts just him taking a pizza out of the oven every day with tongs and all of the comments are about how their day is ruined from having watched this
i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten
as low as my expectations have become I still didn't think an abuse story about somebody breaking a little girl's bones would get worse but that appears to have been naive of me
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h agowhoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation
honestly can't stress enough, as a former family law attorney, how depressingly common Max Miller's behavior and words are, right down to the petty fixation on custody procedure and rules when faced with allegations of shocking violence.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h agoRep. Max Miller: "When I was reported for child abuse of my daughter for a broken collarbone, my daughter was in my ex-wife's care 9 out of the last 11 days and she took her to the emergency room, which is a contempt violation from our shared parenting plan."
You can tell that he never hurt or threatened his wife or child from...the way that he is publicly threatening his wife's father
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 18h agowhoa -- Max Miller on CNN threatens Sen. Bernie Moreno with "exposing a deeply and personal embarrassing matter" after Moreno called for his resignation
Republicans will likely do what they always do and confirm Blanche as Attorney General despite all of this, and once again, women across America will pay the price.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 2d agoNEW: Amid AG confirmation battle, Todd Blanche assured anti-abortion activists that he's working to make Dobbs 'permanent in every single state.' Admin will act 'soon' to limit mail-order abortion drugs. w/ @alicemiranda.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Moreno on Max Miller: "My daughter lives in constant fear of this man ... you can't fathom what that makes me feel like when the dad's number one job is to protect your kids... if there's any minimum standard for being an elected official, he feels to meet it. I don't care about the politics at all"
The case for globalism
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist@nameshiv.bsky.social · 20h agoOK I have to go work now but I shall leave you with this video of the greatest Alpine yodeller alive (who happens to be Japanese) doing his thing with some chickens in the most iconic video you have ever seen www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppm5...
"I believe that news should be based on facts and truth." Buddy, you put a person atop yr other news org who has zero news or TV experience, is trying to force administration talking points & lies into coverage, & is hiring inexperienced &/or incompetent leaders. No evidence you like facts or truth
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · yesterday"While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more." - David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/op...
Micah Nielsen, 21, arrived at the polls wearing an “I hate AI” shirt and looking for a candidate who puts people over corporate profits. Nielsen lives in an area where data center development is a concern. “I’m trying to find ways to boycott AI,” he said. virginiamercury.com/2026/08/04/l...
It truly is. Also just noticed that the kids at the beginning are sitting at the same little-kid table and chairs I had at the same age
Alex Fernie@ferniecommaalex.bsky.social · 22h agoJust thinkin' about the best film ever made. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ_M...
Wait, I kind of love this? This is also just Some Guy but he is like "I am some guy, let me know if you need anything"
Maggie Harrison Dupré@mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 21h agoIt's ChatGPT but just a guy futurism.com/artificial-i...
A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019. n.pr/4yRThg9
Senate Democrats say banks turned blind eye to suspicious moves by Jeffrey Epstein
A report from Senate Democrats accuses big banks of failing to report suspicious money transfers made by Jeffrey Epstein until after his arrest in 2019.
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Meanwhile, in bucolic Vermont
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
Why will Penelope not give Odysseus the 5 cents he needs to get off the boat
Sam Adams@samadams.bsky.social · 2d agoHe may ride forever ‘neath the streets of Boston He’s the man who never returned
The front page of this morning’s Spokesman-Review, Aug. 2, 2026, the day after one of the worst wildfires in Washington state history. More than 600 structures, mostly homes, have been lost in the #OldTrailsFire. Read local news.
What party wouldn’t want to be associated with fatal, explosive diarrhea
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2d agoTwo people have died from cyclosporiasis in Michigan, marking the first fatalities in the largest U.S. outbreak of the intestinal illness
the next president has a duty to the country to prove that “tax immunity” is a completely made up thing that doesnt exist. they need to do this through intense prosecution to signal to future leaders what will happen if they try this
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d agoFLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
So much weirdness—if you can persuade one courtier in your direction, you can change the course of global affairs
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2d agodidn't call this one, ngl www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Seems a bit insane that the national conversation is focused on relitigating the fact that COVID was bad and RFK is a nut job while largely ignoring the wildfires that are devastating Washington’s second largest city
Alexandra (Alex) Duggan@alexdugganreports.bsky.social · 3d agoMore than 600 (likely homes) burned in and around Spokane County yesterday. The devastation is incomprehensible www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
This is from 2022 but I had never seen it before. So adorable. High five to all concerned!!
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d agothis owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
I love this whole story. It’s like the rice pudding store in NYC that I’m convinced is a front, but without even the existence of the rice pudding
Gwen Snyder is uncivil@gwensnyder.bsky.social · 3d agoMy sister found us a dessert shop called Banana Mousse and when we came in it was just a forlorn guy at a counter in front of a single fridge. And a bunch of nonfunctional flatscreens on the wall. And one functional flatscreen with a picture of a crying moose saying "we're out of mousse 😢"
Just delightful—Susie Bright’s early ‘90s interview with Camille Paglia—and such a blast from the past. I remember hearing Paglia on the radio talking a mile a minute, half of it insane while also very smart, and calling my high school best friend to insist she turn on the radio so we could discuss
Susie Bright@susiebright.bsky.social · 3d agoIt’s Camille Paglia’s 79th birthday tomorrow. So let’s go back to the beginning. susiebright.ink/p/undressing...
It’s also just the body language, like the sexy alien with only a chain covering his (??) alien genitalia (??) is now Trump’s closest confidante and advisor. Makes sense, I guess
Citizen Platano 🇵🇷@daniloc.xyz · 4d agopropaganda chief: you get those photos of Trump and the alien? social media intern: sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked propaganda chief: don't come into my office for the next 15 minutes
