Amanda

Amanda

@amandabeloved.bsky.social

Bookish, historinerd, ambivalent about people about 50% of the time

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Amanda
@amandabeloved.bsky.social

@herberthistory.bsky.social I know you get all kinds of recommendations for books & folks to have on #Reckoning, but I think Rayelle Davis is a must! Her book “Money in the Mountains: The Cultural Trauma of Appalachia” is right up the pod’s alley. Rayelle is pretty awesome too! www.rayelledavis.com

rayelledavis.comRayelle Davis | Money in the MountainsAuthor of Money in the Mountains: The Cultural Trauma of Appalachia. Exploring trauma, identity, Appalachia, and structural harm.

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ProPublica
@propublica.org

One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” (Published Sept. 2025)

propublica.org“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last HopeAfter a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...

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Sophia Babai
@swingingstorm.bsky.social

Do I know any journalists or news outlets who might be willing to write an article about the months I’ve spent begging GoFundMe to release the funds I’ve raised? I wish this were more common knowledge so no one else finds themselves in this position. (Please boost!)

Amanda
@amandabeloved.bsky.social

Thankful for this pod that introduced me to @jreedmo.bsky.social I am typically not speechless. But Julie leaves me speechless as she talks about the story of her people, which is also her story. I do not often buy a book before I hear the author speak on @herberthistory.bsky.social’s pod, but

Jason Herbert@herberthistory.bsky.social

Land is not scenery. Language is not metaphor. History is not neutral. And women are not on the periphery. This conversation with @jreedmo.bsky.social wrestles with what Cherokee land and language reveal about power, memory, and who gets to define meaning in America.

Amanda
@amandabeloved.bsky.social

I did this time. And I’m glad I did because this book is coming off the shelf & TBR pile today. As always, this pod is a gift. Thankful for Julie sharing & Jason’s recommendation!

Amanda
@amandabeloved.bsky.social

Friends, I am watching a local county commissioner meeting in which the commissioners want to shut down/consolidate two local fire departments and woooooweeee!!! this makes school board meetings look like child’s play. One of those commissioners invoked the name of Donald Trump & I am done. 🤮

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ACLU
@aclu.org

BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.

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Robert Reich
@rbreich.bsky.social

New research found that Instacart is charging shoppers different prices — despite ordering the same items from the same store at the same time. The price differences could amount to an extra $1,200 a year for the average household of four. Corporate greed is out of control.

consumerreports.orgInstacart’s AI-Enabled Pricing Experiments May Be Inflating Your Grocery Bill, CR and Groundwork Collaborative Investigation Finds - Consumer ReportsExclusive: Instacart’s AI pricing may be inflating your grocery bill.

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RNS
@rns.org

This week, the Rev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition unveils the Advent Welcome Campaign and discusses the impact current policies are having on the communities and congregations represented by NaLEC. Listen now! religionnews.com/2025/12/05/4...

religionnews.comRoom in the Inn: A Call for Immigrant Solidarity with Rev. Gabriel SalgueroRev. Dr. Gabriel Salguero, president and founder of the National Latino Evangelical Coalition, unveils the Advent Welcome Campaign and discusses the impact current policies are having on the…
Amanda
@amandabeloved.bsky.social

He speaks the truth

Dave Levitan@davelevitan.bsky.social

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea