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AmandaGW

@amandagw.bsky.social

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Mom, Wife, Writer (YA & MG Horror/Thriller/Sci-Fi), Advocate, 🌈Ally, Attorney, I love cheese/chocolate/art/yoga/stories in the spirit of The Goonies. BLM. She/Her

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · May 6

You guys. My brain is *buzzing* with my MG Horror WIP. 🖤 This is the closest to a fever dream experience I’ve ever been. How can these characters that sprang from my imagination feel so REAL!?

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 11m

😂😂😂

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5h

We got $20 billion for Argentina though.

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 6h

What a fabulous idea.😊

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, yes….the twin ship sailed long ago. 😂

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David W. Brown @davidwbrown.com · 1d

One year ago today, NASA flagship Europa Clipper launched. Today, NASA JPL, which built it, fired another 500 people. (They've lost 25% of workers total.) We're sacrificing scientists and engineers to build concentration camps and gaudy White House ballrooms. NASA is in crisis. America is in crisis.

NASA's Europa Clipper launching atop a rocket.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 1d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

😆😆😆 Not quite, but I’ll take it!

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

😆🎃

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

For real. I’m going to turn into a mini Twix or a Sour Patch Kid if someone doesn’t intervene . . .

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

After dinner last night, my family and I watched the first episode of Eerie, Indiana (1991). None of us had ever seen it before, and it did not disappoint!😆🖤 It was so delightfully weird in that way that many 90s tween shows were. My kids loved it. Definitely going back for more this spooky season!

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 1d

Solidarity is the only way

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

The way Neil McRobert describes the small town where he grew up hit home for me in a way that no one else has ever been able to do. What an excellent conversation between two of my favorite podcasters!

Books in the Freezer Podcast @booksinthefreezer.bsky.social · 1d

New episode! @talkscaredpod.bsky.social and I are talking about his fantastic novella Good Boy and books that explore the horrors of small towns

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

It could go either way at this point. 🙄 One of the segments of This American Life from this week touched on the topic. A good listen.

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 1d

Do what you need to do to stay safe. The world needs your voice.💙

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Robert Nazar Arjoyan @robertarjoyan.bsky.social · 1d

LA people!

We’ve got copies of SILK & SINEW at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena and @barnesandnoble.com in Glendale! Get em while they’re hot off the @badhandbooks.bsky.social press.

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 2d

For the love! Someone PLEASE take the Halloween candy AWAY from me!😆🎃🫠

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 2d

Aw.😁 What an awesome way to start the day. Have fun!

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

Me neither.💜 This one hit home hard.

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

This! I love ALL of his work.

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 3d

How does Stanley Tucci steal the show Every. Single. Time?

**Bad weather here, so rewatching The Hunger Games trilogy.

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Cynthia “Cina” Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social · 3d

Mom of two children with disabilities here —

There are no words for this cruelty.

www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

The reason Mike Johnson is able to keep the House closed and not pass bills to pay the military or fund the government is because Trump is going to circumvent congress and illegally steal that money from other government programs. All to avoid releasing the Epstein files.

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AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 4d

I can smell this photo.😆

AmandaGW @amandagw.bsky.social · 4d

This makes me so very sad. She made every movie she was in better.💙
variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Diane Keaton, Oscar-Winning ‘Annie Hall’ Star, Dies at 79

Diane Keaton, who starred in "Annie Hall," has died. She was 79.

variety.com

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