Amelia Showalter
@ameliashowalter.bsky.social
Data nerd, Seattleite, elder Millennial. Co-Founder and CEO of Pantheon Analytics. Obama campaign alum, and still a believer in hope.
HAHAHAHA of course this article was written by a man. Why did I even feel the need to go check.
The NYT has no equal when it comes to confidently misunderstanding online discourse
January 21, 2026 at 11:03 PM
HAHAHAHA of course this article was written by a man. Why did I even feel the need to go check.
Some percentage of (dumb) young people are probably always gonna think "wouldn't war be cool?" simply because they haven't meaningfully observed it themselves. Older folks know the answer is "no, no it would not be cool" already.
January 20, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Some percentage of (dumb) young people are probably always gonna think "wouldn't war be cool?" simply because they haven't meaningfully observed it themselves. Older folks know the answer is "no, no it would not be cool" already.
No hate like Christian love. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/protesters...
January 19, 2026 at 2:35 AM
No hate like Christian love. publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/protesters...
It has always struck me as odd that northern-style cornbread is the sweet one. Southerners put sugar into everything… except for their cornbread? Huh??
January 18, 2026 at 11:06 PM
It has always struck me as odd that northern-style cornbread is the sweet one. Southerners put sugar into everything… except for their cornbread? Huh??
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it just doesn't seem to me like you can make a lot of hay out of vulgarity when the "exculpatory" video you released of your guy murdering someone has him on tape calling her a "fucking bitch" right afterwards
Leavitt complains that protesters are pointing their middle fingers at ICE vehicles
January 16, 2026 at 3:21 AM
it just doesn't seem to me like you can make a lot of hay out of vulgarity when the "exculpatory" video you released of your guy murdering someone has him on tape calling her a "fucking bitch" right afterwards
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Big day, everyone! We've finally solved the gender gap in political ambition. Women can also claim they are qualified for a job on the basis of vibes only!
Bam, equality.
Bam, equality.
Madison Sheahan, a 28-year-old former fish cop who Trump up-jumped to No. 2 at ICE, is the newest candidate in #OH09:
“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job. Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”
“I absolutely think I’m qualified for the job. Because at the end of the day, what really makes anybody qualified for any job?”
January 15, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Big day, everyone! We've finally solved the gender gap in political ambition. Women can also claim they are qualified for a job on the basis of vibes only!
Bam, equality.
Bam, equality.
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before I go to bed, I feel obliged to emphasize how tonight’s rampage in northern Minneapolis was, by no exaggeration, a glorified episode of klan night riding by federally deputized groypers. Yes, DHS always had these people but the difference now is that they’re in charge and with a $175B budget.
oh my god????
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 AM
before I go to bed, I feel obliged to emphasize how tonight’s rampage in northern Minneapolis was, by no exaggeration, a glorified episode of klan night riding by federally deputized groypers. Yes, DHS always had these people but the difference now is that they’re in charge and with a $175B budget.
The revelation that Trump cheats at golf is hilarious. Just a weak little manbaby loser in every single way.
A number of senior Republicans felt alarmed and exasperated by President Trump’s efforts to overturn the presidential election, transcripts of secret grand jury testimony from the Georgia election interference case against Trump and his allies recently obtained by The New York Times show.
In Secret Testimony, Republicans Derided Trump’s Stolen Election Claims
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The revelation that Trump cheats at golf is hilarious. Just a weak little manbaby loser in every single way.
We also don't prey upon lonely young men and turn them into unmarriageable ghouls. Why is nobody blaming the podcast bros?
Women will have more babies if they can find good, kind, co-equal partners earlier in their fertile years.
Women will have more babies if they can find good, kind, co-equal partners earlier in their fertile years.
Leftists address this constantly. We advocate for universal health care and child care, guaranteed pensions, decommodified housing, and all kinds of other things that would directly address these issues. What we don't do is say "more white babies" which is what is really being asked here
The US and other countries face aging, shrinking populations. Conservatives have shaped debate over the issue. Some liberals say it's time for progressives to weigh in. n.pr/3NH3yso
January 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
We also don't prey upon lonely young men and turn them into unmarriageable ghouls. Why is nobody blaming the podcast bros?
Women will have more babies if they can find good, kind, co-equal partners earlier in their fertile years.
Women will have more babies if they can find good, kind, co-equal partners earlier in their fertile years.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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One basic lesson from political research is that secret police generally rely on mediocre men willing to do the dirty work of authoritarian regimes in order to advance their careers.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
One basic lesson from political research is that secret police generally rely on mediocre men willing to do the dirty work of authoritarian regimes in order to advance their careers.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-fb...
Self-selection is one hell of a bias. Nobody who signs up for ICE should be presumed to have good intentions.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Self-selection is one hell of a bias. Nobody who signs up for ICE should be presumed to have good intentions.
Actual subject expertise - wow.
I have written on this tactic for over a decade. I hold a research grant on vehicle ramming attacks, and I curate what I believe is the largest database of these incidents, over 500 cases worldwide since 1987. 2/7
January 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Actual subject expertise - wow.
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This is correct. ICE is there in the first place because of an evidence-free racist conspiracy theory promoted by a 23 Year old YouTube propagandist. They manufacture pretext.
This is the thing about the "Don't give them the pretext to send in more feds" arguments. The administration is using its own murder of an unarmed civilian as the pretext to send in more agents. They do not need a pretext and will invent them if they want.
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This is correct. ICE is there in the first place because of an evidence-free racist conspiracy theory promoted by a 23 Year old YouTube propagandist. They manufacture pretext.
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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maybe I'm just jaded from spending my entire adult life watching sexual abuse committed with impunity, but i dont think X will suffer any consequences.
society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.
society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.
X basically industrialized the creation of fake porn of women who don't consent. Others did it first, but Grok made it normalized and centralized: publicly visible, instantly creatable by anyone, regardless of who's being targeted and dehumanized. Only question now is will X suffer any consequences
January 7, 2026 at 1:59 PM
maybe I'm just jaded from spending my entire adult life watching sexual abuse committed with impunity, but i dont think X will suffer any consequences.
society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.
society likes to pretend it cares about sexual violence, but actually doesn't.
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The best word in the English language is "defenestration" hands down. It's one of the most specific words we have.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The best word in the English language is "defenestration" hands down. It's one of the most specific words we have.
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
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oh my god he's such a fucking loser
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
oh my god he's such a fucking loser
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49,000 lives. 49,000 families.
“researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers”
“researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers”
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 9:08 PM
49,000 lives. 49,000 families.
“researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers”
“researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers”
2025 in a nutshell
Estimated distribution of dark matter making up 22% of the mass of the universe and dark energy making up 74%, with 'normal' matter making up only 0.4% of the mass of the universe.
Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
December 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
2025 in a nutshell
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This is the best possible explainer on Bari Weiss
For this week's That's Marvelous newsletter I regrettably wrote a little bit about Bari Weiss (but also I happily wrote a little bit about dogs)! Read it here: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/163-60-minut...
December 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is the best possible explainer on Bari Weiss
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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
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OK I'm going to stop now but it's really fucking weird how people can't just go, "damn it sucks for this lady."
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
OK I'm going to stop now but it's really fucking weird how people can't just go, "damn it sucks for this lady."