AmyS
@amys23.bsky.social
Continuing my efforts to follow every cat on Bluesky. And some of the dogs, too.
"If you're quiet now, you would have been quiet in 1940." - US citizen, City Council meeting, Elgin, IL, Nov. 2025
"If you're quiet now, you would have been quiet in 1940." - US citizen, City Council meeting, Elgin, IL, Nov. 2025
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When you're a star, Trump lets you socialism
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
When you're a star, Trump lets you socialism
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NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NEWS: Libraries WIN in federal court!
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
A judge in RI issued a permanent injunction stopping the Administration from dismantling the Institute of Museum & Library Services and nullifying all actions taken to do so.
Read the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... (More to come from ALA)
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The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
November 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The House of Representatives voted 285–98 in favor of a resolution condemning socialism.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
86 Dems joined Republicans in supporting the measure, incl. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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Here’s the video—you have to watch this:
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here’s the video—you have to watch this:
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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literally what the fuck
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
literally what the fuck
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🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Destructive ideologies like women should be able to work, people shouldn’t be fired for being gay, and that we should recruit from all communities not just white people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
US says countries with DEI policies as infringing human rights
US officials say the rules will stop "destructive ideologies" but others argue it is redefining human rights principles for Trump's goals.
www.bbc.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Destructive ideologies like women should be able to work, people shouldn’t be fired for being gay, and that we should recruit from all communities not just white people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This tiny human. “Attorneys, of course have to parse the language”???
What a pious phony.
What a pious phony.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This tiny human. “Attorneys, of course have to parse the language”???
What a pious phony.
What a pious phony.
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Page One in Iowa.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Page One in Iowa.
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There is one and only position that makes any sense if you really take it seriously: say openly and unapologetically that he must be removed from office. Not just call on people to condemn it, not just fret about norms. He is literally trying to kill you. Act like it.
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There is one and only position that makes any sense if you really take it seriously: say openly and unapologetically that he must be removed from office. Not just call on people to condemn it, not just fret about norms. He is literally trying to kill you. Act like it.
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We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We are witnessing a poisonous effort to destroy what the vast majority of Americans know is a key pillar of public health.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
Vaccines are responsible for 40% of the reduction in child mortality achieved in the last half century.
With all due respect, i.e. none whatsoever, this is fucking hilarious.
this thread is unbelievable
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
With all due respect, i.e. none whatsoever, this is fucking hilarious.
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For those members of Congress who can't bring themselves to vote to impeach Trump because they think it would cause them trouble or cost them politically, don't think you're immune from his irrationality. Loyalty is a one way street. He might call for your execution soon.
Deal with this now.
Deal with this now.
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
For those members of Congress who can't bring themselves to vote to impeach Trump because they think it would cause them trouble or cost them politically, don't think you're immune from his irrationality. Loyalty is a one way street. He might call for your execution soon.
Deal with this now.
Deal with this now.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year.
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Leaders of a Minnesota church community didn’t report a parishioner they knew had sexually abused girls for year.
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
They told his victims that once sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never speak of them again.
Truly chilling, from @jlussenhop.bsky.social & Andy Mannix
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with a Nazi symbol, the Iron Cross, as the poster's avatar. subtle.
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
with a Nazi symbol, the Iron Cross, as the poster's avatar. subtle.
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🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
In Memoriam — Trans Remembrance Project
www.transremembrance.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
🕯️ today is Trans Day of Remembrance. 🕯️
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
spend some time with the loved ones we’ve lost.
www.transremembrance.org/in-memoriam
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This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
This will actually kill people.
CDC has overhauled its website to assert that “the claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim”
November 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
This will actually kill people.
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Is it just me, or is this whole speech even more nonsensical and insane than the usual?
Trump: "We had one case in Georgia where a battery factory -- batteries are very dangerous to make -- they spent a billion dollars and they were told to get out. And I said, 'Stop it. Don't be stupid.' And we worked it out."
November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Is it just me, or is this whole speech even more nonsensical and insane than the usual?
My espresso machine is leaking for some reason and I can't use it. So I'm drinking pourover, and...I don't like it much. Am I not a coffee fan anymore? I hardly recognize myself.
November 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My espresso machine is leaking for some reason and I can't use it. So I'm drinking pourover, and...I don't like it much. Am I not a coffee fan anymore? I hardly recognize myself.
Ah, so this is how AI is going to take my job.
“The coming crisis of empirical online survey research”
Seriously, this is Not Good News for all the qualitative research undertaken on platforms like mechanical Turk. Back to pen-and-paper in-the-field surveys perhaps…?
Seriously, this is Not Good News for all the qualitative research undertaken on platforms like mechanical Turk. Back to pen-and-paper in-the-field surveys perhaps…?
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ah, so this is how AI is going to take my job.
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There are few things that Trump says that are shocking to me, or anyone else stuck in this warped doom loop that is paying attention to American politics in 2025. But Trump’s remarks today demonizing murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and defending the Saudi crown prince were an exception.
Trump Dismissed MBS’ Role in Khashoggi Murder When It Happened, Too
This is your TPM evening briefing.
wherethingsstand.talkingpointsmemo.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There are few things that Trump says that are shocking to me, or anyone else stuck in this warped doom loop that is paying attention to American politics in 2025. But Trump’s remarks today demonizing murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi and defending the Saudi crown prince were an exception.