Amelia Diehl (she/her)
@adiehl.bsky.social
Writer, researcher: climate / enviro humanities, COVID Justice, movements. Co-producer Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories podcast on Great Salt Lake. MS Environmental Humanities. Proofreader In These Times. SLC UT via Chicago/MI 🏳️🌈
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Wow hello! A quick intro about me:
I was radicalized in climate movement (mostly grassroots direct action anti-oil pipeline organizing in Great Lakes) & civic journalism in Chicago. Trying to apply that analysis and skillset to ongoing COVID pandemic.
I was radicalized in climate movement (mostly grassroots direct action anti-oil pipeline organizing in Great Lakes) & civic journalism in Chicago. Trying to apply that analysis and skillset to ongoing COVID pandemic.
For my first piece in @thesicktimes.org, I wrote about why mask bans matter for climate politics.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
As the American West faces increasing air pollution, protecting the right to mask is vital - The Sick Times
Utah’s proposed ban became an important case study demonstrating the overlapping concerns between airborne pathogens and environmental air pollution. It highlighted the necessity of building coalition...
thesicktimes.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For my first piece in @thesicktimes.org, I wrote about why mask bans matter for climate politics.
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
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NEW: High-quality masks are vital in the present & future of the American West. They don't just protect us from COVID, they help protect us from other pathogens, toxic dust, wildfire smoke, and more 😷
@adiehl.bsky.social reports for @thesicktimes.org!
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
@adiehl.bsky.social reports for @thesicktimes.org!
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
As the American West faces increasing air pollution, protecting the right to mask is vital - The Sick Times
Utah’s proposed ban became an important case study demonstrating the overlapping concerns between airborne pathogens and environmental air pollution. It highlighted the necessity of building coalition...
thesicktimes.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
NEW: High-quality masks are vital in the present & future of the American West. They don't just protect us from COVID, they help protect us from other pathogens, toxic dust, wildfire smoke, and more 😷
@adiehl.bsky.social reports for @thesicktimes.org!
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
@adiehl.bsky.social reports for @thesicktimes.org!
thesicktimes.org/2025/11/07/a...
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Many medical supplies are manufactured outside of the US. I would buy additional KN95, N95 and KF94 masks now, as well as any medical supplies you regularly rely on. Even basics like bandages, Aquaphor, medicated lotion and pimple patches. Order that stuff asap.
April 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Many medical supplies are manufactured outside of the US. I would buy additional KN95, N95 and KF94 masks now, as well as any medical supplies you regularly rely on. Even basics like bandages, Aquaphor, medicated lotion and pimple patches. Order that stuff asap.
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Sending love to everyone in Wisconsin who showed up to stop Musk from buying another election. This was so important and y'all did it. ❤️
April 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Sending love to everyone in Wisconsin who showed up to stop Musk from buying another election. This was so important and y'all did it. ❤️
I’m writing about #maskbans & air pollution in US West for @thesicktimes.bsky.social. Looking for folks who can speak to that intersection: people w/ #LongCOVID and COVID-conscious people also impacted by air pollution (inversion, Valley Fever, wildfires, etc). Reach out to amelia.diehl at gmail.
March 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’m writing about #maskbans & air pollution in US West for @thesicktimes.bsky.social. Looking for folks who can speak to that intersection: people w/ #LongCOVID and COVID-conscious people also impacted by air pollution (inversion, Valley Fever, wildfires, etc). Reach out to amelia.diehl at gmail.
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Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.
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It’s terrifying to be in Elon Musk’s crosshairs. I’ve spent the last 48 hours dealing with the aftermath of these tweets. Everything he has said about me and Troublemakers is an outright lie.
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
Musk doesn't get how nonviolent protest works. Why are we Troublemakers? Because as Rep. John Lewis, RIP, knew: in hard times, good trouble is ESSENTIAL to all that we love.
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
When the world is at risk, when democracy is at risk, we're either troublemakers—or collaborators.
So: who's a Troublemaker?
March 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It’s terrifying to be in Elon Musk’s crosshairs. I’ve spent the last 48 hours dealing with the aftermath of these tweets. Everything he has said about me and Troublemakers is an outright lie.
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
The right to protest is at the heart of American democracy. Join a #TeslaTakedown protest. ✊❤️
Utah just tried to pass a #maskban, as part of a nationwide wave to repress Palestinian resistance & criminalize disability.
1 in 12 Utahns have Long COVID & the state has some of the worst air quality in the country. Read about what happened:
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
1 in 12 Utahns have Long COVID & the state has some of the worst air quality in the country. Read about what happened:
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
Utah Lawmakers Tried to Pass a Mask Ban. Almost Overnight, Utahns Resoundingly Rejected It.
At the beginning of a busy Utah Legislative session that would ultimately include bill proposals attacking trans rights, public sector unions, abortion, and mail-in voting, among other issues, another...
contextcollapse.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Utah just tried to pass a #maskban, as part of a nationwide wave to repress Palestinian resistance & criminalize disability.
1 in 12 Utahns have Long COVID & the state has some of the worst air quality in the country. Read about what happened:
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
1 in 12 Utahns have Long COVID & the state has some of the worst air quality in the country. Read about what happened:
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
I wrote about Utah's attempt to pass a mask ban - and how Utahns rose up against it.
This repressive bill would have had drastic consequences for Utahns protecting themselves from COVID, free speech -- and also the state's uniquely poor air quality.
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
This repressive bill would have had drastic consequences for Utahns protecting themselves from COVID, free speech -- and also the state's uniquely poor air quality.
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
Utah Lawmakers Tried to Pass a Mask Ban. Almost Overnight, Utahns Resoundingly Rejected It.
At the beginning of a busy Utah Legislative session that would ultimately include bill proposals attacking trans rights, public sector unions, abortion, and mail-in voting, among other issues, another...
contextcollapse.substack.com
March 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I wrote about Utah's attempt to pass a mask ban - and how Utahns rose up against it.
This repressive bill would have had drastic consequences for Utahns protecting themselves from COVID, free speech -- and also the state's uniquely poor air quality.
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
This repressive bill would have had drastic consequences for Utahns protecting themselves from COVID, free speech -- and also the state's uniquely poor air quality.
contextcollapse.substack.com/p/utah-lawma...
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this denial of empathy/shared fate is politically useful. consider how “the end of the pandemic” was produced—a combination of cutting public programs and resources and “you do you” propaganda that had people acting like other people masking somehow hurt them
one curious feature of our particular dismal political era: some people have gotten so addicted to the particular vice signaling around empathy / concern for other people that they seem to see evidence that something will benefit others as evidence that it will harm them
Anyway, this is about as gross and anti-social a statement from an antivaxxer as you'll find, but also probably pretty par for the course
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
March 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
this denial of empathy/shared fate is politically useful. consider how “the end of the pandemic” was produced—a combination of cutting public programs and resources and “you do you” propaganda that had people acting like other people masking somehow hurt them
So has anyone written the Severence (Apple TV) / Doppelgänger (@naomiaklein.bsky.social) thinkpiece yet?
Doubles, mirror world, deep psychological motivations of policies, capitalist alienation from labor etc etc
Doubles, mirror world, deep psychological motivations of policies, capitalist alienation from labor etc etc
March 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
So has anyone written the Severence (Apple TV) / Doppelgänger (@naomiaklein.bsky.social) thinkpiece yet?
Doubles, mirror world, deep psychological motivations of policies, capitalist alienation from labor etc etc
Doubles, mirror world, deep psychological motivations of policies, capitalist alienation from labor etc etc
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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of union members in the Utah State Capitol rotunda protesting the union bill, calling on Governor Spencer Cox to veto it. #utpol
February 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds of union members in the Utah State Capitol rotunda protesting the union bill, calling on Governor Spencer Cox to veto it. #utpol
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"Coup Klux Klan" feels like a keeper
February 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Coup Klux Klan" feels like a keeper
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Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
Attorney General Neronha and 14 attorneys general issue joint statement on protecting access to gender-affirming care | Rhode Island Attorney General's Office
riag.ri.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Breaking news: State attorneys general from California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Vermont, and Wisconsin advise Trump's EO banning trans care is unlawful, hospitals should provide care.
Big counter salvo!
Big counter salvo!
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for sale: checks & balances, never used
February 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
for sale: checks & balances, never used
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I'm here and I'll be testifying against MULTIPLE components of this bill!
Some truly awful amendments are proposed that would harm Utah's public health.
Some truly awful amendments are proposed that would harm Utah's public health.
Hello! I'll be live-tweeting today's Utah House Judiciary Standing Committee meeting, which plans to discuss Criminal Justice Amendments including a proposed mask ban.
The meeting starts at 2pm MT.
Agenda: le.utah.gov/~2025/agenda...
HB0312, with the proposed mask ban, is listed as first item.
The meeting starts at 2pm MT.
Agenda: le.utah.gov/~2025/agenda...
HB0312, with the proposed mask ban, is listed as first item.
le.utah.gov
February 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I'm here and I'll be testifying against MULTIPLE components of this bill!
Some truly awful amendments are proposed that would harm Utah's public health.
Some truly awful amendments are proposed that would harm Utah's public health.
Hello! I'll be live-tweeting today's Utah House Judiciary Standing Committee meeting, which plans to discuss Criminal Justice Amendments including a proposed mask ban.
The meeting starts at 2pm MT.
Agenda: le.utah.gov/~2025/agenda...
HB0312, with the proposed mask ban, is listed as first item.
The meeting starts at 2pm MT.
Agenda: le.utah.gov/~2025/agenda...
HB0312, with the proposed mask ban, is listed as first item.
le.utah.gov
February 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Hello! I'll be live-tweeting today's Utah House Judiciary Standing Committee meeting, which plans to discuss Criminal Justice Amendments including a proposed mask ban.
The meeting starts at 2pm MT.
Agenda: le.utah.gov/~2025/agenda...
HB0312, with the proposed mask ban, is listed as first item.
The meeting starts at 2pm MT.
Agenda: le.utah.gov/~2025/agenda...
HB0312, with the proposed mask ban, is listed as first item.
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The manual “describes ways to train normal people to be purposefully annoying telephone operators, dysfunctional train conductors, befuddling middle managers, blundering factory workers, unruly movie theater patrons, and so on. In other words, teaching people to do their jobs badly.”
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The manual “describes ways to train normal people to be purposefully annoying telephone operators, dysfunctional train conductors, befuddling middle managers, blundering factory workers, unruly movie theater patrons, and so on. In other words, teaching people to do their jobs badly.”
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the right seized on a small group of people they thought couldn’t fight back, who they could scapegoat for any and everything, and then likened those people’s freedom to the collapse of the nation—and those in power who said they opposed such things failed to stop them
I think that we should be talking about what Trump is trying to do to trans people in the context of the Nuremberg laws.
January 29, 2025 at 11:49 PM
the right seized on a small group of people they thought couldn’t fight back, who they could scapegoat for any and everything, and then likened those people’s freedom to the collapse of the nation—and those in power who said they opposed such things failed to stop them
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PLEASE SHARE — Edge Effects is delighted to announce the theme for our 2025 special series: Companion Species! Anyone is welcome to submit to this series, due February 20, 2025. Read more & apply: edgeeffects.net/companion-sp...
January 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
PLEASE SHARE — Edge Effects is delighted to announce the theme for our 2025 special series: Companion Species! Anyone is welcome to submit to this series, due February 20, 2025. Read more & apply: edgeeffects.net/companion-sp...
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Would love a starter-pack for interesting/provocative/lefty and or avant-garde essayists and narrative non-fiction writers. Help me?
November 18, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Would love a starter-pack for interesting/provocative/lefty and or avant-garde essayists and narrative non-fiction writers. Help me?
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To support two friends’ families in Gaza, a few of us put together a silent auction! Some great items here—signed books; beautiful art; wellness services; editorial feedback by yours truly. I bet you’ll find something you like! Add a bid by Dec 2:
www.32auctions.com/mutualaidauc...
www.32auctions.com/mutualaidauc...
Mutual Aid Auction
Silent auction 'Mutual Aid Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 28, 2024 at 1:20 AM
To support two friends’ families in Gaza, a few of us put together a silent auction! Some great items here—signed books; beautiful art; wellness services; editorial feedback by yours truly. I bet you’ll find something you like! Add a bid by Dec 2:
www.32auctions.com/mutualaidauc...
www.32auctions.com/mutualaidauc...
Over the past year or so, I’ve been part of a small team producing a podcast (Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories) gathering stories from people impacted by and connected to the receding Great Salt Lake – and today, we released the final episode of season one!
open.spotify.com/episode/3piY...
open.spotify.com/episode/3piY...
Youth Leaders are Cultivating the Future We Need
Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories · Episode
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Over the past year or so, I’ve been part of a small team producing a podcast (Stay Salty: Lakefacing Stories) gathering stories from people impacted by and connected to the receding Great Salt Lake – and today, we released the final episode of season one!
open.spotify.com/episode/3piY...
open.spotify.com/episode/3piY...
"They play longterm ball. What are we going to do?"
@chenjerai.bsky.social urges the Left to get good at campaigns that keep building beyond the electoral campaign cycle, reminding us the fight to overturn Roe took decades. @haymarketbooks.bsky.social "Where Do We Go from Here?"
@chenjerai.bsky.social urges the Left to get good at campaigns that keep building beyond the electoral campaign cycle, reminding us the fight to overturn Roe took decades. @haymarketbooks.bsky.social "Where Do We Go from Here?"
November 22, 2024 at 12:19 AM
"They play longterm ball. What are we going to do?"
@chenjerai.bsky.social urges the Left to get good at campaigns that keep building beyond the electoral campaign cycle, reminding us the fight to overturn Roe took decades. @haymarketbooks.bsky.social "Where Do We Go from Here?"
@chenjerai.bsky.social urges the Left to get good at campaigns that keep building beyond the electoral campaign cycle, reminding us the fight to overturn Roe took decades. @haymarketbooks.bsky.social "Where Do We Go from Here?"
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The left urgently needs to identify resonant issues that we can reclaim from the authoritarian right, because they have taken many issues from us.
November 20, 2024 at 4:00 AM
The left urgently needs to identify resonant issues that we can reclaim from the authoritarian right, because they have taken many issues from us.