Amanda Lee Scherle
@amandaleescherle.bsky.social
Writer - Baker - Actor - Creator
Every show needs a director; every book, an editor. ✍🏼
Chaotic Good. I don't usually start the fight, but I'm sure gonna finish it. 🍀
she/her 🩷💛💙
Every show needs a director; every book, an editor. ✍🏼
Chaotic Good. I don't usually start the fight, but I'm sure gonna finish it. 🍀
she/her 🩷💛💙
Pinned
We're creatures with one lifetime to play. Small mammals. To have to spend our time worrying about death from taxes, medical bills, insurance and evil despots is cruel, particularly when we could be working together and collectively chasing the evildoers into the nearest ocean, tiny teeth bared.
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
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Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
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well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
well I for one am shocked that "every aspect of your life gets worse forever and also look at my marble bathroom" did not turn out to be a winning election strategy
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this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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they all write/talk like this now and it feels like a new genre: hate smut; manic, agitated vitriol that reads like it was written while feverishly masturbating to revenge fantasies
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 AM
they all write/talk like this now and it feels like a new genre: hate smut; manic, agitated vitriol that reads like it was written while feverishly masturbating to revenge fantasies
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Q: “Governor Pritzker has asked for Operation Midway Blitz to be on pause for the holiday weekend. Are you willing to do that?”
Noem: “No, we're absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe. The fact that Governor Pritzker is asking for that is shameful.”
Noem: “No, we're absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe. The fact that Governor Pritzker is asking for that is shameful.”
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Q: “Governor Pritzker has asked for Operation Midway Blitz to be on pause for the holiday weekend. Are you willing to do that?”
Noem: “No, we're absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe. The fact that Governor Pritzker is asking for that is shameful.”
Noem: “No, we're absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe. The fact that Governor Pritzker is asking for that is shameful.”
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“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
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If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:
September 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
If you’re worried about losing your health care, apparently Trump has a message for you:
My foot hurts and these two are playing nursemaid. Something about those eyes though...
September 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
My foot hurts and these two are playing nursemaid. Something about those eyes though...
BC/BS emailed me today to say that the subsidies allowing me to have health insurance at a rate I can afford are disappearing in 2026. So, the tier that gives me any preventative care could jump to *6* times what I'm currently paying.
They're happy to help me plan for the change! Bless 🙌🏼 /sarcasm
They're happy to help me plan for the change! Bless 🙌🏼 /sarcasm
September 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
BC/BS emailed me today to say that the subsidies allowing me to have health insurance at a rate I can afford are disappearing in 2026. So, the tier that gives me any preventative care could jump to *6* times what I'm currently paying.
They're happy to help me plan for the change! Bless 🙌🏼 /sarcasm
They're happy to help me plan for the change! Bless 🙌🏼 /sarcasm
As a woman who has experienced 36 months of pregnancy and 61+ hours of labor across four boys, 45 hours of which were unmedicated, all I have to say to any man in the room, particularly those who have evaded military service, is "get women's pain meds out your damn mouth."
September 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
As a woman who has experienced 36 months of pregnancy and 61+ hours of labor across four boys, 45 hours of which were unmedicated, all I have to say to any man in the room, particularly those who have evaded military service, is "get women's pain meds out your damn mouth."
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Right-wingers are calling for my arrest. You know why? Because they know I’m the only candidate in my race who will actually stand up to ICE and Trump.
And they’re right.
And they’re right.
September 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Right-wingers are calling for my arrest. You know why? Because they know I’m the only candidate in my race who will actually stand up to ICE and Trump.
And they’re right.
And they’re right.
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that’s my senator
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
that’s my senator
It's that time. ✌🏼
September 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
It's that time. ✌🏼
New glasses...
September 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
New glasses...