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@amandasmith.bsky.social
Writer, science nerd, boy crazy, Dodger fan. she/her. I made a book & won best dramatic screenplay at #AFF2021. Opinions my own & often wrong.
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Please don’t mistake declarative statements for expertise, I’m just medically incapable of speaking without unfounded confidence.
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SECAUCUS
The Wrens
Rec by @amandasmith.bsky.social who said it was the best garage band album, and like yeah. Solid crunchy, 90s tunes where the sound editing and production kicks it another level. Frenetic, driving, surprising. “Jane Fakes a Hug” knocked me out with the sounds and build it uses.
The Wrens
Rec by @amandasmith.bsky.social who said it was the best garage band album, and like yeah. Solid crunchy, 90s tunes where the sound editing and production kicks it another level. Frenetic, driving, surprising. “Jane Fakes a Hug” knocked me out with the sounds and build it uses.
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
SECAUCUS
The Wrens
Rec by @amandasmith.bsky.social who said it was the best garage band album, and like yeah. Solid crunchy, 90s tunes where the sound editing and production kicks it another level. Frenetic, driving, surprising. “Jane Fakes a Hug” knocked me out with the sounds and build it uses.
The Wrens
Rec by @amandasmith.bsky.social who said it was the best garage band album, and like yeah. Solid crunchy, 90s tunes where the sound editing and production kicks it another level. Frenetic, driving, surprising. “Jane Fakes a Hug” knocked me out with the sounds and build it uses.
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Jesus fucking Christ talk to people you know in real life talk to content creators talk to brands talk to ANYONE you know there and get them the fuck out of there or make them own that this is where they choose to stay
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Jesus fucking Christ talk to people you know in real life talk to content creators talk to brands talk to ANYONE you know there and get them the fuck out of there or make them own that this is where they choose to stay
I can’t believe this fucking administration is forcing me to remember details about political scandals I barely understood when I studied them in high school
January 4, 2026 at 9:05 PM
I can’t believe this fucking administration is forcing me to remember details about political scandals I barely understood when I studied them in high school
Wait are all the billionaire yachts still in the no fly zone
January 4, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Wait are all the billionaire yachts still in the no fly zone
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if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
🟡 NEW: The New York Times and Washington Post learned of a secret US raid on Venezuela soon before it was scheduled to begin Friday night — but held off publishing what they knew to avoid endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
www.semafor.com/article/01/0...
News organizations held off on reporting Venezuela raid
The American news organizations held their stories over concerns about endangering US troops.
www.semafor.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:24 AM
if you leak to me i certainly won’t pull this shit
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My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I call Tommy Tuberville every fucking week, multiple times a week, because he can be evil but I don't have to let him do it without pushback.
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
So I don't need to hear excuses. I call the dumbest senator in the country. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
My attitude on this is that I'm not calling them because I think I can change their minds.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
I'm calling them because it is unthinkable to let them do this without hearing how evil and awful they are.
My spite powers me. If I can get just 500 people a day to join me, we could fuck up their day.
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I agree with this entirely.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
I would also add this - urge everyone to contact state elected officials, which include governor, state representatives, state senators, etc., as well as local officials. Ask them if they condone this or not, especially when some could be running for Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
January 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I agree with this entirely.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
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organizing can look like: finding a mutual in your state/city who also talks about the same bills as you and divvying up work on contacting your reps/senators. you can also share info about the responses you’re getting. i’ve even organized w/ folks who could visit the offices directly.
I agree with this entirely.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
I would also add this - urge everyone to contact state elected officials, which include governor, state representatives, state senators, etc., as well as local officials. Ask them if they condone this or not, especially when some could be running for Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
organizing can look like: finding a mutual in your state/city who also talks about the same bills as you and divvying up work on contacting your reps/senators. you can also share info about the responses you’re getting. i’ve even organized w/ folks who could visit the offices directly.
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Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
NEW: Plans for secret U.S. raid to capture Maduro leaked to the Washington Post and New York Times before it happened, but both decided not to publish to protect U.S. troops - Semafor
January 4, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Imagine being the person brave enough to leak this in the hopes that media attention could stop it and then the media just……buries it.
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“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
How are voters meant to understand how serious things are if in lieu of shouting fire AND going into building with hoses, you're simply posting fire safety suggestions on social media?
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
Not introducing articles of impeachment is a message that Trump hasn't committed impeachable offenses.
January 4, 2026 at 1:32 AM
“Well… we can’t just keep filing impeachment articles all the time.”
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
Yes you can! If the man is committing impeachable offenses on the regular, you’re acquiescing to a standard that raises the bar for impeachable offense to absurd levels.
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Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass
January 3, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Proud to present this pictorial thread of Jamelle Bouie insulting you
#1: You're a dumbass
#1: You're a dumbass
In a weird bit of timing I watched All The President’s Men for the first time since college and “these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand” jumped off the screen and slapped me in the face
OH MY FUCKING GOD THEY HAVE NO PLAN
January 4, 2026 at 12:34 AM
In a weird bit of timing I watched All The President’s Men for the first time since college and “these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand” jumped off the screen and slapped me in the face
I’m simply begging the Baileys, the imaginary couple who live in Chuck Schumer’s head, to please call their reps
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I’m simply begging the Baileys, the imaginary couple who live in Chuck Schumer’s head, to please call their reps
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we are living through a real reminder of why Harris embracing the Cheneys was a bridge too far for a lot of Democrats who got very yelled at for looking a gift horse in the mouth
Dick Cheney must be jealous as hell from hell right now.
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
we are living through a real reminder of why Harris embracing the Cheneys was a bridge too far for a lot of Democrats who got very yelled at for looking a gift horse in the mouth
North Korea’s doing the war equivalent of “mods asleep post nudes”
South Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff (6pm ET): "North Korea Launches Unidentified Ballistic Missile into East Sea"
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 PM
North Korea’s doing the war equivalent of “mods asleep post nudes”
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CNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 PM
CNN just pointed it out, but since no one has posted it yet, I'll be that guy. Here's today's round of Kill Your Inner Mercator: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Venezuela in a way your brain can handle
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MDC will now be home to a leader who our country says is so dangerous they needed to be violently deposed.
The very same building also holds people that fled his regime who are being detained by ICE because we are not granting them asylum.
The very same building also holds people that fled his regime who are being detained by ICE because we are not granting them asylum.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife have arrived at Stewart International Airport, outside New York City, following U.S. strikes in Venezuela. They are expected to be transported by helicopter to Manhattan, then driven to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. Katy Tur reports.
January 3, 2026 at 11:38 PM
MDC will now be home to a leader who our country says is so dangerous they needed to be violently deposed.
The very same building also holds people that fled his regime who are being detained by ICE because we are not granting them asylum.
The very same building also holds people that fled his regime who are being detained by ICE because we are not granting them asylum.
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Last year @aoc.bsky.social confirmed phone pressure campaigns help flip votes. It's our right & duty to tell our reps how we want them to represent us.
I don't care if your senator is Ted Cruz. And what, you're gonna let Ted Cruz beat you? Come on, have some dignity in the collapse of democracy.
I don't care if your senator is Ted Cruz. And what, you're gonna let Ted Cruz beat you? Come on, have some dignity in the collapse of democracy.
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Last year @aoc.bsky.social confirmed phone pressure campaigns help flip votes. It's our right & duty to tell our reps how we want them to represent us.
I don't care if your senator is Ted Cruz. And what, you're gonna let Ted Cruz beat you? Come on, have some dignity in the collapse of democracy.
I don't care if your senator is Ted Cruz. And what, you're gonna let Ted Cruz beat you? Come on, have some dignity in the collapse of democracy.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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Sending my stupid correspondence to friggen John Fetterman, even if he's a turd who will either reply sassily or not at all, because you gotta. Write to your representatives everybody. Even if they're like, total turds. We gotta.
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Sending my stupid correspondence to friggen John Fetterman, even if he's a turd who will either reply sassily or not at all, because you gotta. Write to your representatives everybody. Even if they're like, total turds. We gotta.
This is how I wound up getting briefly on the Do Not Answer list by Ted Lieu’s office back in 2023 but that’s a whole other story.
LOL, a great way to spend a good buzz!
My favorite call is when you actually get an unsuspecting intern on the line and start to ask their bosses views on the matters...
My favorite call is when you actually get an unsuspecting intern on the line and start to ask their bosses views on the matters...
January 3, 2026 at 11:20 PM
This is how I wound up getting briefly on the Do Not Answer list by Ted Lieu’s office back in 2023 but that’s a whole other story.
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I’m calling mine with an audible head cold after sleeping so long my sentences don’t totally make sense.
If I can call my reps despite having just smoked so much weed that I can taste the sky, so can you.
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I’m calling mine with an audible head cold after sleeping so long my sentences don’t totally make sense.
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Call your reps today even though it’s Saturday. Don’t tweet or post at them, that does nothing. Call, and if you can’t call fax, and if you can’t fax email, and if you can’t email send a postcard.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Call your reps today even though it’s Saturday. Don’t tweet or post at them, that does nothing. Call, and if you can’t call fax, and if you can’t fax email, and if you can’t email send a postcard.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
Then set a weekly reminder in your phone to call, bc there’s always something to yell about.
If I can call my reps despite having just smoked so much weed that I can taste the sky, so can you.
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
If I can call my reps despite having just smoked so much weed that I can taste the sky, so can you.
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I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.