Amy Widdowson
@amynw.bsky.social
naturally effervescent | pathologically enthusiastic | relentlessly earnest | vp comms at medium but banshee screams are my own, eh? | she/her
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people aren't even saying "this is unamerican" that much but when they do say it I think they usually mean that it's against the american ideals they believe in. but the important thing here is to throw a wet blanket on people risking their lives to disrupt ICE goons in the streets.
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 5:03 PM
people aren't even saying "this is unamerican" that much but when they do say it I think they usually mean that it's against the american ideals they believe in. but the important thing here is to throw a wet blanket on people risking their lives to disrupt ICE goons in the streets.
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Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
January 22, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Quality performance art. Easy to parse, thematically relevant, kinda gross. Love it.
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Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
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It's funny how if *you* tried selling your own stuff to yourself to get rich, people would laugh their asses off at you for being so foolish.
But when a billionaire does the exact same thing, somehow he actually does get richer.
But when a billionaire does the exact same thing, somehow he actually does get richer.
December 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It's funny how if *you* tried selling your own stuff to yourself to get rich, people would laugh their asses off at you for being so foolish.
But when a billionaire does the exact same thing, somehow he actually does get richer.
But when a billionaire does the exact same thing, somehow he actually does get richer.
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read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
December 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
I am attacked seven years ago lol
Divorced Friend Burning Through New Hobbies At Unsustainable Rate https://theonion.com/divorced-friend-burning-through-new-hobbies-at-unsustai-1819579466/
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am attacked seven years ago lol
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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MAGA stands for freedom of speech (with the exception of journalists, elected members of the opposition party, former administration officials, anti-fascists, students, librarians, scientists, federal civil servants, immigrants, and any US citizen who criticizes their lord and savior Donald Trump).
November 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
MAGA stands for freedom of speech (with the exception of journalists, elected members of the opposition party, former administration officials, anti-fascists, students, librarians, scientists, federal civil servants, immigrants, and any US citizen who criticizes their lord and savior Donald Trump).
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A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
November 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
A White House website with a dedicated Lügenpresse tab marks a pretty bleak moment in US history.
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OpenAI says a 16-year-old who died by suicide after using ChatGPT misused the app and so, the company argues, his parents can't sue. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... via @angelayang.bsky.social
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
The family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that is not responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
OpenAI says a 16-year-old who died by suicide after using ChatGPT misused the app and so, the company argues, his parents can't sue. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... via @angelayang.bsky.social
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X has a problem with foreign accounts profiting specifically on right wing extremism because it’s really hard to rage bait someone with “everyone should have access to affordable healthcare”
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
X has a problem with foreign accounts profiting specifically on right wing extremism because it’s really hard to rage bait someone with “everyone should have access to affordable healthcare”
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when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
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What if the best AI safety system is just tort law?
“Nobody knows who’s liable if things go wrong.” www.ft.com/content/abfe...
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What if the best AI safety system is just tort law?
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also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
also we now have a “whites only” refugee policy. they aren’t trying to hide the white supremacy anymore. it’s overt and mainstream.
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I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
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Some great charts on #AI from the Wall Street Journal. t.ly/xvvbw "AI products would have to create an additional $650 billion a year, indefinitely, to give investors a reasonable 10% annual return. That’s more than 150% of Apple’s yearly revenue"
November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Some great charts on #AI from the Wall Street Journal. t.ly/xvvbw "AI products would have to create an additional $650 billion a year, indefinitely, to give investors a reasonable 10% annual return. That’s more than 150% of Apple’s yearly revenue"
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it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
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In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2008, a blogger named Curtis Yarvin called for a future president to kill foreign aid programs as part of a plan to replace democracy with dictatorship.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
Now 600,000 people are dead—and 14 million will die by 2030, according to the Lancet. This is the running death toll of tech fascism.
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I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't think it's even right to say the voting public doesn't care. I think the truth is a lot of voters may generally find trans identity moderately confusing but also *none of their business*.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
on the other hand, they find an obsession with harming trans people - say it with me - deeply weird.
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Yet another way Trump is screwing working families: this was a FREE tool we set up so folks could file taxes directly, without paying an expensive service. So who does cancelling it benefit? The answer is not working Americans, but it sure is big corporations who profit off them.
IRS to States: Direct File Tool Is a No-Go for Next Tax Season
The IRS told its state partners this week that the Biden-era Direct File tool won’t be offered for the 2026 tax filing season.
news.bloombergtax.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Yet another way Trump is screwing working families: this was a FREE tool we set up so folks could file taxes directly, without paying an expensive service. So who does cancelling it benefit? The answer is not working Americans, but it sure is big corporations who profit off them.
I started this thinking (and I really hate to be this person) that I am curious how many animals are killed by human-driven vehicles every year. Genuinely would like to be able to compare.
And then I got to this paragraph and... yea... that's a big problem that should probably be addressed.
And then I got to this paragraph and... yea... that's a big problem that should probably be addressed.
November 5, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I started this thinking (and I really hate to be this person) that I am curious how many animals are killed by human-driven vehicles every year. Genuinely would like to be able to compare.
And then I got to this paragraph and... yea... that's a big problem that should probably be addressed.
And then I got to this paragraph and... yea... that's a big problem that should probably be addressed.
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THIS
They also believed he was innocent of crimes because the DOJ never prosecuted him in a meaningful way, including for sedition. In early 2021, most Americans DID think he was guilty. That changed over three years thanks to DOJ inaction. They thought "If he were really a threat, they would stop him."
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
THIS
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They are afraid of Kat because she stands for what most Americans want and believe. That's why they indicted her for protesting outside an ICE facility.
But like you, she is not afraid. There are more of us than there are of them. She is going to win. She is going to make a better future possible.
But like you, she is not afraid. There are more of us than there are of them. She is going to win. She is going to make a better future possible.
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
They are afraid of Kat because she stands for what most Americans want and believe. That's why they indicted her for protesting outside an ICE facility.
But like you, she is not afraid. There are more of us than there are of them. She is going to win. She is going to make a better future possible.
But like you, she is not afraid. There are more of us than there are of them. She is going to win. She is going to make a better future possible.
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democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.
October 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
democrats of all stripes should be rallying around kat abughazaleh asap. it doesnt matter where you stand ideologically. trying to jail dissenters is fundamentally unamerican and 100% fascist. democratic leaders at all levels should be making noise about it. you dont need a poll or focus group.