Amber
@theambericanway.bsky.social
Communications and UX, libraries. UVA/Charlottesville.
Dogs. Cats. Silly jokes.
Let's take care of each other.
Dogs. Cats. Silly jokes.
Let's take care of each other.
What a time to be alive.
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
What a time to be alive.
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Come work for me! I'm hiring at @usdigitalresponse.org—somebody with experience as a government procurement FTE who wants to join me in providing pro bono support to governments in the U.S. who want to move to a user-centered, Agile software procurement approach. Remote, full-time, $145–165k.
Procurement Specialist at U.S. Digital Response
About U.S. Digital Response
U.S. Digital Response (USDR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping governments and civic institutions respond quickly and efficiently to support the...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Come work for me! I'm hiring at @usdigitalresponse.org—somebody with experience as a government procurement FTE who wants to join me in providing pro bono support to governments in the U.S. who want to move to a user-centered, Agile software procurement approach. Remote, full-time, $145–165k.
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The Cavalier Daily, UVA's student newspaper, hasn't had a single FOIA request fulfilled since *July 1*. This is flatly illegal. Senator Deeds shared UVA's FOIA response with the newspaper, which allowed them to do this reporting.
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Cavalier Daily, UVA's student newspaper, hasn't had a single FOIA request fulfilled since *July 1*. This is flatly illegal. Senator Deeds shared UVA's FOIA response with the newspaper, which allowed them to do this reporting.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
November 18, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene has been disliked by the left for years and years and had never had to fear for her life. She's been disliked by the right for 1 day and now has to hire security.
What's your sign?
November 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What's your sign?
May I recommend "East Nashville Skyline" for your Saturday night? Todd Snyder died yesterday and I was going to pick a single track but decided I'd rather not. Just as good today as when it came out.
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
May I recommend "East Nashville Skyline" for your Saturday night? Todd Snyder died yesterday and I was going to pick a single track but decided I'd rather not. Just as good today as when it came out.
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My colleague Megan Pauly tackled the 12-page letter that former UVA President Jim Ryan released to the community. He didn’t want to release it yesterday because of the three-year anniversary of the on-Grounds shooting where 3 UVA football players were killed, with others hurt.
Former UVA President Jim Ryan disputes rector's account of his resignation
Ryan and Rector Rachel Sheridan shared conflicting stories this week.
www.vpm.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
My colleague Megan Pauly tackled the 12-page letter that former UVA President Jim Ryan released to the community. He didn’t want to release it yesterday because of the three-year anniversary of the on-Grounds shooting where 3 UVA football players were killed, with others hurt.
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Today marks the passing of UVA student-athletes Devin Chandler, D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis Jr.
At 1:55 pm the Chapel bells will toll and all are encouraged to participate in a moment of silence in their memory as we honor their lives and legacies.
news.virginia.edu/content/memo...
At 1:55 pm the Chapel bells will toll and all are encouraged to participate in a moment of silence in their memory as we honor their lives and legacies.
news.virginia.edu/content/memo...
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Today marks the passing of UVA student-athletes Devin Chandler, D’Sean Perry and Lavel Davis Jr.
At 1:55 pm the Chapel bells will toll and all are encouraged to participate in a moment of silence in their memory as we honor their lives and legacies.
news.virginia.edu/content/memo...
At 1:55 pm the Chapel bells will toll and all are encouraged to participate in a moment of silence in their memory as we honor their lives and legacies.
news.virginia.edu/content/memo...
The first time I rode in one of these I thought we were in a room waiting for the bus. Turns out it WAS the bus.
A Trump nominee to the advisory board overseeing Dulles International Airport plans to push for an end to its signature “people movers,” saying the shuttles that drew headlines this week for a crash that hospitalized 18 people are outdated and dangerous.
Trump airport nominee wants to eliminate Dulles ‘people movers’
The unique shuttles, which have been in operation since 1962, have been blamed for delays and accidents. A White House official Tuesday called them “notorious.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The first time I rode in one of these I thought we were in a room waiting for the bus. Turns out it WAS the bus.
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every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
👏Low👏 stakes 👏 debates!
👏Low 👏stakes 👏 debates!
👏Low 👏stakes 👏 debates!
Do you buy salted or unsalted butter? I don’t know which one is the right one to get
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
👏Low👏 stakes 👏 debates!
👏Low 👏stakes 👏 debates!
👏Low 👏stakes 👏 debates!
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This isn’t very hard, folks.
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This isn’t very hard, folks.
I'd call this ridiculous if I didn't think that jaunty word made a joke of this.
Utter cruelty.
Utter cruelty.
Any food which has gotten to poor families the states must send agents to reclaim the food before it is eaten or face new federal penalties
“.. The Agriculture Department issued the command in a late-night Saturday memo .. That guidance threatened to impose financial penalties on states that did not “comply” quickly with the government’s new orders.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
@tonyromm.bsky.social #SNAP
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I'd call this ridiculous if I didn't think that jaunty word made a joke of this.
Utter cruelty.
Utter cruelty.
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URGENT: Call Mark Warner - 202-224-2023 and Tim Kaine - (202) 224-4024 and tell them NOT to cave to the GOP on the shutdown without a minimum one year extension on the ACA subsidies!
I'm hearing the same thing. Dems are nearing a surrender. I'm shocked. Largest protest in history + best election night in years + polling showing we're kicking their ass in public opinion. And now Dems may cave.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
It ain't over til it's over, so please do call if you've got a Dem senator.
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
URGENT: Call Mark Warner - 202-224-2023 and Tim Kaine - (202) 224-4024 and tell them NOT to cave to the GOP on the shutdown without a minimum one year extension on the ACA subsidies!
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This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
Is Your Health Care Premium Going Up? Share Your Story | U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts
www.warren.senate.gov
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care.
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...
I wished someone Godsleep instead of Godspeed today by accident. I wish you whichever of these you prefer.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I wished someone Godsleep instead of Godspeed today by accident. I wish you whichever of these you prefer.
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Look at the shifts in VA. How do we continue to build on this? How do we safeguard our elections and our electoral systems? Locally, we are going to continue to organize. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Look at the shifts in VA. How do we continue to build on this? How do we safeguard our elections and our electoral systems? Locally, we are going to continue to organize. 1/
Thank you, Virginia. ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thank you, Virginia. ❤️
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Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Nearly every county in Virginia has shifted blue in a massive statement against Donald Trump.
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even if you knew that a spanberger win was a given, it is really wild to see this kind of electoral dunk in virginia. the last thing like it was bob mcdonnell's win in 2009 over creigh deeds
November 5, 2025 at 1:07 AM
even if you knew that a spanberger win was a given, it is really wild to see this kind of electoral dunk in virginia. the last thing like it was bob mcdonnell's win in 2009 over creigh deeds
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RESULTS! ARE! COMING! IN!
You too can be a giant nerd by following along here: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
You too can be a giant nerd by following along here: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM
RESULTS! ARE! COMING! IN!
You too can be a giant nerd by following along here: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
You too can be a giant nerd by following along here: enr.elections.virginia.gov/results/publ...
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Voting for Miyares or not voting at all will result in Miyares winning and blocking everything Governor Spanberger does by suing her. We have seen this in other states with Dem Govs and Repub AGs.
No split tickets! Don’t believe Miyares claims of common ground. A vote for him is a vote for Trump
November 1, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Voting for Miyares or not voting at all will result in Miyares winning and blocking everything Governor Spanberger does by suing her. We have seen this in other states with Dem Govs and Repub AGs.