Amy Woolard
@a-woo.bsky.social
Attorney & Chief Program Officer (Legal, Policy, Organizing) at @ACLU of Virginia. Poet—NECK OF THE WOODS, Alice James Books. Teaching Law & Lit—UVA Law. Legal aid alum. Former bartender. she/her.
Words here = mine alone.
Words here = mine alone.
Reposted by Amy Woolard
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The Times interviewed dozens of migrant men sent to a prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration. Independent forensic analysts called the testimony credible and consistent and said the treatment met the U.N.’s definition of torture.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
People who know me know that I am Baseball Superstitious so I don't say anything until ink is dry.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
People who know me know that I am Baseball Superstitious so I don't say anything until ink is dry.
this might be the first meme I've ever made, is how tonight is going for me so far
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
this might be the first meme I've ever made, is how tonight is going for me so far
Reposted by Amy Woolard
Added benefit: connect a campaign like this w/shifting narrative around "public safety" & redefining what it means away from fear & punishment systems. "Safety" *is* later library hours, skate parks, infrastructure, green spaces, community centers, skillshares, &c
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Added benefit: connect a campaign like this w/shifting narrative around "public safety" & redefining what it means away from fear & punishment systems. "Safety" *is* later library hours, skate parks, infrastructure, green spaces, community centers, skillshares, &c
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
Added benefit: connect a campaign like this w/shifting narrative around "public safety" & redefining what it means away from fear & punishment systems. "Safety" *is* later library hours, skate parks, infrastructure, green spaces, community centers, skillshares, &c
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Added benefit: connect a campaign like this w/shifting narrative around "public safety" & redefining what it means away from fear & punishment systems. "Safety" *is* later library hours, skate parks, infrastructure, green spaces, community centers, skillshares, &c
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
(but also: 💜Build a skate park 💜)
it may be the end of Daylight Savings Time but it's the beginning of My Car Clock Is Finally Correct Again time
November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
it may be the end of Daylight Savings Time but it's the beginning of My Car Clock Is Finally Correct Again time
This is the one.
And for more than just the only piece worth reading on the nazi tattoo—it's the one worth reading on the Dem problem writ large.
And for more than just the only piece worth reading on the nazi tattoo—it's the one worth reading on the Dem problem writ large.
honestly the only piece worth reading on the platner situation. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is absolutely cooking here. (gift link)
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is the one.
And for more than just the only piece worth reading on the nazi tattoo—it's the one worth reading on the Dem problem writ large.
And for more than just the only piece worth reading on the nazi tattoo—it's the one worth reading on the Dem problem writ large.
This is figuring it out, scaled to an individual's reach & capacity. Add up all the contributions like this & it makes a real difference.
If you come to my house on Halloween, kids will get candy and adults will get a candy with a free zine illustrated by @meganpiont.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is figuring it out, scaled to an individual's reach & capacity. Add up all the contributions like this & it makes a real difference.
Things judges have to say out loud in 2025 & we're still not assured it will be followed.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Things judges have to say out loud in 2025 & we're still not assured it will be followed.
"Poppies in October"
HBD, Sylvia Plath, botd 1932.
She wins GOAT poet just for the word "flamily" here.
HBD, Sylvia Plath, botd 1932.
She wins GOAT poet just for the word "flamily" here.
October 27, 2025 at 2:28 PM
"Poppies in October"
HBD, Sylvia Plath, botd 1932.
She wins GOAT poet just for the word "flamily" here.
HBD, Sylvia Plath, botd 1932.
She wins GOAT poet just for the word "flamily" here.
Found a baby rhino in my house this morning.
(Not vicious, just yawning)
(Not vicious, just yawning)
October 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Found a baby rhino in my house this morning.
(Not vicious, just yawning)
(Not vicious, just yawning)
Selma the Whippet just got a new fall sweater.
October 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Selma the Whippet just got a new fall sweater.
Selma timeline cleanse / at least one of us is ready for winter
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Selma timeline cleanse / at least one of us is ready for winter
Every AI-generated “king” meme of Trump has him wearing literally the plastic crown from Walmart.
October 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Every AI-generated “king” meme of Trump has him wearing literally the plastic crown from Walmart.
Reposted by Amy Woolard
no matter how you feel about No Kings as an organizing tactic, being in the streets tomorrow is a good time to be very visually supportive of Trans and immigrant communities.
people need to know ALL of us are against their vilification.
people need to know ALL of us are against their vilification.
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
no matter how you feel about No Kings as an organizing tactic, being in the streets tomorrow is a good time to be very visually supportive of Trans and immigrant communities.
people need to know ALL of us are against their vilification.
people need to know ALL of us are against their vilification.
Pixies muzak playing at the grocery store is my latest seasonal affective disorder
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Pixies muzak playing at the grocery store is my latest seasonal affective disorder
Reposted by Amy Woolard
From us at ACLU-VA: "Virginia’s next attorney general will have a crucial choice that will affect all of us: either protect Virginians from many of the attacks we’re seeing every day on our neighbors and our rights—or collude with a federal administration intent on ripping us apart."
Virginia’s next AG can fight Trump’s assault on our rights – or join in | Guest column
Against a backdrop of federal assaults on our civil rights and civil liberties, nothing could be more important than shoring up our rights here at home. This November, Virginians can elect leaders who...
richmond.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From us at ACLU-VA: "Virginia’s next attorney general will have a crucial choice that will affect all of us: either protect Virginians from many of the attacks we’re seeing every day on our neighbors and our rights—or collude with a federal administration intent on ripping us apart."
From us at ACLU-VA: "Virginia’s next attorney general will have a crucial choice that will affect all of us: either protect Virginians from many of the attacks we’re seeing every day on our neighbors and our rights—or collude with a federal administration intent on ripping us apart."
Virginia’s next AG can fight Trump’s assault on our rights – or join in | Guest column
Against a backdrop of federal assaults on our civil rights and civil liberties, nothing could be more important than shoring up our rights here at home. This November, Virginians can elect leaders who...
richmond.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
From us at ACLU-VA: "Virginia’s next attorney general will have a crucial choice that will affect all of us: either protect Virginians from many of the attacks we’re seeing every day on our neighbors and our rights—or collude with a federal administration intent on ripping us apart."
Reposted by Amy Woolard
Jesus, D'Angelo. BLACK MESSIAH is one of the defining artworks of this century.
October 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Jesus, D'Angelo. BLACK MESSIAH is one of the defining artworks of this century.
Heartbroken. This is such an immeasurable loss / D'Angelo was actually a genius. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
D'Angelo, Soul's Modern Visionary, Dead at 51
D'Angelo, the soul and R&B great whose three albums — 'Brown Sugar,' 'Voodoo,' and 'Black Messiah' — are all revered as modern classics, has died.
www.rollingstone.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Heartbroken. This is such an immeasurable loss / D'Angelo was actually a genius. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"Bluesky is just an echo chamber of wokeness that doesn't make any room for dissenting views"
Me:
Me:
Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"Bluesky is just an echo chamber of wokeness that doesn't make any room for dissenting views"
Me:
Me:
maybe the worst "this could've been an email" of all time
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered hundreds of generals to travel on short notice from around the world to hear him make a short speech on military standards and the “warrior ethos.”
New details emerge on Hegseth’s unusual mass gathering of top brass
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has summoned hundreds of generals for what is expected to be a short lecture on the “warrior ethos.” But top brass is bracing for possible firings or demotions.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
maybe the worst "this could've been an email" of all time
"Jimmy Kimmel organizing response" but this time do democracy
September 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
"Jimmy Kimmel organizing response" but this time do democracy
the one thing I do like abt cooler/colder weather coming on is that I get to just dress like an actual catburglar every day of my life until at least March
September 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
the one thing I do like abt cooler/colder weather coming on is that I get to just dress like an actual catburglar every day of my life until at least March