Amanda Hirsch
@amandahirsch.bsky.social
Writer & story coach. She/her. Black lives matter.
Change stories to change the world.
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Change stories to change the world.
[BOOK]: "Improvising Adulthood" amandahirsch.com/improvisingadulthood
[ABOUT]: amandahirsch.com
[BUSINESS]: http://mightyforces.co
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Well Bluesky, even though I'm experiencing a crippling headache for the 8th day in a row, I still posted my annual Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck playlist for you. Enjoy, you filthy animals.
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The 2025 Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck Playlist
2025 Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck Playlist - Christmas music, Chanukah music, hip holiday music
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November 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well Bluesky, even though I'm experiencing a crippling headache for the 8th day in a row, I still posted my annual Holiday Music That Doesn't Suck playlist for you. Enjoy, you filthy animals.
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If you live in DC and are active on normie social media sites, you should be flooding the zone with videos of boring peaceful life in the city.
August 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you live in DC and are active on normie social media sites, you should be flooding the zone with videos of boring peaceful life in the city.
I feel like we can cool it already with the advice to “do the thing that scares you,” because living in America right now is some John Carpenter-level shit.
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I feel like we can cool it already with the advice to “do the thing that scares you,” because living in America right now is some John Carpenter-level shit.
Just back from a huge, joyful #NoKings protest in NY’s Hudson Valley. A little kid led the crowd in a call and response. An older man yelled “Henry Miller, not Stephen Miller.” There were dancing paper mâché cats.
This is what democracy feels like.
This is what democracy feels like.
June 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just back from a huge, joyful #NoKings protest in NY’s Hudson Valley. A little kid led the crowd in a call and response. An older man yelled “Henry Miller, not Stephen Miller.” There were dancing paper mâché cats.
This is what democracy feels like.
This is what democracy feels like.
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My grandmother was a young pregnant Jewish woman alone on a train in Poland during WWII when a German soldier told her to get off at the next stop because there wouldn't be any soldiers waiting at the station. She survived because, in that moment, a soldier chose the right thing over obeying orders.
June 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My grandmother was a young pregnant Jewish woman alone on a train in Poland during WWII when a German soldier told her to get off at the next stop because there wouldn't be any soldiers waiting at the station. She survived because, in that moment, a soldier chose the right thing over obeying orders.
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Guy at my rally: “comparing DT to a king makes me feel bad for KINGS. At least kings can project some ✨MAJESTY✨ - has anyone ever seen majesty out of this guy?” 😂 #NOKINGS
June 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Guy at my rally: “comparing DT to a king makes me feel bad for KINGS. At least kings can project some ✨MAJESTY✨ - has anyone ever seen majesty out of this guy?” 😂 #NOKINGS
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House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
House Dems demand testimony from Noem after Padilla handcuffed in LA
“If it can happen to Alex, it can happen to ... anybody,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez said.
www.politico.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
House Dems are demanding that Noem testify before Congress after Sen. Padilla was detained by federal agents at her DHS press conference in LA.
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A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
We must teach media literacy around AI. And we must have guardrails in place for ethical governance of this technology.
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Judge Slaps Down Attempt to Throw Out Lawsuit Claiming AI Caused a 14-Year-Old’s Suicide
Google and Character.AI tried to dismiss a lawsuit that claims chatbots caused a 14-year-old's suicide. The case is moving forward.
futurism.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We must teach media literacy around AI. And we must have guardrails in place for ethical governance of this technology.
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"We cannot escape the paradoxical conclusion that while there is no limit to what people will do to each other, there is also no limit to what they will do for each other."
- Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org
- Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"We cannot escape the paradoxical conclusion that while there is no limit to what people will do to each other, there is also no limit to what they will do for each other."
- Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org
- Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @unhcr.org
"I've spent years in movement spaces and know how vital collective action is. But most of us aren't full-time organizers. We're trying to stay human inside a system we depend on that is being ransacked and torn apart."
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The Harms Are Cumulative. Your Overwhelm Is the Goal. Let’s Get Unstuck
Trump and Musk weaponize chaos to exhaust our capacity for resistance. Recognizing the patterns of harm gives us the framework to protect our humanity and reclaim our strategic power.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
"I've spent years in movement spaces and know how vital collective action is. But most of us aren't full-time organizers. We're trying to stay human inside a system we depend on that is being ransacked and torn apart."
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What if you could start your week by taking care of you?
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Write Now: A Weekly Reconnection Space for Women — Mighty Forces
Writing — for ourselves, not necessarily for anyone else — is powerful medicine. Begin each week with an infusion of this tonic, reconnecting with your truest self in communion with other women who, l...
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April 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What if you could start your week by taking care of you?
Join me for Write Now every Monday at noon ET:
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Join me for Write Now every Monday at noon ET:
www.mightyforces.co/writenow
“Chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge, even wisdom.”
- Toni Morrison
Stay curious in this moment. (Saying this to myself as much as anyone.)
What are we learning?
- Toni Morrison
Stay curious in this moment. (Saying this to myself as much as anyone.)
What are we learning?
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge, even wisdom.”
- Toni Morrison
Stay curious in this moment. (Saying this to myself as much as anyone.)
What are we learning?
- Toni Morrison
Stay curious in this moment. (Saying this to myself as much as anyone.)
What are we learning?
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Frustrated CEO Stuck In Dead-End 7-Figure Job
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April 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Frustrated CEO Stuck In Dead-End 7-Figure Job
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Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home now.
April 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia home now.
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I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
April 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
It’s disgusting and dangerous.
If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.
Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.
To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.
What’s your sign
April 16, 2025 at 11:26 PM
What’s your sign
An important message for the White House courtesy of Laura Benanti:
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April 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
An important message for the White House courtesy of Laura Benanti:
www.instagram.com/reel/DIhbQ64...
www.instagram.com/reel/DIhbQ64...
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I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
Just landed in El Salvador to discuss release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.
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Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
April 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Four R senators and four R House members could announce they're caucusing with the Dems for now, and will vote for Schumer for Majority Leader and Jeffries for Speaker, because the threat to the rule of law is dire. Meanwhile, they'll work with Democrats to construct guardrails against dictatorship.
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Get yourself a senator willing to rescue you in a foreign country after your messy president wrongfully deports you…
…seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are.
Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
…seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are.
Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Get yourself a senator willing to rescue you in a foreign country after your messy president wrongfully deports you…
…seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are.
Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
…seems like a sentence I shouldn’t have to write in 2025 but here we are.
Senator Chris Van Hollen leaves for El Salvador tomorrow to initiate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.