Amelia Lorenz
@amelialorenz.bsky.social
Actor, standardized patient, cheerio wrangler. The truth is rarely simple. Empathy is the way
Surely there is a region of hell that is just Costco on a Saturday forever
March 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Surely there is a region of hell that is just Costco on a Saturday forever
I teach empathy for a living (on paper it's "communication skills," but really we're talking about empathy.) It's fascinating to see empathy slowly become politicized, even at my institution, where it's basically the point
Whenever people talk about the need to suppress empathy as some sort of heroic act, I think about this passage
March 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I teach empathy for a living (on paper it's "communication skills," but really we're talking about empathy.) It's fascinating to see empathy slowly become politicized, even at my institution, where it's basically the point
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Black folks BEEN trynta tell y'all. Maybe if we put it in a song...
February 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Black folks BEEN trynta tell y'all. Maybe if we put it in a song...
In memory of a time when subscriptions drove print media instead of clicks, and in support of their detailed, principled, courageous reporting, I have - for the first time - given Wired my cash
NEW: The Department of Government Efficiency has built a “firewall” separating Elon Musk’s team from the 200 or so legacy United States Digital Service workers, sources tell WIRED.
DOGE Builds ‘Firewall’ Between Musk’s Team and Legacy USDS Workers
“As far as I can tell, they’re hiding,” one USDS employee said about the DOGE team.
wrd.cm
February 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In memory of a time when subscriptions drove print media instead of clicks, and in support of their detailed, principled, courageous reporting, I have - for the first time - given Wired my cash
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An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
February 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
An important announcement from the Governor of Illinois.
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Launched a newsletter YESTERDAY and I'm not only posting essays there, but also trying to do some of the news aggregation there I used to do on Facebook. Like this. meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/week-three-t...
Week Three: The Pushback
I think of this as primarily a site for more thoughtful essayistic stuff but I was doing one of those news roundup in-the-moment things I do on FB and thought I should maybe try doing it here.
Right ...
meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io
February 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Launched a newsletter YESTERDAY and I'm not only posting essays there, but also trying to do some of the news aggregation there I used to do on Facebook. Like this. meditations-in-an-emergency.ghost.io/week-three-t...
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Reminder on the first day of Davos: it's time to fund the police. The I.R.S., to be precise. They're in charge of auditing the billionaire class, who are avoiding and evading their taxes on a massive scale.
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reminder on the first day of Davos: it's time to fund the police. The I.R.S., to be precise. They're in charge of auditing the billionaire class, who are avoiding and evading their taxes on a massive scale.
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"I would like to propose an experiment: If you find yourself moved to say you don’t like kids, swap in another group of people and see whether that feels like an acceptable thing to say." From Stephanie Murray:
This Is No Way to Talk About Children
When people say they “don’t like” kids, they’re expressing way more than a preference.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"I would like to propose an experiment: If you find yourself moved to say you don’t like kids, swap in another group of people and see whether that feels like an acceptable thing to say." From Stephanie Murray:
If you don't know what to do, breathing is a great place to start
February 2, 2025 at 5:36 AM
If you don't know what to do, breathing is a great place to start
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Consider a donation to the #InternetArchive.
The Wayback Machine bears witness at a time when historical archives are being deleted in public.
This nonprofit effort does not come free. We should all support their work. archive.org/donate
The Wayback Machine bears witness at a time when historical archives are being deleted in public.
This nonprofit effort does not come free. We should all support their work. archive.org/donate
Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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February 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Consider a donation to the #InternetArchive.
The Wayback Machine bears witness at a time when historical archives are being deleted in public.
This nonprofit effort does not come free. We should all support their work. archive.org/donate
The Wayback Machine bears witness at a time when historical archives are being deleted in public.
This nonprofit effort does not come free. We should all support their work. archive.org/donate