Amy Collier
@amycollier.bsky.social
associate provost for digital learning at Middlebury. instructor/owner of Middlebury Jazzercise.
loves dancing. plays hockey. enjoys shenanigans. so. damn. tired.
loves dancing. plays hockey. enjoys shenanigans. so. damn. tired.
Wtf
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June 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Wtf
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legalized sports gambling is one of the worst things to ever happen
May 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
legalized sports gambling is one of the worst things to ever happen
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Bars.
staffers are still cleaning up the Kristi Noem mess after she got gutted/filleted by @chrismurphyct.bsky.social
this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
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this is A MOMENT. #MustWatch
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May 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Bars.
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When you play the victim so hard for so long that you think taking China's place in the world is an upgrade bsky.app/profile/fint...
US Treasury Secretary Bessent: Rebalancing of China economy towards consumption and US economy towards manufacturing in two to three years would be a huge win - JPMorgan session.
April 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
When you play the victim so hard for so long that you think taking China's place in the world is an upgrade bsky.app/profile/fint...
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It will help to call or email your senators and representative with your thoughts about this!!
Speaking now from El Salvador, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says he was denied access to Kilmar Abrego Garcia by El Salvador leaders. And was denied a phone call to him
Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
Van Hollen: "The Trump Administration is lying about Abrego Garcia"
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It will help to call or email your senators and representative with your thoughts about this!!
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At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
April 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
At this rate MAGA will only be able to afford to rent the libs.
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So I'll finish transcribing parts of this speech later but I wanted to talk about a couple things in it that makes it great.
Here's the Rick Steves speech from Edmonds WA today:
April 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So I'll finish transcribing parts of this speech later but I wanted to talk about a couple things in it that makes it great.
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SAY THIS LOUDDDDDDDDDERRRRRRRRR
April 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
SAY THIS LOUDDDDDDDDDERRRRRRRRR
I just overheard a colleague say to another colleague, after they shared a laugh about something, "you're hysterical sometimes." And I know that everything is terrible and we are facing the destruction of [gestures broadly], but I can't stop thinking about that "sometimes."
April 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I just overheard a colleague say to another colleague, after they shared a laugh about something, "you're hysterical sometimes." And I know that everything is terrible and we are facing the destruction of [gestures broadly], but I can't stop thinking about that "sometimes."
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Agreed, and the more we amplify what Booker is doing, the more we make it matter, in public perception and as an example to other elected officials. On the other hand, the more we disparage and tear it down, the more we make it not matter. It's not all up to him.
I've come along to this take after kneekerk cynicism. Doing stuff that grabs attention is good. Not every action has to accomplish everything. You can praise and be happy about a step forward. We're going to need many steps forward.
yall we can’t collectively screech that “no one’s doing anything!” and then say “no not like that” when someone actually does something.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
is Booker’s filibuster gonna save the world? of course not. but since courage begets courage it could lead to more. I’m fucking cynical as hell but come on.
April 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Agreed, and the more we amplify what Booker is doing, the more we make it matter, in public perception and as an example to other elected officials. On the other hand, the more we disparage and tear it down, the more we make it not matter. It's not all up to him.
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Wisconsin, polls are now open until 8:00 PM!
Make your voice heard and vote for Judge Susan Crawford.
Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov
Make your voice heard and vote for Judge Susan Crawford.
Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov
April 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wisconsin, polls are now open until 8:00 PM!
Make your voice heard and vote for Judge Susan Crawford.
Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov
Make your voice heard and vote for Judge Susan Crawford.
Find your polling place: myvote.wi.gov
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"Hi Senator I am a voter in [your home zip code] and I saw what Sen. Booker did for others and I want that for me. Good day". A phone call like this is worth 10,000 quote posts.
Call your senators and tell them you saw it and like it, too. Maybe someone else will do this again.
To put in another way: this is Cory Booker turning a big dial that says "opposition" on it, and he's looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right. make sure he knows we're happier the more he turns it up.
April 1, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Hi Senator I am a voter in [your home zip code] and I saw what Sen. Booker did for others and I want that for me. Good day". A phone call like this is worth 10,000 quote posts.
It may be performative but that man is making arguments against Trump/Musk/Rs disastrous bullshit cuts while sometimes leaning so heavily on the podium he’s barely standing AND while too many Democrats are too comfortable sitting back doing goddamn nothing. AT THIS POINT, DO FUCKING SOMETHING, DEMS
It may be performative but it is MESSAGING. If democrats do this, they become the story and they get coverage. The more people stand up and Do Politics, the better chance we have of breaking through.
Cory Booker has taken the Senate floor and plans to filibuster as long as he’s physically able to protest the complete disregard for the rule of law by Trump and Musk.
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
Watch here: www.c-span.org/event/us-sen...
April 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It may be performative but that man is making arguments against Trump/Musk/Rs disastrous bullshit cuts while sometimes leaning so heavily on the podium he’s barely standing AND while too many Democrats are too comfortable sitting back doing goddamn nothing. AT THIS POINT, DO FUCKING SOMETHING, DEMS
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I'm seeing a lot of cynical reactions to this move from Cory Booker. And I get it!! But performative opposition is a necessary part of effective opposition from the minority. Not sufficient, but necessary. And our electeds need to know we notice when they do well and not just when they do poorly.
April 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I'm seeing a lot of cynical reactions to this move from Cory Booker. And I get it!! But performative opposition is a necessary part of effective opposition from the minority. Not sufficient, but necessary. And our electeds need to know we notice when they do well and not just when they do poorly.
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ICYMI last week, reupping a digital security tip sheet I helped write with @bostonjoan.bsky.social. More than a few new ones have dropped since January -- the main goal of this one is to give you 5 things you can do to minimally but meaningfully raise your security
📢 NEW: Our introductory tip sheet on digital security for journalists & civil servants working under pressure. 📢
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Co-authors @bostonjoan.bsky.social & @threatc.at offer 📌 five basic steps 📌 for truth-telling practitioners to protect their work & their communities www.criticalinternet.org/research
Research — The Critical Internet Studies Institute
www.criticalinternet.org
March 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
ICYMI last week, reupping a digital security tip sheet I helped write with @bostonjoan.bsky.social. More than a few new ones have dropped since January -- the main goal of this one is to give you 5 things you can do to minimally but meaningfully raise your security
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Our party may be cooked on the national level, but the way back is taking back power on the local level. And the best way to do that is to get with folks like @runforsomething.net and get into state and local office.
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March 14, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Our party may be cooked on the national level, but the way back is taking back power on the local level. And the best way to do that is to get with folks like @runforsomething.net and get into state and local office.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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Vermont showed up to sour Vance’s ski vacay! ❤️ Photos by a friend
March 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Vermont showed up to sour Vance’s ski vacay! ❤️ Photos by a friend
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We will be boycotting as best we can tomorrow & I hope everyone else does too.
February 28, 2025 at 1:43 AM
We will be boycotting as best we can tomorrow & I hope everyone else does too.
Our household will be cheering HARD for the sovereign nation of Canada's hockey team tonight
. @jessicacalarco.bsky.social called his a while back, thinking we'd see it with the North American World Cup in '26, but I bet she didn't think it would start in some stupid 4-country hockey mini tournament!
We're gonna lose 4-0 tonight.
February 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our household will be cheering HARD for the sovereign nation of Canada's hockey team tonight
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I just learned about the Dear Colleague letter
a penguin sits at a table with a starbucks coffee mug
ALT: a penguin sits at a table with a starbucks coffee mug
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February 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I just learned about the Dear Colleague letter
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i know a lot of gov employees are watching my feed at the moment 👇
Giving access to SSNs, other data on government employees to non-employees like Musk is a violation of 5 USC 552a, and carries with it a penalty of $1000 per person whose data was accessed. We are building a case. Govt employees who want to participate should contact me directly
February 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
i know a lot of gov employees are watching my feed at the moment 👇
I just signed up. Let’s do this.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I just signed up. Let’s do this.