Amy Watts
@amywatts.bsky.social
Chicago. Kibble provider to three cats. Librarian / retail donkey.
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Easiest choice ever. Let's make it happen
May 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Easiest choice ever. Let's make it happen
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The media uses the possibility his brain is mush to avoid calling him a liar and the fact that he’s a liar to avoid saying his brain is mush.
The effect is that they write up neither of the 2 possibilities, dramatically helping Trump.
The effect is that they write up neither of the 2 possibilities, dramatically helping Trump.
This MS-13 tattoo thing is Trump in a microcosm, and worth some serious journalistic scrutiny. He is so terribly, insistently wrong. Is he that stupid? DId his staff deceive him? Was no one willing to tell him the truth? All of the above?
April 30, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The media uses the possibility his brain is mush to avoid calling him a liar and the fact that he’s a liar to avoid saying his brain is mush.
The effect is that they write up neither of the 2 possibilities, dramatically helping Trump.
The effect is that they write up neither of the 2 possibilities, dramatically helping Trump.
We are indeed living in times where "Is the pope Catholic?" not being a rhetorical question seems about right
April 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
We are indeed living in times where "Is the pope Catholic?" not being a rhetorical question seems about right
You know what would be kinda cool? A Chrome extension that shows you tariff impacts on all e-commerce sites
April 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
You know what would be kinda cool? A Chrome extension that shows you tariff impacts on all e-commerce sites
Wow. Even Prime delivery can't send fealty that fast.
UPDATE: Looks like Amazon is backing off their plan to list tariff costs after a call from Trump 🤔
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Wow. Even Prime delivery can't send fealty that fast.
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one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
April 18, 2025 at 5:20 AM
one thing that Democratic politicians should take note of is that the overlap between “great political optics” and “actual morally good stuff” is really big right now
They made Martha Stewart go to jail for much less than this.
Bernie agrees it’s highly likely Trump and his billionaire buddies bought stocks based on insider info before the market spiked - after his tariffs surrender
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 AM
They made Martha Stewart go to jail for much less than this.
Oooh, California friends - lookit!
Every Californian with an email address and an internet connection can now visit California’s Bookshelf and access more than 300,000 ebooks and audiobooks.
www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...
www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...
March 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Oooh, California friends - lookit!
Pick a condiment and eat the rich
💰 “Last year was a good year for New York's financial industry as Wall Street bonuses reached a record $47.5 billion in 2024…” #SecondGildedAge
Wall Street bonuses hit record high of $47.5B in 2024, state comptroller says
Wall Street accounted for 19% of the state’s tax collections in fiscal year 2023-24.
spectrumlocalnews.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Pick a condiment and eat the rich
Sedans are good and all but I'm really hoping for the station wagon comeback
March 27, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Sedans are good and all but I'm really hoping for the station wagon comeback
It's not fun being a disposable person.
(And I fully acknowledge that this feeling is not a new one to many people who look different from me)
(And I fully acknowledge that this feeling is not a new one to many people who look different from me)
Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer’s care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks — all because they focus on gender.
What happens to health research when 'women' is a banned word?
Trump's federal funding cuts are shutting down studies on Alzheimer’s care, uterine fibroids and pregnancy risks — all because they focus on gender.
19thnews.org
March 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's not fun being a disposable person.
(And I fully acknowledge that this feeling is not a new one to many people who look different from me)
(And I fully acknowledge that this feeling is not a new one to many people who look different from me)
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They really hate college education since a college education means you're less likely to vote GOP
They really fucking hate people who need help to get a college education. I mean really fucking hate them. www.forbes.com/sites/adammi...
Major Tax Changes Targeting Student Loan Borrowers Could Be Devastating
As millions of student loan borrowers try to navigate a repayment system mired in unprecedented turmoil, a new threat looms: potential changes to tax laws.
www.forbes.com
March 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
They really hate college education since a college education means you're less likely to vote GOP
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Via mail carrier Bob Frantz
March 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Via mail carrier Bob Frantz
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i wonder if maybe we should stop writing post-apocalyptic fiction just until we're sure that's not where rich people are getting their ideas
March 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
i wonder if maybe we should stop writing post-apocalyptic fiction just until we're sure that's not where rich people are getting their ideas
Well this is bad news
NEW: Bolts has learned that Chicago's new prosecutor has launched a program to further empower local police.
It lets police bypass the usual 'review process' to file more felony charges directly, without a prosecutor's approval.
It signals how new prosecutor will be a lot more trusting of police:
It lets police bypass the usual 'review process' to file more felony charges directly, without a prosecutor's approval.
It signals how new prosecutor will be a lot more trusting of police:
New Chicago Prosecutor Empowers Police to File More Charges Without Review - Bolts
In the early evening on Feb. 19, two Chicago police officers arrested a 40-year-old man in the Englewood neighborhood. According to their report, the officers cited an odor of “raw... Read More
boltsmag.org
March 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Well this is bad news
The most perfect detail in this story is that they flew Spirit Airlines.
The one time I flew Spirit I was ready to shoot someone at baggage claim too.
The one time I flew Spirit I was ready to shoot someone at baggage claim too.
Nearly 60 shell casings were retrieved outside Terminal 2 after two rappers from Austin and their West Side companions deboarded a Spirit Airlines flight and got into a violent argument in baggage claim. chicago.suntimes.com/2025/03/13/m...
Wild shootout at O'Hare sparked by self-proclaimed rappers' feud after Spirit Airlines flight
Nearly 60 shell casings were retrieved after two West Side rappers began fighting in baggage claim sparking a wild shootout after their Spirit Airlines flight landed.
chicago.suntimes.com
March 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The most perfect detail in this story is that they flew Spirit Airlines.
The one time I flew Spirit I was ready to shoot someone at baggage claim too.
The one time I flew Spirit I was ready to shoot someone at baggage claim too.
Unless they also lower their fares, there'll be no reason to fly with them. They were often more expensive than other carriers in my experience, unless you added in checked bag fees for competitors.
Good luck to Southwest, which is getting rid of the main reasons people fly Southwest
Southwest Airlines continues to align with the rest of the industry, adding checked bag fees for most passengers starting this summer.
#PaxEx
#PaxEx
March 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Unless they also lower their fares, there'll be no reason to fly with them. They were often more expensive than other carriers in my experience, unless you added in checked bag fees for competitors.
When I would explain academic publishing to people outside academia, they were always incredulous. What a system.
Academic publishing:
Your publicly-funded research is reviewed by volunteers, then you transfer the copyright to a publisher, who sells it back to the same institutions that donated the journals' contents and reviewer labour, until deciding to block access to it in order to appease authoritarians
Your publicly-funded research is reviewed by volunteers, then you transfer the copyright to a publisher, who sells it back to the same institutions that donated the journals' contents and reviewer labour, until deciding to block access to it in order to appease authoritarians
I propose a new rule:
Library vendors don't get to call themselves our partners if they aid in the censorship of material
Christ almighty, what are we even doing 📚
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Library vendors don't get to call themselves our partners if they aid in the censorship of material
Christ almighty, what are we even doing 📚
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
March 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When I would explain academic publishing to people outside academia, they were always incredulous. What a system.
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A few years back, centrist Democrats & the Very Serious People mocked & dismissed the slogan ‘abolish ICE’.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
March 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
A few years back, centrist Democrats & the Very Serious People mocked & dismissed the slogan ‘abolish ICE’.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
Today’s actions are a reminder of how ICE is a rogue, lawless agency that is easily weaponized by an authoritarian administration & that it very much should be abolished.
Sing it to the rafters!
March 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Sing it to the rafters!
I swear Paul Klee was a quilter in his heart
March 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I swear Paul Klee was a quilter in his heart
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There are more *diagnosed* autistic people because they changed the diagnostic criteria and started diagnosing people other than white boys with autism. Also: 40 years of "awareness" campaigns.
That's it. Mystery solved.
That's it. Mystery solved.
February 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
There are more *diagnosed* autistic people because they changed the diagnostic criteria and started diagnosing people other than white boys with autism. Also: 40 years of "awareness" campaigns.
That's it. Mystery solved.
That's it. Mystery solved.
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US politics make more sense when you remember that our most diverse, populous states are massively underrepresented in our electoral system and our mostly white low population states are overweighted
March 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
US politics make more sense when you remember that our most diverse, populous states are massively underrepresented in our electoral system and our mostly white low population states are overweighted
It's a Chris Fleming bit come to life
The image of Vance touching down in Vermont and immediately getting yelled at by the whitest people imaginable in puffer vests and Merrill boots with wall-to-wall lifetime Vermont Public Radio memberships is extremely gratifying
March 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM
It's a Chris Fleming bit come to life