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Amy Wilson
@amywlsn.bsky.social
Author of HAPPY TO HELP and WHEN DID I GET LIKE THIS? Co-host of @whatfreshhellcast (12M downloads and counting). amywilson.com
Extra time can be a double-edged sword. For example, the ACT is 4 1/2 hours long with extra time. And you can't opt for less time. Even if extra time is needed bec of ADHD or a learning disability, it's hard to maintain stamina for that long, Plus, as you say, u either know the answers or you don't.
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Reposted by Amy Wilson
By situating the Times as nobly filling the space between the diametrically opposed wants of the “left” and the “right” and suggesting that all of these critiques are ideologically motivated and are equally valid (or invalid), this misses the point of much of the criticism of the paper’s coverage.
December 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Reposted by Amy Wilson
“There’s a huge opportunity here if Trump acts in a way he has never acted and shows mental faculties he has never demonstrated having” is a very popular genre of think piece
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Reposted by Amy Wilson
It used to be the case that a mission of forming young people for leadership was understood to be exclusively aimed at boys. That's no longer true. Hegseth wants to get back something that can't be restored—the culture-wide assumption that power and influence should belong only to (white) men.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
this is the breaking point for me. The PRESIDENT said this and we all saw it

Nixon certainly would have thought such things but he never said it on a live mic
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ugh you're right. that's the play
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
It was one for the ages
November 5, 2025 at 10:08 PM