Amy Dickinson
@askingamy.bsky.social
"Ask Amy" advice columnist, NPR Wait Wait Don't Tell Me panelist, literacy advocate, NYT bestselling author, and proprietor of the Freeville Free Library. Author of the One Good Thing newsletter on Substack
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My dad helped beat the Nazis 80 years ago. Let’s do it again. #VeteransDay
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My dad helped beat the Nazis 80 years ago. Let’s do it again. #VeteransDay
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Daily Planner 2026
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November 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I had a lot of fun creating a 2026 day planner with some of my favorite inspirational, supportive, comforting, and funny quotes. amzn.to/3JAVckD
Once described a girl as "a chunkier Reese Witherspoon..."
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Once described a girl as "a chunkier Reese Witherspoon..."
Giant leaf
Small terrier
Small terrier
November 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Giant leaf
Small terrier
Small terrier
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A barred owl in Chicago
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A barred owl in Chicago
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
I'll take Paul Lynde for the win
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I'll take Paul Lynde for the win
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The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
October 31, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The music cuts off awkwardly before the end, but this is an incredible NYC Halloween costume compilation.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is now 8th in line of succession.
Archie and Lilibet (just ahead of him) vow to continue to survive.
Archie and Lilibet (just ahead of him) vow to continue to survive.
October 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor is now 8th in line of succession.
Archie and Lilibet (just ahead of him) vow to continue to survive.
Archie and Lilibet (just ahead of him) vow to continue to survive.
Rural campaigning looks like this:
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
October 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Rural campaigning looks like this:
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
("Meet the Candidates" night at a one-room schoolhouse)
When I googled "Platner's tattoo, AI coughed up a lot of flower pot tattoos off of Insta.
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
When I googled "Platner's tattoo, AI coughed up a lot of flower pot tattoos off of Insta.
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
And I found a nice example of a combo skull and flower pot tattoo.
Graham should consider incorporating a flower pot into his chest tattoo.
Problem solved!
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Is Michael Jordan getting smaller with age or is his earring getting bigger?
October 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Is Michael Jordan getting smaller with age or is his earring getting bigger?
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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Sometimes I think about how frogs serve now as inextricable iconography for both sides in these Balkanized United States and I blame the Hadron Collider for shifting us into this fucking Babar/Berenstain Bears-ass timeline.
a small frog is sitting on a counter next to an orange ball
Alt: a small frog is sitting on a counter next to an orange ball
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October 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Sometimes I think about how frogs serve now as inextricable iconography for both sides in these Balkanized United States and I blame the Hadron Collider for shifting us into this fucking Babar/Berenstain Bears-ass timeline.
WARNING:
My tap shoes arrived today
My tap shoes arrived today
September 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
WARNING:
My tap shoes arrived today
My tap shoes arrived today
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Waiting for an overnight flight from Addis Ababa to NYC. There is a piano nearby.
An Egyptian man sits and plays "What a Friend I Have in Jesus" and segues in to other American churchy spirituals.
Now he's playing Auld Lang Syne.
Ethiopian New Year was recently, so it seems right.
(It's 2018 here!)
An Egyptian man sits and plays "What a Friend I Have in Jesus" and segues in to other American churchy spirituals.
Now he's playing Auld Lang Syne.
Ethiopian New Year was recently, so it seems right.
(It's 2018 here!)
September 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Waiting for an overnight flight from Addis Ababa to NYC. There is a piano nearby.
An Egyptian man sits and plays "What a Friend I Have in Jesus" and segues in to other American churchy spirituals.
Now he's playing Auld Lang Syne.
Ethiopian New Year was recently, so it seems right.
(It's 2018 here!)
An Egyptian man sits and plays "What a Friend I Have in Jesus" and segues in to other American churchy spirituals.
Now he's playing Auld Lang Syne.
Ethiopian New Year was recently, so it seems right.
(It's 2018 here!)
So basically I've been in Tanzania. Last night's sunset featured zebras loping across the plain. Heading home, which means I have a few more hours before I feel compelled to learn what's wrong with Keith Olbermann this time.
September 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So basically I've been in Tanzania. Last night's sunset featured zebras loping across the plain. Heading home, which means I have a few more hours before I feel compelled to learn what's wrong with Keith Olbermann this time.
Around five years ago I was contacted by Sinclair-owned station (previously decent WJLA), to do a segment. Paraphrasing Bridget Jones, I replied that I'd rather wipe Saddam Hussein's ass.
I know I didn't actually say those words, but I was .... terse in my refusal, which for me is the same thing.
I know I didn't actually say those words, but I was .... terse in my refusal, which for me is the same thing.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Around five years ago I was contacted by Sinclair-owned station (previously decent WJLA), to do a segment. Paraphrasing Bridget Jones, I replied that I'd rather wipe Saddam Hussein's ass.
I know I didn't actually say those words, but I was .... terse in my refusal, which for me is the same thing.
I know I didn't actually say those words, but I was .... terse in my refusal, which for me is the same thing.
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Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵
RIP wonderful Robert Redford; a man with talent and integrity and ... handsome as all get out.
I love the way he was
I love the way he was
September 16, 2025 at 12:42 PM
RIP wonderful Robert Redford; a man with talent and integrity and ... handsome as all get out.
I love the way he was
I love the way he was