Amy Alton Bautz, clown
@b3nd3r.bsky.social
GenX Bear-in-the-Woods, habitat Eastern Missouri
Teaching, making art, playing cards, social dancing, clowning as the opportunities arise
For a pro-worker work ethic
Art: https://www.behance.net/AmyBautz
Teaching, making art, playing cards, social dancing, clowning as the opportunities arise
For a pro-worker work ethic
Art: https://www.behance.net/AmyBautz
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The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.
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ich fand das mit der Aufrüstung und der Bundeswehr-Propaganda an jeder Ecke erst echt bedrohlich, aber dann ist mir eingefallen, dass wir die Guten sind und für Frieden, Freiheit und Demokratie stehen, Glück gehabt
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 AM
ich fand das mit der Aufrüstung und der Bundeswehr-Propaganda an jeder Ecke erst echt bedrohlich, aber dann ist mir eingefallen, dass wir die Guten sind und für Frieden, Freiheit und Demokratie stehen, Glück gehabt
If I had money I would start a liberal radio broadcast and create affiliate stations around the country on AM and FM
The left is underestimating the power and relevance of broadcast radio.
More accessible and verifiable than the internet, listening to the radio is a low-cost communal activity.
The left is underestimating the power and relevance of broadcast radio.
More accessible and verifiable than the internet, listening to the radio is a low-cost communal activity.
November 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If I had money I would start a liberal radio broadcast and create affiliate stations around the country on AM and FM
The left is underestimating the power and relevance of broadcast radio.
More accessible and verifiable than the internet, listening to the radio is a low-cost communal activity.
The left is underestimating the power and relevance of broadcast radio.
More accessible and verifiable than the internet, listening to the radio is a low-cost communal activity.
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The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
November 23, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The fascist right doesn’t believe that American Jews belong in America. They want us to live in our own ethno-state—not here.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
People like Zohran believe America is a multiracial democracy in which everyone should belong.
It’s insane the latter is treated as antisemitism.
Just graded a student project in my computer art course to rewrite the chicken-crossing-the-road joke. They make storyboards to tell the joke visually, and in this one, the chicken saves a baby duck from being run over by a tractor, which isn't funny but touching and life-affirming in every way.
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Just graded a student project in my computer art course to rewrite the chicken-crossing-the-road joke. They make storyboards to tell the joke visually, and in this one, the chicken saves a baby duck from being run over by a tractor, which isn't funny but touching and life-affirming in every way.
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Thinking again of Kalergi’s concept of the 19th century as the struggle for liberty, the 20th for equality, and the 21st as defined by the struggle for fraternity
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Thinking again of Kalergi’s concept of the 19th century as the struggle for liberty, the 20th for equality, and the 21st as defined by the struggle for fraternity
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I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I think there's a decent chance that the Pope visits Chicago during this presidency and while there asks to see Broadview and I wonder how that plays out.
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Tonight I’m raising a glass to the women standing up to the most ruthless and violent institutions and people on the planet, in the halls of Congress and the White House, in skrums and online. This isn’t easy, and thousands of people with more safety and comfort aren’t doing it at all.
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Tonight I’m raising a glass to the women standing up to the most ruthless and violent institutions and people on the planet, in the halls of Congress and the White House, in skrums and online. This isn’t easy, and thousands of people with more safety and comfort aren’t doing it at all.
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Time to post the Tony Hoagland November poem again
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Time to post the Tony Hoagland November poem again
Shit
Dark money groups gave Republicans $2 million Sunday to try and fend off a ballot initiative
Republicans pump $2 million into effort to defend Missouri's new congressional map
Dark money groups gave Republicans $2 million Sunday to try and fend off a ballot initiative
www.stltoday.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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A small thread starring the glorious ceilings of St. Louis Public Library’s main branch
November 16, 2025 at 1:05 AM
A small thread starring the glorious ceilings of St. Louis Public Library’s main branch
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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I want to uplift the women hearing in these stories the echoes of their own, the many countless women who have been survivors because the world decided that they were expendable because all women & girls are expendable if a man might be inconvenienced by them & all of our bodies are free game.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I want to uplift the women hearing in these stories the echoes of their own, the many countless women who have been survivors because the world decided that they were expendable because all women & girls are expendable if a man might be inconvenienced by them & all of our bodies are free game.
@moundcitymessenger.bsky.social I met Glenn Burleigh at a Halloween event on Cherokee which led me to discover The Mound City Messenger. What an interesting news site taking on important issues for St. Louis. Glad to see it on Bluesky!
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
@moundcitymessenger.bsky.social I met Glenn Burleigh at a Halloween event on Cherokee which led me to discover The Mound City Messenger. What an interesting news site taking on important issues for St. Louis. Glad to see it on Bluesky!
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here's a fun playlist I've compiled. enjoy
COVERS of english language songs in not-english - YouTube
youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
here's a fun playlist I've compiled. enjoy
Happy Emma Goldman Day
November 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Happy Emma Goldman Day
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Dear National Democrats,
You see how progressive politics can win in the cities. Now come back to rural America and help us take over the country.
You see how progressive politics can win in the cities. Now come back to rural America and help us take over the country.
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Dear National Democrats,
You see how progressive politics can win in the cities. Now come back to rural America and help us take over the country.
You see how progressive politics can win in the cities. Now come back to rural America and help us take over the country.
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Over 10,000 killed within three days.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Over 10,000 killed within three days.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Pools of blood around a hospital so large they could be seen from space.
An absolute nightmare.
Now is the time for Medicare for All
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Now is the time for Medicare for All