Amy
@swvamy.bsky.social
Rural GenXer. Meta-free since ‘25. I read a lot, write a little. Dog person. PRIMARY ALL OF ‘EM.
Ground rules: I don’t respond to DMs from people I don’t know irl. Trolling, baiting, both-sidesing strictly prohibited.
Ground rules: I don’t respond to DMs from people I don’t know irl. Trolling, baiting, both-sidesing strictly prohibited.
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It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It’s interesting that the administration wants you to know that Bari Weiss is in league with them.
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Fmr. Rep. @tomperriello.bsky.social (D-VA05) says UVA Board of Visitors "chose at every turn to do exactly the wrong thing"; "haven’t even set up their own candidate to have any chance of success because of the botched process"; need full Board & new search ASAP bluevirginia.us/2025/12/uvas...
December 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Fmr. Rep. @tomperriello.bsky.social (D-VA05) says UVA Board of Visitors "chose at every turn to do exactly the wrong thing"; "haven’t even set up their own candidate to have any chance of success because of the botched process"; need full Board & new search ASAP bluevirginia.us/2025/12/uvas...
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
How Vaccines Actually Work
Vaccines prevent disease, not infection, no matter how the word "vaccine" is defined
rasmussenretorts.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
A C-list anti-vaxxer wanted to know if I was really stupid enough to believe that vaccines work by preventing disease, not infection. Yes, if “stupid” means 200 years of evidence
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
History class is in session. Do you know why vaccines are called vaccines?
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/how-vaccin...
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Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger Announces Retired U.S. Army Major General Timothy P. Williams as Virginia’s New Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs (Williams supports "making sure Virginia communities have the resources they need to keep their citizens safe") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gov-...
Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger Announces Retired U.S. Army Major General Timothy P. Williams as Virginia’s New Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs
From Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger: Governor-Elect Spanberger Announces Veterans & Defense Affairs Appointment Governor-Elect Spanberger: Maj. Gen. Williams’ “Decades of Experience at Every Level ...
bluevirginia.us
December 22, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Gov.-Elect Abigail Spanberger Announces Retired U.S. Army Major General Timothy P. Williams as Virginia’s New Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs (Williams supports "making sure Virginia communities have the resources they need to keep their citizens safe") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gov-...
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Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Bob Dylan attempts to explain Willie Nelson in The New Yorker's profile of Willie: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Video: @repsuhas.bsky.social (D-VA10) says DoJ is "absolutely in violation of the law...they needed to release everything by today, not STARTING today, not part of it today...let's be clear, there's no excuse for this...we will pursue every possible legal avenue" bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Video: @repsuhas.bsky.social (D-VA10) says DoJ is "absolutely in violation of the law...they needed to release everything by today, not STARTING today, not part of it today...let's be clear, there's no excuse for this...we will pursue every possible legal avenue" bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
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Does Jen Kiggans actually not understand that, as Sen. Mark Warner correctly points out, "they literally are taking it from military housing support which...gives with one hand and takes away with the other"??? bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide... cc: @ElaineLuria @EliCousin
December 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Does Jen Kiggans actually not understand that, as Sen. Mark Warner correctly points out, "they literally are taking it from military housing support which...gives with one hand and takes away with the other"??? bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide... cc: @ElaineLuria @EliCousin
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25% reduction in all cause mortality over 4 years for those vaccinated against covid, huge study.
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
mRNA COVID vaccines tied to drop in death rate for 4 years
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
25% reduction in all cause mortality over 4 years for those vaccinated against covid, huge study.
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
Wow, this almost suggests covid is implicated in an unbelievable number of deaths. And that vaccinated people should wear respirators if they want to remain abled.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/mrn...
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We can act right now to extend ACA tax credits and lower premiums.
Speaker Johnson, don't send us home without a vote.
Speaker Johnson, don't send us home without a vote.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We can act right now to extend ACA tax credits and lower premiums.
Speaker Johnson, don't send us home without a vote.
Speaker Johnson, don't send us home without a vote.
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This alone should be automatically disqualifying to hold ANY public office in America. Also, there's really no reason not to add Jen Kiggans and Rob Wittman to the list. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/thur...
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This alone should be automatically disqualifying to hold ANY public office in America. Also, there's really no reason not to add Jen Kiggans and Rob Wittman to the list. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/thur...
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A large study of COVID19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy showed that vaccination was significantly associated with reduced:
-Preterm births
-Hospitalizations
-Admissions to critical care unit
Yet RFK Jr., Makary, Prasad and Hoeg continue to spread disinformation about it.
-Preterm births
-Hospitalizations
-Admissions to critical care unit
Yet RFK Jr., Makary, Prasad and Hoeg continue to spread disinformation about it.
Vaccination and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Pregnancy
This study uses a population-level surveillance program to investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy by vaccination status prior to and during pregn...
jamanetwork.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
A large study of COVID19 vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy showed that vaccination was significantly associated with reduced:
-Preterm births
-Hospitalizations
-Admissions to critical care unit
Yet RFK Jr., Makary, Prasad and Hoeg continue to spread disinformation about it.
-Preterm births
-Hospitalizations
-Admissions to critical care unit
Yet RFK Jr., Makary, Prasad and Hoeg continue to spread disinformation about it.
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Let’s be clear:
Susie Trump hasn’t denied making those statements. She’s just claiming they’ve been “taken out of context.”
So, she made the comments. End of story.
Susie Trump hasn’t denied making those statements. She’s just claiming they’ve been “taken out of context.”
So, she made the comments. End of story.
December 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Let’s be clear:
Susie Trump hasn’t denied making those statements. She’s just claiming they’ve been “taken out of context.”
So, she made the comments. End of story.
Susie Trump hasn’t denied making those statements. She’s just claiming they’ve been “taken out of context.”
So, she made the comments. End of story.
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We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree!
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We need to release ALL the Epstein Files—including Treasury files about Epstein’s financial activities. The American people agree!
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
I’ll keep fighting for full transparency and justice.
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Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
December 15, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Jones: Everything you hear from Tuberville is framed as a sports analogy. When you view everything that way, you’re always stuck in an us-versus-them, winners-versus-losers mentality. That’s how he operates.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
But the fact that communities across Alabama are suffering is not a game.
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If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If you’re telling Head Start programs they can’t say “disability”, “Black”, “female”, or “Tribal” in order to get funded—you don’t care about kids. Period.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
This administration is attacking the very protections that keep children safe and supported. Our kids are not political props.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…
December 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We all deserve the same healthcare we provide to Congress…
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NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 AM
NPR: “Head Start early childhood programs are being told to remove a list of ~200 words and phrases from their funding applications or they could be denied— "accessible," "belong," "Black," "disability," "female," "minority," "trauma," "tribal" "women…” www.npr.org/2025/12/11/n...
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ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
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According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
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"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
December 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They don’t need that many. And you don't need 37 gold baby carriages. 2 or 3 is nice. You must go without, even though affordability is a hoax. See? I've fixed the problem!"
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Major endorsement for Beth Macy in VA06 - by Sen. @kaine.senate.gov. For a bunch of reasons - name ID, money, endorsements - Macy appears to be the favorite for the VA06 Democratic nomination at this point. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Major endorsement for Beth Macy in VA06 - by Sen. @kaine.senate.gov. For a bunch of reasons - name ID, money, endorsements - Macy appears to be the favorite for the VA06 Democratic nomination at this point. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
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Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Fine. Give us the Epstein files in Times New Roman, then.