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Amy Widdowson

@amynw.bsky.social
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naturally effervescent | pathologically enthusiastic | relentlessly earnest | banshee screams are my own, eh? | she/her

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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10/06/2026
wild that biden spent so much time trying fruitlessly to stop inflation when he could have just been like “inflation is good actually”
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
EFF is helping ICEBlock sue the government for coercing Apple into removing it from their app store: www.eff.org/cases/aaron-...
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Aaron v. Bondi
EFF is helping represent ICEBlock in its First Amendment lawsuit. ICEBlock is a popular iPhone app that allows the public to report immigration activity in their communities. The company and its creat...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Grotesque: In a dispute over a will, two brothers including a retired Alabama state trooper now working at a federal courthouse, appear to have gotten their mother-in-law arrested by ICE. Using the state to remove disfavored family members is the sort of thing that happens in totalitarian regimes.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
I do think a lot about how when I was an editorial assistant in NYC you could get a toasted bagel with butter and a small coffee for $1.10 I am not 90 years old, I swear
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
praise be @rusty.todayintabs.com for reminding us of this ever-so-pertinent 1941 Dorothy Thompson essay (and thank you to my colleague Carly for telling me to run, not walk, to read the today in tabs issue that contained it) harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A lot of platforms have stepped back from trust and safety, @medium.com has not. Here's what it looks like behind the scenes at an open platform in 2026 and why we moderate content at Medium like our business depends on it--because it does. medium.com/blog/how-med...
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How Medium moderates its open platform in the AI era
Meet the team that handles everything from slop lords to password resets
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
wait a minute, is shame back?
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
GOOD.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
What does this imply for those of us who are not Christian, and who labor under the assumption that we're protected by the First Amendment?
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
We are a few thousand subscribers away from being a bigger print newspaper than the Washington Post. We are a mere flurry away from humiliating one of the two Big Space Perverts. Ask not how a Space Pervert can dominate you. Ask how you can dominate a Space Pervert. Subscribe below.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 23/02/2026
Former ICE lawyer Ryan Schwank: “I received secretive orders to teach new cadets to violate the Constitution.”
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
more arrests, please. and perhaps on this side of the pond, extra please.
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I joined 60+ communicators and 14 PR firms in signing a Communications Leaders Defending Press Freedom letter, written in response to the arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort the free exchange of information critical to our profession and an informed public. commsforjournalists.org
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Open Letter from Communications Leaders Defending Press Freedom
Communicators call for the end of federal prosecution of journalists covering Minnesota protests and the protection of First Amendment rights.
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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
LLMs are used professionally by people who are basically getting paid to use it. That’s the opposite relationship readers have with news they value enough to pay for.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 10/02/2026
Foreign tourism to the U.S. fell 5.4% in 2025 while the rest of the world saw a 4% increase. Canadian visits dropped nearly 30%. buff.ly/MSynHSJ
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Will a ‘Trump slump’ continue to hit US tourism in 2026 − and even keep World Cup fans away?
Talk of boycotts have added to fears among the US tourism industry that foreign tourists will continue to stay away.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 11/02/2026
Millennials are having our mid-life crises in starter apartments, it’s rough out here.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/02/2026
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 10/02/2026
This is true, and even if we get rid of Trump, we still have to reckon with the fact that a substantial proportion of US economic and political elites were *eager* to jump on the fascism train. They will still be the same people when Trump is gone.
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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
BREAKING: New reaction from Leader Jeffries to the racist Trump video: "This disgusting video posted by the so-called president was done intentionally. Fuck Donald Trump and his vile, racist, and malignant behavior. This guy is an unhinged bottom feeder."
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/02/2026
Column: At the Milan Cortina Olympics, American athletes are trying to respond to questions about being American thoughtfully and carefully.
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Column | U.S. Olympic athletes expressing their views is as American as it gets
American athletes in Italy are trying to handle their response to questions about, well, being American, thoughtfully and carefully.
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I quit booze nearly 11 years ago, no way in hell is some trend piece gonna take away one of the few chemical joys in my life.
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David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Is there some sort of award for perfectly missing the point?
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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Also, the Pussy Hats themselves may not have changed, but they were represnetative of a larger shift within politics where suburban white female voters with college degrees became increasingly more Democratic after they had historically been swing voters.
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Fellow comms folks... what in the actual fuck are we doing...
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
gofund.me/341dcfae8
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Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We must MOCK them relentlessly writes @annamerlan.bsky.social www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The power of mocking Trump’s pathetic monsters
It's impossible to ignore the administration's blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I don’t understand why colleagues stay silent when this happens.
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Amy Widdowson @amynw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
America 2026: Yesterday at the dog park, a lovely gentleman in a "deport the fascists" hat was handing out whistles and making sure everyone knew what to do if ICE showed up in the parking lot (calmly leash your dog, help others gather their dogs, leave through the back exit, record everything)
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A new poll finds that 1 in 4 Minnesota voters took part in the Jan 23 shutdown against ICE, or have a loved one who did. Of those, 38% DID NOT WORK, either because they made the choice to stay out, or their workplaces closed. By me, @thomasbirm.bsky.social, @bloomekatz.bsky.social
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Poll Shows Massive Participation in Minnesota Shutdown Against ICE
1 in four Minnesota voters took part in January 23 day of action, or had a loved one who did.
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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Still haven’t gotten used to the fact that we have a president who frequently goes on insane, explicitly rants against vast swaths of people.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
WHO THE FUCK COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING YOU ANTIVAX CONCENTRATION CAMP GHOULS did you know that Anne Frank died of typhus maybe don't have people in concentration camps to begin with
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Professional athletes are being advised not to leave the hotel or go anywhere without their passports while visiting Minnesota. This is not a country that can safely host international events like the World Cup. Boycotting is not even a political question anymore. It is a basic issue of safety.
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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A new statement from Epstein survivors: "Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
I may have a stroke. Someone said protests don’t belong in church and it took every ounce of self-censure within me not to say “Deborah you are literally a Protestant.” A PROTESTant. I assume they think Luther was nailing Bed, Bath, & Beyond coupons to the door.
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Ed Bott @edbott.com · 30/01/2026
Endorse. Lord, I have a list if it will help? It's in the shared GDrive.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Super weird how none of this stuff wound up in the Isaacson biography.
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Kate Knibbs @knibbs.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
X is hiring a creative writing specialist at $40 an hour to make Grok better at writing and a true LOL at the qualifications
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Ryan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I recognize that this might make us seem like less “objective” journalists, but we have a responsibility as Americans. I, also, don’t really give a shit anymore. And neither does my team. We're joining the general strike tomorrow. www.garbageday.email/p/we-re-join...
It is clear that something has shifted. Abolish ICE is not just the mainstream position, it is also the only moral one. I have seen up close what their occupation has done to Minneapolis. They are an affront to human dignity. A rogue paramilitary force that will execute you in the street like an animal and count the bullet holes when they’re done and smear your name online to cover their tracks. A kaleidoscopic nightmare of state violence and Silicon Valley-sponsored surveillance run by internet-brainrotted fascists and hapless podcasters that forces normal people, like Pretti or Renee Good or Keith Porter, to respond the only rational way one can to such a thing. You must oppose it with whatever you have. Hide your neighbors and arm yourself with whistles, barricades, Signal groups, geolocation tools, cellphone videos, and, if need be, you go on strike. Which is why, tomorrow, instead of our usual Friday issue, Garbage Day is joining the general strike in solidarity with Minneapolis.
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Tony Stubblebine @coachtony.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This is what we said inside @medium.com in order to give space for people to participate in tomorrow's national strike.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
You're going to tell their employers, their neighbors and their schools that they were out on the streets bravely defending their community from the masked goons who are murdering and terrorizing people? Are you going to send them flowers and candy as well?
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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This is your regular reminder that the data broker industry must be destroyed.
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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Federal deployment to Minneapolis "is steady state and expected to continue as planned," per Border Patrol memo leaked to me
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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MAGA-Coded Anchor Scores Lowest Ratings of the Century for CBS News
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow. Here it is:
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If I sent a letter saying I would continue to inflict violence and murder on a community unless that community made legal concessions to me, I would go to prison. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Read Bondi’s Letter to Minnesota’s Governor
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota on Saturday that blamed him and other Democratic officials for allowing “lawlessness” in the state. It was not immediately clear ...
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Jamie Gangel @jamiegangel.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Breaking - GOP candidate for Gov of Minnesota drops out. Says he cant support federal “retribution” against Minnesotans… @startribune.com www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
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Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
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