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Amy Martin

@amyrmartin.bsky.social
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Reader, screenwriter/playwright, Jane Austen stan, public health geek, humanist, progressive, advocate for women’s rights. She/her. Web: www.amymwrites.com.

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 7h
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren...
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am reading romantasy with my 15YO daughter. Whatever she reads, I read. Then we talk about the stories, the characters, the emotions, the sex. She and I have never been closer. This is the way. #booksky
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This strikes me as really fuckin bad
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the most heinous examples is Matt Walsh suggesting that, actually, Jane Doe raped the frat boys because they were also under the influence. I thought it bore a certain resemblance to some of Andrew Johnson’s comments on slavery. www.liberalcurrents.com/the-illusion...
But Walsh isn't satisfied with victim blaming. He goes so far as to assert that, given the consumption of drugs and alcohol, the fraternity boys couldn't possibly be held responsible themselves:

I'm not kidding when I say that the Cornell frat guys should file a counter suit accusing the woman of raping them. According to her own testimony, some of the men were drunker than she was. By her logic, and the logic of her supporters, they were even less capable of consent. She was the rapist in that case. There's no way out of our current madness except by holding feminists to their own standards.When I read Walsh's comments I see a level of male supremacism that leaves my jaw on the floor. It also reminds me of a quote from President Andrew Johnson delivered to Frederick Douglass when pressed about protecting freed slaves:

If I know myself, and the feelings of my own heart, they have been for the colored man. I have owned slaves and bought slaves, but / never sold one. I might say, however, that practically, so far as my connection with slaves has gone, I have been their slave instead of their being mine.
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Susan Collins cannot be trusted with voting on our next Supreme Court Justice. She voted for the three justices that overturned Roe v. Wade. And she's going to do the same damn thing if Alito retires unless we win this election.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Of course when Russia said Ukraine had bioweapons labs what they really meant was that they did. There's a lot we don't know about the current situation. Russia should be bringing in experts from the WHO to clarify and advise. Will they? www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Officials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.
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Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Justice Alito is confusing court reform with attacking the court. Many of us simply want the Court to be better. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court expansion is ‘a concerted effort to intimidate the court,' Justice Alito says
Despite Americans' eroding trust in the Supreme Court, Alito says he's not discussed growing calls for expanding the court and setting term limits.
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noahhunter.bsky.social @noahhunter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am an LSAT tutor who is looking for new clients. I have been a full-time tutor for over 13 years. I work all over the country via FaceTime or Zoom and have had great results with clients helping people get into all of top schools. Additional details in thread. Reposts deeply appreciated.
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Phoenix Black @phoenixblack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nathan has been a generous member of the writing community. I’ve directed so many people to his free screenwriting course. think everyone should here this, particularly those thinking of quitting their day job. youtu.be/gJs7qCmQoFY?...
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Screenwriting: It's Not Worth It.
YouTube video by Screenwriter NGD
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Attended a wedding at a Catholic church in Northern Virginia recently. Shocked by how regressive the ceremony was. Messages like wives are “helpmeets” and vessels for children. Signs on lawn encouraged Catholics to vote for “life” and “true marriage.” 🤢
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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 01/10/2026
we should normalize the social shaming of bad people. sorry you don't think your Maine summers are as idyllic as they used to be, John Roberts. but you sold democracy to the highest bidders among your friends you don't get to summer without sometimes seeing a kayaker with a poster that says you suck
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Brown Alumni & Friends @brownalumni.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Brown earned top marks across major higher education guides and rankings this year—including for alumni career success! Check out all of the ways Brown scored: bit.ly/47hWOYB
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Rankings highlight Brown’s strengths in teaching, research, career outcomes and impact
Across U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, LinkedIn, TIME and other higher education guides and rankings, Brown earned top marks for academic innovation, student experience, affordability and workplac...
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
An important follow up to the original bombshell reporting. Link: buff.ly/UEL8tLM
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” said one.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From the people who told you that straight white male privilege doesn’t exist…
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026
The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
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What the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return Reveals
A previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover.
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scenarist / Chris @scenarist.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Republicans cannot be redeemed.
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
One of the many reasons why I’m pro-abortion. Abortion bans are never just about abortion. Abortion bans lead to women’s deaths.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 09/09/2026
NEW: Our analysis found that from 2020 to 2025, the rate of deaths involving ectopic pregnancies nearly doubled compared with the previous six-year period. The uptick was steeper in states with abortion bans.
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Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I think Trump making up stories about himself and 9/11 is evidence of confabulation, which is a characteristic of dementia and other neurologic illnesses.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 05/09/2026
The so-called "family values" party is trying to re-start the Mommy Wars: pitting married stay-at-home moms against unmarried, employed-but-low-income moms in a bid for scarce childcare resources, rather than actually investing more to support all families with kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...
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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones (Gift Article)
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Travesty.
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KittyKatGirl😻🙏💞🐞 @mary1kathy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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LESams @lsam22.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I don’t normally say or text things like this but my social media feeds and the news are full of absolutely unfuckable rich white men saying the cruelest and most craven things imaginable.
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𝕕𝕠𝕘𝕤𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕠𝕠𝕝.𝕓𝕤𝕜𝕪.𝕤𝕠𝕔𝕚𝕒𝕝 🪬 @dogsaresocool.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms (Gift Article)
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It's worth noting that this isn't a random number but a goal that would simply restore the court to an earlier norm in which there's one justice for each of the judicial circuits. We used to have nine, we now have thirteen. The people defending the current setup have the tougher case to make here.
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I just finished the Shadow of the Leviathan series by Robert Jackson Bennett. I loved it. Such SMART stories with complex characters… and about something, too. I really appreciate an author who appreciates the intellect of his readers, especially in our anti-intellectual age. #booksky
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Great interview on today’s @podsaveamerica.crooked.com with Dan and @drannieandrews.com. My mom and sister live in South Carolina, and they will most definitely be voting for her!
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Jes Steele ✌️ @piratito.com · 27/08/2026
It is infuriating how often this plays out, and yet the lesson is never learned.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 28/08/2026
Dr. Vin Gupta, an actual health expert, just dismantled RFK Jr.’s entire health agenda piece by piece. Medicaid cuts. NIH trials canceled. Environmental protections gutted. "Lots of marketing, little substance" on food policy.
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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Georgia audited its own data center tax breaks and found that the state gave up $474 million in sales taxes in one year—and got back just $41 million from the industry. At least 38 states have deals like this. #AI #News #US
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Dom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 26/08/2026
"My parents both died of preventable diseases when I was a child and accepting that as a reality we can't change" is the epitome of Conservative thinking
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just want to say I’m tired of my years-long screenwriting journey and just want to arrive at screenwriting. #scriptsky
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The reaction to Ossoff’s dig about Natalie Harp reminds me of their reaction to be called “weird” by Walz. The reaction speaks volumes.
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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JeffTrnka @jefftrnka.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
An investigation by 404 Media showed that Amazon is destroying rare books to train AI models. The investigation involved planting an Airtag in a rare book, which was then tracked to an Amazon AI training facility in Las Vegas. 🤬
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Hidden Airtag reveals Amazon is trashing rare books to train AI
Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I also want to add that every single time ICE has physically hurt me, they have grabbed me by my chest. Most of my femme friends have said the same. I will not be surprised if / when we find out about twisted sexual assaults conducted by ICE agents with these gloves.
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
we're at the "they're arming unaccountable masked men with electric torture gloves" stage of fascism
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Amy Martin @amyrmartin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Modern day GOP: The taxes you can barely afford will be paid out to a white supremacist domestic abusing pedophile who smeared his fecal matter on the wall of the Capitol after beating up a police officer.
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Public Health Law Watch @phlw.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
You've likely been hearing a lot about President Trump changing the childhood vaccine schedule - he doesn't have the power to do this. He continues to rely on an HHS "Assessment" that is methodologically and scientifically flawed, which we proved in our amicus brief in AAP v. Kennedy.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 11/08/2026
I can’t believe this needs to be said, but please don’t take vaccine recommendations from Donald Trump or RFK Jr. Work with your pediatrician. This is so dangerous and will not result in reduced cases of autism.
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