Amanda Wallwin

things my toddler has said this weekend (a selection):
“that fuckin’ rooster”
“ope” (constantly)
“your name is mommy rock” (you know what, okay)

cc: @plrock.bsky.social

An Open Letter to Everyone Telling My Daughters They Can Be Anything They Want Dear Everyone Telling My Daughters They Can Be Anything They Want, Please stop. I agree with you in spirit, but telling my five and four-year-old d...

"What my daughters could use is earnest support and encouragement from a society that won’t punish them for trying to be anything they want."

fellas is it a brady violation to hide evidence in your floorboards instead of disclosing it to the defense?

what is the opposite of rise and grind?

This 🧵 is great on rent regulation. It’s informative on the argument the landlords will use to try and stop Mamdani from freezing rent in nyc’s rent-regulated buildings.

season finale is cuomo losing a race for coop board

the toddler just said to my husband, “this is my mom and her city is chicago” so please know that i am qualified to make these statements

Nobody has ever needed to fuck off more than Cuomo needs to fuck off about Chicago

andrew motherfucking cuomo speaking ill of chicago

oh absolutely the fuck not will andrew fucking cuomo start shitting on chicago.

i will personally stuff you full of mostaccioli, drop you in the chicago river and re-enact dave matthews band day.

pie chart of votes: 20 votes cast, 95% for neneh cherry and 5% for don henley

it’s me i’m the 5%

i’m not proud of this but i’m voting for don henley

On Seeing "Eddington" In Trump Country Jude Is Afraid.

ICYMI: On the "Eddington" that (I think) Ari Aster made, and the one I saw, and how deeply unnerving that difference is: jude-doyle.ghost.io/on-see/

📣 CIS WHITE GAY MEN HAVE TRIPLE OCTUPULE OBLIGATION TO SHOW UP IN SOLIDARITY WITH TRANS PEOPLE AND PEOPLE OF THE GLOBAL MAJORITY

SINCE TRANS WOMEN OF COLOR ARE LITERALLY THE ONLY REASON THEY HAVE ANY FUCKING RIGHTS AT ALL IN THIS COUNTRY

Ahem. Cc Mayor Pete & everyone else kissing fash tush

CPD Data Shows Steep Drop in Shootings, Homicides in Neighborhoods Where ShotSpotter Was Removed: Analysis Police beats that had ShotSpotter sensors saw an approximately 17.8% decrease in violent crime and a 37.5% decrease in homicides during the first six months of 2025, as compared with the first six mon...

NEW: Nearly a year after Chicago officials turned off the city's gunshot detection system, a new analysis of Chicago crime data shows a steep drop in violent crime & homicides in the 12 South and West side neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors. @wttw.bsky.social

Republicans are full steam ahead on redistricting — and not just in Texas Trump’s team is putting “maximum pressure on everywhere where redistricting is an option."

If you're a Dem state:
Step 1: Build housing.

"In an arms race where there’s a race to gerrymander the most, there’s not a scenario where they have more seats than we do,” a GOP operative, granted anonymity to speak about party strategy, told POLITICO last week." -- www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

further, 33 minutes is not an album. it’s an extended ep.

i’ve been listening to some New Music lately and i think songs are too short these days. how can you change a whole vibe in 2 minutes?

was that another earthquake?

so glad this is the practice we take the toddler to

perfect poster copy

gotta be the LIRR

chef’s kiss. as a pats fan by marriage, mostly in the post-brady era the yearly investigation into why they suck always reminds me of the importance of “for better or for bailey zappe”

this is erasure of people from darien, il

Location of the earthquake is marked with a star

M 3.0 - NE of Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey

Did you feel it? Report it!

earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

felt it in tarrytown!

Zohran didn't win by relying on standard turnout patterns. We had to fundamentally transform the Democratic electorate.

I was part of a group of NYC-DSA members that applied lessons from our previous campaigns to design the “universe” of voters to talk to. Here's how we won 🧵

I would *love* to hear more about the name analysis. That feels representative of the campaign as a whole - a new(-ish) tactic that only works when it’s used by folks who are part of the target community.

If we stopped saying “autistic people can’t understand social norms” and started saying “autistic people can’t sanction social norms” nobody would like us any better I suppose

Public media is really special. Shame, shame, shame on this regime and its campaign to make everyone scared, obedient, and stupid. They are stealing from all of us and from our futures. Despicable.

screenshot of poll asking How certain are you that you will vote for Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney in next year’s election for Congress?

looks like maloney put a poll out