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Amy Wilson

@amywilson.bsky.social

staunch character // artist // college professor // I yell about a lot of things in Jersey City

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Wasn’t this guy the β€œprogressive” choice in the NJ-Gov Democratic primary?

Good lord, we deserve better Democrats.

16.11.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 8
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Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.

This is not a deal β€” it's an empty promise.

Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.

Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

10.11.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 12204    πŸ” 3404    πŸ’¬ 557    πŸ“Œ 287

I just think AI is so exciting bc it's a machine that you can get wrong answers from, that yields environmental devastation, and is being forced on all of us

15.10.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 532    πŸ” 137    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5

Fam, this is a challenging moment. We (as reporters) are trying to balance urgency of news & amplification of resistance narratives with not assisting in putting people in prison. It's tough for everyone right now with how fast videos go viral. There's a lot we are not sharing.

05.10.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1090    πŸ” 342    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2

forum wars took over the government. the 10,000-page thread spilled out into the streets. people are getting their doors blown open and hogtied so that nerds can win an online argument. they tanked the dollar and fucked the economy permanently to own you

06.10.2025 02:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2948    πŸ” 552    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 16
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An update to NJ PBS operations | Video | NJ Spotlight News WNET will no longer operate NJ PBS after June 2026

"We're not going away..."
An update to NJ PBS operations www.njspotlightnews.org/video/an-upd...

24.09.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The annual pumpkin display at the entrance of Governor Pritzker’s personal residence on Astor Street. He is the pumpkin king. Illinois produces the most pumpkins, including canned, than any other state in the U.S., twice as many as the next five states combined.

23.09.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 999    πŸ” 210    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 62
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Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.

25.08.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 55774    πŸ” 17547    πŸ’¬ 1177    πŸ“Œ 1362

it's giving this [complimentary]

25.08.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1255    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 6

Thank you!! We have had loads of butterflies in our new place so, makes sense!!

05.08.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Attention Bluesky users…

Anyone know what kind of plant this is?

05.08.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's time for clear eyed thinking about the potential for the large-scale destruction of public transit in American cities. It could happen in the next two years. Thread... 1/

22.07.2025 11:58 β€” πŸ‘ 437    πŸ” 143    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 47
"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about."

"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about."

"My own conclusion was psychologically it’s not that people want to work, it’s more people want to feel they are transforming the world in a way that makes some kind a positive difference to other people. In a way, that’s what being human is all about."

#BullshitJobs

17.07.2025 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 224    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5

I have zero idea what the solution is. And anyone know knows me knows I’m dealing with a lot of free floating anxiety right now in my own life so this may be my brain misfiring weirdly. But like oh god, I do not want rich weirdos in control of public transportation.

15.07.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

But like, please β€” can we please not have Peter Thiel or Elon Musk or some other weirdo billionaire bail them out because we all know they won’t do it just because.

They’ll do it to own and control the most powerful asset the NYC/Philly area has. What comes next, we don’t know. +

15.07.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

All three systems need trillions of dollars poured in to fix them or the NYC/Philly area is going to be crippled. That money isn’t coming from the Feds any time Trump is in office.

It’s probably way too much to put on the backs of taxpayers. So I get how private investors could look good. +

15.07.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had kind of an insane thought last night but I just wanted to put it out there.

I’m sure we all saw the horrific videos of the MTA yesterday. All weekend, PATH was barely operational. And SEPTA has had their funding cut to the bone.

My fear: private investors are going to try to step in. +

15.07.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Smithsonian Institution Exhibition Under Review by the White House The White House has denounced a show at the National Museum of American History, which is run by the Smithsonian.

This is absolutely insane. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

13.07.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know you’re Gen X when…

12.07.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music Clipse: Tiny Desk Concert

Pusha T looked so happy it made me tear up πŸ˜‚ ugh so good to see

www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7gI...

12.07.2025 01:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is why it’s important to not completely lose your empathy and give into cheering for death. This is who we risk becoming.

06.07.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hey y’all, if you would like to donate to relief for Kerr County, please use this link:

cftexashillcountry.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

This comes direct from our mutual aid network, and this org is local and nimble enough to get things done in a timely way.

05.07.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

I cannot emphasize enough how true & real this is.

In almost anywhere on the political spectrum you ID with or major issue, there’s probably a bot/troll operation to encourage your rage and vitriol.

And how/where that rage gets directed, esp understandable rage, is what they are out to influence.

04.07.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 20331    πŸ” 3838    πŸ’¬ 420    πŸ“Œ 164
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Guys I’m gutting my studio and found a trove of these β€œTrenton makes/the world takes” iron on patches. Want a set? $10 Venmo or PayPal, dm me for info.

Cc @leboism.bsky.social didn’t you want a set of these or am I misremembering?

04.07.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Terrible Truth About Sherita, Brooklyn’s Beloved Billboard Dinosaur The vanished icon of Atlantic Ave. was the relic of a secretive family who grabbed buildings from immigrant owners across the booming borough.

What fans don’t know is that Sherita was never about honest, quirky old working-class Brooklyn. Instead she and several frowsier sister signs mark a nasty pattern of northern Brooklyn real estate manipulation.

04.07.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Kent brockman: β€œit does seem the father of the deposed beauty Queen, Homer Simpson, filled out the pageant application incorrectly.”

Kent brockman: β€œit does seem the father of the deposed beauty Queen, Homer Simpson, filled out the pageant application incorrectly.”

β€œIn the area under β€œdo not write in this space,” he wrote, β€œokay.””

β€œIn the area under β€œdo not write in this space,” he wrote, β€œokay.””

03.07.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 332    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

Barney!

27.06.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah thanks! Very bittersweet to leave. But Katie and David will do a great job!

26.06.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen . ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .

You knew this was coming.

26.06.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you want to emulate Mamdani the first thing is he's New York. You can't fake that. I know who his parents are, but he comes off just the same as the dry cleaner's son sent to a good school. He was graduated from Bowdoin but he still is who he is. You have that or you don't.

25.06.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 257    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

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