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Amy Rea

@amyrea.bsky.social

610 followers 550 following 830 posts

47 is not my president. Writer, knitter, walker, parent, dog person who drops more F bombs the older she gets. She/her

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks. Yeah, I googled it and found some tips on what to do. Sigh. I do appreciate the Gmail function that allows me to click an unsubscribe button at the top of the email, and then Gmail handles it.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing like waking up to discover I was target by spam bots last night and was subscription-bombed.

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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 2d

Donald trump can still win the Nobel Peace prize if Mike Pence has the courage

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 3d

heck, they didn't even ask me how much whiskey I brought back when I mentioned it. Coulda brought a whole bunch in!

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 3d

Good luck! We went to Iceland two months ago and had zero issues on the return.

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 4d

It's delightful!

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 4d

I'm in.

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🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤 @sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · 4d

Idk who needs to see this.

But the quicker we can get the House to come back in DC. The better.

Don't let up!!

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#SheShed

A screenshot of a Eric Swalwell tweet from Twitter.

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 5d

I remember years ago being in a meeting, kicking off a project, and the leader kept saying, we don't have enough time, we can't do it. Finally I started suggesting we work backwards from the deadline to see what was possible. It was tight--but doable. We did it. Positivity counts.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 5d

Also, George Saunders. Could be a good reading year if nothing else.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 5d

She's a preorder, pick-up-on-day-of-publication author for me. Which I told her the one time I got to meet her, and she leaped out of her chair and hugged me.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 5d

So, in some good news, it appears that Lauren Groff, Ann Patchett, and Elizabeth Strout all have new books out in 2026.

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 6d

It's a shame that he'll be snubbed at the Oscars, because Indy the dog gives a stellar performance in Good Boy.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 6d

Now this is proper October weather.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 7d

😅IIRC, there was also a tie-in to getting a rebate for our kids' college funds from Pontiac at the time, which was what sold it to us.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 7d

Ah, OK. The style ended up part of the problem--the back hatch had a solid bar horizontally running through it, exactly where I needed to see when backing up. It was actually a little dangerous.

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 7d

I had one. Didn't love it.

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 8d

Not loving the nearly 99 degrees in MN in October, but if that's what's happening, make lemonade.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 10d

I wish. We were too late on getting tickets.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 11d

Yup. TBH, I'm not a big fan of Colbert's interviews either; he doesn't seem very natural to me. I'm mostly in for the monologues.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 11d

He's pretty much the only one I never watch. How much I watch the others vary, but Fallon--no.

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 12d

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 12d

I can't think of a pharmacy I'd have less trust in than one with his name on it.

Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 13d

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Amy Rea @amyrea.bsky.social · 16d

Yeah, after my interactions with her staff, I had to wonder if the rumors were true. Staff at then-Franken's office and now Smith's office were much more professional.