Amy Martin
@amyrmartin.bsky.social
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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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
The thing people may not understand about #vaccines is that they’re a victim of their own success.
Because they’re so incredibly effective at preventing disease, some people think they’re not needed anymore.
Because they’re so incredibly effective at preventing disease, some people think they’re not needed anymore.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The thing people may not understand about #vaccines is that they’re a victim of their own success.
Because they’re so incredibly effective at preventing disease, some people think they’re not needed anymore.
Because they’re so incredibly effective at preventing disease, some people think they’re not needed anymore.
Every day is like standing in a house on fire and having to wait a year to get a bucket of water
December 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Every day is like standing in a house on fire and having to wait a year to get a bucket of water
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PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:07 AM
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I really hope I’m alive and kicking on the other side of Trump et al because I really want to help build a health care system that works for everyone.
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I really hope I’m alive and kicking on the other side of Trump et al because I really want to help build a health care system that works for everyone.
The richest country on earth and we can’t keep our children alive.
For the First Time This Century, Child Mortality Is Likely to Rise
The latest report from the Gates Foundation predicts an alarming trend for the health of children around the world.
time.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
The richest country on earth and we can’t keep our children alive.
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Removing the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation because cases are low is like canceling your car insurance because you haven’t crashed today.
December 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Removing the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose recommendation because cases are low is like canceling your car insurance because you haven’t crashed today.
Just started watching “Better Call Saul.” Damn. It’s good.
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Just started watching “Better Call Saul.” Damn. It’s good.
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PSA! 📢 The dept of Ed is planning to reclassify nursing, counseling, social work, & other degrees from "professional" to "graduate." This would cut in HALF the amount of loans students can take out & would undermine these vital, women-dominated fields. Sign to join the fight app.sosha.ai/s/XQ25lURd
Sign now: Protect professional status for nurses, teachers, & social workers!
app.sosha.ai
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
PSA! 📢 The dept of Ed is planning to reclassify nursing, counseling, social work, & other degrees from "professional" to "graduate." This would cut in HALF the amount of loans students can take out & would undermine these vital, women-dominated fields. Sign to join the fight app.sosha.ai/s/XQ25lURd
I feel like I’m spending my entire midlife wresting my attention away from the absolute worst people on the planet
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I feel like I’m spending my entire midlife wresting my attention away from the absolute worst people on the planet
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The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox.
Be the Christmas magic.
Be the Christmas magic.
December 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The economy is FAR WORSE than the government is acknowledging. This holiday season, if you know folks struggling, don't be afraid to leave a mystery box of groceries or some gifts from Santa for the kids on their porch. Maybe drop a grocery store gift card in their mailbox.
Be the Christmas magic.
Be the Christmas magic.
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
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Wins 2025 hands down
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Wins 2025 hands down
Got a good pic of Princess Daisy today. #KittyCleanse
December 6, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Got a good pic of Princess Daisy today. #KittyCleanse
The SCOTUS majority is a fucking joke
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The SCOTUS majority is a fucking joke
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just an utter joke of a court.
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
just an utter joke of a court.
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Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.
Chris Rufo—a prominent anti-DEI crusader—-says the “idea that private companies should be able to prioritize hiring married men w/ families is completely within the bounds of rzbl debate, &…it's absurd that individuals cannot hire whomever they want [ie, discriminate] in their own companies…” 1/
December 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Heritage Foundation and their ilk aiming to legalize sex discrimination in employment.
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DPH statement on today’s ACIP meeting.
ACIP Meeting Turns into “Epidemiological Crime Scene” | Defend Public Health
Health experts with Defend Public Health expressed shock at the flood of antivaxxer disinformation that dominated the first day of the December meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practi...
www.defendpublichealth.org
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 PM
DPH statement on today’s ACIP meeting.
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To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To be very clear, Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the people who get it as children. lnk.thebulwark.com/3Xt957M
This is a garbage administration
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is a garbage administration
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Heroes.
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Heroes.
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It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.