Amy Kienzle
@irisheyes315.bsky.social
Artist, Pastor, Mets fan, cynical liberal
Pizza making class in Napoli
October 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Pizza making class in Napoli
Visited Pompeii
September 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Visited Pompeii
First night in Napoli = pizza for dinner and sambuca for a nightcap.
September 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM
First night in Napoli = pizza for dinner and sambuca for a nightcap.
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For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
Silencing of Jimmy Kimmel sets US on course similar to that charted by authoritarian regimes from Egypt to India
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:46 PM
For comedians around the world, the laughs often end as democracy fades
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“If the American ideal of freedom means anything, it is that Americans can engage in an extremely wide range of political speech, including the tasteless and the offensive,” the editorial board writes.
Opinion | The Trump Administration’s Chilling Efforts to Punish Free Speech
If the American ideal of freedom means anything, it is that we can engage in an extremely wide range of political speech, including the tasteless and the offensive.
nyti.ms
September 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“If the American ideal of freedom means anything, it is that Americans can engage in an extremely wide range of political speech, including the tasteless and the offensive,” the editorial board writes.
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It seems that Tim Apple is taking the company in a different direction.
August 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It seems that Tim Apple is taking the company in a different direction.
Art therapy in these anxious times.
August 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Art therapy in these anxious times.
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Columbia just expelled or suspended 80 students for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights. Suspended students can only be readmitted if they "apologize"--otherwise the suspension converts to an expulsion.
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
Columbia punishes students involved in pro-Palestinian protest
It comes as Columbia seeks a deal with the Trump administration to reinstate millions in federal funding.
www.axios.com
July 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Columbia just expelled or suspended 80 students for protesting in favor of Palestinian rights. Suspended students can only be readmitted if they "apologize"--otherwise the suspension converts to an expulsion.
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
www.axios.com/2025/07/22/c...
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Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
July 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Do you really want to be submitting a face scan to the current U.S. government?
Why You Can (And Should) Opt Out Of TSA Facial Recognition Right Now
Do you really want to be submitting a face scan to the current U.S. government?
www.huffpost.com
July 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Do you really want to be submitting a face scan to the current U.S. government?
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Trump stands around waiting for a military flyover that never comes and Fox News cuts away lmao
July 4, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Trump stands around waiting for a military flyover that never comes and Fox News cuts away lmao
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It’s sobering to realize that there are powerful people in Washington and Silicon Valley who believe America’s biggest problem is that it has too many non-white people and they’ve been successfully executing on a decade long plan to “fix” it.
This post by Mekka Okereke from 2017 predicted the OBBBA
This post by Mekka Okereke from 2017 predicted the OBBBA
July 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It’s sobering to realize that there are powerful people in Washington and Silicon Valley who believe America’s biggest problem is that it has too many non-white people and they’ve been successfully executing on a decade long plan to “fix” it.
This post by Mekka Okereke from 2017 predicted the OBBBA
This post by Mekka Okereke from 2017 predicted the OBBBA
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How do we celebrate the 4th of July when American freedom is disappearing? | Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm
How do we celebrate the 4th of July when American freedom is disappearing? | Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm
The yearly commemoration has always marked a contradiction. But despair is not a strategy: this is a moment to create change
www.theguardian.com
July 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
How do we celebrate the 4th of July when American freedom is disappearing? | Deborah Archer, Song Richardson and Susan Sturm
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Lovely WaPo piece on Hungary’s Pride parade going great wapo.st/4nqNvwr
Defying a ban, Hungarians saved Budapest Pride and rebuked a prime minister
Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s effort to ban Pride backfired, drawing a huge throng in support of LGBTQ+ rights and hurting him and his party ahead of elections next year.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lovely WaPo piece on Hungary’s Pride parade going great wapo.st/4nqNvwr
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Get involved. Help with our court watch and our rapid response ICE verification. Via zoom 6/30/25 at tinyurl.com/NCRJune30
June 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Get involved. Help with our court watch and our rapid response ICE verification. Via zoom 6/30/25 at tinyurl.com/NCRJune30
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Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
June 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Is it too late to give Sacha Baron Cohen an Oscar for this? Not a damn lie told. 🇺🇸
