Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 22h“Bogged down”… As opposed to the well-oiled machine of government we have now?!? 020
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 10/10/2026The abc headline is at least accurate… NYT doesn’t bother to mention he went after them 020
Reposted by Andy DawesElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 06/10/2026The big tech companies want you to believe that their default software offerings are the only option, but spoiler alert, there’s a wide array of fantastic software out there. www.eff.org/pages/i-wan...eff.orgHow to Opt Out of Software Made by Big TechBig tech companies make the devices we use and the operating systems that come on them. They also make the bulk of the default software that comes packed into those operating systems. But spend even 11438219
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Finally someone is just saying it. It’s been true for too long, time to change. 010
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m glad to see this narrative coming up more frequently… their own calls for regulation feel like the leaders of a marathon suddenly asking for a rule change mid-race when they realize they forgot to eat breakfast. 100
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026First the avocado toast and now we can’t have bananas?! 010
Reposted by Andy DawesLady Haha @lensman23.bsky.social · 02/09/2026MapQuest Downloads Soar After Company’s Refusal To Rename Lake Ontario share.google/IBejExTi79WC...share.googleMapQuest Downloads Soar After Company’s Refusal To Rename Lake OntarioLegacy online mapping service MapQuest has shot to the top of the App Store in the U.S. and Canada. But will customers engage with the modernized product long term? 1063411795
Reposted by Andy DawesMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026When you claim renewable energies aren’t workable—but you attach solar panels to all your dystopian Flock surveillance cameras. 564248506977
Reposted by Andy DawesBea Butler @bming5.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’ve deleted AppleMaps, and have installed MapQuest. #ItIsLAKEONTARIO #ItIsTHEGULFOFMEXICO #HeIsPresidentRAPIST 681408268
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Now Apple Maps looks especially lame… is this the “fool me once” philosophy? Maybe they learned? Either way, @mapquest.com is my new favorite 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I think what we are realizing is that the ultra rich were always encased in a slop-generated alternate reality. What is new, is that we can now see inside and experience it ourselves (for a small fee). 000
Reposted by Andy DawesKeith Dunne @keithdunne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I don’t want to order or set up an account, I just want to see the menu. 701472110
Reposted by Andy DawesLake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 31/08/2026SHAME on Google Maps 🌊🌊 As a lake I don’t have much use for mapping apps except when I verify that Big Ass Lake really does exist. But I will now use a different one. 2235992902
Reposted by Andy DawesKendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people 59220547588
Reposted by Andy DawesRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them. 585216926240
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Right?! As in the group with the highest likelihood of carrying a copy of Edward Abbey’s Monkey Wrench Gang in their pack. Good luck!! 111
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Yeah, Portland too… not a prime spot for amateur astronomy 😄 000
Reposted by Andy DawesThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 04/08/2026More cops have been arrested for using flock cameras to stalk women than there are transgender athletes in youth sports. 136159394675
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Um… May?! A) this is bad B) May?! As in, at least two months ago? 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Happy “Now I can delete the FOX apps from my phone” day to all who celebrate! #worldcup 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 19/07/2026What is this entire pregame?! Tom Cruise the face of soccer 070
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Haha, Fox: “world’s biggest doubleheader” The world: “Is this cricket?” 000
Reposted by Andy DawesJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Susan Collins voted to give ICE and CBP $70 billion. She owns the consequences of that vote. 1360223577377
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 14/07/2026100% class. And Bellingham is better than Kane any day of the week. 010
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If England have to go on, I’m glad it’s on Bellingham goals and not Kane goals. If Kane played as hard as he dove and complained he would have scored 😆 000
Reposted by Andy DawesMatt Hodler @mhodler.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I just want to say, while we’re on the subject: ALL of our youth sports, in one way or another, are too expensive & have too high of a barriers of entry - not just soccer. + we should reform our youth sports not with the goal to win a mWC, but with the goal to provide opps to play for all kids 1992842374
Reposted by Andy DawesThe True American @thetrueamerican.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I have thoroughly enjoyed the World Cup. I have loved cheering for the US team. Then that fucker intervened. Yes, the red card was excessive, but I would rather lose because of it than win because Imbecile called FIFA. The joy is gone. Now we’re the bad guys. He destroys everything. 1084143802802
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 03/07/2026This chip in the ball may be an example of just because you can, doesn’t mean you should… that hair touch hardly represents a meaningful touch... 🤷♂️ 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 01/07/20261st half was an absolute masterclass in defense by #drcongo vs #england #fifa2026 most exciting first half so far 000
Reposted by Andy DawesOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Kane desperate flop shoes you the same thing the run of play does. DRC showing once again why they deserved the spot they beat Nigeria and Jamaica to get 1513813
Reposted by Andy DawesFormer-Alt-immi @altimmi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026And the #Fifa2026 Oscar for best dramatic performance- fiction : #harrykane from #england 0142
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Commentators cannot fathom that Kane dove. Looked obvious to me in replay. Left both toes pointed down the the whole time. He was falling over before he was touched 020
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Me: “pk’s are just free goals” Netherlands and Morocco: “hold our beers” 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This kind of thing is what I like to see in the 250th of the USA, not ufc fights or vanilla ice concerts… more of this please! 100
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Keepers in this World Cup are not making their center backs look good 😬 at least two roll-outs into heavy pressure that turned into given goals 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Narrator: “Roughly 250 years later, the US would learn that ‘shall’ was actually a pretty weak-sauce way to write rules” 000
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026I wasn’t being careful and linked to a copy… this is the original for full attribution youtu.be/enYdAxVcNZA?...youtu.beYOUR NEW MORNING ALARMYouTube video by Marc Rebillet 010
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 02/06/2026And if you need a slightly harder hitting alarm clock, this is my go-to: youtu.be/Tz2tD8Hzb7o?...youtu.beWake Up Bitch, Get Up!!!YouTube video by IcyPorpoise2088 110
Andy Dawes @amcdawes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026I long for the days when headlines like this were satire… 010
Reposted by Andy DawesEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them 87175186743