Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 3hWhat are the odds that there is a memo but that it categorically concludes the strikes are illegal? Kegseth could then reassure military personnel that the process had been followed without revealing the outcome. “Are the strikes legal?” “We have a legal opinion in writing, signed off by the OLC.” 020
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 30/09/2026Frankly this is the sort of etymological inconsistency that US English is supposed to catch and fix. 011
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 29/09/2026OK, I’ll bite: are you objecting to the kerning or to the fact there’s a comma before the vocative noun but no punctuation after it? :) 140
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 29/09/2026Maybe the mistake is comparing reality in Jan 2025 (x) vs reality today (y). Trump’s pitch was: (a) we were all in the sh***er; (b) he alone could pull us out and would give us each a pony. If you bought that line, (b - a) is a much wider gap than (y - x). 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 29/09/2026Might as well call it “Weaponized Justice Commission” to get ahead of the critics. 110
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 28/09/2026Wasn’t the stated goal to reduce the budget deficit by $1T (originally Musk said $2T but dialed it back)? And because he’s ignorant about government spending, he thought he could do it by closing a few agencies, exfiltrating all the SSA & Treasury data and giving it to Grok to find some fraud. 110
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 27/09/2026Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury Signifying fuck all. 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 27/09/2026Not so long as you’re in it for the long haul. Over the last 150 years, the average annual return on the S&P 500 has been ~10% in nominal terms. 051
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 26/09/2026In her defense, this administration does have a gift for f***ing up everything it touches. 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 26/09/2026Definitely visit the street in this image. The four lane highway with its triple decker buses and the Palace of Westminster’s Elizabeth Tower in the median is a sight to behold. 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 26/09/2026I try not to judge: it could happen to me one day. 030
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 23/09/202690 minutes out. This 🧵 has all the hallmarks of @musicologyduck.bsky.social ‘s infamous coach trip. 011
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 23/09/2026“specifically what the mission/victory is in Iran/Hormuz”. lol. When you find out, be sure to let the Administration know. 020
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 23/09/2026Is this the “energy independence” I’ve been hearing so much about? 050
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 23/09/2026“Then we will have a trade deficit measured in oranges, which basically means they’re stealing our oranges, so we’re just going to stop trading with them.” 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026Quick, everyone - check your Telex for an important message from your government. 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026“You stole the models we trained on data we stole” …doesn’t sound like the winningest of arguments. 011
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026Fact check: not the same group of people. So, to recap, you are now ignoring multiple groups of people who are warning you about existential threats to humanity. 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026In the event that he should be slow-clapped off the podium, please don’t leave any detail out. 030
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026The model that worked and which, AFAIK, hasn’t yet been illegally abolished… Is the GAO. 110
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026Who’s going to pay for this? Because if the plan is to siphon off the funding Congress appropriated for public broadcasting… 020
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026You’re telling Americans they can’t eat beef? What are you? A communist? 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026What I can never quite get over in this chart is the near instant post-inauguration buyer’s remorse. Like what did you learn about this moron in February 2025 that wasn’t completely predictable at the ballot box three months earlier? 3125
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 22/09/2026What resource have you read that said it’s just linear algebra? 1160
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 21/09/2026Has this whole kerfuffle escaped containment simply because the OP used the word “transplant” to mean something that is not in the dictionary? 050
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 21/09/2026I haven’t thought of it that way but I’m not sure whether I’d agree: the cursor seems to suggest I’m an author or an editor, whereas the next character just appears. And, annoyingly, because of the sensory binding delay in my brain, my subconscious knows what it is before it appears on the screen! 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 21/09/2026Jordan Peterson: Well it depends on what you mean by “sensation”, what you mean by “cursor”, and what you mean by “mind”. 050
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 20/09/2026And my question is whether a GOP-controlled Congress would have the balls to impeach you before you try. 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 20/09/2026I can only get behind this idea if our triumphant arch will store more snipers, drones and ammo than all the other top 59 city arches combined. 011
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 20/09/2026What’s also so infuriating is that it’s entirely possible to defend trans people *and* avoid the culture war framing of the issue. This ad fails miserably on both counts. 020
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 20/09/2026[Current holder of senate-confirmed office] is not a serious candidate. His issues are widely reported and would be absolutely disqualifying in any normal administration. 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 20/09/2026This smells a bit like “We’ve got absolutely nothing to run on but flooding the zone with this crap worked a treat in 2024.” 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 19/09/2026That looks like a giant print out of an AI slop “Kennedy Center DEMOLITION”. How big is Natalie’s printer??? 001
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 19/09/2026What is the *charitable* explanation for this? Like, seriously, there’s no way KKK vice signaling was the pitch here, right? Right? 100
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 19/09/2026If there’s one way we can be absolutely 100% certain that a thing did *not* happen… …it’s by waiting for the president to say that it did. 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 19/09/2026The Danes understand that the art of diplomacy is letting the other side have your way. 010
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 19/09/2026I’m expecting a big announcement about shower water pressure any day now. 020
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 18/09/2026When do we want them? I’m not temporally biased! 060
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 18/09/2026Tbf, the basis trade might be an existential threat to humanity too. 000
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 16/09/2026My local cinema is pretty militant about not putting up with this kinda thing. youtu.be/jOO9ORBhxp4?...youtu.beNitehawk PSAYouTube video by Nitehawk Cinema 030
Andrew Ross 🇺🇸🏴 @andrewross.net · 16/09/2026He literally doesn’t know *how* to make them better. 000