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Andy Dost

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Chicago-born writer, editor, and proofreader in southern California. A fan of good stories and fuzzy creatures. He/him/his

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This puts unrealistic pressure on the rest of us to be doing something arty when the prize committee calls. I can't be "doing the laundry" or "picking my nose".
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
god forbid a mouse come to this place for magic
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Currently in a theater that's being invaded by mice. I saw one. But then saw others. Kind of distracting. I am going to make a list later: movies where I encountered mice in the theater. I think this is the 4th time it's happened while I've been in NYC.

and then it’s just a photo of an innocent little mouse watching a movie on the big screen, the way scorsese intended.
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Chicago started burning on October 8, 1871. Here is a Chicago magazine story I wrote five years ago, for the 150th anniversary:
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The Great Chicago Fire, As Told By Those Who Lived Through It
As the city marks the 150th anniversary of the defining event, ROBERT LOERZEL mines the archival record to offer a compelling portrait of what it was like to live through those disastrous days.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Autumn is essentially a gothic spring.
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It's Abby. Yep @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The world is broken but the dik-dik is perfect
A wee baby dik-dik (weensiest antelope) drinking milk from a baby bottle because they are baby. This one is the babiest and makes life worth living to know they are alive. Holy fucking shit is it cute god damnThe same perfect teeniest antelope (which is a dik-dik) that's roughly 12 inches tall staring at the camera because they love you or would if they really KNEW you, the real you who is pure of heart deep down. A person's feet in slippers for scale
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Laurie! Live! @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
you know what, maybe the cicadas are right. endless screaming is the way forward
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Alex Elizabeth Byrne McMillan @undeniablyalex.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
i keep thinking about an iranian girl who was featured in the new york times a few months ago. she said she didn’t know how she would be able to evacuate because she couldn’t carry her cats.
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Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
this is my nephew's homework and i'm gonna cry
Elementary school homework with the alphabet at the top. The question says: imagine you are a wizard with a magic wand. What kind of spells would you cast? What magical things would you do?

A child's handwritten answer: If I was a wizard I would make life easy. because there will be no wars and no crimenals. I will disapear every bad guy in the world so no one will get hurt.

There is a drawing of a blue sky, a yellow sun, a black wizard with a wand in his hand, and a crowd of people. There's a caption bubble with the wizard saying no wars, and a caption bubble over the crowd that says everybody cheers
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
starting to think blue sky might have a lot of writers on here
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This is real
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Rug @rugdealer.rocks · 21/03/2026
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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
the vengeful pillow by Edward Gorey
Photo of a black pillow in a black chair. Two slightly angry looking cat eyes stare out from the pillow’s lower half
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PJ Holden @pauljholden.com · 10/01/2026
Why I love Alan Moore...
Cover from Alan Moore's BBC Maestro comics story telling course notes 1.0

It's a large photo of his face, head tilted, dark grey/white long hair, frizzled dirty white beard and dark grey/white moustache, eyes staring through your soul, set deep into a gaunt face, twin bags below both eyes. Brow unforrowed but with the shadow of a thousand furrows scorched deep in to them. There is a large quote over the photo and it says:
"This is what a human face looks like after 40 years of writing. I'd like you to think about that..."
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WIRED @wired.com · 08/01/2026
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Jess Nevins @jessnevins.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
I gotta keep hanging on to this for my own sanity. "We die because the people are asleep And you will die because the people will awaken." (Carl Sandburg, THE PEOPLE, YES)
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/01/2026
TODAY'S OBSCURE GRAMMATICAL CHALLENGE Make a band subjunctive Would That They Were Giants
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
The wonders of nature, the little joys in life.
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I guess that New Year's resolution against doomscrolling is out the window already.
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Stone Cold Jane Austen @abbyhiggs.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
In other news, on Day 1 of 2026, AKA the year I will turn 40, I threw out my back while *cooking*... Auspicious start.
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Writing up that long list of resolutions. They might feel arbitrary but I've always liked the exercise of thinking about what to improve and aim for this new year.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
This is a real flight school, teaching people to fly planes!!! Like????
Logo for Icarus flying academy in Farmingdale, NY
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caylen @caylen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
a “Space Force”, if you will
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
a lot of people regretting the 'this shoulda been an email' advice rn lol
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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Like, if there is a better depiction about the actual relationship between American Christian Nationalism and actual faith in God and Christ, I don't know it. These people would have bombed Bethlehem.
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Beverly Tweetmaker @bvrlytweetmaker.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Who's gonna tell this dude that we already have a "cybrary" and it's called a library?
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
You know the Kelloggs founders are looking down at this scandalized that their anti-masturbation wellness corn flakes have been seized by decadent Italian nut butter merchants
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
I screamed at the TV when Matt Amodio (I think it was him) answered, "What is New York?"
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Jason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Needed this reminder today.
Fox Mulder from X-Files saying “Hey, you got to stay alive if you want to stick it to the government”“If you die, you let them off the hook.”
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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I am reminded of this classic headline from the Columbia Journalism Review's collections.
"WAR DIMS HOPES FOR PEACE"
Wisconsin State Journal, December 27, 1965
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
My favorite way to travel.
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JonZoidberg @jonzoidberg.xyz · 16/06/2025
God damnit, THIS is the sign I wish I was carrying yesterday! #NoKings
A man holds a sign at a no kings protest. It reads: this is nothing compared to the party we'll have when you die
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 13/06/2025
setting aside many other things, WIKIPEDIA IS ALREADY A GIANT FREE SUMMARY MACHINE. WIKIPEDIA NEEDS THIS TECHNOLOGY LESS THAN ANYONE ON EARTH
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Horse_ebooks tweet: Everything happens so much
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Wikipedia has a chance to be a free, universally recognized, and comprehensive counterpoint to slop, at a time when that is badly needed
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
A friend just asked me what I do to stay hopeful and I told him one of my favorite strategies…I stay hopeful by remembering that no one has any idea what the fuck is going to happen, so as long as we don’t know, we gotta do what we can.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 20/05/2025
The thing that's so demoralizing to me about the widespread use of unchecked chatGPT is how it reveals how little care so many people put into things.
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Christopher Bird @mightygodking.com · 19/05/2025
at first you think "ah the dog is passively having fun" and then you realize the dog knows how to steer the skateboard and THEN you learn the dog knows how to PROPEL the skateboard
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Andy Dost @andydost.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 09/05/2025
One of the best neon signs in Chicago bringing it.
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 08/05/2025
Best Chicago controversy of the new Pope is the Cubs trying to lay claim to him and his brother having to speak up to clear up that he's a Sox fan. blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/08/p...
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Pope Leo XIV Is A Sox Fan, Despite The Early Hope From Cubs Fans, His Brother Confirms
The Cubs' Marquee Sports Network, citing ABC News, said the new pontiff supports the North Siders. But his brother said that is not true.
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Mallorie Malcontent ✨ @sweetbeanscomix.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Chicago is the best city on the planet and deserves to be as unbearable as it wants.
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Hector Diaz @iamhectordiaz.com · 08/05/2025
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
filling time on air until the new pope is announced is known as "pontiffication"
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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 05/05/2025
I think about the line "love is for the ones who love the work" so much all the time
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Dave Kamper @dskamper.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.
Snippet of text: What a wonderful thing it would be if the Motion Pictures Producers Association had said to Mr Thomas, ‘Sure, I guess we have Communists in Hollywood. We don't know who they are. How would you expect us to? We're not the F.B.I. But even if we did know, there's an Attorney General in this country. He hasn't accuşed these men of any crime. Congress hasn't legislated anything that would cause their present or future membership in the Communist party to be a crime, and until it does we propose to treat them just as exactly as we treat anyone else.’ You know what would happen if the producers had the guts to say anything like that? They would start making good pictures, because that takes guts too. Very much the same kind of guts.
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