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Andy Gates

@andygates.bsky.social
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Grizzled sysadmin, factory refurbished. He/him.

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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 1h
Ordo da fé!
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 4h
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 6h
I often see people argue that clean energy is not reducing emissions, because it just adds to rather than replaces fossil fuels. This argument is deeply misguided – clean energy built since 2005 has displaced 23 billion tons. I dive in over at The Climate Brink:
theclimatebrink.com
What if the world hadn't built wind and solar?
Clean energy does not simply “add to” global energy use; it displaces fossil sources that would otherwise get built.
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Knest @knest.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Furries should position their fursuits in their homes like Japanese armor, waiting in the corner ready to stand up and do battle.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 7h
Payment processor puritanism is special turbo cancer with so few real alternatives. Come, weero, quickly!
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GinGin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🐀🎹💪🔞 @gingintigtig.bsky.social · 15h
The situation with FurAffinity is pretty amazing. Advertisers threatened their advertising revenue because they considered Plus Sized characters and characters HUGGING to be adult content. So FA said fuck off, and in two days raised their entire yearly funding. Advertisers are so bullshit stupid.
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Possum A-ko @kaiserbeamz.bsky.social · 22h
Crom laughs at your AI slop! Laughs from his mountain!
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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 17h
I noticed in Control that there’s posters across town for a movie called Fix Your Heart or Die :’> cute
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 13h
Ye gods
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Heckin GLOBES!
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pnwpolicyangel aka Angelita 👼 @pnwpolicyangel.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Biking gets me everywhere faster than the bus does, and I don’t have to wait 15mins for a transfer. It’s been very liberating! People have asked me what I did to become comfortable biking since I was nervous before so here it is ⬇️
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
@leramiles.bsky.social Cambridge alert! Apparently "Plurabelle Books in #Cambridge #UK (in the industrial estate off Coldham's Lane) has closed down and left masses of unsold stock in a skip and another smaller bin until Monday as a free-for-all."
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Birds Are Dinosaurs @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
When the boss says you have to use AI at work but the AI is a total bitch
Ripley in the Nostromo's computer room. The room is white, with all the walls covered in yellow lights. Behind Ripley is Ian Holm's evil robot (synthetic human) character, being creepy.
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Jeff Nascimento @jnascim.info · 02/10/2026
“So instead of being fed up, discouraged, believing in no one, why don't you get into politics? Instead of protesting, get into politics. Because the good person you want me to be might be you” — Lula’s advice for youth 👊
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Charlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...
blog.documentfoundation.org
Yes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community Blog
One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Zombear is a zombie bear mascot from Otaru, in Hokkaido, who swings his intestines around.
Standing on a stage, a blue bear mascot with a tongue hanging out of its bloody mouth holds a string of intestines.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Intestine nunchaku, because Japan?
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 04/10/2026
Stop putting off that thing you wanted to do
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ah, that's the trick?!
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Myke Greywolf 🖌️ @mykegreywolf.art · 04/10/2026
Today is Brazil election day, and even though I'm not Brazilian, my partner is, so I drove her to Lisbon so that she could cast her vote. If you're Brazilian or someone who can vote in this election, please do vote, and help keep the Bolsonaros out of the Palácio do Planalto.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There's no there, there. It's a chinese room.
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Sundance @sundance.bikesky.social · 04/10/2026
E-bikes have become the “Third Space” for teens Leave them alone.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My feed has 2 "buzz farming" conspiracies new to me: this one, and "modern star wars sucks deliberately to make the prequels look good." I'm on for this one.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"maybe this price spike is a blip" ... "it's not a blip"
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
UK big shop Tesco did a similar thing this year: the pilot program was going fine, so they accelerated completion when fossil costs spiked.
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Midas-Bust 🔞 @midasbust.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Werewolf transformation, but the wolf version of you is a different gender.
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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
JRR Tolkien: You paint that picture of the key scene from the Two Towers where Frodo and Sam fight Gollum? Donato Giancola: Sure did, Ron, real fuckin' sexy just like you asked. JRRT: What.
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Kat @kat8655.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026
We need to gaslit Americans into adopting bikes.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The image is of a four panel comic. The title reads "Poltergeist".
In the first panel we see a woman with a worried expression on her face. She says, "stuff keeps moving around my house."
In the second panel the same woman says "I'm terrified. I can't sleep."
In the third panel we see a ghost holding a candle and a pillow that reads "live laugh love". The ghost is zooming through the house.
In the fourth panel we see the same ghost hanging up a frame and thinking, "home decor is my passion".
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I had to get a cheap bluetooth speaker, now no thoughts just kpop loop.
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AzulCrescent @azulcrescent.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shower no thoughts They knew i would skip it if they didn't catch me during a cutscene
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🎵 I'm gonna keep on dancing with the WOKE MARXIST POPE🎵
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Chloé Stawski @chlowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
yo Leo are you willing to commission me for some Mary Magdalene x angel Gabrielle yuri
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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t get complacent. They’re still going to try to cheat. Check your registration. Vote early if at all possible.
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PalmarianFire 🏩 No Vacancy Game @palmarianfire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The best @furaffinity.net ad ever It made my day 💛
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Conell @conell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In this era we should contribute to this site, what it has done for our community over the last couple of decades ish is crazy, it’s started people’s journeys in the fandom, helped people find each other and has avoided all forms of internet enshittification, its busy, clumsy, and outright amazing.
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cosmicborborygmus.bsky.social @cosmicborborygmus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Black and white illustration OF a computer terminal bearing the all caps text "YOU ARE IN ERROR. NO ONE IS SCREAMING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION." From the 1st or 2nd edition of the TTRPG "Paranoia".
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Fur Affinity 🏳️‍⚧️ @furaffinity.net · 02/10/2026
GONDOR CALLS FOR AID FA Announcement: Support Fur Affinity’s Community Funding www.furaffinity.net/journal/1143... gofund.me/8126f11cb
static.klipy.com
Gondor Flame
ALT: Gondor Flame
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because it worked so well for Putin!
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Simkaye 🌈 @simkaye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
anyone else feel like this
A digital illustration of a quetzalcoatlus perched on telephone wires among a flock of crows
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Marc Hudson @marchudson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Fafocene... allouryesterdays.info/2026/06/09/t...
allouryesterdays.info
The Fafocene in images - All Our Yesterdays
What with (waves at everything) and El Nino about to smack us really hard, it seems like a good time to up my “We’re in the Fafocene, people” campaign. Please feel free to use any of the images below,...
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Chris Taggart 🏡 ⚡️ 🔌 @christaggart.com · 02/10/2026
What if I need to pass a dangerous driver on my ebike to get out of danger? Or get to the hospital? If these sound ridiculous, it’s because people have normalized those excuses for cars. Speed limits for both.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've been in Team Saggy Floorboards many times over, having chocked up new furniture so it doesn't topple into the middle of the room.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Managed to give it a proper cleaning and it unstuck. But good to know!
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Oof.
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Slightly off topic, my Oculus Quest 1 has a drifting stick, are repairs still a thing for those old fossils?
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Andy Gates @andygates.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Always here for onichan!
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MilkyBoxBoy @milkyboxboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
takes your money coven outside the kombini
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