Reposted by Andrew FraserNick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 25/04/2026Someone should start a petition to return the Christian sites at R’lyeh to the Anglican Church. 1113918
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Trump only knows Ernie Els who lives in Florida for tax reasons. He thinks that he represents all South Africans. 050
Reposted by Andrew FraserKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/10/2025The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish. The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy 852135063144
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 24/10/2025My bedroom window in my new place faces East. I guess I'm a morning person now.media.tenor.coma close up of a man 's face with a purple glow on it .ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a purple glow on it . 240
Reposted by Andrew FraserSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 27/09/2025The ultraviolent Big Government fascism will continue until morale improves 40384110
Reposted by Andrew FraserMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Aaaand they’ve just covered it up. Which is just another layer of irony… …given that this is state action against protest about state action against protest. 46927367
Reposted by Andrew FraserNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 05/09/2025Whether it's Barack Obama having SEAL Team Six kill Osama bin Laden or Donald Trump having SEAL Team Six kill a bunch of random Koreans on a fishing boat, both presidents oversaw deadly SEAL Team Six missions. 15897116
Reposted by Andrew FraserMatt @mattukernow.bsky.social · 24/08/2025It is completely unacceptable to attack Kemi Badenoch either because she's black or because she's a woman. Racism and misogyny should have no place in our society. We should be attacking her because she's a bigoted, tory bastard. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comKemi Badenoch reveals ‘hysterical’ level of personal attacks faced as a black womanTory leader tells Sunday Times she is surprised at amount of racism she has experienced since taking up post 3284
Reposted by Andrew FraserTimmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...nytimes.comLaw Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups 2044202140
Reposted by Andrew FraserNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/08/2025The beerita, a margarita-like drink with beer, is a refreshing cocktail that’s incredibly easy to assemble. Here’s why that is bad news for Democrats. 1155438
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 24/08/2025World War 2 ended with the unconditional surrender of Germany and of Japan. JD Vance doesn't even know history. 020
Reposted by Andrew FraserPaul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 16/07/2025My god these guys are such spectacular morons gizmodo.com/billionaires... 2755213825
Reposted by Andrew FraserSal Gentile @salgentile.bsky.social · 15/07/2025if you took a dementia test and thought it was an IQ test you failed both the dementia test and the IQ test 13761131165
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 11/07/2025What if dinosaurs were just birds, and not vice versa? 020
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 01/07/2025The US empire is ending. The loss of soft power effected by Trump's aid cuts and isolationism will just accelerate it. Welcome to Chinese hegemony. 2175
Reposted by Andrew Fraserhrbrmstr 🇺🇦 🇬🇱 🇨🇦 🏳️🌈 @hrbrmstr.dev · 13/06/2025The hard part, here, is that — while being parody — this will likely happen at some point this year, so it's also a prediction. 031
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 10/06/2025It takes decades to leave our Solar System, but we'll be colonizing the galaxy in... er... four and a half years? 240
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I'm no expert woodworker, but even I can see that this machine would require that you had VERY good medical insurance. The video is literally a list of things not to do with power tools. www.alibaba.com/product-deta...alibaba.com220v Multifunctional Combination Woodworking Machine Multipurpose Wood Planer Spiral Cutter Construction Features Durable Engine - Buy Industrial Wood Planer wood Planers wood Planer Machine planer Fo...220v Multifunctional Combination Woodworking Machine Multipurpose Wood Planer Spiral Cutter Construction Features Durable Engine - Buy Industrial Wood Planer wood Planers wood Planer Machine planer Fo... 110
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 10/06/2025I do love a stock standard ggplot graph. I really hope that those lines continue to decline following the USAID debacle. 151
Reposted by Andrew FraserNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Trump's stumble on the steps up to Air Force One highlights the extent of Joe Biden's physical decline. www.yahoo.com/news/trump-s...yahoo.comTrump stumbles on steps up to Air Force OnePresident and Secretary of State Marco Rubio both slipped slightly on the steps as they made their way to Camp David 1093953553
Reposted by Andrew FraserJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 03/06/2025I... oh my god. amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...amandaguinzburg.substack.comDiabolus Ex MachinaThis Is Not An Essay 1571652594
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 04/06/2025Explaining Rugby to the Eastern Cape. Ok... Seems... er... unnecessary? 130
Reposted by Andrew FraserDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 04/06/2025Alex Jones, who spent years ranting about shadowy government mass surveillance technology, is now stanning for Palantir 52693001906
Reposted by Andrew FraserCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/06/2025Possibly the best thing I've read about ChatGPT yet. h/t @melaniemitchell.bsky.social amandaguinzburg.substack.com/p/diabolus-e...amandaguinzburg.substack.comDiabolus Ex MachinaThis Is Not An Essay 541022378
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This isn't the whole story. The Democrats are so beholden to corporate interests that they simply won't fix things. 041
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 27/05/2025@mattduplessis.bsky.social I thought that you may appreciate this one. 000
Reposted by Andrew FraserPjörk 🐷 @nicoleconlan.bsky.social · 18/05/2025This account just posts food at British football stadiums and it's the most upsetting shit I've ever seen 871112931511
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 17/05/2025/scowls about the sepia. But acts like an adult. Wordle 1,428 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟨⬛ ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
Reposted by Andrew FraserAndrew Forde @drandrewforde.bsky.social · 16/05/2025When we discuss the genocide in Gaza, we must choose our words carefully. My letter in today's edition of the @irishtimes.com 10206122
Reposted by Andrew FraserCAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 16/05/2025🌱 Climate progress in Brazil faces a new threat: organised disinformation. The just-launched Oii newsletter from FALA delivers in-depth analysis of the actors and strategies at play. 🔗 Subscribe in English or Portuguese: buff.ly/LNHte4T #ClimateIntegrity #COP30buff.lyClimate lies: the COP president’s worst nightmare is realOii is the Observatory for Information Integrity, focusing on climate, environment, and democracy. Come take a look 131
Reposted by Andrew FraserNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Analysis | Donald Trump's corruption is breathtaking. But Democrats don't have a leg to stand on because nine years ago, it was revealed that their presidential nominee had used a private email server 13 years ago. 17973108
Reposted by Andrew FraserIndy @indy.bsky.social · 15/05/2025An understudied issue is how Trump’s victory freed up US think-tank and donor mindspace for chipping away at UK politics again. (Most visible on abortion, but there are signs that Tufton also has benefited.) 012
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Bless you if you thought those red lines hadn't been passed long ago. 030
Reposted by Andrew FraserPavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Sure, AI may be an environmental disaster and produce mid outcomes in cases where it doesn't straight up lie, but at least it's extremely unprofitable.fortune.comAs Klarna flips from AI-first to hiring people again, a new landmark survey reveals most AI projects fail to deliverJust 1 in 4 AI investments bring in the ROI they promise—but CEOs just can’t resist the technology. 4753291969
Reposted by Andrew FraserArthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 13/05/2025If you have to clarify that it’s “completely different” to Enoch Powell it’s possible your message isn’t landing right. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comStarmer’s migration speech ‘completely different’ to Enoch Powell’s, says Yvette CooperHome secretary says PM talked about strength in diversity, after criticism from MPs over ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric 813438
Reposted by Andrew FraserJosh Budlender @joshbudlender.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I genuinely feel sorry for government officials and politicians who have to engage with the Americans on the "merits" of the issue. How do you refute someone's deliberate fantasy where facts don't matter at all? It's like the Haitian cats and dogs thing all over again. 183
Reposted by Andrew FraserJosh Budlender @joshbudlender.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Mostly I think it's great that SA is, to substantial extent, avoiding getting sucked into this quagmire of nonsense. Perhaps a sign we're maturing. But does mean most of the "discussion" is led by grifters, morons and white nationalists (these categories not mutually exclusive) 172
Reposted by Andrew FraserJosh Budlender @joshbudlender.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Notable how vast majority of SA knows this Afrikaner ethnic persecution/refugee thing is such obvious bullshit--literally made-up--that it's not even worth engaging with. You can't refute baldfaced fantasy with facts etc. But wonder if it makes reality less clear to rest of world 3204
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 13/05/2025And I know it. Wordle 1,424 3/6* ⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 000
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Is this fuckwit wearing an Oranje Blanje Blou tie? 000
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Is everyone at NYT fucking stupid now? Is it a requirement? 140
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 12/05/2025And just to finish me off - the plane ferrying them? AirWors1. 291
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 12/05/2025religionnews.com/2025/05/12/e...religionnews.comEpiscopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government(RNS) — 'In light of our church’s steadfast commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and our historic ties with the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, we are not able to take this step,' the p... 040
Andrew Fraser @arfness.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I snorted coffee through my nose when I heard Trump's Afrikaner "refugees" referred to as the "Great 'Tsek". For anyone that a. isn't aware of South African history, or b. Afrikaans cursing, I would be happy to elaborate as to why this is so funny to most South Africans. 84410