Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’ve been trying to find it — where can it be read? 110
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Who’s a gorgeous little vicious killing machine? Is it you, beautiful thing? 0130
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I had so much fun throwing desks at the problem the last time. 011
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You are much more confident than I. I go to Warby Parker and end up sending a half-dozen selfies to a dozen friends. 010
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How does someone get new glasses without pestering a jury of their loved ones about the various options? Or was he just not on the jury? 220
Reposted by Andrew WillettSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you care about keeping the Academy of Natural Sciences open to the public in Philadelphia, I need you to read and share this thread. Trish Wellenbach was sent from the mayor's office to oversee the Academy of Natural sciences situation. She needs to hear from us. Here comes the action item: 15558486
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fans sharing the time code in the opening credits where you can zoom in to see the little *poof.* 120
Reposted by Andrew WillettScientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Apple "detectives" wanted to identify a gnarly old tree growing on a remote plot of land in Maine. What they discovered was the key to a centuries-old apple mystery.scientificamerican.comHow apple detectives solved the mystery of an ancient tree—and rewrote the history of fruitAnd how they might have helped save the future of American apples 401127389
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 25/09/2026At the Met it’s on the back of the seat in front of you, even! 020
Reposted by Andrew WillettOnce upon a network dreary… @noncompliant.myatproto.social · 23/09/2026This is a thread that needs to be preserved for posterity. Enjoy. 022
Reposted by Andrew Willett⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026*Frothing at the mouth with excitement* HEY GUESS WHAT, YOU DON'T HAVE ONE BRAIN, YOU HAVE TWO! med.stanford.edu/news/all-new...med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 1332612842
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It bothers me that the plural of Keenex isn’t Kleenices and nobody understands my pain. 020
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Honestly, the above photo is all I need. I'm in. 030
Reposted by Andrew WillettChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care not for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love [ridiculouslye wondirful lute riff] Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love 222140
Reposted by Andrew WillettMolly Templeton @mollytempleton.com · 08/09/2026THERE'S A NEW SHAUN TAN BOOK??? THAT'S A SEQUEL TO THE ARRIVAL!?!?!?! brb gotta go find a bookstorenytimes.com20 Years Later, the Long-Awaited Companion to a Classic Graphic Novel (Gift Article)As Shaun Tan reminds us with his stand-alone follow-up to “The Arrival,” some truths are so enormous, so beautiful, they can be told only through myth. 77828
Reposted by Andrew WillettElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign 24550471565
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The video appeared to be slop, but it could have been created by actual people. Reporter was unable to get confirmation and didn't want to make an assertion of fact he couldn't back up. 050
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I grew up in the SF suburbs and we couldn’t borrow Dad’s car until we could pull up to the top of a hill like this, stop at the sign (seeing nothing but sky through the windshield), and then proceed. Stick shift. Inevitably some jerk in a beemer would be six inches off your back bumper. 020
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Kiki and Bouba, to the white courtesy telephone, please. 020
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Iiiit's the most! Wonderful tiiiiiiiime! Of the yeeeear… 020
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This movie is a truckload of space bananas and knows it. It's amazing. 020
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Hell, living with a Texan at an impressionable age will do it. 000
Reposted by Andrew WillettAsher is left to face the fall alone @asherball.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The A's just did one of the coolest things I've seen in their broadcast: Just unfiltered audio of the live director calling a Lawrence Butler plate appearance...that went about as well as they could have hoped for. 181184345
Reposted by Andrew Willetts. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 26/08/2026This thread will sneak up on you! And yes, it is about Dolly. 514744
Reposted by Andrew Willettsincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 25/08/2026oh no. what a loss, what a legend. RIP dolly parton, our only collab was brief and also you weren't aware of it, but i'll never ever forget it 2508112
Reposted by Andrew WillettAdam Feldman @feldmanadam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This Bruce Vilanch anecdote speaks to why Dolly Parton engendered such extraordinary love 015124
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"Barbara Cartland was famous for dictating her novels. With a pekingese clamped to her hot pink bosom she would lie back on a library couch and exhale a story about virginal girls taming wayward dukes, damaged airmen or misunderstood surgeons." Now THAT is a damned LEDE. h/t @oddthisday.bsky.socialtheguardian.comThe Great Dictator by Matthew Sweet review – the fabulous life of Barbara CartlandA brilliant new biography that does it subject the favour of taking her seriously – even if few else did 010
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Gods above. Now THAT is a LEDE. And then it just keeps going. 020
Reposted by Andrew WillettComics in the Spooky Age 🧛♂️🧟♀️🎃 @comicsinthega.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Today is the birthday of cartoonist Walt Kelly (Aug. 25, 1913-Oct. 18, 1973), creator of the newspaper comic strip Pogo. 420037
Reposted by Andrew WillettDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 19/08/2026How cool! I've paddled the Bronx River in NYC. A river otter was spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in over 100 years! Because otters need clean water and abundant fish to thrive, this sighting hints at the waterway’s ecological recovery from being treated as a dumping ground.theguardian.comOtter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx RiverImage captured in early June shows animal foraging in the waterway in first since early 1900s, signaling its recovery 10496103
Reposted by Andrew WillettAmal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 19/08/2026the government of canada’s advice on what to do if you encounter a moose is “moose are unpredictable” & I just feel like this is a particularly dazzling proof of that 7882241
Reposted by Andrew WillettJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 05/01/2024If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22 8339201566
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It’s instructions to the messenger. Most people could not read, so tablets like this often start with “Tell [recipient] the following:” Whether this particular messenger did so using a whiny voice is, alas, lost to time. 1100
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Just found out about the death on Aug. 8 of John Crowley, probably the writer closest to my heart, and I am gutted. LITTLE, BIG is one of those books I revisit every couple of years. One of those voices so singular that your internal monologue sounds like him for a while after. 020
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It takes the entire episode to tell a single joke. 1120
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Hello, Fodzyme user here, I was unaware of Fodmate but WOW was access to the Magic Powder life-changing for me. So worth checking out if you’re in Fructans Hell. 000
Andrew Willett @awillett.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Tickets to see Kate Bush in concert in London. And the plane tickets to get there from NYC, etc. etc. It would have cost a fortune, but this was 12 years ago and I’m still kicking myself over it. An opportunity unlikely to come again. 120
Reposted by Andrew WillettUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Why had he lived so long among those who were not kind? 08922