Reposted by Andrew G.Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 20hCloudflare Data Explorer shows the amount of russian bot traffic has dropped to 49% after Ukraine struck a yandex data center. 272551508
Reposted by Andrew G.James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners 4772051319
Reposted by Andrew G.Nute @nutedawn.bsky.social · 23h1. RM is of course entirely right. Sulla wiped out his enemies and totally remade all of Rome’s institutions, and it *didn’t work* 2. I think it’s also extremely important to understand *why* it didn’t work, as Ronald Syme memorably put it… 628753
Reposted by Andrew G.Jarrett Walker @humantransit.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The US has elections for transit funding measures coming up in several cities. So I just updated my general advice about how to vote in these elections. It's more complicated than "just vote yes". Even I as a transit advocate have voted no sometimes. humantransit.org/basics-shoul...humantransit.orgBasics: Should I Vote for a Transit Tax? — Human TransitIn the United States and Canada, voters are sometimes asked to decide whether to raise taxes to fund transit improvements. I’m often asked whether I support these things. I don’t like telling people... 0115
Reposted by Andrew G.Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In the Mario Teaches Typing games, Mario never criticizes the player for underperforming and tries to be understanding and supportive. According to Charles Martinet, that was his initiative, as he felt being negative would go against the core principles of Mario's character. 514212999
Reposted by Andrew G.☀️ Jon Schwarz ☀️ @schwarz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026One thing I've learned in life is that whenever someone says "What you have to understand about [some group] is that they're [some description]," the description always applies to all humans everywhere. This from the WSJ is a real classic of this genre: wsj.com/opinion/reve... 1735545
Reposted by Andrew G.mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026imagine if the mainstream media covered Republicans' number one donor — the biggest political donor in US history! — and his controversial views with as much scrutiny as they covered Hasan Piker's 312298600
Reposted by Andrew G.Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/10/2026NEW: Trump wants to transform the 2030 census in ways that'd dramatically skew representation. So we asked you to send us your questions. And we invited an expert on the census, who just published a new book interviewing 100s of census workers, to answer you. I learned a ton reading her replies:boltsmag.orgTrump's Attempts to Control the Census: Your Questions Answered - BoltsThe Trump administration plans to upend the census. They’re proposing to exclude noncitizens from the count that determines the distribution of congressional seats, a move that would subtract politica... 822990
Reposted by Andrew G."Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Having the elite consensus react with, "holy s***, that was a huge wave!" is probably as important, in the long-term politics of all of this, as the actual number of seats that switch over. Not saying the latter is unimportant, but my instinct is they both matter. 430911
Reposted by Andrew G."Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I find myself concerned that the widening midterm map may create a set of expectations where we end up getting a D+7/D+8 year with some strong candidate effects but it gets read as a disappointing performance because the Dems didn't pick off Kansas, South Carolina, Iowa or Texas etc. 1336327
Reposted by Andrew G.Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Like so much else, this should result in the prosecution of everyone involved. 1247695
Reposted by Andrew G.mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026One day society will decide it's fed up with this, and there will be a great and terrible retribution. Not against Elon Musk, of course. Against me. Also you, probably. And some random non-AI pornographers making hand-drawn art. All of these non-Elon Musk people will pay dearly for Elon's actions. 16518
Andrew G. @petterofcats.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In the '00s there was an apocalyptic collapse of the newspaper industry as aggregators tore its revenue model apart, and web traffic couldn't replace lost subscription fees. Now it looks like web traffic is crashing due to AI. Without a new revenue model, journalism is simply not going to happen. 000
Reposted by Andrew G.Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 02/10/2026When you compare how much right-wing funding is going into their version of the humanities in higher ed ("civil discourse," "civic thought," "intellectual freedom") vs how little public or private funding there is for peer-reviewed humanities scholarship & teaching, it really makes you think. 626369
Reposted by Andrew G.Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026the brand safety panopticon has come to twitch 111142444
Reposted by Andrew G.The Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026Fall Canceled After 3 Billion Seasons theonion.com/fall-canceled-after-3-… 362897396
Andrew G. @petterofcats.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Everything is about land use except land use. Land use is about power. 010
Reposted by Andrew G.Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026On the outside adviser urging Trump to declare martial losses in the face of losses on November 3. "“Believe me, our armed forces are a lot bigger than they are,” he said." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...theatlantic.comThe Supporters Urging Trump to Declare Martial Law for the MidtermsTrump’s advisers have been working for months to move his focus away from baseless theories of election fraud. A group of outsiders is making that difficult. 1411240
Reposted by Andrew G.Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Tough competition of course, but the Trump admin deciding that white South Africans are the only group of people on earth currently worthy of refugee status has to be the most overtly racist thing any administration has done in decades 544906879
Reposted by Andrew G.James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You fundamentally just cannot fight and win a war like this. There isn’t a military on earth that could effectively operate when your leadership is waffling back and forth on decisions on a daily basis for months on end. It’s not sustainable. None of this is sustainable. 421478280
Reposted by Andrew G.Halloween III: Season of the Ben @franzferdinand2.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Hey, it’s me, your childhood friend from your idyllic hometown in this RPG. Let’s do some tutorial missions together. No, I’m not in any of the official art, but that probably doesn’t mean anything. 3142641524
Reposted by Andrew G.Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 18/09/2026legitimately this is about as good as you can get at explaining why "ir realism" is the fakest doctrine in history, and also wwii 844849
Reposted by Andrew G.👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Absolutely lost my shit at this co-op mode for Hearts of Iron, which you play as the Army, Navy, Emperor, and Government. All have their own win conditions aside the Government, which lost the game automatically in 1925. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comTrue Imperial Japan ExperienceTrue Imperial Japan Experience A Hearts of Iron 4 Game This is a counteroperative roleplaying game. The resolution system is a game of multiplayer Hearts of Iron 4 and a number of discord chats. Requi... 361153301
Reposted by Andrew G.Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Absolutely horrific: Thanks to a false intelligence "generated with the help of artificial intelligence," the US military nearly carried out an operation aboard a Chinese ship because the incorrect intelligence said it was carrying nukes, according to @cnn.com. edition.cnn.com/2026/09/18/p...edition.cnn.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN PoliticsThe episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war 441020488
Reposted by Andrew G.Dr. Tom Frieden @drtomfrieden.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"I'm not going to take away anybody's vaccines.” - Health Secretary Kennedy, November 2024. Covid vaccination cuts a child's risk of hospitalization by about two thirds. Half of American children get their vaccines through the Vaccines for Children Program. www.wsj.com/health/healt...wsj.comExclusive | States Delayed in Getting Covid Shots for Children’s Immunization ProgramThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t opened up the ordering process, raising concerns about delays as vaccination programs kick off. 320189
Reposted by Andrew G.Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"In reality, the costs — both human and financial — of not providing needed care are much greater [than the cost of providing them]." thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/americas-car...thereader.mitpress.mit.eduAmerica’s Care Economy Is BrokenFrom childcare to elder care to teaching, the labor that sustains society goes undercompensated. A nationalized care economy would change that. 0216
Reposted by Andrew G.Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 15/09/2026There’s obviously a lot going on right now, but a Russian oligarch bankrolling the wedding of the president’s son is the kind of story that should dominate headlines in any functioning political culture. 11246211322
Reposted by Andrew G.Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Meanwhile, the nearterm ai doom is real crew includes Elon Musk, Bernie Sanders, Josh Hawley, Sam Altman, and Amodei. And of course in my econ circles there's the "Let the glorious doom sweep away all economic enefficiencies" perspective. 131115
Reposted by Andrew G.Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Weirdest thing about ai today is that the group that believes that nearterm ai doom is bullshit includes: accelerationists, bluesky skeptics, Trump, the government of China. 1017115
Reposted by Andrew G.jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 14/09/2026this guy is one of the architects of a war that might rank as one of the worst strategic missteps in american military history and here is on CBS getting a softball interview about his feelings 32888421560
Andrew G. @petterofcats.bsky.social · 12/09/2026@zachweinersmith.bsky.social @weinersmith.bsky.social Did you two consider including (then theoretical) mass market, publicly available AI back when you wrote Soonish? 101
Reposted by Andrew G.Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“The Miami Herald will no longer have a Miami beat” is the state of local journalism in a nutshell. Really, really bad. 352511636
Reposted by Andrew G.Only Aggro Comments @pilco.bsky.social · 09/09/2026mfw my employer donated to the ballroom fund but I have to hit "i understand" during anti-bribery training. 5861125
Reposted by Andrew G.Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's always the way, isn't it giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 753080808
Reposted by Andrew G.headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 08/09/2026the next generation of game developers don’t need a special grant for 20 geniuses to get some walking around money they need entry level jobs that a) exist and b) keep existing next quarter 61215277
Reposted by Andrew G.Magpie @magpieofthesea.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The stuff I see as a breast cancer patient is absolutely diabolical. Every week I see a newly diagnosed patient who is refusing standard of care in favor of MAHA. One woman refused to wash w Hibaclens before port placement because she's not "afraid of germs." IN HER🫀This shit is fucking outrageous. 03710
Reposted by Andrew G.Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Consumer sentiment is at its lowest in 70 years of survey data. That's lower than during wars, financial crises, and a pandemic. The economy isn't the whole story here. Faith in how Washington is running policy is at an all-time low, and it's hard to blame people. youtu.be/h0LB9PEiZ3o 29953331
Reposted by Andrew G.Girish M. Duvvuri @gmduvvuri.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The open secret to pedagogy research is that small class sizes/maximizing educator attention per pupil is the simplest, most effective, and unfortunately the least attractive to administration thing you can do to improve learning outcomes. 111102297
Reposted by Andrew G.Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 04/09/2026This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress. They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post. I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail! www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/... 11555031490
Reposted by Andrew G.David Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Convincing young people that America is poor & no one can afford anything & everyone is living paycheck to paycheck & their economic future is doomed ... IS NOT GOING TO LEAD TO MORE PROGRESSIVE POLICY. People who feel anxious & under threat do not respond with openness & generosity! Look it up! 551663269
Reposted by Andrew G.Sydney Bauer @sydney-bauer.com · 31/08/2026The problem with having very few reporters working who’ve covered sports for a decade and anti trans political developments for a decade is anytime there’s discourse it takes like six extra pieces to show how all the groups coalesce towards defunding public schools and repealing Title IX. 432787
Reposted by Andrew G.Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I feel like I’m on fraud watch as an international relations scholar because I honestly kinda don’t fucking know why this country does anything anymore. If you held a gun to my head and demanded to know why we’re at war with Iran or feuding with Canada or want Greenland, I’d say the Lord’s Prayer. 57998120