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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S.

@shoutingboy.bsky.social
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I write boring things for big companies that don't use my name. I write other things here and use my first name. I have two sweet dogs that wish the UPS man wouldn't ring the doorbell. (Same handle on Dead Bird site--account now dormant--and on Threads.)

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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 58m
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 1h
Important information on this web site! bsky.app/profile/cpsc...
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 2h
I had you in the first half, you’re not gonna lie
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
They should only impeach Trump if there are genuine, unarguable crimes that reach the bar of “impeachable”, which, yeah, that’s basically “every day for two years and twice on Sundays and bank holidays”
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
The calculations definitely change if we get 52 Senators and can be sure there will actually be impeachment trials.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
Nah, as a PNW guy I kind of enjoy having three full hours of East Coast grumpiness waiting for me to scroll through over my morning coffee ☺️
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 3h
1) this is true of almost every enterprise: doing a thing has both costs and benefits. if we only did costless things we wouldn't do very many things 2) why the fuck would you say it like this tho
the world should accept some bad things happening
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
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Oh Indeed Meme
Alt: Omar Little says “Oh, indeed.” He agrees with you that a man has to have a code.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
If I get blocked for telling someone their portable generator needs to be at least 20 feet from their house, that’s a price I’m willing to pay 🫡
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
Yeah, “Hanania’s mocking the Fix News simpletons” was my first read on that post, but I wouldn’t bet money either way.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 3h
Hanania being an odd duck*, “it’s over for the Talarico campaign” could be ironic, making fun of the story and of Fox News. * he’s a viciously racist asshole but he does seem to be increasingly impatient with the BS he has to say to stay in good standing with the Trumpy right.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 14h
WE WILL SMITE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON SMITE, I SAY GONNA BE SMITIN
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 16h
blyoming, otoh
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 18h
Like this year’s STRANGE NEW WORLDS finale where Uhura swaps places with “year in the future Uhura” and in both cases, within five minutes the bridge crew are like “So, alternate timeline, or time travel?”
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 19h
No, you’re thinking of Ted Cru— oh wait, you said GONER? never mind then
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h
yeah, the reason republicans are just not going to budge from texas is the reason why armies try not to abandon their capitals. it isn’t necessarily a strategic defeat to lose the seat of power, but it is a profound blow to morale.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 21h
I mean he does but nobody knows Bobby_Sox is him
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 21h
Oh, no, I’m so sorry. I’ll keep all of you in my prayers.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 21h
floof
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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 21h
its another demonstration of something we've known from the start of his first term: Trump's weakness is actually more threatening to us than his strength
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 21h
More than that, Trump has never really been able to wield even the ordinary powers of a president, because doing so usually requires hard work and unpleasant conversations. So, again, the hacks who are willing to get up at 5 AM and do it for him get free rein.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 04/10/2026
well this is a real slap in the face
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 23h
My take: Chris Rufo is a sincere believer in meritocracy because he is a sincere racist and white supremacist, and if he sees a Black or brown person in any position of respect he takes it as proof that there must have been something antimeritocratic going on to derive a white person of that spot.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Don’t forget to get a genuine New York bagel!
a traditional New York bagel with traditional cream frosting and sprinkles
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
goons backing each other up ☺️❤️🙌
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Honestly, “I’ll probably be dead in six months” might convince a few undecideds that it’s okay to vote for Collins
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yeah—in JRM’s world, “How do you argue with the guy who says ‘what if cancer is good? 🤔🤔🤔’” is a thing he’s been trained to do since he was in short pants. In Tucker’s world, you’re supposed to just say “Now, that’s an excellent question.”
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
With any other president, “That guys a pain in the ass—he calls me up all the time and gives me hell!” could be a successful backhanded compliment. (“He’ll fight for you and he won’t let anyone, even me, stand in his way!”) With Trump, it’s just “I hate that guy, why am I here again?”
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 04/10/2026
great strategy mister trump, i encourage you to travel to every battleground race and call the republican an asshole and a bum
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
hashtag true story
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I will say, I have heard the Dapper Dans sing “this is halloween” in Disneyland and that may be spookier than claymation
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
when GTA6 comes out you mean?
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
BAH GOD THAT’S VENEZUELA’S MUSIC
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P(aul) Frazee @pfrazee.com · 04/10/2026
Is it essential, & Is it olive
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I use Charmin. The mascot is a family of bears. They have fur but there is no poop sticking to the fur. I do not know what the gender valence is 😕
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Well… union members have a legitimate interest in not being fired arbitrarily. And it’s extremely hard to come up with a union that can stop arbitrary firings and won’t also stop extremely well-deserved firings. Like cops who rape. Or teachers who rape. www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
newyorker.com
The Rubber Room
The battle over New York City’s worst teachers.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Old joke: How many Teamsters does it take to change a light bulb? 8. …it’s in the contract. You got a problem with that?
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
well EXCUSE US for not knowing there was a TIMER running 😠😠😠
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We change the clocks the Sunday before the election, and Trump will spend all day Sunday and Monday tweeting about how gutless Republican senators stabbed him in the back. ☺️
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We change the clocks the Sunday before the election, and Trump will spend all day Sunday and Monday tweeting about how gutless Republican senators stabbed him in the back. ☺️
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What I don’t know offhand is if there are any *Senate* votes that are hanging fire. The House can’t come back because they’d have to vote on the Hegseth impeachment. But are there any dangerous bills that keep the Senate from coming back? (“End DST” has already passed the House.)
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So I’m guessing Trump has decided that ending daylight saving time is the One Weird Trick to win the midterms. So he’s going to be in a blind rage at the Senate for not coming back and doing it, and he’ll spend the next month attacking his own party for—as he now sees it—throwing the election.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I think Ken Paxton sincerely thinks he loves Jesus, and he does this by having a very specific definition of “Jesus” (a guy who hates the people Ken Paxton hates and forgives Ken for everything) and “love” (Ken warmly approves of Jesus hating all those people and liking Ken).
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roterote @roterote.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For a very clear comparison, emulating Magyar would be removing all the MAGA justices and judges from Federal Courts in the first 100 days. That is the scale of democratic chemotherapy we are discussing.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
…I’m not going to blame a grieving widow for failing to forgive her husband’s murderer, but her big show of forgiving him was clearly bullshit. She’s just playing a part.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
…in the softball Bari Weiss interview, Bari asked Erika Kirk to elaborate on her forgiveness, and Erika snarled that she serves “a God of justice“. Her meaning couldn’t have been clearer—“I can forgive the killer because I know God is going to send him to hell anyway.”
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Shades of the Charlie Kirk thing, where his widow performatively mouthed “I forgive his killer“ and the function was to show that she and Charlie were such perfect saints that we should be maximally vengeful to anyone who didn’t love both of them.
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“So that’s why I never saw more SEE, see?”
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The Unquiet Ghost of Andrew S. @shoutingboy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mad respect for SLOW HORSES, which keeps so tight a schedule that right after each season finale they show a *preview for the next season’s story*. Meanwhile Vince Gilligan is like “they liked Season 1, guess I should get cracking on some outlines or some shit lol”
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