Reposted by Tom AndesVauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I wrote a book last year showing how tech companies' values and goals show up in the rhetoric of their products themselves — including through AI chatbots. People questioned that; maybe it seemed too dystopian? Well, I've been collecting other examples in the wild, and here's the latest. 25420
Reposted by Tom AndesSarah Holloway @sarahholloway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Be excited to read the new story collection from @tomandes.bsky.social ! I loved it--my review will be out in @necessaryfiction.com later this fall. 142
Reposted by Tom AndesJeff Esterholm @jesterholm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026OK, I’m good. Book orders are in: new ones by @tomandes.bsky.social, @cwblackwell.bsky.social, and @curtisippolito.bsky.social. Plus a Moleskine Daily Diary 2027 to track reading and writing, but no rithmetic. Hotcha! 💥📚💥 294
Reposted by Tom AndesBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.nytimes.comLaid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65. 762477762
Reposted by Tom AndesRob D. Smith @robdsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Y'all need to pick up @tomandes.bsky.social new short story collection. Now! a.co/d/07iDvxnya.coAmazon.com 242
Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thanks so much to Cowboy Jamboree Press for publishing my collection. It’s pub day! Order here. 021
Reposted by Tom AndesCowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Shamus Award winner @tomandes.bsky.social's new collection, GUESS THIS IS KAPUT, is out in the world today from Cowboy Jamboree Press! Get yours: www.cowboyjamboreemagazine.com/guess-this-i...cowboyjamboreemagazine.comGuess This is KaputEbook and Paperback available here! A wonderful, poignant collection you’ll want to read again and again.” –Annell López, PEN/Robert Bingham Award Finalist and author of I’ll Give You a... 063
Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thanks so much to the folks at Vol. 1 Brooklyn for taking my story, “I’m Just Saying.” @vol1brooklyn.bsky.social 000
Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I’m so happy and proud to be on this press. They’ve been publishing some of my favorite contemporary literature for a long time, and I’m honored to be among this number. 011
Reposted by Tom AndesDarcy James Argue @darcyjamesargue.com · 01/09/2026As the academic year kicks off, I want to highlight an important issue that many folks, including some of my colleagues, are not aware of: the new earnings test imposed by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. 611585
Reposted by Tom AndesElizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 02/09/2026questions remain, including about implementation, but this is good! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/n...nytimes.comA.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools (Gift Article)A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium. 27921
Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I’m incredibly excited to announce my story collection Guess This Is Kaput from Cowboy Jamboree Press is available for preorder. If you’re a reviewer, and you want an advance electronic copy, please hit me up!amazon.comGuess This Is KaputGuess This Is Kaput - Kindle edition by Andes, Tom. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Guess This Is Kaput. 133
Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026One of my big takeaways from Ken Burns' country music doc was that Dolly Parton was one of the great writers in any genre this country produced in the last half of the 20th century.youtube.com"Nine To Five" (Dolly Parton cover) @ Dmac's, 8/6/23YouTube video by Tom Andes 010
Tom Andes @tomandes.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Thank you to Pistol Jim and M.E. Proctor for publishing this! And thank you, Rob, for sharing! 020
Reposted by Tom AndesMidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 19/08/20268/19/70: WUSA (D: Stuart Rosenberg) #70s curio; strong cast incl Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Perkins, Laurence Harvey @larrythek.bsky.social: "a dry run for today’s breaking news" More: @dcairns.bsky.social: mubi.com/en/notebook/... @tomandes.bsky.social: therumpus.net/2011/03/16/w... 161
Reposted by Tom Andes404 Media @404media.co · 17/08/2026We placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books.404media.coWe Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training FacilityWe placed a tracking device in a shipment of rare books to see which AI company was buying it, and found an Amazon facility where Amazon scans and destroys books. 8569262
Reposted by Tom AndesKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 14/08/2026Excited for classes like “how to make no money 101” and “fuck, I still don’t have health insurance 102” 2052988
Reposted by Tom AndesDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Red States: We're cutting the humanities at our public universities to spend more money on right-wing indoctrination Blue States: We're cutting the same programs, but to spend more money on AI and the business school. 8985290
Reposted by Tom AndesRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 05/08/2026if you're reading all these articles as they come out and assuming the story is "these models are escaping containment and causing danger" and not "this is a PR campaign by companies desperate to build hype" I think you are very silly. 713188739
Reposted by Tom AndesEmily Bell @emilybell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026This is 💯 not true. It is never a choice between ‘taking big tech’s money and doing nothing’. A stronger moral imperative is NOT to take the money and the strings attached to it - particularly if you do not and cannot yet understand the implications 13688154
Reposted by Tom AndesOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/08/2026its very telling that the mainstream media narrative is that dsa has wacky and unreasonable positions when the republican party position is that abortion should be banned, latino families should be put in concentration camps, black people should be shot by cops and transgender people shouldnt exist 29877325
Reposted by Tom AndesPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is the tragic yet logical result of a decades-long project—undertaken by rightwing politicians and “business-minded” administrators alike—to distort the meaning of higher education, to deny the intrinsic value of the pursuit of knowledge, to deprive us all of richer, more purposeful lives. 13608257
Reposted by Tom AndesRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use. 221174523962
Reposted by Tom AndesAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 01/08/2026good morning chicago /midwest artists! 10 days left to submit proposals for ART IN THESE TIMES, in conjunction w FALL OF FREEDOM artists unite against authoritarianism! artists reconsider political art! (politics here start with: selected artists will be PAID!) interccect.com/art-in-these...interccect.comArt In These Times – Fall of FreedomArt in These Times October 2–4, 2026 Authoritarian assaults on free thinking, fellow feeling, and creative making call for artists to unite in defiance. The 2nd annual Fall of Freedom festival conv… 1146
Reposted by Tom AndesLibby Cudmore (SHE/HER) @libbycudmore.bsky.social · 30/07/2026If you're looking to FALL back into writing, I've got some great workshops starting in September that'll help you get started, keep going, write more or submit! writerscircleworkshops.jumbula.com/fall-2026-ad...writerscircleworkshops.jumbula.comThe Writers CircleAt the Writers Circle, we believe in the uniqueness of each writer's voice. Our workshops nurture that pure, honest self-expression in each of our students. We welcome the most reluctant child, the... 063
Reposted by Tom AndesPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"The Gotham Publish a Book Scholarship is open to people of color who have completed a book manuscript (or nonfiction book proposal) and are ready to seek agent representation and go to market with their book. Three scholarships will be offered every year to un-agented writers."v2.writingclasses.comPublish a Book Scholarship - Gotham Writers 04831
Reposted by Tom AndesBill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Running out of body bags, using forklifts to transfer corpses into makeshift morgues, a mortician conducting 200 funerals in a month when he usually does 30, crematories running at double capacity… And these senators just want to memory-hole it all www.nytimes.com/2020/04/30/n...nytimes.com‘We Ran Out of Space’: Bodies Pile Up as N.Y. Struggles to Bury Its Dead (Gift Article)The coronavirus crisis is overwhelming New York’s system for burying the dead. 22182742839
Reposted by Tom AndesBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 28/07/2026These "we have made an AI so powerful" warnings are straight-up advertisements, btw. No different than "we have made an Oreo so delicious all other snack artists must relent." 13756681039
Reposted by Tom AndesHari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Because it’s Meta, you can assume that they know very well that the core market for the perv glasses is stalking (and — once they switch on facial recognition — repression) and this concern about ‘misuse’ is just Kabuki to stall calls for regulation futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comMeta Desperately Trying to Ban Creeps Misusing Its AI "Pervert Glasses"Meta is vowing to crack down on creeps misusing its Ray Ban smart glasses. Whether it will be enough to regain trust remains to be seen. 38429
Reposted by Tom AndesNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Elon Musk is calling for the execution of the Economist editor who interviewed him. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem. 303337567
Reposted by Tom AndesTechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.techcrunch.comLibrarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunchAt libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand. 2043421768
Reposted by Tom AndesGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 25/07/2026Lemme tell you about the angel of history being blown backwards into the future: The shackles these people have been put in are Hiatt brand, same company founded in 1780 to mass produce shackles for slaver ships. 1841921801
Reposted by Tom AndesLeah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Remember the SNAP cuts in the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill?” Children account for nearly half of the 2.4 million people who are no longer receiving SNAP in at least 19 states. The true number of kids impacted nationwide is unknown. This is horrifying. No child should go hungry. 9474254
Reposted by Tom AndesGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 30/10/2025When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.” 22294243188
Reposted by Tom AndesCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 21/07/2026* U.S. HHS SECRETARY SAYS CMS IS PAUSING MEDICAID PAYMENTS TO CALIFORNIA AND MINNESOTA @reuters.com 2371640838
Reposted by Tom AndesPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 21/07/2026A full on war on the poor and the sick while the public is told by people in both political parties and by punditry not to "demonize" billionaires. Incredible. 10720242
Reposted by Tom AndesDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This is the first main part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act kicking in. The second part, restricting Medicaid, is timed to happen after the midterms. 5126631344
Reposted by Tom AndesTerry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Frank Stanford & Ginsberg visit Ozarks Jesus! I think Jack Butler is at the right. 6265
Reposted by Tom AndesOliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026“The left is going to lose these elections for us,” say the people who lost 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2024 — often because they were fixated on the “winning” strategy of punching left and wooing center right voters 382382550
Reposted by Tom AndesDC Public Library @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social · 18/07/2026A gentle reminder: libraries are still here, still free, still open to everyone. No appointment required. No subscription fee. Just walk in. 252956911
Reposted by Tom AndesRebecca J. Ritzel @rjritzel.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Got my official denial from MOHELA today. Everyone check on your friends with U.S. student loans: We are not OK. 811251
Reposted by Tom AndesLAL @lindli.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...pressherald.comLive updates: Man killed in Biddeford ICE-involved shooting ID’ed as 26-year-old from ColombiaWitnesses described seeing one person being shot in the head. 4205137
Reposted by Tom Andess. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 13/07/2026Turns out community opposition to AI datacenters is working.theverge.comThe fight against AI data centers is just beginningBuildout and backlash. 1486137
Reposted by Tom AndesPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 13/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/12/n...nytimes.comThe Democratic Socialists Winning Elections Far From New York City (Gift Article)They won Democratic state legislative primaries in Buffalo and Syracuse, showing how the party’s messaging and ground game can work outside New York City. 210823
Reposted by Tom AndesPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I’m looking to speak with people who are resisting the erosion of human thought, creativity, skill, and relationship through AI. 🧵 23612258
Reposted by Tom AndesGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 09/07/2026We can see this in the ICE flight data. Domestic “round-up” flights are spiking, and some activist flight watchers report the flights are getting fuller. But deportation and removal flights remain steady. This means the concentration camps are getting packed to the brim. It’s awful to comprehend. 1129301558