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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 3h

That can't be! I read a poll the other day that said the opposite! It was by the noted polling firm NRSC…

wait, that can't be right, hang on

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 5h

The trouble for me is I have ro use my initial because there *are* allegations about other Andrews Gill. As an example, I have never operated a youth hostel in Thailand for British nationals.

So of course it ignores middle initials, which makes it pretty well useless.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 10h

I haven't seen people here mention this letter from the mayor of Illinois' 2nd-largest city (Aurora, 40+% Latino)

to the Aurora Police

following egregious attacks by immigration in Aurora and related protests

So here it is!

Hello Chief and APD Leadership,

I just wanted to jot a quick thank you note for those who participated in this meeting with the Latino community about ICE in our neighborhoods.

Sadly, this problem is not going away anytime soon. Historically, the police have been on the wrong side of history during the civil rights movement and the labor movement - defending capital. The pivotal points in American history are when police realized that their solidarity should be with labor; not capital.

Labor vs. police: Learning from working-class history Workers World

In this current struggle, I believe that we are 2-3 years away from a moment where we see the shift in solidarity.

I would like to see Aurora lead, and show something different. It will create discomfort during the transformation. I noticed during the march towards Blue Kangaroo, when the police escort disappeared, that activists I didn't know used their vehicles to block the intersections and protect the marchers.

All living things have the capacity to evolve and grow. Government is about to go through a huge evolutionary period and shed that which is not necessary, and re-focus on what is important.

As government continues to disintegrate from the top down, we have an opportunity to re-invent the ways we find food, water, shelter and protection.

We would like the Aurora Police Department to play a historic role in defending the United States of America, and our city against fascism. We have a unique opportunity to do something different, leave our mark in the history books, and make a difference. I'm excited about the opportunity and look forward to discussing it further.

Respectfully, John Laesch Mayor, City of Aurora laesch@aurora.il.us

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 8h

Is that CS (tear gas) or OC (pepper bomb)? Using CS gas in a war zone is definitely a war crime. Can't remember if OC is.

Ironically, you can use either in domestic protests.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/t...

Is Tear Gas Banned for Use in Warfare?

The use of tear gas by police against anti-police-brutality protesters in the spring of 2020 came under fierce scrutiny.

www.snopes.com

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 12h

Yes, exactly. It's like satori or enlightenment. Jamelle's comment clarified something so much for me that things fall into place that I couldn't see at all before.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 13h

I don't think I ever thought about it in these terms but this is soo clarifying, right down to why it's the "*white* working class" aesthetic these dips are chasing after instead of actual working class people.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

i mean i don't think you can separate any of this discussion from the fact that so many of the participants are men who clearly have hang-ups about their inability to perform a certain kind of blue collar masculinity

Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 13h

This —one— comment clarified so much for me

You ever read something like "The Crucible was an allegory for the Red Scare which Arthur Miller couldn't criticize openly," & then for you there's a before & after?

The "white working class" seeking makes so much sense when it comes fom that perspective

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 14h

There’s a lot of people who clearly do not like the party, or the people that make up the party’s core constituencies, but they sure as hell aren’t Republicans in 2025 so they get stuck with the Democrats and it’s been causing issues for decades

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries just endorsed Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/n...

Hakeem Jeffries Gives Mamdani Last-Minute Endorsement for N.Y.C. Mayor

www.nytimes.com

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

I don't get it… why are you calling it the Astoria?

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 1d

It's easy to be so distracted by all the things the President is doing, to miss one thing he's not doing:
Rallies.
After he first won election in 2016, he kept having rallies b/c he liked them so much. He did them all through his first term, even during COVID. (RIP Herman Cain.)

Why not?

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

When I was young, I went regularly to the local Crippled Children's Clinic. It wasn't a full hospital, but it was a nationwide (possibly international) medical center dedicated specifically to children.

(& yes, at the time, that was their official name)

Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

Tastes differ, but I think it's only AAA games that aren't good enough for me. There are plenty of indies which are either worth what I paid fof them, or worth way more.

Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

This meme has existed for over 5 years for a reason

Sonic the Hedgehog says "I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding"

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

But disreputable contractors cut corners. Things will be at wrong angles because the foundation is sinking. There will be a particularly heavy snowfall one year & the whole thing will collapse.

No way would I go in that thing.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

The foundation will sink before they put anything on it. So naturally they're going to say "Isn't it cool? We designed it like that tower in Piza"

They're also not going to figure out what winds, snow & rain the roof needs to support, & with no internal supports, the design needs to be precise

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

Donnie isn't using reputable contractors so far. I also guess they think environmental studies are "woke bs" so they won't do them. The sort of contractor that builds something without studies, & without approval of necessary agencies is gonna cut corners.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

If it does get built it's a deathtrap.

The thing's taller than the White House, which makes it at least 5 stories. No interior supports & a flat roof. Reputable contractors would require a soil study to know what sort of foundation would be necessary to support such a building.

A render of the Epstein Ballroom: a big dumb building larger than the White House with two flights of stairs up to a square building with a flat roof

An AI image of the inside of the Epstein Ballroom showing rows & rows of gaudy gilt tables & no internal structural columns.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

I suspect it's partly this.

Whether Donnie or anyone else has a good sense of his actual health, they're behaving like they think he won't make it to Halloween & they're focusing on cementing their legacy, or breaking things in a way that is even more short sighted than Musk was.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

I keep going through the structural issues with a building like he describes but then I have to remind myself it doesn't matter because it will never be built

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 2d

SNAP benefits expire in one week.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 2d

Leavitt: At this moment in time, the ballroom is really the president's main priority.

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Sheo @sheologian.bsky.social · 2d

I listened to this 3 times

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

I have been telling people for so long the next steps for AI are

1 Promise AI can do it (in this case, compose a take that lasts more than a few seconds)
2 Show AI not yet doing it
3 Sell contract to do it
4 Lay off employees
5 AI can never do it
6 Employee skills atrophy & can't be rehired
7 Shit

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 2d

David and Larry Ellisons’ sloptastic vision for Hollywood is coming into focus:

“Paramount has reportedly signed a $200M+ multiyear deal for Higgsfield AI to use mass-use Popcorn AI model that ingests dailies and script notes, then outputs regional cuts: new leads, alternate jokes, revised endings”

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 2d

Every discussion I've seen so far is like

American Chopper meme

Panel 1: Democrats are responsible for platner
Panel 2: No, It's leftists who support him
Panel 3: No, liberals fucked this race by choosing platner
Panel 4: my leftist friends always hated Platner
Panel 5: Sure would be weird for platner to be the first thing leftists agree on

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3d

Roses are red,
AI is inaccurate,

A screenshot of Bryan Johnson, the insane and stupid billionaire who looks like a desiccated corpse but thinks he's making himself look younger, saying "I eliminated 85% of microplastics from my ejaculate" on Nazi Twitter

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