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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor

@andrewpaul.bsky.social

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Mississippi cyberpunk Jewboy writing dystopian horror for @popsci.com Also @popsci.com Bluesky social media czar Also @mcsweeneys.net Dread Lord Nyarlathotep Presidential Library curator andrewpaulwrites.com echo-chamber.ghost.io [email protected]

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 9h

everybody loathes Racist Milkshake Duck! the duck that loves milkshakes and racism!

*ten minutes later*

i have been fired from my job for calling the racist milkshake duck racist

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 14h

tired: Masks based on Warner Bros. IP disowned by the graphic novel's own author

wired: Hot Frog Fall

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 14h

"A frog [..] standing up to ICE covered in weapons and armor is absurd, and that’s part of why it’s hitting so hard. But the frog is also a practical piece [..] in an age of mass surveillance, police brutality, and masked federal agents disappearing people"
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The Surreal Practicality of Protesting As an Inflatable Frog

Say goodbye to the Guy Fawkes masks and hello to inflatable frogs and dinosaurs.

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 16h

damn. rest in power.

as good a reason as any to blast Black Messiah today

Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 16h

D'Angelo? Fuck. Aw, fuck.

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 16h

'Everyone is 12 years old' continues as an ironclad theory

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Popular Science @popsci.com · 16h

We can assure you the author of this story is not owned, nor did he slowly shrink into a corncob.

www.popsci.com/science/how-...

Inside the making of a world-class corn maze

In Indiana, Exploration Acres found a way to keep the family farm alive.

www.popsci.com

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 17h

i remember listening to Homo Deus years ago while working my library desk job and quietly seething with rage

it’s just so goddamn bad

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism

Had the Aztecs and Incas shown a bit more interest in the world surrounding them - and had they known what the Spaniards had done to their neighbours - they might have resisted the Spanish conquest more keenly and successfully.

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 17h

this bot is going to be the spiritual death of me.

Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 17h

INLAND EMPIRE - His corpse is marked by stars.

YOU - What will mine be marked by?

INLAND EMPIRE - Alcohol and heartbreak.

PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT - Your fist clenches suddenly.

YOU - It will be riddled with disco.

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 19h

this is canon change my mind

Milhouse holding copy of 'Watchmen Babies in V for Vacation'

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 19h

this site has the chance to do the funniest thing

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The Free Press - Business and Tech Editor

The Free Press is one of the fastest growing media organizations in the world, serving subscribers with original reporting and sense-making that they’ve come to love and trust. Illuminating overlooked...

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 1d

this is probably the most wholesome story i’ll ever write

www.popsci.com/science/how-...

Inside the making of a world-class corn maze

In Indiana, Exploration Acres found a way to keep the family farm alive.

www.popsci.com

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 2d

taken last night during my second ever door guy shift

i’m beginning to think this will be my midlife crisis career switch.

all i do is practice chess, read Sam Shepard, and occasionally give stern looks. i’m made for this job

Chess set, Sam Shepard book, and beer on bar counter

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

if i were a well-funded intelligence apparatus within an autocratic Middle Eastern petro state hoping to simultaneously attract Western investors *and* exacerbate Western socio-cultural tensions

i might pay a few famous US comedians to come perform at a comedy festival

but that's just me

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

Halloween's hottest costume, without question

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad. -- Dril tweet

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

guy sounds like a badass tbh

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Office of Public Affairs

ICE Arrest Illegal Alien Driving an 18-Wheeler with New York Commerical Driver’s License Issued to “No Name”

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

a truly harrowing event

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

You heard it here, folks. Straight from the source.

Andy Ngo is scared of frogs, moms, and milkshakes.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 4d

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

etc.

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

kinda makes sense given our nation's expanding Banana Republic, tho

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 4d

Praying for bananaruptcy

Banana Ball is expanding.

The Banana Ball Championship League, home of the Savannah Bananas, has added two more baseball teams as it gears up for the league's inaugural 2026 season

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

yesterday i saw a video on Reels of a queer black 20-something walking up to two National Guardsmen in Chicago, then turn around and bend over while shouting "Arrest me, daddy!"

as the guardsmen immediately turned around to walk away, i thought 'The kids are alright.'

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

i guarantee that any No Kings protest 'footage' shown on Fox News will be old, unrelated 'riot' videos

Keith Avery @slabgorb.com · 4d

the protests in DC tend to be at least 40% boomer age hippies, so good luck making little old ladies seem sinister

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

i'm not downplaying the seriousness re: how their whackjob brownshirts will interpret this

but they have lost the plot when it comes to winning a majority of the populace over to their righteous pure nation cause

Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

it's getting so desperately unhinged.

they aren't even decrying nebulous, nonexistent entities now. they're pointing to a protest explicitly marketed as a peaceful "NO KINGS" rally.

this angle doesn't work unless you're a MAGA cultist who no longer believes their eyes.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, I'm a very patient guy, but I've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ... "

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Godspeed You! Bluesky Emperor @andrewpaul.bsky.social · 4d

bonus points go to the guitarist with a vest patch that just reads "SPAHN RANCH"