Andrew Dressel
@adressel.bsky.social
Country lawyer (not really)
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“Hey, look ... you knew when you married me that I was a nonworking breed.”
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“Hey, look ... you knew when you married me that I was a nonworking breed.”
@booker.senate.gov Agree?
Senator Schumer is no longer effective and should be replaced. If you can’t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
@booker.senate.gov Agree?
The calls to primary senate dems are correct but seems the best current course of action is to call your Dem senator (if you have one) and demand they call for Schumer’s resignation
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The calls to primary senate dems are correct but seems the best current course of action is to call your Dem senator (if you have one) and demand they call for Schumer’s resignation
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
October 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only
This guy’s hard drive must be insane
Mike Johnson Calls Bad Bunny Halftime Show a ‘Terrible Decision’ for NFL — Says Children Should Listen to 82-Year-Old Lee Greenwood Instead
Mike Johnson Calls Bad Bunny Halftime Show a ‘Terrible Decision’ for NFL — Says Children Should Listen to 82-Year-Old Lee Greenwood Instead
Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday the NFL choosing Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl halftime performer was a "terrible decision" and suggested Lee Greenwood instead.
The post Mike Johnson Calls Bad Bunny Halftime Show a ‘Terrible Decision’ for NFL — Says Children Should Listen to 82-Year-Old Lee Greenwood Instead first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
October 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This guy’s hard drive must be insane
I think it’s clear that when Cass Sunstein talks about liberalism it really just means “me and my tenured friends should be able to say what we want without too much pushback from hoi polloi.” It’s utterly divorced from the real world consequences of ideas.
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I think it’s clear that when Cass Sunstein talks about liberalism it really just means “me and my tenured friends should be able to say what we want without too much pushback from hoi polloi.” It’s utterly divorced from the real world consequences of ideas.
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people/link, internet provider, print ad, imagery (1985) archive.org/details/1985...
September 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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In retrospect the end of Grantland and the Dissolve, and Microsoft’s Tay fiasco, were clear harbingers of where we were headed culturally.
August 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In retrospect the end of Grantland and the Dissolve, and Microsoft’s Tay fiasco, were clear harbingers of where we were headed culturally.
In retrospect the end of Grantland and the Dissolve, and Microsoft’s Tay fiasco, were clear harbingers of where we were headed culturally.
August 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In retrospect the end of Grantland and the Dissolve, and Microsoft’s Tay fiasco, were clear harbingers of where we were headed culturally.
Humanity was not meant for social media
What's your take on the moment we're living through in 50 words or less. [you able to quote post]
August 18, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Humanity was not meant for social media
Probably not going to get to see much art in the future? There’s already more art out there than I can enjoy in a lifetime.
Honestly this is an excuse.
I know plenty of people who are not “naturally gifted” who do art.
It requires effort to learn. I feel you did not approach it correctly or think things happen over night.
Also hard work and skill is not “naturally gifted” as that undermines their efforts to draw.
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I know plenty of people who are not “naturally gifted” who do art.
It requires effort to learn. I feel you did not approach it correctly or think things happen over night.
Also hard work and skill is not “naturally gifted” as that undermines their efforts to draw.
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August 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Probably not going to get to see much art in the future? There’s already more art out there than I can enjoy in a lifetime.
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Trump is attempting a kind of regime change or political revolution. The constitution is, at best, only partially operative right now.
We live in a new system which is not a democracy. It’s not fully consolidated, but it’s so far along that there is likely no going back to the status quo ante.
We live in a new system which is not a democracy. It’s not fully consolidated, but it’s so far along that there is likely no going back to the status quo ante.
August 14, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Trump is attempting a kind of regime change or political revolution. The constitution is, at best, only partially operative right now.
We live in a new system which is not a democracy. It’s not fully consolidated, but it’s so far along that there is likely no going back to the status quo ante.
We live in a new system which is not a democracy. It’s not fully consolidated, but it’s so far along that there is likely no going back to the status quo ante.
NYC, Paris, Tokyo, Miami, Berlin
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
August 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
NYC, Paris, Tokyo, Miami, Berlin
Make Pete a Met for life
August 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Make Pete a Met for life
Drafters of the Constitution: we’re adding all these protections to make sure accused criminals are protected from abuse by the state.
“Constitutional scholar”: Have you considered that some people might see upsetting things?
“Constitutional scholar”: Have you considered that some people might see upsetting things?
August 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Drafters of the Constitution: we’re adding all these protections to make sure accused criminals are protected from abuse by the state.
“Constitutional scholar”: Have you considered that some people might see upsetting things?
“Constitutional scholar”: Have you considered that some people might see upsetting things?
The fetishization of centrism is a product of media, government, big law, academia, etc types all talking to each other all the time. Voters actually want politicians who do things. That’s always been a key part of the Trump coalition, people who like him just because he “does stuff.”
August 12, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The fetishization of centrism is a product of media, government, big law, academia, etc types all talking to each other all the time. Voters actually want politicians who do things. That’s always been a key part of the Trump coalition, people who like him just because he “does stuff.”
Eliminate “distraction” from your vocabulary. This is just what happens when you hand a senile, vindictive pervert, who has never experienced a consequence in his entire life, the vastest security state ever created. Just one awful decision after another. There’s no coordination, just chaos.
August 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Eliminate “distraction” from your vocabulary. This is just what happens when you hand a senile, vindictive pervert, who has never experienced a consequence in his entire life, the vastest security state ever created. Just one awful decision after another. There’s no coordination, just chaos.
My hot takes on speed limit discourse:
1. Speed limits on local roads should be rigorously enforced. Cameras, automated tickets, whatever.
2. Most highways should have no speed limits.
3. There should be devices that prevent any car from going over 85 mph in any situation.
1. Speed limits on local roads should be rigorously enforced. Cameras, automated tickets, whatever.
2. Most highways should have no speed limits.
3. There should be devices that prevent any car from going over 85 mph in any situation.
August 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My hot takes on speed limit discourse:
1. Speed limits on local roads should be rigorously enforced. Cameras, automated tickets, whatever.
2. Most highways should have no speed limits.
3. There should be devices that prevent any car from going over 85 mph in any situation.
1. Speed limits on local roads should be rigorously enforced. Cameras, automated tickets, whatever.
2. Most highways should have no speed limits.
3. There should be devices that prevent any car from going over 85 mph in any situation.
This ethos is baked into the legal system, which treats fine print in contracts or terms of service that everyone acknowledges are either unseen or not understood and treats them as sacrosanct bargains, instead of the obvious cons they are.
I can’t say it enough: U.S. culture is scam culture. It pervades everything we do. We don’t notice it because it’s the water we swim in. A party would do well to remind everybody how awful this is and propose to fix it.
I think Democrats should offer voters a broadly defined anti-fraud platform. Yes, obviously, start with Trump’s influence peddling, but don’t stop there. Online fraud is massive, almost every phone call you get is a scam, and the solution has to be federal or it just won’t work.
August 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This ethos is baked into the legal system, which treats fine print in contracts or terms of service that everyone acknowledges are either unseen or not understood and treats them as sacrosanct bargains, instead of the obvious cons they are.
I think there is a very large cohort, including me, who are just sick of social media generally, especially social media that puts politics at its center. And younger cohorts seem to be eschewing text based social media entirely.
Bluesky has a growth problem
Bluesky has hit 38M monthly users, up 8M since March
Once adding 5M users per month, it’s now slowed to 1.6M. A 60% drop
But post volume is falling—more users, less activity
It risks becoming a ghost town with a loyal but shrinking core
#bluesky #fediverse
Bluesky has hit 38M monthly users, up 8M since March
Once adding 5M users per month, it’s now slowed to 1.6M. A 60% drop
But post volume is falling—more users, less activity
It risks becoming a ghost town with a loyal but shrinking core
#bluesky #fediverse
Bluesky Reaches 38 Million Users, Though Post Volume is Declining
Bluesky’s growth momentum has slowed, but it is still growing.
www.socialmediatoday.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I think there is a very large cohort, including me, who are just sick of social media generally, especially social media that puts politics at its center. And younger cohorts seem to be eschewing text based social media entirely.
Catholic convert brain at work www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/o...
Opinion | Why Did God Favor France?
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Catholic convert brain at work www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/o...
Lol financial markets are just vibes prediction markets now.
American Eagle’s stock rose on Monday by more than 23% after President Trump complimented the company’s controversial ad featuring the actress Sydney Sweeney, upon learning that she shared his political affiliation.
Trump Praised a Sydney Sweeney Ad, and American Eagle’s Stock Soared
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Lol financial markets are just vibes prediction markets now.
That jobs report is a total disaster. Almost all the growth is coming in health and home care. Massive downward revisions in previous months. Combine that with reports on Americans’ debt situations, good luck in Q3 and beyond.
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
That jobs report is a total disaster. Almost all the growth is coming in health and home care. Massive downward revisions in previous months. Combine that with reports on Americans’ debt situations, good luck in Q3 and beyond.
This Trump administration is like if someone got a four-year Make-a-Wish day.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order establishing the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition, and bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test.
Bryson DeChambeau, Harrison Butker, Lawrence Taylor and Paul “Triple H” Levesque attended.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...
Bryson DeChambeau, Harrison Butker, Lawrence Taylor and Paul “Triple H” Levesque attended.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/652...
July 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This Trump administration is like if someone got a four-year Make-a-Wish day.
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July 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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