Andrew Parker
@andrewparker.bsky.social
Formerly of the birdsite as Apark2453, but staking my claim to the full name!
Lawyer, overanalyzer of godawful subcultures, always up to dunk on some chuds.
If you’re into all of that too… I’m sorry, but welcome friend!
Lawyer, overanalyzer of godawful subcultures, always up to dunk on some chuds.
If you’re into all of that too… I’m sorry, but welcome friend!
If there is one consistent theme of right-wing politics in my lifetime it’s “vote for me or mean women are going to take away the movies and video games and music you like”
This is like Obama’s “clinging to guns and religion” comment, only far more cynical and insulting. Trump’s thinking here goes like this “I know you rubes love your churches and country music so yeah, vote for my guy, he likes that shit too, and that lady wants to take it from you.”
They seem nervous
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
If there is one consistent theme of right-wing politics in my lifetime it’s “vote for me or mean women are going to take away the movies and video games and music you like”
I’m looking forward to a bunch of news writers feeling compelled to write long threads correcting us plebeians and explaining how ackshually they have to treat brainworm Kennedy’s FDA blaming vaccines for deaths the same way they’d cover a sane FDA’s actions.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I’m looking forward to a bunch of news writers feeling compelled to write long threads correcting us plebeians and explaining how ackshually they have to treat brainworm Kennedy’s FDA blaming vaccines for deaths the same way they’d cover a sane FDA’s actions.
When JPMorgan is on the side of “guys this is a little too brazenly corrupt”, good god.
That’d be like HSBC saying “holy shit you guys need better anti-money-laundering processes.”
That’d be like HSBC saying “holy shit you guys need better anti-money-laundering processes.”
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
When JPMorgan is on the side of “guys this is a little too brazenly corrupt”, good god.
That’d be like HSBC saying “holy shit you guys need better anti-money-laundering processes.”
That’d be like HSBC saying “holy shit you guys need better anti-money-laundering processes.”
I’m just a simple country hyperchicken, but it’s probably because as much as intellectual property is maligned as “owning an idea” using the same broad premise as an existing work isn’t copyright infringement.
It’d be like asking why Conan Doyle didn’t sue Agatha Christie.
It’d be like asking why Conan Doyle didn’t sue Agatha Christie.
Kill Bill director Quentin Tarantino has said The Hunger Games "ripped off" Battle Royale, and expressed surprise that the Japanese writer of the cult classic original didn’t sue The Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins. https://bit.ly/44fDUkf
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I’m just a simple country hyperchicken, but it’s probably because as much as intellectual property is maligned as “owning an idea” using the same broad premise as an existing work isn’t copyright infringement.
It’d be like asking why Conan Doyle didn’t sue Agatha Christie.
It’d be like asking why Conan Doyle didn’t sue Agatha Christie.
Did @nature.com get Sokaled?
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Did @nature.com get Sokaled?
Somewhere, I’m sure, you note that the person claimed to be the shooter was granted asylum by Trump’s administration in April, important context for his attempts to blame Biden?
Information already reported by ABC, CNN, and other outlets?
Or do you just want to do Trump propaganda for free?
Information already reported by ABC, CNN, and other outlets?
Or do you just want to do Trump propaganda for free?
President Trump said his administration will conduct a full review of Afghan nationals who were admitted to the U.S. under the Biden administration in the wake of the National Guard shooting.
Live updates: 2 National Guard members in critical condition; D.C. shooting suspect is an Afghan national
By 3 p.m., D.C. police said they had one suspect in custody.
wapo.st
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Somewhere, I’m sure, you note that the person claimed to be the shooter was granted asylum by Trump’s administration in April, important context for his attempts to blame Biden?
Information already reported by ABC, CNN, and other outlets?
Or do you just want to do Trump propaganda for free?
Information already reported by ABC, CNN, and other outlets?
Or do you just want to do Trump propaganda for free?
I really wish that not every article about how much money an average family really needs didn’t have godawful methodology.
“So we used the MIT living wage calculator [which includes entertainment, pets, toys, and hobbies] and assumed it didn’t include discretionary spending so added 30%”
“So we used the MIT living wage calculator [which includes entertainment, pets, toys, and hobbies] and assumed it didn’t include discretionary spending so added 30%”
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I really wish that not every article about how much money an average family really needs didn’t have godawful methodology.
“So we used the MIT living wage calculator [which includes entertainment, pets, toys, and hobbies] and assumed it didn’t include discretionary spending so added 30%”
“So we used the MIT living wage calculator [which includes entertainment, pets, toys, and hobbies] and assumed it didn’t include discretionary spending so added 30%”
The scandal isn’t the masked goon squads being sent into our communities and terrorizing our neighbors, it isn’t the abuses of civil rights and lack of accountability?
Do you really mean to say that all of that would be fine if more of those detained had prior convictions?
Do you really mean to say that all of that would be fine if more of those detained had prior convictions?
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The scandal isn’t the masked goon squads being sent into our communities and terrorizing our neighbors, it isn’t the abuses of civil rights and lack of accountability?
Do you really mean to say that all of that would be fine if more of those detained had prior convictions?
Do you really mean to say that all of that would be fine if more of those detained had prior convictions?
Let’s crunch some quick numbers.
The basic GPT subscription is about $20. At 220 million users and $20/month, that would bring in about $52.8 billion.
Spotify reported $15.6 billion in revenue in 2024, and Slack (through Salesforce) reported $1.7 billion in revenue.
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The basic GPT subscription is about $20. At 220 million users and $20/month, that would bring in about $52.8 billion.
Spotify reported $15.6 billion in revenue in 2024, and Slack (through Salesforce) reported $1.7 billion in revenue.
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Exclusive: OpenAI has projected 220 million people will be paying for a basic ChatGPT subscription by 2030 as it follows Slack’s and Spotify’s business playbook.
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OpenAI Projected at Least 220 Million People Will Pay for ChatGPT by 2030
To boost ChatGPT revenue, OpenAI is following a playbook enterprise apps Zoom and Slack have used to increase paid users. It’s hooking up most of its users—which now number more than 800 million—with ...
thein.fo
November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Let’s crunch some quick numbers.
The basic GPT subscription is about $20. At 220 million users and $20/month, that would bring in about $52.8 billion.
Spotify reported $15.6 billion in revenue in 2024, and Slack (through Salesforce) reported $1.7 billion in revenue.
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The basic GPT subscription is about $20. At 220 million users and $20/month, that would bring in about $52.8 billion.
Spotify reported $15.6 billion in revenue in 2024, and Slack (through Salesforce) reported $1.7 billion in revenue.
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“Inflation isn’t up, you just have to buy cheaper things because the things you used to buy cost more!”
Hassett: "On one of the Sunday shows, the anchor criticized the fact Walmart said the Thanksgiving dinner is cheaper by about $10. Then he said, 'Oh yeah, but they substituted generic stuff,' as if having a generic something is a crime for ordinary folks! It shows how out of touch these people are."
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
“Inflation isn’t up, you just have to buy cheaper things because the things you used to buy cost more!”
I don’t like that Steam consistently treats nudity like it’s more dangerous to have in a game than extreme, sadistic, violence
But y’all it’s not “confounding” they said no to the game about naked horse-masked people being treated like horses. You can say it sucks without pretending to be confused
But y’all it’s not “confounding” they said no to the game about naked horse-masked people being treated like horses. You can say it sucks without pretending to be confused
"It's extremely frustrating and also f*cked up" - one of the world's best indie studios is facing shock closure following confounding Steam ban
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
www.eurogamer.net/its-extremel...
November 26, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I don’t like that Steam consistently treats nudity like it’s more dangerous to have in a game than extreme, sadistic, violence
But y’all it’s not “confounding” they said no to the game about naked horse-masked people being treated like horses. You can say it sucks without pretending to be confused
But y’all it’s not “confounding” they said no to the game about naked horse-masked people being treated like horses. You can say it sucks without pretending to be confused
I am once again begging news sources to stop putting misleadingly neutral shit like “critical of vaccines” in the headline.
Yes, you do explain the dude’s actually crazy later.
No, most people don’t read past the headline so that doesn’t matter.
Yes, you do explain the dude’s actually crazy later.
No, most people don’t read past the headline so that doesn’t matter.
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I am once again begging news sources to stop putting misleadingly neutral shit like “critical of vaccines” in the headline.
Yes, you do explain the dude’s actually crazy later.
No, most people don’t read past the headline so that doesn’t matter.
Yes, you do explain the dude’s actually crazy later.
No, most people don’t read past the headline so that doesn’t matter.
Just out of curiosity, how much did you get paid to be a stenographer for a politician’s lies while waxing poetic about his bulging muscles and how he totally reads like… so many studies you guys and ackshually comes to nuanced views?
“The entire purpose of science is to search for existential truths,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told me. “It’s not subjective. It should be objective. I believe science is a place where you can find unity if you can get a conversation going.” www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why Is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. So Convinced He’s Right?
How an outsider, once ignored by the public-health establishment, became the most powerful man in science
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Just out of curiosity, how much did you get paid to be a stenographer for a politician’s lies while waxing poetic about his bulging muscles and how he totally reads like… so many studies you guys and ackshually comes to nuanced views?
RFK is not a man of any kind or of any level of power “in science.”
He is a man in politics who has been given power to impose his ideology *on* science.
The ability to censor and censure scientists is not the same thing as being “in science.”
He is a man in politics who has been given power to impose his ideology *on* science.
The ability to censor and censure scientists is not the same thing as being “in science.”
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
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November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
RFK is not a man of any kind or of any level of power “in science.”
He is a man in politics who has been given power to impose his ideology *on* science.
The ability to censor and censure scientists is not the same thing as being “in science.”
He is a man in politics who has been given power to impose his ideology *on* science.
The ability to censor and censure scientists is not the same thing as being “in science.”
“My wife and I both want something different, she wants a threesome and I want to shove my dick into a jar full of battery acid, if we could just come together that would be a sea change in how we organize our marriage.”
- Matt Stoller
- Matt Stoller
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
“My wife and I both want something different, she wants a threesome and I want to shove my dick into a jar full of battery acid, if we could just come together that would be a sea change in how we organize our marriage.”
- Matt Stoller
- Matt Stoller
I’m not a social butterfly or anything, but I feel like “if you’ve been invited to a party you should take a picture of someone without their permission then publicly read my bigoted chatbot’s vulgarity about them” just doesn’t seem like anyone will want you to stay.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m not a social butterfly or anything, but I feel like “if you’ve been invited to a party you should take a picture of someone without their permission then publicly read my bigoted chatbot’s vulgarity about them” just doesn’t seem like anyone will want you to stay.
What’s fascinating is that in trying to find this article, my Google search yielded two seemingly-identical articles written two years apart from IFS:
Do they just have an annual “won’t anyone please think of the childless men” article?
Do they just have an annual “won’t anyone please think of the childless men” article?
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What’s fascinating is that in trying to find this article, my Google search yielded two seemingly-identical articles written two years apart from IFS:
Do they just have an annual “won’t anyone please think of the childless men” article?
Do they just have an annual “won’t anyone please think of the childless men” article?
The profound disrespect the right has for the very military it claims to revere never ceases to surprise me.
Why not ask an enlisted person about what’s legal? These are men and women who have volunteered to fight for this country and the GOP says they’re too dumb to think about “is this a crime”?
Why not ask an enlisted person about what’s legal? These are men and women who have volunteered to fight for this country and the GOP says they’re too dumb to think about “is this a crime”?
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The profound disrespect the right has for the very military it claims to revere never ceases to surprise me.
Why not ask an enlisted person about what’s legal? These are men and women who have volunteered to fight for this country and the GOP says they’re too dumb to think about “is this a crime”?
Why not ask an enlisted person about what’s legal? These are men and women who have volunteered to fight for this country and the GOP says they’re too dumb to think about “is this a crime”?
A good reminder that “magical” and “unique” are not inherently positive things.
Every lich in D&D is also by definition magical, and somehow they seem less like undead rotten corpses given a simulacrum of life through dark magic than RFK.
Every lich in D&D is also by definition magical, and somehow they seem less like undead rotten corpses given a simulacrum of life through dark magic than RFK.
“‘We are in this magical, unique time,’ Sinema said of Trump’s health department, led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.”
Kyrsten Sinema Is Ready for Her MAHA Turn
In a new interview, the one-time Democrat says the movement for psychedelic medicine should capitalize on the Trump administration.
www.politico.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 AM
A good reminder that “magical” and “unique” are not inherently positive things.
Every lich in D&D is also by definition magical, and somehow they seem less like undead rotten corpses given a simulacrum of life through dark magic than RFK.
Every lich in D&D is also by definition magical, and somehow they seem less like undead rotten corpses given a simulacrum of life through dark magic than RFK.
This is such a wild topic on which to invoke “individuals’ and small businesses’ good financial decision making is bad for the economy”
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is such a wild topic on which to invoke “individuals’ and small businesses’ good financial decision making is bad for the economy”
Apparently she was on the city council, but my thing is more that if you sincerely think it's as simple as "announce a mass rally of tens of thousands" or "I would launch a mass campaign for free transit and free childcare and build a militant movement to win", fucking do it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Apparently she was on the city council, but my thing is more that if you sincerely think it's as simple as "announce a mass rally of tens of thousands" or "I would launch a mass campaign for free transit and free childcare and build a militant movement to win", fucking do it.
I don’t have any particular emotional reaction to Mamdani meeting with Trump.
But the claims this somehow preempts or disrupts right-wing attacks is so profoundly naive I don’t even have a good comparison.
But the claims this somehow preempts or disrupts right-wing attacks is so profoundly naive I don’t even have a good comparison.
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I don’t have any particular emotional reaction to Mamdani meeting with Trump.
But the claims this somehow preempts or disrupts right-wing attacks is so profoundly naive I don’t even have a good comparison.
But the claims this somehow preempts or disrupts right-wing attacks is so profoundly naive I don’t even have a good comparison.
“Scientific research showing efficacy and safety” is not “orthodoxy.”
Are you really so shamelessly deferential to Trump ghouls that you have to present neutral scientific fact as a matter of opinion?
Are you really so shamelessly deferential to Trump ghouls that you have to present neutral scientific fact as a matter of opinion?
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
nyti.ms
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“Scientific research showing efficacy and safety” is not “orthodoxy.”
Are you really so shamelessly deferential to Trump ghouls that you have to present neutral scientific fact as a matter of opinion?
Are you really so shamelessly deferential to Trump ghouls that you have to present neutral scientific fact as a matter of opinion?
It’s wild that you can almost feel him desperately trying to drive towards a decent answer and just gets lost.
Also that he keeps talking about it as “cool decisions” and “interesting”rather than “a serious issue because kids are being preyed upon on the site I run.”
And unironically uses “peeps”
Also that he keeps talking about it as “cool decisions” and “interesting”rather than “a serious issue because kids are being preyed upon on the site I run.”
And unironically uses “peeps”
Oh my god that is the worst possible answer
November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’s wild that you can almost feel him desperately trying to drive towards a decent answer and just gets lost.
Also that he keeps talking about it as “cool decisions” and “interesting”rather than “a serious issue because kids are being preyed upon on the site I run.”
And unironically uses “peeps”
Also that he keeps talking about it as “cool decisions” and “interesting”rather than “a serious issue because kids are being preyed upon on the site I run.”
And unironically uses “peeps”
It’s especially weird considering the only founding father who (according to Pence’s article) directly said anything about Israel.
The rest is just “the founding fathers were cool with Jews” which is neat! But conflating that with “championed the return of Jews to Israel” is part of the problem.
The rest is just “the founding fathers were cool with Jews” which is neat! But conflating that with “championed the return of Jews to Israel” is part of the problem.
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
It’s especially weird considering the only founding father who (according to Pence’s article) directly said anything about Israel.
The rest is just “the founding fathers were cool with Jews” which is neat! But conflating that with “championed the return of Jews to Israel” is part of the problem.
The rest is just “the founding fathers were cool with Jews” which is neat! But conflating that with “championed the return of Jews to Israel” is part of the problem.