Andy Hoberek
@thathoberekguy.bsky.social
Finally on Bluesky. The last time it took this much effort to join the uncool kids I went to grad school.
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[old handclaps between words thing] Stop! Normalizing! The! Atlantic!
December 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
[old handclaps between words thing] Stop! Normalizing! The! Atlantic!
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The trains only ran on time for the rich.
" upgraded the main lines on which businessmen, politicians and comfort-minded tourists sped between Milan and Rome... As the direttissimi whizzed by on schedule, aged commuter locals filled with workers were shunted onto sidings."
" upgraded the main lines on which businessmen, politicians and comfort-minded tourists sped between Milan and Rome... As the direttissimi whizzed by on schedule, aged commuter locals filled with workers were shunted onto sidings."
December 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The trains only ran on time for the rich.
" upgraded the main lines on which businessmen, politicians and comfort-minded tourists sped between Milan and Rome... As the direttissimi whizzed by on schedule, aged commuter locals filled with workers were shunted onto sidings."
" upgraded the main lines on which businessmen, politicians and comfort-minded tourists sped between Milan and Rome... As the direttissimi whizzed by on schedule, aged commuter locals filled with workers were shunted onto sidings."
You can tell this guy is thoughtful because he doesn’t know that countries have different currencies.
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
You can tell this guy is thoughtful because he doesn’t know that countries have different currencies.
Werner Herzog, Fata Morgana (1971)
December 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Werner Herzog, Fata Morgana (1971)
Chicago Defender, 1915
December 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Chicago Defender, 1915
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Trench coats informally banned from every high school since 98 but the suicide robot is installed on your school laptop automatically
December 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Trench coats informally banned from every high school since 98 but the suicide robot is installed on your school laptop automatically
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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The Democratic Party's formula for the last 50 years has been "Let's be friendly with extreme wealth and maybe we can also get modest policy wins sometimes." The last 10 years and this year in particular should be conclusive proof of how badly this has failed. But we're stuck with it anyway
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Democratic Party's formula for the last 50 years has been "Let's be friendly with extreme wealth and maybe we can also get modest policy wins sometimes." The last 10 years and this year in particular should be conclusive proof of how badly this has failed. But we're stuck with it anyway
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It’s hardly the worst part of it but pretty funny that Time’s “architects” of AI are really just the rich people of AI
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
It’s hardly the worst part of it but pretty funny that Time’s “architects” of AI are really just the rich people of AI
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This is gonna be awkward when she’s campaigning with Kamala in 2028.
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is gonna be awkward when she’s campaigning with Kamala in 2028.
George Clooney was in a lot of pretty good movies that Almost Got the Point. Like Up in the Air could have proleptically been called The Gordon Gee Story.
Michael Clayton
Name your fav George Clooney film.
December 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
George Clooney was in a lot of pretty good movies that Almost Got the Point. Like Up in the Air could have proleptically been called The Gordon Gee Story.
99% of Democratic Congresspersons would love to be done with the healthcare fight the same way they’re done with the abortion rights fight.
December 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
99% of Democratic Congresspersons would love to be done with the healthcare fight the same way they’re done with the abortion rights fight.
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someone should invent a thing that's like a university but it's goal is to facilitate learning
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
someone should invent a thing that's like a university but it's goal is to facilitate learning
New season of Fargo looks lit.
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New season of Fargo looks lit.
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I love this guy. It’s as if the rot of American liberalism could be a singular shuffling flesh-bag of grievance and self-pity
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
Fetterman Writes Letter Asking Israel’s President to Pardon Netanyahu
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) prepared a letter in recent days asking Israel’s...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I love this guy. It’s as if the rot of American liberalism could be a singular shuffling flesh-bag of grievance and self-pity
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fetterm...
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I wish there was more public recognition of how batshit insane it is to call the president a dangerous authoritarian and then give him a $1 trillion military budget
December 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I wish there was more public recognition of how batshit insane it is to call the president a dangerous authoritarian and then give him a $1 trillion military budget
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Remember when my asshole senators said they were ending the shutdown because of the promise to get this vote
Senate Republicans blocked Democratic legislation that would have extended ACA tax credits for over 20 million people
Republicans Block Bill That Would Extend Affordable Care Act Tax Credits
Democrats, meanwhile, blocked a competing GOP bill on Thursday that would have bolstered health savings accounts instead.
www.huffpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Remember when my asshole senators said they were ending the shutdown because of the promise to get this vote
The Thunder : the rest of the NBA as the NBA : the NCAA.
December 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The Thunder : the rest of the NBA as the NBA : the NCAA.
Canto Tell Me Nothing
Yikes!
"Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week"
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for @forbes.com
"Olivia Nuzzi’s ‘Canto’ Sells Just 1,200 Print Copies In First Week"
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs for @forbes.com
Olivia Nuzzi’s Much-Hyped Book—With RFK Revelation—Sells Just Over 1,000 Copies
“American Canto,” one of the most hyped political books of the year, flopped in bookstores.
www.forbes.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Canto Tell Me Nothing
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I think the reason a lot of the chattering class won’t speak directly to Trump’s racism is because racism isn’t an aberration, it is a bipartisan governing ideology.
December 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I think the reason a lot of the chattering class won’t speak directly to Trump’s racism is because racism isn’t an aberration, it is a bipartisan governing ideology.