Andy
@andy-matter.bsky.social
Lowbie Twitter refugee dipshit. Woodsman, (once-was) newsman, union man. RTs are carved into a tree with a ‘lil heart around them.
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An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 16, 2026 at 5:20 AM
An underrated factor in "why don't people in wealthy societies have more kids" is changing societal norms that now expect even older kids to be chaperoned by an adult any time they are in public, and to be chauffeured by a parent as their only means of transportation
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Whether it’s Donald Trump turning American cities into occupied police states or Joe Biden fixing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure and trains, people on both sides of the aisle feel like they don’t recognize their own country when the other party is in power.
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Whether it’s Donald Trump turning American cities into occupied police states or Joe Biden fixing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure and trains, people on both sides of the aisle feel like they don’t recognize their own country when the other party is in power.
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ICE is randomly killing American citizens and I have been unable to find a job for the last year. But the wine mom next door is always hassling me about composting. I have never felt more politically homeless.
January 16, 2026 at 2:44 AM
ICE is randomly killing American citizens and I have been unable to find a job for the last year. But the wine mom next door is always hassling me about composting. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
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While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
January 15, 2026 at 7:57 PM
While the pasty incels who work the federal agencies continue to churn out feeble, bloodless AI pastiches of Axis propaganda, here’s how a living breathing artist powerfully invokes design history. This is by illustrator Emily K in South Philly, a free poster-sized download on her website: →
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I know the conversation is for another time but When this is all over, and I say When and not If because it will end someday and we will win, we cannot go back to the neoliberal capitalism that explicitly caused this. That's going to upset some centrists and I want them to know this: I don't care.
January 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM
I know the conversation is for another time but When this is all over, and I say When and not If because it will end someday and we will win, we cannot go back to the neoliberal capitalism that explicitly caused this. That's going to upset some centrists and I want them to know this: I don't care.
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I think we can call that a wrap on Giving A Shit About The Nobel Prize
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I think we can call that a wrap on Giving A Shit About The Nobel Prize
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I have more than enough hate in my heart for the Trump fascists persecuting this man and genocide excusing Democrats and liberals who brought us here. There is no fascism without the cooperation of liberals.
BREAKING: An appeals court has struck down the decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention.
Appeals court reverses decision that freed pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
A federal appeals panel has reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist.
bit.ly
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I have more than enough hate in my heart for the Trump fascists persecuting this man and genocide excusing Democrats and liberals who brought us here. There is no fascism without the cooperation of liberals.
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Frog we don’t have time for this
Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?”
“Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.
“Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog.
January 12, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Frog we don’t have time for this
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tired of everything being so terrible, and also of everything being so stupid
January 15, 2026 at 9:43 PM
tired of everything being so terrible, and also of everything being so stupid
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I see two solutions to this problem:
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
Every time you tweet in anger about some centrist memo "warning" Dems not to talk about "Abolish ICE," you're just persuading reporters that the memo is newsworthy and getting the memo's authors the media attention they originally set out to get, thus rewarding them for baiting you.
January 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
I see two solutions to this problem:
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
1) Never criticize powerful well-financed centrist lobbyists
2) Stop reporting on things as "newsworthy" simply because they work as online rage bait
Does anyone actually think the right solution is (1)?
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This chart of East Multnomah County (Gresham/Fairview/Troutdale) is a bonkers illustration of how drivers just lost their minds during the pandemic and have still not found them.
Also shows urgent need for radical redesign of our roads to prevent folks from driving dangerously.
Also shows urgent need for radical redesign of our roads to prevent folks from driving dangerously.
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
This chart of East Multnomah County (Gresham/Fairview/Troutdale) is a bonkers illustration of how drivers just lost their minds during the pandemic and have still not found them.
Also shows urgent need for radical redesign of our roads to prevent folks from driving dangerously.
Also shows urgent need for radical redesign of our roads to prevent folks from driving dangerously.
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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If the Times absolutely can’t help itself doing endless “we went into a totally random diner and asked people which is definitely a solid proxy for consensus opinion” stories, they could at least have the dignity to insist one of the *four* reporters in the byline ask an actual follow-up.
Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
If the Times absolutely can’t help itself doing endless “we went into a totally random diner and asked people which is definitely a solid proxy for consensus opinion” stories, they could at least have the dignity to insist one of the *four* reporters in the byline ask an actual follow-up.
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remember, a college student who gets an F because she wrote "because Jesus says so" in an essay she didn't do any reading for is tyranny but a dean losing her new job because of her beliefs is freedom. what are you not getting about this.
The University of Arkansas's law school just withdrew the appointment of its new dean six days after hiring her because conservative politicians complained that she filed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of transgender students
Culture warriors cancel new U of A law dean before she started - Arkansas Times
Culture warriors claim the scalp of Emily Suski, the would-be law school dean whose legal opinion on transgender athletes seems to have offended Arkansas officials.
arktimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
remember, a college student who gets an F because she wrote "because Jesus says so" in an essay she didn't do any reading for is tyranny but a dean losing her new job because of her beliefs is freedom. what are you not getting about this.
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essentially, the only sanctioned public gatherings in the US are for heavily proscribed economic purposes. even a family BBQ in a park can be lawfully eradicated if police feel like it.
January 15, 2026 at 6:16 PM
essentially, the only sanctioned public gatherings in the US are for heavily proscribed economic purposes. even a family BBQ in a park can be lawfully eradicated if police feel like it.
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have long argued that free speech discourse has obscured that Americans basically don't enjoy meaningful access to freedom of assembly any more
I think that people don’t comprehend that the state has been unapologetically beating young people’s asses basically nonstop & charging us with massive crimes for protesting since at least Occupy Wall Street & growing up like that has a chilling effect on the way people engage with democracy
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
have long argued that free speech discourse has obscured that Americans basically don't enjoy meaningful access to freedom of assembly any more
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an entire nation of men who think they are the exception to history
U.S. President Donald Trump has told his national security team that he would want any U.S. military action in Iran to deliver a swift and decisive blow to the regime and not spark a sustained war that dragged on for weeks or months. - NBC
January 15, 2026 at 6:21 PM
an entire nation of men who think they are the exception to history
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This is the other thing about all this. It's not like there's a big, substantive affordability platform Democrats have all agreed on that we're supposed to be choosing instead of immigration, Trump's abuses of power and all the rest. People are just saying the word "affordability" right now.
what bills to bring prices down do you have drafted up chuck
January 15, 2026 at 6:28 PM
This is the other thing about all this. It's not like there's a big, substantive affordability platform Democrats have all agreed on that we're supposed to be choosing instead of immigration, Trump's abuses of power and all the rest. People are just saying the word "affordability" right now.
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you ever notice it's all "what to talk about" and "how to talk about it" with these guys. never "what to do"
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
you ever notice it's all "what to talk about" and "how to talk about it" with these guys. never "what to do"
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The deck is stacked in about 10 different ways to give extra power and money to rural areas, but it's never enough. Right wing propaganda continues to tell them they are out upon victims powerless against the mighty cities.
Stage 5 pundit-brain is watching an innocent woman being killed by agents of the state and going, "hmm this says a lot about the urban-rural divide in America."
January 15, 2026 at 3:14 PM
The deck is stacked in about 10 different ways to give extra power and money to rural areas, but it's never enough. Right wing propaganda continues to tell them they are out upon victims powerless against the mighty cities.
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I don’t feel like I have to mince words about this: these people can fuck off. I’ve had to listen to these assholes my whole life make shit up about the places I love. We’re not the ones sitting at a bar at 10 in the morning drinking. Hope they fall off their high horse. Same goes for the writers
Thought @nytpitchbot.bsky.social had outdone itself, but no, it’s real: NYTimes sent four reporters to a town 150 miles from Minneapolis to interview a group of folks at the Ye Olde Pickle Factory bar while they drink beer at 10am and watch The Price Is Right and share deep political thoughts.
One State, Two Very Different Views of Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I don’t feel like I have to mince words about this: these people can fuck off. I’ve had to listen to these assholes my whole life make shit up about the places I love. We’re not the ones sitting at a bar at 10 in the morning drinking. Hope they fall off their high horse. Same goes for the writers
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Wow
Republican on CNN: You peacefully protest with a letter to the editor. You peacefully protest by starting a Substack or a podcast.
January 15, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Wow