Andrew S.
@shoutingboy.bsky.social
I write boring things for big companies that don't use my name. I write other things here and use my first name. I have two sweet dogs that wish the UPS man wouldn't ring the doorbell.
(Same handle on Dead Bird site--account now dormant--and on Threads.)
(Same handle on Dead Bird site--account now dormant--and on Threads.)
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Andrew S.
@shoutingboy.bsky.social
· Mar 18
im simultaneously impressed and disappointed
this is my brand
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You know, I would just not pick a fight with Isaac Chotiner. Chotiner and @dieworkwear.bsky.social
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
You know, I would just not pick a fight with Isaac Chotiner. Chotiner and @dieworkwear.bsky.social
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
If either of them decides to toss of a single-post roast of me, I'm just going to walk right on by. Maybe wave. Cause what I ain't gonna do is win.
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Screwtape had a line about how “democratic” can mean “behavior that promotes democracy” *or* “behavior that’s common on democracies”, and the two often conflict.
It’s similar here: Trump’s behaving like he’s already an autocrat, it isn’t behavior that’s likely to establish a stable autocracy.
It’s similar here: Trump’s behaving like he’s already an autocrat, it isn’t behavior that’s likely to establish a stable autocracy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Screwtape had a line about how “democratic” can mean “behavior that promotes democracy” *or* “behavior that’s common on democracies”, and the two often conflict.
It’s similar here: Trump’s behaving like he’s already an autocrat, it isn’t behavior that’s likely to establish a stable autocracy.
It’s similar here: Trump’s behaving like he’s already an autocrat, it isn’t behavior that’s likely to establish a stable autocracy.
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Could they turn this around? Maybe. It ain't over.
But the trendline on the 'Trump regime' is bad and the people running it are not very capable.
Meanwhile mass protests suggest the balance of 'street violence' potential is not on the regime's side.
But the trendline on the 'Trump regime' is bad and the people running it are not very capable.
Meanwhile mass protests suggest the balance of 'street violence' potential is not on the regime's side.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Could they turn this around? Maybe. It ain't over.
But the trendline on the 'Trump regime' is bad and the people running it are not very capable.
Meanwhile mass protests suggest the balance of 'street violence' potential is not on the regime's side.
But the trendline on the 'Trump regime' is bad and the people running it are not very capable.
Meanwhile mass protests suggest the balance of 'street violence' potential is not on the regime's side.
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This week is the super bowl for green bean casserole...
now we gotta question the values of the 🤬'ing soup people
now we gotta question the values of the 🤬'ing soup people
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This week is the super bowl for green bean casserole...
now we gotta question the values of the 🤬'ing soup people
now we gotta question the values of the 🤬'ing soup people
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We know this is a bid for authoritarian governance and at this point it is clear it is failing
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We know this is a bid for authoritarian governance and at this point it is clear it is failing
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
We know in other countries, such failures generally end with "and then he fled to Russia" or "and then he went to trial" or "and then he and his entire family were murdered."
Why would we be different?
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The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
John Roberts has secured his place in history alongside Al Capone and Bernard Madoff. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
Opinion | Why Trump Won’t Face Prosecution This Time Around
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The problem with this article is they asked too many lawyers and not enough historians.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
As a historian, I'd say the legality of Trump's immunity and pardons depends on how he leaves office.
At 40 over 55 approval? He's immune.
At 25 over 65? He's probably not immune & self-pardons aren't legal.
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If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
If Isaac Chotiner ever said this to me, I would move to the woods.
if you’re in line to share this post with Ken White, STAY IN LINE
“Within the White House, Trump and his lieutenants aren’t planning on letting up…Trump has told some advisers that he wants RICO prosecutions and conspiracy charges leveled against the six Democrats, a source with direct knowledge of the matter tells Zeteo…
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
zeteo.com/p/how-we-gre...
November 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
if you’re in line to share this post with Ken White, STAY IN LINE
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as i like to say, actually existing capitalism is never going to stack up well against magical fantasy communism
This doesn't make capitalism the best we could possibly have it!
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
The problem is people are so used to socialism as a utopian pitch for freedom from contemporary wants that Hypothetical Utopia Socialism is compared to Extant Having to Administer Getting People To Do Necessary Jobs Capitalism.
November 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
as i like to say, actually existing capitalism is never going to stack up well against magical fantasy communism
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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To that end - I find it interesting that we've gone from "Hang the traitors!" to "Many legal scholars are saying they should be arrested immediately!" to "Here's a truth social account with a V for vendetta mask misreading a statute that says they should get some jail time or maybe fined."
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
To that end - I find it interesting that we've gone from "Hang the traitors!" to "Many legal scholars are saying they should be arrested immediately!" to "Here's a truth social account with a V for vendetta mask misreading a statute that says they should get some jail time or maybe fined."
This is how I win, Charlie Brown
Where we’re going we won’t need eyes to see, Charlie Brown
I find your lack of faith disturbing, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is how I win, Charlie Brown
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D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 AM
D&D elves: lol you die?? You die of old age?? After like 70 years? Lmao. You're like vermin to us. You're like a shitty animal
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
Silmarillion elves: you can "die"?? What the FUCK is that??? Where do you GO? Why can't I come??? *foaming at mouth* why the fuck do you get to go to 'Die' and not me
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we need a revitalization of our country through righteous moral condemnation of evil and protection of the weak from the strong. we need someone to take from the rich and give to the poor and we need to give people a feeling of catharsis. and then we need things to calm down.
November 23, 2025 at 8:13 PM
we need a revitalization of our country through righteous moral condemnation of evil and protection of the weak from the strong. we need someone to take from the rich and give to the poor and we need to give people a feeling of catharsis. and then we need things to calm down.
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You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
ryan lizza is a bad person
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You don’t have to like Nuzzi or approve of her conduct to understand that Lizza’s choice to publish the material that he is publishing is meant to sexually humiliate her in public in retaliation for disappointing him romantically. The term for that is revenge porn.
That‘s when I saw her ooh I saw her, she walked in through the out door, out door
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
That‘s when I saw her ooh I saw her, she walked in through the out door, out door
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Also, I don’t think I’m the unreasonable one to say that, if you’re going to allege a conspiracy that killed the sitting president, you need way stronger evidence than “grainy black and white consumer home movie film still”, “there’s a story about the fbi someone said”, and “idk seems sus”
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Also, I don’t think I’m the unreasonable one to say that, if you’re going to allege a conspiracy that killed the sitting president, you need way stronger evidence than “grainy black and white consumer home movie film still”, “there’s a story about the fbi someone said”, and “idk seems sus”
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people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
people are reading "catch-and-kill" in the journalistic sense but she was probably just finding raccoons for him to eat
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After reading that “explainer” in the New York Post
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
After reading that “explainer” in the New York Post
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if you're still offline, stay offline
May 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
if you're still offline, stay offline
Part of the lesson of Mamdani is “run candidates who are nice, normal people who care about voters” which has a lot of general applicability
But a lot of the lesson is “it’s helpful to be superhumanly charming” which has less applicability
But a lot of the lesson is “it’s helpful to be superhumanly charming” which has less applicability
the charisma obviously translates through the screen but mamdami must really have the rizz irl
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Part of the lesson of Mamdani is “run candidates who are nice, normal people who care about voters” which has a lot of general applicability
But a lot of the lesson is “it’s helpful to be superhumanly charming” which has less applicability
But a lot of the lesson is “it’s helpful to be superhumanly charming” which has less applicability