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.)
Good pie is better than good cake, but making a good pie crust is a lot harder than making a good cake.
a close up of a monkey wearing goggles
Alt: Kuiil says “I have spoken [about the relative merits of pie vs cake]”
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Good pie is better than good cake, but making a good pie crust is a lot harder than making a good cake.
Hardly necessary, no actual citizen would write something like that
November 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Hardly necessary, no actual citizen would write something like that
Because there are some problems the world hands you where all you can say is “frigate”
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Because there are some problems the world hands you where all you can say is “frigate”
gayton, your internet dad is acting out again
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
gayton, your internet dad is acting out again
The right* to overthrow a tyrannical government isn’t enumerated in the US Constitution. It’s mentioned in the Declaration of Independence—not as a law they’re passing, but as a fundamental fact that’s always true whether governments acknowledge it or not.
* and duty!
* and duty!
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The right* to overthrow a tyrannical government isn’t enumerated in the US Constitution. It’s mentioned in the Declaration of Independence—not as a law they’re passing, but as a fundamental fact that’s always true whether governments acknowledge it or not.
* and duty!
* and duty!
anyway I’mma start calling our service members “peaceiors” just to piss off Whiskey Pete
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
anyway I’mma start calling our service members “peaceiors” just to piss off Whiskey Pete
It would feel weird to me to use “troops” to refer to sailors on a warship!
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
It would feel weird to me to use “troops” to refer to sailors on a warship!
I used to use the word but it was so I wouldn’t have to say “soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines”. I wonder if that’s part of what gave the term legs? It’s less dry and antiseptic than “servicepeople”…
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I used to use the word but it was so I wouldn’t have to say “soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines”. I wonder if that’s part of what gave the term legs? It’s less dry and antiseptic than “servicepeople”…
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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.
…here it is, from “Screwtape proposes a toast”. As Screwtape notes, the insight isn’t original to him.
And again, “behavior autocrats like” is often not the behavior that promotes or preserves autocracies!
And again, “behavior autocrats like” is often not the behavior that promotes or preserves autocracies!
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
…here it is, from “Screwtape proposes a toast”. As Screwtape notes, the insight isn’t original to him.
And again, “behavior autocrats like” is often not the behavior that promotes or preserves autocracies!
And again, “behavior autocrats like” is often not the behavior that promotes or preserves autocracies!
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?
The joke I was going for here is we should follow Japan’s custom of eating KFC for Christmas and specifically do it by eating KFC for Thanksgiving but I don’t know if the joke merited three tweets so
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The joke I was going for here is we should follow Japan’s custom of eating KFC for Christmas and specifically do it by eating KFC for Thanksgiving but I don’t know if the joke merited three tweets so
I am in fact expecting fisticuffs, Tina Smith is gonna fuck Schumer up
November 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I am in fact expecting fisticuffs, Tina Smith is gonna fuck Schumer up
And God said “where the fuck is Tim?” And where the fuck was Tim.
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
And God said “where the fuck is Tim?” And where the fuck was Tim.
though if i may share (without link) one of the 0.01% of Babylon Bee articles that are actually funny
November 25, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Rule 6: No shirts, no shoes.
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Rule 6: No shirts, no shoes.
A dog playing basketball? Isn’t that against the rules?
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
A dog playing basketball? Isn’t that against the rules?