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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1h

I could fix her.

Me, fixing her:

a bald man in a white shirt and black tie is holding a brush .

Alt: Johnny from Airplane! unplugging the airport runway lights

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 4h

Every time someone makes me read something Peter Thiel said it’s like “Scrooge McDuck is Jesus Christ and Huey, Dewey, and Louie are Gabriel, Raphael, and Uriel and Daisy is Mary Magdalene and that’s why women voting has lowered American sperm count.”

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 3h

A 4-part horror series

Didn't run show compare
Propagated a slash two
Left without noting ticket
Designated Contact idle too

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 5h

Accurate. I am known for answering the question “how are you” with “who can tell”.

Big Worker @bigworker.bsky.social · 7h

Was definitely a breakthrough for me when I realized that people don't care about the answers to the small talk questions they're asking you, you just have to say something friendly and vaguely on topic to keep the conversation going

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 3h

Oh that's good.

It's not lying, & doesn't force you to be insincere

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 6h

For the real life version it's probably just spit or something. Disgusting to eat but cooking will neutralize it.

Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 7h

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding a pretzel .

Alt: Scene from Mallrats where Brodie offers Svenning his stink palmed chocolate covered pretzels, caption reads "Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?"

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 7h

That's Jason Lee as Brodie in Mallrats doong the Stink Palm. If you're unfamiliar, don't look it up while you're eating.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 7h

I would not recommend anyone other than ICE eat the free ICE hot dogs

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding a pretzel .

Alt: Scene from Mallrats where Brodie offers Svenning his stink palmed chocolate covered pretzels, caption reads "Say, would you like a chocolate covered pretzel?"

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 7h

Dude is on statins & has chronic venous insufficiency.

Your average 65 year old is not in that poor heart health.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 17h

youtu.be/o4rLieQGwWY?...

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 19h

Periodic reminder that if you were a Nazi death camp train conductor, you could probably just quit & nothing bad would happen to you. Most soldiers suffered no serious consequences for not participating in executions

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · May 4

It's important to remember that in Nazi Germany, people mostly went along with the genocidal project because they wanted to. Those who refused to go along (at least in the military) typically suffered no serious consequences.

www.jstor.org/stable/1429971

Table from Kitterman, D. H. (1988). Those who said" No!": Germans who refused to execute civilians during World War II. German studies review, 11(2), 241-254.

specifically 250f

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Consequences for Those Refusing Orders to Carry Out Executions

Consequences n %
No negative consequences at all* 49 57.6
Sent to concentration camps 1 1.2
Sent to combat units as punishment 3 3.5
House arrest/investigations, later dropped 5 5.9
Reprimands/threats to send to front, concentration camps, or put on report - not done 15 17.6
Units broken up after officers refused 2 2.4
Transfer to another unit or back to Germany* 14 16.5
Demotion or lack of further promotion 7 8.2
Drive officers to executions, dig pits, guard detail sealing off area 4 4.7
Resigned or removed from position 3 3.5

*Several of these individuals were subsequently promoted.

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In Spite of Trump @inspiteoftrump.com · 19h

I've heard this discussion before.

youtu.be/iQdDRrcAOjA

Clerks - Death Star Contractors

YouTube video by Abs

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 19h

You beat me to it!

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 20h

Share a picture from your device with no explanation.

A large circle with maybe an arrow on it going northeast? & there's another much smaller circle to the southwest.

It kinda looks like Kirk Van Houten's drawing of Dignity but I know what this is & it's not that

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 21h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 1d

Outside of the Broadview ICE facility, a state trooper tells the delegation attempting to have communion with detainees that ICE has denied their request.

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James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21h

It's incredible the extent to which Congress just utterly refuses to defend itself. You'd think for entirely self-interested reasons you would stridently oppose having the power of the purse arbitrarily ripped from you, ya know?

Why would you allow yourself to become the Roman Senate circa 27 BC.

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 1d

This is the fucking Prussian constitutional crisis. If you let them fund the military without Congressional authorization you've just given up on constitutional government. Congress is a dead letter.

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 22h

"German Communist Antifaschistische Aktion?"

Seems super weird that Deutsche would call their organization "German [thus&such]" but I guess it must have been or else James Woods wouldn't have put it in quotes

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

seems like a non-insignificant percentage of rage against the machine's fanbase are young republican men driving SUVs bopping their head to anti-oil, pro-immigrant songs thinking the lyrics are about how they wish their suburban parents would get off their back

Tom Morello tweets: "Fascinating that all those “don’t tread on me” posers and their AR-15’s are nowhere to be seen and government tyranny is instead being opposed by a guy in an inflatable frog suit."

Someone named Manny replies: "@grok
why do some people say Tom Morello and band mates are RAGE FOR THE MACHINE and not against ?"

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jenny_tightpants🪑 @jtp.bsky.social · 1d

do not forget to feed your troops

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Voraciousopolis @voraciousopolis.bsky.social · 1d

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Matty! @mattythemouse.bsky.social · 1d

This is actually a brilliant idea for an ICE protest costume. Dress up as Donald Trump carry around a sign that says “I’m your President, and I’m ordering ICE to leave.”

Robert Fessler @professler.bsky.social · 1d

I think someone could make a great deal of money if they started selling inflatable "Baby Trump" suits. Can you imagine the confusion the ICE goons would have if they tried to attack someone dressed like that?

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Andrew A. Gill @andrewagill.bsky.social · 1d

See, protesting outside, it is Frog & Sqvirrel!

Deb @debramayberry.bsky.social · 1d

So I was looking at inflatable squirrel costumes, and look at what the upsell was.

Frequently bought together is the text; picture shows inflatable squirrel + inflatable frog costumes side by side. Tempted.

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