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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 7h

wow

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 8h

not often you get to see a celebrity

A white Corvette in front of an Irish bar and restaurant. On the side of the corvette it says “OFFICIAL PACE CAR 70th Indianapolis 500 * May 25, 1986”

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 8h

Firmly believe that one of the best reasons to lift is that it’s funny to be big in random places, and that belief is confirmed by the wildly jacked guy working the Matterhorn at Disneyland. Amazing bit, 10/10, worth it

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 8h

lived in my last building for ten years and I knew many dog names and rarely the owner names.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 8h

choose a side goddammit

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 8h

you’re either buying books with me or buying books against me

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Laurasaurus @laurasaurus.bsky.social · 21h

It is frankly strange to be this obsessed with college if you no longer attend one and do not work in education. More people in legacy media need to be told that.

Dan Sinykin @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social · 23h

And who is the author of this op-ed? The billionaire CEO of an asset management firm who helped author the compact.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 14h

"but the author wrote the book, isn't it normal that he's already read it?" I won't be responding to hateful messages like this that are frankly missing the point (the point being I want to read the book now instead of waiting, aka, violence)

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 14h

v mad that a book I want to read isn't out yet and the author—the fuckin audacity on display here—is already on podcasts talking about the book. like, wow dude, p fuckin rude to brag about how you've already read it and some of us haven't.

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 16h

Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.

Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest

Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

maybe it's because I come from a small town in a conservative state but I think if you kidnap someone's kids in the hope you can also kidnap the parents (people working to provide for their families) then you've forfeited your soul, you shall never know heaven, and your crimes will follow you always

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

they say to never meet your heroes but I've never been happier than every single time I've seen the oscar mayer wienermobile

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 1d

*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What

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Bryan Duff @bryanevansduff.bsky.social · 1d

it sucks feeling like my home, Chicago, the greatest city of all time, has been besieged by a horde of racist uncles for years and now they are finally breaching the city walls and when they get here they'll be like "oh it wasnt that bad BUT WE FIXED IT FOR YOU and also the irish were slaves, too"

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

it’s still weird to remember the pope is younger than my dad. my dad has been a catholic longer. just doesn’t sit right

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Laur-eeeeee😱 (spooky scream) @laurie-merrell.bsky.social · Sep 6

stand for the flag / kneel for the cross

The flag of the City of Chicago with three white stripes, two light blue stripes, and four red six pointed stars in the middle

The Chicago municipal device in black and white, a shape of the letter Y inside a circle, with a wave pattern inside it

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

that phillies pitcher had the look of a man who knows he can never step into a bar in the city ever again

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

maybe it's because I come from a small town in a conservative state but I think if you kidnap someone's kids in the hope you can also kidnap the parents (people working to provide for their families) then you've forfeited your soul, you shall never know heaven, and your crimes will follow you always

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

they say to never meet your heroes but I've never been happier than every single time I've seen the oscar mayer wienermobile

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 1d

*standing up from ground defiantly in front of roman soldiers* I am Skeeter

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 2d

always wanted to know what the apartments up top were like (that ground floor antique shop is something)

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 2d

where’s Doug

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 2d

yeah, they're going to lose and we're going to win.

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 2d

reading a book about the making of "born to run" and the entire time springsteen is like "this fucking sucks and I want to die" and also "this is the greatest music ever made" every two minutes and goddamn does that make me feel a lot better about the art I make

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Andy Boyle @andymboyle.bsky.social · 2d

sometimes people comment on my posts

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