andrew ⓕ lyons
@andrewfordlyons.net
Technologist for the humans and misanthrope for the machines. Works on digital safety and information security for media and good orgs via Internews. Opinions are my own and subject to drift.
NOTE: My skeets are ephemeral and self destruct after a while.
NOTE: My skeets are ephemeral and self destruct after a while.
This is just openly fascist but there are still no small number of people who think America is just going through a moment and it's because they've never been on the wrong side of its policies.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is just openly fascist but there are still no small number of people who think America is just going through a moment and it's because they've never been on the wrong side of its policies.
My AI company will be called LessHuman. Ping me startup cash.
The least interesting uses of the whole AI tech stack is in trying to make it more human. We solved making humans ages ago, really well. There are something like 8 billion of them in fact.
Because we already have things that make pictures and write stuff and create videos. They’re called………. ARTISTS. There is nothing interesting and novel and revolutionary about making shitty, derivative text or pictures unless you are incredibly incurious and easily impressed.
November 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My AI company will be called LessHuman. Ping me startup cash.
The least interesting uses of the whole AI tech stack is in trying to make it more human. We solved making humans ages ago, really well. There are something like 8 billion of them in fact.
Because we already have things that make pictures and write stuff and create videos. They’re called………. ARTISTS. There is nothing interesting and novel and revolutionary about making shitty, derivative text or pictures unless you are incredibly incurious and easily impressed.
November 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The least interesting uses of the whole AI tech stack is in trying to make it more human. We solved making humans ages ago, really well. There are something like 8 billion of them in fact.
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Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
⭕️ Sen. Chris Van Hollen (@vanhollen.senate.gov) credited for key role in release of US teen from Israeli detention
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
Palestinian-American child Mohammed Ibrahim, 16, was freed today after 9 months of Israeli imprisonment w/o charge. Journalist Jasper Nathaniel, who has been a major advocate for...
November 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Van Hollen is being personally credited as the chief pressure point that made Israel release a Palestinian teenager with American citizenship from their dungeons, where he was held for 9 months without even a criminal charge.
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If you are doing online campaigning in the year of our lord 2025 and your instant/easy share buttons are still just 'post to Facebook' & 'post to Twitter' then you are not paying attention.
November 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you are doing online campaigning in the year of our lord 2025 and your instant/easy share buttons are still just 'post to Facebook' & 'post to Twitter' then you are not paying attention.
Notes on the Palestine Action proscription appeal: https://andrewfordlyons.net/2025/11/28/notes-on-the-palestine-action.html
November 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Notes on the Palestine Action proscription appeal: https://andrewfordlyons.net/2025/11/28/notes-on-the-palestine-action.html
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Palestine Action ban has made UK 'international outlier' warns UN rapporteurs, court told - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-ban-has-made-uk-international-outlier-warns-un-rapporteurs-court-told
Palestine Action ban has made UK 'international outlier' warns UN rapporteurs, court told
Irish novelist Sally Rooney says UK ban on Palestine Action could lead to her books no longer being sold in Britain
www.middleeasteye.net
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Palestine Action ban has made UK 'international outlier' warns UN rapporteurs, court told - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-ban-has-made-uk-international-outlier-warns-un-rapporteurs-court-told
Greens are the defacto opposition is all I got from this.
Watch as Rachel Reeves brands Greens leader Zack Polanski a 'keen hypnotherapist'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
🗣️ 'The only things getting bigger under his approach would be the deficit and the rise of inflation'
November 26, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Greens are the defacto opposition is all I got from this.
I would simply divert the conversation back to gourds.
Politics, football and movies are among the many topics that tend to come up around Thanksgiving.
In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what should I know about it? https://cnn.it/48i1z4p
In 2025, a new question may arise at the table: Why the heck is everyone talking about AI, and what should I know about it? https://cnn.it/48i1z4p
November 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I would simply divert the conversation back to gourds.
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As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
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I wrote for @theintercept.com about how prosecuting transportation of these pamphlets is a danger to all writers, journalists, and Americans.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I wrote for @theintercept.com about how prosecuting transportation of these pamphlets is a danger to all writers, journalists, and Americans.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
Possession of words is not a crime, even with intent to distribute.
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The question "soldiers should obey illegal orders" ultimately boils down to "should soldiers shoot and kill opponents of the regime when the pretend dictator commands them to do so?"
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
BLITZER: I want to be precise. Should members of the US military obey clearly illegal orders?
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
McCLAIN: You're asking an enlisted person for their opinion on what they think is legal. That's a pretty slippery slope. Follow your commander in chief. That's the oath that you took
(Not a no!)
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The question "soldiers should obey illegal orders" ultimately boils down to "should soldiers shoot and kill opponents of the regime when the pretend dictator commands them to do so?"
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
Whether they realize it or not, these people are arguing the regime should be allowed to kill political opponents.
We keep damaging this complex system increasingly deranged ideas that we have any say over how it responds.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We keep damaging this complex system increasingly deranged ideas that we have any say over how it responds.
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R Qureshi (@robinaqureshi)
Miriam Margolyes, Award winning Actress has something to say about Gaza.
substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Labour's government has rendered the 'Terrorism Act' meaningless, using it against demonstrators and groups like Palestine Action. It's on Keir and his front bench directly, but also anyone in Labour's back benches not vocally opposing it. None of them deserve their seats if they'll let this slide.
Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
Sally Rooney says UK prisoners linked to Palestine Action face ‘shocking mistreatment’
Exclusive: author urges ministers to engage with those on hunger strike, who want better conditions, bail and lifting of ban
Sally Rooney has pleaded with the UK government to address the “shocking mistreatment” of Palestine Action-affiliated prisoners who are on hunger strike, saying she fears for their welfare.
Six prisoners awaiting trial are refusing food, including two who have been on hunger strike for more than two weeks and are already said to have lost considerable weight and be struggling physically. Their demands include improved jail conditions, release on bail and lifting the ban on Palestine Action. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Labour's government has rendered the 'Terrorism Act' meaningless, using it against demonstrators and groups like Palestine Action. It's on Keir and his front bench directly, but also anyone in Labour's back benches not vocally opposing it. None of them deserve their seats if they'll let this slide.
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The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The media doesn't treat the Trump regime's allegiances with neo-Nazis like Nick Fuentes as antisemitism, but Zohran's belief in Palestinian liberation is treated as antisemitism.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
It's completely backwards and insane. Zohran will protect American Jews; the fascists will target American Jews.
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Ukrainians getting the Palestinian treatment
Been driving for a couple hours. Just got online. Lemme see if I understand. US has been pushing a Ukraine plan for a few days. After some pushback, US Secy of State reveals that in fact it's a Russian plan that was presented to the US. Helluva a misunderstanding.
November 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Ukrainians getting the Palestinian treatment
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If you keep citizens poor and in debt in the richest country in the world, you eventually get them to do anything for money...even join the SS
Then, over the summer, ICE rolled out its recruiting drive. Aside from higher pay, they offered $50k signing bonuses plus tuition reimbursement.
November 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
If you keep citizens poor and in debt in the richest country in the world, you eventually get them to do anything for money...even join the SS
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
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Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
To me, the current situation is very similar to February 2025: pressure, rigid deadlines, ultimatums for Ukraine as a "plan to end the war."
If we look at the 28 point plan that appeared in the media as a whole, it shows very clearly who's paying and who's collecting dividends.
If we look at the 28 point plan that appeared in the media as a whole, it shows very clearly who's paying and who's collecting dividends.
November 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Restrictions on weapons and the army should be imposed on the aggressor.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
The aggressor is Russia.
The attacker is Russia.
The one posing a danger is Russia.
It's finally at the level to steal jobs.
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It's finally at the level to steal jobs.
Lol, sure Sarah, it's the phone's fault.
Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz says Jewish students shouldn’t have smartphones until they finish high school — so they don’t see the “carnage” Israel and the U.S. have carried out in Gaza.
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
Video: Mel via X (@Villgecrazylady)
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Lol, sure Sarah, it's the phone's fault.
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Okay we all know this kind of sub-skeet just sends people down rabbit holes that lead nowhere good. It took me more effort, to find the search term and then the context and then be profoundly disturbed by both the result and effort required to reach it.
Go to sleep. Now. Do not read further. Turn off your phone. Throw it in the bay. Abandon modernity. Whatever it takes, Do. Not. Look.
i googled that thing that people said not to google and i do not know what i was expecting but sometimes you actually really should listen to your internet friends
November 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Okay we all know this kind of sub-skeet just sends people down rabbit holes that lead nowhere good. It took me more effort, to find the search term and then the context and then be profoundly disturbed by both the result and effort required to reach it.