Andrew S
@andrewsfca.bsky.social
Worshipping cats since 1978.
Lived and worked in Europe & Asia and could still be if I wanted to, so I'm here by choice.
Retired. Spending my time going to the opera and exhibits of Impressionist painters. Manet is the man. And of course, there's Hopper.
Lived and worked in Europe & Asia and could still be if I wanted to, so I'm here by choice.
Retired. Spending my time going to the opera and exhibits of Impressionist painters. Manet is the man. And of course, there's Hopper.
Trump's National Security Strategy statement is a Maginot Line for America.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
A Strategy That Ignores the Real Threats
The administration’s new policy shows less concern for the American homeland than for building an illiberal world order.
www.theatlantic.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Trump's National Security Strategy statement is a Maginot Line for America.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"Whether he’s wide awake or fast asleep, he will still be surrounded by industrial-strength sycophants such as Rubio, who appear to have no problem slapping his name on buildings and praising him no matter what he does."
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
War Is Peace, the Dozing Don Edition
The outcry grows over Trump's undeclared war in the Caribbean.
www.newyorker.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Whether he’s wide awake or fast asleep, he will still be surrounded by industrial-strength sycophants such as Rubio, who appear to have no problem slapping his name on buildings and praising him no matter what he does."
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Susan Glasser, The New Yorker
www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...
Light at the end of the tunnel?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Light at the end of the tunnel?
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Fort Funston Sundown
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Fort Funston Sundown
Scary stuff. And this from a Republican former Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary under Bush.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Tilting the Playing Field
Trump and his allies seem to want to transform American politics into a system for producing Republican victory.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Scary stuff. And this from a Republican former Homeland Security deputy assistant secretary under Bush.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
No Kings Day is everyday now!
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
No Kings Day is everyday now!
"Let them eat Big Macs"?
Next week, it's a Versailles-themed party.
Cool optics bro
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Let them eat Big Macs"?
Next time MAGA deflects w/ "What about Hunter Biden....?" Show them this. Don Jr talks about how his connections to the administration help him:
"We understand what the administration wants to do, because we helped craft some of that messaging," Donald Trump Jr. said
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
"We understand what the administration wants to do, because we helped craft some of that messaging," Donald Trump Jr. said
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
Donald Trump Jr. Pitches ‘Patriotic Capitalism’ at Saudi Summit
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Next time MAGA deflects w/ "What about Hunter Biden....?" Show them this. Don Jr talks about how his connections to the administration help him:
"We understand what the administration wants to do, because we helped craft some of that messaging," Donald Trump Jr. said
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
"We understand what the administration wants to do, because we helped craft some of that messaging," Donald Trump Jr. said
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
Does Donnie Jr have dual US-Saudi citizenship....yet? Hey UAE, Qatar - what's your ante here?
October 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Does Donnie Jr have dual US-Saudi citizenship....yet? Hey UAE, Qatar - what's your ante here?
From the NYTImes article "U.S. and China Reach Trade ‘Framework’ Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting"
Wait, tariffs on Fentanyl? TARIFFS ON FENTANYL???
Wait, tariffs on Fentanyl? TARIFFS ON FENTANYL???
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
From the NYTImes article "U.S. and China Reach Trade ‘Framework’ Ahead of Trump-Xi Meeting"
Wait, tariffs on Fentanyl? TARIFFS ON FENTANYL???
Wait, tariffs on Fentanyl? TARIFFS ON FENTANYL???
The older he gets, the more Vlad Putin resembles Uncle Fester from The Adams Family TV show.
Appropriate, huh?
Appropriate, huh?
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The older he gets, the more Vlad Putin resembles Uncle Fester from The Adams Family TV show.
Appropriate, huh?
Appropriate, huh?
I've made up my mind that I will not read anything about George Santos, with one exception: the next time he's arrested.
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I've made up my mind that I will not read anything about George Santos, with one exception: the next time he's arrested.
Paul Krugman knocks it out of the park:
"...Marquez’s examples go all the way back to the Emperor Caligula, but the logic has remained the same over the centuries. (Trump hasn’t yet appointed his favorite horse as consul, but he did make Pete Hegseth secretary of defense war.)...
"...Marquez’s examples go all the way back to the Emperor Caligula, but the logic has remained the same over the centuries. (Trump hasn’t yet appointed his favorite horse as consul, but he did make Pete Hegseth secretary of defense war.)...
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Paul Krugman knocks it out of the park:
"...Marquez’s examples go all the way back to the Emperor Caligula, but the logic has remained the same over the centuries. (Trump hasn’t yet appointed his favorite horse as consul, but he did make Pete Hegseth secretary of defense war.)...
"...Marquez’s examples go all the way back to the Emperor Caligula, but the logic has remained the same over the centuries. (Trump hasn’t yet appointed his favorite horse as consul, but he did make Pete Hegseth secretary of defense war.)...
No Kings today in San Francisco Civic Center!
October 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
No Kings today in San Francisco Civic Center!
Hmm, saw this truck in Stonestown Galleria Shopping Mall. If I posted it on Xitter would it get me banned?
September 29, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Hmm, saw this truck in Stonestown Galleria Shopping Mall. If I posted it on Xitter would it get me banned?
This painting by Valentin Serov in 1905 is becoming relevant to us 120 years later.
Its title is "Soldiers, Brave Lads, Where Is Your Glory Gone?"
He witnessed "Bloody Sunday" January 9 1905 when cavalry attacked and massacred peaceful protesters. He painted and titled it in response.
Et tu, Trump?
Its title is "Soldiers, Brave Lads, Where Is Your Glory Gone?"
He witnessed "Bloody Sunday" January 9 1905 when cavalry attacked and massacred peaceful protesters. He painted and titled it in response.
Et tu, Trump?
September 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
This painting by Valentin Serov in 1905 is becoming relevant to us 120 years later.
Its title is "Soldiers, Brave Lads, Where Is Your Glory Gone?"
He witnessed "Bloody Sunday" January 9 1905 when cavalry attacked and massacred peaceful protesters. He painted and titled it in response.
Et tu, Trump?
Its title is "Soldiers, Brave Lads, Where Is Your Glory Gone?"
He witnessed "Bloody Sunday" January 9 1905 when cavalry attacked and massacred peaceful protesters. He painted and titled it in response.
Et tu, Trump?
So glad I grew up in an age when schools conducted nuclear bomb drills rather than active shooter drills.
August 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM
So glad I grew up in an age when schools conducted nuclear bomb drills rather than active shooter drills.
Trump is now claiming the power to override actual laws enacted by congress. Smells suspiciously like the 1933 Enabling Act that cemented total Nazi control over Germany
(The "Ermächtigungsgesetz").
I don't care about TikTok, but I do care about totalitarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
(The "Ermächtigungsgesetz").
I don't care about TikTok, but I do care about totalitarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
Trump Claims Sweeping Power to Nullify Laws, Letters on TikTok Ban Show
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Trump is now claiming the power to override actual laws enacted by congress. Smells suspiciously like the 1933 Enabling Act that cemented total Nazi control over Germany
(The "Ermächtigungsgesetz").
I don't care about TikTok, but I do care about totalitarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
(The "Ermächtigungsgesetz").
I don't care about TikTok, but I do care about totalitarianism.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
It may be no exaggeration to say that by their charge at Little Round Top, at Gettysburg on this day in 1863, Chamberlain and his 20th Maine saved our Republic.
Let us hope we can do the same.
Let us hope we can do the same.
July 3, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It may be no exaggeration to say that by their charge at Little Round Top, at Gettysburg on this day in 1863, Chamberlain and his 20th Maine saved our Republic.
Let us hope we can do the same.
Let us hope we can do the same.
Word,
This Guy In The Video for Governor of Texas…or US Senator or something
👀👂⬇️
👀👂⬇️
Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.
June 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Word,
Today's Joie de Vivre image comes from Lake Merced Boulevard in San Francisco.
June 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Today's Joie de Vivre image comes from Lake Merced Boulevard in San Francisco.
𝗜❤️𝗡𝗬! 𝗜❤️𝗡𝗬!
This is exactly what the NYC subway is like, and it's beautiful (trimmed video by Ian O'Connor via instagram.com/p/DAbHW7txiiv)
June 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
𝗜❤️𝗡𝗬! 𝗜❤️𝗡𝗬!
There are boulders in Central Park that look more human than that portrait.
June 3, 2025 at 4:38 AM
There are boulders in Central Park that look more human than that portrait.
While I completely agree with Peter Wehner here in this article from The Atlantic I’d be worried about Trump or his spawn suing. (www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
While I completely agree with Peter Wehner here in this article from The Atlantic I’d be worried about Trump or his spawn suing. (www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
John Tyler (1790-1862) was president from 1841-45.
His last grandson died yesterday.
Think that one through!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
His last grandson died yesterday.
Think that one through!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, Grandson of the 10th President, Is Dead at 96
www.nytimes.com
May 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
John Tyler (1790-1862) was president from 1841-45.
His last grandson died yesterday.
Think that one through!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...
His last grandson died yesterday.
Think that one through!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/u...