Andy Boyle
@andymboyle.bsky.social
Chicago person. Nonfiction books with Penguin Random House. Journalism in Esquire, NPR, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Boston Globe, elsewhere. Fiction in some hip spots. 2023 Hugh Holton award winner. Medium tall.
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Andy Boyle
@andymboyle.bsky.social
· May 20
cool they made a condiment for when you've completely given the fuck up
as a child I always knew I wanted to grow up and use multi-factor auth to login to a website with personally identifiable information
January 17, 2026 at 2:47 PM
as a child I always knew I wanted to grow up and use multi-factor auth to login to a website with personally identifiable information
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Amazing what ancient people built even though they were all skeletons
January 17, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Amazing what ancient people built even though they were all skeletons
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It's too late. I've already portrayed myself as the devilishly handsome and talented cardiothoracic surgeon Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, and you as the sniveling, philandering general surgeon Frank Burns.
August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's too late. I've already portrayed myself as the devilishly handsome and talented cardiothoracic surgeon Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, and you as the sniveling, philandering general surgeon Frank Burns.
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lake forever problems for now (weird "night mode" edition)
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
lake forever problems for now (weird "night mode" edition)
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I’m going to steal that one particular Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I’m going to steal that one particular Nobel Peace Prize
lots of people who endlessly scream about supposed “fairness” in kids sports don’t seem to care about fairness in kids not getting beat up by roving gangs of flashbang-throwing masked death squads
January 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
lots of people who endlessly scream about supposed “fairness” in kids sports don’t seem to care about fairness in kids not getting beat up by roving gangs of flashbang-throwing masked death squads
going to watch some horror movies tonight with my buds and I’ve had three cups of coffee and nothing can stop me
January 16, 2026 at 11:46 PM
going to watch some horror movies tonight with my buds and I’ve had three cups of coffee and nothing can stop me
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i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 1:55 PM
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
I’m going to steal that one particular Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 1:57 PM
I’m going to steal that one particular Nobel Peace Prize
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should be a rule where we don't make him trend unless it's happening
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
should be a rule where we don't make him trend unless it's happening
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If you put enough marshmallows in your coffee, I hear it becomes a meal
January 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
If you put enough marshmallows in your coffee, I hear it becomes a meal
anyone else watch any episode of THE PITT and feel like instead of sitting and doing zoom calls all day you should go to medical school and make an actual difference in the world
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
anyone else watch any episode of THE PITT and feel like instead of sitting and doing zoom calls all day you should go to medical school and make an actual difference in the world
in other news here’s a photo of me from a decade ago when I went on The News because people liked a blog post I wrote. yes those are purple jeans I was once hip as shit
January 16, 2026 at 3:13 AM
in other news here’s a photo of me from a decade ago when I went on The News because people liked a blog post I wrote. yes those are purple jeans I was once hip as shit
the same consultants who ate shit and lost the last election are telling you as a political policy you shouldn’t be loudly against the racist death squads? maybe tell them to get fucked
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
the same consultants who ate shit and lost the last election are telling you as a political policy you shouldn’t be loudly against the racist death squads? maybe tell them to get fucked
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“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
Lots of people are talking about this obit, and for very good reason! What a life! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... (gift link)
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
“I learned from them very early that what one does with Nazis is kill them,” he said at a 2023 conference on antinuclear activism in Johannesburg. “I am not a pacifist.”
one of those days where you’re constantly reminding yourself you can’t post the moral and just and effective solution to many of our problems
January 15, 2026 at 7:03 PM
one of those days where you’re constantly reminding yourself you can’t post the moral and just and effective solution to many of our problems
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hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
January 15, 2026 at 6:09 PM
hey Mom can you come pick me up. yeah everyone on the niche microblogging website is arguing about who has the correct emotional posture to the unknowable future again
okay shit has been a real bummer lately. I want to hear something good about you or even someone you know. nothing too small to be positive. okay I'll start: had a shitload of fun at my book club last night and my abs hurt from laughing. counts as a workout. okay you next
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
okay shit has been a real bummer lately. I want to hear something good about you or even someone you know. nothing too small to be positive. okay I'll start: had a shitload of fun at my book club last night and my abs hurt from laughing. counts as a workout. okay you next
if I want a massage that beats the shit out of my muscles and isn't pleasant but really helps to fix shit and get rid of knots instead of one that's relaxing, that's a sports massage, right. or is there another name. "the rack massage" and such
January 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
if I want a massage that beats the shit out of my muscles and isn't pleasant but really helps to fix shit and get rid of knots instead of one that's relaxing, that's a sports massage, right. or is there another name. "the rack massage" and such
excited to go to therapy today and be like “which horrors do we start with”
January 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
excited to go to therapy today and be like “which horrors do we start with”
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illinoisanswers.org/2026/01/15/c... My latest with @schuba.bsky.social and Peter Nickeas about the tac team cop who shot and killed his partner. After Carlos Baker's initial rejection, Baker's district commander approved his promotion even after Baker disobeyed orders and cussed out his sergeant
Chicago Police Brass Had Rejected Troubled Cop's Move to Elite Unit Before He Fatally Shot Partner
The chief of patrol approved Officer Carlos Baker’s transfer despite denying his request for the move less than a year earlier because of “discipline’ problems.
illinoisanswers.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
illinoisanswers.org/2026/01/15/c... My latest with @schuba.bsky.social and Peter Nickeas about the tac team cop who shot and killed his partner. After Carlos Baker's initial rejection, Baker's district commander approved his promotion even after Baker disobeyed orders and cussed out his sergeant
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When you find out how the Siege of Constantinople in 626 AD ended.
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
When you find out how the Siege of Constantinople in 626 AD ended.
[reading the news both sidesing a terrorism campaign against american citizens by roving bands of wannabe death squads] damn I wonder why people don’t trust a lot of journalism anymore
January 15, 2026 at 1:45 PM
[reading the news both sidesing a terrorism campaign against american citizens by roving bands of wannabe death squads] damn I wonder why people don’t trust a lot of journalism anymore
been watching this two-part documentary on mussolini and it’s got a satisfying ending. one might say from a storytelling perspective it leaves one hanging. or two
January 15, 2026 at 4:44 AM
been watching this two-part documentary on mussolini and it’s got a satisfying ending. one might say from a storytelling perspective it leaves one hanging. or two