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Andy Pond

@andypond.bsky.social

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Retired leader of nonprofit human services organization. English major. Social worker by training. Musician by inclination. Reader of mysteries, thrillers, history, biography, science, and science fiction.

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Mar 25

I mean, who among us has not had a few drinks and texted top secret war plans to random reporters.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Feb 22

Lord protect us from more of this “both sides are equally wrong” nonsense.

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Feb 3

Pitiful. I hate that I’m in the position of hoping the economy tanks in order to win the House back. But I guess what I’m really saying is that I hope Trump and his supporters reap what they sow.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Feb 3

Everything but hellmans

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 24

Vance Mr C: Mr. C is a brilliant and embittered intellectual. He was a poor white-trash Southern boy, a scholarship student at two universities where he took all the scholastic honors but was never invited to join a fraternity…..but they have seldom invited him—or his wife—to dinner.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 24

Literal jackbooted thugs.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 24

How old Pete is?

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 23

I reinstated my Costco membership after the WSJ story on this company.

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 21

Geez. I should be shocked. But the given the number of groups, companies and individuals selling their souls to suck up to trumps I guess I ain’t.

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 21

Yep. I saw what I saw. This apartheid-raiser motherfucker was as clear as he could be. We need to inglorious basterd this fascist

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 20

It ain’t a secret. It’s a fact.

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 17

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 16

Gary Cooper they ain’t.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 16

Reading Wineapple’s book now. It’s terrific. It’s depressing, in the sense that the religious right still holds sway over too many things. But also reassuring, because in the end there has been some progress; things are not quite as awful as they were in the good old days.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 16

100 true. I’ve also been impressed by the few companies (like …Costco!?) that are keeping their efforts alive. They see it as a business issue, to compete in a shrinking and more diverse labor pool, they need to reach out to diverse communities—demonstrate why they are a good choice for a career.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 15

It’s excellent. And its themes are all too familiar today.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 14

Lumon.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 14

WSJ: “Chinese officials, facing a looming U.S. TikTok ban, have internally discussed options including the possibility of allowing a trusted non-Chinese party such as Elon Musk to invest in or take control of TikTok’s U.S. operations, people familiar with the discussions”. It just gets worse

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 14

I can think of three:

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 14

No kidding. Anyone looked at BOA?

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 13

And then?

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 11

I see a book called “Chapter 7”. Sort of a horror/literary fiction mashup.

Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 11

Not sure what you mean…oh wait, now I see it:

a man in a suit is holding a glass of water in his hand .

ALT: a man in a suit is holding a glass of water in his hand .

media.tenor.com

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Andy Pond @andypond.bsky.social · Jan 11

Because China. We trust our amoral, bootlicking USA oligarchs more than the commie bootlicking amoral oligarchs. Plus look at this charming fellow. Who wouldn’t trust him:

a man in a suit is holding a glass of water .

ALT: a man in a suit is holding a glass of water .

media.tenor.com