Andrew S.
@shoutingboy.bsky.social
I write boring things for big companies that don't use my name. I write other things here and use my first name. I have two sweet dogs that wish the UPS man wouldn't ring the doorbell.
(Same handle on Dead Bird site--account now dormant--and on Threads.)
(Same handle on Dead Bird site--account now dormant--and on Threads.)
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Andrew S.
@shoutingboy.bsky.social
· Mar 18
im simultaneously impressed and disappointed
this is my brand
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Reasons I’ll delete a post: a teensy typo, didn’t get enough likes, got too many likes, it was haunted, I was suddenly mad at it, vibes were off,
February 29, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Reasons I’ll delete a post: a teensy typo, didn’t get enough likes, got too many likes, it was haunted, I was suddenly mad at it, vibes were off,
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72 hours, really.
That was such a weird few weeks when people pretended to care about Charlie Kirk.
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
72 hours, really.
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Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
January 16, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
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1. He wants to
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
Trump to Reuters about the midterm elections: "When you think of it, we shouldn't even have an election." www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
1. He wants to
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
2. It’s plausible he’ll try
3. His people would support it
4. But it’s vastly harder and more complicated than people are suggesting and can’t be done by his fiat
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you can make arguments either way, I think it's fine to use or not use. the thing where people on here sublimate anger at actual bad things happening into screaming at people who 80% agree with them over messaging is happening again.
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
you can make arguments either way, I think it's fine to use or not use. the thing where people on here sublimate anger at actual bad things happening into screaming at people who 80% agree with them over messaging is happening again.
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Calling out the Minnesota National Guard would be consenting to their being ordered to active duty.
It would remove the one and only impediment to Trump and Hegseth being in charge of the Minnesota National Guard
It would remove the one and only impediment to Trump and Hegseth being in charge of the Minnesota National Guard
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Calling out the Minnesota National Guard would be consenting to their being ordered to active duty.
It would remove the one and only impediment to Trump and Hegseth being in charge of the Minnesota National Guard
It would remove the one and only impediment to Trump and Hegseth being in charge of the Minnesota National Guard
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if the president says he wants to blow up the moon, you should be very scared about what he might accidentally blow up in pursuit of the moon and everything downstream of his diminished mental state, but the ball is in your court to tell me how he’s actually going to blow up the moon
January 15, 2026 at 8:02 PM
if the president says he wants to blow up the moon, you should be very scared about what he might accidentally blow up in pursuit of the moon and everything downstream of his diminished mental state, but the ball is in your court to tell me how he’s actually going to blow up the moon
so the truth is most of what I know about Minneapolis is what I know from OMAHA CAT DANCER and this last week has been pretty upsetting
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
so the truth is most of what I know about Minneapolis is what I know from OMAHA CAT DANCER and this last week has been pretty upsetting
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This is a very strange thing to expect, for Chuck Schumer to put on 17th century body armor and become Oliver Cromwell
January 15, 2026 at 10:15 AM
This is a very strange thing to expect, for Chuck Schumer to put on 17th century body armor and become Oliver Cromwell
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The scene outside any Irish funeral.
Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland after their meeting with US Vice President and Secretary of State.
January 15, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The scene outside any Irish funeral.
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no one:
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
no one:
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
the president of the united states: they wont stop checking me for brain damage
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This is another reason why robust prosecutions of lawbreakers in the Trump administration will be important: to signal to allies and partners (and domestic audiences) that MAGA isn't going to return every 4 to 8 years.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
January 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is another reason why robust prosecutions of lawbreakers in the Trump administration will be important: to signal to allies and partners (and domestic audiences) that MAGA isn't going to return every 4 to 8 years.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
You do that by putting a bunch of people in prison forever.
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Sure Will Stancil might be "outside", "doing his best within his limited means to interfere with ICE operations" but that pales in comparison to my strategy for fighting fascism: staying inside and posting about how much I dislike Will Stancil and find him annoying.
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Sure Will Stancil might be "outside", "doing his best within his limited means to interfere with ICE operations" but that pales in comparison to my strategy for fighting fascism: staying inside and posting about how much I dislike Will Stancil and find him annoying.
I’ll just note “the Empire is racist, that’s why everyone in any authority is a white human” is an honorable retcon to cover the awkward fact that in the original STAR WARS, everyone on either side who mattered was a white human.
(Chewbacca was played for laughs, a furry “man Friday”.)
(Chewbacca was played for laughs, a furry “man Friday”.)
Let’s talk about the “coherent anti-imperialist message” of a movie that mimics Nazi propaganda in a scene where its heroes receive military honors
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I’ll just note “the Empire is racist, that’s why everyone in any authority is a white human” is an honorable retcon to cover the awkward fact that in the original STAR WARS, everyone on either side who mattered was a white human.
(Chewbacca was played for laughs, a furry “man Friday”.)
(Chewbacca was played for laughs, a furry “man Friday”.)
Interesting historical note: This is a harsher punishment than the ICE agent received for fucking shooting a mom in the fucking face
The Michigan auto worker who was flipped off by Trump after heckling him has reportedly been suspended
A Ford worker called out Trump. The president flipped him off. Now, he's been suspended. • Michigan Advance
A union-backed auto worker at Ford Motor Co. was caught on video heckling President Donald Trump when he visited a Dearborn factory on Tuesday ahead of his address to the Detroit Economic Club. The vi...
michiganadvance.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Interesting historical note: This is a harsher punishment than the ICE agent received for fucking shooting a mom in the fucking face
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The inability to attack everywhere at once in any sustained way means their constant redeployments = time for former targets to recover, pending ones to prepare.
I’m convinced their constant videotaping is evidence THEY know they’re weak:
They have to win a propaganda war bc can’t win real one.
I’m convinced their constant videotaping is evidence THEY know they’re weak:
They have to win a propaganda war bc can’t win real one.
January 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The inability to attack everywhere at once in any sustained way means their constant redeployments = time for former targets to recover, pending ones to prepare.
I’m convinced their constant videotaping is evidence THEY know they’re weak:
They have to win a propaganda war bc can’t win real one.
I’m convinced their constant videotaping is evidence THEY know they’re weak:
They have to win a propaganda war bc can’t win real one.
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"mr. trump, first, let me salute you"
Dylan Byers reporting CBS Evening News' Tony Dokoupil has an interview with Trump that will air tonight
January 13, 2026 at 6:39 PM
"mr. trump, first, let me salute you"
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rip in advance to Scott "Mr Dilbert" Adams who is perhaps most famous for writing a now-deleted four part blog post where he attempted to hypnotize his readers into nutting and asked them to email him after they have nutted to tell him about the nut.
www.tumblr.com/manlethotlin...
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November 2, 2025 at 7:20 PM
rip in advance to Scott "Mr Dilbert" Adams who is perhaps most famous for writing a now-deleted four part blog post where he attempted to hypnotize his readers into nutting and asked them to email him after they have nutted to tell him about the nut.
www.tumblr.com/manlethotlin...
www.tumblr.com/manlethotlin...
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I have been thinking this too. The easiest & smartest thing to do wouldve been to immediately drop Ross. But Renee Good being a) a woman b) who wasnt afraid of a man & c) gay hit too many of the far rights bigotry buttons to not go into overload on this. Its rotted out internet troll culture out irl
It's a real defining, burn all the ships moment (historical fiction btw), that they embrace this, tell the world this is what they want rather than cauterize the damage and throw Ross under the bus.
They can feel it slipping away
January 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM
I have been thinking this too. The easiest & smartest thing to do wouldve been to immediately drop Ross. But Renee Good being a) a woman b) who wasnt afraid of a man & c) gay hit too many of the far rights bigotry buttons to not go into overload on this. Its rotted out internet troll culture out irl
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A substantial portion of the nation’s entire federal law enforcement corp is currently in Minneapolis! We’re tanking the whole of DHS for you
January 13, 2026 at 4:58 AM
A substantial portion of the nation’s entire federal law enforcement corp is currently in Minneapolis! We’re tanking the whole of DHS for you
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/8 Second: if you post anything suggesting that a particular legal course will be difficult, or is not guaranteed, or must be done carefully, it is currently the fashion of pointless twats to shout SO I GUESS YOU WANT US TO DO NOTHING.
Block them. Nothing of value is lost.
Block them. Nothing of value is lost.
January 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
/8 Second: if you post anything suggesting that a particular legal course will be difficult, or is not guaranteed, or must be done carefully, it is currently the fashion of pointless twats to shout SO I GUESS YOU WANT US TO DO NOTHING.
Block them. Nothing of value is lost.
Block them. Nothing of value is lost.
Two true things:
A. Greg Gutfeld is a sack of Nazi shit.
B. He’s *trying* to tell the Trump team “stop murdering citizens, it makes MAGA look bad”. He’s framing it in the only way he’s allowed to—not as “murder is wrong” but as “it’s an evil commie trap”.
A. Greg Gutfeld is a sack of Nazi shit.
B. He’s *trying* to tell the Trump team “stop murdering citizens, it makes MAGA look bad”. He’s framing it in the only way he’s allowed to—not as “murder is wrong” but as “it’s an evil commie trap”.
Greg Gutfeld: ICE shooting “was a set up” by the left but “they were hoping for a Black woman”
“Believe me, they are not unhappy this mother is dead”
“Believe me, they are not unhappy this mother is dead”
January 12, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Two true things:
A. Greg Gutfeld is a sack of Nazi shit.
B. He’s *trying* to tell the Trump team “stop murdering citizens, it makes MAGA look bad”. He’s framing it in the only way he’s allowed to—not as “murder is wrong” but as “it’s an evil commie trap”.
A. Greg Gutfeld is a sack of Nazi shit.
B. He’s *trying* to tell the Trump team “stop murdering citizens, it makes MAGA look bad”. He’s framing it in the only way he’s allowed to—not as “murder is wrong” but as “it’s an evil commie trap”.
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Categories of folks I’m contemplating insta-blocking:
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
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First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
January 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Categories of folks I’m contemplating insta-blocking:
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
First: this person
Me: These officials are authoritarian
Them: STOP USING THE WRONG WORD, DON’T SAY AUTHORITARIAN, SAY NAZI
My dude other than carbon dioxide which plants need to breathe you contribute absolutely nothing to the universe
/1
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so pretty soon ice will have deployed every officer they have to minneapolis and the thing to do then is cut a huge hole in the ice in a big lake and have bugs bunny dress up like a lady and stand behind talking all "help help rescue me from all the foreigners!"
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
so pretty soon ice will have deployed every officer they have to minneapolis and the thing to do then is cut a huge hole in the ice in a big lake and have bugs bunny dress up like a lady and stand behind talking all "help help rescue me from all the foreigners!"