Andrew Styer
@styer.bsky.social
Welp, this again. Ex-Google product leader in privacy, product strategy, & UX design.
Early Internet human who keeps on internet-ing about burnout, propaganda, politics, and sci-fi jokes.
See also:
Covert stuttering, exertion interfaces, & Land Rovers
Early Internet human who keeps on internet-ing about burnout, propaganda, politics, and sci-fi jokes.
See also:
Covert stuttering, exertion interfaces, & Land Rovers
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Andrew Styer
@styer.bsky.social
· Feb 18
I do not believe in any tech product where the devs want us to view it with some form of religious awe, a divine gift redefining human experience and bequeathing knowledge unto us humble land apes. I believe in a tech product where the devs are like “this is handy for planning breakfasts”
“Build tools, not platforms” is the biggest lesson I learned from a career spent building both.
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At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
February 15, 2026 at 12:14 AM
At 9:18, 3rd period of the Finland-Switzerland women's ice hockey QF game, the ice crew came to clean the ice during a pause
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
What follows is the funniest use of the slo-mo alternate angle tech I've seen them use during these Olympics of one of the crew members falling
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
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NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 AM
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”
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I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
February 9, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I cannot emphasize enough that what he's singing here, obscured by beeps, is "If your boyfriend doesn't eat your ass, he'd better fuck off"
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the fake conspiracies are a distraction from the real conspiracies... this is what I found again and again while researching Doppelganger.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
February 7, 2026 at 7:25 PM
the fake conspiracies are a distraction from the real conspiracies... this is what I found again and again while researching Doppelganger.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
And Bannon is doing it in overdrive these days.
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Half of Russia's entire budget goes towards military spending: German Intelligence
The Kremlin spends much more on the military than they say, which is why deficits are soaring and the economy is collapsing as the war continues.
It's also why Russia is returning to the 1990s.📉
The Kremlin spends much more on the military than they say, which is why deficits are soaring and the economy is collapsing as the war continues.
It's also why Russia is returning to the 1990s.📉
February 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Half of Russia's entire budget goes towards military spending: German Intelligence
The Kremlin spends much more on the military than they say, which is why deficits are soaring and the economy is collapsing as the war continues.
It's also why Russia is returning to the 1990s.📉
The Kremlin spends much more on the military than they say, which is why deficits are soaring and the economy is collapsing as the war continues.
It's also why Russia is returning to the 1990s.📉
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Wow, this speech from Mayor of NY Zohran Mamdani 👏💯
"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"
"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger"
"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"
"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"
"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger"
"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"
February 7, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Wow, this speech from Mayor of NY Zohran Mamdani 👏💯
"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"
"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger"
"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"
"I speak of Renee Good, whose final words to the man who murdered her moments later were: I'm not mad at you"
"I speak of Alex Pretti who died as he lived, caring for the stranger"
"Let us offer a new path: one of defiance through compassion"
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I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
February 5, 2026 at 9:16 PM
I want to reiterate that this shit is nuts. A federal invasion of state-run elections, an intelligence community invasion of federal law enforcement, a White House invasion of a criminal investigation, and a president’s insane treasonable sore loser obsession all rolled up and muddled together.
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Here it is! You MUST listen to the audio if at all possible. These two are quintessential Minnesotans.
Listen to Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemian talk about protecting their neighborhood from these incompetent ICE boobs
Listen to Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemian talk about protecting their neighborhood from these incompetent ICE boobs
February 4, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Here it is! You MUST listen to the audio if at all possible. These two are quintessential Minnesotans.
Listen to Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemian talk about protecting their neighborhood from these incompetent ICE boobs
Listen to Tippy Amundson and Heather Zemian talk about protecting their neighborhood from these incompetent ICE boobs
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Ive watched this about 100 times.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
February 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Ive watched this about 100 times.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
This is why the internet was invented.
Right here.
Peak content.
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Counterpoint: Democrats want ICE razed more thoroughly than Carthage in 146 BC, the ideological territory in which it operates salted so thoroughly it never grows again, and every single one of these goons in front of a judge to face justice for their crimes.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Counterpoint: Democrats want ICE razed more thoroughly than Carthage in 146 BC, the ideological territory in which it operates salted so thoroughly it never grows again, and every single one of these goons in front of a judge to face justice for their crimes.
I mean, I knew finger guns / shootie fingers were dumb… but I didn’t know they are a criminally stupid hand gesture
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
...
Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us.
Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols?
A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us.
R: Pulling out literal guns?
A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I mean, I knew finger guns / shootie fingers were dumb… but I didn’t know they are a criminally stupid hand gesture
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Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Three rules in FBI firearm training:
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
1. Always point your weapon downrange
2. Do not point your weapon at anything you do not intend to shoot
3. Don’t put your finger on the trigger unless you intend to shoot
Guns are not for threatening compliance for unarmed people doing things you don’t like
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There’s something to be said for new blood coming in and very quickly short circuiting a lot of faulty institutional knowledge in an organization. I’ve seen it happen a few times.
February 2, 2026 at 11:09 PM
There’s something to be said for new blood coming in and very quickly short circuiting a lot of faulty institutional knowledge in an organization. I’ve seen it happen a few times.
This has long been my favorite safe corner of the internet. Everyone else should also go appreciate how great it is
Please make it your new resolution to visit AskHistorians once a week, because we've never been this invested in overtaking another community.
February 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
This has long been my favorite safe corner of the internet. Everyone else should also go appreciate how great it is
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Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
January 31, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Among the batch of newly released emails from Jeffrey Epstein: Epstein telling Peter Thiel he would “gladly share…expenses for the Gawker suit.”
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
This was sent the day after @rmac.bsky.social and @mattdrange.bsky.social reported in Forbes that Thiel was behind the lawsuit that would bankrupt Gawker
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President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:56 AM
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"Pravda Network" published 6.3 million pieces of pro-Russian disinfo in the past year... and experiments with AI chatbots demonstrate that disinfo in those stories is being echoed by AIs: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/newsguards...
NewsGuard’s 2025 Disinformer of the Year: Yevgeny Shevchenko, Creator of the Pravda Network
Russian tech bro with a taste for “girls and cars” who managed to infect AI models with pro-Kremlin false claims succeeds American fugitive John Mark Dougan as the world’s top disinformer
www.newsguardrealitycheck.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:05 PM
"Pravda Network" published 6.3 million pieces of pro-Russian disinfo in the past year... and experiments with AI chatbots demonstrate that disinfo in those stories is being echoed by AIs: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/newsguards...
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At a rally in Union Square right now, Council member @chiosse.bsky.social tells the crowd, “We certainly need to abolish ICE, but that’s not enough—we need Nuremberg trials.”
January 24, 2026 at 9:31 PM
At a rally in Union Square right now, Council member @chiosse.bsky.social tells the crowd, “We certainly need to abolish ICE, but that’s not enough—we need Nuremberg trials.”
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Perhaps the most politically important thing about Zohran Mamdani is that it seems like he really, really likes New York and New Yorkers.
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Perhaps the most politically important thing about Zohran Mamdani is that it seems like he really, really likes New York and New Yorkers.
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I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I genuinely think boycotting the World Cup is some of the strongest leverage the Europeans have.
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
🧵
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
🧵
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
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imo, one of the most undercovered shifts in the media landscape is the emergence of *spanish-language* right-wing media. here's some of what's happening in that space in the last week.
January 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM
imo, one of the most undercovered shifts in the media landscape is the emergence of *spanish-language* right-wing media. here's some of what's happening in that space in the last week.