Andy Fitzpatrick
@amfitzpatrick.bsky.social
Journalist, writer, tired. 🟥🟪🟦
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As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
December 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
As he celebrates his 100th Birthday this very day, can we all take a moment to acknowledge that time when Dick Van Dyke won the internet internet.
Forever.
Forever.
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You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You know, I'm 70 years old, and I've been thru hell, climbed close to heaven, and touched back down here on Earth, which had everything necessary for humans to thrive. Greed has destroyed much. Maybe it's too late to save it. But we need to try.
Gutter racism.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Gutter racism.
I found the one gif for this movie.
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I found the one gif for this movie.
The actual queen of Christmas.
Darlene Love will never stop thinking of her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” At this time of year, she couldn’t if she tried.
Darlene Love reflects on her enduring holiday classic, 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)'
Darlene Love can't escape her holiday classic, “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” She hears it everywhere, from the post office to the grocery store.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
The actual queen of Christmas.
AI is Bad and Hurting Us All, Part 1 million
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
AI is Bad and Hurting Us All, Part 1 million
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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the announcers trying to describe the labubu float sound like they are suffering from duel aphasia
November 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the announcers trying to describe the labubu float sound like they are suffering from duel aphasia
There's no reason to attack me like this.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
There's no reason to attack me like this.
Amazing.
"Q: Was there any time you wanted to kill Kinski, too?"
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Amazing.
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Never trust a demon twink
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Never trust a demon twink
I was lucky enough to meet him not long before he died. It's quite a thing to be able to thank someone for creating something that means so much to you.
Today is the birthday of Martin Nodell (Nov. 15, 1915-Dec. 9, 2006), Golden Age comic artist & creator of the original Green Lantern, Alan Scott.
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I was lucky enough to meet him not long before he died. It's quite a thing to be able to thank someone for creating something that means so much to you.
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Jake Tapper would have driven to the White House with a gun if Biden had said this
O'DONNELL: Why did you pardon Changpeng Zhao?
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
TRUMP: Are you ready? I don't know who he is
O'DONNELL: His crypto exchange Binance helped facilitate a $2b purchase of World Liberty Financial's stablecoin. And they you pardoned him.
TRUMP: Here's the thing -- I know nothing about it
November 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Jake Tapper would have driven to the White House with a gun if Biden had said this
Find someone who loves you as much as Lorne Michaels loves Shane Gillis.
November 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Find someone who loves you as much as Lorne Michaels loves Shane Gillis.
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As usual, President Nixon will welcome costumed children to his home from 5-9 p.m. on October 31. Every costumed child will receive a can of soda, a candy bar of their choice, and a signed card. - RZ
October 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
As usual, President Nixon will welcome costumed children to his home from 5-9 p.m. on October 31. Every costumed child will receive a can of soda, a candy bar of their choice, and a signed card. - RZ
2025, when a news org having reporters in the thick of the places where news is happening is "remote work" and frowned upon
imagine laying off a politics reporter based in portland oregon in the year 2025
2. Rolling Stone is owned by a large media conglomerate, which is ending remote work across its brands.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
My home is Portland, Oregon, ~1,000 miles from the nearest office, so this marks the end of the line for me at RS.
October 16, 2025 at 10:38 PM
2025, when a news org having reporters in the thick of the places where news is happening is "remote work" and frowned upon
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My semi-regular Columbus Day message:
Columbus wasn’t called crazy because he thought the world was round. That had been known for 1000 years.
He was called crazy because he thought it was so small he could reach India by going west. And they were right! He was a delusional fool!
But lucky.
Columbus wasn’t called crazy because he thought the world was round. That had been known for 1000 years.
He was called crazy because he thought it was so small he could reach India by going west. And they were right! He was a delusional fool!
But lucky.
October 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My semi-regular Columbus Day message:
Columbus wasn’t called crazy because he thought the world was round. That had been known for 1000 years.
He was called crazy because he thought it was so small he could reach India by going west. And they were right! He was a delusional fool!
But lucky.
Columbus wasn’t called crazy because he thought the world was round. That had been known for 1000 years.
He was called crazy because he thought it was so small he could reach India by going west. And they were right! He was a delusional fool!
But lucky.
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yeah this is child abuse sorry
Some parents are letting their kids talk to ChatGPT in the guise of characters. Some are using it to tell bedtime stories or create coloring books.
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
"My son thinks ChatGPT is the coolest train loving person in the world. The bar is set so high now I am never going to be able to compete with that.”
‘My son genuinely believed it was real’: Parents are letting little kids play with AI. Are they wrong?
Some believe AI can spark their child’s imagination through personalized stories and generative images. Scientists are wary of its affect on creativity
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
yeah this is child abuse sorry
My favorite Bat artist!
September 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My favorite Bat artist!
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It's happening here.
August 6, 2025 at 2:59 AM
It's happening here.
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One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.
September 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
One of these rich dudes invested in a food company with all proceeds going to kids in need. The other started Sundance Institute, boosting the lives of countless artists. Hey modern rich dudes, don't be a typical greedy AI crypto-prick, be like these two.
"Three Days of the Condor" really is one of the greatest movies ever. #RIPRobertRedford
September 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Three Days of the Condor" really is one of the greatest movies ever. #RIPRobertRedford
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Jim Henson is high on Genius Mountain with Bowie & very few others - besides being great, uncompromising artists, they always made other talented people surpass themselves
Every night before bed I sing "Rainbow Connection" for my daughter, and after hundreds of singings, I still think that Paul Williams was touched by a higher power when he wrote those lyrics.
September 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Jim Henson is high on Genius Mountain with Bowie & very few others - besides being great, uncompromising artists, they always made other talented people surpass themselves
I just watched the #Archer finale, where the plot involved rogue spies' complex plan to restart the Cold War. But look how easy it was in real life!
September 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I just watched the #Archer finale, where the plot involved rogue spies' complex plan to restart the Cold War. But look how easy it was in real life!
"Ghostbusters" exists as a song in the movie universe, but I guess I don't know if it was a hit.
youtu.be/eYGGZV-JqvI?...
youtu.be/eYGGZV-JqvI?...
There's a small genre of song that's like "song created for a movie that is supposed to be a hit song within the fictional world of the movie."
Have any been actual good-enough-to-be-hits besides "Golden" and "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow?"
Have any been actual good-enough-to-be-hits besides "Golden" and "I Am A Man of Constant Sorrow?"
September 9, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"Ghostbusters" exists as a song in the movie universe, but I guess I don't know if it was a hit.
youtu.be/eYGGZV-JqvI?...
youtu.be/eYGGZV-JqvI?...