Andrew, Holiday Package Hauler
@andrewzahler.bsky.social
PNW (Seattle) dad guy with cats. Mariners fan always looking for the Light Bat at the end of the tunnel. USPS mail carrier. Recovering ex-journalist. Irresponsible poster.
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I guess now is as good a time as any to share my 10 favorite albums of 2025! Micro-reviews of each album follow in the thread.
1/12
1/12
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Been cry laughing at this shit for an hour. Bubs face in the payoff is killing me
December 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Been cry laughing at this shit for an hour. Bubs face in the payoff is killing me
Who up in Western WA checking the batteries in their flashlights?
Peak Puget Sound area gusts as of 9 PM:
Shelton: 54 mph
Sea-Tac Airport: 49 mph
West Seattle: 48 mph
Browns Point: 47 mph
Boeing Field: 46 mph
North Bend: 45 mph
Discovery Park: 44 mph
#wawx
Shelton: 54 mph
Sea-Tac Airport: 49 mph
West Seattle: 48 mph
Browns Point: 47 mph
Boeing Field: 46 mph
North Bend: 45 mph
Discovery Park: 44 mph
#wawx
December 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Who up in Western WA checking the batteries in their flashlights?
ZOOIDS
Siphonophores are champions of community collaboration. 🤝🏆
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
This isn't one animal. It's actually a colony of individual animals called zooids. Each has a specialized role. From the orb-like swimming nectophores to the bright orange stinging tentacles, they're essential to the survival of all.
December 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
ZOOIDS
My 7yo daughter and I, both home sick, watched "The Empire Strikes Back" today. (She recently saw "A New Hope," her first Star Wars movie.) It was such a blast. Her favorite part was Luke getting his hand sabered off.
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My 7yo daughter and I, both home sick, watched "The Empire Strikes Back" today. (She recently saw "A New Hope," her first Star Wars movie.) It was such a blast. Her favorite part was Luke getting his hand sabered off.
Bye, bye, Spotify!
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Bye, bye, Spotify!
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Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
From Washington State, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Kim Schrier (WA-08) are on the list
59 House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to codify Trump's suggestion box for billionaires to complain about public interest regulations that prevent them from defrauding you.
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025311
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 AM
From Washington State, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03) and Kim Schrier (WA-08) are on the list
Whoa, I remember meeting James Solomon more than a couple times when he was first running for JC City Council years ago
Breaking News: James Solomon has defeated the former New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey in Jersey City’s mayoral race.
James Solomon Beats Jim McGreevey, a Former Governor, in Jersey City
Mr. Solomon was elected mayor over Mr. McGreevey, who was hoping for a comeback after resigning in 2004 as New Jersey’s governor in the midst of a sex scandal.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Whoa, I remember meeting James Solomon more than a couple times when he was first running for JC City Council years ago
The real Bluesky Harvest is the friends we made along the way
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The real Bluesky Harvest is the friends we made along the way
How to convince my family I need to go to New York in August to see Gizz...? The month when both kids have birthdays.
Psych-rock heroes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announce their only 2026 US shows, a returning Field Of Vision fest and a Forest Hills residency
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Announce 2026 Field Of Vision Lineup & Forest Hills Shows
Even in years when they don’t release a million records and tour like demons, Australian psych-rock heroes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard make their presence felt. This year, for instance, King Gizz...
stereogum.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
How to convince my family I need to go to New York in August to see Gizz...? The month when both kids have birthdays.
I'm hoping to divide and conquer on some Cougar Gold pdq. IYKYK
divide and conquer also applies to a wheel of cheddar btw
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I'm hoping to divide and conquer on some Cougar Gold pdq. IYKYK
I took a fall on a customer's front steps at work last night and wound up in the ER for stitches on my arm. A good reminder to take care on stairs, especially in this wet and slippery season!
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I took a fall on a customer's front steps at work last night and wound up in the ER for stitches on my arm. A good reminder to take care on stairs, especially in this wet and slippery season!
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I guess now is as good a time as any to share my 10 favorite albums of 2025! Micro-reviews of each album follow in the thread.
1/12
1/12
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I guess now is as good a time as any to share my 10 favorite albums of 2025! Micro-reviews of each album follow in the thread.
1/12
1/12
I guess now is as good a time as any to share my 10 favorite albums of 2025! Micro-reviews of each album follow in the thread.
1/12
1/12
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I guess now is as good a time as any to share my 10 favorite albums of 2025! Micro-reviews of each album follow in the thread.
1/12
1/12
Read it and weep. And laugh. But mostly weep.
"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 10:36 PM
Read it and weep. And laugh. But mostly weep.
Anybody else get real upset about the forced obsolescence of modern tech like wireless earbuds, which are expensive, virtually impossible to repair, and use resources that hurt the planet during extraction and again when the product winds up in a landfill? Or am I having an old man/cloud moment?
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Anybody else get real upset about the forced obsolescence of modern tech like wireless earbuds, which are expensive, virtually impossible to repair, and use resources that hurt the planet during extraction and again when the product winds up in a landfill? Or am I having an old man/cloud moment?
RIP, Fuzzy. Many a time, people hearing my last name for the first time have asked, "Like *Fuzzy* Zoeller??"
(Zahler is pronounced like "Mauler", for the record)
(Zahler is pronounced like "Mauler", for the record)
Masters and U.S. Open champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74.
Fuzzy Zoeller, two-time major champion haunted by racist joke about Tiger Woods, dies at 74
Masters and U.S. Open champion Fuzzy Zoeller has died at the age of 74. Zoeller was one of golf's most gregarious characters and great champions.
bit.ly
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
RIP, Fuzzy. Many a time, people hearing my last name for the first time have asked, "Like *Fuzzy* Zoeller??"
(Zahler is pronounced like "Mauler", for the record)
(Zahler is pronounced like "Mauler", for the record)
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Charles Bukowski worked for the U.S. Postal Service but Norman Mailer did not.
Discuss.
Discuss.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Charles Bukowski worked for the U.S. Postal Service but Norman Mailer did not.
Discuss.
Discuss.
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
My 4-year-old has recently gotten really into "Surrender" by Cheap Trick
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My 4-year-old has recently gotten really into "Surrender" by Cheap Trick
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A toddler when in a moment of exhaustion and weakness you let them have or do something you normally wouldn’t:
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A toddler when in a moment of exhaustion and weakness you let them have or do something you normally wouldn’t:
It's that time of year when I get too intense about deciding my top albums of the preceding 11 months. I've got a working list in my notes app that includes all my contenders. Totally normal behavior for somebody not even close to in the music industry.
www.kexp.org/countdowns/b...
www.kexp.org/countdowns/b...
November 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It's that time of year when I get too intense about deciding my top albums of the preceding 11 months. I've got a working list in my notes app that includes all my contenders. Totally normal behavior for somebody not even close to in the music industry.
www.kexp.org/countdowns/b...
www.kexp.org/countdowns/b...
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?