Andrew Ordover
@aordover.bsky.social
Educator, Substacker, Novelist, Walker of Dog.
Husband of Heather (producer of the CraftLit podcast).
Father of two amazing young artists.
Husband of Heather (producer of the CraftLit podcast).
Father of two amazing young artists.
We need more Teddy.
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
We need more Teddy.
Old year, new year.
May you be inscribed for another year in the book of life, and may you have the chance to clear away dead wood and make room for new growth.
May you be inscribed for another year in the book of life, and may you have the chance to clear away dead wood and make room for new growth.
October 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Old year, new year.
May you be inscribed for another year in the book of life, and may you have the chance to clear away dead wood and make room for new growth.
May you be inscribed for another year in the book of life, and may you have the chance to clear away dead wood and make room for new growth.
Sunday. Book. Coffee. Comfy chair. Dog (not pictured).
September 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Sunday. Book. Coffee. Comfy chair. Dog (not pictured).
Cut their wealth in half and you'd have a shocking amount of money to spend on making the country stronger and healthier. And every one of those individuals would remain a multi-billionaire.
But a wealth tax of even a single percent is impossible to consider.
But a wealth tax of even a single percent is impossible to consider.
September 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Cut their wealth in half and you'd have a shocking amount of money to spend on making the country stronger and healthier. And every one of those individuals would remain a multi-billionaire.
But a wealth tax of even a single percent is impossible to consider.
But a wealth tax of even a single percent is impossible to consider.
Saturday morning dog
August 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Saturday morning dog
Thinking and avoiding thinking, writing and avoiding writing—how my new book came to be.
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #booksky
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #booksky
August 8, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Thinking and avoiding thinking, writing and avoiding writing—how my new book came to be.
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #booksky
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@writingcommunity.bsky.social #booksky
Ladies and gentlemen; children of (maybe not) all ages, may I present to you: Box of Night, a new tech suspense novel about gaming, AI, politics, and a world we could be living in sooner than we think.
tinyurl.com/mu4zzffw
#booksky @writingcommunity.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mu4zzffw
#booksky @writingcommunity.bsky.social
August 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Ladies and gentlemen; children of (maybe not) all ages, may I present to you: Box of Night, a new tech suspense novel about gaming, AI, politics, and a world we could be living in sooner than we think.
tinyurl.com/mu4zzffw
#booksky @writingcommunity.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/mu4zzffw
#booksky @writingcommunity.bsky.social
A repeat from the summer of 2023, about the importance of walking around inside of a book instead of using a tool to summarize it for you.
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@rodmannix.bsky.social @aiineducation.bsky.social @booksky.club #edusky
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@rodmannix.bsky.social @aiineducation.bsky.social @booksky.club #edusky
August 1, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A repeat from the summer of 2023, about the importance of walking around inside of a book instead of using a tool to summarize it for you.
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@rodmannix.bsky.social @aiineducation.bsky.social @booksky.club #edusky
open.substack.com/pub/brokenha...
@rodmannix.bsky.social @aiineducation.bsky.social @booksky.club #edusky
Hasn't the time come (finally, at last) for a Flaming Carrot movie or mini-series? Surely he is the hero we deserve today.
July 20, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Hasn't the time come (finally, at last) for a Flaming Carrot movie or mini-series? Surely he is the hero we deserve today.
July 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
There is nothing complex or confusing or mystifying about people like Trump and Epstein--or Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg, for that matter. They're simply takers--entitled little Id monsters. They are not worthy of our awe or respect.
brokenhand.substack.com/p/the-takers...
brokenhand.substack.com/p/the-takers...
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
There is nothing complex or confusing or mystifying about people like Trump and Epstein--or Musk and Bezos and Zuckerberg, for that matter. They're simply takers--entitled little Id monsters. They are not worthy of our awe or respect.
brokenhand.substack.com/p/the-takers...
brokenhand.substack.com/p/the-takers...
The Epstein Files hold no secret that will surprise anyone. The names will not surprise us. We know the names. The acts won't surprise us. The powerful take whatever they can't be stopped from taking. They think it is their right. They revel in it. And Donald Trump is the king of the takers.
July 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Epstein Files hold no secret that will surprise anyone. The names will not surprise us. We know the names. The acts won't surprise us. The powerful take whatever they can't be stopped from taking. They think it is their right. They revel in it. And Donald Trump is the king of the takers.
Immigrants' response to America vs America's response to immigrants.
We don't deserve what they've given us, and they sure has hell don't deserve what we're giving them right now.
We don't deserve what they've given us, and they sure has hell don't deserve what we're giving them right now.
July 11, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Immigrants' response to America vs America's response to immigrants.
We don't deserve what they've given us, and they sure has hell don't deserve what we're giving them right now.
We don't deserve what they've given us, and they sure has hell don't deserve what we're giving them right now.
This isn't a technology problem; it's a school culture problem. As long as compliance and grades are more important than learning things, students will seek shortcuts, as they always have.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
#edusky
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
#edusky
July 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This isn't a technology problem; it's a school culture problem. As long as compliance and grades are more important than learning things, students will seek shortcuts, as they always have.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
#edusky
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
#edusky
The storied Article I branch, jealously guarding its power as Madison foretold.
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July 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The storied Article I branch, jealously guarding its power as Madison foretold.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
When AI writes headlines
June 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
When AI writes headlines
Monday night doggo
June 24, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Monday night doggo
The smallest man who ever lived.
June 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The smallest man who ever lived.
Look at this ridiculous beast.
June 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Look at this ridiculous beast.