Andy Hollandbeck
@logophilius.bsky.social
Saturday Evening Post managing editor, clarinetist, mediocre pianist, writer, and lapsed peevologist.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
If anyone ever needs an awkward podcast guest with dad jokes and a love of sesquipedalian nomenclature, I'm generally available.
December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If anyone ever needs an awkward podcast guest with dad jokes and a love of sesquipedalian nomenclature, I'm generally available.
I named my fists War and Peace because... Forget it. It'll take too long to explain.
I named my fists Pride and Prejudice, because it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of two fists must be in want of whupping ass
I named my fists Common and Sense because I'm about to bring the Paine
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I named my fists War and Peace because... Forget it. It'll take too long to explain.
Turkiye? On Thanksgiving?
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Turkiye? On Thanksgiving?
Is it opposite day? This is literally my two favorite pies followed by my most hated pie.
Apple pie is bad. This is not really debatable. So is key lime pie, while we’re on the topic. Pecan pie is the 🐐 tho.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Is it opposite day? This is literally my two favorite pies followed by my most hated pie.
My right brain: Of course. Preheat has been around forever in cooking. English isn't always logical, and trying to force heat to replace preheat is futile.
My left brain: This is the first slide down the slippery slope to "pre-planning."
My left brain: This is the first slide down the slippery slope to "pre-planning."
Several years ago, the Stylebook advised that you heat your oven, because "preheat" is redundant.
That might be true linguistically, but we heard you. Common usage in cookbooks calls for preheating.
That might be true linguistically, but we heard you. Common usage in cookbooks calls for preheating.
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My right brain: Of course. Preheat has been around forever in cooking. English isn't always logical, and trying to force heat to replace preheat is futile.
My left brain: This is the first slide down the slippery slope to "pre-planning."
My left brain: This is the first slide down the slippery slope to "pre-planning."
White turkeys.
He pardoned white turkeys.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He's been pardoning white turkeys his whole administration.
He pardoned white turkeys.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He's been pardoning white turkeys his whole administration.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
White turkeys.
He pardoned white turkeys.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He's been pardoning white turkeys his whole administration.
He pardoned white turkeys.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. He's been pardoning white turkeys his whole administration.
Great. Another rich 71-year-old white male anti-vaxxer in a federal health role, because the current one is working out so well.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Great. Another rich 71-year-old white male anti-vaxxer in a federal health role, because the current one is working out so well.
Oh look. Manufacturers can save the American economy by making their products more fragile and short-lived.
Deliberate enshittification is patriotic now!
Deliberate enshittification is patriotic now!
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 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Oh look. Manufacturers can save the American economy by making their products more fragile and short-lived.
Deliberate enshittification is patriotic now!
Deliberate enshittification is patriotic now!
*clears throat but doesn't make eye contact*
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/11/in-a...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
*clears throat but doesn't make eye contact*
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/11/in-a...
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He will insist on doctors and doctors only.
I just hope they can find enough people with PhDs in ethical philosophy to take the job.
I just hope they can find enough people with PhDs in ethical philosophy to take the job.
As someone who is going to be needing *lots* of care from nurses in the very near future, maybe it wasn't the best idea to insult all of them. But Donald is smart like that.
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He will insist on doctors and doctors only.
I just hope they can find enough people with PhDs in ethical philosophy to take the job.
I just hope they can find enough people with PhDs in ethical philosophy to take the job.
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, Charlie Brown?
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, Charlie Brown?
How many bagels are they taking to space that they need more than one tank of lox?
lol this image from last night shows SpaceX is popping open LOX tanks during routine pressure testing. The Starship program was being hyped as closing in on rapid commercial launch cadence 2-3 years ago
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
How many bagels are they taking to space that they need more than one tank of lox?
I haven't seen the video yet. (And don't really want to.) Is he pronouncing "Mamdani" correctly?
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I haven't seen the video yet. (And don't really want to.) Is he pronouncing "Mamdani" correctly?
#NameThatFoodTruck Fried and Gone to Heaven
#NameThatFoodTruck — Can You Feel the Beets?
#NameThatFoodTruck - Po' Boys Don't Cry
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#NameThatFoodTruck Fried and Gone to Heaven
I love every time I discover a new way our thoughts on handedness have affected English: sinister, gauche, adroit, ambidextrous ("R-handed on both sides"), left-handed wife (a concubine) ...
Although the exact figures vary slightly from place to place, no human population exists in which left-handedness is more common than right-handedness.
Why are most people right-handed?
A mix of biology, environment, and evolution helps explain our rightie-dominated world.
www.popsci.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I love every time I discover a new way our thoughts on handedness have affected English: sinister, gauche, adroit, ambidextrous ("R-handed on both sides"), left-handed wife (a concubine) ...
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Have just been reminded by @bcdreyer.social that it's time
A) to remind writers (especially of headlines) to forget the phrase "'Tis the Season" even exists. But also (if you must):
B) You can create the correct-facing opening apostrophe in Word by holding down Ctrl and pressing ' twice.
A) to remind writers (especially of headlines) to forget the phrase "'Tis the Season" even exists. But also (if you must):
B) You can create the correct-facing opening apostrophe in Word by holding down Ctrl and pressing ' twice.
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Have just been reminded by @bcdreyer.social that it's time
A) to remind writers (especially of headlines) to forget the phrase "'Tis the Season" even exists. But also (if you must):
B) You can create the correct-facing opening apostrophe in Word by holding down Ctrl and pressing ' twice.
A) to remind writers (especially of headlines) to forget the phrase "'Tis the Season" even exists. But also (if you must):
B) You can create the correct-facing opening apostrophe in Word by holding down Ctrl and pressing ' twice.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I thought I knew what "anything" meant. I guess not.
November 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I thought I knew what "anything" meant. I guess not.
A) I hope this passes into (UK) law.
B) I hope we see something similar in the US, though I"m sure we'll have to wait until we get past the gov't era of White Men and Capitalism Before All Else.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
B) I hope we see something similar in the US, though I"m sure we'll have to wait until we get past the gov't era of White Men and Capitalism Before All Else.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
The United Kingdom plans to ban ticket reselling for profit
The move comes after an open letter from artists like Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Sam Fender, Radiohead and the Cure urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer to ban the practice.
www.latimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A) I hope this passes into (UK) law.
B) I hope we see something similar in the US, though I"m sure we'll have to wait until we get past the gov't era of White Men and Capitalism Before All Else.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
B) I hope we see something similar in the US, though I"m sure we'll have to wait until we get past the gov't era of White Men and Capitalism Before All Else.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
How far are we from a GOP bill to start taxing sex traffickers rather than punishing them?
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
How far are we from a GOP bill to start taxing sex traffickers rather than punishing them?
Reposted by Andy Hollandbeck
With so many forms of digital entertainment and edification at our fingertips, are people still reading books? How many have you read this year?
Poll: How Many Books Did You Read This Year? | The Saturday Evening Post
“If you are going to get anywhere in life, you have to read a lot of books.” —Roald Dahl
www.saturdayeveningpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
With so many forms of digital entertainment and edification at our fingertips, are people still reading books? How many have you read this year?
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I just learned that my son landed a new job — more responsibility, better pay, nicer commute.
I recognize this good news doesn't affect you, BlueSkyer, but it's still some good news floating among the infinite sewer that is the current news cycle. Something good happened to a good kid!
I recognize this good news doesn't affect you, BlueSkyer, but it's still some good news floating among the infinite sewer that is the current news cycle. Something good happened to a good kid!
November 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I just learned that my son landed a new job — more responsibility, better pay, nicer commute.
I recognize this good news doesn't affect you, BlueSkyer, but it's still some good news floating among the infinite sewer that is the current news cycle. Something good happened to a good kid!
I recognize this good news doesn't affect you, BlueSkyer, but it's still some good news floating among the infinite sewer that is the current news cycle. Something good happened to a good kid!
Do you mean to tell me that if a teenaged Adolf had been able to get some gender-affirming hormone therapy, we might have avoided World War II entirely?
Those of us who have been singing along to that old song already knew ;)
www.cbsnews.com/news/adolf-h...
www.cbsnews.com/news/adolf-h...
Hitler's DNA reveals Nazi leader likely had syndrome that can affect genitals, researchers say
Researchers behind the "Hitler's DNA" documentary say the Nazi dictator likely had Kallmann Syndrome, which can cause undescended testicles and a micropenis.
www.cbsnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Do you mean to tell me that if a teenaged Adolf had been able to get some gender-affirming hormone therapy, we might have avoided World War II entirely?