Andrew Maurins
@andrewmaurins.bsky.social
Library assistant. Millennial. Neurospicy. Devourer of Books. Married to my best friend. MSTie. Wolf Pack fan. Beer geek. Occasionally anti-social, but always anti-fascist. (He/they)
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“Private property…has led Individualism entirely astray. It has made gain not growth its aim. So that man thought that the important thing was to have, and did not know that the important thing is to be. The true perfection of man lies, not in what man has, but in what man is.”
~Oscar Wilde
~Oscar Wilde
It’s Veterans Day, and Dutch political parties have a better understanding of and greater respect for American veterans than the Heritage Foundation or anyone else connected to Trump.
1/ Eleven Dutch parties across the political spectrum from socialist to conservative have issued a joint appeal to a provincial government to build a memorial to Black American soldiers who died in World War II, to replace one removed from the Netherlands American Cemetery. ⬇️
November 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It’s Veterans Day, and Dutch political parties have a better understanding of and greater respect for American veterans than the Heritage Foundation or anyone else connected to Trump.
My home state was responsible for a whole quarter of last night’s octet of naive idiots! 😑
Steve Inskeep: You think the Republicans voting with you here will not only agree to these measures, but actually try to do something if the administration ignores them?
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
Sen Cortez Masto: If they go back on their word, then the American public will know where the Republicans stand.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
My home state was responsible for a whole quarter of last night’s octet of naive idiots! 😑
Imagine being the richest person who ever lived and *still* constantly going out of your way to be a miserable, insecure weirdo.
Joyce Carol Oates owned Elon so hard he's spent the last day posting about movies he hasn't seen in 15 years
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Imagine being the richest person who ever lived and *still* constantly going out of your way to be a miserable, insecure weirdo.
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Lots of people comparing Senate Democrats to Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but that analogy only works in a version where Lucy has told Charlie Brown she's going to pull it away, and also that afterwards she's going to have Snoopy executed in a foreign prison
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Lots of people comparing Senate Democrats to Charlie Brown trying to kick the football, but that analogy only works in a version where Lucy has told Charlie Brown she's going to pull it away, and also that afterwards she's going to have Snoopy executed in a foreign prison
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
if you ever randomly get the urge to donate to the democratic party, feel free to venmo that money to me or another trans person instead - we'll make sure it doesn't get used to take away people's healthcare
Waiting until *after* last week’s elections to vote for this is a “fuck you” to your own voters on a truly cosmic level.
There is no curse in any language on Earth which adequately conveys how I currently feel about the Democratic Party.
There is no curse in any language on Earth which adequately conveys how I currently feel about the Democratic Party.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Waiting until *after* last week’s elections to vote for this is a “fuck you” to your own voters on a truly cosmic level.
There is no curse in any language on Earth which adequately conveys how I currently feel about the Democratic Party.
There is no curse in any language on Earth which adequately conveys how I currently feel about the Democratic Party.
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
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If they cave, it reinforces my sense that the real problem with the democrats is not “wokeness,” but the fact that they don’t stand for anything and are willing to fight for nothing.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
November 9, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If they cave, it reinforces my sense that the real problem with the democrats is not “wokeness,” but the fact that they don’t stand for anything and are willing to fight for nothing.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
It’s worse than being useless; it is collaboration.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
November 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Looking at the GOP acting electorally suicidally and saying “they’re not acting like they’re planning on having elections” is like watching someone driving 90mph at a brick wall and being like “wow they must have figured out a way for this not to kill them.”
Welp, time again for my weekly prayer for Nevada football:
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Welp, time again for my weekly prayer for Nevada football:
This and @nytpitchbot.bsky.social are doing the Lord’s work in pointing out all the reasons why the New York Times is unfit to be birdcage liner.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This and @nytpitchbot.bsky.social are doing the Lord’s work in pointing out all the reasons why the New York Times is unfit to be birdcage liner.
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This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This perfectly encapsulates how I feel living in the US. The republican party is an insane death cult, the democratic party is 3 corporations in a trench coat, and the "socialists" are just the completely normal left-wing capitalists you'd find in any of 2 dozen European nations.
Over. A million. Per week.
Kill it with fire. Burn it all down. And eject Sam Altman straight into the friggin’ Sun.
Kill it with fire. Burn it all down. And eject Sam Altman straight into the friggin’ Sun.
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals
An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the A.I. giant. This latest revelation comes as the company races to strength...
abc7news.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Over. A million. Per week.
Kill it with fire. Burn it all down. And eject Sam Altman straight into the friggin’ Sun.
Kill it with fire. Burn it all down. And eject Sam Altman straight into the friggin’ Sun.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Video of Greg Bovino in Waukegan, with residents following and shouting, “You a bitch!” Taken by Armando Sanchez
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I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
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The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The diagram for what Palantir does is like if Richard Scarry got super paranoid and did an Apocalypse picture book
Agreed on both counts. Make it easier to become a full-time legislator, and you’ll 1) reduce corruption and 2) significantly increase the pool of people interested in legislating (at least at the local and state levels).
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Agreed on both counts. Make it easier to become a full-time legislator, and you’ll 1) reduce corruption and 2) significantly increase the pool of people interested in legislating (at least at the local and state levels).
Yes.
Next question.
Next question.
I think it’s only fair that we get a “Have men ruined society?” op-ed
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Yes.
Next question.
Next question.
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the subs of war!! ⚔️🥪
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced a single misdemeanor after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Cry “Havoc!” and let slip the subs of war!! ⚔️🥪