Andy of Maps
@andysmaps.bsky.social
Mapmaker. Scribbler. Yeller. Painter now?
Following me is a poor life choice. Sorry.
Following me is a poor life choice. Sorry.
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So, my Ma has a rodent problem that is getting taken care of, but I just declared for Team Rat Cannibal bc nature, uh, finds a way.
January 15, 2026 at 4:18 AM
So, my Ma has a rodent problem that is getting taken care of, but I just declared for Team Rat Cannibal bc nature, uh, finds a way.
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Requiring ICE agents to wear prominent identification is good. But a system of ”citizens should walk up very close to agents extending their phone to hold next to the agent” is a Dem-brained way of getting people beaten and killed under this administration.
Everyone can relax. Democrats have a solution to all this...
Rep. Ritchie Torres is introducing a bill that would require ICE agents to wear scannable QR codes linking to webpages with their names.
www.axios.com/2026/01/13/d...
Rep. Ritchie Torres is introducing a bill that would require ICE agents to wear scannable QR codes linking to webpages with their names.
www.axios.com/2026/01/13/d...
Democratic infighting ignites over surge of anti-ICE anger
Two members of Democratic leadership clashed over impeaching Kristi Noem during a closed-door meeting.
www.axios.com
January 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Requiring ICE agents to wear prominent identification is good. But a system of ”citizens should walk up very close to agents extending their phone to hold next to the agent” is a Dem-brained way of getting people beaten and killed under this administration.
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Many years ago in a private setting President Nixon used language suitable for that setting. This unfortunately came to light through circumstances beyond his control. He has apologized for using that language. To my knowledge he no longer uses it. He certainly does not use such language in public.
January 14, 2026 at 3:11 AM
Many years ago in a private setting President Nixon used language suitable for that setting. This unfortunately came to light through circumstances beyond his control. He has apologized for using that language. To my knowledge he no longer uses it. He certainly does not use such language in public.
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Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
January 14, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Why does this article even exist given its own third and fourth paragraphs
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I know I am running late, but I am currently going through the 5 stages of grief about having to get out of my warm bed and go to work. Please think of me in this trying time.
January 14, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I know I am running late, but I am currently going through the 5 stages of grief about having to get out of my warm bed and go to work. Please think of me in this trying time.
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[interrogation]
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
January 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
[interrogation]
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
DETECTIVE: tell us the truth!
ME: [smugly] I am.
DETECTIVE: I'll have you know it's a crime to give false information to a police officer!
ME: oh really? What if I told you my name was... MICROSOFT CO-PILOT???
DETECTIVE: [quietly] oh shit he's got us, that's completely legal
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Remember this whenever the democrats insist the problem with ICE is "lack of training" or some other such bullshit.
The problem is institutional. These are the people ICE wants. There is no fixing it. The only option is doing away with the agency entirely.
The problem is institutional. These are the people ICE wants. There is no fixing it. The only option is doing away with the agency entirely.
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Remember this whenever the democrats insist the problem with ICE is "lack of training" or some other such bullshit.
The problem is institutional. These are the people ICE wants. There is no fixing it. The only option is doing away with the agency entirely.
The problem is institutional. These are the people ICE wants. There is no fixing it. The only option is doing away with the agency entirely.
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I live by it.
January 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
I live by it.
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Had a great turnout for How Maps Lie at the Falmouth Public Library! With Woods Hole so close by it was a tough crowd filled with some heavy-hitting nerds. We all had a good time.
Also I want to make you aware that Falmouth has a tricycle book-mobile.
Also I want to make you aware that Falmouth has a tricycle book-mobile.
January 14, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Had a great turnout for How Maps Lie at the Falmouth Public Library! With Woods Hole so close by it was a tough crowd filled with some heavy-hitting nerds. We all had a good time.
Also I want to make you aware that Falmouth has a tricycle book-mobile.
Also I want to make you aware that Falmouth has a tricycle book-mobile.
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In an obvious message to his rival, Palmerston - as I said, since exiled to Bermuda - killed a duckling in front of its mother then paraded it past the photographers on Downing Street.
Can we use this as an opportunity to note this is a long-standing historical role, and there are other cats employed by the British government? Larry vs the foreign ministry chief mouser literally took up space in British news.
January 14, 2026 at 2:52 AM
In an obvious message to his rival, Palmerston - as I said, since exiled to Bermuda - killed a duckling in front of its mother then paraded it past the photographers on Downing Street.
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That testimony also revealed that alongside klan activity, ex-confederate units had reorganized, armed, and marched to polling places and political rallies to intimidate Black and White Republicans and moderates.
over the course of 1871, congress held seven months of hearings on ku klux klan and other white vigilante violence in the south, they took detailed testimony from hundreds of black men and women attesting to klan terror. (1/?)
January 14, 2026 at 2:53 AM
That testimony also revealed that alongside klan activity, ex-confederate units had reorganized, armed, and marched to polling places and political rallies to intimidate Black and White Republicans and moderates.
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This feels significant. Games Workshop will do ANYTHING for a quick buck.
Them making a company-wise declaration that there's not a single use-case or penny to be made from AI feels like it's going to make waves.
Them making a company-wise declaration that there's not a single use-case or penny to be made from AI feels like it's going to make waves.
Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology. https://bit.ly/49xT9Xl
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
This feels significant. Games Workshop will do ANYTHING for a quick buck.
Them making a company-wise declaration that there's not a single use-case or penny to be made from AI feels like it's going to make waves.
Them making a company-wise declaration that there's not a single use-case or penny to be made from AI feels like it's going to make waves.
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In an Asmiov history, he talks through the tactical benefits of the english longbow, the success it engendered, and the english attributing this success to their valor. When the french finally changed tactics and crushed them, the english wondered what happened to their valor
That is “being smart”
That is “being smart”
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
In an Asmiov history, he talks through the tactical benefits of the english longbow, the success it engendered, and the english attributing this success to their valor. When the french finally changed tactics and crushed them, the english wondered what happened to their valor
That is “being smart”
That is “being smart”
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Yeah I got political stickers
January 13, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Yeah I got political stickers
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Wait, it's even easier! The bonuses won't be paid until after Trump is gone. So all the Dem candidates have to say is "hey, recruits who are hoping to skate by on faulty HR processes: I'll make sure you're fired before you see a dime."
Don't even need clawbacks!
Don't even need clawbacks!
I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.
ICE recruitment is going well.
January 13, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Wait, it's even easier! The bonuses won't be paid until after Trump is gone. So all the Dem candidates have to say is "hey, recruits who are hoping to skate by on faulty HR processes: I'll make sure you're fired before you see a dime."
Don't even need clawbacks!
Don't even need clawbacks!
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Hey folks hope you're all having a nice wholesome day 🙂
Also if you were Scott Adams then lol bye bitch
Also if you were Scott Adams then lol bye bitch
January 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Hey folks hope you're all having a nice wholesome day 🙂
Also if you were Scott Adams then lol bye bitch
Also if you were Scott Adams then lol bye bitch
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We used to call this subtweeting and also yes
Trying to live my life so that when I die it’s a “pour one out for a real one” scenario over a “rest in piss” situation
January 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
We used to call this subtweeting and also yes
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Does anyone know of an African American man or woman, who lived in Boston during the Civil War, who left a diary or correspondence that covers this history? It could be published in some form or located in an archive. Thank you.
January 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Does anyone know of an African American man or woman, who lived in Boston during the Civil War, who left a diary or correspondence that covers this history? It could be published in some form or located in an archive. Thank you.
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
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I have an extensive collection of bookmarked tweets from 2022 and '23 that I was planning on smugly replying to as they reach various anniversaries. Sadly, then Musk bought Twitter and ruined my plan. But I still look at them when the reminders fire and bask in the glow.
January 13, 2026 at 9:28 AM
I have an extensive collection of bookmarked tweets from 2022 and '23 that I was planning on smugly replying to as they reach various anniversaries. Sadly, then Musk bought Twitter and ruined my plan. But I still look at them when the reminders fire and bask in the glow.
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cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem
January 13, 2026 at 5:36 AM
cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem
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Become uncontainable
January 12, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Become uncontainable
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please, stop fedposting. don’t get got
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 AM
please, stop fedposting. don’t get got