Andrew Burton
@burtonad.bsky.social
Sometime TennisWorld contributor, Sylvia’s husband, Cathleen’s dad. Known to cook. New here (joined July 2023).
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This will never be not funny to me
May 15, 2023 at 10:23 PM
This will never be not funny to me
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I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
Opinion | Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
I feel like I'm losing my goddamnned mind.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
This op-ed was written by Kathrine Mangu-Ward. Katherine is editor-in-chief of Reason magazine.
Reason fired @shikhadalmia.bsky.social for being too anti-Trump.
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I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Cor.
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So Starmer is going to discover his hitherto suppressed ability to articulate and sell a narrative about the purpose of his government? From December 2024.
February 9, 2026 at 8:20 AM
So Starmer is going to discover his hitherto suppressed ability to articulate and sell a narrative about the purpose of his government? From December 2024.
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This is an unbelievable breakdown of the halftime show
First shot: sugarcane
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times
Still used to make rum of course!
February 9, 2026 at 8:13 AM
This is an unbelievable breakdown of the halftime show
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Yes, Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. But there also are 1 million Puerto Ricans in Florida and 5 million more in the Northeast.
I grew up in a neighborhood w/ a population that's about a quarter Puerto Rican. Tonight's halftime show was American, friends. Just a different kind.
I grew up in a neighborhood w/ a population that's about a quarter Puerto Rican. Tonight's halftime show was American, friends. Just a different kind.
February 9, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Yes, Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. But there also are 1 million Puerto Ricans in Florida and 5 million more in the Northeast.
I grew up in a neighborhood w/ a population that's about a quarter Puerto Rican. Tonight's halftime show was American, friends. Just a different kind.
I grew up in a neighborhood w/ a population that's about a quarter Puerto Rican. Tonight's halftime show was American, friends. Just a different kind.
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“Democrats live in a cultural bubble!”
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 AM
“Democrats live in a cultural bubble!”
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Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
February 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Next time somebody tries to get me to justify the existence of the humanities, I’ll just point out how for the past two Super Bowls we’ve all jumped online and engaged in collective semiotics and hermeneutics of the half-time show as text.
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Apart from anything else, the United States has no official language
February 9, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Apart from anything else, the United States has no official language
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
Short thread. This is very good news.
I think that the data is increasingly not really compatible with COVID-19 conferring an increase in the long-term risk of conditions like heart disease and cancer.
This is, of course, a very good thing!
This is, of course, a very good thing!
Drilling down into US life expectancy.
The two big reasons that life expectancy is higher in 2024 than 2023 (and 2019):
➡️Drug overdose deaths are lower
➡️Covid deaths are lower
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The two big reasons that life expectancy is higher in 2024 than 2023 (and 2019):
➡️Drug overdose deaths are lower
➡️Covid deaths are lower
1/
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Short thread. This is very good news.
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this is so funny because it's like, oh my god, what an awful question for a news show. and then wham the answer is so much worse somehow
Doocy: "The new face of RealFood .gov is Mike Tyson. How did you settle on someone who was most famous for eating Evander Holyfield's ear?"
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
RFK Jr.: "Brett Ratner who helped produce the ad had a lifelong friendship with him."
February 9, 2026 at 3:11 AM
this is so funny because it's like, oh my god, what an awful question for a news show. and then wham the answer is so much worse somehow
You love to see it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:51 AM
You love to see it.
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According Lay’s research, 42% of consumers don’t know that potato chips are made from potatoes.
Something to think about from an elections perspective.
capitalpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
Something to think about from an elections perspective.
capitalpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
Lay’s revamps to make clear that chips are made from potatoes | Capital Press
Lay's will revamp its brand after 42% of consumers didn't know their potato chips come from potatoes.
capitalpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:26 AM
According Lay’s research, 42% of consumers don’t know that potato chips are made from potatoes.
Something to think about from an elections perspective.
capitalpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
Something to think about from an elections perspective.
capitalpress.com/2025/10/29/l...
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Was a version of himself as a kid - gave his child self a Grammy. Thats something else.
February 9, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Drake Maye is having a 'mare.
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Drake Maye is having a 'mare.
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Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny
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Well, that’s some serious Nazi shit from JD’s pal Curtis.
The degree to which these people should be locked in an asylum cannot be overstated
February 9, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Well, that’s some serious Nazi shit from JD’s pal Curtis.
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Ok aside from the fact that this banger of a halftime show is going to give the right wing a collective heart attack, which is fucking awesome, how about the technical wizardry that went into that one camera take through the hedge maze
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Ok aside from the fact that this banger of a halftime show is going to give the right wing a collective heart attack, which is fucking awesome, how about the technical wizardry that went into that one camera take through the hedge maze
We go live to Stephen Miller watching Bad Bunny: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J80Z...
Oh Brother Where Art Thou _ Homer Stokes
YouTube video by Michael
www.youtube.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:23 AM
We go live to Stephen Miller watching Bad Bunny: www.youtube.com/watch?v=J80Z...
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two super bowls in a row with drake getting slammed
February 9, 2026 at 1:11 AM
two super bowls in a row with drake getting slammed
Good to see the Patriots execute a successful play on offense as their last play before half time. That'll give 'em momentum going into the third quarter.
February 9, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Good to see the Patriots execute a successful play on offense as their last play before half time. That'll give 'em momentum going into the third quarter.
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Mercury, Messenger of the Gods, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th c, 📸 by @PhilEllsworth1
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Mercury, Messenger of the Gods, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th c, 📸 by @PhilEllsworth1
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The ‘You Don’t Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore’ guys have now made it against the law to use the word Black at college.
A Florida A&M University law student says the school told her to remove the word 'Black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law
‘Black’ banned from flyers for FAMU College of Law Black History Month event, student says
A student at FAMU College of Law says the school told her to remove the word 'black' from a Black History Month event flyer. The school says it is in full compliance with state law.
www.clickorlando.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:40 PM
The ‘You Don’t Have to Apologize for Being White Anymore’ guys have now made it against the law to use the word Black at college.
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Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up
Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down
Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged
Thuggish violence against observers: Way up