Greg Andree
@gregandree71.bsky.social
Pretty good writer. Reasonably competent HusbandParentMusician. Passable teacher. Old, stubborn, and grumpy. Forever fighting book bans, ignorance, and cruelty. He/Him.
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Greg Andree
@gregandree71.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Been working on a new MG manuscript, and @lancerubinparty.bsky.social is my favorite YA/MG writer . . . so this was nice to get.
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organizing can look like: finding a mutual in your state/city who also talks about the same bills as you and divvying up work on contacting your reps/senators. you can also share info about the responses you’re getting. i’ve even organized w/ folks who could visit the offices directly.
I agree with this entirely.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
Talking about it locally also encourages local attention. Find your people w/in your communities.
I would also add this - urge everyone to contact state elected officials, which include governor, state representatives, state senators, etc., as well as local officials. Ask them if they condone this or not, especially when some could be running for Congress in the 2026 midterm elections.
January 4, 2026 at 4:39 AM
organizing can look like: finding a mutual in your state/city who also talks about the same bills as you and divvying up work on contacting your reps/senators. you can also share info about the responses you’re getting. i’ve even organized w/ folks who could visit the offices directly.
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I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I'm boosting myself to say this:
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true.
Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy.
But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.
Forever for me is Into The Woods. The only show I ever saw on Broadway, way back in 1988 on a school trip. Totally exploded my mind.
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Forever for me is Into The Woods. The only show I ever saw on Broadway, way back in 1988 on a school trip. Totally exploded my mind.
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Consider this another reminder to follow Dr. Stout.
He was my advisor at Hopkins and ex intel, and if you've followed me long enough to see me say follow expertise, follow him.
He knows what to look for/what to track in this mess of a situation.
He was my advisor at Hopkins and ex intel, and if you've followed me long enough to see me say follow expertise, follow him.
He knows what to look for/what to track in this mess of a situation.
To me, this sounds like the first tangible sign of things going wrong for Trump’s (non) plan.
But I’m a former intelligence analyst and this a glass half empty kind of guy.
But I’m a former intelligence analyst and this a glass half empty kind of guy.
VP Delcy Rodriguez, whom Trump indicated earlier today was collaborating with the US government, is live on television right now.
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
Earlier reports that she's in Russia are false. She's in Caracas with the rest of the cabinet.
Rodriguez: "We will never again be a colony for any empire"
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Consider this another reminder to follow Dr. Stout.
He was my advisor at Hopkins and ex intel, and if you've followed me long enough to see me say follow expertise, follow him.
He knows what to look for/what to track in this mess of a situation.
He was my advisor at Hopkins and ex intel, and if you've followed me long enough to see me say follow expertise, follow him.
He knows what to look for/what to track in this mess of a situation.
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Please watch Heather Cox Richardson's video about Venezuela. This is vital context. youtu.be/wu9QSeAI22I?...
Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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January 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Please watch Heather Cox Richardson's video about Venezuela. This is vital context. youtu.be/wu9QSeAI22I?...
what country is going to step up and kidnap ours?
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
what country is going to step up and kidnap ours?
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Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Is there actually a benefit to leaving a VM now vs getting a staffer on Monday? Can do both but just curious
January 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Candid answer - as someone who handled constituent affairs calls for years - while they’re not checking the phone right now, the urgency of the moment is important.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
Show them you care enough to make the weekend call, and be counted that way. Staffers will clock and report this upstream.
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Also: follow Dr. Mark Stout, my former Hopkins advisor.
He’s ex intel, an incredible historian, and knows how to read/track the situation.
He’s ex intel, an incredible historian, and knows how to read/track the situation.
They didn’t even plan for this? Fricking amateur hour. Screwup by Trump and Rubio.
FOX & FRIENDS: What do you think is next for the Venezuelan people now that you have removed Maduro so he can face American justice?
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
TRUMP: Well, we're making that decision now. We can't take a chance on letting somebody else run it, just take over where he left off. So we're making that decision
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Also: follow Dr. Mark Stout, my former Hopkins advisor.
He’s ex intel, an incredible historian, and knows how to read/track the situation.
He’s ex intel, an incredible historian, and knows how to read/track the situation.
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Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
![A Canva-mocked up call script re: calling electeds Trump Administration's actions in Venezuela
YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [ZIP CODE].
YOU: I’m calling [MOC] to demand they condemn the U.S.’s actions in Venezuela tonight. The Trump administration has carried out an illegal attack and capture of Maduro that is a clear violation of international sovereignty and will impact relationships will alienate international allies, and [ELECTED] must speak out about this.
YOU: I am also calling on [MOC] to:
1. Speak plainly about this to their constituents. They can acknowledge the Maduro regime’s abuses AND recognize this as an unlawful extraterritorial detention,
2. Demand a legal written justification from the Administration,
3. Hold IMMEDIATE House/Senate Foreign Affairs hearings on the the decision-making, legality, and diplomatic risks of the Maduro operation,
4. Demand an immediate classified briefing for the Gang of Eight.
YOU: What happened tonight will have ramifications across the world in the days, weeks and months to come, and we need answers and action taken.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENTS - DEMAND A RESPONSE]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreiekz6akttflsgwcc74eyuq6m6e2lrbgxzouhdmvi5lds4qm6x4fou@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Call your reps + please read the thread. Do it now, please.
Script.
Script.
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What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
I hated the finale and lazy writing of the Stranger Things finale so much, but at the same time love those kids who grew up acting on that show.
They deserved much better on the page than what they got.
They deserved much better on the page than what they got.
a close up of a girl 's face wearing a blue jacket
ALT: a close up of a girl 's face wearing a blue jacket
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January 2, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I hated the finale and lazy writing of the Stranger Things finale so much, but at the same time love those kids who grew up acting on that show.
They deserved much better on the page than what they got.
They deserved much better on the page than what they got.
Just finished Dune Prophecy on HBO, which takes place 10k years before Muad Dib and all that.
I think what I like most about Dune, the books, the movies, the series, is that everyone is the worst. There is no one to rightfully root for. They're all monsters.
I think what I like most about Dune, the books, the movies, the series, is that everyone is the worst. There is no one to rightfully root for. They're all monsters.
January 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Just finished Dune Prophecy on HBO, which takes place 10k years before Muad Dib and all that.
I think what I like most about Dune, the books, the movies, the series, is that everyone is the worst. There is no one to rightfully root for. They're all monsters.
I think what I like most about Dune, the books, the movies, the series, is that everyone is the worst. There is no one to rightfully root for. They're all monsters.
Oh for fuck’s sake.
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Oh for fuck’s sake.
Stranger Things finale. Smh. Just watched with my 18 and 14 yo daughters, and they both want to burn the entire world down over this.
January 1, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Stranger Things finale. Smh. Just watched with my 18 and 14 yo daughters, and they both want to burn the entire world down over this.
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Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’ https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
December 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles’ https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
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The thing about being an educator working in PK-12 is you learn very quickly how little so many adults value and respect children. Even those whose job is to teach them. Children have agency. All adults - including parents and educators - should protect that.
The running theme between the Epstein story, banning trans healthcare for minors, religious homeschooling and the complaints about adult children estranging themselves is a fundamental American belief that children are property with no rights of their own
America is a culture of child abuse. Ask any survivor - we find one another, we form networks and communities.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
The true scale of it would stagger and sicken you, and so it is buried, it is swept under the rug, it is denied and the survivors are silenced by whatever means are necessary.
December 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The thing about being an educator working in PK-12 is you learn very quickly how little so many adults value and respect children. Even those whose job is to teach them. Children have agency. All adults - including parents and educators - should protect that.
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Looking to squeeze in some last minute reads or purchases before the end of the year? Here you go!
Well lookie here! It's my best of/most notable/favorite young adult science fiction, fantasy, and horror books of 2025! reactormag.com/notable-youn...
Notable Young Adult Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror of 2025 - Reactor
Check out 30 of the best young adult titles of the year
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December 31, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Looking to squeeze in some last minute reads or purchases before the end of the year? Here you go!
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End of year lists kind of stress me out and feel kind of crummy. But not this one. What a gift.
December 31, 2025 at 6:17 PM
End of year lists kind of stress me out and feel kind of crummy. But not this one. What a gift.
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unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
December 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
unvarnished gutter racism and Nazism from the president. a disgrace to our country.
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If you plan to ring in the new year under a cozy blanket with a good book, we've got (more than) a few recommendations for you:
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
If you plan to ring in the new year under a cozy blanket with a good book, we've got (more than) a few recommendations for you:
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This times a million.
Someone said it before me, but I've repeated it a few times:
Everything went wrong when someone decided music should be free.
EVERYTHING.
Everything went wrong when someone decided music should be free.
EVERYTHING.
I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were:
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles)
Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna)
MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls)
MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)
December 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This times a million.
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Wow. This final season of BARRY was entirely void of humor and joy.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
a man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car looking out the window .
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December 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Wow. This final season of BARRY was entirely void of humor and joy.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
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"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
Our 9th most-read article of 2025. - - -“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, no...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film." #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Wow. This final season of BARRY was entirely void of humor and joy.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
a man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car looking out the window .
ALT: a man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car looking out the window .
media.tenor.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Wow. This final season of BARRY was entirely void of humor and joy.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
Though I do appreciate when anti-heroes have absolutely no redemption from the fate they created for themselves.
But omg. I appreciate what they tried to do, but hated it so much.
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As the shadows of WWII loomed over London, Lee Miller’s art took on a new urgency. In her courageous hands, the stuff of war looked positively alluring as she produced photos that were odd, spirited — and possessed a quality of defiant humor.
The Glitter and Doom of Lee Miller's Vision
From her collaborations with Man Ray to her work as a WWII photographer, the artist retained a mix of defiance, poignance, and brazen, oddball humor.
hyperallergic.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
As the shadows of WWII loomed over London, Lee Miller’s art took on a new urgency. In her courageous hands, the stuff of war looked positively alluring as she produced photos that were odd, spirited — and possessed a quality of defiant humor.