Jason Andrade
@jasonandrade.bsky.social
🔍 Work: Research IT Infrastructure Consultant
💡 Interests: politics, renewables, energy, education, numismatics, health & aviation
🤔 Observational humor and sarcasm 🤷🏾
💡 Interests: politics, renewables, energy, education, numismatics, health & aviation
🤔 Observational humor and sarcasm 🤷🏾
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Jason Andrade
@jasonandrade.bsky.social
· Feb 13
It feels like I should put up a disclaimer that I may occasionally (very rarely!) post something here that is either funny, witty or informative (only one at a time though).
Past performance is no guarantee of future results and you should think carefully about following my account on that basis. 🤪
Past performance is no guarantee of future results and you should think carefully about following my account on that basis. 🤪
To be fair, in Scandinavia the ability to ski and shoot is just normal commuting behaviour and they just send the best commuters to the Winter Olympics..
@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
It’ll be sad when the Winter Olympics ends and all the sports in it except ice hockey cease to exist for four years
February 18, 2026 at 11:15 AM
To be fair, in Scandinavia the ability to ski and shoot is just normal commuting behaviour and they just send the best commuters to the Winter Olympics..
@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
@lowqualityfacts.bsky.social
This is a metaphor for the Democratic party of the United States and why it cannot possibly do anything to rein in the current regime..
February 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This is a metaphor for the Democratic party of the United States and why it cannot possibly do anything to rein in the current regime..
This is the sort of rationalization that happens as people try to make some sense of Trumps’s actions against some sort of moral+legal framework.
It’s too difficult to make the leap to “Trump doesn’t care at all about the law as a concept because he’s demented”.
It’s too difficult to make the leap to “Trump doesn’t care at all about the law as a concept because he’s demented”.
Trump is suing the DOJ for investigating him, while locking people up in detention centers who are here legally and haven't done anything wrong. He doesn't just think he is above the law, he thinks he is the law.
February 18, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This is the sort of rationalization that happens as people try to make some sense of Trumps’s actions against some sort of moral+legal framework.
It’s too difficult to make the leap to “Trump doesn’t care at all about the law as a concept because he’s demented”.
It’s too difficult to make the leap to “Trump doesn’t care at all about the law as a concept because he’s demented”.
Reposted by Jason Andrade
“Readers can make up their own minds about what they would like to attend.”
Well said.
A point basically ignored by most of the press in the Adelaide writers fiasco: no-one was MAKING audiences go to Randa’s session. The pro-Israel lobby decided no-one could see her, even if it ruined the festival.
Well said.
A point basically ignored by most of the press in the Adelaide writers fiasco: no-one was MAKING audiences go to Randa’s session. The pro-Israel lobby decided no-one could see her, even if it ruined the festival.
Good on Sydney Writer’s Festival for programming as they should. “We are an independent organisation and program accordingly…” www.theage.com.au/culture/art-...
Palestinian-Australian academic to headline Sydney Writers’ Festival
The announcement comes just weeks after the Adelaide Writers’ Week event collapsed following a mass boycott when the Palestinian-Australian academic was dumped from the program.
www.theage.com.au
February 17, 2026 at 8:48 PM
“Readers can make up their own minds about what they would like to attend.”
Well said.
A point basically ignored by most of the press in the Adelaide writers fiasco: no-one was MAKING audiences go to Randa’s session. The pro-Israel lobby decided no-one could see her, even if it ruined the festival.
Well said.
A point basically ignored by most of the press in the Adelaide writers fiasco: no-one was MAKING audiences go to Randa’s session. The pro-Israel lobby decided no-one could see her, even if it ruined the festival.
“Russian economy in the death zone”
A pretty interesting analysis by Alexandra Prokopenko about how Russia’s economy isn’t going to collapse but it also isn’t going to recover.
“It’s holding itself together while steadily destroying its own future capacity.”
@noelreports.com
A pretty interesting analysis by Alexandra Prokopenko about how Russia’s economy isn’t going to collapse but it also isn’t going to recover.
“It’s holding itself together while steadily destroying its own future capacity.”
@noelreports.com
February 18, 2026 at 5:29 AM
“Russian economy in the death zone”
A pretty interesting analysis by Alexandra Prokopenko about how Russia’s economy isn’t going to collapse but it also isn’t going to recover.
“It’s holding itself together while steadily destroying its own future capacity.”
@noelreports.com
A pretty interesting analysis by Alexandra Prokopenko about how Russia’s economy isn’t going to collapse but it also isn’t going to recover.
“It’s holding itself together while steadily destroying its own future capacity.”
@noelreports.com
“BHPs copper division has overtaken iron ore as the mining giants biggest earner for the first time in history”
It made up 51% of BHPs earnings in the last 6 months.
Many questions here but one is “why?” and the answer is fairly straightforward for decarbonization..
#copper #mining
It made up 51% of BHPs earnings in the last 6 months.
Many questions here but one is “why?” and the answer is fairly straightforward for decarbonization..
#copper #mining
February 18, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Bluesky doing its thing of showing you all the edibles from Nethack.
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Today's slime mould,Trichia crateriformis, which has opened up its top to release its spores (by a process known as circumsessile dehiscence!)
February 18, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Bluesky doing its thing of showing you all the edibles from Nethack.
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If only we knew of a government agency which was making hundreds of people in America disappear off the streets and sometimes from within their homes - who wear masks and hide their identities.
Alas.. 🤷🏾🤪
Alas.. 🤷🏾🤪
The mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie has been missing for more than two weeks.
Sheriff: No One In Nancy Guthrie's Family A Suspect In Disappearance
The mother of “Today” host Savannah Guthrie has been missing for more than two weeks.
www.forbes.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
If only we knew of a government agency which was making hundreds of people in America disappear off the streets and sometimes from within their homes - who wear masks and hide their identities.
Alas.. 🤷🏾🤪
Alas.. 🤷🏾🤪
Reposted by Jason Andrade
A legacy to challenge and inspire: farewell Lionel Fogarty, poet and activist
A legacy to challenge and inspire: farewell Lionel Fogarty, poet and activist
Described as the ‘poet laureate’ of Aboriginal literature by Alexis Wright, Fogarty was one of the truly unique voices in world literature
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Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains images and names of Indigenous Australians who have died. They have been used with permission from Lionel Fogarty’s son Kargun ‘Moojidi’ Fogarty
In 2014, Yugambeh writer and activist Lionel Fogarty was named by poet and scholar John Kinsella as “the greatest living Australian poet”. More recently, Waanyi novelist Alexis Wright described Fogarty as the “poet laureate” of Aboriginal literature.
With his passing last week, one of the most widely recognised poets of his generation leaves a legacy that will inspire future generations to challenge injustice in institutions of education, literature, government, policing and health.
Long ago a brown alighted story was told
as a boy looked up on the hall walls
water flowed to his eyes
When i die i want the poets to be loud
shouting in winds
shattering with shot gun noises
Living for future children
to see trueness.
The pains comes and goes
Me eyes are blending
Me ear hear nothing
My mind can’t keep up
To me writings.
[…] I am dead singing death
Living in this moment
One thing I know doesn’t want to have a white death Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 3:38 AM
A legacy to challenge and inspire: farewell Lionel Fogarty, poet and activist
I got an idea for comedians. ironic children's book
February 18, 2026 at 3:39 AM
ABC News is reporting that “US talks with Iran about nuclear disarmament go nowhere”
Well obviously.
I told the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs - Abbas Araghchi - he had zero chance of getting the only country to use nuclear weapons in a war to disarm but he kept saying he had to try?
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Well obviously.
I told the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs - Abbas Araghchi - he had zero chance of getting the only country to use nuclear weapons in a war to disarm but he kept saying he had to try?
🤷🏾🤪
February 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
ABC News is reporting that “US talks with Iran about nuclear disarmament go nowhere”
Well obviously.
I told the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs - Abbas Araghchi - he had zero chance of getting the only country to use nuclear weapons in a war to disarm but he kept saying he had to try?
🤷🏾🤪
Well obviously.
I told the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs - Abbas Araghchi - he had zero chance of getting the only country to use nuclear weapons in a war to disarm but he kept saying he had to try?
🤷🏾🤪
Sitting in a Mazda dealership in North’Gong (cause partner’s car is in for a minor recall/service) and it’s all very slick and I’ve taken the opportunity to walk around and look at cars and utes.. and there is not a single EV anywhere on the floor @sydneyev.bsky.social
#EV #cars
#EV #cars
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Sitting in a Mazda dealership in North’Gong (cause partner’s car is in for a minor recall/service) and it’s all very slick and I’ve taken the opportunity to walk around and look at cars and utes.. and there is not a single EV anywhere on the floor @sydneyev.bsky.social
#EV #cars
#EV #cars
Someone always has to demonstrate how *their* BBQ is much bigger than your BBQ but this is ridiculous..
Someone captured my colleagues an I servicing the cameras during Kīlauea’s episode 42. We stopped to discuss what we were seeing, but because I talk with my hands it looks like I’m fixing to push someone in…
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Someone always has to demonstrate how *their* BBQ is much bigger than your BBQ but this is ridiculous..
I appreciate this is satire of some sort that I am not getting because..
..if you live in the US how do you *not* pay tariffs? How do you *refuse* to do this?
Just don’t participate in the national economy? Pay extra for black market goods?
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..if you live in the US how do you *not* pay tariffs? How do you *refuse* to do this?
Just don’t participate in the national economy? Pay extra for black market goods?
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This goddamn IDIOT.... I refuse to pay tariffs-
I'll just sit back and wait till he dies or is replaced with someone with a functioning brain-
cause this guy's brain doesn't.
I'll just sit back and wait till he dies or is replaced with someone with a functioning brain-
cause this guy's brain doesn't.
February 17, 2026 at 10:09 AM
I appreciate this is satire of some sort that I am not getting because..
..if you live in the US how do you *not* pay tariffs? How do you *refuse* to do this?
Just don’t participate in the national economy? Pay extra for black market goods?
🤷🏾
..if you live in the US how do you *not* pay tariffs? How do you *refuse* to do this?
Just don’t participate in the national economy? Pay extra for black market goods?
🤷🏾
Still marveling at this but of course they also just know both were from Arkansas.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Still marveling at this but of course they also just know both were from Arkansas.
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“I was impressed when Trump claimed..” has to be an incredible opening line of satire.
I was impressed when Trump claimed to have destroyed Irans nuclear ambitions.
So, why is he back trying to negotiate with Iran about a nuclear program that doesn’t exist?
So, why is he back trying to negotiate with Iran about a nuclear program that doesn’t exist?
February 16, 2026 at 10:57 PM
“I was impressed when Trump claimed..” has to be an incredible opening line of satire.
It’s a Winter Olympic year and you know that because that’s when these skeets come out.
[lost in the woods]
oh great, a cross country skiier someone who knows the way “hi can you help me i’m lost??”
[she stops, lays down, and pulls out a gun, shoots me 5 times with perfect accuracy and then takes off again]
oh great, a cross country skiier someone who knows the way “hi can you help me i’m lost??”
[she stops, lays down, and pulls out a gun, shoots me 5 times with perfect accuracy and then takes off again]
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
It’s a Winter Olympic year and you know that because that’s when these skeets come out.
Reposted by Jason Andrade
The funeral for Jon Kudelka was both beautiful and deeply sad - he loved our difficult birds and was a staunch protector of Tasmanian nature - he will be missed and is a tragically gone too soon 💙
February 16, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The funeral for Jon Kudelka was both beautiful and deeply sad - he loved our difficult birds and was a staunch protector of Tasmanian nature - he will be missed and is a tragically gone too soon 💙
@elisabethbik.bsky.social posts about three papers by separate academics that reference the same dataset which turns out to be a single observation out of a fast moving train and on actual examination turned out to be a sheep.
February 15, 2026 at 11:26 PM
@elisabethbik.bsky.social posts about three papers by separate academics that reference the same dataset which turns out to be a single observation out of a fast moving train and on actual examination turned out to be a sheep.
Presumably the most successful authors have really taken this to heart by “printing” and selling millions of backup copies.
Even better they have the general public paying a modest amount to “host” a backup copy of their words on their shelves at home..
Even better they have the general public paying a modest amount to “host” a backup copy of their words on their shelves at home..
Losing our words is a writer’s worst nightmare. Don’t forget to backup your work.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #5amWritersClub
February 15, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Presumably the most successful authors have really taken this to heart by “printing” and selling millions of backup copies.
Even better they have the general public paying a modest amount to “host” a backup copy of their words on their shelves at home..
Even better they have the general public paying a modest amount to “host” a backup copy of their words on their shelves at home..
Fairly sure (as a motorcycle rider) he didn’t die when his motorcycle hit the kerb but probably very shortly thereafter as he went over the handlebars and physics did its thing when his body made a sudden stop.
Must have been quite some speed to die from the impact..
Must have been quite some speed to die from the impact..
The 24-year-old was riding near the Giralang shops when his motorcycle hit a kerb this morning.
Man killed after motorcycle hits kerb in Canberra's north
The 24-year-old was riding near the Giralang shops when his motorcycle hit a kerb this morning.
www.abc.net.au
February 15, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Fairly sure (as a motorcycle rider) he didn’t die when his motorcycle hit the kerb but probably very shortly thereafter as he went over the handlebars and physics did its thing when his body made a sudden stop.
Must have been quite some speed to die from the impact..
Must have been quite some speed to die from the impact..
This makes a lot of sense really that many Americans particularly MAGA do not actually believe or understand the entire point of Jesus being crucified and dying..
America out here inventing entirely new heresies every day
Just passed a church where their decoration is a crucified Jesus is coming down off the cross under his own power. okay.
February 15, 2026 at 2:15 AM
This makes a lot of sense really that many Americans particularly MAGA do not actually believe or understand the entire point of Jesus being crucified and dying..
Reposted by Jason Andrade
Reposted by Jason Andrade
Platforms limiting or halting withdrawals is reminiscient of the 2022 crypto crash, when falling crypto prices exposed crypto firms that had been engaging in highly risky or sometimes illegal behavior.
BlockFills crypto lender halts withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 11, 2026
https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=blockfills-crypto-lender-halts-withdrawals
February 12, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Platforms limiting or halting withdrawals is reminiscient of the 2022 crypto crash, when falling crypto prices exposed crypto firms that had been engaging in highly risky or sometimes illegal behavior.