Andrew Polino
@a-yank-downunda.bsky.social
Tee hee.
Former digital journalist. Fled the U.S. to raise a family in Australia. Social media manager for Save the Children Australia. Enthused about VR and Buffalo chicken recipes.
Former digital journalist. Fled the U.S. to raise a family in Australia. Social media manager for Save the Children Australia. Enthused about VR and Buffalo chicken recipes.
From the opening shot of John Waters' "Desperate Living" (1977).
Gotta appreciate the glorious absence of subtlety!
Also that was apparently a real dead rat plucked off the street and oven-roasted for this image.
Gotta appreciate the glorious absence of subtlety!
Also that was apparently a real dead rat plucked off the street and oven-roasted for this image.
September 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
From the opening shot of John Waters' "Desperate Living" (1977).
Gotta appreciate the glorious absence of subtlety!
Also that was apparently a real dead rat plucked off the street and oven-roasted for this image.
Gotta appreciate the glorious absence of subtlety!
Also that was apparently a real dead rat plucked off the street and oven-roasted for this image.
Cancel your trip to Disneyland, Disney World, or any of their other experiences.
If you want to send them a message they'll understand, let them know that stifling free speech and bending the knee to authoritarians is a TERRIBLE business decision.
Sincerely,
A former Disney Adult.
If you want to send them a message they'll understand, let them know that stifling free speech and bending the knee to authoritarians is a TERRIBLE business decision.
Sincerely,
A former Disney Adult.
September 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Cancel your trip to Disneyland, Disney World, or any of their other experiences.
If you want to send them a message they'll understand, let them know that stifling free speech and bending the knee to authoritarians is a TERRIBLE business decision.
Sincerely,
A former Disney Adult.
If you want to send them a message they'll understand, let them know that stifling free speech and bending the knee to authoritarians is a TERRIBLE business decision.
Sincerely,
A former Disney Adult.
These people have been found...'unalived' with ropes around their necks from 2023-2025. Authorities quickly ruled them all suicides.
Their lives matter too. So say their names. Don't let them be forgotten.
Part 2:
Their lives matter too. So say their names. Don't let them be forgotten.
Part 2:
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
These people have been found...'unalived' with ropes around their necks from 2023-2025. Authorities quickly ruled them all suicides.
Their lives matter too. So say their names. Don't let them be forgotten.
Part 2:
Their lives matter too. So say their names. Don't let them be forgotten.
Part 2:
I've got some names I need you to repeat after me so they aren't forgotten.
Trey Reed is one of them.
All of them were found hanged, and authorities seem to be trying to forget about them very fast.
Part 1:
Trey Reed is one of them.
All of them were found hanged, and authorities seem to be trying to forget about them very fast.
Part 1:
September 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I've got some names I need you to repeat after me so they aren't forgotten.
Trey Reed is one of them.
All of them were found hanged, and authorities seem to be trying to forget about them very fast.
Part 1:
Trey Reed is one of them.
All of them were found hanged, and authorities seem to be trying to forget about them very fast.
Part 1:
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.
January 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
We all have an emotional support dead famous guy and who he is says a lot about you.
I'd been living in Australia for 5 months before I finally caught up on drop bears, and it was one of the funniest things I'd ever heard! The Wikipedia page alone had me laughing hysterically.
Unless that's just what the Aussie government WANTS me to think: Just a joke. Nothing to see.
Unless that's just what the Aussie government WANTS me to think: Just a joke. Nothing to see.
January 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I'd been living in Australia for 5 months before I finally caught up on drop bears, and it was one of the funniest things I'd ever heard! The Wikipedia page alone had me laughing hysterically.
Unless that's just what the Aussie government WANTS me to think: Just a joke. Nothing to see.
Unless that's just what the Aussie government WANTS me to think: Just a joke. Nothing to see.
This was absolutely clear to us, for years.
Your post about anger resonated with me because I've been soaking in rage and misanthropy for weeks. I'll never forgive my former fellow Americans for voting for him or not caring enough to stop him.
My baby beluga is all I have to feel hope for.
Your post about anger resonated with me because I've been soaking in rage and misanthropy for weeks. I'll never forgive my former fellow Americans for voting for him or not caring enough to stop him.
My baby beluga is all I have to feel hope for.
January 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
This was absolutely clear to us, for years.
Your post about anger resonated with me because I've been soaking in rage and misanthropy for weeks. I'll never forgive my former fellow Americans for voting for him or not caring enough to stop him.
My baby beluga is all I have to feel hope for.
Your post about anger resonated with me because I've been soaking in rage and misanthropy for weeks. I'll never forgive my former fellow Americans for voting for him or not caring enough to stop him.
My baby beluga is all I have to feel hope for.
Warm wishes to you all this Christmas (literally, it's 85 F, 30 C here today).
Blazing hot wishes for Boxing Day!
Blazing hot wishes for Boxing Day!
December 25, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Warm wishes to you all this Christmas (literally, it's 85 F, 30 C here today).
Blazing hot wishes for Boxing Day!
Blazing hot wishes for Boxing Day!
One of the things I absolutely love about the 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol is how the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present are having NONE of Scrooge's sh*t.
They regard him with pity and condescension. They know he ain't sh**, they're only too happy to let him know.
They regard him with pity and condescension. They know he ain't sh**, they're only too happy to let him know.
December 16, 2024 at 10:02 AM
One of the things I absolutely love about the 1984 adaptation of A Christmas Carol is how the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present are having NONE of Scrooge's sh*t.
They regard him with pity and condescension. They know he ain't sh**, they're only too happy to let him know.
They regard him with pity and condescension. They know he ain't sh**, they're only too happy to let him know.
Christmas during Summer in the southern hemisphere.
December 15, 2024 at 10:51 PM
Christmas during Summer in the southern hemisphere.
Spent my birthday coming to terms with my advancing age and the fact that every aspect of my life changed this year.
But at least this time, I had a loving family to ponder with. And cake.
But at least this time, I had a loving family to ponder with. And cake.
December 14, 2024 at 4:26 AM
Spent my birthday coming to terms with my advancing age and the fact that every aspect of my life changed this year.
But at least this time, I had a loving family to ponder with. And cake.
But at least this time, I had a loving family to ponder with. And cake.
30 minutes later, she's still playing with it. She has not stopped.
Favorite toys so far:
Piece of string
Disused USB cable
Rubber doorstop
Paper towel tube
Stick
Favorite toys so far:
Piece of string
Disused USB cable
Rubber doorstop
Paper towel tube
Stick
December 12, 2024 at 1:54 AM
30 minutes later, she's still playing with it. She has not stopped.
Favorite toys so far:
Piece of string
Disused USB cable
Rubber doorstop
Paper towel tube
Stick
Favorite toys so far:
Piece of string
Disused USB cable
Rubber doorstop
Paper towel tube
Stick
"Decemberween is almost here. Get ready."
December 6, 2024 at 5:35 AM
"Decemberween is almost here. Get ready."
And don't think I'm letting VTech off the hook either. They're responsible for the only time in my life I've ever HOPED for a koala to die in a bushfire.
December 3, 2024 at 4:29 AM
And don't think I'm letting VTech off the hook either. They're responsible for the only time in my life I've ever HOPED for a koala to die in a bushfire.
My daughter must never know, but I've declared this b***h my lifelong mortal enemy.
Seriously, if you don't already know about this chipmunk-voiced, aggressively giggly abomimation, I can't prepare you for how ear-bleedingly insufferable she is.
Seriously, if you don't already know about this chipmunk-voiced, aggressively giggly abomimation, I can't prepare you for how ear-bleedingly insufferable she is.
December 3, 2024 at 4:26 AM
My daughter must never know, but I've declared this b***h my lifelong mortal enemy.
Seriously, if you don't already know about this chipmunk-voiced, aggressively giggly abomimation, I can't prepare you for how ear-bleedingly insufferable she is.
Seriously, if you don't already know about this chipmunk-voiced, aggressively giggly abomimation, I can't prepare you for how ear-bleedingly insufferable she is.
To shave or not to shave?
[Okay, "to get a haircut", yes for sure. One life decision at a time]
[Okay, "to get a haircut", yes for sure. One life decision at a time]
December 2, 2024 at 5:34 AM
To shave or not to shave?
[Okay, "to get a haircut", yes for sure. One life decision at a time]
[Okay, "to get a haircut", yes for sure. One life decision at a time]
Ah, 25 years of 69 Love Songs, an all-time masterpiece of lyricism and musical genre mixing.
And incidentally, the soundtrack to lingering seasonal depression.
I love this album dearly. Listen to it free!
m.soundcloud.com/themagneticf...
And incidentally, the soundtrack to lingering seasonal depression.
I love this album dearly. Listen to it free!
m.soundcloud.com/themagneticf...
December 2, 2024 at 3:23 AM
Ah, 25 years of 69 Love Songs, an all-time masterpiece of lyricism and musical genre mixing.
And incidentally, the soundtrack to lingering seasonal depression.
I love this album dearly. Listen to it free!
m.soundcloud.com/themagneticf...
And incidentally, the soundtrack to lingering seasonal depression.
I love this album dearly. Listen to it free!
m.soundcloud.com/themagneticf...
As far as I can tell, a "dad bod" just means having a perpetual back ache and at least one popped out shoulder.
Do dads really have a bit more fat on them? Where the hell do they find time to eat?
Do dads really have a bit more fat on them? Where the hell do they find time to eat?
December 1, 2024 at 4:24 AM
As far as I can tell, a "dad bod" just means having a perpetual back ache and at least one popped out shoulder.
Do dads really have a bit more fat on them? Where the hell do they find time to eat?
Do dads really have a bit more fat on them? Where the hell do they find time to eat?
Humanity, I'm not mad, I'm just very disappointed in you.
Okay, I might be a little mad. A little bitter, maybe.
Okay, I might be a little mad. A little bitter, maybe.
November 25, 2024 at 9:20 AM
Humanity, I'm not mad, I'm just very disappointed in you.
Okay, I might be a little mad. A little bitter, maybe.
Okay, I might be a little mad. A little bitter, maybe.
I miss my dear old boy so much.
Fitz is still alive as far as I know. I fully meant to have him flown out to Australia with us, but I ran out of the necessary funds. It is insanely expensive to export a pet to Australia.
I left not knowing I wouldn't see him again. It still hurts my heart.
Fitz is still alive as far as I know. I fully meant to have him flown out to Australia with us, but I ran out of the necessary funds. It is insanely expensive to export a pet to Australia.
I left not knowing I wouldn't see him again. It still hurts my heart.
November 24, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I miss my dear old boy so much.
Fitz is still alive as far as I know. I fully meant to have him flown out to Australia with us, but I ran out of the necessary funds. It is insanely expensive to export a pet to Australia.
I left not knowing I wouldn't see him again. It still hurts my heart.
Fitz is still alive as far as I know. I fully meant to have him flown out to Australia with us, but I ran out of the necessary funds. It is insanely expensive to export a pet to Australia.
I left not knowing I wouldn't see him again. It still hurts my heart.
Feeling colorless. Might delete later.
November 24, 2024 at 10:04 AM
Feeling colorless. Might delete later.
But there's a cute doggie!
November 23, 2024 at 10:08 AM
But there's a cute doggie!
I'm lucky to live in a world haven for good coffee.
November 23, 2024 at 10:02 AM
I'm lucky to live in a world haven for good coffee.
I'm currently at the "drink espresso and listen to David Bowie's 'Blackstar' three times a day" stage of grief. You?
November 23, 2024 at 9:56 AM
I'm currently at the "drink espresso and listen to David Bowie's 'Blackstar' three times a day" stage of grief. You?