Andrew Gilbertson
@agilbertson.bsky.social
Your friendly neighborhood weirdo
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I used to start all of my books with handwritten notes and I kind of miss it. However, transcribing all those scribbles drove me crazy. That's why I'm thinking of getting a reMarkable Paper Pro. Has anyone here used it? What do you think? Is it useful? Worth the price? Thanks.
December 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I used to start all of my books with handwritten notes and I kind of miss it. However, transcribing all those scribbles drove me crazy. That's why I'm thinking of getting a reMarkable Paper Pro. Has anyone here used it? What do you think? Is it useful? Worth the price? Thanks.
I think Mr. Tate is a bit confused about how human sexualities work...
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I think Mr. Tate is a bit confused about how human sexualities work...
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This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is the funniest piece imaginable in the dull world of the otherwise sickly sycophantic tech review.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
For real. Read it, even if you don’t give a rat’s ass about printers.
I think he's got ibuprofen confused with epinephrine.
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I think he's got ibuprofen confused with epinephrine.
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apparently ibuprofen could be vice president
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
apparently ibuprofen could be vice president
They'd better have gotten that shit in writing. With a penalty payment for when the GOP fails to deliver.
Deal has been reached, I’m told by multiple sources, and Kaine has announced his support
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
They'd better have gotten that shit in writing. With a penalty payment for when the GOP fails to deliver.
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Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, getting not just its base excited but “normies” fed up over the last 10mo, so of course national Democrats want to do everything to pop the air in the balloon.
At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Democrats ran the table on Tuesday at state and local levels, getting not just its base excited but “normies” fed up over the last 10mo, so of course national Democrats want to do everything to pop the air in the balloon.
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At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.
November 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
At this point, it’s clear that the Hamburglar, Dr Evil, and Sideshow Bob are advising Chuck Schumer.
"Let's enjoy bsky for another 6 months, it's approaching the end" Okay,so who is building the next worthwhile mostly text-based microblogging platform? Or are we finally going to give Mastodon a chance to thrive?
I don't mind the shitty attempt at a rainbow of "bad word filter" type toggles, but having them enabled by default and hidden five menus deep in an option that doesn't even look real is just such a siren as to how these people operate. Let's enjoy bsky for another 6 months, it's approaching the end
November 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Let's enjoy bsky for another 6 months, it's approaching the end" Okay,so who is building the next worthwhile mostly text-based microblogging platform? Or are we finally going to give Mastodon a chance to thrive?
Rude of the mods to think I can't tell when someone is being rude, and make my own decision regarding whether to merely ignore them or use BlueSky's tools to mute or block them.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Rude of the mods to think I can't tell when someone is being rude, and make my own decision regarding whether to merely ignore them or use BlueSky's tools to mute or block them.
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it's pretty much a hard rule now: if a widget that could still be done manually, let alone without electricity, yet requires network connectivity outside the house as part of its core function, then it doesn't belong in the house
time to say no to all this fragility
time to say no to all this fragility
October 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
it's pretty much a hard rule now: if a widget that could still be done manually, let alone without electricity, yet requires network connectivity outside the house as part of its core function, then it doesn't belong in the house
time to say no to all this fragility
time to say no to all this fragility
Surprise, surprise: the owner (Jeff Bezos, also founder and head honch at Amazon) got in bed with fascists a little TOO obviously and now that business is failing. "Get woke, go broke"? Nope. Go fasc, lose cash!
Some news: The Washington Post is preparing to cut newsroom staff even after several high profile exits. Bezos’ new opinion editor has privately told people The Post is in “severe financial distress.” Details in @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...
Pain at The Post
As morale sinks and top talent exits, staffers at The Washington Post are bracing for more pain ahead of the holidays—raising questions about Will Lewis’ leadership, nearly two years into his tenure a...
www.status.news
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Surprise, surprise: the owner (Jeff Bezos, also founder and head honch at Amazon) got in bed with fascists a little TOO obviously and now that business is failing. "Get woke, go broke"? Nope. Go fasc, lose cash!
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Fascist news outlets to avoid.
Here who has signed the Pentagon's press policy:
OAN
Epoch Times
Federalist
Real America’s Voice
Lindell TV
Gateway Pundit
Post Millennial
Human Events
National Pulse
RedState
TPUSA
Timcast
Washington Reporter
Daily Signal
Just the News
& some Turkish media and freelancers
OAN
Epoch Times
Federalist
Real America’s Voice
Lindell TV
Gateway Pundit
Post Millennial
Human Events
National Pulse
RedState
TPUSA
Timcast
Washington Reporter
Daily Signal
Just the News
& some Turkish media and freelancers
October 23, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Fascist news outlets to avoid.
YES
Dude
*VERY* COOL!
Dude
*VERY* COOL!
Last month
October 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
YES
Dude
*VERY* COOL!
Dude
*VERY* COOL!
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You know, we have for nearly 50 years taken it for granted that it is indeed fun to stay at the YMCA, and yet this popular assertion is back only by a single, non-rigorous, musical anecdote, I propose it is time for a study with a control group, which stays at a Holiday Inn Express
October 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You know, we have for nearly 50 years taken it for granted that it is indeed fun to stay at the YMCA, and yet this popular assertion is back only by a single, non-rigorous, musical anecdote, I propose it is time for a study with a control group, which stays at a Holiday Inn Express
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Don’t get me wrong, it continues to be very scary that the Trump administration keeps desperately trying to create Reichstag fires and Horst Wessel Power Hours, it’s just also very noticeable that they somehow keep failing to stick the landing.
which means you just petulantly keep starting Reichstag fires while looking back at the audience for approval with moist, increasingly desperate eyes
Imagine if you started a Reichstag fire, but nobody came
September 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Don’t get me wrong, it continues to be very scary that the Trump administration keeps desperately trying to create Reichstag fires and Horst Wessel Power Hours, it’s just also very noticeable that they somehow keep failing to stick the landing.
He thinks they're willing to come back? At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Hyundai pulled a Suzuki and straight up stopped selling cars in the US in retaliation for how we've treated their workers.
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US
US Official Offers Regrets Over Detention of South Koreans
US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau on Sunday expressed regret over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia.
bloom.bg
September 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
He thinks they're willing to come back? At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Hyundai pulled a Suzuki and straight up stopped selling cars in the US in retaliation for how we've treated their workers.
I figured this out 20+ years ago with movies: if the marketing is relentless while it's in theaters, it's because they need to make their money back while it's in theaters - the movie is terrible and the DVD is gonna sell around 30 copies, total.
If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.
August 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I figured this out 20+ years ago with movies: if the marketing is relentless while it's in theaters, it's because they need to make their money back while it's in theaters - the movie is terrible and the DVD is gonna sell around 30 copies, total.
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I have no idea who Sydney Sweeney is, and I’ve never seen the ad MAGA is talking about.
But I do know that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
But I do know that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I have no idea who Sydney Sweeney is, and I’ve never seen the ad MAGA is talking about.
But I do know that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
But I do know that Donald Trump is in the Epstein files.
It's not a "situation", it's a shit-uation.
The raw milk people are hilarious. All you have to do is meet one (1) cow and smell the situation in which they are producing that rawness and you will pasteurize everything you own for a week
August 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It's not a "situation", it's a shit-uation.
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July 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Everything fucking collapses. I don't know how to farm, I'm not great at fixing cars, I can't drive a forklift or a semi. And I can only read Latin letters and a little Arabic, so the clones in Japan, Russia, China, India, and lots of other places are going to have a VERY hard time.
The world’s population is suddenly replaced by vat-grown clones of you.
What happens next?
What happens next?
July 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Everything fucking collapses. I don't know how to farm, I'm not great at fixing cars, I can't drive a forklift or a semi. And I can only read Latin letters and a little Arabic, so the clones in Japan, Russia, China, India, and lots of other places are going to have a VERY hard time.
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Timeline vibe is off. Here is a passion fruit flower #bloomscrolling
June 29, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Timeline vibe is off. Here is a passion fruit flower #bloomscrolling
Given my politics and where I live, it's probably going to be both!
You’re either gonna be a climate refugee or a civil war refugee but you’re gonna be a refugee in the next decade
June 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Given my politics and where I live, it's probably going to be both!
What. The. Fuck.
NEW: Trump's Justice Department has sued every federal district judge in Maryland to challenge a court order temporarily barring the government from carrying out some deportations. The move marks the administration’s latest attempt to undermine federal courts.
From @jaknutson.bsky.social:
From @jaknutson.bsky.social:
DOJ Sues Every Federal District Judge in Maryland, Challenging Due Process Rights
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
What. The. Fuck.