Andrew Brobston
@andrewbrobston.bsky.social
Senior Software Engineer at Filevine. Ex Dandy, Heap, Hobsons, SJV Data, Stack Overflow. Former DFL candidate for MN Senate. Classical music, technology, politics, and law. He/him.
Know how you "guarantee a vote to extend ACA premium tax credits?" By putting that provision in the bill to end the shutdown. How dumb do you think your voters are? Maybe don't answer that.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Know how you "guarantee a vote to extend ACA premium tax credits?" By putting that provision in the bill to end the shutdown. How dumb do you think your voters are? Maybe don't answer that.
It did not occur to me that the ABA Model Rules were for sale at Amazon, nor that they would be entertaining.
September 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It did not occur to me that the ABA Model Rules were for sale at Amazon, nor that they would be entertaining.
Slightly diminish a band
Foo Negotiators
Foo Negotiators
Slightly diminish a band
Neutral Milk Hostel
Neutral Milk Hostel
Slightly diminish a band
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August 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Slightly diminish a band
Foo Negotiators
Foo Negotiators
B. Navigable waters within the U.S. can be used for interstate commerce, and the federal government claims jurisdiction over them in other contexts. The tanker is engaged in commerce. The Commerce Clause prevents states, including their courts, from regulating interstate commerce. /1
I couldn't tell you why Question 71 of #T3BE (quote skeet to play) is formatted like a ghost story, but I kind of love it. Episode: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
May 30, 2025 at 3:31 AM
B. Navigable waters within the U.S. can be used for interstate commerce, and the federal government claims jurisdiction over them in other contexts. The tanker is engaged in commerce. The Commerce Clause prevents states, including their courts, from regulating interstate commerce. /1
I wish we had more of Florence Price's music. I've only heard recordings of her extant symphonies so far. The parts in the style of Dvorak are fine, but the parts that aren't are even better in my view - I really wanted to hear more of *that*.
HEY GUESS WHAT!
Today is composer Florence Price's 138th birthday and for some reason I'm not seeing a lot of stuff about that so I WANT YOU to do your patriotic duty and revel in the life and work of this great American composer with me
Today is composer Florence Price's 138th birthday and for some reason I'm not seeing a lot of stuff about that so I WANT YOU to do your patriotic duty and revel in the life and work of this great American composer with me
April 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I wish we had more of Florence Price's music. I've only heard recordings of her extant symphonies so far. The parts in the style of Dvorak are fine, but the parts that aren't are even better in my view - I really wanted to hear more of *that*.
@smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov Thank you for voting against cloture. I'm disgusted that not enough of your colleagues did the same. I urge you to find a replacement for Sen. Schumer as minority leader as soon as you can.
March 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
@smith.senate.gov @klobuchar.senate.gov Thank you for voting against cloture. I'm disgusted that not enough of your colleagues did the same. I urge you to find a replacement for Sen. Schumer as minority leader as soon as you can.
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4/A person can resign effective Sept. 30 or earlier if they want. They’ll be paid till their resignation is effective. But they still have to work. I suppose they might be given little to do. But that’s not the same as being given money beyond the salary you get while still on payroll. The key bit:
January 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
4/A person can resign effective Sept. 30 or earlier if they want. They’ll be paid till their resignation is effective. But they still have to work. I suppose they might be given little to do. But that’s not the same as being given money beyond the salary you get while still on payroll. The key bit:
His lawyers probably told him to take the Fifth instead of talking to prosecutors, to be fair
Newsmax guest: Donald Trump was saying ‘any time, any place,’ but now it seems like he's afraid to debate Kamala Harris. He‘s afraid of debating a prosecutor
August 6, 2024 at 1:11 AM
His lawyers probably told him to take the Fifth instead of talking to prosecutors, to be fair
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When your corgi is buffering
June 21, 2024 at 8:18 PM
When your corgi is buffering
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I told 13 this story when he first got up this morning, and he got really angry at this professor. “The sound of the piece becomes the sound of the protestors,” he said. “That’s the whole point of the piece. This professor is dumb and doesn’t understand Cage very well.”
April 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM
I told 13 this story when he first got up this morning, and he got really angry at this professor. “The sound of the piece becomes the sound of the protestors,” he said. “That’s the whole point of the piece. This professor is dumb and doesn’t understand Cage very well.”
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I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750).
To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.
To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.
February 22, 2024 at 2:45 PM
I recently made a comic complaining that NASA refuses to listen to my good ideas for improving the Solar System (xkcd.com/2750).
To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.
To my delight, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate has sent me an actual expert panel evaluation of my “flatten the planets” proposal! Sadly, they decided not to fund it.
Just yesterday I noted in a pull request that time zones help me stay employed but are otherwise no fun for anyone, so someone should definitely propose this solution.
October 25, 2023 at 9:07 PM
Just yesterday I noted in a pull request that time zones help me stay employed but are otherwise no fun for anyone, so someone should definitely propose this solution.
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God tried so, so many times to prevent the saxophone.
couldn’t be more obsessed with the wikipedia page for the inventor of the saxophone
October 19, 2023 at 3:08 AM
God tried so, so many times to prevent the saxophone.
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Please read our open letter to the WVU Board of Governors published in the Boston Review today. @jessiew.bsky.social , @rosecasey.bsky.social and I wrote it together and we mean every word.
An Open Letter from Faculty at West Virginia University - Boston Review
The crisis here spells disaster for the future of public education.
www.bostonreview.net
September 7, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Please read our open letter to the WVU Board of Governors published in the Boston Review today. @jessiew.bsky.social , @rosecasey.bsky.social and I wrote it together and we mean every word.