Andy Bestgen
@andybestgen.bsky.social
Dad. Tech support. Attempt to play guitar. Fan of SciFi, metal, and baseball. 🖖🤘⚾
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[some guy in Tokyo exactly 22 years ago]: hey do you know the time
[me]: yeah its
[me]: yeah its
February 13, 2026 at 12:47 PM
[some guy in Tokyo exactly 22 years ago]: hey do you know the time
[me]: yeah its
[me]: yeah its
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another year of us not running a super bowl ad
February 6, 2026 at 7:42 PM
another year of us not running a super bowl ad
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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
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Using a photo of a disabled, autistic woman violently dragged from her car on the way to a doctor's appointment with this headline certainly is a choice.
This isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
January 15, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Using a photo of a disabled, autistic woman violently dragged from her car on the way to a doctor's appointment with this headline certainly is a choice.
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Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
January 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.
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Scum seek jobs where they can act like scum with authority.
Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.
Absolutely vile.
January 8, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Scum seek jobs where they can act like scum with authority.
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Every year, my final @techdirt.com post of the year is about why I'm still optimistic about the future. So here it is, my final post of 2025. And yes, it's still about why I'm optimistic. Because, the only path forward out of this mess is looking at ways to make things better.
Use The Failures Of The Past As Inspiration For A Better Future
Look, I get it. The world is a mess. Important institutions are crumbling. It feels like both the tech and political worlds are collaborating to squeeze all remaining humanity out of all of us. Cynicism is ascendant. Nihilism is the…
Look, I get it. The world is a mess. Important institutions are crumbling. It feels like both the tech and political worlds are collaborating to squeeze all remaining humanity out of all of us. Cynicism is ascendant. Nihilism is the…
Use The Failures Of The Past As Inspiration For A Better Future
Look, I get it. The world is a mess. Important institutions are crumbling. It feels like both the tech and political worlds are collaborating to squeeze all remaining humanity out of all of us. Cynicism is ascendant. Nihilism is the new black. And yet: I remain optimistic. Not the naive, everything-will-work-out-fine kind of optimism. The kind grounded in seeing what's actually happening beneath the surface-level chaos.
www.techdirt.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Every year, my final @techdirt.com post of the year is about why I'm still optimistic about the future. So here it is, my final post of 2025. And yes, it's still about why I'm optimistic. Because, the only path forward out of this mess is looking at ways to make things better.
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Oh, hey, that's my article.
The U.S. government just banned five people from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech. This ban, according to the State Department, is necessary to protect free speech.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
If that sounds insane to you, congratulations on your reading comprehension.
Opinion | Marco Rubio is using real censorship to fight fake censorship
Mike Masnick: In the name of protecting free speech, the U.S. government just banned five Europeans from entering the country because it doesn’t like their speech.
www.ms.now
December 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Oh, hey, that's my article.
When you're finally home on Christmas...
Couch couch couch couch couch couch!
Couch couch couch couch couch couch!
a woman in a bathrobe and ear muffs is laying on a couch with the words goodnight behind her
ALT: a woman in a bathrobe and ear muffs is laying on a couch with the words goodnight behind her
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
When you're finally home on Christmas...
Couch couch couch couch couch couch!
Couch couch couch couch couch couch!
Proud to be the 2,070th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Army Of Darkness Board Game Pre-Order Store! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
Army Of Darkness Board Game Pre-Order Store
Ash Williams is back in a Groovy new tabletop miniatures board game! Play as Ash and defeat the Deadites before they capture the Necronomicon.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Proud to be the 2,070th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Army Of Darkness Board Game Pre-Order Store! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
Death by turkey consumption is worthy of Sto-Vo-Kor!
Perhaps today is a good day to die! Qapla'!
November 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Death by turkey consumption is worthy of Sto-Vo-Kor!
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Perhaps today is a good day to bring honor to the Empire! Qapla'!
November 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Perhaps today is a good day to bring honor to the Empire! Qapla'!
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif.
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I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
November 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I feel like I say this every year but I really need people to hear it. Halloween is the best American holiday. Just kids outside welcomed into their world, marching around together, showing off their costumes to the elderly, parents meeting parents, neighbors catching up with neighbors.
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
Zoom is all in for Halloween, apparently.
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Zoom is all in for Halloween, apparently.
"I drive a normal car with my wife."
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"I drive a normal car with my wife."
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Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
October 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.
It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.
Long thread.