Andy Oakland
@andyoakland.bsky.social
Former computer programmer, current math teacher. Collector of classic arcade machines.
The Burren? That scuzzy dive bar where the the only food is bags of chips clipped to a black metal rack? WTF? (And I thought they closed last year. Is this story from a parallel universe?)
www.boston.com/culture/busi...
www.boston.com/culture/busi...
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Burren? That scuzzy dive bar where the the only food is bags of chips clipped to a black metal rack? WTF? (And I thought they closed last year. Is this story from a parallel universe?)
www.boston.com/culture/busi...
www.boston.com/culture/busi...
Reposted by Andy Oakland
I would like to be adopted, please 🥹
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I would like to be adopted, please 🥹
Hoping it goes above freezing today so the kids have outside recess. I can really use that half hour break...
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Hoping it goes above freezing today so the kids have outside recess. I can really use that half hour break...
The goat still lives! www.youtube.com/live/P1VOrSo...
December 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The goat still lives! www.youtube.com/live/P1VOrSo...
I was recalling fond Christmas memories from my childhood. And then it struck me, that with both parents gone and my sister four years younger, I'm the only one in the world who knows about them.
I should probably share these stories with the generation below me.
I should probably share these stories with the generation below me.
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I was recalling fond Christmas memories from my childhood. And then it struck me, that with both parents gone and my sister four years younger, I'm the only one in the world who knows about them.
I should probably share these stories with the generation below me.
I should probably share these stories with the generation below me.
My bus driver got off route and needed to be redirected by a passenger. There's going to be some cold people in that omitted half mile waiting for a bus which only comes every 20 minutes.
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
My bus driver got off route and needed to be redirected by a passenger. There's going to be some cold people in that omitted half mile waiting for a bus which only comes every 20 minutes.
How petty can he be??
Trump is just the worst! The National Park Service is reshuffling its free-admission schedule so that visitors get in free on Donald Trump’s birthday next year, while Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth (previously free days) will now require regular entrance fees.
National Parks are now free on Trump's birthday, but not on MLK Jr. Day or Juneteenth
The Trump administration overhauled the list of free National Park days for 2026.
www.axios.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 AM
How petty can he be??
FEWER EMAILS act.electjon.com/signup/fewer...
FEWER EMAILS
We're sorry to hear that you want to receive fewer emails from Jon Ossoff for Georgia. Just tell us your email here and we'll only send you the most important messages going forward.
act.electjon.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
FEWER EMAILS act.electjon.com/signup/fewer...
This weekend, I have 14 IEP special ed progress reports to file, about 40 tests to grade, and 54 1st term report cards to complete. I plan to spend today, and probably much of tomorrow, looking at papers and on my laptop, with a drink in my hand.
December 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This weekend, I have 14 IEP special ed progress reports to file, about 40 tests to grade, and 54 1st term report cards to complete. I plan to spend today, and probably much of tomorrow, looking at papers and on my laptop, with a drink in my hand.
Reposted by Andy Oakland
This is an American patriot.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is an American patriot.
Reposted by Andy Oakland
There aren't any words for this. There just aren't....
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There aren't any words for this. There just aren't....
Better than banging the sofa, I suppose...
Somehow this is the worst part.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
Yet again I'd like to thank the publishing industry, Hollywood, and Yale Law School for ensuring this bigot's rise to prominence.
December 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Better than banging the sofa, I suppose...
As we approach the Christmas season, it's time for my annual posting of this video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSn...
Captain Picard sings "Let it Snow!"
YouTube video by James Covenant
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
As we approach the Christmas season, it's time for my annual posting of this video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSn...
Amber has apparently figured out how to turn on the electric blanket.
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Amber has apparently figured out how to turn on the electric blanket.
It's easy to spot the slacker US kids who copy their answers from the diligent Vietnamese kid. He writes his "1" digit looking like a US "7". All his copiers dutifully write the digit as a "7" and get the answer wrong.
There are a LOT of "1" digits in 8th grade math.
There are a LOT of "1" digits in 8th grade math.
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
It's easy to spot the slacker US kids who copy their answers from the diligent Vietnamese kid. He writes his "1" digit looking like a US "7". All his copiers dutifully write the digit as a "7" and get the answer wrong.
There are a LOT of "1" digits in 8th grade math.
There are a LOT of "1" digits in 8th grade math.
Farewell to one of the luminaries of my childhood. www.thedailybeast.com/famous-toyma...
Famous Toymaker Behind Mouse Trap and Lite-Brite Dies at 99
The inventor had the personalized license plate ‘TOY KING.’
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Farewell to one of the luminaries of my childhood. www.thedailybeast.com/famous-toyma...
This is good news. Let's see if the Trump-appointed bobbleheads on the "Supreme Court" overrule it.
thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is good news. Let's see if the Trump-appointed bobbleheads on the "Supreme Court" overrule it.
thehill.com/regulation/c...
thehill.com/regulation/c...
Changing the backyard shed from summer to winter mode. Bye bye lawn chairs and yard games, hello salt and shovels.
November 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Changing the backyard shed from summer to winter mode. Bye bye lawn chairs and yard games, hello salt and shovels.
Curious how seven million "No Kings" supporters can protest peacefully, while the violence comes from the pro-Trump side.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Curious how seven million "No Kings" supporters can protest peacefully, while the violence comes from the pro-Trump side.
Reposted by Andy Oakland
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
October 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Reuters photographer Jonathan Ernst noticed that Bondi flipped open a file during the Senate hearing and he zoomed in.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Inside were her crib notes for attacking the senators.
The GOP now practicing Cliff's Notes Fascism
In other words, under oath Bondi was purely a performance.
Reposted by Andy Oakland
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Reposted by Andy Oakland
Chef Andy approves!
Literally one person in the world asked for this: #botober art prompts!
Generated by a tiny neural net, not running on a huge datacenter but on a single laptop, and not trained on the wealth of the internet but on 800 reader-submitted vintage jello recipes.
www.aiweirdness.com/tiny-jello/
Generated by a tiny neural net, not running on a huge datacenter but on a single laptop, and not trained on the wealth of the internet but on 800 reader-submitted vintage jello recipes.
www.aiweirdness.com/tiny-jello/
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Chef Andy approves!
Reposted by Andy Oakland
