Andy Shay
@andyshay.bsky.social
Technocrat with a dashboard addiction | Ersatz intl dev worker | Working in “homelessness” in SF (finally realized we were the Third World all along)
Here to learn, connect, organize.
Mutual aid is my love language.
No gods, no billionaires.
YOLO county.
Here to learn, connect, organize.
Mutual aid is my love language.
No gods, no billionaires.
YOLO county.
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Remember, the people profiting most from doing this to our world are building bunkers.
October 26, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Remember, the people profiting most from doing this to our world are building bunkers.
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I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
October 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.
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The wild part of the Kimmel cancellation + reinstatement is that Disney+ cancellations worked. Consumers flexed, the corporation blinked. Money pressure = power.
Imagine what we could do if we actually organized, built solidarity, and turned consumer power into real change.
Imagine what we could do if we actually organized, built solidarity, and turned consumer power into real change.
September 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The wild part of the Kimmel cancellation + reinstatement is that Disney+ cancellations worked. Consumers flexed, the corporation blinked. Money pressure = power.
Imagine what we could do if we actually organized, built solidarity, and turned consumer power into real change.
Imagine what we could do if we actually organized, built solidarity, and turned consumer power into real change.
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Nepal is the third South Asian country in the past four years to stage a violent overthrow of its government. What will life after revolution look like?
Nepal’s Violent Gen Z Uprising
Fed up with élite corruption and widening inequality, a youth-led movement toppled the government in forty-eight hours. Now what?
www.newyorker.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Nepal is the third South Asian country in the past four years to stage a violent overthrow of its government. What will life after revolution look like?
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Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.
September 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Christian persecution in America is best defined by this image: No actual struggle, wearing clothes that cost more than my entire wardrobe, polished cross instead of rugged, and surrounded by crowds of fellow hypocrites cheering on bigotry who believe they're the victims.
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Some guy is blaring out the Imperial March while following soldiers patrolling Washington DC
Wonderful stuff
Wonderful stuff
September 14, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some guy is blaring out the Imperial March while following soldiers patrolling Washington DC
Wonderful stuff
Wonderful stuff
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Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Americans have short memories—keep reminding them. PLEASE SHARE!
Meanwhile, massive protest movements are erupting in France, Nepal, and Indonesia.
People are rising up against austerity, corruption, and elite privilege as daily life grows harder and governments fail to respond.
We’re experiencing the same shit in the U.S. - where’s our movement?
People are rising up against austerity, corruption, and elite privilege as daily life grows harder and governments fail to respond.
We’re experiencing the same shit in the U.S. - where’s our movement?
September 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Meanwhile, massive protest movements are erupting in France, Nepal, and Indonesia.
People are rising up against austerity, corruption, and elite privilege as daily life grows harder and governments fail to respond.
We’re experiencing the same shit in the U.S. - where’s our movement?
People are rising up against austerity, corruption, and elite privilege as daily life grows harder and governments fail to respond.
We’re experiencing the same shit in the U.S. - where’s our movement?
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Opposing political violence requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s death.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
September 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Opposing political violence requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s death.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
Opposing political violence also requires that we condemn Charlie Kirk’s life.
Charlie Kirk spent his life encouraging his allies on the far-right to think violence was legitimate and concerns about it were fake.
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JD’s mom was not getting drugs from cartels, she was a nurse who was stealing painkillers from her patients.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
September 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
JD’s mom was not getting drugs from cartels, she was a nurse who was stealing painkillers from her patients.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
Her patients suffered and she got high.
As a medical professional, I will tell you the lowest life form is someone who steals drugs from their patients.
Zero sympathy for JD or his mom.
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2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C in many of our children’s lifetimes.
On the way we’ll watch food systems fail.
Society break down.
Billions die.
The media is distracting us with bile & bullshit because the media is owned by those profiting from guaranteeing this future.
3C in decades.
4C in many of our children’s lifetimes.
On the way we’ll watch food systems fail.
Society break down.
Billions die.
The media is distracting us with bile & bullshit because the media is owned by those profiting from guaranteeing this future.
September 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
2C in years.
3C in decades.
4C in many of our children’s lifetimes.
On the way we’ll watch food systems fail.
Society break down.
Billions die.
The media is distracting us with bile & bullshit because the media is owned by those profiting from guaranteeing this future.
3C in decades.
4C in many of our children’s lifetimes.
On the way we’ll watch food systems fail.
Society break down.
Billions die.
The media is distracting us with bile & bullshit because the media is owned by those profiting from guaranteeing this future.
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If we wanted to eradicate this planet of all life, we’d struggle to come up with a better method than the system we’re currently living in.
Biodiversity loss in all species and every ecosystem linked to humans – report
Sweeping synthesis of 2,000 global studies leaves no doubt about scale of problem and role of humans, say experts
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
If we wanted to eradicate this planet of all life, we’d struggle to come up with a better method than the system we’re currently living in.
This is all too damned familiar in 2025
How did a functional, if flawed, democratic machinery hand absolute power over to Hitler, someone whom the conservative political class regarded as a chaotic clown with a violent following?
The Forgotten History of Hitler’s Establishment Enablers
The Nazi leader didn’t seize power; he was given it.
www.newyorker.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
This is all too damned familiar in 2025
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
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Wonder how Luigi is Doing.......
August 12, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Wonder how Luigi is Doing.......
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A $200 million ballroom, and now this. He doesn’t ever plan on leaving.
August 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
A $200 million ballroom, and now this. He doesn’t ever plan on leaving.
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“Mum, dad, what did you do when scientists told us atmospheric CO2 levels were at their highest in around 12-14 MILLION years?”
August 8, 2025 at 8:40 AM
“Mum, dad, what did you do when scientists told us atmospheric CO2 levels were at their highest in around 12-14 MILLION years?”
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August 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway
The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.
www.wired.com
July 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.
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Once, during the q&a section of a talk, I was asked "what would you do with a billion dollars" and the immediate instinctive out of my mouth answer was "give it all away as quickly as possible."
This is an evergreen, but it's one for a reason:
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the former with the same intensity and ruthlessness as we work to prevent the latter.
A billion dollars is the socio-economic equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work to prevent the former with the same intensity and ruthlessness as we work to prevent the latter.
July 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Once, during the q&a section of a talk, I was asked "what would you do with a billion dollars" and the immediate instinctive out of my mouth answer was "give it all away as quickly as possible."
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WGBH building in Boston today
July 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
WGBH building in Boston today