Andrea - apocaloptimist
@hokieandrea.bsky.social
Carbon- and chocolate-based life form. Humanoid most days. 🖖🏻 🦃
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November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Yes. They are.
Are Trump and Bibi gonna start a war?
June 22, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Yes. They are.
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Despite all the good he did, Joe Biden was “too old” for folks. So now we’re stuck with “sleepy Don” — a corrupt bigot for a president. Nice work, America!
April 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Despite all the good he did, Joe Biden was “too old” for folks. So now we’re stuck with “sleepy Don” — a corrupt bigot for a president. Nice work, America!
Heavenly.
April 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Heavenly.
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Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
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If you stand with Trump, you stand with Putin.
If you stand with Ukraine, you stand with the WORLD.
If you stand with Ukraine, you stand with the WORLD.
March 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
If you stand with Trump, you stand with Putin.
If you stand with Ukraine, you stand with the WORLD.
If you stand with Ukraine, you stand with the WORLD.
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦
The level of eloquent righteousness I aspire to achieve someday: When Christina (Katharine Hepburn) tells off Hilary in the driveway near the end of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967). This film moves me as much on the nth viewing as the first time I ever saw it.
February 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The level of eloquent righteousness I aspire to achieve someday: When Christina (Katharine Hepburn) tells off Hilary in the driveway near the end of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967). This film moves me as much on the nth viewing as the first time I ever saw it.
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“put it on his fucking gravestone”
February 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
“put it on his fucking gravestone”
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re-reading this tweet every few years with a new perspective on who "we" refers to
February 9, 2025 at 3:25 AM
re-reading this tweet every few years with a new perspective on who "we" refers to
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Holy shit this cartoon.
February 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Holy shit this cartoon.
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February 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough
February 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Star Trek did say the 2020s were gonna be a little rough
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"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
February 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"DOGE does not have power over established government agencies, and Musk has no role in government. It does not matter that he is an ally of the President. Musk is a private citizen taking control of established government offices. That is not efficiency; that is a coup."
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"In just under two-and-a-half minutes, Bishop Mariann Budde, fully comfortable in her own skin and righteously firm in Christ’s teachings, did more to challenge Trump than the whole of American political media in the past ten weeks."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/mariann-sp...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/mariann-sp...
Mariann Speaks Calmly to the Leopards
When empathy can sound very loud.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"In just under two-and-a-half minutes, Bishop Mariann Budde, fully comfortable in her own skin and righteously firm in Christ’s teachings, did more to challenge Trump than the whole of American political media in the past ten weeks."
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/mariann-sp...
charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/mariann-sp...
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Another wise woman...
"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.
"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, & accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."
bbc.com/news/article...
"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.
"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, & accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."
bbc.com/news/article...
Convicted US Capitol rioter Pam Hemphill turns down Trump pardon
Former "Maga granny" Pamela Hemphill tells the BBC the Trump government is trying to "rewrite history".
bbc.com
January 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Another wise woman...
"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.
"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, & accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."
bbc.com/news/article...
"Accepting a pardon would only insult the Capitol police officers, rule of law and, of course, our nation," she said.
"I pleaded guilty because I was guilty, & accepting a pardon also would serve to contribute to their gaslighting and false narrative."
bbc.com/news/article...
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I don’t wanna hear another fucking word about Biden’s pardons.
January 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I don’t wanna hear another fucking word about Biden’s pardons.
Posted yesterday by TCM, which understands the assignment.
January 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Posted yesterday by TCM, which understands the assignment.
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while musk’s fanbois and the ADL tap dance around it, the German papers call it what it is
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
while musk’s fanbois and the ADL tap dance around it, the German papers call it what it is
"We're already seeing signs of creeping fascism, and it could get much worse."
open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...
open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...
How to know if you’re living in a dictatorship
We're already seeing signs of creeping fascism, and it could get much worse.
open.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:53 PM
"We're already seeing signs of creeping fascism, and it could get much worse."
open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...
open.substack.com/pub/stopthep...
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What you are seeing is the seizure of the media by fascists. They control the message - on broadcast, print and social media.
January 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
What you are seeing is the seizure of the media by fascists. They control the message - on broadcast, print and social media.