Andy Hollandbeck
@logophilius.bsky.social
Saturday Evening Post managing editor, clarinetist, mediocre pianist, writer, and lapsed peevologist.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
He who sows thorns should not go barefoot.
That fourth one, which could be labeled "Masked ICE enforcer points a gun at the photographer from inside his darkened SUV," should be a contender for photo of the year.
Members of the community argue with federal officers during an immigration enforcement action in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday in Chicago.
November 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
That fourth one, which could be labeled "Masked ICE enforcer points a gun at the photographer from inside his darkened SUV," should be a contender for photo of the year.
You're at Crosby, but we need you at Nash. If you get to Young, you've gone too far.
You're at Bachman. I need you to get to Overdrive.
You're at Laverne.
I need you at Shirley.
I need you at Shirley.
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
You're at Crosby, but we need you at Nash. If you get to Young, you've gone too far.
Anyone here happen to know whether there are any U.S. states that do NOT have a tripartite government?
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Anyone here happen to know whether there are any U.S. states that do NOT have a tripartite government?
Doug's use of "fulsome" made me laugh. Older senses of the word certainly apply here.
a selection of the comments on this post, which I still refuse to share in full on the grounds that it would drive several of you completely insane
November 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Doug's use of "fulsome" made me laugh. Older senses of the word certainly apply here.
Reposted by Andy Hollandbeck
The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
Copy Editor
Baltimore, MD
job-boards.greenhouse.io
November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Baltimore Banner has announced an opening for a copy editor.
The changing colors of autumn.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The changing colors of autumn.
Hey, @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social. I don't care how potentially embarrassing it is to Tr*mp; NO ONE wants a video of his ass in their feed.
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hey, @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social. I don't care how potentially embarrassing it is to Tr*mp; NO ONE wants a video of his ass in their feed.
Me, every time I walk from the front yard to the backyard.
Me: Huh, I wonder if this term should be one word or two?
Merriam-Webster: One.
Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?
Merriam-Webster: You wish.
#AmEditing #copyediting
Merriam-Webster: One.
Me: Okay, then this other, similar term must also be one word, right?
Merriam-Webster: You wish.
#AmEditing #copyediting
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Me, every time I walk from the front yard to the backyard.
Antifa space cowboy discovers he's really a fasicst nepo-baby.
Western town gets a new sheriff with a new look.
Two reporters spend their days making a lot of phone calls and getting doors slammed in their faces.
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Antifa space cowboy discovers he's really a fasicst nepo-baby.
Explain a film plot badly:
Intergalactic oligarchs fight over pharmaceutical rights.
Intergalactic oligarchs fight over pharmaceutical rights.
Explain a film plot badly:
George Clooney and Brad Pitt fall in love and rob casinos together.
George Clooney and Brad Pitt fall in love and rob casinos together.
Explain a film plot badly:
Guy who is good at math likes to asks strangers if they like apples.
Guy who is good at math likes to asks strangers if they like apples.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Explain a film plot badly:
Intergalactic oligarchs fight over pharmaceutical rights.
Intergalactic oligarchs fight over pharmaceutical rights.
Was this put up because *someone* who regularly has to find the Oval Office kept getting lost trying to find it?
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Was this put up because *someone* who regularly has to find the Oval Office kept getting lost trying to find it?
Hey, short story writers: Don't use drop caps, all caps, or fun fonts to make your submissions look, I don't know, pretty? Finished? Professional?
That will all get reformatted. You aren't making your story more appealing, you're giving potential publishers extra work.
That will all get reformatted. You aren't making your story more appealing, you're giving potential publishers extra work.
November 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Hey, short story writers: Don't use drop caps, all caps, or fun fonts to make your submissions look, I don't know, pretty? Finished? Professional?
That will all get reformatted. You aren't making your story more appealing, you're giving potential publishers extra work.
That will all get reformatted. You aren't making your story more appealing, you're giving potential publishers extra work.
I've been stuck in a morass of malaise and enervation over the last couple months. A worried it was long COVID (has it again in early Sept.), but now I think it's because the list of things I'm worried about is longer than the list of things I can take joy in.
This timeline sucks.
This timeline sucks.
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I've been stuck in a morass of malaise and enervation over the last couple months. A worried it was long COVID (has it again in early Sept.), but now I think it's because the list of things I'm worried about is longer than the list of things I can take joy in.
This timeline sucks.
This timeline sucks.
As a general rule, never vote for someone who refers to people as "illegals."
The word is chosen intentionally to make you forget that they are talking about plain old human beings just like you.
The word is chosen intentionally to make you forget that they are talking about plain old human beings just like you.
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As a general rule, never vote for someone who refers to people as "illegals."
The word is chosen intentionally to make you forget that they are talking about plain old human beings just like you.
The word is chosen intentionally to make you forget that they are talking about plain old human beings just like you.
Does anyone have any experience with Mailbird and can give me a thumbs-up or thumbs-down?
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Does anyone have any experience with Mailbird and can give me a thumbs-up or thumbs-down?
A return to "the good ol' days" of the constant threat of nuclear annihilation.
TIRED: Active-shooter drills
WIRED: Duck-and-cover drills
TIRED: Active-shooter drills
WIRED: Duck-and-cover drills
The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.
Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing. Here's what that would mean
The U.S. has not conducted a nuclear test in over 30 years. Experts say doing one now could make America less safe.
n.pr
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A return to "the good ol' days" of the constant threat of nuclear annihilation.
TIRED: Active-shooter drills
WIRED: Duck-and-cover drills
TIRED: Active-shooter drills
WIRED: Duck-and-cover drills
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Everlasting Godstopper.
Oh, wait...
Everlasting Godstopper.
Oh, wait...
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Sharties
Sharties
change one letter, ruin a candy
Bubblecum
Bubblecum
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Everlasting Godstopper.
Oh, wait...
Everlasting Godstopper.
Oh, wait...
There's got to be some sort of lawsuit with (170 petitioners) that can be a response to this, right?
Kristi Noem: "No American citizens have been arrested or detained. We focus on those who are here illegally. And anything you would hear or report that would be different than that is simply not true and false reporting."
October 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
There's got to be some sort of lawsuit with (170 petitioners) that can be a response to this, right?
I'm just so sick and tired of being sick and tired.
October 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm just so sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Black people, brown people, "Happy Holidays," people who speak Spanish, subways, non-Christians, homosexuals, drag queens, inclusive children's books, rainbow-colored anything, and now dirty words. They're quickly running out of things to be shocked and frightened by.
Mike Johnson on Democrats: "They like to drop the F bomb now for fun, for emphasis, apparently"
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Black people, brown people, "Happy Holidays," people who speak Spanish, subways, non-Christians, homosexuals, drag queens, inclusive children's books, rainbow-colored anything, and now dirty words. They're quickly running out of things to be shocked and frightened by.
"It is totally reasonable & acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.'"
October 29, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"It is totally reasonable & acceptable for American citizens to look at their next-door neighbors and say, 'I want to live next to people who I have something in common with.'"
All I want for Christmas is "Ken Paxton Disbarred' as a news headline.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing Johnson and Johnson, the makers of Tylenol
Texas sues Tylenol company over autism claims
This lawsuit comes a month after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. updated guidance discouraging pregnant women from taking acetaminophen, citing it as a possible cause of autism.
www.texastribune.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
All I want for Christmas is "Ken Paxton Disbarred' as a news headline.
Considering changing my screen name to "Andy the Netherlandsbeck."
oh my GODDDDDDDDDDD
(apologies for screenshotting the hellsite, which I no longer use; I saw the link in CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter)
(apologies for screenshotting the hellsite, which I no longer use; I saw the link in CNN's Reliable Sources newsletter)
October 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Considering changing my screen name to "Andy the Netherlandsbeck."
Family of four. Mother, in a very nasal voice, to an Olive Garden server: "Can we get more MAAH-ssels? The children have eaten all the MAAH-ssels!"
Overheard more than 20 years ago, but it pops into my head whenever I see mussels on a menu.
Overheard more than 20 years ago, but it pops into my head whenever I see mussels on a menu.
do you ever have things that someone has said to you that live forever in your head (non-serious edition)? some older boomer hippie guy said “hahmmus gives you fahts” to me 26 years ago at a free fridge and i think of it every fucking single time i buy hummus to this day.
October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Family of four. Mother, in a very nasal voice, to an Olive Garden server: "Can we get more MAAH-ssels? The children have eaten all the MAAH-ssels!"
Overheard more than 20 years ago, but it pops into my head whenever I see mussels on a menu.
Overheard more than 20 years ago, but it pops into my head whenever I see mussels on a menu.
The fuck is going on?!
I mean, I know WTF is going on. It's just still so shocking to see such blatant partisan fuckery and juvenile egotism.
I mean, I know WTF is going on. It's just still so shocking to see such blatant partisan fuckery and juvenile egotism.
Open the page. Scroll down to the timeline. Go through the timeline.
It’s… shocking
It’s… shocking
The White House Building
Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from...
www.whitehouse.gov
October 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The fuck is going on?!
I mean, I know WTF is going on. It's just still so shocking to see such blatant partisan fuckery and juvenile egotism.
I mean, I know WTF is going on. It's just still so shocking to see such blatant partisan fuckery and juvenile egotism.