Hello Andrew

Hello Andrew

@helloandrew.bsky.social

Antifascist, activist, songwriter, filmmaker, humorist, permaculturist. Long-time cat person, first-time dog person Animal rescue & TNR volunteer Cinephile, TCM loyalist I’m so happy to see you again, I missed you so much! Doctor Gori was right!

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I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

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A Palestinian won the Nobel Prize last year

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."

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Not a big story, it's just the Attorney General working with an imprisoned pedophile to help cover up the pedophile President's crimes conducted with his best friend for 15 years, a pedophile who the President sent, as a birthday card, a drawing of a naked adolescent girl.

Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social

This report is genuinely overwhelming, in terms of the evidence both against Trump and of a ham-fisted cover-up. Including one instance in which Ghislaine Maxwell was actually about to mention one of Trump's young accusers and Todd Blanche told her to stop talking. The media response is "yawn."

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Replying to @amandamarcotte.bsky.social

This report is genuinely overwhelming, in terms of the evidence both against Trump and of a ham-fisted cover-up. Including one instance in which Ghislaine Maxwell was actually about to mention one of Trump's young accusers and Todd Blanche told her to stop talking. The media response is "yawn."

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A new survey of 1,000 American adults found that the strongest supporters of transgender sports bans are not the people who admire women most: they are the people who hold the most hostile views about women. www.helenwebberley.com/news/transge...

helenwebberley.comAre transgender sports bans really about protecting women? | Dr Helen WebberleyThe data says no. Those most hostile to women are most in favour of banning trans athletes.

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It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

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Trump admin arrests Colorado priest. Incarcerates him for over a year. Judge orders him released without charges. They release him without the wheelchair he needs -- other prisoners have to bodily carry him out. He's now being tested for latent TB: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/colo...

newsfromthestates.comColorado priest from Uganda released after 13 months in ICE detention in AuroraAfter 13 months in an Aurora immigrant detention center, where he became reliant on a wheelchair as his health deteriorated, a Ugandan priest who has lived in Colorado for more than 25 years was relea...

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In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

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In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

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Congrats to Lula on overcoming Mark Zuckerberg and Donald Trump to defeat Hospital Pervert Jr., even as his opposition literally blocked off roads and turned off bus service during election day. Fascists are scary but they are always, 100% of the time, ultimately gigantic fucking losers.

Wow, this new all star “TCM now and forever” promo is very impressive, and moving! Was this made with an audience of Ellison in mind? I hope they’re listening! #TCMparty

Pro tip for nosey snoopers: you don’t need to steal a newspaper clipping from a scrapbook. You can just check the newspaper archives now that you know the article title and date. In those pre-internet days you have to go to the public library, no biggie. #NoirAlley #TheHouseOnTelegraphHill #TCMparty

No-show for a dentist appointment = “no problem you can see him tomorrow”?! In real life: “no problem you can reschedule for 2 months from now but you have to pay full price for todays missed appointment if you’re lucky or more likely get 86’d forever” #NoirAlley #TheHouseOnTelegraphHill #TCMparty

Looks like ”the house on Telegraph Hill” is next door neighbors to Nick and Nora Charles as seen in After The Thin Man! #NoirAlley #TheHouseOnTelegraphHill #TCMparty

Uh… WTF?! No intro? No @eddiemuller.bsky.social ? Just straight into the movie?! WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS NIGHTMARE?! HEADS WILL ROLL!!! #NoirAlley #TheHouseOnTelegraphHill #TCMparty

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This is garbage. It's very easy to say: "My opponent is a creep who wants to inspect your children's genitalia. I think government should mind its own fucking business." Makes me sick that Turek doesn't have the guts or the interest in fighting for the underdogs here.

Erin Reed@erininthemorning.com

Josh Turek of Iowa, Democrat, comes out with one of the worst anti-trans ads yet. Not only is it an anti-sports ad, it proposes a ban on federal funding for gender affirming care. That would hit all medicaid and medicare patients, and any ACA federally-subsidized plans as well. Horrific.

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About 2 million kids have lost SNAP since deep cuts were enacted last year. The ripple effects: Kids losing SNAP also lose automatic enrollment for free meals at school. And as more kids lose SNAP, their schools may be forced to drop Community Eligibility.

washingtonpost.comAs SNAP rolls shrink, free school lunches disappearEnrollment in the nutrition assistance program dropped following last year’s sweeping GOP tax bill. Fewer children and schools now qualify for free school meals.

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This is interesting, Russia’s Novatek apparently financing an LNG terminal project in Alaska in exchange for help getting sanctions on its Siberian LNG terminal lifted giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... US executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian control

giftarticle.ft.comUS executives quit $25bn gas venture over claims of secret Russian controlFormer CEO of Polar Train LNG tells FT that energy giant Novatek financed and held reins of strategic Alaska project without Washington’s approval

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This new report today with my NYT colleague Anton Troianovski follows up on our earlier reporting this month on the Lukoil deal that would bring financial benefits to business partners of the Witkoff and Trump families. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/03/u...

nytimes.comU.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies (Gift Article)President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of inter...

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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Speaking of German expressionism. #TCMParty

Brett Coughlin@coughlinbrett.bsky.social

In 1975, director William Friedkin conducted a lengthy interview with the legendary German-American filmmaker Fritz Lang. Lang’s recount of his 1933 meeting with NAZI Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels begins at 30:40, it’s absolutely riveting. #Filmsky youtu.be/gLxozC7Ioug?...

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The Trump administration has signed an oil deal with a Venezuelan energy baron who has faced money-laundering investigations in three countries. ProPublica reviewed a copy of the 18-page agreement.

propublica.orgThe Secret Terms of Trump’s Venezuelan Oil DealThe Trump administration committed the U.S. to taking a large stake in a Venezuelan company, some of whose owners and investors are shielded from public view. The exact details of the agreement over o...

Trump today: Elon will never do anything wrong Me, if I was a white house reporter: so he was right when he said you are covering up the Epstein files because they incriminate you?

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Replying to @desertmage65.bsky.social

The Cali AG should indict the state attorney for violating California Elections Code § 18581, which makes it illegal to intimidate, threaten, or coerce any person who is exercising powers or duties to administer elections. 58 counts, one for each county. Up to three years in state prison on each.

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NEW: Omar Muñoz, a 72-year-old LA grandfather, was dragged out of his home by DHS agents and paraded in front of cameras for Trump's "voter fraud" crackdown. The DOJ used footage of his arrest for a promotional video. Omar is a green card holder in the US for 50+ yrs W @samrlevine.bsky.social

theguardian.com‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’Omar Muñoz, one of 28 people charged in California, speaks out about being dragged from his home in front of cameras as DoJ accused of ‘disgusting’ PR campaign