Josh Andrews

"shut up and play the hits"

The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...

Check out this recent @nature.com paper reporting a field experiment on X. It shows X's algorithm boosts conservative content and downranks traditional media—shifting users’ views on key issues. Switching to chronological doesn’t reverse the effect. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Roaming the galleries before the doors open is magical, but I always kind of feel like I'm about to get arrested.

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

Adriaen van der Spelt (Dutch, 1630–1673) Frans van Mieris (Dutch, 1635–1681), Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, A work made of oil on panel.

Trompe-l'Oeil Still Life with a Flower Garland and a Curtain, by Adriaen van der Spelt (Dutch, 1630–1673)
Frans van Mieris (Dutch, 1635–1681)
1658

More info: https://www.artic.edu/artworks/66042

Invalidating ID cards based on gender is literally a key plot point in The Handmaid’s Tale. This is horrifying.

Kat Abughazaleh: "We need to, first off abolish and prosecute ICE and DHS and we return DHS' responsibilities to Departments of Justice, State, of Treasury, of Transportation. All of these responsibilities that were taken from those departments... We need to repeal the Patriot Act."

Wait til you hear about Quad City style pizza

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU

Kash Patel in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”

Right! we have been rethinking how useful that field is and what we can do with it on the front end. More to come!

Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" 🗣️

La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), 📸 by @tiltoncreative

Attention fellow museum nerds; I built a GPT to help construct usable queries for @artinstitutechi.bsky.social's public API. It saves me a bunch of time, and I hope others find it useful as well. chatgpt.com/g/g-695edcd0...

illustration of a modernist diner, with red and black and white chairs and walls

Interior of a home showing a grotto and plants

A drawing of a man sitting in a conversation pit with another man close by

incredible architecture show: Bruce Goff @artinstitutechi.bsky.social!

completely stunning interiors and captivating details that capture how people (and plants!) would live in the space 🌱🏡🏢

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

How many times DOES Jeffrey Epstein appear in the Trump Files?

Bo Burnham in 2020:

Every politician,
every cop on the street
protects the interests of the pedophilic corporate elite.
That is how the world works

A peasant girl holding a sickle looks off into the distance while a red-orange sun rises behind her. “The Song of the Lark” by Jules Breton (1884)

The Song of the Lark by Jules Breton, a new favorite to add to the collection, courtesy of @artinstitutechi.bsky.social

Ohara Koson, Japanese (1878-1945), Cockatoo and Pomegranate, 1927, color woodblock print, oban, 36.2 x 24.1 cm, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

If you could do a successful heist of any museum or gallery which would you choose and what would you take

12 Monkeys

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

I'm a little offended that my alma mater UC Santa Cruz is not on the blacklist. Maybe Hegseth assumes the fightin' banana slugs are a part of warrior culture.

Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart A judge dropped charges against the immigrant and another man after the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota said new evidence was not consistent with the agents’ testimony.

Hey remember the shooting in Minneapolis that happened between Renee Good and Alexi Pretti, the guy they claimed was shot by an agent after he had attacked that agent with a shovel? I know it's hard to believe but the agents' story fell apart and charges were dropped. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...

NBC with a really cool look behind the scenes with the team getting the drone shots at the Olympics

Hear me out: Curling, but with ducks

CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF! CURLING BEEF!

(I never post Olympic videos bc the IOC will hunt you down but I am taking that risk so that you can hear the Canadian curling cursing)

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well

Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well