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Josh Andrews

@joshandrews.bsky.social

Web Product Manager for the Art Institute of Chicago. Baker of bread. Maker of music. Museum mercenary for hire. Find me in Pentwater, Michigan. Maybe in L.A. if it's really cold.

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Did yall see the finish to the 2026 LA Marathon?

09.03.2026 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1907    πŸ” 326    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 110

I saw $5.99 in Hollywood by a freeway entrance yesterday.

08.03.2026 19:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Denis is your go-to spirit animal. Alex T. is a demon who will wreck you in a good way. And Emma will trick you into working harder than you expect.

07.03.2026 07:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ayatollah Greg Bovino

05.03.2026 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAlmost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.β€œ

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

05.03.2026 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1899    πŸ” 991    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 69
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Corporate Media Buries Story of US and Israel Killing 168 in Girls School Attack No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.

β€œNo front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

05.03.2026 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4225    πŸ” 2118    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 77

"shut up and play the hits"

03.03.2026 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 mediaβ€”shifting users’ views on key issues. Switching to chronological doesn’t reverse the effect. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

01.03.2026 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

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

28.02.2026 05:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

27.02.2026 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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.

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

26.02.2026 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

26.02.2026 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1096    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 4
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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."

26.02.2026 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1265    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 31

Wait til you hear about Quad City style pizza

24.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

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Kash Patel in 2023: β€œI’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.”

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

20.02.2026 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Alysa Liu: "THAT'S WHAT I'M FUCKING TALKING ABOUT" πŸ—£οΈ

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La Retraite de Hugues de Payens, by Georges Mathieu, 1958 (rotated), πŸ“Έ by @tiltoncreative

19.02.2026 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5635    πŸ” 1370    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 75
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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...

18.02.2026 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
illustration of a modernist diner, with red and black and white chairs and walls

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

Interior of a home showing a grotto and plants

Interior of a home showing a grotto and plants

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

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

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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 🌱🏑🏒

18.02.2026 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

17.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 21770    πŸ” 7746    πŸ’¬ 299    πŸ“Œ 637

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

16.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

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

16.02.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A peasant girl holding a sickle looks off into the distance while a red-orange sun rises behind her. 

β€œThe Song of the Lark” by Jules Breton (1884)

A peasant girl holding a sickle looks off into the distance while a red-orange sun rises behind her. β€œThe 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

15.02.2026 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

15.02.2026 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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

15.02.2026 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 122    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 121    πŸ“Œ 225

12 Monkeys

14.02.2026 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

14.02.2026 02:37 β€” πŸ‘ 23643    πŸ” 8258    πŸ’¬ 602    πŸ“Œ 1355

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.

14.02.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0