Andy Kostrub

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Hello new followers. I don’t post much. The thing I’ve done on the internet that I’m proudest of is interviewing a former USAID official about his work on PEPFAR.

may
grace reclaim us
just as we are—
may
Spirit whisper love
into the hearts of our hearts—
may
the word of life
set
all of
all of us free
—& bless a world through us.

amen.

you know it!

Updating my LEGO White House

The question to ask all young men is 'how many people have you helped this week? how many have you cared for?"

MTV going out of business this year. I was just telling my son how there was an entire SEGA Genesis game based entirely on Michael Jackson's video for Smooth Criminal.

Poignant shit.

let me know
when ai can make maple syrup
until then
ai ain’t shit

the article was such a hit he made it into a book

Why the Pentagon Changes Its Maps And why we'll keep going to war.

It's been a while since I read it, but I have a hunch this influential article might reveal some old DNA for the RBIO, with a "core" inside the order and a "gap" outside. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

We’ve got goldenrod and aster feeding the bees in October

Different Trains

Remembering the genius of Bayard Rustin Thirty-five years after his death, the man who mentored Martin Luther King Jr. still has much to teach movements.

I'm surprised how many people are quick to make a defense of violence in my replies. For them it's necessary, foreclosing on its use is a privilege. For me, non-violence is a powerful tool. It is the lesson of one of my heroes, Bayard Rustin. 1/ wagingnonviolence.org/2022/08/reme...

Shama Lama Ding Dong by Otis Day and the Knights

Heads up, you can open youtube any time you want and listen to Yusef Lateef play oboe

Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”

Cities:

how often
can we do we dare we
pause
to behold
with awe & gratitude
this indescribable gift/opportunity—
simply
to be here,
alive,
for our (precious!) while…

may we grow to serve such blessing.

A photo of cat sitting in some Venetian blinds they have just destroyed with the text JOY DIVISION at the top and UNKNOWN PLEASURES at the bottom

This might be my favourite cat meme of 2025 so far

Something good: I have that Impressions LP.

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RIP -- 1st Deputy Director of the U.S. Peace Corps

Father’s Day peruse at the record store. Sadly they were fresh out of Clan of Xymox

Wishing West Africa a blessed Tabaski

The best Memorial Day speech is only 271 words and wasn't delivered on Memorial Day, but on November 19, 1863. Read it carefully, it's the most important speech in American military history (and maybe all of American history).

I'm reading something now that gets into that same territory.

What is an ethnic food few people in America know that you feel they should know? I am fortunate to live in Washington, DC and even as much as I enjoy meat, I don't miss it when I eat Ethiopian food.

St Steven Albini

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Flipped through this and found Kate Bush’s Hounds of Love as No. 1. Tough to argue against it.

Our nalgenes are full of homemade orasel. We've got our little yellow vaccine cards in hand, ready for our cholera and Hep A&B boosters. Noobs will be taking Imodium while we're cipro-pilled and BRAT-maxxing.

We Are Ready.... are you?