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Andy Gates

@andygates.bsky.social

Grizzled sysadmin, factory refurbished. He/him.

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Absolute rise in clear plastic and wire frames.

24.02.2026 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chunky dark plastic now has fashion cooties. Wire frames or translucent, or such a punching opportunity.

24.02.2026 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Chunky dark plastic now has fashion cooties. Wire frames or translucent, or such a punching opportunity.

24.02.2026 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œGreat Manโ€ theories of history may have been wrong but โ€œThat F*ing Guyโ€ theory looks increasingly plausible.

22.02.2026 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1872    ๐Ÿ” 468    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

A rare uncaptioned video share from me because I can't find a captioned one. It's a black person with Tourettes inc swearing tics talking about the BAFTA situation.

I can't hear it v well cos I'm deaf and it's not easy to hear but I get the gist which I think is important to share.

23.02.2026 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those dewclaws!

24.02.2026 01:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Dining on watching that borger get wifed.

23.02.2026 22:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We have five grounds of appeal. Plus our appeal on standing. We have attached our submissions and you can read them in full. But we have summarised a couple of them in this blog. Read to find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡

23.02.2026 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 129    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Vreeee! ๐Ÿ’š

23.02.2026 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yay!

What are you riding?

23.02.2026 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aero tuck hypermiling mode: activate!

23.02.2026 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also in group culture: the Orcas who attack yachts, and the famous Salmon Hat fashion.

23.02.2026 11:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Fashionable creature!

23.02.2026 01:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flexibility or technique stuff?

23.02.2026 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Global sales of combustion engine cars have peaked To decarbonize road transport, the world must move away from petrol and diesel cars and towards electric vehicles and other forms of low-carbon transport.

Battery chemistry & design will continue to evolve, but the future will be electric. The global sale of fossil fuel burning cars peaked back in 2018. ๐Ÿงช๐Ÿ”Œ๐Ÿ’กโ˜€๏ธ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿ”‹ ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

22.02.2026 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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One of the greatest bollard walks in history.
#WorldBollardAssociation

22.02.2026 13:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5418    ๐Ÿ” 1227    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 69    ๐Ÿ“Œ 108

Filth!

22.02.2026 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Satellite proposals threaten the night sky In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the agency responsible for authorizing satellite launches and operationsโ€ฆ

The FCC just opened public comments on SpaceX's plan to launch a million satellites to do AI compute in space. Under the current proposal, an environmental review won't be required. Please consider submitting a public comment to oppose this damaging plan.
darksky.org/news/two-sat...

22.02.2026 19:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3181    ๐Ÿ” 2430    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 112    ๐Ÿ“Œ 341
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Georgia was skating to MORTAL KOMBAT at the Olympics exhibition gala

21.02.2026 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13377    ๐Ÿ” 4519    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 135    ๐Ÿ“Œ 741

He dances in a way I have only seen horses dance. He possesses a power and majesty we will never know.

21.02.2026 23:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 986    ๐Ÿ” 221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Heavenly choir: Tidy! Ordered! Plates!

21.02.2026 19:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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E-bikes not EVs leading cause of oil demand destruction! Read @justinmikulka.bsky.social
โ€œAs with pretty much everything in energy these days, the rapid decline in the cost of batteriesโ€ฆhas made a mockery of most predictions from even a few years agoโ€
powering-the-planet.ghost.io/gluttons-for...

21.02.2026 11:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 114    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Truck is full of gas, I am full of cheeseburger. A raven landed nearby so I tweeted the whistle I bought from @mostlybree.kitrocha.com and tossed it a French fry. I will train every corvid in Susanville to come to the sound of community defense whistles.

20.02.2026 21:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 525    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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PSA for Discord's new age verification!

If you get hit by it and refuse to give them any ID or face scans as you should, here's a way to just... bypass it.

Go to Settings - Family Centre and then just enter a date of birth that's 18+

It's really that simple. Give them nothing.

19.02.2026 21:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6041    ๐Ÿ” 3703    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 37

The current round of "core" post-dates the bad-faith reboots of "gate", I think, right? Cottagecore is fresh, gamergate is stale.

20.02.2026 18:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Myths: busted.

20.02.2026 14:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's a US problem and it's even changing there. The rest of the world is getting plenty of affordable EVs.

20.02.2026 14:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lazy corporations love rent, it's easier than sales and service.

Shun subscriptions!

20.02.2026 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Auto shops are training their mechanics for EV work, maybe it's time to go back to school for a refresher?

20.02.2026 14:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Good news: as the EV market matures more used cars are coming up.

20.02.2026 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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