Andy

Andy

@agent-ape.bsky.social

Primate, Secular Humanist, Naturalist.

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Just listen to this. Then consider these polls: 76% of Jewish Israelis think there are no innocents in Gaza (Aug 2025) 82% support expelling Palestinians from Gaza (May 2025) 47% support killing all inhabitants of conquered enemy cities (May 2025)

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In 2012, Robin Williams warned us about Trump’s ownership of pageants like Miss America and Miss Universe, comparing it to Michael Vick owning pet stores: “It’s a catch-and-release program.” We should have listened to Robin.

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OTD in 1994 The "Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Moldova on Matters Related to Jurisdiction and Mutual Legal Assistance / 14th Army Withdrawal" was signed in Moscow. It required Russian forced to leave Moldova within 3 years. 32 years later they are still there.

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She ended up something of a novelty act in the '70s, appearing on shows like ‘The Love Boat’ — but it’s worth remembering that at one stage CHARO was ranked the 3rd best Flamenco guitarist in the world.

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Born 19 Oct 1944, Peter Tosh grew up learning music by watching others perform. Part of the Jamaican reggae group Bob Marley and the Wailers, he advocated for legalization of marijuana. He loved unicycling. He was shot dead during a robbery attempt by three gunmen in 1987. #PeterTosh

If, as a theist, you believe in celestial determinism, one ought not be offended by human behaviour, being god's divine plan after all. from Jim Jones to David Koresh to Paul Mackenzie. Donald Trump to Putin to Netanyahu.

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“Stop Making Sense” premieres 42 years ago today. 🎂 “.. shooting live music is the most purely cinematic thing you can do,” said director Jonathan Demme. “Ideally, the cinema is becoming one with the music. There is little artifice involved. There's no acting. I love it.” [“Slippery People”]

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The Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina is an early 1900s German orchestrion that uses a rotating bow and pneumatic fingers to play three violins and a piano from a perforated paper roll, dubbed the “8th wonder of the world” at the 1910 Brussels World's Fair. IG: @andreridd ~ Netherlands

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Fascist russia invaded Ukraine in 2014 and is at war with the West. A state of war exists. Declare it. Fascist russia is the aggressor state. Defeat it. Fighting alongside Ukraine for victory is the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace.

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OTD in 2016 Gorbachev stated quite categorically that he never received a promise by NATO not to admit new members to the alliance. He said the idea that Russia was betrayed is a myth. Which triggers my trolls.

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When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

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To humanists, science heightens our appreciation of the world. Knowing that we are part of a vast and magnificent ecosystem puts our lives in perspective. We are all related, and this is our home: evolution tells us that all life on Earth can be traced back to a common origin around 3.5b years ago.

Being enraged for being in an illegal war while simultaneously praising the personnel carrying out said illegal orders for getting through the hardship of lacking toiletries is astonishing to me.