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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 5h

I read your message to my washing machine and now it's sulking in the corner and refusing to clean my clothes

davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 9h

Yes but it has to go far beyond ICE and farther back than 2025. This guy was in CBP not ICE and was hired in 2018. Restructure the entire immigration system and make EVERYBODY apply for jobs in the new organizations that will replace them.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 22h

I wish someone would bring this to the attention of Jackson (and Collins and Maine voters): bsky.app/profile/gene...

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This is in no way different from JD Vance's views about himself

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

ahem... Cuba is every bit as much "the West" as the US is... (as in, (1) obviously "the West" is a social construct, and (2) both the US and Cuba are products the same colonial project) it is almost shocking how cavalierly people in the US dismiss the idea that Cubans could identify as "the West"

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

How is it that so few "Americans" (USA-ians, that is) know that what we call Latin America was formed as part of the same global colonizing project as our own country?

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This but for flavor bsky.app/profile/beet...

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Or -- hear me out -- maybe Polis is just not very smart?

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Are you sure this is really Rubio? He isn't reaching for his water bottle

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Yarvin "told me that it would be 'cringe' for him to broadcast his relationship with Thiel—or with Vance, for that matter, whom he met through Thiel around 2015." .. "'He's a really cool guy,' Yarvin said of the Vice-President, who followed him on X earlier this year."

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This New Yorker article also mentions the relationship (maybe doesn't headline it, but does mention it more than once). www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes, it's clear if you (like me) are cursed having with a trump-translator installed in your brain. It isn't clear from his actual words, though. Two ways to take this: 1) he's an addled speaker in mental decline (true), and/or 2) he purposely speaks in ways that can be easily misconstrued (true?).

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Also: how is that any more legal than his (also blatantly illegal) moves to force the US govt to pay for his ads? Isn't the whole rationale behind Super PACs the fact that they are legally forbidden to coordinate with or contribute directly to political campaigns?

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Sadly, I can understand his word salad, and he's not saying what the transcript implies. He's trying to say that if we don't "take out" Iran's imaginary nuclear capability, they will be able to "take out" an American city. Let them do that and then the "liberals" will see why the war was necessary.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes, they've already pre-interpreted it as an "anti-incumbent mood" and not a "vibe shift" or a "cultural realignment." To make it more than that, we have to push -- really push -- Democrats in office to investigate and, wherever possible, punish the crimes being committed by trumpists.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have time traveled back here from the 2050s to tell you not to get your hopes up

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Even better might be to say "I am enraged because they lied to US, they think WE are stupid."

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Very true, but also: you absolutely can "write off" a considerable chunk of Bolsonaro voters as ignorant white racists. Not all of them but quite a few of them.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

He's basically promising to crash the economy if Dems win -- one campaign promise he will easily and eagerly carry out

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Based on the long-standing constitutional doctrine of "our very special golden boy can do whatever he wants, legal or illegal"

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Why isn't this a federal law? So simple and obvious.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Thanks for your podcasts -- my only must-listen! -- but for some reason today's isn't showing up on Apple podcasts....

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

no weirdos so what's he doing up there

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I expect to see him crash and burn within weeks of announcing

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had no idea who this guy was but I just happened to watch a few minutes of the Senate GOP witch-hunt trial of Jack Smith and wow, does he ever lie his head off. Made false accusations of perjury against Smith (proven false within a matter of minutes, in fact). No wonder JD finds him "trustworthy."

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Incredibly stupid + incredibly tone deaf. How many "stay-at-home parents" (by which he means mothers, 9 times out of 10) stay at home only because they can't afford day care? How many would jump at the chance to join the workforce if they could afford it?

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'd vote for you in a heartbeat but tbh I'd rather see you on the Supreme Court

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The deer in the headlights has nothing on this guy

Mike Waltz struggles to answer basic questions on Meet the Press

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I teach undergrads and I hear you... But I also have to point out that my wife writes middle grade novels and the 10-12 y.o.s who read them are true readers, they pick up the nuances and are excited to learn about the experiences of others. They give me hope.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is this week's episode up already? Because it isn't showing up on apple podcasts... 😢

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I've been getting 1932 vibes for a while

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

just to clarify a point I've seen in comments: they think WE'RE stupid *and* THEY are stupid. Both.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What's especially funny about hearing this today is that just this morning i read a piece from 10 years ago which logically demolishes the idea of "superintelligence", aka AI. Long but worth a look: idlewords.com/talks/superi...

idlewords.com

Superintelligence: The Idea That Eats Smart People

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

pls send me a news alert when he announces we have to change our underwear every half hour

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The USPS case that the guy brings up is a great example: trump is *trying* to use USPS to interfere in the midterms -- and *failing*. It turns out that, no, he does NOT have a 'mechanism' to magically make USPS do his bidding. Not even his pet USPS bureaucrats are able to do it. Trying ≠ doing.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Yes! More specifically: it isn't AI itself that will kill people, it's our idiot overlords' belief in the usefulness of AI that is killing people.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Clearly you don't want to take responsibility for your decision to be Black. This is why you will never understand the Party of Personal Responsibility.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Alan Gratz's middle grade novel "Refugee" is really good

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They should broaden their sf reading to include actually understanding what they read

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It's also incredibly stupid on its own terms. If it's true that "rich countries" are more productive than "poor countries" then our top short term priority should be improving the lot of currently poor countries, not further immiserating them. The only argument against this is... racism.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Not being a gamer I had to look up Leeroy Jenkins and lol lmao lollllll that's perfect

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Yeah and the photo of Andrew Johnson is way out of date too

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It says $80k *household* income so two college grads making $40k each in one household would both be "professional class"

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I'm going to bookmark this and probably play it for my class

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I would explain but you have to be a smart or "High IQ" person to "get" it.

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davidfrye.bsky.social @davidfrye.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The answer should be "I will not advocate for tearing it down, I will simply tear it down. On day one."

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