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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Important article about the inherent limitations of generative AI in advancing science & especially mathematics.

Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

NYT is listing the top 100 shows since 2000, and they provide a way to list your top 10. Here's my list. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"SORRY" on our RV during our current trip to Canada.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Scientific study of dog intelligence at Duke Univ. "How much of what we call intelligence is really proclivity for and mastery of a valued job? ... “It’s an evolutionary genius to have this partnership with humans,” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/o...

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Opinion | Can You Tell How Smart a Dog Is by Giving It a Test?

With pets and people, we’re stupid when assessing smarts.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

@deadder.bsky.social "Today it seems like the United States has forgotten what close friends we used to be."

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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist @andertoon.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Triumphal Arch To learn more about my creative process, the ideas behind my work, and to see behind-the-scenes sketches, videos, and works in progress, subscribe to my Substack newsletter: nickanderson.substack.com For @rawstory.com

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

"Trump is replacing the highly imperfect meritocracy of American public service with an idiocracy, and his corrupt idiocrats are creating profound short-, medium- and long-term harms to American national security." (I love this sentence from David French.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...

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Opinion | Pete Hegseth Is a Wrecking Ball

We are already paying a high price for the defense secretary’s purges and whims.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

@michellegoldberg.bsky.social "I don’t think we can separate the vicious anti-feminist reaction we’re enduring from the fact that so much of our public life is mediated by toxic, isolating algorithms." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/04/o...

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Opinion | What Gloria Steinem Can Teach Us

Steinem has died at the end of a decade that undid some of what she struggled for.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Flags at half mask for Gloria Steinem? She did more for the US than Dolly.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

DeAdder @deadder.bsky.social today on substack following ludicrous shadow docket ruling allowing the ballroom to go forward.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Bill Gates @billgates.bsky.social says that likely mass unemployment from AI outweighs the benefits of efficiency, “so the price signals aren’t connected to humanity’s need to have gainful activity, both from a fulfillment and economic point of view,” www.gatesnotes.com/work/make-ai...

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Bliss @harrybliss.bsky.social dog cartoons from the last 2 days. I especially like "Who saved whom?"

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Bliss @harrybliss.bsky.social cartoon from yesterday. He's done several recently about hiking w his dog. And, they both love it.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Bliss @harrybliss.bsky.social drawing from his graphic book "you can never die".

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

My wife texted me from bed this morning.

sleeping beauty tell him "if you love me, let me sleep".

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Bliss cartoon from 260708. A lifeless book gets mom's attention. @harrybliss.bsky.social

Bliss cartoon from 260708 "Stephen King vs Bella" shows wife reading novel & dog longing for attention.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Why poor whites vote against their own best interests? "political loyalties for white lower classes inaccurately assumes that they are chiefly interested in economics... In reality, access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency. " www.theguardian.com/inequality/n...

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The white working class knows the American project isn’t working. Here’s why that will never matter to them

Access to power over other racial groups is their preferred political currency

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

On overturning independent agencies, "the facile idiocy of the court’s reasoning deserves to be examined in detail." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... (BTW - Moira gives the middle finger to anyone who thinks you should try to look good for your headshot. 🤣) @moiradonegan.bsky.social

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"Now, he has to deliver for a country newly protective of its sovereignty and searching for its place in the world, all while managing a much broader party tent — one that keeps Lori Idlout and Marilyn Gladu under the same roof."

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 30/06/2026

Something is fundamentally broken when we can mint trillionaires while millions of Americans still can't afford healthcare. It's time for a national billionaires tax to end corporate tax loopholes and build an economy that actually works for working people.

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Politico @politico.com · 22/06/2026

This week's POLITICO Magazine cover story: How Mark Carney mastered the ugly art of Canadian politics. The Canadian PM's first year in office has transformed him into a ruthless — and effective — party boss. 🔗 politi.co/4uL9lNG 📷 Markian Lozowchuk/Redux Also in this issue 🧵👇

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

@TODMAFFIN chart explaining when to use metric or imprerial measure in Canada. Find him & his newsletter ion substack & don't miss "I'm an a model of a modern day Canadian" video.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The three branches of the United States government, as delineated in the Constitution, are the God Emperor, The High Council of the Six Ayatollahs, and the Federal Reserve

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

@deadder.bsky.social After he refused to sign the bipartisan housing bill.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

"Trump lost this war" from the editorial board of NYT. Hugely important contrast with our regime's propaganda. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

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Opinion | President Trump Lost This War

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Just got back from the national "rise up & sing" watch/sing-along party in Eugene. Hosted by Jane Fonda & her revived "committee for the 1st amendment". She talked about it last monday on the daily show. riseupsingout.com

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Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment — Watch Live

Watch the concert live! An uplifting evening of song, solidarity, and action.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

NCAA T&F championship today. The 3 fastest women in college history and college record in 400m.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Blue Sky restaurant near Huntington Beach St Pk South Carolina from our van-life x-country trip.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

“It’s a scary thing to be in [prison] & get released to nothing.” In CA, 50,000+ inmates have received prerelease services paid for by medicare, many with chronic, addiction, or mental-health conditions. But it's complicated by new work-requirements to Medicaid. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/h...

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A New Lifeline Helps Inmates Transition to Life Outside the Bars

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"Trust is the actual asset underlying America’s ability to borrow cheaply... Every signal that America no longer considers itself bound by the rules it wrote chips away at that asset. When it goes, the costs hit at home..." @kyla.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/o...

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Opinion | Our Inability to Live Within Our Means Makes the U.S. Vulnerable

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

The Wealth of Nations - 250 years today "imports are source of real benefits to consumers & trade expands the division of labor, raising productivity." "kept the focus where... it belonged: on improving the lives of ordinary people." @jasonfurman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...

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Opinion | This Is the Moment Adam Smith Has Been Waiting For

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Crypto critique w a mild snark I enjoyed it immensely (despite owning some) 👍 www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/o...

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Opinion | Crypto Is Pointless. Not Even the White House Can Fix That.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Hope is not a promise & not faith. Marc provides a valuable perspective but names it "hope" & contradicts Obama & MLK. It led to some lively discussion.

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Frank Webster 💙 @fjowebster.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

"...a new path in American justice, one that takes the rich quite literally beyond the reach of the law." steal $660M, give tRump $0.1M, and you're free & clear! @brendanballou.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/o...

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Opinion | One Man Stole $660 Million. He’ll Never Pay It Back.

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