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Honest J

@frangsbo.bsky.social
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Epistemologist working in the trades. Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.

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amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social · 11h
This was a pretty small protest, but it honestly seemed incredibly effective. I don’t think that they’ve done this before, the only time I’ve been to a protest at this building was on a weekend. I really don’t think these workers liked being shamed!
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 11h
Genuinely believe that a 2-3 week unit on the use of 'AI' at the end of high-school and/or beginning of college is all the preparation that an adult needs to be prepared to deal with the cheating tool.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 11h
Yarvin?
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 11h
Del
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 12h
Mamdani pissing off people for opposite reasons on I/P frankly means he's doing it right imo.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 12h
Oh, *that's* where I recognize that name from. Thank god for 'former'.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 12h
Wow an actual self hating Jew.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 12h
I always heard "There's a bad moon on the rise" as "There's a bathroom on the right". Thought it might be meant as advice to drunk people.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 13h
Let me make this easy for you: Always root against the Dodgers. (But don't ask my wife for her opinion.)
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 20h
oh my GOD
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Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 21h
Makes me want to go back and study how they treated Henry Ford.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 21h
It's almost as if the Republican party is an extortion racket.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Why not both?
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
You seem cool though, gotta give you that.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎯
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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 06/10/2026
for clowns like pete fucking hegseth to get up there and demean any one of us is an impeachable offense, for his most fundamental responsibility is to be for a republic of equal citizens
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Justin. @uhjustin.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One of the big Trumpian phenomenons is that because he lies a lot and gets away with it, all his supporters lie a lot. And here we see a reporter not doing basic due diligence about it. I get the appeal of a “Trump supporter starts to think better” story but if it’s not honest, what’s the point?
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Hemry, Local Bartender @bartenderhemry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This thing where reporters simply do not check trump supporters' public social media posts at all, and editors don't give a shit either, has to stop
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The thing about lying so much is they forget what they're supposed to believe.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Reddit is right this time. For an individual room a mini-split (singular) is all that's necessary.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
How very Goebbels of the Republicans to lie about bad things their allies are doing.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 06/10/2026
I LOVE how @propublica.org dealt with official comment here, editorially and stylistically.
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. 

"DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no 'indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Are you going to mention the emoluments clause?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 06/10/2026
NEW: The Trump administration keeps denying and downplaying that immigration agents have been detaining Americans. It’s wrong. We’ve found more than 500 U.S. citizens have been held against their will, including handcuffed or held at gunpoint.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administrati...
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Andrew Deck @andrewdeck.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ChatGPT is adding the signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists to its AI-generated images. So far, I've found the signatures of more than 15 contributors. "It’s slop, and unlike the other slop that I’ve encountered, this is slop that’s pretending to be me." www.niemanlab.org/2026/10/chat...
Left: A cartoon generated by ChatGPT and signed with Emily Flake’s signature that was posted to a Reddit forum in June. Right: A real Emily Flake cartoon published in The New Yorker on August 20, 2026 and licensed via The Cartoon Bank.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
CA can't really do that. You (or you employer) pay your taxes directly to the feds.
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Omnivore in Seattle @reasonableguy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The absolute ease with which these folks lie is awe-inspiring.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The difference is between the state directly tearing up a contract (a marriage) and indirectly forcing you to exit one (a mortgage) by limiting your other life choices.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Which may sort of sound reasonable until you consider whether forcing a woman to bear a child to term might affect her ability to pay her rent.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes for him a woman is not allowed to spend money on the assumption that she won't get pregnant because she's not planning to.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
At best, the distinction is between people who have an agreement with each other, and a person who (because she didn't intend to!) has no agreement with anyone. By virtue of no agreement there is no interest to protect? 'Pecuniary' gives away how much these people worship a *moneyed* interest.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
You could delete that last clause and actually it would be a stronger statement.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hmm, I think that takes it farther from the truth. If your take was merely "sometimes talking to people who think different can be fun", without asserting it's necessarily productive, you'd be on firmer ground.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's fun for you because it temporarily makes you feel smart. It's fun for them because they get to figure out how to screw you.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Gee maybe this points to a systemic information system problem as much as people's personal moral failings. (Not that we exempt anyone from criticism.)
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
One time on a road trip through Oregon I pulled into a station and started to self-serve because I didn't know or had forgot. Guy came up asking 'regular or premium?' and I will never forget how bored he looked.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You know it sucks if it already needs a rebranding.
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ceej @ceej.online · 04/10/2026
“how do we win back trump voters in 2026” we don’t. we create an environment where admitting to voting for trump is so socially embarrassing as to render them completely inert. you don’t “win back” trump voters. you demoralize them into staying home. you make it a dunce cap
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I'll extend a hand to any who sincerely apologize and work to undo the harm they've done.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Says 'I'm not in the mood for a fight', throws a grenade into a crowd of people. (You're my man, I know you mean well. I don't hold this post against you. But yeah.)
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
If you have $100 million to spend on ads saying you shouldn’t be taxed you’re not being taxed enough Google cofounder Sergey Brin has spent $102 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses fortune.com/article/how-...
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax—he could owe $13 billion if he loses | Fortune
The state’s ultrawealthy, including Larry Page and Peter Thiel, have similarly donated to efforts opposing the wealth tax.
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It seems to me it's the entire subtext of the discourse even if it's not said out loud. Otherwise I don't understand why people care to argue so much about machine consciousness.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Natalie is not preparing him.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We have no more moral obligation to let an AGI run free in our society than we do a mountain lion. As for slavery, that's a good reason not to make one.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The thing is, you're talking about a prequel here.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I couldn't really watch the highlights from Thurs night. Two QBs who are terrible people. Someone please put together a reel with the sacks and nothing else.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is what racism does to a person.
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Haha
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Honest J @frangsbo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It's not a practical issue.
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