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Stop Calling Me Frank

@stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social
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Working up a fever in a one-horse town. Somerville garage-punk-pub-rock band on Rum Bar Records. The music stuff is the band’s; the politics, crap takes, & lit crit mumbo-jumbo are mine. stopcallingmefrank.bandcamp.com/tra…

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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 9m
It’s so creepy and porny for these people. It gets them off.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 12m
No one: Trump: Do you want to see a horror show?
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 15m
This explains everything.
Christian Post headline 

Donnie Wahlberg, Jenny McCarthy get baptized after 'surrendering' lives to Jesus
By Leah MariAnn Klett, Entertainment
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Leonid Illyich Brezhnev @leobrezhnev.bsky.social · 2h
Age yourself with a childhood crush.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 3h
Rightwingers are generally more animated by disgust; he knows just how to exploit it.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 3h
A trite mug’s game I know, but if a Democrat was president, the GOP would have had a House Committee dedicated to this months ago .
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Tim Hannan @timhannan.bsky.social · 4h
Trump and Hegseth absolutely hate our military service members. These people are getting injured and killed because Trump was looking to distract from his child rape scandal, and then to put the cherry on top they won’t cover the medical bills.
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Kate Armstrong @brainchain.ca · 4h
Cloudbusting, baby
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Steve M. @stevemnomoremister.bsky.social · 4h
The people with the most money and power are the worst suck-ups. People who have next to nothing are more willing to resist tyranny than people who have everything.
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barnfinds.bsky.social @barnfinds.bsky.social · 6h
One of Two Made: 1981 Plymouth Arrow Sunrader: This unusual 1981 Plymouth Arrow Sunrader is believed to be one of two ever made and is offered for sale as part of a museum collection auction.
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One of Two Made: 1981 Plymouth Arrow Sunrader
This unusual 1981 Plymouth Arrow Sunrader is believed to be one of two ever made and is offered for sale as part of a museum collection auction.
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Lee Coursey @lee-coursey.bsky.social · 5h
#music #musicsky #spotify Today's #playlist creation, inspired by comments from @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social: Get to Know: The Reivers A 20-track introduction to the jangly Austin, Texas indie rock / pop band formed in 1984 as Zeitgeist. open.spotify.com/playlist/63h...
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Get to Know: The Reivers
A 20-track introduction to the jangly Austin, Texas indie rock/pop band formed in 1984 as Zeitgeist. The band, led by John Croslin and Kim Longacre, broke up in 1991 but reunited in 2008, going b...
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Lee Coursey @lee-coursey.bsky.social · 5h
I do miss The Reivers and wish we had gotten more music from them. That 1989 album End of the Day has SO many songs on it that I love, and that I played over and over back when it came out.
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But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.com · 7h
I know I said I would stop Gibbposting soon, but just had a thing which shows me just how weird the Bee Gees' cultural place in the world is compared to anyone who "should" be their peers.
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Lee Coursey @lee-coursey.bsky.social · 6h
#NowPlaying #music #musicsky 🎶 Here are the last 15 songs I listened to today. The #playlist below always contains the last 300 unique songs I've played, so you can follow along at home. ➡️ Last 300 Plays: open.spotify.com/playlist/0sXIp9iif…
A list of songs I listened to recently:
The dB's - That Time Is Gone
Semihelix - Deeper Space in Time
The Lemonheads - Rudderless
Dom Mariani - World On Its Head
Miracle Legion - Snacks and Candy
The Speedways - Shoulda Known
Tommy Keene - Run Now
Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, Someway
Let's Active - Every Word Means No
The Flashcubes - Reminisce
Bob Mould - I Don't Know You Anymore
The Reivers - It's About Time
NAH... - Apple Blossoms
Erik Voeks - Hannah
Chris Stamey - The Summer Sun
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
Have we commiserated re: Zeitgeist/the Reivers? I was way into them. In college, on a drunken dare, I called John Croslin at like 2:00 am after getting his number from the operator. Not a proud moment for me.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
Bessent deserves to live in a toilet.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
Marco Rubio is a balloon with a face drawn on it, tied to a chair.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
I like to mix it up, too.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
Moose!
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
Erin was way up there for me, too. Lindsay Wagner holds the top spot, with Jenny A. securing the top UK spot.
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Kenny Logins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
nao @ postcon eepy @elidibus.amaurot.social
They should invent an ADHD that lets you 4:37 AM • Aug 2, 2026
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 6h
Age yourself with a childhood crush.
Jenny Agutter in Logan’s Run
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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
the tech bro who uses AI to play fantasy football for him is being dragged online. no one has ever been quite so mad frankly.
"but you've automated your hobby"
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no, fantasy football is not my hobby. it's more of a social obligation.
my actual hobbies are gainful and awesome and mostly involve being outside. not fixating on team news and sportsball RNG. i have more time to do them because I use Al for all the boring stuff in my life.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m no expert, but I wish Democrats would bait & troll these disregulated fuckers. The White House is packed with venal, paranoid, antisocial, & manipulable weirdos. Start rumors. Needle Trump about being a lame duck. Start shit with Vance & Rubio about it. Get them shooting at shadows & noises.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Twenty-four hours later, Trump says he's not reimbursing the Treasury for the money he embezzled to run political ads on Fox News.
nytimes.com
Trump Does Not Plan to Reimburse Taxpayers for Promotional Ads
A day after the president said his super PAC would pay for the ads, which had drawn bipartisan backlash, officials said that he meant moving forward. A new taxpayer-funded ad aired Tuesday.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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SISTERS OF MERCY TEMPLE OF LOVE
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Did anyone else first hear about Eve Marie Saint in Lloyd Cole’s “Rattlesnakes”? youtu.be/gSc46sEZdl4?...
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Lloyd Cole and the Commotions - Rattlesnakes
YouTube video by LloydColeVEVO
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 19/05/2024
My reader’s guide to Flannery O’Connor
An orangutan on a kids bike chasing a terrified child
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It’s not enough to be dumb and wrong; he’s gotta be pretentious, too.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Siri, show me a person with no principles”
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Esther Rolle and Mary Tyler Moore smoking and holding what appear to be scripts
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
too bad for him Iran has no problem with the people of Los Angeles or San Diego, only his pos ass
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The amazing thing: he’d follow through. If something happened in those cities, he’d 100% blame them for not voting for him.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 06/10/2026
Trump fans in Nebraska chant "Four more years! Four more years!" Trump responds by saying, "we have a hat -- it says 'four more years.' Another one says 'Trump 2028'"
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Young brothers Cy and Brigham were the true heart of the band.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Related: After years of futile online scrapping, I don’t “argue” here. If my facts are wrong, let me know; if you have information or a point of view that makes me more informed, great. If you’re tedious, you get ignored; if you’re a bad-faith dick, you get blocked. What’s there to argue about?
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Dems just need to be theatrically disingenuous in their claims. Let us enjoy a little constructive bad faith for once.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Do you remember when NBC hired Megyn as some cute mainstream normie? Maybe she’ll get another shot.
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Media Matters for America @mmfa.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Megyn Kelly: "...this is probably a first for her. She's probably thrilled to be so admired because she clearly didn't grow up the incredibly beautiful one."
mediamatters.org
Megyn Kelly on Cornell's Jane Doe: "I'm just going to be honest, she's not the most attractive gal. She's extremely beefy in her arms and her legs."
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"smokey stevenson" @kurtblumenau.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
@chrissteller.bsky.social saw this in the Miami News in August 1975 while looking for something else and was quite surprised. I didn’t know anybody in the US was aware of the 101ers while they existed.
Snippet of a pop music column in the Miami News on, I believe, August 5, 1975. The column touts two up and coming British bands, the 101ers and Doctor Feelgood
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 05/10/2026
"Democracies are inefficient." – someone who believes he'd be among the people in charge, without democracy
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
He’s heard things Joey. He heard things.
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EDP @elizdp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Totally.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Richard Hofstadter still illuminates the asymmetry between liberals” & the “right.” We don’t share reality; we don’t share the same understanding of politics. You can’t invite someone to eat lunch and discuss differences if they don’t sincerely believe in food or understand good-faith discussion.
From Hofstadter’s “Paranoid Style in American Politics”

He does not see social conflict as something to be mediated and com-promised, in the manner of the working politician.
Since what is at stake is always a conflict between absolute good and absolute evil, what is necessary is not compromise but the will to fight things out to a finish. Since the enemy is thought of as being totally evil and totally unappeasable, he must be totally eliminated-if not from the world, at least from the theatre of operations to which the paranoid directs his attention.
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zota @zota.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You know that conservatism is tribal and their self-identity is based on disliking outgroups. So you're only saying this to liberal-minded people, open to hearing other perspectives. Try writing a piece that convinces maga chuds to take a progressive out to lunch.
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Deborah @deborahzafer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
October Robert Frost 🍂
October
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I once edited a really good writer whose sole grating habit was using the word “oftentimes” instead of “often.” To me, “oftentimes” seems like a word whose pants are too long.
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Stop Calling Me Frank @stopcallingmefrank.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can’t recall writing it. It’s unattractive on the page. At the beginning of a sentence, I probably just use “similarly” or “likewise” if I need a variation for some reason.
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Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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