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Derek Powazek

@fraying.bsky.social

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I used to make websites. I wrote the book “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and more. Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products at https://milkbarn.farm.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 7d

Harvest 2025 is on! To celebrate, here’s a coupon for ✨25% OFF✨ our Limited Edition tinctures. Give yourself the gift of a better night's sleep or a little extra chill during this stressful time.

Use code CROPTOBER25 at checkout or just visit this link:
milkbarn.farm/discount/CRO...

A bunch of happy people harvesting hemp.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8h

a cartoon of spongebob and patrick saying `` i don 't care ''

ALT: a cartoon of spongebob and patrick saying `` i don 't care ''

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

2025 is full of moments like this - learning about some awesomely good and important thing the government did that this evil administration is killing

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 10h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 9h

Abundance is spoken softly into microphones with a NPR cadence, pro-business conservatism is shouted into microphones with more of an AM quality sound curve.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 9h

Abundance is spoken softly into microphones with a NPR cadence, pro-business conservatism is shouted into microphones with more of an AM quality sound curve.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 9h

Perverts. All of them.

Mike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 15h

JFC. Ron DeHaas, founder of the Christian antiporn app Covenant Eyes, has stepped down from NCOSE after his 38-year old son was charged with sexual abuse of a child.

Covenant Eyes is the app used by House Speaker Mike Johnson and his son to monitor each other's internet behavior.

Covenant Eyes Cofounder Helps Post Bond for Adult Stepson, Who Is Charged With Felony Child Sex Abuse

In August, Thomas Wideman, an adult stepson of Covenant Eyes cofounder Ron DeHaas, was arrested during a CSAM sting operation.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10h

And Slack

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10h

Yeah fuck that guy, fuck his shit software, and fuck him a second time.

Heather Knight @heatherknightsf.bsky.social · 13h

For years, San Franciscans considered him the rare big-hearted billionaire. But days before his Dreamforce conference begins, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said he would support President Trump sending the National Guard to SF and that Trump is doing “a great job.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 15h

Andy Ngo is so soft he’s afraid of milkshakes and frogs.

hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 17h

Those are three people in inflatable frog suits.

@MrAndyNgo
Now that the local and national press have started to cover the Portland ICE area round-the-clock in reaction to the President, Antifa have devised a plan where they are encouraging one another to come in animal costumes.

The costumes serve the function of masking the violent extremism to make the direct action appear like a family-friendly gathering on camera, and to whitewash the past ultraviolence.

In 2019, Antifa devised a similar plot by giving out free "milkshakes" at a protest. But they couldn't contain their bloodthirst and nearly killed me when they saw me. In 2020, they mobilized a fake "Wall of Moms" where female Antifa supporters and members wore yellow shirts to act as human body shields while violent rioters behind them hurled projectile weapons.

photo of three people in inflatable frog costumes

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 20h

What do YOU care about?

-privacy violations
-working conditions
-environmental pollution
-regulatory evasion
-funding fascism
-vaporware scams
-unsolicited push ads
-union busting
-bad diner food

whatever it is, Tesla is doing something that should make you never want to own one!

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 20h

My most old fashioned belief is that there should be negative consequences when politicians lie to voters.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 20h

I spoke to Slate about why 404 Media is suing ICE for its $2 million spyware contract. The company ICE contracted with can remotely break into phones without the target even clicking a link slate.com/podcasts/wha...

The People Suing ICE

What kind of spyware is ICE working with—and what government agencies are collaborating?

slate.com

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Best response to Ezra Klein’s weak-kneed appeasement strategy is @jamellebouie.net never mentioning him by name but destroying his worldview, with historical context, in less than a half hour.
youtu.be/44Q8aVooIvI?...

Why the Lincoln-Douglas Debates Still Matter

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine trying to threaten your way into a Nobel peace prize. The microscopic balls on that man.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration is segregationist.
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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a man 's face in a car with a woman behind him .

Alt: THAT'S BAIT

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

Klein: Professor Is Getting Death Threats The Right Way

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.