Honest J
@frangsbo.bsky.social
Epistemologist working in the trades.
Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.
Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.
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Honest J
@frangsbo.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Being right is necessary but not sufficient.
I'm gonna be pretty mad if the Democrats, having been dealt a hand that is way better in terms of public opinion than the Weimar Social Democrats, fuck it up just as badly.
January 30, 2026 at 3:43 AM
I'm gonna be pretty mad if the Democrats, having been dealt a hand that is way better in terms of public opinion than the Weimar Social Democrats, fuck it up just as badly.
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"The children’s mother called the school early Thursday to tell them she’d been detained and asked school leaders to bring the kids to her at the Whipple Federal Building ... because there were no family members ... to care for them.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:45 AM
"The children’s mother called the school early Thursday to tell them she’d been detained and asked school leaders to bring the kids to her at the Whipple Federal Building ... because there were no family members ... to care for them.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” Kuhlman said.
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There is no end to his use of the office of the presidency for self-enrichment—and every act of self-enrichment is an impeachable offense.
President Trump has filed a lawsuit against the IRS, in which he demands that the IRS, which he as president controls, pay him $10 billion.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 AM
There is no end to his use of the office of the presidency for self-enrichment—and every act of self-enrichment is an impeachable offense.
California's main electricity grid (CAISO) has released greenhouse gas emission numbers for 2025. Emissions last year were ~46% lower than 2014, and ~8.5% lower than 2024. That's the 4th largest year-on-year reduction in the charts.
www.caiso.com/documents/gr...
www.caiso.com/documents/gr...
www.caiso.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:15 PM
California's main electricity grid (CAISO) has released greenhouse gas emission numbers for 2025. Emissions last year were ~46% lower than 2014, and ~8.5% lower than 2024. That's the 4th largest year-on-year reduction in the charts.
www.caiso.com/documents/gr...
www.caiso.com/documents/gr...
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"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
January 29, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."
And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.
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As a voter, you can make demands without gaming out the politics. Do people know this?
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 PM
As a voter, you can make demands without gaming out the politics. Do people know this?
We need more applied epistemology.
why is such a large percentage of activity in america outright scams
January 29, 2026 at 5:23 PM
We need more applied epistemology.
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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Indeed, Anne Frank was a teenager who was culturally Dutch, having moved here at age 4, but was not a citizen. For Americans asking what they would do for a non-citizen child facing deportation to an unsafe country they never knew, there is a lot to think about here.
January 28, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Indeed, Anne Frank was a teenager who was culturally Dutch, having moved here at age 4, but was not a citizen. For Americans asking what they would do for a non-citizen child facing deportation to an unsafe country they never knew, there is a lot to think about here.
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
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This is a scheduled pogrom
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This is a scheduled pogrom
Right wing lack of empathy is at root a skill issue: the inability to understand or imagine why people might think or feel differently than they do.
By contrast, we who saw this wave of fascism coming understand how malleable the human mind is, and exactly why the fascists think differently.
By contrast, we who saw this wave of fascism coming understand how malleable the human mind is, and exactly why the fascists think differently.
James O’Keefe responds to a comment
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
“Figured they (ICE protesters) were being paid…”
O’Keefe:
“No, it's more terrifying than that. It's not transactional.
They actually believe in their cause.
That truth is going to be hard for most people to understand or accept.”
January 28, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Right wing lack of empathy is at root a skill issue: the inability to understand or imagine why people might think or feel differently than they do.
By contrast, we who saw this wave of fascism coming understand how malleable the human mind is, and exactly why the fascists think differently.
By contrast, we who saw this wave of fascism coming understand how malleable the human mind is, and exactly why the fascists think differently.
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...at the same time somehow completely failing to identify the issues that were determinitive here. If we split these two outputs by the LLM in half, I'd give the first one an A and the second one a D-. Which is... something! But I'm not worried about my job yet. 25/25
~fin~
~fin~
January 27, 2026 at 11:18 PM
...at the same time somehow completely failing to identify the issues that were determinitive here. If we split these two outputs by the LLM in half, I'd give the first one an A and the second one a D-. Which is... something! But I'm not worried about my job yet. 25/25
~fin~
~fin~
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Cool. ICE is at my kids school.
January 27, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Cool. ICE is at my kids school.
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was no one available to comment to the NYT on white supremacy other than....Richard Hannania and the ADL? No one? Really?
January 27, 2026 at 8:12 PM
was no one available to comment to the NYT on white supremacy other than....Richard Hannania and the ADL? No one? Really?
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There's apparently body cam footage of Alex's murder. Do people know this?
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
January 27, 2026 at 12:37 PM
There's apparently body cam footage of Alex's murder. Do people know this?
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
This lets you know that a demand for body cams is USELESS and in fact just a way to give more money to the killers.
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The lies themselves should have been a major story: “Trump Administration lies about brutal Border Patrol killing seen on video.” presswatchers.org/2026/01/mome...
Moments of bravery and cowardice in the news coverage of Alex Pretti’s killing | Press Watch
Truth-telling is hard when your bosses are bootlickers
presswatchers.org
January 27, 2026 at 2:26 PM
The lies themselves should have been a major story: “Trump Administration lies about brutal Border Patrol killing seen on video.” presswatchers.org/2026/01/mome...
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Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Now in Maine: ICE watchers say federal agents are coming to their house to threaten and intimidate them.
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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going further, currently America is an example to the world of how a democracy can fall apart.
i’m hopeful that through resistance, we can be an example of how democracy can be regained.
but there’s a really long road ahead.
i’m hopeful that through resistance, we can be an example of how democracy can be regained.
but there’s a really long road ahead.
This is a terrific piece of rhetorical construction that also happens to be a very good point. A lot of us have been heartened by the courage and integrity so many Minnesotans have shown over this past week, in the face of intimidation and spiteful violence.
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 AM
going further, currently America is an example to the world of how a democracy can fall apart.
i’m hopeful that through resistance, we can be an example of how democracy can be regained.
but there’s a really long road ahead.
i’m hopeful that through resistance, we can be an example of how democracy can be regained.
but there’s a really long road ahead.
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Just occurred to me that if ICE wants to get protesters to disperse immediately, they should just start projecting this movie
Anyone want a ticket to Melania? You have literally all of them to choose from. h/t Alex Petit.
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Just occurred to me that if ICE wants to get protesters to disperse immediately, they should just start projecting this movie
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he’s scared to fucking death of getting booed by the entire stadium on live television
President Donald Trump will not be attending Super Bowl LX on Feb. 8 in Santa Clara, Calif., he said in an interview with the New York Post.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
“It’s just too far away,” he said.
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 AM
he’s scared to fucking death of getting booed by the entire stadium on live television
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For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
January 27, 2026 at 1:41 AM
For any elected official who needs to hear this, I impart a lesson learned from the NFL:
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.
When the other team is tired and on the back foot, you don’t call a timeout so they can catch their breath. You grind their fucking face into the dirt until the final whistle blows and you’ve won the game.