Frank A. Spring
@frankaspring.bsky.social
storybuilding at Undaunted Ventures, finding and listening to stories at Altum Insight. previously: various political stuff. this world has its consolations.
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one reason i’ve wanted to get this nonsense out of the way is that winning the elections is not enough and we need to be talking about what we’ll do when we win instead of catastrophising about it not happening
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
one reason i’ve wanted to get this nonsense out of the way is that winning the elections is not enough and we need to be talking about what we’ll do when we win instead of catastrophising about it not happening
this aged like bruichladdich
yeah i think it's fair to say that halligan might be here for a good time, not a long time
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
this aged like bruichladdich
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to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
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Gratified on a clinical level to finally have an ironclad example to point writers to what I mean by “don’t get cute”
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Gratified on a clinical level to finally have an ironclad example to point writers to what I mean by “don’t get cute”
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I would love to read an account of this saga that isn’t written in an atrociously purple way but seems like that’s too much to ask of anyone involved
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I would love to read an account of this saga that isn’t written in an atrociously purple way but seems like that’s too much to ask of anyone involved
love to imagine out loud the super-xenophobic reboot of Lonesome Dove
Last month he was a soybean farmer, this month he’s an expert on intercontinental cattle drives.
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
love to imagine out loud the super-xenophobic reboot of Lonesome Dove
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Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
saw a good post on this & lost track of it, apologies to whoever said it: I understand bemoaning how long it will take to unfuck our country after this, & how unpleasant it will be. Also: 1) it can happen faster than we think 2) say it takes the rest of the lifespan of every 45+y person on here (1/)
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
saw a good post on this & lost track of it, apologies to whoever said it: I understand bemoaning how long it will take to unfuck our country after this, & how unpleasant it will be. Also: 1) it can happen faster than we think 2) say it takes the rest of the lifespan of every 45+y person on here (1/)
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Well hit me up
cause we're selling individual pieces now
because it turns out people are more than happy to overpay in the name of charity one mini at a time
DMs open baby
cause we're selling individual pieces now
because it turns out people are more than happy to overpay in the name of charity one mini at a time
DMs open baby
Don't have that kind of scratch, but that's cool as hell! Well done, Spencer!
November 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Well hit me up
cause we're selling individual pieces now
because it turns out people are more than happy to overpay in the name of charity one mini at a time
DMs open baby
cause we're selling individual pieces now
because it turns out people are more than happy to overpay in the name of charity one mini at a time
DMs open baby
<breaks out the little tin drum yet again> our qual studies last year found limited anti-migrant sentiment, even with Republicans. concern over immigration was entirely about a perception that the border was out of control, which we saw across the board. anti-migrant beliefs are not mainstream.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
<breaks out the little tin drum yet again> our qual studies last year found limited anti-migrant sentiment, even with Republicans. concern over immigration was entirely about a perception that the border was out of control, which we saw across the board. anti-migrant beliefs are not mainstream.
I failed to get a screen grab but very much enjoyed an AI-generated news item in my google feed about UNM beating CSU 40-10 on the back of a dynamic offense and strong, suffocating defense.
That game hasn’t been played yet. it kicks off on Saturday.
That game hasn’t been played yet. it kicks off on Saturday.
November 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I failed to get a screen grab but very much enjoyed an AI-generated news item in my google feed about UNM beating CSU 40-10 on the back of a dynamic offense and strong, suffocating defense.
That game hasn’t been played yet. it kicks off on Saturday.
That game hasn’t been played yet. it kicks off on Saturday.
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Larry Summers had an "insight" in an email to Epstein.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Larry Summers had an "insight" in an email to Epstein.
YEEEEEEEAH BABY LET THAT EYE COOK
Alien is coming back to Earth for a second season
Alien is coming back to Earth for a second season
More Aliens, more Earth.
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
YEEEEEEEAH BABY LET THAT EYE COOK
looks like a concept album from a very-late-career Conway Twitty
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
looks like a concept album from a very-late-career Conway Twitty
Blood Meridian undid me
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Blood Meridian undid me
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okay but whom amongst us has not told some friends that we're only joining them at the pub for one?
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
okay but whom amongst us has not told some friends that we're only joining them at the pub for one?
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I want to thank all the veterans who have served this country, but especially the transgender veterans who served and still desire to serve in spite of being treated like 2nd class citizens by the very country they defend. Thank you all for your service.
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I want to thank all the veterans who have served this country, but especially the transgender veterans who served and still desire to serve in spite of being treated like 2nd class citizens by the very country they defend. Thank you all for your service.
increasingly of the view that anyone who doesn't sound like a maniac when discussing the state and future of the various Powers That Be isn't serious
I realize I sound like a maniac, btw.
November 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
increasingly of the view that anyone who doesn't sound like a maniac when discussing the state and future of the various Powers That Be isn't serious
listen to this and know that lamenting time is over, and that we resume that hard, unglamorous work by which the victory will be won
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
listen to this and know that lamenting time is over, and that we resume that hard, unglamorous work by which the victory will be won
been clear for a while that many of our Dem colleagues - electeds & pros - won’t be in our number come the victory. add a few more names to that list. we’ll do it without them.
a friend reminds me: people whose names we don’t yet know will be front & center of the fight, too. we‘ll win this thing
a friend reminds me: people whose names we don’t yet know will be front & center of the fight, too. we‘ll win this thing
November 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
been clear for a while that many of our Dem colleagues - electeds & pros - won’t be in our number come the victory. add a few more names to that list. we’ll do it without them.
a friend reminds me: people whose names we don’t yet know will be front & center of the fight, too. we‘ll win this thing
a friend reminds me: people whose names we don’t yet know will be front & center of the fight, too. we‘ll win this thing
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this is it, this is the winner
November 8, 2025 at 9:37 PM
this is it, this is the winner
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