Franki Butler
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Back in the early days of Trump 2 when ICE was first ramping up in LA they were approaching ERs and urgent cares with warrants signed by judges and someone on the legal team at one of the hospitals figured out that the judge name they had signed to the doc had died years ago. You can't retrain that
January 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Back in the early days of Trump 2 when ICE was first ramping up in LA they were approaching ERs and urgent cares with warrants signed by judges and someone on the legal team at one of the hospitals figured out that the judge name they had signed to the doc had died years ago. You can't retrain that
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This is bad not just because of the direct infections but there's growing research that suggests vaccines also stave off things (like dementia) that we don't typically associate with vaccine prevention.
One of the things I was most worried about is starting to come to fruition.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
RFK Jr. will succeed in eliminating all of our vaccines if allowed to remain in office. His disinformation campaign and the falling demand for vaccines will cause American companies to stop making them.
Moderna curbing investments in vaccine trials due to US backlash, CEO tells Bloomberg TV
Moderna does not plan to invest in new late-stage vaccine trials because of growing opposition to immunizations from U.S. officials, CEO Stephane Bancel said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Th...
www.reuters.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:45 PM
This is bad not just because of the direct infections but there's growing research that suggests vaccines also stave off things (like dementia) that we don't typically associate with vaccine prevention.
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I just want people who are seeing the crowd pics to know, every single piece of Mpls infrastructure was strained to the limit today to get people there. I’m able bodied and prepared, was outside for 2 hours and still never made it bc our trains downtown were never meant to be packed like they were.
January 23, 2026 at 10:45 PM
I just want people who are seeing the crowd pics to know, every single piece of Mpls infrastructure was strained to the limit today to get people there. I’m able bodied and prepared, was outside for 2 hours and still never made it bc our trains downtown were never meant to be packed like they were.
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The reason I'm pointing out Milhoan and, honestly RFK Jr's age, is I almost get the idiot wellness influencer on tiktok who is 32 and has zero lived experience with these diseases. Neither of these men have that excuse. It only makes sense through the lens of eugenics.
January 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
The reason I'm pointing out Milhoan and, honestly RFK Jr's age, is I almost get the idiot wellness influencer on tiktok who is 32 and has zero lived experience with these diseases. Neither of these men have that excuse. It only makes sense through the lens of eugenics.
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Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
I am not being snarky. I need my colleagues who wrote on covid school lockdowns to engage with this. To be as loud as they have been about prior "learning loss." Hell, you can cite Tom & Mark's AERJ paper so you feel better that there's some econ somewhere in your argument.
"In St. Paul, at least one-fourth of students from Spanish-speaking homes have missed every day of school since Dec. 12."
January 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Reporters, if you wrote about learning loss due to covid school closures, you can write about learning loss due to state terror.
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Thank goodness everyone spent months deciding that the Chinese were stealing our data so we could switch to good old patriotic American data stealing
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Thank goodness everyone spent months deciding that the Chinese were stealing our data so we could switch to good old patriotic American data stealing
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my hunch is that a lot of people who don't normally cook on the regular flood the grocery store when there is bad weather approaching and they are shopping in a basically haphazard way (there were no mushrooms, for example)
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
my hunch is that a lot of people who don't normally cook on the regular flood the grocery store when there is bad weather approaching and they are shopping in a basically haphazard way (there were no mushrooms, for example)
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i popped by the wegmans to grab a couple things and entire shelves of produce were inexplicably gone. like, what are people even *making*
January 23, 2026 at 10:05 PM
i popped by the wegmans to grab a couple things and entire shelves of produce were inexplicably gone. like, what are people even *making*
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dang, Waymo caught passing stopped school buses 20 times in Austin alone
The NTSB joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in investigating Waymo vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses.
Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior | TechCrunch
The NTSB joins the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in investigating Waymo vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses.
techcrunch.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:57 PM
dang, Waymo caught passing stopped school buses 20 times in Austin alone
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Things are fucking horrible but i feel better now than i did a year ago, just because 1. This administration is incompetent and 2. People are fired up.
January 23, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Things are fucking horrible but i feel better now than i did a year ago, just because 1. This administration is incompetent and 2. People are fired up.
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You folks get so angry and you think everyone is trying to do a “gotcha”
You’re wrong
It is your responsibility to explain to a regular person that the action is good and also that they will be protected
You’re wrong
It is your responsibility to explain to a regular person that the action is good and also that they will be protected
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
You folks get so angry and you think everyone is trying to do a “gotcha”
You’re wrong
It is your responsibility to explain to a regular person that the action is good and also that they will be protected
You’re wrong
It is your responsibility to explain to a regular person that the action is good and also that they will be protected
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"Now isn't the time to bring up history." Really, because the people you claim to oppose are definitely making time to erase it.
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Now isn't the time to bring up history." Really, because the people you claim to oppose are definitely making time to erase it.
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I think this is the core of Bari's appeal
on the hardcore right, a lot of people really enjoy lying for love of the game - mouthing words about what they believe in order to get what they want, full of glee about how they're getting one over people
but many reactionary centrists want to be lied to
on the hardcore right, a lot of people really enjoy lying for love of the game - mouthing words about what they believe in order to get what they want, full of glee about how they're getting one over people
but many reactionary centrists want to be lied to
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I think this is the core of Bari's appeal
on the hardcore right, a lot of people really enjoy lying for love of the game - mouthing words about what they believe in order to get what they want, full of glee about how they're getting one over people
but many reactionary centrists want to be lied to
on the hardcore right, a lot of people really enjoy lying for love of the game - mouthing words about what they believe in order to get what they want, full of glee about how they're getting one over people
but many reactionary centrists want to be lied to
Waiting for the Heated Rivalry series finale where they reveal that Shane and Ilya have been wearing dentures since halfway through episode 2.
Even if you start your hockey career pretty you probably aren't going to end it that way
January 23, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Waiting for the Heated Rivalry series finale where they reveal that Shane and Ilya have been wearing dentures since halfway through episode 2.
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Ah, the old trap: If gay people point out that equating oral sex with degradation is homophobic, we're scolds and language police, and that distracts from the real issue, which is that Newsom lacks any internal compass and says whatever he thinks will win him applause or agreement in the moment. >
Newsom: "He's an invasive species, Donald Trump. He took over the Republican Party. Lindsey Graham -- I mean, speaking of the kneepads. I'm sorry. This is tough stuff. I don't recognize these people any longer. You think what I'm saying about Trump is tough? How about what Graham said about Trump."
January 22, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Ah, the old trap: If gay people point out that equating oral sex with degradation is homophobic, we're scolds and language police, and that distracts from the real issue, which is that Newsom lacks any internal compass and says whatever he thinks will win him applause or agreement in the moment. >
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Do these mushrooms grow in circles in the woods perhaps? Is it inexplicably dark where they are?
With most psychedelic drugs, you never know what you're going to get. But this mysterious mushroom from China - without fail - causes users to hallucinate tiny people: crawling up walls, popping out from under furniture and marching under doors. www.bbc.com/future/artic...
'They saw them on their dishes when eating': The mushroom making people hallucinate dozens of tiny humans
Only recently described by science, the mysterious mushrooms are found in different parts of the world, but they give people the same exact visions.
www.bbc.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Do these mushrooms grow in circles in the woods perhaps? Is it inexplicably dark where they are?
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I saw someone on here say that one of the least believable things about Heated Rivalry is that all the men are gorgeous and none of them have CTE and you know what, yes
January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I saw someone on here say that one of the least believable things about Heated Rivalry is that all the men are gorgeous and none of them have CTE and you know what, yes
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The funniest thing about today is the number of urban planning guys insisting history doesn't matter. Why are so few places genuinely walkable & what does that have to do with race riots and red lining?
January 23, 2026 at 5:17 AM
The funniest thing about today is the number of urban planning guys insisting history doesn't matter. Why are so few places genuinely walkable & what does that have to do with race riots and red lining?
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If this works tomorrow, it won't be because a general strike is easier than we all thought.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
January 23, 2026 at 1:32 AM
If this works tomorrow, it won't be because a general strike is easier than we all thought.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
It will be because the twin cities went all in on community and built a path to a place the rest of us still can't reach... Yet.
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
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January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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EdTech is enclosure. Enclosure precedes erasure. Erasure parallels indoctrination. History is what they want to replace. It is what we all (not just historians) must unflinchingly teach.
I understand and appreciate the fact that for some it is genuinely uncomfortable and distracting to think about how grim US history is. yes, that is strategically relevant, and no, I wouldn't put "did you know people used to send lynching photos to each other as postcards?" on a recruitment flyer
January 22, 2026 at 8:42 PM
EdTech is enclosure. Enclosure precedes erasure. Erasure parallels indoctrination. History is what they want to replace. It is what we all (not just historians) must unflinchingly teach.
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my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
January 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
my Blackest opinion is that the presumption of conflict between "America has a long and deeply rooted history of violence" and "we can and should fight against today's version of that, as did those who came before us" is less a philosophical debate about how to treat the past and more a skill issue
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There will always be enough votes to beat us but never to feed us. There will always be enough votes to spy on us but never to give us healthcare. There will always be enough votes to pay for prisons but never tuition. The parties aren’t the same but at the end of the day whoever wins, we lose
7 democrats made this bill pass.
If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
If they all voted “no” it would’ve failed 213-214.
NEW: DHS appropriations bill funding ICE passes 220-207
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
7 Democrats voted YES on the bill:
- Jared Golden
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
- Henry Cuellar
- Tom Suozzi
- Laura Gillen
- Don Davis
- Vicente Gonzalez
One Republican voted NO: Thomas Massie
January 22, 2026 at 10:26 PM
There will always be enough votes to beat us but never to feed us. There will always be enough votes to spy on us but never to give us healthcare. There will always be enough votes to pay for prisons but never tuition. The parties aren’t the same but at the end of the day whoever wins, we lose
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Decentering your personal feelings and patriotic leanings is a necessity to address a systemic issue. This is like ghe myth that racism will die out with a generation. It's not true and pretending it is got us white Millenials with tiki torches shouting white supremacist slogans in Charlottesville
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Decentering your personal feelings and patriotic leanings is a necessity to address a systemic issue. This is like ghe myth that racism will die out with a generation. It's not true and pretending it is got us white Millenials with tiki torches shouting white supremacist slogans in Charlottesville