Franki Butler
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I hate that so many of y'all use therapy speech/terms to get out of taking accountability for your actions
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I hate that so many of y'all use therapy speech/terms to get out of taking accountability for your actions
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I’m 44 years old and until this very day I sincerely believed “Ringo Starr” was what it said on his birth certificate
like it never occurred to me to doubt that a pair of British parents would name a child Ringo
like it never occurred to me to doubt that a pair of British parents would name a child Ringo
We just accept it because it’s always been this way but ‘Ringo Starr’ is a bonkers thing to call yourself when the other guys are John, Paul, and George. It’s like having a band where everyone else uses their real name and then the drummer goes yes please call me Crackers Creamsworth
December 6, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I’m 44 years old and until this very day I sincerely believed “Ringo Starr” was what it said on his birth certificate
like it never occurred to me to doubt that a pair of British parents would name a child Ringo
like it never occurred to me to doubt that a pair of British parents would name a child Ringo
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I know people want to frame everything through the most villainous and monstrous political entity of the 20th century, but the second Trump regime and the Republican Party architecture that supports it are best understood as a neo-Confederate project.
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I know people want to frame everything through the most villainous and monstrous political entity of the 20th century, but the second Trump regime and the Republican Party architecture that supports it are best understood as a neo-Confederate project.
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So much of what the administration does is signaling that peaceful coexistence with them is impossible because they are just true assholes
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
So much of what the administration does is signaling that peaceful coexistence with them is impossible because they are just true assholes
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This is unfair.
Sometimes, the kid will live.
They'll just die of liver failure as an adult.
Sometimes, the kid will live.
They'll just die of liver failure as an adult.
RFK Jr’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back keeping your children alive
RFK Jr.’s handpicked CDC panel rolls back recommending all newborns get vaccinated for hepatitis B
December 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
This is unfair.
Sometimes, the kid will live.
They'll just die of liver failure as an adult.
Sometimes, the kid will live.
They'll just die of liver failure as an adult.
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These are the same people who in 1860 would say that electing Lincoln was “divisive” and that we need to stop tearing the country apart by acting like Black people have inherent rights
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
These are the same people who in 1860 would say that electing Lincoln was “divisive” and that we need to stop tearing the country apart by acting like Black people have inherent rights
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Every time I see headlines like this, I replace “Trump voters” with “Confederates” and it tells me everything I need to know about the official and the author of the profile
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Every time I see headlines like this, I replace “Trump voters” with “Confederates” and it tells me everything I need to know about the official and the author of the profile
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You know, one of the good things about the Trump administration is it really illustrates how much racism is a death cult.
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
You know, one of the good things about the Trump administration is it really illustrates how much racism is a death cult.
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Shapiro and Newsom, like other DINOs, want a world that no longer exists. To usher in an age where fiscally conservative and socially liberal billionaires shower them with money to serve as puppets for big business.
I regret to inform them that the billionaires are batshit crazy bigots now.
I regret to inform them that the billionaires are batshit crazy bigots now.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Shapiro and Newsom, like other DINOs, want a world that no longer exists. To usher in an age where fiscally conservative and socially liberal billionaires shower them with money to serve as puppets for big business.
I regret to inform them that the billionaires are batshit crazy bigots now.
I regret to inform them that the billionaires are batshit crazy bigots now.
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If Shapiro and Newsom are so concerned about Trump supporters they should run as Republicans.
Josh Shapiro believes he is uniquely suited to win over Trump voters—but he’ll need to overcome distrust among some in his own party first, Tim Alberta reports: theatln.tc/mR9AHSG4
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
If Shapiro and Newsom are so concerned about Trump supporters they should run as Republicans.
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Summary of what happened at Temu ACIP this morning:
As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.
They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.
As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.
They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.
December 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Summary of what happened at Temu ACIP this morning:
As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.
They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.
As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.
They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.
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On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI
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a little on the nose, but can’t blame Pantone for accurately reading the room
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
a little on the nose, but can’t blame Pantone for accurately reading the room
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So this woman is being interviewed, gently, about the salacious memoir she wrote, and then can’t talk about what she wrote and falls back on the damsel in distress tactic? I cannot believe how do may people elevated her and continue to do so.
this is extraordinary. too many people in my profession have circled the wagons around someone who lacks the moral sense of a child
@timmiller.bsky.social: "He's being nominated to HHS Secretary…You had information that you could have shared…and you didn't share anything about him. Why? Did you still love him?"
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
Olivia Nuzzi: "I don't know how to responsibly handle this on camera." lnk.thebulwark.com/4ozkaz8?utm_...
December 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So this woman is being interviewed, gently, about the salacious memoir she wrote, and then can’t talk about what she wrote and falls back on the damsel in distress tactic? I cannot believe how do may people elevated her and continue to do so.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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Have a "I died, here's what to do" binder with your will, your insurance information, and name a person to clean out your bedside table and so on.
this is a good time to remind you all to keep your funeral plans where your loved ones can find them. you don't want to wait until we get to your will to know that you wanted to be buried loose.
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Have a "I died, here's what to do" binder with your will, your insurance information, and name a person to clean out your bedside table and so on.
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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writers artists
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getting our best work
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getting our best work
🤝 done at 2am 🤝
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criminals santa claus
March 28, 2025 at 1:49 AM
writers artists
🤝
getting our best work
🤝 done at 2am 🤝
🤝
criminals santa claus
🤝
getting our best work
🤝 done at 2am 🤝
🤝
criminals santa claus
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
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A 5 year investigation into an LAPD shooting revealed that an officer with LAPD’s Community Safety Partnership shot at crowds of partygoers in South Central LA. After suing for records twice, footage & documents showed...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
LAPD Shot At A Party Then Improperly Used A Search Warrant To Investigate A Shooting Victim
LAPD’s community policing program avoided scrutiny for a shootout a month before the program became its own bureau. Data revealed search warrant practices were leading to untraceable warrants.
inadvertent.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A 5 year investigation into an LAPD shooting revealed that an officer with LAPD’s Community Safety Partnership shot at crowds of partygoers in South Central LA. After suing for records twice, footage & documents showed...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
inadvertent.substack.com/p/the-blue-h...
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thinking more about this: it is highly ironic that at the same time that it serves as a test case for the "unitary executive," this administration is all but being led by two subordinate officials with no immediate political accountability.
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
thinking more about this: it is highly ironic that at the same time that it serves as a test case for the "unitary executive," this administration is all but being led by two subordinate officials with no immediate political accountability.
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trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
Trump’s echo chamber:
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Very little U.S travel
No rallies or contact with supporters
Right-wing media
Dinners with rich donors and billionaires
Truth Social
Lack of staff to tell him no www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
The Bubble-Wrapped President
Trump surrounds himself with those who flatter him in places where he is comfortable.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
trump is the president in the sense that he holds the office but he very clearly isn't the president in the sense that he has basically relieved himself of its duties
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This is very good. I like to remind people that headlines in the 80s would (regularly!) talk about people who drank lattes or ate sushi as exotic, self-indulgent yuppies with obscure tastes. Media constantly made fun of “haute cuisine” meals with tiny portions because fine dining was bad.
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is very good. I like to remind people that headlines in the 80s would (regularly!) talk about people who drank lattes or ate sushi as exotic, self-indulgent yuppies with obscure tastes. Media constantly made fun of “haute cuisine” meals with tiny portions because fine dining was bad.
I only disagree with the idea that there's anything ironic about this. The point was never to encourage strict standards for everyone; the point was to set the standards so evangelical white supremacists win & everyone else fails.
College students who can’t handle their strictest instructors need to grow up, which is part of what they’re there for. TPUSA and OU are ironically doing the triggered snowflake participation trophy shtick and harming everyone’s ability to grow up in the process
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I only disagree with the idea that there's anything ironic about this. The point was never to encourage strict standards for everyone; the point was to set the standards so evangelical white supremacists win & everyone else fails.