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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 · 6d

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.

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A bunch of happy people harvesting hemp.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 38m

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.
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Why the Lincoln-Douglas Debates Still Matter

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 43m

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

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 · 3h

Klein: Professor Is Getting Death Threats The Right Way

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5h

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.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 4h

RFK Jr can eat a whole bag of dicks.

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 7d

I feel like we've gotten numb to these threats but it really is something to stack them all next to each other www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

Ingersoll’s calls for violence are in line with the official Republican position. John Gillette, a Republican state representative for Arizona, called for Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to be hanged on his X account. Two Kansas Republicans alluded to — “joked” — about shooting a former Democratic colleague on the floor of the Kansas House. Louisiana Republican Clay Higgins threatened to jail the mayor of Denver, while Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna threatened to refer him for criminal charges. Arizona Republican Paul Gosar shared an anime video depicting him killing Ocasio-Cortez and attacking then-President Joe Biden.

Denaturalization is another favorite Republican threat. Republican Andy Ogles of Tennessee said that New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani should be stripped of his citizenship and deported; Ogles later demanded the same for Rep. Delia Ramirez of Illinois. Texas Republican Brandon Gill, Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, and South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace have called for Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, a naturalized US citizen, to be deported.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 13h

This! We’ve been hearing this song for decades.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 14h

Very sweet and very spicy.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Very hot but also ridiculously sweet. Very robust plants, too.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Really loving these Sugar Rush Stripeys this year. 🌶️

My black gloved hand holds a lumpy yellow pepper with red stripes

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Sora slop of goats showing up in my TikTok feed now. Makes me want to burn it all to the ground.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon republicans are fucking bananas.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 1d

Two big GOP activists from Oregon were in DC last month for meetings with Trump admin officials. On their podcast they talk about a plan they discussed to nullify the results of Oregon's 2026 federal elections. Pass federal voter ID law, then refuse to seat OR delegation because OR didn't comply.

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
Also, we proposed a idea how to do a end run on vote by mail. Concept is based on what Trump proposed. When you vote, you check everyone's citizenship as well as voter ID.
In a vote by mail state, you might be able to check citizenship during voter registration. You can send copies of your passport and your birth certificate in.
How in the world are you going to check our voters?
Voter ID, right? Vote by mail. So that creates a problem for Oregon.
But if federal government new requirement is to check both, and if Oregon can comply with the requirements, what would happen to our election result? I'm talking about the entire federal delegation.
For federal elections, we're talking about only federal elections.
COMMON SENSE
Vascluar

Ep. 18: September to Remember
October 6 • S1 E18 • 44 min
So entire federal delegation, congressmen and senators could be challenged, could be unseated because you didn't follow federal requirements to elect them. So I said the trade-off is worth it. You know why?
Democrats control two Senate seats out of six congressional seats. We only control one. They control five.
You talk about trade-off, right?
COMMON SENSE
Sanctuany

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Gorgeous!

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You can also see the dehydrator working away in the background.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

I have now started vacuum sealing and freezing them so I can make hot sauce in the winter, too.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Harvested a couple more peppers. 🌶️

A table with a lot of many kinds of peppers on it

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

I continue to believe that making follower/followed lists public is one of social media's core mistakes. Twitter did it and everyone else emulated it without thinking critically. Why should a stranger have my list of friends/interests?

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Feeling like we're about five minutes from a news cycle about Trump and Libs of TikTok being angry that Indiana Jones never tried sitting down and talking to the nazis.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

They're all nazis, Chris.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Honestly, this. I grow the plants myself. It helps.
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Spiced Salve

CBD is a godsend for sore muscles, so we made our Spiced CBD Salve to take the aches and pains away. Made from organic, sustainably harvested coconut oil, white beeswax, and our Oregon sun-grown hemp ...

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Will my account get suspended for saying I would love to see what GI Robot would do if he woke up in this room?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 1d

Right?! They’re power addicts who think the world won’t turn without them.