Heather Franklin
@heatherfranklin.bsky.social
she/her | Sr. Campaign Director at @freepress.bsky.social | Opinions here are mine | Begrudgingly on the social internet
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Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
December 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Funny animal videos no longer being trustworthy just fucking sucks all around. I love the wonder of animal behavior and what it says about the experience of being alive. It's because it happened in reality that it's so fun. It's not fun if it was just made up. There's no wonder there.
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Carr's Senate testimony made clear what critics have been saying for months: the FCC is now a tool of the Trump administration. www.readtpa.com/p/the-fcc-ju...
The FCC Just Admitted It's Not Independent Anymore
During today's Senate hearing, Brendan Carr denied the FCC is independent. Minutes later, someone edited the agency's website to remove the word.
www.readtpa.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Carr's Senate testimony made clear what critics have been saying for months: the FCC is now a tool of the Trump administration. www.readtpa.com/p/the-fcc-ju...
Reposted by Heather Franklin
During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.”
I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am
I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.
#FCCOversight
I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am
I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.
#FCCOversight
December 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
During questioning, FCC Chair Brendan Carr was asked whether the FCC is an independent agency. Sen. Luján specifically cited the FCC website calling it “independent.”
I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am
I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.
#FCCOversight
I took a screenshot of the site at 11:54 am
I took another at 12:22 pm and the word “independent” was gone.
#FCCOversight
From Sara Fischer over on the Bad Place: The FCC deleted the part about the agency being independent mid-hearing.
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December 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
From Sara Fischer over on the Bad Place: The FCC deleted the part about the agency being independent mid-hearing.
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Reposted by Heather Franklin
People across the world will likely spend the end of the year revisiting or newly discovering Reiner's art. When the other one dies, people will be looking for places to party and then they'll put him out of their minds.
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
People across the world will likely spend the end of the year revisiting or newly discovering Reiner's art. When the other one dies, people will be looking for places to party and then they'll put him out of their minds.
I swear to god...this might push me over the edge. A SMART TOILET??? I'm begging people to be serious. We must stop feeding into the madness of making every household item "smart." Don't buy this shit.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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Engineer proves that Kohler’s smart toilet cameras aren’t very private
Kohler is getting the scoop on people’s poop.
arstechnica.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I swear to god...this might push me over the edge. A SMART TOILET??? I'm begging people to be serious. We must stop feeding into the madness of making every household item "smart." Don't buy this shit.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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Brendan Carr is being toasted by all of DC’s communications lawyers.
@freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social are here to remind them what’s at stake
@freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social are here to remind them what’s at stake
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Brendan Carr is being toasted by all of DC’s communications lawyers.
@freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social are here to remind them what’s at stake
@freepress.bsky.social and @publicknowledge.bsky.social are here to remind them what’s at stake
Reposted by Heather Franklin
so many layers of bullshit to peel back here, but maybe my favorite one is that tech companies keep insisting data centers are "local job creators." hm? in space?
“In a decade, Pichai said that it'll be normal to build extraterrestrial data centers”.
And he’s definitely not the only one speaking about the *necessity* of data centers in space. Apparently the planet is not big enough for their scaling “laws”.
www.businessinsider.com/google-proje...
And he’s definitely not the only one speaking about the *necessity* of data centers in space. Apparently the planet is not big enough for their scaling “laws”.
www.businessinsider.com/google-proje...
Sundar Pichai says Google will start building data centers in space, powered by the sun, in 2027
Google announced Project Suncatcher earlier this month. CEO Sundar Pichai now says it could begin building data centers in space as soon as 2027.
www.businessinsider.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
so many layers of bullshit to peel back here, but maybe my favorite one is that tech companies keep insisting data centers are "local job creators." hm? in space?
Now that I've had a few days to mourn the Spirit's championship loss, it's time to mourn yet another national nightmare:
The NWSL off season
Where am I supposed to go to scream about *gestures broadly* in a contained setting until March???
The NWSL off season
Where am I supposed to go to scream about *gestures broadly* in a contained setting until March???
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Now that I've had a few days to mourn the Spirit's championship loss, it's time to mourn yet another national nightmare:
The NWSL off season
Where am I supposed to go to scream about *gestures broadly* in a contained setting until March???
The NWSL off season
Where am I supposed to go to scream about *gestures broadly* in a contained setting until March???
CBS is SO. BAD. at carrying NWSL games. Their ability to cut away from live play to replays or commercials is truly incredible [derogatory]
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 AM
CBS is SO. BAD. at carrying NWSL games. Their ability to cut away from live play to replays or commercials is truly incredible [derogatory]
If anyone's looking for gift ideas, I cannot tell you how much I want this mug. I am so extremely serious
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November 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If anyone's looking for gift ideas, I cannot tell you how much I want this mug. I am so extremely serious
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Reposted by Heather Franklin
Let them fight is praxis. Some people don't seem to recognize this.
November 16, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Let them fight is praxis. Some people don't seem to recognize this.
Shoutout to the @washingtonspirit.com for not committing attempted murder for the second weekend in a row 🖤💛👻
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Shoutout to the @washingtonspirit.com for not committing attempted murder for the second weekend in a row 🖤💛👻
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Reposted by Heather Franklin
I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I attended a meeting yesterday and it reminded me that every single organizer needs to get training on how to facilitate meetings. Truly. You lose more people through terrible meeting facilitation than I can express.
so beautiful 🥹🥲
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
so beautiful 🥹🥲
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Pls share billionaire crashouts I need them all
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Pls share billionaire crashouts I need them all
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
No joke: made myself lightheaded screaming.
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October 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
No joke: made myself lightheaded screaming.
Reposted by Heather Franklin
CWAers (@nabetcwa.bsky.social) joined @freepress.bsky.social at today's FCC open meeting to make sure FCC Chairman Brendan Carr knows we stand against attacks on our First Amendment rights by the Trump administration and media companies like Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
September 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
CWAers (@nabetcwa.bsky.social) joined @freepress.bsky.social at today's FCC open meeting to make sure FCC Chairman Brendan Carr knows we stand against attacks on our First Amendment rights by the Trump administration and media companies like Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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fwiw Rebecca Slaughter, an FTC Commissioner that the Trump administration is determined to illegally fire, just spent the one week she was back at work between court orders trying to re-issue the “Click to Cancel“ rule, which would make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up
September 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
fwiw Rebecca Slaughter, an FTC Commissioner that the Trump administration is determined to illegally fire, just spent the one week she was back at work between court orders trying to re-issue the “Click to Cancel“ rule, which would make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up
Reposted by Heather Franklin
The context here, of course, is that the “local broadcasters” Carr is egging on are actually huge conglomerates with a pending merger before his office that would give them (and him) vast control over all broadcast television stations
FCC Chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has "every right" to demand that Jimmy Kimmel to donate to Turning Point USA
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The context here, of course, is that the “local broadcasters” Carr is egging on are actually huge conglomerates with a pending merger before his office that would give them (and him) vast control over all broadcast television stations