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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 16h

You were saying …,,

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 1d

A French charcoutier in Limerick must become a short story.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 2d

I was a perfectly happy and content person until I saw this. You have no idea how much I want my own personal French charcutier now.

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Norm Ornstein @normornstein.bsky.social · 2d

Marco Rubio not just a liar. Accessory to mass murder of children.

Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2d

The Americans starving these children wear crucifixes and call themselves “Christians.”

People are not what they tell you they are; they are how they behave.
apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 2d

Wait …. This could be great news! This must mean that if he agitates and irritates us he gas to shut up.

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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social · 3d

Agree with this whole thread and particularly this.

I don’t want to have to defend my right to video record law enforcement in public with violence, or suffer violence. I don’t want my phone stolen. Our 1A rights are superior to whatever law enforcement reasons they have. And we need confirmation

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 3d

Even aside from immigration, police "have been known to resort to informal methods of repression, threatening or roughing up persons they see using cameras, or demanding that they delete the footage or hand over their phones or tablets." We need explicit acknowledgement of a right to record. /7

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 6d

Of course he had help. And he sought Tussuan help. But mysterious ejection-controlling apps? Again, just stop.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 6d

Feel free. Tell us when you get to the pizza prisons, the madness and space lasers.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 6d

You implied the election was stolen by “Musk and his app”. It wasn’t. We lost because too many Dem voters didn’t vote.
Instead of making shit up we need to figure out how not to lose again.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 6d

Jesus. Just stop.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 6d

Glad to hear it!

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 8d

I need to know when you’re singing this on air.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 8d

It’s not irony. It’s the privilege of absolute power. The rules for four legs don’t apply to two legs.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 8d

Barron is extremely hooked in with past and current reporters & editors and would speak out if he caught a whiff of editorial interference on the news side. (Not to mention that the paper would experience a wave of resignations.) 2/2

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 8d

Current & recent employees say they haven’t experienced any pressure & have not seen any interference. That includes former Post editor Marty Barron, one of the best US editors of this century, who has been extremely critical of Bezos, the editorial page nonsense & the layoffs. 1/2

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 8d

Well, video of you on You Tube! That’s persuasive! I’d remind you that Alex Jobes is as well.

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 9d

Then you’re wrong. They frame their stories in a broad variety of ways in the news pages. But never mind. It’s clear you haven’t read the paper regularly and are just cherry picking stuff or regurgitating crap you see on social media.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 9d

Two examples of important stories just today, at or near the top of the Post site. (FYI, I have huge problems with the Post on multiple fronts & use a lot of sources. But they still have a deeply talented & knowledgeable reporting & editing staff.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 9d

You’re clearly not reading it, just selective stuff you find on social media. Their actual news coverage has been far more nuanced than you described. Big chunks of your examples are flat wrong or ignore stories they’ve done that were extremely critical of the immigration crackdown & the occupation.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 9d

So … you realize you’re contradicting yourself, right? (There’s no evidence they are interfering with the news side. And yes, they are doing some outstanding work. The stifling us going on in the editorial department.)

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 9d

That’s fucking horrifying.

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 9d

I’m guessing contracting?? They’ve been pissed about guarantees of some contract awards going to minority and female businesses.

Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 10d

Okay but …. He doesn’t know anything. He’s just spreading “they eat cats and dogs” lies and exaggerations.
Besides, if he could deny any poor uninsured people care he would do that, too.

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Jon Frandsen @jcfrandsen.bsky.social · 10d

Lotsa couches and weird smells in ER waiting rooms.

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Ellen Braaten @ellenbraaten.bsky.social · 10d

So so so much this.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10d

i was invited to a gathering tonight and initially wasn’t gonna go because every extra thing feels like so much these days but i made myself go and i’m so glad i did because it turns out community is so fucking important right now

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