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Jim Frank
@jimfrank.bsky.social
· Jan 11
Deleted Instagram and Threads accounts, and most of my Facebook data back to 2008 in anticipation of closing that too.
Won’t have anything to do with Meta, they have kissed the ring and gone full in on supporting the assault on democracy.
Won’t have anything to do with Meta, they have kissed the ring and gone full in on supporting the assault on democracy.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
David Lidz has being great work for the more than twenty years I have known him.
November 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
David Lidz has being great work for the more than twenty years I have known him.
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Thinking back to November 2023 when Soledad O'Brien and Rob Reiner devoted their time and clout to this credulous conspiracy podcast about the JFK assassination. Feeding the anti-government conspiracy theory mill when there were 12 months to go before a crucial election was, IMO, a bad choice.
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thinking back to November 2023 when Soledad O'Brien and Rob Reiner devoted their time and clout to this credulous conspiracy podcast about the JFK assassination. Feeding the anti-government conspiracy theory mill when there were 12 months to go before a crucial election was, IMO, a bad choice.
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The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
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Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Home Alone makes changes to the Die Hard formula that render it hard for me to enjoy. The McClain character should feel overawed. And in theory having Kevin be a child versus adults achieves that. But the thing is: Kevin is a god. It's not just Tom & Jerry. This is some random punks versus Anansi.
Do yourself a favor, even if you don't take the time to read the full article, scan down and watch the ad video. A real moment of zen.
“I think our bill was $74,000 on broken windows,” said Ranahan. “And the crazy thing is, everyone loved it. The people, the neighborhood, they still come out to me and talk to me about it.”
(via The Browser)
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
(via The Browser)
www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/a...
'It was chaos': The history of San Francisco's most unforgettable TV ad
The million-dollar shoot resulted in $74,000 in broken windows.
www.sfgate.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Do yourself a favor, even if you don't take the time to read the full article, scan down and watch the ad video. A real moment of zen.
This week's WH visit by MBS which was followed by a visit by Zohran Mamdani has made it clear,
Trump has a thing for charismatic Muslim men.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Trump has a thing for charismatic Muslim men.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This week's WH visit by MBS which was followed by a visit by Zohran Mamdani has made it clear,
Trump has a thing for charismatic Muslim men.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Trump has a thing for charismatic Muslim men.
Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Flyers just scored three goals in 26 seconds against the Devils. Wow!!!
November 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Flyers just scored three goals in 26 seconds against the Devils. Wow!!!
She thought her bi-partisanship would be appreciated. It only made her "betrayal" hurt HIM more.
Collaboration is the path she has been on and this is where that path goes.
Collaboration is the path she has been on and this is where that path goes.
Chrissy Houlahan says she is ‘profoundly disappointed’ in lack of support from GOP colleagues after Trump’s sedition accusation
The Chester County Democrat said she is "dumbfounded by the silence" from her GOP peers in Congress, who she said haven't reached out about President Donald Trump's attacks on six Democratic veterans.
www.inquirer.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
She thought her bi-partisanship would be appreciated. It only made her "betrayal" hurt HIM more.
Collaboration is the path she has been on and this is where that path goes.
Collaboration is the path she has been on and this is where that path goes.
I even turned my bingo card over to check, this is totally unexpected.
Trump says he ‘absolutely’ would live in Mamdani’s New York during unexpectedly cordial first meeting – US politics live
President and mayor-elect refused to be drawn into talking about their differences despite repeated attempts to draw them into conflict
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I even turned my bingo card over to check, this is totally unexpected.
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It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
WATCH: After six Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military not to follow illegal orders, Trump erupted online, accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the senators in that video, joins Chris Hayes to respond.
'HANG THEM': Trump melts down, accuses six Dems of ‘seditious behavior’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It's important to understand what this ad does and why it is so threatening to the Trump admin. It gets to social identity theory, which posits that we have many identities, and the one which is salient in a given context will dictate how we think/behave in a particular situation. 1/
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A year ago, I reread Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down." It is clear, there is only resistance or collaboration. The authoritarian abuses the collaborators even more harshly because he sees them as betraying HIM. Houlahan needs to ask herself why Trump chose her to be hanged.
November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A year ago, I reread Steinbeck's "The Moon is Down." It is clear, there is only resistance or collaboration. The authoritarian abuses the collaborators even more harshly because he sees them as betraying HIM. Houlahan needs to ask herself why Trump chose her to be hanged.
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THIS RIGHT HERE.
Politicians need to STOP pretending this madman is normal, and take whatever actions they would take if they were threatened, attacked, etc by any violent psychopath whose name ISN'T "Trump".
Politicians need to STOP pretending this madman is normal, and take whatever actions they would take if they were threatened, attacked, etc by any violent psychopath whose name ISN'T "Trump".
A member of Congress just filled out a threat report with the Capitol Police naming the President of the United States as the person making the threat.
Think of where we were on January 7, 2021 when the country overwhelmingly repudiated what had happened.
And think of where we are now.
Think of where we were on January 7, 2021 when the country overwhelmingly repudiated what had happened.
And think of where we are now.
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
THIS RIGHT HERE.
Politicians need to STOP pretending this madman is normal, and take whatever actions they would take if they were threatened, attacked, etc by any violent psychopath whose name ISN'T "Trump".
Politicians need to STOP pretending this madman is normal, and take whatever actions they would take if they were threatened, attacked, etc by any violent psychopath whose name ISN'T "Trump".
I don't think it's going to happen yet, but wouldn't it be a hoot that the Piggy crack finally wakes up the news people.
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
I don't think it's going to happen yet, but wouldn't it be a hoot that the Piggy crack finally wakes up the news people.
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@senategabe.bsky.social asked why more former congressional staff aren’t speaking out.
I suspect it’s because they are beholden to the family member that got them the job, who they don’t want to embarrass. Every person I know who has ever worked as congressional staff “knew somebody.”
Am I right?
I suspect it’s because they are beholden to the family member that got them the job, who they don’t want to embarrass. Every person I know who has ever worked as congressional staff “knew somebody.”
Am I right?
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
@senategabe.bsky.social asked why more former congressional staff aren’t speaking out.
I suspect it’s because they are beholden to the family member that got them the job, who they don’t want to embarrass. Every person I know who has ever worked as congressional staff “knew somebody.”
Am I right?
I suspect it’s because they are beholden to the family member that got them the job, who they don’t want to embarrass. Every person I know who has ever worked as congressional staff “knew somebody.”
Am I right?
Every quiet journalist is silent because deep down they know they are pigs waiting to get slaughtered.
I wish we lived in a land where if journalists heard the president call one of their colleges "piggy" or suggest another of their colleagues, who was butchered for what he wrote, in some way had it coming, they would close their laptops, leave as soon as possible, and ask to be reassigned.
November 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Every quiet journalist is silent because deep down they know they are pigs waiting to get slaughtered.
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Private equity ruins everything. Its business model is killing golden egg laying geese.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Private equity ruins everything. Its business model is killing golden egg laying geese.
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“I didn’t love the idea of protecting pedophiles, but it was ultimately the right thing to do,” explained the Republican, “because that was the only way I could hurt the economy, get secret police tear-gassing kids, end Constitutional democracy, and pocket some cash while I’m at it. You understand.”
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“I didn’t love the idea of protecting pedophiles, but it was ultimately the right thing to do,” explained the Republican, “because that was the only way I could hurt the economy, get secret police tear-gassing kids, end Constitutional democracy, and pocket some cash while I’m at it. You understand.”
One of the joys of reading books from the public library, some people just can’t stop themselves.
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 AM
One of the joys of reading books from the public library, some people just can’t stop themselves.
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Clickbaity thumbnail but this video from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social actually includes an extremely clear explaination of what PACs, the history of it, are and how they work featuring a lawyer working to end them
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Clickbaity thumbnail but this video from @taylorlorenz.bsky.social actually includes an extremely clear explaination of what PACs, the history of it, are and how they work featuring a lawyer working to end them
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"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"This woke Me-Too bullshit has gone too far," said the former Harvard President and Secretary of the U.S. Treasury to the billionaire pedophile sex trafficker in a private email that the Justice Department under both parties kept secret for years
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He didn’t demand the birth certificate of any of these girls
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
He didn’t demand the birth certificate of any of these girls
The new front in the war against Xmas.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Florida air force base orders residents to take down Christmas decor
Families say the housing contractor’s strict timing rules dampen holiday spirit on the base
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The new front in the war against Xmas.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Way back in 2015, I was totally dissed by a friend who thought I was histrionic when I talked about the Trump/Russia pedophile connection. Now I can't even talk about what needs to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Way back in 2015, I was totally dissed by a friend who thought I was histrionic when I talked about the Trump/Russia pedophile connection. Now I can't even talk about what needs to be done.