Kathleen J. Frydl
@kfrydl.bsky.social
Fall 2025: Liberalism & the Reinvention of the Modern Corporation
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"One recommendation that has already been enacted is a ban on cellphones in middle schools and high schools."
Democracy Is in Trouble. This Region Is Turning to Its People.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"One recommendation that has already been enacted is a ban on cellphones in middle schools and high schools."
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At some point, we are gonna have to start holding people accountable for mistakes like this. You fuck up what was supposed to be an off the shelf design this bad; we need to shitcan you forever. who the hell made what decisions when that led to this?
Welp that solves that question lmfao why is the navy like this?????
What was the last on-budget & on-time ship in the navy's history? The fucking midway???
What was the last on-budget & on-time ship in the navy's history? The fucking midway???
BREAKING: Navy Cancels Constellation-class Frigate Program, Considering New Small Surface Combatants — USNI News
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November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
At some point, we are gonna have to start holding people accountable for mistakes like this. You fuck up what was supposed to be an off the shelf design this bad; we need to shitcan you forever. who the hell made what decisions when that led to this?
"I now understand more viscerally that MAHA and the anti-vaccine movement are growing because they offer people ways to translate their stories into new purpose."
Can be said of the Trump authoritarian mvmt more generally, converting downward mobility into a racialized story of victimization
Can be said of the Trump authoritarian mvmt more generally, converting downward mobility into a racialized story of victimization
Opinion | I Went to an Anti-Vaccine Conference. Medicine Is in Trouble.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
"I now understand more viscerally that MAHA and the anti-vaccine movement are growing because they offer people ways to translate their stories into new purpose."
Can be said of the Trump authoritarian mvmt more generally, converting downward mobility into a racialized story of victimization
Can be said of the Trump authoritarian mvmt more generally, converting downward mobility into a racialized story of victimization
"Market valuations are not accurately reflecting risks"
Market Volatility Underscores Epic Buildup of Global Risk
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
"Market valuations are not accurately reflecting risks"
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You get the feeling that Ukrainian, French or Chinese intelligence analysts may have gotten wind of the details of the Russia-US 28 point plan for peace in our time before Marco Rubio
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
You get the feeling that Ukrainian, French or Chinese intelligence analysts may have gotten wind of the details of the Russia-US 28 point plan for peace in our time before Marco Rubio
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Thanksgiving week is Burning Man for people with bad food opinions
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Thanksgiving week is Burning Man for people with bad food opinions
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America is betraying individual people and entire countries
They’re not just going to forget when we feel like repairing things
They’re not just going to forget when we feel like repairing things
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
America is betraying individual people and entire countries
They’re not just going to forget when we feel like repairing things
They’re not just going to forget when we feel like repairing things
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A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
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Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
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Wow.
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wow.
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"Let that sink in: Two-thirds of people who develop the deadliest cancer in the country would never have been offered the one test proven to save their lives." www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/l...
The hidden reason lung cancer screening is not working
The lung cancer screening system “is not a risk assessment. It is a judgment system designed as one,” writes the director of a cancer prevention institute.
www.statnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Let that sink in: Two-thirds of people who develop the deadliest cancer in the country would never have been offered the one test proven to save their lives." www.statnews.com/2025/11/25/l...
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In a two week period:
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Billionaire Peter Thiel backing first privately developed US uranium enrichment facility in Paducah
A California-based company with ties to billionaire investor and Trump ally Peter Thiel announced plans Friday to build America’s first U.S.-owned, privately developed facility to enrich uranium in fa...
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August 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
In a two week period:
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
Trump fired 7 of the 8 members who do independent federal oversight on nuclear waste.
Peter Thiel (Palantir) is found to be backing the first privately developed uranium enrichment facility in the US.
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We've been in a crisis of rural health care for years, and no action is being taken to adequately address or attempt to halt it.
This is leading to a full scale rural health collapse, driving everyone to the cities for medical care, which will overburden our already struggling urban hospitals.
This is leading to a full scale rural health collapse, driving everyone to the cities for medical care, which will overburden our already struggling urban hospitals.
Between this and the shut downs of rural hospitals so many people are going to suffer and die.
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
We've been in a crisis of rural health care for years, and no action is being taken to adequately address or attempt to halt it.
This is leading to a full scale rural health collapse, driving everyone to the cities for medical care, which will overburden our already struggling urban hospitals.
This is leading to a full scale rural health collapse, driving everyone to the cities for medical care, which will overburden our already struggling urban hospitals.
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On the subject of lawful orders
I’ll note that it is striking how anemic the scholarly support has been for the lawfulness of the boat strikes.
Of former USG natsec lawyers who know what they’re talking about, none have publicly defended the killing spree at sea.
Of former USG natsec lawyers who know what they’re talking about, none have publicly defended the killing spree at sea.
Buckle up for the speedy production of some vast literatures.
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
On the subject of lawful orders
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"The function of freedom is to free someone else."
- Toni Morrison
- Toni Morrison
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"The function of freedom is to free someone else."
- Toni Morrison
- Toni Morrison
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Really nice new paper from Schickler, offering a concise account of what the first year of Trump 2.0 has taught us about U.S. political institutions. I'm thinking of using it at the start of my grad seminar on American constitutional development in January academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
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November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Really nice new paper from Schickler, offering a concise account of what the first year of Trump 2.0 has taught us about U.S. political institutions. I'm thinking of using it at the start of my grad seminar on American constitutional development in January academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
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“Where does your data come from? Is this model built on copyright infringement? Were workers fairly compensated for their work?” she said. “We are just starting to ask those questions… but just like the textile industry, if we keep asking and pushing, change is possible.”
November 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“Where does your data come from? Is this model built on copyright infringement? Were workers fairly compensated for their work?” she said. “We are just starting to ask those questions… but just like the textile industry, if we keep asking and pushing, change is possible.”
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“Pawloski compares AI ethics to that of the textile industry: when people didn’t know how cheap clothes were made, they were happy to find the best deal… as the stories of sweatshops started coming out, consumers had a choice & knew they should be asking questions. She believes it’s the same for AI”
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“Pawloski compares AI ethics to that of the textile industry: when people didn’t know how cheap clothes were made, they were happy to find the best deal… as the stories of sweatshops started coming out, consumers had a choice & knew they should be asking questions. She believes it’s the same for AI”
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“I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers.” Heartbreaking piece by Tatiana Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s granddaughter and RFK Jr.’s cousin.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers.” Heartbreaking piece by Tatiana Schlossberg, President Kennedy’s granddaughter and RFK Jr.’s cousin.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
While the rest of the world was at #COP30, the U.S. government was busy rolling back bedrock environmental protections www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/c...
They just never put a foot wrong for me
I'm always blown away
I'm always blown away
Lord Huron - Bag of Bones (Live on Jimmy Kimmel Live! / 2025)
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November 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
They just never put a foot wrong for me
I'm always blown away
I'm always blown away
Folks, I think we can rad a lot more into these arrantly offensive insults.
Wrote this the last time around:
"Without the boorishness, how would Trump’s voters identify, let alone identify with, the President? It is his only fixed point."
Wrote this the last time around:
"Without the boorishness, how would Trump’s voters identify, let alone identify with, the President? It is his only fixed point."
The Boorish Executive
Trump Involves His Voters Via Insults
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November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Folks, I think we can rad a lot more into these arrantly offensive insults.
Wrote this the last time around:
"Without the boorishness, how would Trump’s voters identify, let alone identify with, the President? It is his only fixed point."
Wrote this the last time around:
"Without the boorishness, how would Trump’s voters identify, let alone identify with, the President? It is his only fixed point."
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This is not a peace deal and it’s not asking anything of the Russians. It’s just the US on behalf of the Russians pressuring Ukraine to surrender www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
U.S. pushing Ukraine to sign peace deal by Thanksgiving or lose support
The U.S. is now sending “signals” that everything could be off the table if Kyiv does not quickly sign a proposal, which was drawn up by special envoy Witkoff.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is not a peace deal and it’s not asking anything of the Russians. It’s just the US on behalf of the Russians pressuring Ukraine to surrender www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
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Page One in Iowa.
November 20, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Page One in Iowa.