Mike Fragassi
@refrag.bsky.social
He/him
Chicagoan, stroke survivor, dev, moving further to the Left as I get older & more pissed off.
I probably repost too damn much.
And make too many grammatical errors & tpyos.
Also @[email protected], but that's dormant.
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How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
imgs.xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
How to make beautiful comics:
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
Step 1: Have something to say.
Step 2: See Step 1.
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Damn it, I just remembered I never got hold of those Chris Ware stamps.
Canada is releasing a set of stamps celebrating the nation's graphic novelists.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
These stamps feature Kate Beaton, Jimmy Beaulieu, Guy Delisle, Julie Doucet, Bryan Lee O’Malley and Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, alongside some of their famous works.
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Damn it, I just remembered I never got hold of those Chris Ware stamps.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
I'm excited to announce that I have been asked to join the Mamdani Transition Team to work on community safety issues. A New Era for NYC.
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
👀 Alex Vitale is a sociologist who wrote a very good book called The End of Policing.
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This is also why you should leave your bottom coat button open
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is also why you should leave your bottom coat button open
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I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I have said before and will say again that it is such a loss that we no longer get covers of this caliber for fantasy books.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
This art is by Jean-Léon Huens. These covers are for the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander. They lit my imagination on fire as a kid.
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The snowy owls sitting on Montrose Pier this foggy morning. The Chicago Park District has closed the pier’s far end to keep people from getting too close.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The snowy owls sitting on Montrose Pier this foggy morning. The Chicago Park District has closed the pier’s far end to keep people from getting too close.
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~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
Support Unraveled
unraveledpress.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
~1 yr ago we sent a Giving Tuesday email to our tiny mailing list shortly after starting our own publication.
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
In the time since, we have been overwhelmed by how many of you find our work worth supporting.
No email this time around. But if you'd like to support indie media today, here's how:
I still think the state should cut all power lines to the Broadview facility immediately, while there are no victims imprisoned there
a lot of interesting tidbits in this story about rep. lauren underwood’s visit to the broadview ice jail.
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I still think the state should cut all power lines to the Broadview facility immediately, while there are no victims imprisoned there
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Here’s Bovino defending the use of tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood before a Halloween party.
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Here’s Bovino defending the use of tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood before a Halloween party.
This is incredibly random, but for some reason the song "Help Me, Rhonda" got stuck in my head, which made me wonder: has there ever been a response song, from Rhonda's POV? Something along the lines of "Screw you, I'm not going to be your rebound" or "oh so NOW you notice me"?
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is incredibly random, but for some reason the song "Help Me, Rhonda" got stuck in my head, which made me wonder: has there ever been a response song, from Rhonda's POV? Something along the lines of "Screw you, I'm not going to be your rebound" or "oh so NOW you notice me"?
Keep scrolling at least until you get to the Haribo product image
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Keep scrolling at least until you get to the Haribo product image
I can't decide myself whether trying an impeachment every day only to get knocked down like the Epstein Files, until it finally someday paases, is a worthwhile thing. The difference is a lot of the R base or at least the loud ones are pro EF release, but anti impeachment
The military has a duty to refuse unlawful orders, but Congress has a duty to remove from office a president and secretary who would issue such orders. There is something off about members of Congress talking about the former while refusing to say the latter, the part that's actually their job here.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I can't decide myself whether trying an impeachment every day only to get knocked down like the Epstein Files, until it finally someday paases, is a worthwhile thing. The difference is a lot of the R base or at least the loud ones are pro EF release, but anti impeachment
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RIP Jimmy Cliff who wrote a great worker's revolution jam in 1989 that everyone assumes first appeared in a Steven Segal film soundtrack, but whategver.
youtu.be/pdHuYDWjX3I?...
youtu.be/pdHuYDWjX3I?...
Jimmy Cliff - No Justice (Marked For Death Soundtrack) Lyrics on screen
YouTube video by R.P.C. Lyric Videos
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
RIP Jimmy Cliff who wrote a great worker's revolution jam in 1989 that everyone assumes first appeared in a Steven Segal film soundtrack, but whategver.
youtu.be/pdHuYDWjX3I?...
youtu.be/pdHuYDWjX3I?...
This is a great video. I'm pretty sure I knew some of this before but I haven't seen it all laid out like this, nor by using what is generally considered a good scene (the Council of Elrond) as a negative example
youtu.be/wKx5JEvP5og?...
youtu.be/wKx5JEvP5og?...
Why Every Film Today Looks the Same
YouTube video by Moviewise
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This is a great video. I'm pretty sure I knew some of this before but I haven't seen it all laid out like this, nor by using what is generally considered a good scene (the Council of Elrond) as a negative example
youtu.be/wKx5JEvP5og?...
youtu.be/wKx5JEvP5og?...
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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one of my big things is like, do people hate dem ideas and policy or do they hate the dem platform... as explained by joe rogan or ben shapiro
The entire debate about whether Democrats should moderate or focus on economic vs identity issues is moot if the media is just going to report that they're doing SJW Shit irregardless
November 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
one of my big things is like, do people hate dem ideas and policy or do they hate the dem platform... as explained by joe rogan or ben shapiro
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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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Another one for the "just give needy folks some money for fuck's sake" file
"$1,000 a month as part of a state program experimenting with giving homeless youths cash payments for two years with no strings attached."
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
"Of the 117 youths [..] who completed Oregon's two-year pilot program, 91% reported being in stable housing."
#Oregon #USA #Housing #Nonprofit
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Another one for the "just give needy folks some money for fuck's sake" file
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Since there's Star Wars discourse going on, it's the perfect time to bring up the time when people got mad at Scott Aukerman for listing the Star Wars movies in order of release date
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Since there's Star Wars discourse going on, it's the perfect time to bring up the time when people got mad at Scott Aukerman for listing the Star Wars movies in order of release date