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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i’m just perplexed about the choice to keep the b
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
i’m just perplexed about the choice to keep the b
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I am old enough to remember republicans losing their fucking mind about Biden sundowning
the Doug Mills video embedded in the NYT Trump aging story is pretty amazing
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I am old enough to remember republicans losing their fucking mind about Biden sundowning
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I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
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Chicago: your Cook County Commissioner is up for re-election in the Democratic Primary this coming March.
Ask the candidates running, especially the incumbent, whether they support this crap.
Ask the candidates running, especially the incumbent, whether they support this crap.
the cook county sheriff's office is the second-largest agency, behind the massive cook county health system.
despite a sagging jail population and the end of the sheriff's electronic monitoring program, sheriff tom dart's budget is set to grow by $64 million, to roughly $815 million.
background:
despite a sagging jail population and the end of the sheriff's electronic monitoring program, sheriff tom dart's budget is set to grow by $64 million, to roughly $815 million.
background:
Cook County chief judge takes over electronic monitoring
On April 1, the Cook County Sheriff’s Office began shuttering one of the country’s largest and most restrictive electronic monitoring programs.
chicagoreader.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Chicago: your Cook County Commissioner is up for re-election in the Democratic Primary this coming March.
Ask the candidates running, especially the incumbent, whether they support this crap.
Ask the candidates running, especially the incumbent, whether they support this crap.
Maybe it's because I just finished Death by Lightning, but in my mind this is being spoken by Nick Offerman
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Maybe it's because I just finished Death by Lightning, but in my mind this is being spoken by Nick Offerman
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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We all have our own little rituals when we check into a hotel, rite?
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We all have our own little rituals when we check into a hotel, rite?
Just finished Death by Lightning. There's no way that Chester Arthur was really like this, but Hail to the fictionalized Chief, the President that we deserved then, and that we deserve now
Really enjoyed watching Nick Offerman as Chester Arthur in Death by Lightning. #FunWithPhotoshop
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Just finished Death by Lightning. There's no way that Chester Arthur was really like this, but Hail to the fictionalized Chief, the President that we deserved then, and that we deserve now
Tonight's cocktail: the Tongue Twister. Mezcal, Genepi, Falerum, lime juice, equal portions, shaken & strained
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November 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Tonight's cocktail: the Tongue Twister. Mezcal, Genepi, Falerum, lime juice, equal portions, shaken & strained
imbibemagazine.com/recipe/last-...
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Watching TV and someone knocked on a door on the show, and our dog immediately got up to bark at our front door
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Watching TV and someone knocked on a door on the show, and our dog immediately got up to bark at our front door
TIL the word "paralipsis"
Trump loves a paralipsis.
November 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
TIL the word "paralipsis"
This is actually pretty good beer, from Burning Bush Brewery, at Irving Park & Rockwell.
Chicago-brewed "Da Pope" beer is now in Pope Leo’s fridge, thanks to Gov. Pritzker. blockclubchi.co/4r7wDfN
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is actually pretty good beer, from Burning Bush Brewery, at Irving Park & Rockwell.
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This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This guy has his finger on the pulse of his party's base in a way that others in his caucus unequivocally just do not
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Trump on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: “I would never want to talk about his weight.
“I don't talk about people being fat. I refuse to talk about the fact that he is a fat slob.”
Man who’s never looked in a mirror.
“I don't talk about people being fat. I refuse to talk about the fact that he is a fat slob.”
Man who’s never looked in a mirror.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump on Illinois Governor JB Pritzker: “I would never want to talk about his weight.
“I don't talk about people being fat. I refuse to talk about the fact that he is a fat slob.”
Man who’s never looked in a mirror.
“I don't talk about people being fat. I refuse to talk about the fact that he is a fat slob.”
Man who’s never looked in a mirror.
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It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It's much simpler than that. The Boy Scouts aren't maximally cruel to trans kids and so Republicans believe it should be destroyed.
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I'm gonna be contrary and instead give good food takes
- spaghetti is super yummy
- there are few drinks tastier than apple juice
- ice cream is a great way to pack calories if you have med related appetite problems
- spaghetti is super yummy
- there are few drinks tastier than apple juice
- ice cream is a great way to pack calories if you have med related appetite problems
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm gonna be contrary and instead give good food takes
- spaghetti is super yummy
- there are few drinks tastier than apple juice
- ice cream is a great way to pack calories if you have med related appetite problems
- spaghetti is super yummy
- there are few drinks tastier than apple juice
- ice cream is a great way to pack calories if you have med related appetite problems
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weird as it is to say, buzzfeed was a much more serious new operation than the free press has ever been but yes
This has me thinking how much Ben Smith’s entire trajectory is just mildly glorified bari Weiss
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
weird as it is to say, buzzfeed was a much more serious new operation than the free press has ever been but yes
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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Fascist Lopez is trying to get a bike lane removed in Brighton Park!!!
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
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@bikegridnow.org
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#BikeChi
#ChiBike
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Fascist Lopez is trying to get a bike lane removed in Brighton Park!!!
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
@bikelaneuprising.bsky.social
@bikegridnow.org
@chi.streetsblog.org
#BikeChi
#ChiBike
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I can't imagine why the opposition party doesn't have a detailed regulatory policy proposal to match the "plan" of a kleptocracy shoving billions at its cronies.
Only Republicans have a plan for A.I., David Byler writes. “Democrats, at best, have concepts of a plan. And if they want to stay relevant in 2028, they need to plan carefully now,” he says.
Opinion | A.I. Dominates Our World. Why Don’t Democrats Have a Plan?
To stay relevant for 2028, the party needs to figure one out.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I can't imagine why the opposition party doesn't have a detailed regulatory policy proposal to match the "plan" of a kleptocracy shoving billions at its cronies.
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Oof: “because of his deep roots in the district and service to Illinois.”
@danielbiss.bsky.social will be a critical partner in advancing bold progressive priorities in Congress. Because of his deep roots in the district and decades of service to Illinois, we are confident he will continue to build a broad coalition of local support. We are proud to endorse him.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Oof: “because of his deep roots in the district and service to Illinois.”
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oh so nvidia is cooked for real for real
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
oh so nvidia is cooked for real for real
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• Nvidia calls it DLSS Frame Generation
• AMD calls it fluid motion frames or HYPR-RX
• AMD calls it fluid motion frames or HYPR-RX
For those going home to visit family this weekend:
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
• Samsung calls it Auto Motion Plus
• LG calls it TruMotion
• Sony calls it Motionflow
• Roku calls it Action Smoothing
• Google TV calls it Motion Enhancement
• Vizio calls it Smooth Motion Effect.
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
• Nvidia calls it DLSS Frame Generation
• AMD calls it fluid motion frames or HYPR-RX
• AMD calls it fluid motion frames or HYPR-RX
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I think this NVIDIA Enron thing might have slightly jokerfied me. I occasionally laugh and mutter "we are NOTHING like ENRON." It's so funny. Like NVIDIA genuinely does not seem to be like Enron! Right? Why did you mention Enron? Why are you trying to "dodge the Enron allegations"?
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I think this NVIDIA Enron thing might have slightly jokerfied me. I occasionally laugh and mutter "we are NOTHING like ENRON." It's so funny. Like NVIDIA genuinely does not seem to be like Enron! Right? Why did you mention Enron? Why are you trying to "dodge the Enron allegations"?