Frank
@ankfray.bsky.social
Interests: personal finance, investing, science, and news. Don't post much. Not chatty. Don't like profanity or sports.
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A deeply secure thing to say.
Trump to child from Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania is great, we won Pennsylvania, actually three times. We won it a landslide.
December 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
A deeply secure thing to say.
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Where does Tommy Tuberville live? Florida or Alabama? If he wants to run for Alabama governor, he needs to put this issue to bed. Release your state tax returns and show us, Senator — if you can.
December 20, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Where does Tommy Tuberville live? Florida or Alabama? If he wants to run for Alabama governor, he needs to put this issue to bed. Release your state tax returns and show us, Senator — if you can.
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December 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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An ounce of silver is now worth $10 more than a barrel of WTI crude oil $SLV $USO
December 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
An ounce of silver is now worth $10 more than a barrel of WTI crude oil $SLV $USO
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My coauthor @cdelawalla.bsky.social asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya whether, as he seems to have previously asserted, the polio vaccine is worse than the disease.
Needless to say, he weasels and doesn't answer the question.
Needless to say, he weasels and doesn't answer the question.
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:24 AM
My coauthor @cdelawalla.bsky.social asks NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya whether, as he seems to have previously asserted, the polio vaccine is worse than the disease.
Needless to say, he weasels and doesn't answer the question.
Needless to say, he weasels and doesn't answer the question.
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Susie Wile trashes nearly everyone in the Trump orbit (including Trump) in Vanity Fair interviews. Shades of David Stockman? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Trump’s Top Aide Acknowledges ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Susie Wile trashes nearly everyone in the Trump orbit (including Trump) in Vanity Fair interviews. Shades of David Stockman? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-regularly-happens-3/
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Thank you @kottke.org for teaching me this part of the elbow is called a WENIS, and now it seems I can't un-know this, although I certainly intend to try.
kottke.org/25/12/004798...
kottke.org/25/12/004798...
December 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thank you @kottke.org for teaching me this part of the elbow is called a WENIS, and now it seems I can't un-know this, although I certainly intend to try.
kottke.org/25/12/004798...
kottke.org/25/12/004798...
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‘It only took 25 years, eight months and 13 days, but the stock of Cisco Systems finally hit a new record high. Why do we care? Well, only because of the potential parallels with the current AI mania in general — and Nvidia in particular.‘ www.ft.com/content/b27a...
December 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
‘It only took 25 years, eight months and 13 days, but the stock of Cisco Systems finally hit a new record high. Why do we care? Well, only because of the potential parallels with the current AI mania in general — and Nvidia in particular.‘ www.ft.com/content/b27a...
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Of the many bottles that I opened this year, these were the 12 wines I could not forget. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/d...
The Most Memorable Wines of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Of the many bottles that I opened this year, these were the 12 wines I could not forget. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/d...
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Wow, I can’t wait to read this
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Wow, I can’t wait to read this
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“Good Vibrations” hits #1 today in ‘66.
“.. one of the greatest pop singles ever made,” said George Martin. “I remember thinking, ‘My God, this is the future of music.’ .. the textures, the changes, the sounds you’d never heard before — it opened up possibilities for every musician who came after.”
“.. one of the greatest pop singles ever made,” said George Martin. “I remember thinking, ‘My God, this is the future of music.’ .. the textures, the changes, the sounds you’d never heard before — it opened up possibilities for every musician who came after.”
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
“Good Vibrations” hits #1 today in ‘66.
“.. one of the greatest pop singles ever made,” said George Martin. “I remember thinking, ‘My God, this is the future of music.’ .. the textures, the changes, the sounds you’d never heard before — it opened up possibilities for every musician who came after.”
“.. one of the greatest pop singles ever made,” said George Martin. “I remember thinking, ‘My God, this is the future of music.’ .. the textures, the changes, the sounds you’d never heard before — it opened up possibilities for every musician who came after.”
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ICYMI: Social Security is a lifesaver for families who experience the death of a parent.
Not everyone knows that the program offers life insurance benefits to minor children, disabled adult children & working-age widow(er)s.
Be like Heather: spread the word!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Not everyone knows that the program offers life insurance benefits to minor children, disabled adult children & working-age widow(er)s.
Be like Heather: spread the word!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
The Social Security safety net protects children, not just retirees
Survivor benefits include the young children of deceased workers.
www.marketplace.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
ICYMI: Social Security is a lifesaver for families who experience the death of a parent.
Not everyone knows that the program offers life insurance benefits to minor children, disabled adult children & working-age widow(er)s.
Be like Heather: spread the word!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
Not everyone knows that the program offers life insurance benefits to minor children, disabled adult children & working-age widow(er)s.
Be like Heather: spread the word!
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
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My segment on Face the Nation today on recent changes by CDC’s vaccine advisory committee to the pediatric schedule.
www.cbsnews.com/video/scott-...
www.cbsnews.com/video/scott-...
Scott Gottlieb says Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose prevents chronic infection
As the CDC vaccine panel voted last week to stop recommending the birth dose of the Hepatitis B vaccine, former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who now serves on the boards of Pfizer and United Healt...
www.cbsnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
My segment on Face the Nation today on recent changes by CDC’s vaccine advisory committee to the pediatric schedule.
www.cbsnews.com/video/scott-...
www.cbsnews.com/video/scott-...
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This is horrific
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 AM
This is horrific
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Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
November 30, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tennessee people, vote for this lady this week. She's cool and she puts the country perilously close to having a single check and/or balance.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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![Comic: Typical Geologic core sample. [Cylindrical core sample with labels for difference sections from top to bottom] Topsoil, till, granite bedrock, bottomsoil, roof of subway car, floor of subway car, more granite, municipal water main [gouge in core sample], slightly different granite, piece of screaming spelunker’s forearm, cool crystals with no resale value, mangled fragments of drillbit from previous attempt, some boring intrusive rock that’s basically granite but has a name like “diorite” or “Andalite” that you always have to look up, netherrack, Balrog wing. [break between next chunk of core sample] Granite, topsoil, cement, floorboards, carpet, possessions of a confused and angry homeowner in the other hemisphere.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicffnydtpbb2x24cfbblv2qtcwbr37zyw44vtqx47ocj2a26b2j2u@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
Doug Jones will enter 2026 Alabama governor’s race
Campaign paperwork is to be filed this week.
www.al.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
It’s official. @dougjones.bsky.social will run against Tommy Tuberville for Alabama governor. www.al.com/life/2025/11...
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Behn is running in a heavily GOP district but is not polling all that far behind her opponent (who is a Trumper, of course). She has a shot! Here's how you can help flip the Tennessee 7th district.
Why should I spend my time phone banking on the SUFS Aftyn campaign?
1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote.
2. Calling works!
3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218.
4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!
1. The numbers for a win are there! We have to get out the vote.
2. Calling works!
3. Putting out the science X democracy fire requires us to take back Congress. This gets us one seat closer to 218.
4. IT IS A WINNABLE RACE!
TAKE ACTION! Hit the phones with us on Saturday and Sunday for @aftynbehn4tn, and help bring sanity back to science policy. Sign up at zurl.co/5aOiP (linked in our bio) to get started. All you need is a phone and a zeal for action!
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Behn is running in a heavily GOP district but is not polling all that far behind her opponent (who is a Trumper, of course). She has a shot! Here's how you can help flip the Tennessee 7th district.
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When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
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I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
When I wrote about the ancient Zanclean megaflood filling the Mediterranean in as little as 12-18 months (!), it was wistfully.
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
I'm English. Lovely place, England, but Big Geological Drama? None of that round 'ere, sadly.
Imagine my delight at what geophysicists found in the English Channel.
1/
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Don’t give up the ship.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Don’t give up the ship.