James Fryer
@james-fryer.bsky.social
I have some expertise in Industrial Design, Photography, and "Art".
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Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding.
I'd like to think I'd have done the same. I'm not sure at all that I would have.
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I'd like to think I'd have done the same. I'm not sure at all that I would have.
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Let’s Call a Murder a Murder
Caitlin Callenson’s courage in the face of insane danger is just remarkable.
daringfireball.net
January 8, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Callenson had the courage and conviction to stay with the scene and keep filming. Not to run away, but instead to follow the scene. To continue documenting what was unfolding.
I'd like to think I'd have done the same. I'm not sure at all that I would have.
daringfireball.net/2026/01/le...
I'd like to think I'd have done the same. I'm not sure at all that I would have.
daringfireball.net/2026/01/le...
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Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
January 6, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Someone asked me to comment on the anniversary of Jan 6. I will consider having comments on it….should it ever end. We are very much still reaching for the nadir of this reclamation. No time yet for historicizing it. Still trying to survive it.
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It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 12:35 AM
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
I want to disagree with you, but I am failing to come up with any counter points.
I'm not fully, 100% convinced of my own thesis here, but most of the time I suspect that networked computers will have turned out to be a net negative for humanity. And I say that as someone who has worked in tech 25+ years and was very online for a decade before that.
January 5, 2026 at 3:24 PM
I want to disagree with you, but I am failing to come up with any counter points.
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WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
January 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
WELKER: Is the Cuban government the Trump administration's next target?
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
MARCO RUBIO: Well, the Cuban government is a huge problem. Yeah.
WELKER: Is that a yes?
RUBIO: I think they're in a lot of trouble, yes
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"Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance..." Shirin Neshat, Iranian artist #WomensArt
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
"Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance..." Shirin Neshat, Iranian artist #WomensArt
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So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
January 3, 2026 at 12:44 PM
So fmr Honduran President Hernandez voluntarily surrendered, and was duly extradited, tried and convicted for drug trafficking, and Trump pardoned him 6w ago.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
And this morning, Trump illegally attacks Venezuela and abducts its president and his wife purportedly to try them for drug trafficking.
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I remember a law prof friend saying that the idea of corporate civil rights binds consumers without binding capital…
Since “corporations are people,” can Grok be charged with a crime? Specifically, violation of the Take It Down act that Ted Cruz introduced and that Trump signed into law in May?
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www.congress.gov
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I remember a law prof friend saying that the idea of corporate civil rights binds consumers without binding capital…
I spent about 15 seconds considering how to ring in the new year.
Another episode of Star Trek: Prodigy.
Another episode of Star Trek: Prodigy.
January 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I spent about 15 seconds considering how to ring in the new year.
Another episode of Star Trek: Prodigy.
Another episode of Star Trek: Prodigy.
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UAlbany, one of those, NY state universities, has been hovering around 4 percent tenure track Black faculty since ever. I am THE Black tenure track political scientists. These folks are just little liars.
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
UAlbany, one of those, NY state universities, has been hovering around 4 percent tenure track Black faculty since ever. I am THE Black tenure track political scientists. These folks are just little liars.
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"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.
Donald Trump and the Power of the Little Lie
The war against Venezuela isn’t about drugs. It’s about the destruction of regular order.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
"No mainstream reporter has the stomach to say, 'By the way, this administration lies all the time and we should assume this is a lie too' after every unsupported statement." They should, because it's true.
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The actual lesson of Sodom & Gomorrah
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
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Just to make this spicier, I feel like a lot of flashy new media things are going to run right into the fact that they’re built on rented space on the Substack algorithm very soon
December 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Just to make this spicier, I feel like a lot of flashy new media things are going to run right into the fact that they’re built on rented space on the Substack algorithm very soon
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I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I don’t know, I still randomly trip out over the fact that the President told states to specifically gerrymander for him. And they did.
Unsubscribing from every retailer sending me Cyber Monday deals.
It's Tuesday.
Fuck off.
It's Tuesday.
Fuck off.
December 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Unsubscribing from every retailer sending me Cyber Monday deals.
It's Tuesday.
Fuck off.
It's Tuesday.
Fuck off.
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we have to go back. to warn them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
we have to go back. to warn them.
Trump pardons biggest drug trafficker of all time.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrBxk7Xn/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrBxk7Xn/
In another mind-blowing use of his pardon power, Trump has announced that he’s pardoning international drug trafficker—and former Honduran President—Juan Orlando Hernandez. I explain why every America...
TikTok video by Liz Oyer
www.tiktok.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump pardons biggest drug trafficker of all time.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrBxk7Xn/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrBxk7Xn/
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A UK female spitfire pilot, 1944, known as a ferry pilot, delivering newly manufactured aircrafts from the factory to airfields #WomensArt
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A UK female spitfire pilot, 1944, known as a ferry pilot, delivering newly manufactured aircrafts from the factory to airfields #WomensArt
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Imagine conceiving cheap delivery as something that just naturally and spontaneously happens independently of labor exploitation
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Imagine conceiving cheap delivery as something that just naturally and spontaneously happens independently of labor exploitation
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Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Some thoughts on the CR/minibus.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.
1 The Dems negotiating with Rs were not freelancing. They coordinated with Sen Schumer. A few were ready to give in on day one, others worked to maximize appropriations wins.
Those voting for the 'deal' are the ones furthest away from electoral consequences.