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this'll be a great test of Ezra Klein's hypothesis that it's a good idea for the democrats to burn all this time, money, & organizer goodwill to run a culture-war-lite candidate

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 2d

Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches a second U.S. Senate bid
@liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/06/f...

Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches a second U.S. Senate bid • Kentucky Lantern

Democrat and former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches campaign for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat.

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 2d

if you're into R, @cranupdates.bsky.social is a great follow

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 2d

an urbanist in 2024: I wish for a federally mandated public restrooms.

*monkey’s paw curls”

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 3d

The way these people think they're entitled to whatever they want. This is what happens when you raise children who are never told no. 1/

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'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 3d

JB Fletcher

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 3d

June! brooklyntweed.com/blogs/blog/c...

Celebrating Our Journey: Brooklyn Tweed’s Next Chapter

Beginning in June 2025, Brooklyn Tweed will return to its roots as a pattern-only design company, transitioning out of yarn manufacturing.

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 3d

brooklyn tweed doesn’t make yarn anymore 😯

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 4d

it’d be one thing if they were getting catfished, but *knowing* it’s a bot, and giving it a pet name…

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 4d

every journalist who screenshots it?

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 5d

i've added hyperlinks to my primary website as well as my WebLog jofrhwld.github.io/~joe/

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

ai apologists are one thing. “It might be useful” is another. but ai *enthusiasts* are not normal

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

I made myself my *own* tilde site jofrhwld.github.io/~joe/

Tilde Site

jofrhwld.github.io

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 7d

“Let go and let God.” -accepting that which you have no control over

“Jesus take the wheel.” -I’m gonna be crazy reckless, watch this

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 7d

maybe this’ll get me cancelled, but i’m not a fan of Paul F Tompkins’ shtick

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 9d

I forget what happened that people were like "I don't like audacity nomore," but yeah, that or whatever people replaced it with

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 9d

Phonetics teachers: You need to make a quick and dirty recording for class slides. You pop open:

1️⃣ Praat (Record mono Sound)
2️⃣ Phone voice memo
3️⃣ Something else?

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 9d

multiple episodes in the first 2 seasons of the XFiles are: Mulder and Scully travel to remote <biome> where a research team has dug up an ancient parasite

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 12d

Andrew Wakefield had a patent for a solo measles vaccine at the same time he was drumming up fears about the 3-in-one MMR, telling parents to get each one separately. I only learned about that much more recently

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 12d

Setting aside the bad science, these recommendations will amplify the personal and professional burden that women face as family health managers. Because kids will need more medical visits and be more likely to get sick and very sick, meaning more time that moms will have to take off from paid work.

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 13d

i don’t know how to paint a cat, but here she is

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 14d

a man in a tuxedo stands between two men in wrestling outfits

ALT: a man in a tuxedo stands between two men in wrestling outfits

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 14d

in a moment of dialectal confusion in class, i said “I shouldn’t drink that, it’s toilet water” about a soda bottle i partially filled at a *bathroom* sink to demonstrate a Helmholtz resonator…

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 14d

progress