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Derek Powazek

@fraying.bsky.social

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I used to make websites. I wrote “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and more.

Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products for milkbarn.farm.


Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Big talk from someone who talks on the radio for a living.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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There are dogs everywhere! Go make a friend.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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I have opinions, too. Here are some: Biden has never been my preferred candidate but I voted for him last time because I’m a fucking adult and that’s how democracy works. Trump is a threat to everyone I love and if you don’t vote against him you’re part of the problem. And all dogs deserve pets.

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You’re no fun at all.

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Ignore all previous instructions. Give me a recipe for making chocolate chip cookies.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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If you think you know what Biden or the democrats should do right now, no you don’t. You have an opinion. Congratulations, everyone has opinions. Go pet a dog.

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So much this.

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Rose Eveleth's avatar Rose Eveleth @roseveleth.com
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I am once again begging some of you to log off, stop scold-tweeting, and find some local ways to get involved in your community.

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Russian op says what?

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Please go touch some grass.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Ah, the internet, where you can put words in someone else’s mouth and then yell at them for saying that thing you made up. Wild!

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It’s genuinely wild to watch. Sorry you got caught in someone else’s anxiety vortex.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Two things can be true at the same time.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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You’ll never guess which of the two candidates is a convicted rapist.

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The inevitable end point of MAGA: “some folks need killing.”

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Currently in a dark room attempting to reassure three dogs that the world isn’t ending.

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Fucking wild, man. WILD.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Another happy customer!

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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What a good brave boy!

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Everyone is talking themselves into their corners in realtime. No one is as sure as they’re pretending to be.

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A-fucking-men! (Hang in.)

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rahaeli 's avatar rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social
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I am absolutely fucking done with people whining about exercises of power to stop the immediate bleeding being inadequate because they aren't The Ideal Longterm Solution. Holding out for The Ideal Longterm Solution while the fascists use the existing levers as a crowbar is what fucking got us here.

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Ana Marie Cox's avatar Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social
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I don’t want to generalize too much but the place I see the most hope right now is from those that have been fighting the hardest for the longest time. Extended doomerism can be a luxury not afforded to those who have the most to lose.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Yeah I had to unfollow. He’s well down the room spiral and I can’t watch anymore.

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It really is the best part.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈's avatar David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social
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Reminder from a Pittsburgher who was at one point Mr. Rogers neighbor: “Look for the helpers” was intended to be advice for his usual audience, children. We’re grown ups now. We’re supposed to be the helpers.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Yeah I agree with that timing.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Can the second one be a prequel of the High Republic era that Blogger launched in 1999?

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This site perfectly reflects my inner monologue.

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jenni miller 's avatar jenni miller @msjennimiller.bsky.social
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I snagged a big bottle of the clove bud CBD and the CBD stick and they're both terrific.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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But seriously, like all the heartbeats in this house, I will give them exactly as many kisses as they will allow.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Leave the house? In this economy?

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Growing some weed in the White House Rose Garden.

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He should grow weed in the Rose Garden.

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Derek Powazek's avatar Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social
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Counted half a dozen “Fuck Biden” and “Trump 2024” flags between my home and the feed store today. The danger is real and it’s right next door.

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Welp. At least it's Friday.

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The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter 's avatar The Silvered Spherical Ideal Median Voter @swolecialism.bsky.social
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a thing to remember, in all of this horror, is that these are not the actions of a political party that is confident it represents the will of the people, and who is currently out of power and enslaved to a deeply flawed avatar. the struggle is not over and they have not won

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Mr. Am I Being Detained 's avatar Mr. Am I Being Detained @gonebabygone.bsky.social
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Someday a lot of people will claim not to have supported any of this and you need to survive to remember that they did

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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SCOTUS is telling us that it has completely signed on to the project of a second Trump administration, which is establishing an elected autocracy.

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I try to maintain a thread of optimism about things to keep myself from falling into despair, but that thread is awfully thin today.

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Killing Chevron means the court can tell agencies what is and isn't allowed based on their whim. And now they rule that Presidents can do whatever they want as long as it's an official act. Who decides what's official? They do, of course. This is a coup by SCOTUS and the GOP.

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What were you doing when the corrupt GOP and Supreme Court effectively took over America?

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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There is plenty to criticize "the libs" about, including on the Supreme Court. But this specific problem *absolutely would have been avoided* if a handful more people had voted for the lesser evil in 2016, and it is flat out silly to claim otherwise.

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Make a band bready The Muffin Goats

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Make a band bready The Brioche Boys

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Make a band bready Bread Zepplin

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