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Mike Fragassi

@refrag.bsky.social

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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 typos. @refrag on the Twitanic @refrag@mastodon.cloud but barely active


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Willow's avatar Willow @rockshrimp.bsky.social
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Goodnight everybody. Try to be less stupid in the morning.

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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Now that Balance has been restored to The Vibes, I'm going to log off, take an edible, and watch Lisa Frankenstein. May The Vibes be with you. šŸ––

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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On my jog, I saw a sparrow in the road get jumped on by a peregrin falcon. The sparrow got away, and the falcon sat on a tree branch, looking pissed off at me, before flying down the road. In patriam antiquam hoc est quid augures dixissent omen bonum.

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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There was a general freak out that's not exactly illegitimate. Just dumb. And there were stories about Big parties of D pols & donors who were watching together. The media is already invested in a horserace, or even for TFG to win, so no outside money needed

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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It's a regular mid season special, they even drive up to Michigan for the cherries!

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Edward Carney's avatar Edward Carney @ecarney.bsky.social
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No, no, I have it on good authority that the president of the United States *personally* adjusts gas prices, inflation rates, and various global economic indicators every time he steps into the Oval Office.

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Blue Heron Farm's avatar Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social
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Come on, y'all. For America. For Ted. Let's do this.

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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"Athena says you're being idiots, so she sent us to smack some sense into you numbskulls"

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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Good to know, we've been meaning to ride up it but last time we did there was a lot of construction on the path.

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Laurel Krahn's avatar Laurel Krahn @windowseat.bsky.social
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Last I checked Powecoms are still one of the most highly rated KN95s & this is the best place to get them. They sell some colors individually wrapped if you prefer that. Good for handing out to people. (N95s protect better than KN95s but people are more likely to actually wear earloop masks.)

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Momus Jones's avatar Momus Jones @boyq.bsky.social
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Timeline cleanse: The path, and the friend I made on it.

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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North Channel Trail?

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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I take it back, I need to mute "Biden" again. Probably "Harris" as well. Nobody talk about Ron Glass' character on Barney Miller for a while Before I do, I'm tapping the sign

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Erin Fogg's avatar Erin Fogg @criminalerin.bsky.social
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Before enlightenment, check emails and do spreadsheets. After enlightenment, check emails and do spreadsheets.

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Elizabeth Tamny's avatar Elizabeth Tamny @etamny.bsky.social
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TikTok keeps showing me lives from black pro-Trump TikTokers. šŸ˜¬ Even though I have the algorithm well trained about politics. It also knows I watch a lot of black creators. It keeps busting in with these live videos, despite blocking them. Iā€™m going to go ahead and call this creepy and upsetting.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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not for nothing, but thereā€™s something incredibly unseemly about watching the nationā€™s newspapers laser focused on biden old fifty times a day for over a week now, there *are* other important news stories in the world that deserve covering.

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Chris Gaines's avatar Chris Gaines @bertin.bsky.social
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Hillary had a cold and the media treated it like she was on deathā€™s door. The same thing awaits Harris if Joe drops out. Maybe itā€™s the media that needs to be asking themselves what the problem is.

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Darren Cohen's avatar Darren Cohen @darrencohen.me
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Here is the thing though (and donā€™t disagree with you)ā€¦ already Times/Post etc are pushing story that Harris covered up the health issues which is a problem for her, and then if itā€™s someone else you are going to get non-stop voters never voted for this person stories.

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gamera obscura 's avatar gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social
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These are the directors of Project 2025. Look at these pasty, pathetic, autographed-Bret-Easton-Ellis-first-edition, drunk-on-daddyā€™s-calvados little megachurch dillholes. TROUP? Stop it. Get the fuck out of here immediately.

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Link is coconut-pilled. šŸ„„ šŸŒ“ 's avatar Link is coconut-pilled. šŸ„„ šŸŒ“ @knilirabaj.bsky.social
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The ability to consistently have the worst possible framing is incredible.

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Drone Cusack's avatar Drone Cusack @herodedalus.bsky.social
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Really bummed about how NPR/ATC is covering the presidential race. It just feels like the network has gone full CNN and weā€™ve lost sight entirely of the policy stakes in the election to keep reinforcing the same horserace narratives so Tamara Keith can more easily riff about vibes & projections.

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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the inside out characters in my head

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L O L G O P's avatar L O L G O P @lolgop.bsky.social
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IT'S NOT THE NEW YORK TIMES JOB TO MAKE SURE THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IS ELECTABLE. NO, SIR! IT'S THE NEW YORK TIMES JOB TO MAKE SURE THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IS ELECTABLE!

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whet moser's avatar whet moser @whet.bsky.social
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people don't like to think very much, do they

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Mike the Mad Biologist's avatar Mike the Mad Biologist @mikethemadbiol.bsky.social
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One thing rich people forgetā€“or if they're heirs, never learnedā€“is that life can deal you a bad hand & there's no option but to make the best of it & play it out anyway. Huge "I demand to speak to the manager" vibes here.

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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The media will not save us. (That being said, the fact that Trump felt the need to disavow Project 2025 at all is progress. And this won't be the end of iif we don't let it.)

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Hyperlexic's avatar Hyperlexic @hyperlexic.bsky.social
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It makes so much sense that this ā€œdonor panicā€ is actually coming from Hollywood. Of COURSE that group would think that the optics of the early debate performance are overwhelmingly important.

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Effy of Knives's avatar Effy of Knives @effinvicta.bsky.social
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For the record: do not refer to Tiglath-Pileser III as "Emperor of Assyria". It's: King of Assyria King of Babylon King of Sumer and Akkad (ONE "of" only) King of the Four Corners of the World King of the Universe and in that order. Get it right, Americans.

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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE's avatar GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com
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i refuse to believe that americans who watched the debate think that bidenā€™s first 15 minutes are somehow stronger evidence of old age decline than falling asleep, *in public*, DURING YOUR OWN FUCKING CRIMINAL TRIAL, *IN COURT IN FRONT OF THE JUDGE AND JURY*, but, you know, iā€™m not a columnist.

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Very Very Common Mike Dunford 's avatar Very Very Common Mike Dunford @questauthority.bsky.social
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"Independence from Britain" is the world's most celebrated holiday.

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Micah's avatar Micah @rincewind.run
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if the media could go ahead and treat this claim the way they treat Biden saying "I'm fine" - aka, as a lie that requires days on end of front page stories to debunk - that would be great we'll be over here waiting

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Anthonius van Ź˜o!o's avatar Anthonius van Ź˜o!o @xtpd.bsky.social
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The NYT editorial everyoneā€™s talking about today

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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This explains *so* much you guys

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Director, Basque Space Program's avatar Director, Basque Space Program @scoiattolo.mountainherder.xyz
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Biden should flex his new immunity and have this guy officially killed

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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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Cause this is too much of a white people website

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Ed's avatar Ed @ed3d.net
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in hindsight guys like that make me want to have a The Homies Disapprove labeler. If 5% of my mutuals block somebody I feel like I should know

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Ed's avatar Ed @ed3d.net
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filed under "people I absolutely think are having good-faith normal reactions to current events"

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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A *bit* disappointed he ended with an ad for a comedy tour

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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Absolute derangement from the rich & powerful who are allegedly "on our side"

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ā˜€ļø Starshine's avatar ā˜€ļø Starshine @starshine.bsky.social
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i really hate how Duty is often portrayed as a right wing virtue we all have a duty to our families, loved ones, friends, to each other ā€”even strangers, and also a duty to fight for a better world, even when it seems hopeless

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Meredith Rose's avatar Meredith Rose @mrose.ink
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This siteā€™s got the juice

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Amanda Wong's avatar Amanda Wong @amandawtwong.bsky.social
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Did a drawing of the family in front of me and gave it to them. People are surprisingly happy when I do this.

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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Worth remembering

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Mike Fragassi's avatar Mike Fragassi @refrag.bsky.social
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True, but we're taking the ammo people at their word that this is actually taking place

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