Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
OK, you found me. Ex-marketing researcher. Editor in chief, samueljohnson.com
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Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
· Aug 16
One of the major studios was casting for a bio pic of the great composers, and thought Schwarzenegger would be a great Brahms. He demurred. "I'll be Bach."
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The previous president was forced to drop out of running for re-election because of concerns over cognitive decline, all while sounding far more coherent than this.
"Helicopter pilots were wounded pretty badly in the legs landing on the couple of machine gunners seemed to have make it through a thicket of bombs. But they were taken out rapidly by our snipers who stationed on platforms. Hellu-- actually unbelievable, helicopter platforms all the way the line"
February 13, 2026 at 7:26 PM
The previous president was forced to drop out of running for re-election because of concerns over cognitive decline, all while sounding far more coherent than this.
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"More than half the Boone County voters identified as noncitizens were actually citizens."
"DHS has pooled confidential data from across the federal government to enable states to mass-verify voters’ citizenship status using SAVE."
Also relied on by ICE and their facial recognition apps.
#Pinks
"DHS has pooled confidential data from across the federal government to enable states to mass-verify voters’ citizenship status using SAVE."
Also relied on by ICE and their facial recognition apps.
#Pinks
“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes.
The Department of Homeland Security pushed out the revamped tool while it was still adding data. That led to widespread misidentification, particularly for citizens born outside the U.S.
www.propublica.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"More than half the Boone County voters identified as noncitizens were actually citizens."
"DHS has pooled confidential data from across the federal government to enable states to mass-verify voters’ citizenship status using SAVE."
Also relied on by ICE and their facial recognition apps.
#Pinks
"DHS has pooled confidential data from across the federal government to enable states to mass-verify voters’ citizenship status using SAVE."
Also relied on by ICE and their facial recognition apps.
#Pinks
Oh BABY! Criterion is putting Lenny out in May www.criterion.com/films/29151-...
Lenny
Director Bob Fosse’s nervy, freewheeling showbiz drama tells the real-life story of taboo-shattering comedian Lenny Bruce, the counterculture prophet whose unfiltered style opened up new frontiers in ...
www.criterion.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Oh BABY! Criterion is putting Lenny out in May www.criterion.com/films/29151-...
The copy of Les Miserables I read in the 1980's wouldn't fit in a pocket, but it WAS something you could hold and read while straphanging; you would never want to do that with the copy I saw in my local independent yesterday.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
So Long to Cheap Books You Could Fit in Your Pocket
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The copy of Les Miserables I read in the 1980's wouldn't fit in a pocket, but it WAS something you could hold and read while straphanging; you would never want to do that with the copy I saw in my local independent yesterday.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
"Meth. We're on it."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_...
Kristi Noem - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_Noem#"Meth._We're_on_It"_campaign
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
"Meth. We're on it."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_...
I guess I need to add Infinite Jest to my queue. But ahead of it (so far) are Cloud Atlas; Heather Ann Thompson's book on Bernie Goetz and white rage ("Fear and Fury"); and Bolano's 2666... I need to make sure nothing else squeezes its way in.
February 13, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I guess I need to add Infinite Jest to my queue. But ahead of it (so far) are Cloud Atlas; Heather Ann Thompson's book on Bernie Goetz and white rage ("Fear and Fury"); and Bolano's 2666... I need to make sure nothing else squeezes its way in.
This needs to be called out, no sitting on hands
Current state of things: One Fox News host casually declares that Epstein’s money comes from “Jewish billionaires” and a “Jewish banking family,” another responds that he was a “sex rabbi.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jes...
February 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
This needs to be called out, no sitting on hands
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February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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No shit, we're in dark times; and if we don't maintain our hope we are lost. I think the history of Leiden and how they endured the Spanish siege is a good guide. Also? When the Spaniards retreated, the celebration wasn't with champagne, but a simple feast of herring and white bread. Be there for it
February 13, 2026 at 3:06 AM
No shit, we're in dark times; and if we don't maintain our hope we are lost. I think the history of Leiden and how they endured the Spanish siege is a good guide. Also? When the Spaniards retreated, the celebration wasn't with champagne, but a simple feast of herring and white bread. Be there for it
I don't know why Ken Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion" isn't talked about as much as I think it deserves.
February 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I don't know why Ken Kesey's "Sometimes A Great Notion" isn't talked about as much as I think it deserves.
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I hope all the leftists who thought @kamalaharris.com wasn't pure enough for them to vote for her are happy with what they produced.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I hope all the leftists who thought @kamalaharris.com wasn't pure enough for them to vote for her are happy with what they produced.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
I pray to God that we may find ways to minimize the damages this Destroyer of Worlds does. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I pray to God that we may find ways to minimize the damages this Destroyer of Worlds does. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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You see, they're sending them to a camp in TX, where abortion is illegal, because "pro-life."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
The Trump administration is incarcerating migrant girls in, essentially, a forced pregnancy camp.
Trump administration is sending pregnant migrant girls to South Texas shelter flagged as medically inadequate
Government sources and advocates for the children worry the goal is to concentrate them in Texas, where abortion is banned.
www.kut.org
February 12, 2026 at 4:33 PM
You see, they're sending them to a camp in TX, where abortion is illegal, because "pro-life."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
"Some were as young as 13, and at least half of those taken in so far became pregnant as a result of rape... Their pregnancies are considered high risk by definition, particularly for the youngest girls."
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In a reality-based world this would force a stated change in news outlets' policies not to ever use the phrase "DHS says" until their claim can be proven independently, but journalists' pro-police bias ("why would they lie, they have badges") remains a reliably strong constant in regime coverage
Marimar Martinez was shot by Border Patrol five times.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
DHS accused her of being a domestic terrorist.
She went to court to get the body cam footage released.
It shows Agent Charles Exum driving with his gun drawn.
Saying “do something b*tch”.
Ramming her car.
Shooting her.
It shows DHS lied.
February 12, 2026 at 4:54 PM
In a reality-based world this would force a stated change in news outlets' policies not to ever use the phrase "DHS says" until their claim can be proven independently, but journalists' pro-police bias ("why would they lie, they have badges") remains a reliably strong constant in regime coverage
I really wanted to take the Lord's name in vain just now
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 3:33 PM
I really wanted to take the Lord's name in vain just now
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Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/121232
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Chicken Market, 55 Hester Street, Manhattan https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/121232
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It's Congress's duty to conduct oversight; Bondi thinks it's her job to obstruct their constitutional responsibility.
February 11, 2026 at 8:38 PM
It's Congress's duty to conduct oversight; Bondi thinks it's her job to obstruct their constitutional responsibility.
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The AG thinks that what Congress should be talking about -- while it conducts oversight of the Department of JUSTICE -- is the stock market. Does she not know what department she oversees?
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The AG thinks that what Congress should be talking about -- while it conducts oversight of the Department of JUSTICE -- is the stock market. Does she not know what department she oversees?
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ROSS: Should Donald Trump pardon or commute Ghislaine Maxwell's sentence?
BONDI: I already answered that question. But you don't want to talk about Iryna Zarutska
BONDI: I already answered that question. But you don't want to talk about Iryna Zarutska
February 11, 2026 at 6:51 PM
ROSS: Should Donald Trump pardon or commute Ghislaine Maxwell's sentence?
BONDI: I already answered that question. But you don't want to talk about Iryna Zarutska
BONDI: I already answered that question. But you don't want to talk about Iryna Zarutska
Pam Bondi is an embarrassment to middle school mean girls
February 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Pam Bondi is an embarrassment to middle school mean girls
The AG thinks that what Congress should be talking about -- while it conducts oversight of the Department of JUSTICE -- is the stock market. Does she not know what department she oversees?
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The AG thinks that what Congress should be talking about -- while it conducts oversight of the Department of JUSTICE -- is the stock market. Does she not know what department she oversees?