Honest J
@frangsbo.bsky.social
Epistemologist working in the trades.
Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.
Would like to be posting mainly about climate solutions but there's too much other $#!+ going down.
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Honest J
@frangsbo.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Being right is necessary but not sufficient.
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My divisional NFL meme page’s top post (with two teams in the NFC championship game to boot)
January 25, 2026 at 7:07 AM
My divisional NFL meme page’s top post (with two teams in the NFC championship game to boot)
Walz needs to respond to the Bondi letter publicly and forcefully, using words along the lines of 'lying', 'extortionary', 'illegal' and 'self-incriminating'.
January 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Walz needs to respond to the Bondi letter publicly and forcefully, using words along the lines of 'lying', 'extortionary', 'illegal' and 'self-incriminating'.
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Bondi is the appointed and confirmed Attorney General. That means the official policy of the US DOJ is to use militarized law enforcement to harass, arrest, kidnap, and kill innocent civilians in an effort to force a state government to comply with federal policy demands.
Pam Bondi's conditions for Minnesota: 1) give us all your state data on your food programs, including SNAP 2) repeal all your sanctuary policies in the state (since it has led to "so much crime and violence") and 3) hand over your state voting rolls. Letter here: www.fox9.com/news/minneap...
Minneapolis shooting: AG Pam Bondi gives Gov. Walz conditions for ICE to leave Minnesota
www.fox9.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Bondi is the appointed and confirmed Attorney General. That means the official policy of the US DOJ is to use militarized law enforcement to harass, arrest, kidnap, and kill innocent civilians in an effort to force a state government to comply with federal policy demands.
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Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
Text of the video posted by Mac Randolph “Never wanted to share this video but his speech is very on point.”
Do Justice.
Love Kindness.
Abolish ICE.
Love Kindness.
Abolish ICE.
Hundreds of people gather for a vigil at the site where 37-year-old Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse and member of AFGE 3669, was shot and killed by federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Do Justice.
Love Kindness.
Abolish ICE.
Love Kindness.
Abolish ICE.
Good thread.
leftists love to throw "nonviolence won't protect you!!" at liberals. but they misunderstand. nonviolence isn't about protecting yourself. nonviolence doesn't mean nonconfrontational.
nonviolence. is. about. winning.
www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
nonviolence. is. about. winning.
www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
January 25, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Good thread.
Yup. In fact I don't think anywhere in the Anglosphere has had to deal with this kind of hard internal break between the political and the epistemic in centuries.
Thinking a lot right now about this crisis of trust. It’s a new world for Americans to not be able to trust what their government tells them.
Not to say that the government has never lied or misled the public before. Obviously it has.
But this is a new, Soviet-style level of lies and fabrication
Not to say that the government has never lied or misled the public before. Obviously it has.
But this is a new, Soviet-style level of lies and fabrication
We don’t even have to speculate. The bare facts are that you cannot and should not trust anything coming from ICE, CBP, DHS, or this administration in general.
They are not reliable. And they don’t have our interests at heart.
They are not reliable. And they don’t have our interests at heart.
January 24, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Yup. In fact I don't think anywhere in the Anglosphere has had to deal with this kind of hard internal break between the political and the epistemic in centuries.
A first goal can be to create and solidify Democratic unanimity on Abolish ICE (and CPB). Then move on to pressuring Republicans to break ranks, and expand the demands to abolishing DHS entirely. Absolutely no compromise votes on the budget.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 PM
A first goal can be to create and solidify Democratic unanimity on Abolish ICE (and CPB). Then move on to pressuring Republicans to break ranks, and expand the demands to abolishing DHS entirely. Absolutely no compromise votes on the budget.
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This notion that we need to know intent or state of mind to ascribe honesty or dishonesty is extremely problematic. We can't ever really know those things about others! But we can ascribe dishonesty and honesty given enough other evidence. (And in Trump’s case he of course lies like he breaths.)
January 24, 2026 at 3:37 AM
This notion that we need to know intent or state of mind to ascribe honesty or dishonesty is extremely problematic. We can't ever really know those things about others! But we can ascribe dishonesty and honesty given enough other evidence. (And in Trump’s case he of course lies like he breaths.)
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goal—their stated goal!—is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
January 24, 2026 at 6:22 PM
This is a white supremacist paramilitary operation. Their goal—their stated goal!—is to force America to submit to the President's racist domineering vision for the country.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
The sooner everybody starts confronting it on the terms that they themselves have stated, the better.
Another martyr for freedom and democracy.
January 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Another martyr for freedom and democracy.
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What authority does ICE have to arrest or detain citizens who witnessed a homicide?
Per this report ICE has detained several witnesses
ICE attempted to order local police from the scene of the Minneapolis shooting, but the police chief refused and instructed his officers to preserve the crime scene.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 24, 2026 at 5:05 PM
What authority does ICE have to arrest or detain citizens who witnessed a homicide?
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Fine tuning your message is not important but I encourage you to be clear you want them to vote no on any bill with *any* ICE funding at all.
Fine tuning your message is not important but I encourage you to be clear you want them to vote no on any bill with *any* ICE funding at all.
We are calling our senators right now and demanding that they vote no on the omnibus with DHS funding
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
We are explicitly mentioning ICE’s murder in cold blood of a man on the streets of Minneapolis this morning
January 24, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Fine tuning your message is not important but I encourage you to be clear you want them to vote no on any bill with *any* ICE funding at all.
Fine tuning your message is not important but I encourage you to be clear you want them to vote no on any bill with *any* ICE funding at all.
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ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
January 24, 2026 at 4:51 PM
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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I think that’s because the Times sees its role in society as smugly lecturing liberals about why the right is correct and/or going to win, in the eternal liberal game of trying to feel smarter and more in touch with “real people” than the next liberal, of which it is the all-time world champion.
January 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I think that’s because the Times sees its role in society as smugly lecturing liberals about why the right is correct and/or going to win, in the eternal liberal game of trying to feel smarter and more in touch with “real people” than the next liberal, of which it is the all-time world champion.
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Guys, ICE is attacking and harassing ANYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, HAS A FOREIGN-SOUNDING NAME, OR HAS AN ACCENT. When they jump out and grab you, and carry you off screaming, it doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or not! They’re not asking! I’ve seen it happen multiple times with my own eyes.
Does that mean these schools were upwards of 70% composed of undocumented families?
January 24, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Guys, ICE is attacking and harassing ANYONE WHO IS NOT WHITE, HAS A FOREIGN-SOUNDING NAME, OR HAS AN ACCENT. When they jump out and grab you, and carry you off screaming, it doesn’t matter if you’re a citizen or not! They’re not asking! I’ve seen it happen multiple times with my own eyes.
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ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
January 24, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE just shot another one of my neighbors. They had the person on the ground, being beaten by several agents, and then fired multiple shots. In front of the donut shop where we like to get donuts for our kids.
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I feel like this article is really of a piece with the story of the biracial trans woman who let noted piece of shit Jake Lang into her car because in the moment he approached, she saw a scared human being desperate for help and not a white supremacist.
January 23, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I feel like this article is really of a piece with the story of the biracial trans woman who let noted piece of shit Jake Lang into her car because in the moment he approached, she saw a scared human being desperate for help and not a white supremacist.
Once again a great succint summation of MAGA as a whole.
this guy is a terrible liar who genuinely believes he is great at lying
CNN put together a clip of JD Vance claiming ICE agents have "absolute immunity" followed by him two weeks later claiming "I didn't say that officers who engage in wrongdoing would enjoy immunity"
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Once again a great succint summation of MAGA as a whole.
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Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
Detained by ICE, two women became first responders during agent’s seizure
The women say they guided agents through the emergency, later raising concerns about medical protocols, weapons safety and accountability.
www.startribune.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Two women trained as first responders were abducted by three ICE agents. One of the agents starts seizing. The other two don’t know what to do. The women jump into action and save the agent’s life, only to be re-handcuffed and processed.
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
www.startribune.com/detained-by-...
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If you want to know what people mean when they say Democrats are "controlled opposition," rather than whipping votes against ICE funding, Hakeem Jeffries struck a deal with Republicans to allow Democrats to feign outrage at ICE while still funding the spending package.
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
If you want to know what people mean when they say Democrats are "controlled opposition," rather than whipping votes against ICE funding, Hakeem Jeffries struck a deal with Republicans to allow Democrats to feign outrage at ICE while still funding the spending package.
"When an argument is strewn with lies and bullshit, grains of truth exist as subterfuge."
Many have suggested that the US made well founded points about WHO's inefficiencies and bureaucratic tangles.
When an argument is strewn with lies and bullshit, grains of truth exist as subterfuge.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
When an argument is strewn with lies and bullshit, grains of truth exist as subterfuge.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
Joint Statement by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - United States Department of State
Termination of U.S. Membership in the World Health Organization (WHO) Begin Text Today, the United States withdrew from the World Health Organization (WHO), freeing itself from its constraints, as Pre...
www.state.gov
January 23, 2026 at 2:47 PM
"When an argument is strewn with lies and bullshit, grains of truth exist as subterfuge."
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The president is now demanding the investigation of a member of Congress for “Political Crimes”
January 22, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The president is now demanding the investigation of a member of Congress for “Political Crimes”
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Electrification skeptics often argue that switching from gas to heat pumps doesn’t make sense when most of our power comes from fossil fuels anyway.
@urbangreencouncil.bsky.social ran the numbers and found that heat pumps almost always do cut pollution, even in heavily gas-reliant NYC.
@urbangreencouncil.bsky.social ran the numbers and found that heat pumps almost always do cut pollution, even in heavily gas-reliant NYC.
January 22, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Electrification skeptics often argue that switching from gas to heat pumps doesn’t make sense when most of our power comes from fossil fuels anyway.
@urbangreencouncil.bsky.social ran the numbers and found that heat pumps almost always do cut pollution, even in heavily gas-reliant NYC.
@urbangreencouncil.bsky.social ran the numbers and found that heat pumps almost always do cut pollution, even in heavily gas-reliant NYC.