Derek Powazek
@fraying.bsky.social
I used to make websites (Blogger, JPG Mag, Fray). I wrote the book “Design for Community.” Now I grow flowers and keep animals at milkbarn.farm.
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The Loophole with THC
CBD works better with THC! They both come from the same plant, after all. Our new tincture has a 1:3 ratio for a happy, calming, stress-melting effect.
milkbarn.farm
CBD works better when combined with THC! They both come from the same plant and work on the same receptors. Our first intoxicating tincture has just enough THC to help the CBD melt away stress for a happy, calming effect.
Yes, it’s legal, but only until November.
Yes, it’s legal, but only until November.
Wouldn't it be great to have a president who wasn't a whiny little bitch?
Trump threats on Gordie Howe bridge opening 'just insane,' Windsor mayor says | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to stall the opening of the new Canada- U.S. border crossing is "just insane," Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens said Monday night.
www.cbc.ca
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Wouldn't it be great to have a president who wasn't a whiny little bitch?
This is so smart and really appeals to the old print nerd in me.
Everyone hates political junk mail, which is why we tried to make our mail unique…
By making it into a comic book!
If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:
By making it into a comic book!
If you live in IL-09, you might receive this five part series about me and the campaign right in your mailbox:
February 10, 2026 at 12:26 AM
This is so smart and really appeals to the old print nerd in me.
What an insulting way to release a feature a lot of people wanted.
February 9, 2026 at 11:57 PM
What an insulting way to release a feature a lot of people wanted.
Reposted by Derek Powazek
maybe California should stop throwing tax dollars at a scammer who won't shut up about how much he hates the state, just a thought
"Nevertheless, the reservation of vouchers effectively limited access to funding for other manufacturers with production-ready electric trucks, as HVIP operates on a first-come, first-served basis and funding rounds are typically oversubscribed within days."
Always frustrating.
Always frustrating.
$165m at stake: California backs Tesla Semi before series production - electrive.com
California’s clean-truck incentive programme has reserved around $165 million for the Tesla Semi, even though the electric truck has yet to enter series
www.electrive.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
maybe California should stop throwing tax dollars at a scammer who won't shut up about how much he hates the state, just a thought
Reposting this just in case it was missed this weekend. Jane is great! You should hire her to put words in the right order.
Hey if you or anyone you know is looking for an experienced technical writer/editor, full or part time, remote only, get in touch with my pal @jagosaurus.bsky.social who is a good egg and looking for work right now. I genuinely wish I could hire her. She’s a catch.
www.linkedin.com/in/jane-g-a8...
www.linkedin.com/in/jane-g-a8...
Jane G. - Ellucian | LinkedIn
Experience: Ellucian · Education: Clemson University · Location: Meadows of Dan · 82 connections on LinkedIn. View Jane G.’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 billion members.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Reposting this just in case it was missed this weekend. Jane is great! You should hire her to put words in the right order.
It is.
“Stable coin” sounds like a euphemism for horseshit.
February 9, 2026 at 10:59 PM
It is.
My first protest was right there at the corner of Indian Hill and Foothill 35 years ago. This genuinely brought a tear to my eye.
claremont-courier.com/schools/the-...
claremont-courier.com/schools/the-...
The kids are alright: CUSD students demonstrate against ICE | Claremont COURIER
Some 700 Claremont Unified School District students walked out of classes Wednesday and marched to the intersection of Indian Hill and Foothill Boulevard for a 90-minute protest of the federal immigra...
claremont-courier.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My first protest was right there at the corner of Indian Hill and Foothill 35 years ago. This genuinely brought a tear to my eye.
claremont-courier.com/schools/the-...
claremont-courier.com/schools/the-...
ABOLISH ICE
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
www.cbsnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:16 PM
ABOLISH ICE
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
I wanna be clear, too, that I am a white (-ish, depends on how nazi you are) man and this applies to me, too. Every time I have thought “this isn’t political” I have been wrong. It happened enough that I just stopped saying it. If something seems apolitical, you’re missing a perspective.
I propose a total and complete ban on white men declaring that any topic “isn’t political” in public until they get better acquainted with reality.
February 9, 2026 at 8:31 PM
I wanna be clear, too, that I am a white (-ish, depends on how nazi you are) man and this applies to me, too. Every time I have thought “this isn’t political” I have been wrong. It happened enough that I just stopped saying it. If something seems apolitical, you’re missing a perspective.
Next up in Jeffie’s WaPo: that video Trump posted with the Obamas as monkeys was just lighthearted media criticism! Yeah! It’s basically educational, when you think about it.
February 9, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Next up in Jeffie’s WaPo: that video Trump posted with the Obamas as monkeys was just lighthearted media criticism! Yeah! It’s basically educational, when you think about it.
I propose a total and complete ban on white men declaring that any topic “isn’t political” in public until they get better acquainted with reality.
February 9, 2026 at 7:11 PM
I propose a total and complete ban on white men declaring that any topic “isn’t political” in public until they get better acquainted with reality.
Jeff’s WaPo is now in the business of trying to tell you that political things aren’t political. This might as well be subtitled “I’m so white I can’t see politics unless it’s spelled out for me.”
Analysis: Weeks before he set foot on the stage, Bad Bunny’s halftime performance had already become a media event.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
But if you were looking for political commentary, the closest that you got was when he said “God bless America” in English.
Analysis | Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was expected to provoke. Did it?
The Bad Bunny Super Bowl show nodded to injustices in Puerto Rico but mostly evoked wholesome family values that meshed with the more sentimental commercials.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Jeff’s WaPo is now in the business of trying to tell you that political things aren’t political. This might as well be subtitled “I’m so white I can’t see politics unless it’s spelled out for me.”
The state grabbing people up for using their constitutional rights is fascism.
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The state grabbing people up for using their constitutional rights is fascism.
This was the choice we had last election. America chose this.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This was the choice we had last election. America chose this.
I want to go to there
We can build a world where being in a gambling ad is just as cringe as being in a crypto ad was a few super bowls ago.
NFT, crypto, sports betting, polymarket. It's all the same grift, and everyone associated with it deserves unending mockery at the very least.
NFT, crypto, sports betting, polymarket. It's all the same grift, and everyone associated with it deserves unending mockery at the very least.
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I want to go to there
My wife and I, neither sporty.
Her: when do you think the halftime show is?
Me: I think it’s in the middle.
Her, not laughing: But when do you think the game starts?
Me: obviously at the beginning.
She married me ON PURPOSE, you guys.
Her: when do you think the halftime show is?
Me: I think it’s in the middle.
Her, not laughing: But when do you think the game starts?
Me: obviously at the beginning.
She married me ON PURPOSE, you guys.
February 9, 2026 at 12:00 AM
My wife and I, neither sporty.
Her: when do you think the halftime show is?
Me: I think it’s in the middle.
Her, not laughing: But when do you think the game starts?
Me: obviously at the beginning.
She married me ON PURPOSE, you guys.
Her: when do you think the halftime show is?
Me: I think it’s in the middle.
Her, not laughing: But when do you think the game starts?
Me: obviously at the beginning.
She married me ON PURPOSE, you guys.
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If anyone is selling you the opportunity to make money, *you* are how *they* make money and the 'secret' they have is convincing people like you to pay them.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
February 8, 2026 at 8:50 PM
If anyone is selling you the opportunity to make money, *you* are how *they* make money and the 'secret' they have is convincing people like you to pay them.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
There will be a lot of smoke & mirrors to make it look like you have agency, but the product is your gullibility.
Yeah this. There no profit in the slop, but there’s plenty in conning others.
To be very clear, that lady in the NYT article is not making any money with her hundreds of AI slop books.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
She makes money by *convincing people* she makes money that way and getting them to pay her to teach them how to do it.
It's an evolved MLM, and the NYT is helping market it.
February 8, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Yeah this. There no profit in the slop, but there’s plenty in conning others.
Still hasn’t snowed here and there’s no freeze in the forecast. It’s only frozen once or twice this winter. Snow on the nearby mountains is historically low.
The world is poised to overshoot the goal of limiting average global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as for the first time, a three-year period, ending in 2025, has breached the threshold.
Climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences.
Climate scientists are predicting devastating consequences.
There may be no turning back this climate crisis
As warming breaches a critical threshold, scientists fear cascading consequences.
www.motherjones.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Still hasn’t snowed here and there’s no freeze in the forecast. It’s only frozen once or twice this winter. Snow on the nearby mountains is historically low.
If the race is measured in total words, the computer will always win. But that is not how books work.
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
If the race is measured in total words, the computer will always win. But that is not how books work.
More Americans should be as fucking done with the loser in the White House as I am because I am VERY DONE with his whiny baby pouting about every perceived sleight.
The president is now attacking a US Olympian as a “Loser” and misrepresenting his words for his mild unspecified criticisms about things going on in the US right now.
February 8, 2026 at 7:04 PM
More Americans should be as fucking done with the loser in the White House as I am because I am VERY DONE with his whiny baby pouting about every perceived sleight.
oh captain my captain
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
February 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
oh captain my captain
This is Last Week Tonight worthy. Short version: TrumpRx is just skinned GoodRx and anyone can do it so this TikToker did.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89DwoPQ/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89DwoPQ/
2/7 TrumpRx? How about BrennaRx? It’s tremendously better, I promise! #news #breakingnews #funny #satire #storytime
TikTok video by Brenna Pérez
www.tiktok.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This is Last Week Tonight worthy. Short version: TrumpRx is just skinned GoodRx and anyone can do it so this TikToker did.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89DwoPQ/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP89DwoPQ/
Doomerism is like any other addictive poison. Numbs the pain but ultimately doesn’t help and makes you feel worse the more you do it.
Dare to have hope when the fascists expect you to give up. Demand a better future because we all deserve it. Prepare to win out of spite.
Dare to have hope when the fascists expect you to give up. Demand a better future because we all deserve it. Prepare to win out of spite.
every time I do a thread like this about a good election result I get a whole lot of “don’t get ahead of yourself, we still gotta make sure people are motivated for November” replies/quotes and while I understand the sentiment you know what gets people motivated?
winning! let yourself get excited!
winning! let yourself get excited!
Dems are now overperforming the 2024 lean of red districts by, uh, 30+ points in special elections
I’m not sure “apocalyptic” is sufficient to describe how the environment is starting to look for the GOP in November
I’m not sure “apocalyptic” is sufficient to describe how the environment is starting to look for the GOP in November
February 8, 2026 at 5:28 AM
Doomerism is like any other addictive poison. Numbs the pain but ultimately doesn’t help and makes you feel worse the more you do it.
Dare to have hope when the fascists expect you to give up. Demand a better future because we all deserve it. Prepare to win out of spite.
Dare to have hope when the fascists expect you to give up. Demand a better future because we all deserve it. Prepare to win out of spite.