Fritz Swanson
@fritzswanson.bsky.social
Co-Founder The Index, and The Printing Stewards. Writer, printer, teacher. Dad. fritzswanson.com
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President of printingstewards.org
Publisher and Printer of theindexpress.com
Publisher of themanchestermirror.com @manchestermirror.bsky.social
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Fritz Swanson
@fritzswanson.bsky.social
· Mar 16
A student confessed that they produced an essay draft with AI, but that they had intended to revise it later so that it would "sound like" them, and therefore they intended to do right. I feel as though I have failed this person so so utterly. What a work "sounds like" has no bearing on its value.
The greatest blind spot in liberalism is its refusal to recognize black history as American history. Ezra Klein’s history of polarization, for example, applies only to white people, even though that whole history is fundamentally about white racial attitudes.
Authoritarian governments are not new to this country. If you want to know what comes next should resistance fail, look to the history of Black resistance in the South.
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Nov. 13, 1957 | Texas Officials Threaten and Jail NAACP Officers for Not Disclosing Members
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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November 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The greatest blind spot in liberalism is its refusal to recognize black history as American history. Ezra Klein’s history of polarization, for example, applies only to white people, even though that whole history is fundamentally about white racial attitudes.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster on the blockchain .ai
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Imagine a Beowulf cluster on the blockchain .ai
He truly represents the working man.
John Fetterman chronicles his stroke, unlikely election victory and battle with depression in his new memoir. "The voice in this book is brooding but not particularly thoughtful," Jennifer Szalai writes in a review. "Fetterman offers generalized contempt instead of pointed arguments."
Book Review: ‘Unfettered,’ by John Fetterman
The senator from Pennsylvania chronicles his stroke, unlikely election victory and battle with depression. Just don’t expect him to try to win you over.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
He truly represents the working man.
A market, you say? For insurance, you say? A subsidy, you say?
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A market, you say? For insurance, you say? A subsidy, you say?
We complain that "the media" doesn't do enough. But in truth, we no longer have a media in the old way. In the 20th Century, 200M+ people watched three networks, and had little else to do. The media had power by virtue of monopoly. Today, people only consume news as a kind of hobby.
@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social has provided absolutely vital reporting on Trump’s deportation campaign. Here’s another can’t-miss story:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We complain that "the media" doesn't do enough. But in truth, we no longer have a media in the old way. In the 20th Century, 200M+ people watched three networks, and had little else to do. The media had power by virtue of monopoly. Today, people only consume news as a kind of hobby.
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this is literally never not accurate
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this is literally never not accurate
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One left now!
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(And plenty of non-distressed copies, including free giftwrapping glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h... )
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
One left now!
(And plenty of non-distressed copies, including free giftwrapping glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h... )
(And plenty of non-distressed copies, including free giftwrapping glog.glennf.com/hcwm-store/h... )
No one has read a book until they’ve taught it to undergraduates for at least five years. By that count I’ve read, like, six books total. And I stand by it. Your literacy standards are too low.
Dave, you can’t count a book as read if it was an audio book. You didn’t read it you listened to it. Two fundamentally different ways to ingest media. We as a country, need to stop people from saying they “read” 50 books this year when they actually listened to them. Absolute fraudulent behavior.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
No one has read a book until they’ve taught it to undergraduates for at least five years. By that count I’ve read, like, six books total. And I stand by it. Your literacy standards are too low.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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No health care, no deal.
November 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
No health care, no deal.
I'll highlight the "So, let's get this straight???" framing. This is the introductory line of millions of tendentious Facebook posts for the last decade or more. Please reflect on how plastic you are, and the degree to which what you read and what you write changes you. You're not a perfect island.
The president seems to have been briefed on how the tariffs oral argument at SCOTUS went:
November 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I'll highlight the "So, let's get this straight???" framing. This is the introductory line of millions of tendentious Facebook posts for the last decade or more. Please reflect on how plastic you are, and the degree to which what you read and what you write changes you. You're not a perfect island.
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Ground control to Cpt. Obvious, Roger that........bye bye
November 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Ground control to Cpt. Obvious, Roger that........bye bye
Strong Moose Lodge vibes.
Friday Night Fish Fry!
Friday Night Fish Fry!
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Strong Moose Lodge vibes.
Friday Night Fish Fry!
Friday Night Fish Fry!
I’m dazed from weeks of grading. But does no one in this godless land know how to punctuate dialogue anymore?
Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I’m dazed from weeks of grading. But does no one in this godless land know how to punctuate dialogue anymore?
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Every new report on the consequences of Trump’s dismantling of USAID is more horrifying than the last. One model estimates it's caused 600K deaths — two-thirds of them children.
We can’t give Trump a blank check to keep destroying life-saving programs.
We can’t give Trump a blank check to keep destroying life-saving programs.
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Every new report on the consequences of Trump’s dismantling of USAID is more horrifying than the last. One model estimates it's caused 600K deaths — two-thirds of them children.
We can’t give Trump a blank check to keep destroying life-saving programs.
We can’t give Trump a blank check to keep destroying life-saving programs.
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A federal judge has ordered the release of two immigration detainees who came forward as plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit, alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.
ICE detainees named as plaintiffs in lawsuit ordered released by judge
A federal judge ordered the release of two detainees named as plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit, alleging inhumane conditions at the ICE processing center in Broadview.
trib.al
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A federal judge has ordered the release of two immigration detainees who came forward as plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit, alleging inhumane conditions at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Broadview.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Fixing the headline: "Trump administration fights tooth and nail to keep food off hungry families' tables"
November 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Fixing the headline: "Trump administration fights tooth and nail to keep food off hungry families' tables"
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Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
People who pay attention always know things before people who don’t. That’s why democrats won on Tuesday but have been losing for the last 9ish years. It takes a while for regular people to “know” what has been obvious to attentive people: Trump is a crook and he’s bad for America.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
People who pay attention always know things before people who don’t. That’s why democrats won on Tuesday but have been losing for the last 9ish years. It takes a while for regular people to “know” what has been obvious to attentive people: Trump is a crook and he’s bad for America.
Grade inflation is a consequence of commodifying education. The scramble for maintaining a class position in a society with widening inequality means fewer spots for children in the class they were born to. Those children can’t complain to the billionaires who make it so. Instead they whine at me.
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Grade inflation is a consequence of commodifying education. The scramble for maintaining a class position in a society with widening inequality means fewer spots for children in the class they were born to. Those children can’t complain to the billionaires who make it so. Instead they whine at me.
He will stand by while you die.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 AM
He will stand by while you die.
Does he get lost?
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Does he get lost?
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If you're in Southeast Michigan, this set of resources I've compiled have a lot of organizations working to protect those under threat from the new administration.
Happy to share that for #GivingTuesday I've created my 5th (!) edition of Ryan's Community Giving Guide for SE Michigan. Please share widely, and let me know if you discover/donate to someone new through this work - it really helps!
You can grab the full PDF version at www.henyard.com/giving
You can grab the full PDF version at www.henyard.com/giving
January 23, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you're in Southeast Michigan, this set of resources I've compiled have a lot of organizations working to protect those under threat from the new administration.
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BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”