cfrln
@cfrln.bsky.social
Startup veteran, 4 IPOs, artist once upon a time, collector, anti-statist that leans left (but not in the communist planned economy and coercive way) to my core. Love my husband and my dog. Enneagram 8w7 like Patton. I don’t back down from a fight.
Democratic Socialism is sweet and well intentioned but does not work. It creates an apparatus ripe for an autocratic demagogue to take over, use, and destroy. Not both-siding here. No siding here.
November 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Democratic Socialism is sweet and well intentioned but does not work. It creates an apparatus ripe for an autocratic demagogue to take over, use, and destroy. Not both-siding here. No siding here.
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Most people hear "factory jobs" and think "1950s economic prosperity," which was only possible through strong unions.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
A friend summed up Tuberville's plan for Alabama better than I did:
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
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“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
Make Alabama 1901 again!
www.al.com/news/2025/08...
Archibald: Tubs' plan would Make Alabama dumb again
“It's build factories, send kids to tech school to work at the factories, build prisons for those who don't want to work at the factories, and cut taxes for the factory owners.”
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August 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Most people hear "factory jobs" and think "1950s economic prosperity," which was only possible through strong unions.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
The GOP says "factory jobs" and means "1880s corporate dominance over the working class."
Recognize the difference.
One of the many incredible quiet things my recently late husband Paul Boutin did that few realized was to act as the English language editor for Vladimir Bukovsky's massive Judgment in Moscow indictment of western complicity in Soviet war crimes. www.powells.com/book/judgmen...
Judgment in Moscow Soviet Crimes & Western Complicity | Powell's Books
Bukovksy's Judgment in Moscow (updated in 2001), details Soviet meddling in Western politics in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the activities of the USSR in the Third World and the regime's suppression o...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One of the many incredible quiet things my recently late husband Paul Boutin did that few realized was to act as the English language editor for Vladimir Bukovsky's massive Judgment in Moscow indictment of western complicity in Soviet war crimes. www.powells.com/book/judgmen...
I did not know about this illustrious predecessor of yours @rbreich.bsky.social www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
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She watched 146 women burn to death because factory owners locked the exits.
Twelve years later, she became the most powerful woman in America.
As a...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I did not know about this illustrious predecessor of yours @rbreich.bsky.social www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
I will probably not be posting much for a while here as my absolutely one of a kind rehusband Paul Boutin passed of a suddenly advancing cancer last night. Polymath musician engineer journalist and generous to a fault.
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I will probably not be posting much for a while here as my absolutely one of a kind rehusband Paul Boutin passed of a suddenly advancing cancer last night. Polymath musician engineer journalist and generous to a fault.
Angus is a good, principled, forward looking man whom I had the pleasure of interacting with 20 years ago. As much as I hate government, as long as we have one, this is who I want in it.
“Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Wednesday that he and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a classified briefing this week, were denied access to the Pentagon’s legal opinion about whether the boat strikes adhered to U.S. law.”
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Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say
The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Angus is a good, principled, forward looking man whom I had the pleasure of interacting with 20 years ago. As much as I hate government, as long as we have one, this is who I want in it.
Christian Nationalism is an oxymoron. There, I said it. The rot at the core of Protestantism, and Constantine, to begin with.
October 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Christian Nationalism is an oxymoron. There, I said it. The rot at the core of Protestantism, and Constantine, to begin with.
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Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people
I would feel a traitor if I’d agreed every time I’d had serious professional advice to go by Chris instead of the full name of my 500 years of documented Christina ancestresses. But each person’s choice is their own. The assumption here about Jay is unconscionable on the part of the letter writer.
Clay Higgins sent a letter to Bluesky and other social media sites threatening investigations if they don't censor speech critical of Charlie Kirk.
They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
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They don't even know who Jay is because they addressed her as "gentleman."
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September 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
I would feel a traitor if I’d agreed every time I’d had serious professional advice to go by Chris instead of the full name of my 500 years of documented Christina ancestresses. But each person’s choice is their own. The assumption here about Jay is unconscionable on the part of the letter writer.
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Props for Vidal vs Buckley reference in first few sentences. I doubt most readers would get it without clicking through. Even then. Shelf full of Vidal here. Best American antihistorian ever.
Props for Vidal vs Buckley reference in first few sentences. I doubt most readers would get it without clicking through. Even then. Shelf full of Vidal here. Best American antihistorian ever.
Something Vital Is Missing From Our Discussions of Charlie Kirk’s Death
Hasan Piker sees how we got here.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Props for Vidal vs Buckley reference in first few sentences. I doubt most readers would get it without clicking through. Even then. Shelf full of Vidal here. Best American antihistorian ever.
Props for Vidal vs Buckley reference in first few sentences. I doubt most readers would get it without clicking through. Even then. Shelf full of Vidal here. Best American antihistorian ever.
Reciprocal ratings are breaking a lot of systems. Along with collaborative filtering, the most backfiring shallow concepts of our age.
“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”
The Corrupt Incentives Behind Grade Inflation
“We give them all A’s, and they give us all fives.”
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September 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Reciprocal ratings are breaking a lot of systems. Along with collaborative filtering, the most backfiring shallow concepts of our age.
The sentiment is correct here - we should mourn anyone assassinated in cold blood - but this is what is wrong “to put principle and country before fear and tyranny.” ‘Principle’ and ‘country’ will forever be opposed. ‘Country’ will always lead to fear and tyranny. We are seeing the zero sum.
September 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The sentiment is correct here - we should mourn anyone assassinated in cold blood - but this is what is wrong “to put principle and country before fear and tyranny.” ‘Principle’ and ‘country’ will forever be opposed. ‘Country’ will always lead to fear and tyranny. We are seeing the zero sum.
My mother was live in help with me around ‘86 for a gentleman born 1916 who was a polio survivor. He had a good life, became a local official, two marriages, children, swam everyday - but not a normal life - a walker and cane from childhood, considered himself lucky to live at all. We need vaccines.
The “problem” with vaccines? They so effective at preventing deaths that they create generations of people that question whether disease was a problem in the first place because they have never experienced the horrors of a world without vaccines.
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
My mother was live in help with me around ‘86 for a gentleman born 1916 who was a polio survivor. He had a good life, became a local official, two marriages, children, swam everyday - but not a normal life - a walker and cane from childhood, considered himself lucky to live at all. We need vaccines.
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to the point. Labor unions are misunderstood today because they have become legalized and hence enmeshed with government. But an association of workers is just that. Especially in an era of monopsony.
to the point. Labor unions are misunderstood today because they have become legalized and hence enmeshed with government. But an association of workers is just that. Especially in an era of monopsony.
Labor Day Retrospective: Liberty in the Workplace and Labor Unionism
Labor day has come and gone. In spite of the fact that it was made a Federal holiday by a president who used government power to crush the Pullman strike, it’s still worth using it as an occasion for ...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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to the point. Labor unions are misunderstood today because they have become legalized and hence enmeshed with government. But an association of workers is just that. Especially in an era of monopsony.
to the point. Labor unions are misunderstood today because they have become legalized and hence enmeshed with government. But an association of workers is just that. Especially in an era of monopsony.
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America earlier:
"One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police"
"White nationalists pervade law enforcement
10,000 family dogs killed by police every year (DOJ: "epidemic")
"Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
"NYPD Costs $10 Billion a Year
"50% of municipal budgets
"One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police"
"White nationalists pervade law enforcement
10,000 family dogs killed by police every year (DOJ: "epidemic")
"Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
"NYPD Costs $10 Billion a Year
"50% of municipal budgets
August 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
America earlier:
"One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police"
"White nationalists pervade law enforcement
10,000 family dogs killed by police every year (DOJ: "epidemic")
"Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
"NYPD Costs $10 Billion a Year
"50% of municipal budgets
"One-third of all Americans killed by strangers are killed by police"
"White nationalists pervade law enforcement
10,000 family dogs killed by police every year (DOJ: "epidemic")
"Police solve just 2% of all major crimes
"NYPD Costs $10 Billion a Year
"50% of municipal budgets
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A very basic test of Trump's justification for sending armed officials into DC (to reduce crime) is whether its residents feel safer or not.
They do not. They are not going to public spaces. They are not going to restaurants. They are more afraid of the occupiers than risks from crime.
They do not. They are not going to public spaces. They are not going to restaurants. They are more afraid of the occupiers than risks from crime.
Slideshow of today in Washington DC, and how it looks when a terrorizing government scares people away.
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
By me, no paywall: fallows.substack.com/p/a-summer-a...
August 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
A very basic test of Trump's justification for sending armed officials into DC (to reduce crime) is whether its residents feel safer or not.
They do not. They are not going to public spaces. They are not going to restaurants. They are more afraid of the occupiers than risks from crime.
They do not. They are not going to public spaces. They are not going to restaurants. They are more afraid of the occupiers than risks from crime.
UFW is the only caller for donations I always give to. However it was sad that a caller from Minnesota for them last month did not know the city name Bakersfield - UFW’s home city and home of Cesar Chavez. I gave anyway because they do feed us.
Workers are harvesting cilantro on CAs Central Coast. Seven workers are harvesting the cilantro down below in the field. Other workers are on the machine rinsing the dirt from the plant and then packing it into boxes. Each box contains 30 bunches of cilantro. #WeFeedYou
August 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
UFW is the only caller for donations I always give to. However it was sad that a caller from Minnesota for them last month did not know the city name Bakersfield - UFW’s home city and home of Cesar Chavez. I gave anyway because they do feed us.
I decided at 16 to never participate in a 401k or other US gov ‘protected’ retirement account. BC I assumed the US would not exist by my retirement. Social Security not optional - have been contributing since I was 6 as a child actress supporting parents. But this end of humanity cult is different.
August 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I decided at 16 to never participate in a 401k or other US gov ‘protected’ retirement account. BC I assumed the US would not exist by my retirement. Social Security not optional - have been contributing since I was 6 as a child actress supporting parents. But this end of humanity cult is different.
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These laws are NOT about protecting kids. They are about censorship, control and authoritarianism.
The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
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August 23, 2025 at 3:33 AM
“Police” vests on humans rn are no different than “service dog” labels on canine harnesses. Easily bought at big box stores and complete BS.
August 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Police” vests on humans rn are no different than “service dog” labels on canine harnesses. Easily bought at big box stores and complete BS.
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I will start worrying about this when Siri stops interpreting my clearly enunciated “going to” as the awful “gonna” and ‘our president’ stops Capitalizing for Fascist Emphasis.
I will start worrying about this when Siri stops interpreting my clearly enunciated “going to” as the awful “gonna” and ‘our president’ stops Capitalizing for Fascist Emphasis.
ChatGPT Shaming Is Making Our Writing So Much Worse
In the age of A.I. paranoia, people are cutting em dashes, skipping metaphors, and leaving in typos to show their human.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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I will start worrying about this when Siri stops interpreting my clearly enunciated “going to” as the awful “gonna” and ‘our president’ stops Capitalizing for Fascist Emphasis.
I will start worrying about this when Siri stops interpreting my clearly enunciated “going to” as the awful “gonna” and ‘our president’ stops Capitalizing for Fascist Emphasis.
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Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work.
The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
August 17, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Masked men jumped a San Bernardino family in unmarked cars, opened fire, and shattered their truck windows—all while the family was just coming home from work.
The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
The feds later admitted it was CBP, but the family says the agents never showed warrants or IDs.
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"If you look at page 1 of the tariff handbook, it says: Don't tariff inputs. It's the simplest way to make it harder—more expensive—for Americans to do business. Any factory around the world can get the steel, copper, and aluminum it needs without paying a 50% upcharge, except an American factory."
July 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"If you look at page 1 of the tariff handbook, it says: Don't tariff inputs. It's the simplest way to make it harder—more expensive—for Americans to do business. Any factory around the world can get the steel, copper, and aluminum it needs without paying a 50% upcharge, except an American factory."
I am just out of words and out of ideas. My friends and community are scared to leave their homes and have family in black sites.
June 24, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I am just out of words and out of ideas. My friends and community are scared to leave their homes and have family in black sites.