Derek Fromson
@derekfromson.bsky.social
Vices = Digital, SocialMedia, Leadership, Data, Open Water Swimming, Swim Coaching, Triathlons, Chicago Sports Fan. Former Journalist. Latin Music Lover. Former Global Nomad. World Traveller. Best Trip is the Last Trip. Opinions = mine. RT ≠ opinions
Why not spend $25-45M on a military parade while slashing the Department of Veterans Affairs? The massive Washington DC parade on June 14 would involve dozens of war planes, hundreds of Army vehicles, and thousands of soldiers from across the country. @washingtonpost bit.ly/3F8Unxe
Price tag for Trump’s military parade could reach $45 million
Soldiers will be housed in U.S. Department of Agriculture and General Services Administration buildings for days, an Army spokesman said.
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May 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why not spend $25-45M on a military parade while slashing the Department of Veterans Affairs? The massive Washington DC parade on June 14 would involve dozens of war planes, hundreds of Army vehicles, and thousands of soldiers from across the country. @washingtonpost bit.ly/3F8Unxe
It's the Opening Day of the @MLB season, which means its time for the annual baseball quiz from columnist George Will. Good luck! It's hard, as usual. I scored about 50% and felt lucky to do that. (@washingtonpost) bit.ly/422ybvV
Opinion | George Will’s 2025 Opening Day Quiz
Don’t get booed, get busy identifying.
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March 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's the Opening Day of the @MLB season, which means its time for the annual baseball quiz from columnist George Will. Good luck! It's hard, as usual. I scored about 50% and felt lucky to do that. (@washingtonpost) bit.ly/422ybvV
Was it a "war plan" or a "battle plan?" It's silly semantics. A full war plan would undoubtedly be more specific, but the details discussed about a pending attack were so detailed and sensitive that they could have endangered US troops, writes David E. Sanger. (@nytimes) bit.ly/43zFMVr
How the White House Is Using Semantics to Downplay the Signal Leak
War plan or battle plan? Classified or not? The answers to those questions amount to a distinction without much of a difference.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Was it a "war plan" or a "battle plan?" It's silly semantics. A full war plan would undoubtedly be more specific, but the details discussed about a pending attack were so detailed and sensitive that they could have endangered US troops, writes David E. Sanger. (@nytimes) bit.ly/43zFMVr
Are #tariffs really about making #America rich again? To some, it sounds great. But for America's #entrepreneurs, it is not happening. Many have no practical way to onshore their #supplychain. (@TheAtlantic) bit.ly/4iPakXS
The Tariff Man Is Coming for America’s Entrepreneurs
One small business has paid nearly $30,000 in the past two months.
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March 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Are #tariffs really about making #America rich again? To some, it sounds great. But for America's #entrepreneurs, it is not happening. Many have no practical way to onshore their #supplychain. (@TheAtlantic) bit.ly/4iPakXS
What exactly transpired/how did Jeffrey Goldberg find himself in a classified Signal conversation with U.S. National Security leaders? Why didn't anyone in the thread ask, "Who is J.G and why did he leave the conversation?" Trump only learned about this from the media! (@The Atlantic) bit.ly/4hM9KsI
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What exactly transpired/how did Jeffrey Goldberg find himself in a classified Signal conversation with U.S. National Security leaders? Why didn't anyone in the thread ask, "Who is J.G and why did he leave the conversation?" Trump only learned about this from the media! (@The Atlantic) bit.ly/4hM9KsI
Why now target #tax collection for #layoffs2025? Reducing the #federal workforce saves pennies compared to the billions of dollars in lost revenue from #tax cheats. Layoffs make enforcement more difficult and help the rich get richer. (@washingtonpost) tinyurl.com/4fb6fuw8
Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections
Several people briefed on the matter said cuts to the IRS cuts numbering in the thousands. One target is tax collections.
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February 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Why now target #tax collection for #layoffs2025? Reducing the #federal workforce saves pennies compared to the billions of dollars in lost revenue from #tax cheats. Layoffs make enforcement more difficult and help the rich get richer. (@washingtonpost) tinyurl.com/4fb6fuw8
How could a #kayaker get swallowed by a #whale and survive to tell the tale? #Pinocchio? #MobyDick? Adrian Simancas was only in a whale's mouth in the Strait of Magellan off southern #Chile for around a second, and he escaped unharmed. (@TheGuardian) Watch: tinyurl.com/nkwreeuw
Humpback whale briefly takes kayaker into mouth before spitting him out
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February 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
How could a #kayaker get swallowed by a #whale and survive to tell the tale? #Pinocchio? #MobyDick? Adrian Simancas was only in a whale's mouth in the Strait of Magellan off southern #Chile for around a second, and he escaped unharmed. (@TheGuardian) Watch: tinyurl.com/nkwreeuw
Would you take a 20% #pay cut to work from home a few days a week? Respondents cited #WorkLifeBalance as the biggest advantage of #remote work. How about instead flipping it so that there would be a small bonus for going in to the #office? (@CNBC) bit.ly/4gEzkzg
Many workers would take a pay cut to work from home — some would forgo at least 20% of their salary
Workers cite the work-life balance afforded by hybrid or fully remote jobs as the biggest benefit.
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February 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Would you take a 20% #pay cut to work from home a few days a week? Respondents cited #WorkLifeBalance as the biggest advantage of #remote work. How about instead flipping it so that there would be a small bonus for going in to the #office? (@CNBC) bit.ly/4gEzkzg
Why target eliminating pennies instead of nickels? Pennies are relatively cheap to make. Nickels cost nearly 14 cents. But the Mint makes far more pennies than nickels: almost 3.2 billion vs. 202 million, and the net loss was about five times greater. (@washingtonpost) bit.ly/4hveUtz
Opinion | Making pennies is a money-loser. Making nickels is worse.
Inflation has killed a lot of things. The penny might soon join the list.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Why target eliminating pennies instead of nickels? Pennies are relatively cheap to make. Nickels cost nearly 14 cents. But the Mint makes far more pennies than nickels: almost 3.2 billion vs. 202 million, and the net loss was about five times greater. (@washingtonpost) bit.ly/4hveUtz
How bad was #SuperBowlLIX? Worse games? Yes, but this one was complemented by a pregame show in which
the U.S. President spoke of annexing #Canada, a #halftime show needing a #GenZ translator, and a slew of ads preaching religion, patriotism, and the @NFL. (@chicagotribune) bit.ly/3WV3gjF
the U.S. President spoke of annexing #Canada, a #halftime show needing a #GenZ translator, and a slew of ads preaching religion, patriotism, and the @NFL. (@chicagotribune) bit.ly/3WV3gjF
Column: Worst Super Bowl ever? From awful ads to a divisive halftime show to a boring game, 10 things to forget.
A terrible game deserved a terrible pregame, halftime show and commercials. Super Bowl LIX had it all.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How bad was #SuperBowlLIX? Worse games? Yes, but this one was complemented by a pregame show in which
the U.S. President spoke of annexing #Canada, a #halftime show needing a #GenZ translator, and a slew of ads preaching religion, patriotism, and the @NFL. (@chicagotribune) bit.ly/3WV3gjF
the U.S. President spoke of annexing #Canada, a #halftime show needing a #GenZ translator, and a slew of ads preaching religion, patriotism, and the @NFL. (@chicagotribune) bit.ly/3WV3gjF
Which are the best #SuperBowl #HalfTimeShow of all time? Certainly, there have been some doozies, but the venerable #Prince's #performance in 2007 takes the cake. Are your favorites on the list? (@manofmany) bit.ly/3Qc2Rp1
10 Best Super Bowl Halftime Shows of All Time, Ranked | Man of Many
Presenting the best Super Bowl halftime shows of all time, featuring legend artists such as Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry, and more.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Which are the best #SuperBowl #HalfTimeShow of all time? Certainly, there have been some doozies, but the venerable #Prince's #performance in 2007 takes the cake. Are your favorites on the list? (@manofmany) bit.ly/3Qc2Rp1
How did a #protester manage to crack the #security on the field during #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl 59 #HalfTimeShow and run around with #Palestinian and #Sudanese flags? Because they were a PART of the show. (@CBSSports) bit.ly/4hv3Psp
Protester that crashed Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show was part of 400-member cast
An unwelcome visitor made way to field
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February 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
How did a #protester manage to crack the #security on the field during #KendrickLamar #SuperBowl 59 #HalfTimeShow and run around with #Palestinian and #Sudanese flags? Because they were a PART of the show. (@CBSSports) bit.ly/4hv3Psp
What #message was #KendrickLamar trying to convey during the #HalfTimeShow at last night's #SuperBowl 59? His vision was of a #rapper playing that “great American game,” provoking while staying patriotic. (@TheAtlantic) bit.ly/4htXdLa
What Kendrick Lamar’s Halftime Show Said
The rapper insists he’s a musician, not a messiah—a message reinforced by his Super Bowl performance.
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February 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
What #message was #KendrickLamar trying to convey during the #HalfTimeShow at last night's #SuperBowl 59? His vision was of a #rapper playing that “great American game,” provoking while staying patriotic. (@TheAtlantic) bit.ly/4htXdLa
Why do so many people know the basics of swimming, but so few swim for fitness? Does it feel like a battle for survival more than a workout? Is swimming culture too intimidating? You can actually get a lot better with just a few lessons from a coach. (@nytimes) nyti.ms/40SbI5j
The Magic of Swimming Lessons in Middle Age
I was never a great swimmer. After correcting a few common mistakes, I can now get a solid workout in the pool.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Why do so many people know the basics of swimming, but so few swim for fitness? Does it feel like a battle for survival more than a workout? Is swimming culture too intimidating? You can actually get a lot better with just a few lessons from a coach. (@nytimes) nyti.ms/40SbI5j
What is a 'Morning Shed' routine? “The uglier you go to bed, the prettier you wake up” is the mantra of countless social media videos. Creators seem to have just stepped off a sci-fi movie set. By morning, the beauty products reveal a gorgeous “I woke up like this” style. (@HuffPost) bit.ly/3EgXK4d
This Trend Has People Choosing To Go To Bed Looking Frightening — Here's Why
People are going to bed looking like a fright with the hopes of waking up to a more glowing appearance.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What is a 'Morning Shed' routine? “The uglier you go to bed, the prettier you wake up” is the mantra of countless social media videos. Creators seem to have just stepped off a sci-fi movie set. By morning, the beauty products reveal a gorgeous “I woke up like this” style. (@HuffPost) bit.ly/3EgXK4d
If you’re on the verge of tears, do you: A) grab a tissue or B) hop on TikTok and hit the record button? If you’re part of Gen Z ― or just particularly emotionally vulnerable ― it’s more and more likely that the answer is B. Why is that? (@HuffPost) bit.ly/3WEI80Q
Why Do People Record Themselves Crying Online?
The TikTokification of tears isn’t without its critics, as Selena Gomez learned this week.
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January 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
If you’re on the verge of tears, do you: A) grab a tissue or B) hop on TikTok and hit the record button? If you’re part of Gen Z ― or just particularly emotionally vulnerable ― it’s more and more likely that the answer is B. Why is that? (@HuffPost) bit.ly/3WEI80Q
Why are #teenagers so bored? It's not just #socialmedia. There's a vicious cycle at play: #School and #life can be boring, so teens look to #smartphones and #socialmedia for #entertainment, but what they find there can quickly become dull as well. (@YahooLife) yhoo.it/40zCMoS
Teens are increasingly bored, data shows. Social media is just one reason.
More than 50% of 12th graders and 16% of eighth and 10th graders said they were often bored in 2023. Experts say the problem isn't so much boredom as a low tolerance for time without entertainment.
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January 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Why are #teenagers so bored? It's not just #socialmedia. There's a vicious cycle at play: #School and #life can be boring, so teens look to #smartphones and #socialmedia for #entertainment, but what they find there can quickly become dull as well. (@YahooLife) yhoo.it/40zCMoS
How did an #ancient #marble #statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old end up near a cluster of garbage bins in #Greece? #Police are investigating it as part of a broader scheme of potential illegal #trafficking of ancient #artifacts. (@washingtonpost) wapo.st/4hg1eT8
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January 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
How did an #ancient #marble #statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old end up near a cluster of garbage bins in #Greece? #Police are investigating it as part of a broader scheme of potential illegal #trafficking of ancient #artifacts. (@washingtonpost) wapo.st/4hg1eT8
You’ve heard of #lake-effect #snow and perhaps even #ocean-effect #snow, but … #airplane-effect #snow? That’s the bizarre phenomenon that happened over #Denver this weekend. (@washingtonpost) bit.ly/4aCJhLX
How a recent flight made it snow over Denver
The aircraft flew through a layer of supercooled water droplets, producing snow.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
You’ve heard of #lake-effect #snow and perhaps even #ocean-effect #snow, but … #airplane-effect #snow? That’s the bizarre phenomenon that happened over #Denver this weekend. (@washingtonpost) bit.ly/4aCJhLX
Yuval Raphael, who survived the #NovaMusicFestival #massacre by hiding under murdered bodies, won the Rising Star competition show on Wednesday. After performing a beautiful rendition of #ABBA's #DancingQueen, she will now represent #Israel at #Eurovision in May. (@jdforward) Listen: bit.ly/40IBHMu
Nova massacre survivor Yuval Raphael to represent Israel in 2025 Eurovision music contest
Raphael got the nod after singing ABBA’s “Dancing Queen,” whose lyrics echo the Nova movement’s refrain “We will dance again.”
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January 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yuval Raphael, who survived the #NovaMusicFestival #massacre by hiding under murdered bodies, won the Rising Star competition show on Wednesday. After performing a beautiful rendition of #ABBA's #DancingQueen, she will now represent #Israel at #Eurovision in May. (@jdforward) Listen: bit.ly/40IBHMu
With a renewed emphasis on #return-to-office mandates, are you one of the many who are #coffeebadging and then heading home to work? (@USAToday) bit.ly/4jnhgfA
Workers are coffee badging to get around return-to-office mandates. What is it?
Workers coffee badge to avoid company mandates to work in the office. They swipe their ID badges to mark their arrival, grab some coffee, go home.
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January 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
With a renewed emphasis on #return-to-office mandates, are you one of the many who are #coffeebadging and then heading home to work? (@USAToday) bit.ly/4jnhgfA
As #brushfires continue to spread across LA, 1,000+ #prisoners, working as "incarcerated #firefighters," are among the #emergency responders fighting the blazes. Most incarcerated fire crew members receive two days off their sentence for every day they serve on a fire crew. (@ABCNews) bit.ly/4je8X5F
How many prisoners are fighting the Los Angeles fires?
Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, according to the California Dept. of Corrections.
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January 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As #brushfires continue to spread across LA, 1,000+ #prisoners, working as "incarcerated #firefighters," are among the #emergency responders fighting the blazes. Most incarcerated fire crew members receive two days off their sentence for every day they serve on a fire crew. (@ABCNews) bit.ly/4je8X5F
Here's some additional context about Juan Soto's contract with the New York Mets, the richest deal in sports history.
2024: Juan Soto signs with the Mets for $765 million. Just 15 years ago…(also the length of Soto’s contract)…2009: The Ricketts family buys the Chicago Cubs for $845 million.
Wow.
2024: Juan Soto signs with the Mets for $765 million. Just 15 years ago…(also the length of Soto’s contract)…2009: The Ricketts family buys the Chicago Cubs for $845 million.
Wow.
December 9, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Here's some additional context about Juan Soto's contract with the New York Mets, the richest deal in sports history.
2024: Juan Soto signs with the Mets for $765 million. Just 15 years ago…(also the length of Soto’s contract)…2009: The Ricketts family buys the Chicago Cubs for $845 million.
Wow.
2024: Juan Soto signs with the Mets for $765 million. Just 15 years ago…(also the length of Soto’s contract)…2009: The Ricketts family buys the Chicago Cubs for $845 million.
Wow.
Just how big is Juan Soto's gargantuan $765 million contract with the New York Mets? For context: Soto will earn…$51 million a year, $980K a week, $140K a day, $6,000 an hour, $100 a minute… Until the year 2040. And he may end up making even more than that. (@YahooSports)
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How does Juan Soto's $765 million contract compare to the richest contracts in NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB?
Juan Soto's new contract is the richest known deal in the history of sports.
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December 9, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Just how big is Juan Soto's gargantuan $765 million contract with the New York Mets? For context: Soto will earn…$51 million a year, $980K a week, $140K a day, $6,000 an hour, $100 a minute… Until the year 2040. And he may end up making even more than that. (@YahooSports)
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Who knew that back in "prehistoric" times that #wedding ceremonies were recorded on #vinyl? Evidently, this young couple forgot about their vinyl copy until a kind stranger discovered it and returned it to them. (@washingtonpost.com) bit.ly/49n78Pe
A recording of their 1966 wedding was in a thrift store. A stranger returned it.
“I thought it was going to be a great record. It turned out even better than I thought,” said Katie Ornelas, who found the record at an Austin thrift store.
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December 5, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Who knew that back in "prehistoric" times that #wedding ceremonies were recorded on #vinyl? Evidently, this young couple forgot about their vinyl copy until a kind stranger discovered it and returned it to them. (@washingtonpost.com) bit.ly/49n78Pe