FestiveFroggy
@downfroggy.bsky.social
Designer by trade, ponderer by nature. Interested in craft, economics, philosophy, taxes, the structure of mushrooms and why my cat licks the exercise bike.
Trans rights are not negotiable.
Trans rights are not negotiable.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Sometimes I wonder how the cognitive dissonance on r/Conservative is holding up… but my sanity is better not to check.
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Sometimes I wonder how the cognitive dissonance on r/Conservative is holding up… but my sanity is better not to check.
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The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
December 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The act of writing is *thinking*. If you do not allow yourself to think thoughts that feel wrong, you will never get a feel for what feels *right*.
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Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
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Correct. Make republicans allegiance to Trump stick like tar to allllllll of them. No daylight.
December 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Correct. Make republicans allegiance to Trump stick like tar to allllllll of them. No daylight.
Actual conversation in my house: “since we weren’t able to do Solstice on Solstice, can we do Solstice on Christmas Adam?”
December 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Actual conversation in my house: “since we weren’t able to do Solstice on Solstice, can we do Solstice on Christmas Adam?”
Why are wool blankets so amazingly warm?
December 13, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Why are wool blankets so amazingly warm?
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Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
whatever.scalzi.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/13/a...
Opens app… listens to plaintive whining on how I’ve made poor relationship choices, am disrespectful, will die financially bereft, etc. Closes app… goes back to happier life.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Opens app… listens to plaintive whining on how I’ve made poor relationship choices, am disrespectful, will die financially bereft, etc. Closes app… goes back to happier life.
I didn’t like Gehry for a long time: his deconstructionist style seemed too on the nose, too whimsical. But I have come to appreciate the wall-bending reinvention of space for the mastery it is.
Architect Frank Gehry, celebrated for his imaginative, genre-shifting designs, has died at 96.
Architect Frank Gehry’s iconic works in photos
Architect Frank Gehry, celebrated for his imaginative, genre-shifting designs, has died at 96. He is known for iconic works such as the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao and the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I didn’t like Gehry for a long time: his deconstructionist style seemed too on the nose, too whimsical. But I have come to appreciate the wall-bending reinvention of space for the mastery it is.
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this is cold blooded, calculated murder and Bradley should be court martialed and jailed for it
December 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
this is cold blooded, calculated murder and Bradley should be court martialed and jailed for it
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8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
8/ A public service reminder:
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
This entire exercise is an absurd, imaginary world for legal experts.
That's because the truth is:
It's not an armed conflict.
The laws of war thus don't apply.
The more restrictive rules of human rights apply.
It's extrajudicial killing under that law.
Tom Stoppard shaped some of the key moments in my intellectual development, and still holds a place in my head for the funniest line ever: “I’ve often not been on boats.” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Arcadia, Brazil, Shakespeare in Love….RIP, Sir. Thank You.
November 29, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Tom Stoppard shaped some of the key moments in my intellectual development, and still holds a place in my head for the funniest line ever: “I’ve often not been on boats.” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, Arcadia, Brazil, Shakespeare in Love….RIP, Sir. Thank You.
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Iron Circus has some of the most interesting stories out there right now, and they're all on sale for HALF OFF!!! Make sure you grab something while you can!
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Don't delay! These prices end at 11:59 pm EASTERN TIME!
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It's our BIGGEST sale of the YEAR, and even BRAND NEW titles are up for grabs!
Don't delay! These prices end at 11:59 pm EASTERN TIME!
store.ironcircus.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Iron Circus has some of the most interesting stories out there right now, and they're all on sale for HALF OFF!!! Make sure you grab something while you can!
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This is wild af
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This is wild af
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Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
Massive Study Finds No Link Between Fluoride in Tap Water and Lower Child IQ
Researchers tracked thousands of Americans for decades, finding no links between ingesting recommended levels of fluoride and lower cognitive skills
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Massive Study Debunks One of RFK Jr’s Biggest Claims about Fluoride in Tap Water www.scientificamerican.com/article/mass...
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"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"By any consistent standard, if Summers is unfit to work for each of these institutions [from which he resigned], he is equally unfit to teach at our school. Harvard should not be the only institution in America where Summers remains above reproach."
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www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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It got put on my timeline so now you have to see it too
WHAT.
whhhhattttt.
To be clear we are talking about Donald J. Trump fellating William Jefferson Clinton?
IS THAT WHAT I AM READING
whhhhattttt.
To be clear we are talking about Donald J. Trump fellating William Jefferson Clinton?
IS THAT WHAT I AM READING
Mark Epstein asked his brother Jeffrey Epstein whether Steve Bannon could confirm if Putin has “the photo of Trump blowing Bubba. Jeffrey Epstein: "I thought I had tsuris,” using the Yiddish term for troubles. #OpDeathEaters
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It got put on my timeline so now you have to see it too
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Last night I wondered if the "evergreen" post implies the existence of a "nevergreen" post, a take that is useless from the moment it's published. Then I remembered that Bret Stephens, Ross Douthat, and David Brooks are all highly paid commentators.
Evergreen post
Yikes
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Last night I wondered if the "evergreen" post implies the existence of a "nevergreen" post, a take that is useless from the moment it's published. Then I remembered that Bret Stephens, Ross Douthat, and David Brooks are all highly paid commentators.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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"Trump is the man responsible for it. He’s fucking with your airplanes, he’s fucking with your time, and he’s fucking with your money. He’s the reason you’re a caged animal right now. I wouldn’t want to be him if you ever get loose."
and it's only going to get worse from here
and it's only going to get worse from here
I'm on Sunday duty at @defector.com today! First up, my newser on the airport crisis. Spoiler: Trump is fucking you. defector.com/if-youre-stu...
If You’re Stuck At An Airport Right Now, It’s Because Trump Fucked You | Defector
You picked a bad weekend to fly. Over 1,500 flights in the US were cancelled yesterday, and over 1,200 over them have already been cancelled this morning. One of those may have been yours. You’re stuc...
defector.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"Trump is the man responsible for it. He’s fucking with your airplanes, he’s fucking with your time, and he’s fucking with your money. He’s the reason you’re a caged animal right now. I wouldn’t want to be him if you ever get loose."
and it's only going to get worse from here
and it's only going to get worse from here
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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