Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
OK, you found me. Ex-marketing researcher. Editor in chief, samueljohnson.com
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Frank Lynch
@fplynch.bsky.social
· Aug 16
I read in the latest issue of Livestock Today! that Iowa hog farmers have developed a breed where the left legs are 3/4" shorter than the right legs. You get leaner pork.
Duffy has earned his shaming over the conflicting interests of dressing nicely and exercise equipment. But airports could be less stressful if they had diversions like game arcades; text messaged-flight announcements could help protect you from missing your flight.
December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Duffy has earned his shaming over the conflicting interests of dressing nicely and exercise equipment. But airports could be less stressful if they had diversions like game arcades; text messaged-flight announcements could help protect you from missing your flight.
Some NYers will go to great lengths to get better housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Mamdani Confirms He Will Leave Queens One-Bedroom for Gracie Mansion
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Some NYers will go to great lengths to get better housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...
Funky Town is a displeasing stop.
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"Why I Went To The Canal," by Henrijk Throjoh
I know Americans overly romanticize Europe but I still think moving to a little house on a canal in the Netherlands could solve like 82% of my problems
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"Why I Went To The Canal," by Henrijk Throjoh
You matter more than you might think.
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
You matter more than you might think.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
A cool thing about BlueSky is someone will post “everyone show me shots of your cats pulling taffy” and 30+ people will actually have shots of their cats pulling taffy.
everyone post vent cats
she hates winter so much 😭
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
A cool thing about BlueSky is someone will post “everyone show me shots of your cats pulling taffy” and 30+ people will actually have shots of their cats pulling taffy.
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I would prefer protection from predatory pricing and mandated easy refunds, thanks!
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I would prefer protection from predatory pricing and mandated easy refunds, thanks!
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President Goodbrain can't remember what he said five days ago.
Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
President Goodbrain can't remember what he said five days ago.
This entire thread... I just don't get how a publisher moved ahead with the costs of putting this out in this shape (the trees, the distribution, the marketing). Yes, they paid an advance. No they might not recoup it. But why throw good money after bad? Is this simply the sunk costs fallacy?
Only 17 pages in and I am winded.
This passage, folks… Don’t ever write like this. Just don’t do it.
This passage, folks… Don’t ever write like this. Just don’t do it.
December 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This entire thread... I just don't get how a publisher moved ahead with the costs of putting this out in this shape (the trees, the distribution, the marketing). Yes, they paid an advance. No they might not recoup it. But why throw good money after bad? Is this simply the sunk costs fallacy?
1️⃣days since alluding to/quoting Samuel Johnson here. Almost reset it a moment ago.
We learned of this a few weeks ago and were not pleased, not at all. And here I will apply one of my favorite Samuel Johnson quotes: "We did not express much satisfaction."
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
1️⃣days since alluding to/quoting Samuel Johnson here. Almost reset it a moment ago.
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We have a Supreme Court majority that asks itself every day, "Do we have enough tyranny in America?" And it answers, "No, we do not."
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
We have a Supreme Court majority that asks itself every day, "Do we have enough tyranny in America?" And it answers, "No, we do not."
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It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's time once again for my annual #treebybike post. This is the 12/19/42 cover of @newyorker.com, so one full year after the attack on Pearl Harbor. This would be the first real Christmas alone, or without a family member, for millions in the US. Gas and tire rationing had begun earlier that year.🗃️
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It's the SAMMYtennial!
Remembering one of the greatest all-round entertainers of all-time
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Born 100yrs ago today.
SAMMY DAVIS JR.
Born 100yrs ago today.
December 8, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's the SAMMYtennial!
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Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Incredibly galling to hear Sauer talk about how the president is accountable to the public through elections, when the president he's referring to is one who attempted to illegally overturn an election he lost
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Conservatives are trying to cut VA benefits for nearly seven million veterans, claiming the current disability compensation encourages veterans to stay sick and cheat the system. From Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early:
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Trump Is Coming for Veterans’ Disability Benefits - The American Prospect
The veterans disability system has traditionally been a sacred cow for politicians of all stripes. Now, as part of the conservative war on the Department of Veterans Affairs, the administration is falsely alleging that many former soldiers are cheating the system.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Conservatives are trying to cut VA benefits for nearly seven million veterans, claiming the current disability compensation encourages veterans to stay sick and cheat the system. From Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early:
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This SCOTUS case is going to have as many repercussions as the Chevron case, which took away agencies' ability to amend regulations based on an expertise which Congress and judges don't have.
December 8, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This SCOTUS case is going to have as many repercussions as the Chevron case, which took away agencies' ability to amend regulations based on an expertise which Congress and judges don't have.
There's no question but that this SCOTUS case has the potential to become a foot in the door, to end all instances when an agency designed by Congress to be independent, loses that independence. Sauer (US) says the US isn't asking for that, but precedence will soon have it waiting in the wings
Kagan: "but if you take your logic at face value, it seems to include a great many things"...vesting clause gives "all of it" (exec power) to the president. "it does not seem there is a stopping point"
December 8, 2025 at 4:25 PM
There's no question but that this SCOTUS case has the potential to become a foot in the door, to end all instances when an agency designed by Congress to be independent, loses that independence. Sauer (US) says the US isn't asking for that, but precedence will soon have it waiting in the wings
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Kavanaugh: "Tell me how the Fed is different"
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Kavanaugh: "Tell me how the Fed is different"
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
Sauer: "It's different"
Kavanaugh: Great! (implied.)
Kagan steps in, voice near shaking with disdain/disbelief at what the Court is about to do - setting up a fight about which entities exercise enough exec power that POTUS must be able to fire them.
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Kagan: so you want the MSPB, NLRB to go down despite their judicial functions....what about inferior officers? Many kinds of inferior officers wielding exec. power all over the place...and employees are too!
[Kagan really emphasizing the slippery slope here.]
[Kagan really emphasizing the slippery slope here.]
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Kagan: so you want the MSPB, NLRB to go down despite their judicial functions....what about inferior officers? Many kinds of inferior officers wielding exec. power all over the place...and employees are too!
[Kagan really emphasizing the slippery slope here.]
[Kagan really emphasizing the slippery slope here.]
So the MTA is switching the F & M routes for some of the stops. Except at night when they're not, and people who risk getting on the wrong one need to check their watches. I wonder if the @mta.info would consider F & M "diamond" symbols for the late trains, to help? gothamist.com/news/fear-an...
Fear and loathing in the subways: F and M train riders stressed over route changes
MTA officials say the subway switcheroo will make service more reliable, but many riders weren't sold on the idea.
gothamist.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So the MTA is switching the F & M routes for some of the stops. Except at night when they're not, and people who risk getting on the wrong one need to check their watches. I wonder if the @mta.info would consider F & M "diamond" symbols for the late trains, to help? gothamist.com/news/fear-an...
For your file of great similes
Whole last decade of bullshit honors is going to be like the asterisks for ballplayers who didn’t compete against the Negro league.
“If there is one thread that connects all of these amazing artists together, it is the word ‘persistence. I can say that with a lot of the members of our audience — I know so many of you, and you are persistent. Many of you are miserable, horrible people."
jfc
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
jfc
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For your file of great similes
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As Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, a question went unanswered:
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, prioritizing playing over governing
Who's calling the shots in the White House while Trump pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox?
www.ms.now
December 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
As Trump hosted the Kennedy Center Honors, a question went unanswered:
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
Who's calling the shots in the White House while he pursues his many self-indulgent distractions, playing in the world’s most powerful sandbox? www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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CBS has achieved absolute clown show status.
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
CBS has achieved absolute clown show status.
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