James M. Fraleigh
@jamesmfraleigh.bsky.social
Deadlines are my lifeline! Solo copyeditor (academic, scholarly, textbooks, trade/narrative nonfiction) and proofreader (any genre!). 🍩 appreciator. Enthusiastic New Jerseyan 🤌🏻 user. Trivial Democratic apparatchik. He/him.
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Send Every Billionaire To The North Pole On A Wooden Ship
we need to return to sending useless rich boys on deadly expeditions
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Send Every Billionaire To The North Pole On A Wooden Ship
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New Jersey has never been more fucking back archive.is/TYT1Q
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New Jersey has never been more fucking back archive.is/TYT1Q
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I was doing legal document retrieval in DC during the Clinton/Lewinsky/Whitewater stuff. This is SO true.
The kids won't remember but the dc press served as ken starr's personal PR firm and basically elevated him to sainthood
Ken Starr, immediately after being fired for his role in the coverup of sexual abuse at Baylor: I should reach out to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
this happened! this is a thing that happened!
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I was doing legal document retrieval in DC during the Clinton/Lewinsky/Whitewater stuff. This is SO true.
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regional dialect question:
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
regional dialect question:
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
"in Boston's South End" or "on Boston's South End"?
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if I ever become an elected official here are my rules for parades:
- all parades must be 1 mile long or less
- no diesel vehicles allowed
- dance academies and karate schools are only allowed to stop and do their routine at the grandstand
- floats may not throw tootsie rolls
- all parades must be 1 mile long or less
- no diesel vehicles allowed
- dance academies and karate schools are only allowed to stop and do their routine at the grandstand
- floats may not throw tootsie rolls
October 17, 2025 at 10:30 PM
if I ever become an elected official here are my rules for parades:
- all parades must be 1 mile long or less
- no diesel vehicles allowed
- dance academies and karate schools are only allowed to stop and do their routine at the grandstand
- floats may not throw tootsie rolls
- all parades must be 1 mile long or less
- no diesel vehicles allowed
- dance academies and karate schools are only allowed to stop and do their routine at the grandstand
- floats may not throw tootsie rolls
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It’s not enough to have the money for an education, you have to actually value learning or any educational opportunity becomes just another way to accumulate credentials and network.
one of the funniest quirks of human existence is that despite the fact that education can be bought, the super-rich are all like this
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It’s not enough to have the money for an education, you have to actually value learning or any educational opportunity becomes just another way to accumulate credentials and network.
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Sometimes it just feels like we are all eggs being broken for someone else’s omelette.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Sometimes it just feels like we are all eggs being broken for someone else’s omelette.
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Keep in mind there is no law saying bagels are only for the morning. If you want a 9PM bagel, that’s fine. You can just do that.
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Keep in mind there is no law saying bagels are only for the morning. If you want a 9PM bagel, that’s fine. You can just do that.
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ME: wouldn’t the kool aid mans glass body shatter before the brick wall busted apart?
GUY NEXT TO ME: seriously? literally every other urinal was open
GUY NEXT TO ME: seriously? literally every other urinal was open
October 19, 2025 at 2:15 AM
ME: wouldn’t the kool aid mans glass body shatter before the brick wall busted apart?
GUY NEXT TO ME: seriously? literally every other urinal was open
GUY NEXT TO ME: seriously? literally every other urinal was open
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The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
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sure sex is great but have you ever supported your artist friends during the holidays by buying their lovely work?
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
sure sex is great but have you ever supported your artist friends during the holidays by buying their lovely work?
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"Fiasco am invited to this zoom meeting"
You were not
"Yes! Fiasco am PARTICIPANT."
Your butthole is TOUCHING MY WORK
"Fiasco am part of authorial process"
You were not
"Yes! Fiasco am PARTICIPANT."
Your butthole is TOUCHING MY WORK
"Fiasco am part of authorial process"
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
"Fiasco am invited to this zoom meeting"
You were not
"Yes! Fiasco am PARTICIPANT."
Your butthole is TOUCHING MY WORK
"Fiasco am part of authorial process"
You were not
"Yes! Fiasco am PARTICIPANT."
Your butthole is TOUCHING MY WORK
"Fiasco am part of authorial process"
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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"hey guys notice that the same people complaining about having to deal with silly 'cancel culture' standards don't feel like they should be moored by literally any other set of standards either. curious thing going on there wouldn't you say?"
November 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
"hey guys notice that the same people complaining about having to deal with silly 'cancel culture' standards don't feel like they should be moored by literally any other set of standards either. curious thing going on there wouldn't you say?"
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Actual Popularism
i’ve said this before and i remain convinced it’s true, the 2028 platform that would deliver obama 08 results is “i am gonna
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
bring the hammer down on the corrupt self-dealing politicians and their rich friends and there are no sacred cows id give a pass”
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Actual Popularism
Oho, this is a stellar track. The drumming alone!
I want to spend my free time today with music and art and deep thoughts as a counter to all the [waves at the state of things]
This song will absolutely rock your socks. "Vitamin C" by CAN. This is from 1972, sounds like it could be out now.
youtu.be/JXsd5W8ofDw?...
This song will absolutely rock your socks. "Vitamin C" by CAN. This is from 1972, sounds like it could be out now.
youtu.be/JXsd5W8ofDw?...
CAN - Vitamin C (Music video)
YouTube video by Stick a Label On
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Oho, this is a stellar track. The drumming alone!
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10 years ago you'd be able to look for breaking news and instantly know what this is about. Now you might be able to narrow it down to a top twenty.
Yikes
November 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
10 years ago you'd be able to look for breaking news and instantly know what this is about. Now you might be able to narrow it down to a top twenty.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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Starbucks employees have long fought against consistently unpredictable schedules, short staffing, low pay, and unfair labor practices.
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Starbucks employees have long fought against consistently unpredictable schedules, short staffing, low pay, and unfair labor practices.
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
Today, @sbworkersunited.org is striking to demand progress in stalled negotiations.
Solidarity✊🏽
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They got rid of Nixon for far less than this
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
They got rid of Nixon for far less than this
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discovered today that the main mother yeast my mum uses for her breads is older than i am, which is stunning to think about. i have eaten older entities than myself. disconcerting way to start the day
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
discovered today that the main mother yeast my mum uses for her breads is older than i am, which is stunning to think about. i have eaten older entities than myself. disconcerting way to start the day
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it is sad that people move on so fast from halloween, you could look out your window today and see someone being bitten by frankenstein or someone being flung to pieces by a strong muscle witch or some other beautiful halloween moment and no one would even care to listen to you about what you saw.
November 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
it is sad that people move on so fast from halloween, you could look out your window today and see someone being bitten by frankenstein or someone being flung to pieces by a strong muscle witch or some other beautiful halloween moment and no one would even care to listen to you about what you saw.
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People think it’s funny but one of the best tests of a person and systems is how it treats three types of people :
- servants
- poets
- children
How someone feels about those people and their accountability to and FROM them is a huge statement about their beliefs
- servants
- poets
- children
How someone feels about those people and their accountability to and FROM them is a huge statement about their beliefs
November 13, 2025 at 12:23 PM
People think it’s funny but one of the best tests of a person and systems is how it treats three types of people :
- servants
- poets
- children
How someone feels about those people and their accountability to and FROM them is a huge statement about their beliefs
- servants
- poets
- children
How someone feels about those people and their accountability to and FROM them is a huge statement about their beliefs
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Nothing encapsulates the “dedication to preserving and uplifting our history” quite like a file drawer of loose floppy disks. Each helpfully labeled “archives” and nothing else.
November 12, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Nothing encapsulates the “dedication to preserving and uplifting our history” quite like a file drawer of loose floppy disks. Each helpfully labeled “archives” and nothing else.