Noah Frank
@noahafrank.bsky.social
Writer. Days doing comms at Virginia Tech, evenings teaching at Loyola Maryland. Musing on baseball and other maddening pastimes.
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The endless deployment of troops is making us safer, except we never had a shooting like this until they arrived, which is why we need more troops. Got it.
November 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The endless deployment of troops is making us safer, except we never had a shooting like this until they arrived, which is why we need more troops. Got it.
RFK looking rough these days. The old stadium, too.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
RFK looking rough these days. The old stadium, too.
Choosing to look at this as a glass-half-full situation as the funniest possible wrench in getting this stadium built
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Choosing to look at this as a glass-half-full situation as the funniest possible wrench in getting this stadium built
I just missed getting the screenshot when it was 48-5
November 8, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I just missed getting the screenshot when it was 48-5
Sometime I feel like the NYT push alert system is an extended dare to get me to unsubscribe (I only have an account through work that I don’t pay for)
October 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Sometime I feel like the NYT push alert system is an extended dare to get me to unsubscribe (I only have an account through work that I don’t pay for)
lol they now have a senior dance team called Wizdom
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
lol they now have a senior dance team called Wizdom
They’ve had the score wrong (in several different iterations) since the opening tip on the outer ring
October 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
They’ve had the score wrong (in several different iterations) since the opening tip on the outer ring
Let’s watch some terrible basketball
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Let’s watch some terrible basketball
Please tell me what the exact opposite of this business is so that I can spend my time and money there instead
October 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Please tell me what the exact opposite of this business is so that I can spend my time and money there instead
We all know “better things aren’t possible” is the NYT editorial board’s standing position, but it’s still funny to see them continue to go out of their way to keep printing it
October 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
We all know “better things aren’t possible” is the NYT editorial board’s standing position, but it’s still funny to see them continue to go out of their way to keep printing it
This is the most evergreen description of Cal Football. It could easily describe 25 of the roughly 35 seasons I have been a conscious fan for
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
This is the most evergreen description of Cal Football. It could easily describe 25 of the roughly 35 seasons I have been a conscious fan for
This is an inadequate description
October 21, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is an inadequate description
Wait, average usage is down 20+% in the time AFTER students went back to school? Oh.
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Wait, average usage is down 20+% in the time AFTER students went back to school? Oh.
Look at this contemporary critique of the dangers of LLMs.
lol just kidding, it’s Kierkegaard, from 180 years ago
lol just kidding, it’s Kierkegaard, from 180 years ago
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Look at this contemporary critique of the dangers of LLMs.
lol just kidding, it’s Kierkegaard, from 180 years ago
lol just kidding, it’s Kierkegaard, from 180 years ago
It remains insane to me that anyone would take a method other than the train to get here. 3.5 hours, no stress, downtown to downtown
October 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It remains insane to me that anyone would take a method other than the train to get here. 3.5 hours, no stress, downtown to downtown
Evidently I joined Strava 5 years ago today. Since then, I’ve put 23,000 recorded miles into a number of bikes, and a whole bunch of additional ones I didn’t bother to track
October 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Evidently I joined Strava 5 years ago today. Since then, I’ve put 23,000 recorded miles into a number of bikes, and a whole bunch of additional ones I didn’t bother to track
Mariners in the top of the 12th
October 11, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Mariners in the top of the 12th
Always fun to be reminded of exactly how long it’s been since you last wore a jacket
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Always fun to be reminded of exactly how long it’s been since you last wore a jacket
Even when a child is killed by a motor vehicle in this country we still somehow find a way to blame them instead of the driver. What insane framing of an unimaginable tragedy.
October 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Even when a child is killed by a motor vehicle in this country we still somehow find a way to blame them instead of the driver. What insane framing of an unimaginable tragedy.