Peter Fraenkel
@pnf.bsky.social
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scala hacker, clojure dabbler, polyglot opinionator, former everything. always being wrong is a superpower.
scala hacker, clojure dabbler, polyglot opinionator, former everything. always being wrong is a superpower.
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I also declined Diary of a CEO’s invitation to have a “balanced and insightful discussion” about whether feminism “delivered on its promise of liberation for women.”
They ended up titling it, “Has modern feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower?”
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
They ended up titling it, “Has modern feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower?”
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Enough of 'Just Asking Questions'
Platforming extremists is killing democracy—and women
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I also declined Diary of a CEO’s invitation to have a “balanced and insightful discussion” about whether feminism “delivered on its promise of liberation for women.”
They ended up titling it, “Has modern feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower?”
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
They ended up titling it, “Has modern feminism betrayed the very women it promised to empower?”
open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
Much too fancy for cubical ice.
December 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Much too fancy for cubical ice.
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The Mayor is here at hand.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Mayor is here at hand.
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On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
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He's mad because it was truthful.
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
He's mad because it was truthful.
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"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
October 25, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Tzefardea Tzedek" (Frog of Righteousness)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
As soon as the Portland Frog became a meme, Jewish social media blew up with jokes about the 2nd Passover plague - tzefarde'a (frogs) - and the Rabbinical commentary around it. I knew I had to make a calligraphy piece encompassing all of it. (more in alt.)
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Painter, painted by El Greco in 1600. And repainted by Picasso, admirer of the Old Masters, whose birthday we have been celebrating.
October 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Painter, painted by El Greco in 1600. And repainted by Picasso, admirer of the Old Masters, whose birthday we have been celebrating.
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Trump's style will forever be "what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn," as @kenwhite.bsky.social described it, a cluttered mess of generic tacky designs covered in gold leaf, simultaneously piggish and cheap.
we are witnessing a genuine decline in the taste of american elites
October 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Trump's style will forever be "what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn," as @kenwhite.bsky.social described it, a cluttered mess of generic tacky designs covered in gold leaf, simultaneously piggish and cheap.
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Le saut de qualité l'a un peu échappé encore une fois
October 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Le saut de qualité l'a un peu échappé encore une fois
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five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow
Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.
www.kickstarter.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
five days and a few hours to go and at this point I'm just gonna be shameless: if you can help signal-boost this thing, I'd be grateful. I've done very well through my own channels, but haven't had much luck breaking out beyond them.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
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In case you think this is a joke
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
In case you think this is a joke
Pitch: “Flight 93,” but the pilot wears a little crown, has uncontrollable diarrhea, and crashes into the east wing of the whitehouse.
October 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Pitch: “Flight 93,” but the pilot wears a little crown, has uncontrollable diarrhea, and crashes into the east wing of the whitehouse.
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Je ne vais pas tomber dans le piège de Trump et partager la vidéo publiée sur son compte.
Mais répondre à l’énorme mobilisation de samedi par un clip IA où il bombarde de la merde sur ses propres citoyens, c’est la confirmation de son absence totale de solutions face au malaise d’une partie du pays
Mais répondre à l’énorme mobilisation de samedi par un clip IA où il bombarde de la merde sur ses propres citoyens, c’est la confirmation de son absence totale de solutions face au malaise d’une partie du pays
October 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Je ne vais pas tomber dans le piège de Trump et partager la vidéo publiée sur son compte.
Mais répondre à l’énorme mobilisation de samedi par un clip IA où il bombarde de la merde sur ses propres citoyens, c’est la confirmation de son absence totale de solutions face au malaise d’une partie du pays
Mais répondre à l’énorme mobilisation de samedi par un clip IA où il bombarde de la merde sur ses propres citoyens, c’est la confirmation de son absence totale de solutions face au malaise d’une partie du pays
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In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, eggs and bacon at Bob Evans, and then back to the church to shoot the priest in the face with a pepper ball. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, eggs and bacon at Bob Evans, and then back to the church to shoot the priest in the face with a pepper ball. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
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I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673
October 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I Photoshop Paddington into a movie, TV show, or pop culture until I forget: Day 1673
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Exactly this, on the Klein/Coates debate:
"I think it is an indictment of intentions of those who seek to draw the boundaries of discourse so that they maintain peace with those waging war, instead of working to establish peace for the first time on behalf those against whom war is being waged."
"I think it is an indictment of intentions of those who seek to draw the boundaries of discourse so that they maintain peace with those waging war, instead of working to establish peace for the first time on behalf those against whom war is being waged."
I wrote about why the regrettable conclusions of Ezra Klein pissed me off so badly in the last couple weeks.
On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
On moral cowardice in an era that calls for clarity, and a popular political instinct to try to solve divisions of abuse by ignoring causes. www.the-reframe.com/eventually-y...
Eventually You're Going to Have to Stand for Something
On accepting the fascist offer and being better than Ezra.
www.the-reframe.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Exactly this, on the Klein/Coates debate:
"I think it is an indictment of intentions of those who seek to draw the boundaries of discourse so that they maintain peace with those waging war, instead of working to establish peace for the first time on behalf those against whom war is being waged."
"I think it is an indictment of intentions of those who seek to draw the boundaries of discourse so that they maintain peace with those waging war, instead of working to establish peace for the first time on behalf those against whom war is being waged."
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ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 1:07 AM
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
The net effect of workplace slop is unclear. Many jobs have always been to some extent about producing slop - verbiage whose specific content isn’t particularly important, meaningless icons and arrows to fill blank spaces in PowerPoint, “support” whose primary purpose is to…
AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity
Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The net effect of workplace slop is unclear. Many jobs have always been to some extent about producing slop - verbiage whose specific content isn’t particularly important, meaningless icons and arrows to fill blank spaces in PowerPoint, “support” whose primary purpose is to…
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I agree it’s good to convert voters. The thing that DC Dems can’t seem to get into their thick skulls is that kumbaya listening sessions convert no one. What converts people is creating a social penalty for stupid beliefs and ideas
Saving America from Trump and preserving our democracy explicitly requires that people who voted for Trump change their mind. Which in turn requires that those who didn’t vote for Trump show grace and empathy to those whose change of heart came from being hurt by the guy they voted for…
September 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I agree it’s good to convert voters. The thing that DC Dems can’t seem to get into their thick skulls is that kumbaya listening sessions convert no one. What converts people is creating a social penalty for stupid beliefs and ideas
Amid all my dark predictions, never did it cross my mind that I’d be forced to distinguish between Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. Enough is enough.
September 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Amid all my dark predictions, never did it cross my mind that I’d be forced to distinguish between Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel. Enough is enough.
This is unfair. The reviewer doesn’t like the movie, but he literally observes in the next paragraph that it’s a “far more faithful interpretation of the novel than most of its predecessors.” The main complaint seems to be about Oscar Isaac’s acting.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
September 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
This is unfair. The reviewer doesn’t like the movie, but he literally observes in the next paragraph that it’s a “far more faithful interpretation of the novel than most of its predecessors.” The main complaint seems to be about Oscar Isaac’s acting.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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This one page Hostess ad has more words per panel than most comics have per page.
Also, the Lady Sif waltzes in in a silvery skintight outfight and the dudes are distracted by the fruit pies.
Also, the Lady Sif waltzes in in a silvery skintight outfight and the dudes are distracted by the fruit pies.
August 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This one page Hostess ad has more words per panel than most comics have per page.
Also, the Lady Sif waltzes in in a silvery skintight outfight and the dudes are distracted by the fruit pies.
Also, the Lady Sif waltzes in in a silvery skintight outfight and the dudes are distracted by the fruit pies.
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Very thorough, very sobering essay by the always astute Mike Lofgren. (His 'The Party Is Over,' in 2012, stands as one of the prescient works of our times. A former GOP staffer who saw where his party was headed.)
www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...
www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...
We need a new theory of democracy — because this version has failed - Salon.com
It's time to look in the mirror, America: We chose catastrophe — there's no one else to blame
www.salon.com
August 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Very thorough, very sobering essay by the always astute Mike Lofgren. (His 'The Party Is Over,' in 2012, stands as one of the prescient works of our times. A former GOP staffer who saw where his party was headed.)
www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...
www.salon.com/2025/08/24/w...
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the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.
It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.
August 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.