Frank

Frank

@ankfray.bsky.social

Interests: personal finance, investing, science, and news. Don't post much. Not chatty. Don't like profanity or sports.

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Eric Lipton NYT
@ericlipton.nytimes.com

To folks who follow me on Bluesky & appreciate the journalism I do. Can you please read the EPA story and post on social media platforms if you are so moved. This kind of work is important. But it only matters if people read it and engage with it. Here's the link. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/24/c...

nytimes.comHow Trump Gave the Worst Polluters a Free Pass (Gift Article)The president temporarily waived clean-air rules for industrial facilities that spew cancer-causing gases. Then his appointees worked to gut the regulations altogether.

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Martin O'Malley
@martinomalley.bsky.social

Another blatant abuse of Social Security data to promote political messages for Donald Trump — hundreds of millions of voter contact emails promoting Trump propaganda. And all paid for by the Social Security Trust fund.

ms.nowSocial Security Administration pushes yet another Trump-centric message as elections approachFor the fourth time, the ostensibly apolitical federal agency has sent an unsolicited political email to Social Security beneficiaries.

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derek guy
@dieworkwear.bsky.social

Replying to @dieworkwear.bsky.social

An old 1978 commercial produced by the I.L.G.W.U. (International Ladies Garment Workers' Union).

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Tom Hearden
@followtheh.bsky.social

America is great again (timeline cleanse)

the babahuck@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social

holy smokes, conan strikes up a chat with a random lady on the subway and she immediately starts riffing on his level, no problem.

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The Onion
@theonion.com

Is Pete Hegseth's Bold Pledge To 'Kill Everyone' By 2028 An Unrealistic Pipe Dream?

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Tom Hearden
@followtheh.bsky.social

old enough to remember when this kind of thing would end a bid and put a fork in a career

Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social

Leaked audio: Michigan Republican Mike Rogers asking for officers at polling stations to intimidate voters "We called the RNC early and said hey... Let's put police officers, retired or off-duty police officers as our poll watchers in Detroit because go ahead, try to intimidate them. Please."

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Carl Zimmer
@carlzimmer.com

In July, scientists announced the creation of SpudCell, a synthetic cell with a lot of the hallmarks of life. I recently went to a meeting where they talked about their next steps--including making sure SpudCell doesn't get used for evil. Here's my dispatch. (Gift link) nyti.ms/4yTzTiw

nyti.msThey Created a Cell That’s Almost Alive. What to Do With It Now? (Gift Article)SpudCells may one day produce new medicines and materials. But first scientists have to improve them — and make sure they aren’t misused.

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taxgirl
@taxgirl.bsky.social

Billionaire wealth taxes. Property tax relief. Limits on future tax increases. Taxes are on the ballot in at least 17 states this November. Here's what voters need to know—and which proposals didn't make the cut. 🗳️ www.taxgirl.com/2026/10/13/t...

taxgirl.comTaxes Are on the Ballot in 2026. Here’s What Voters Need to Know. | TaxgirlFrom billionaire wealth taxes to property tax relief, voters in 17 states face tax-related ballot measures in November 2026. Here's what you need to know.

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Josie Glausiusz
@josiegz.bsky.social

"If you clap a little more, I may share this prize with Trump."

Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social

Navi Pillay — the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and a former International Criminal Court judge — happened to be at the Nuremberg Court in Germany when she learned that she had won the Nobel.

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Toby Nangle
@tobyn.bsky.social

Replying to @tobyn.bsky.social

“The Orange Plague” a gold-encrusted statue of a naked President Trump IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT!

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Dow
@dow.bsky.social

Every completed Republican presidency since 1980 left a larger deficit than it inherited Every completed Democratic presidency since 1980 left a smaller one.

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Phil PlAIt
@philplait.bsky.social

Goddammit. The contempt these people have for everything wondrous and good and *human* is so grotesque.

Feena van@feenavan2099.bsky.social

"Before Stonehenge was raised, before Egypts first pyramid broke ground,before the Nazca people drew their famous lines across the Peruvian desert,someone in what is now southern Arizona shaped a 272-foot fish into the earth On April 23,2026,"a border-wall contractor drove heavy equipment across it"

gadgetreview.comTrump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than StonehengeArizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.

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Doug Jones
@dougjones.bsky.social

What a thrill it was to be back with my old friend @jasonisbell @jasonisbell at our big rally in Mobile last week. Jason never lets an audience, or me, down with this music and his words. Thank you for always being there for us!

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Josie Glausiusz
@josiegz.bsky.social

“There’s a feeling today that Britain only found out about the Holocaust at the end of the war. But in 1942 [...] you couldn’t really escape this information in Britain. It was in every newspaper. It was on the BBC," said historian Martin Winstone www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...

theguardian.comBritain knew about the Holocaust as it happened. A new exhibition reckons with that truthResearch draws upon reporting and witness testimony, while a permanent memorial is planned for London

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Katie Martin
@katie0martin.ft.com

Just for once I'd like one of these "why I quit Britain" pieces to say "I hate poor people and I want to keep all my money, it's all miiiiiine, screw you guys"

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Mike Sowden
@mikeachim.bsky.social

Follow me, and I will show you sciencey stuff that will make you go "WOW!" It may not be useful. It may not be startlingly relevant to any of your problems. It probably won't change your life. But, just for a second, I reckon I can make you look & feel like this. Follow me if you want that. 👍

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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
@kayaburgess.bsky.social

Exclusive: JRR Tolkien to be celebrated with ornate memorial in Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey ✒️⛪ It will be based on a tree illustration by the 𝘏𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘪𝘵 author, fitted to a pillar just feet away from a memorial to his old friend CS Lewis www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...

thetimes.comJRR Tolkien to have memorial in Poets’ Corner, Westminster AbbeyAn ornate wooden artwork depicting The Hobbit author’s ‘tree of tales’ will be placed next to the memorial to his friend CS Lewis

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Public Citizen
@publiccitizen.bsky.social

Trump: “If we buy 2 billion dollars worth of Bananas from Brazil, we’re actually losing 2 billion dollars. So if we stop eating bananas, we actually save 2 billion dollars”. Trump’s solution to Americans’ affordability crisis? Starve <3