Robert Frodeman

It's annoying to be a reviewer, and suspect you are reading something an AI author has written, or to be an author and suspect you are reading what an AI reviewer has written. A system where humans volunteer time to engage with AI products is not going to last.

smart people being held hostage by stupid people....

Everything in the news is bad.

@jfallows.bsky.social I can you tell me whether the type and degree of pageantry that Trump put Xi through yesterday is really required? I watched a bit of the White House video of it, and it seemed like a 8 yo boy's idea of how to honor someone. But is this how it's done?

Am I missing something? For it seems political suicide for Trump/Vance to kick 750k people off their health insurance....

that's an ugly cityscape. @eunicenicholson.bsky.social

Jack Nicholson & Groucho Marx in 1972.

yes.

In Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v... ANOTHER WAR CRIME.

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Can someone explain the difference between Trump invading Venezuela, and now taking their oil, and Putin invading Ukraine -- except that Putin has not been able to pull it off?

why this does not elicit the 25th amendment is beyond me.

People regularly say that Bluesky is the liberal analogue to Twitter, not as bad perhaps, but still full of bullying behavior, etc. I'm on the site every day, and I hardly see anything abusive. I've block maybe 3 people in 2 years. You can have a good experience on here. @mattyglesias.bsky.social

I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.

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quagmire seems to be the word of the day.

I quit the day he did the salute.

On today’s flight, we’re offering chicken.

You don't have to subscribe to the great man of history thesis to acknowledge that individuals at point stand athwart history, and their decisions can be decisive. Thus the moral failure of Mitch McConnell.

This hits me hard. It hits Texans hard. Big Bend is our Eden. These fuckers.

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Iran Issues List of Demands, Complicating Efforts to Reopen Strait www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/w... these are the demands of a victor.

The New York Times gets criticized regularly. Much of the criticism (eg, headlines or ledes that bend over backwards to be 'balanced') is deserved. But it has gone a long way in helping to protect democracy from Trump. See the reflecting pool article this morning.

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Endless corruption. And who cares?

Iran is borrowing a lesson from Muhammad Ali: rope-a-dope. They are taking the blows knowing that each one leaves their opponent weaker.

For anyone who needs encouragement this is precisely how to fight fascism! #SheShed #ImpeachIndictRemove

A fair-minded analysis.

We're not really going to have to put up with 2.5 more years of this, are we?

correct.

We are very far off the cliff, folks. 🇺🇸 www.npr.org/2026/07/17/n...

"It's actually a 'Russia, are you listening' moment where it's saying, 'hey guys, if you want to do this, our defenses are down.'" @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social reacts as @weissmann.substack.com warns Trump may be tearing down election safeguards to invite interference and manufacture a crisis.

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz

Trump is unraveling, and taking the country down with him. @mattyglesias.bsky.social

@mattyglesias.bsky.social "But nobody in the United States wants to ask the middle class to pay more..." I want the middle class (which includes me) to pay more.

Two columnists who should be retired: Ross Douthat and Megen McArdle. @volts.wtf @mattyglesias.bsky.social. I said the same about Friedman for years, but he's had something of a renaissance. Brooks has the right idea, though I think he stayed too long. There should be a statute of limitations.

cc: every Republican in Congress

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I thought I scorned Richard Nixon. I thought Reagan was bad. I thought Bush II was horrific. I had no idea how bad a president and vice president could be.

@brianbeutler.bsky.social How a seemingly intelligent person can enjoy watching people in a cage beat each other to a pulp. Yea, football is violent. But it’s a weak comparison. Don’t you think this is an example of the kind of values and entertainment that a just society should discourage?

President Trump Lost This War www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...

Well, I gotta admit it was worth the wait for that curtain to be removed.

On Facebook, @pbs.org is livestreaming the removal of Donald J. Trump's name from the Kennedy Center. There is hope for the world. 1/2

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