Frances Badger

Frances Badger

@teatime4frances.bsky.social

Retired writer and active misanthrope. FFS, don't DM complete strangers out of the blue.

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In the swirl of media speculation and scandal around Trump aide and "human printer" Natalie Harp, I caution that Harp isn't the one Ossoff or anyone else should be directing their darts at. Remember who holds the power and is making the calls here. Harp is just a deluded cultist. Don't Lewinsky her.

slate.comWhy Did Trump Lose It Over Natalie Harp—and Who Is She, Anyway? Unfortunately, I’ve Learned Too Much.It’s not anything so obvious as an affair. It’s somehow worse.

I followed her vlog daily. I haven't been able to get excited about the World Cup much, but I sure did love seeing Kelsey Pfendler crush those waves and pull into Ala Wai Harbor, escorted by moonlight and the aloha of thousands waiting for her. Congratulations to Ms. Pfendler, you are amazing!

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Kelsey Pfendler, 32, says she hopes her solo 2,400-mile trek across the mid-Pacific inspires other women to take risks

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Al Jazeera says police "sparked a confrontation with Egypt’s national team director Ibrahim Hassan, as players posed for a photo with a young fan at their hotel in Dallas." The one thing DPD had to do was not cause an international incident. And yet. Here we are.

aljazeera.comUS Police staff spark altercation with Egyptian players posing with fansUS Police sparked a confrontation with Egypt's national team as they posed with fans at their hotel in Dallas.

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Real men don't even use a pot, they put the cold soup into their mouth & then put their head on the stove/fire to boil it directly inside their skull!

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My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from a guy who knows a kid who's going with the girl who saw the Ayatollah pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I think it's pretty serious.

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We’re bribing Iran with hundreds of billions of dollars for an outcome that our intelligence community assesses Iran isn’t even going to agree to. Absolute clown show.

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WALTER BAILEY: “Dr. King took a bullet in the neck. They were shot. Killed. Murdered. Advancing voting rights… it’s an insult to their legacy. To their deaths.” @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn SenJohnson BrentTaylorTN #Memphis

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Replying to @moultano.bsky.social

hi, brutalism expert here! this is not funny, buildings only do this when they're in extreme distress.

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Did you pay your taxes? Then you gave $4,049 to war and weapons. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, taxpayers contributed more to Pentagon contractors ($1,870) than to troops' pay ($770), and more to militarism than programs like school lunches ($124) or the Postal Service ($19).

ips-dc.orgTax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons - Institute for Policy StudiesTax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons

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The GOP liars are trying to frame moving the Forest Service to SLC as “streamlining” government. Bullshit. Republicans are NEVER about improving government services. They are ALWAYS about selling off our birthright to their rich donor asshole buddies I am incandescent with rage