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Derek Powazek

@fraying.bsky.social

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I used to make websites. I wrote the book “Design for Community.” I designed the original Blogger. I created JPG Magazine, Fray, Kvetch, Cute-Fight, and more. Now I grow flowers and turn them into CBD products at https://milkbarn.farm.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 9d

Harvest 2025 is on! To celebrate, here’s a coupon for ✨25% OFF✨ our Limited Edition tinctures. Give yourself the gift of a better night's sleep or a little extra chill during this stressful time.

Use code CROPTOBER25 at checkout or just visit this link:
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A bunch of happy people harvesting hemp.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 6h

White people have been putting words in his mouth for generations now. Finally they can do it at scale.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8h

I love watching people discover that half the grocery store is Brassica oleracea.

Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 8h

i'm sorry WHAT

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Brassica oleracea, also known as wild cabbage in its uncultivated form, is a plant of the family Brassicaceae. The species originated from feral populations of related plants in the Eastern Mediterranean, where it was most likely first cultivated. It has many common cultivars used as vegetables, including cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco, kale, Brussels sprout, collard, Savoy cabbage, kohlrabi, and gai lan.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8h

"We won't need moderators."

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8h

Social media remains undefeated at giving arrogant blowhards the tools for their own self-destruction.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8h

a man in a black shirt is making a funny face and says `` this '' .

ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face and says `` this '' .

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 8h

God that's so good.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 9h

Finally found the violent antifa leader! Turns out, he's a fed.

svart flagg @svartflagg.bsky.social · 9h

Today in Portland, a fed shooting pepper balls from the roof of the ICE facility was so eager to aim for people’s heads, that after shooting one photographer in the head and another in the upper arm, they accidentally shot a DHS agent in the head. This photo shows the moment of impact;

Riot cops standing a street with less-lethal weapons, and one in a gas mask has a cloud of pepper dust around his helmet.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10h

Doomerism is a spice best used sparsely or it can overpower a meal.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 11h

Petition to move on from the phrase “we’re cooked”

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Reposted by Derek Powazek

Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13h

These companies and their "A.i." garbage cannot be trusted to do anything but serve the bigoted biases of their billionaire owners.

Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 14h

Appointed by Meta as an adviser on AI bias, anti-DEI campaigner Robby Buck has spent the weeks since his appointment spreading disinformation about shootings, trans people, vaccines, crime & protests

The Guardian repeatedly contacted Meta for comment but received no response

Meta AI adviser spreads disinformation about shootings, vaccines and trans people

Critics condemn Robby Starbuck, appointed in lawsuit settlement, for ‘peddling lies and pushing extremism’

www.theguardian.com

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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10h

My work here is done.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10h

Cosign.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 11h

Anyone who thinks MTG is a reliable voice on Israel deserves to be mocked relentlessly for being a witless dupe.

Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 14h

saw someone arguing that MTG's anti Israel noises suggest that she's a more reliable moral voice longterm than most centrist Ds, and...like, people really need to acknowledge just how antisemitic she is and what role that plays in her approach to Israel policy. 1

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 11h

Not to mention every racist “filled with dread” article about Obama’s wins.

Yeah racists are sometimes filled with dread when nonwhite people are elected. Let them waterboard themselves in their own tears.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 11h

Peak white mediocrity (Bari Weiss) is publishing the same basic article that was published in 1990 about David Dinkins, or in 1983 about Harold Washington, and applauding oneself for being a brave truth teller.