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David Fry

@davidfry.com

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Corvallis, Oregon -- gardening, brewing, chickens, dogs, composting. Making cool technology work just a little bit better today than it did yesterday. Just settling in here. Owner @tanuki.team. Always uses alt text. #a11y

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Gail Waldby ❌👑 @gailwaldby.bsky.social · 9h

#ICE #Epstein #TrumpEpstein

Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 11h

"Bonus" and "bounty" are synonyms.
In MAGA-speak "cartels" and "people who aren't white" are also synonyms.

The true story they are promoting with this #propaganda is this:

DHS says issuing bonuses up to 50k for new ICE and CBP agents, for attacks on people who aren't white.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 11h

You can literally rearrange the words to get the other story.

Cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.

DHS says issuing bonuses (bounties) up to 50k for ICE and CBP agents, hits on cartels.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 11h

This is a recruitment effort. Notice how $50k is also the sign-on bonus. This story is keyword injection in the news stream. They are crafting and boosting this story with specific keywords so more people will search for terms like ICE, 50k.

MFordTheRiver @prynnford.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that didn’t happen

Screen shot of ABC article with the headline “cartels issuing bounties up to 50k for hits on ICE and CBP agents, DHS says.”

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Dia VanGunten / Writer @pinkzombierose.bsky.social · 1d

Best thing Byron ever wrote. 😉

"Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without insolence, courage without ferocity, and all the virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed over human ashes, is but a just tribute to the memory of Botswain, a dog."

~Lord Byron

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

I think OSCU's value checking should work. They don't have a minimum balance requirement, so as long as you don't need paper statements it's free. And with mobile check deposit you won't have to go in for every paycheck which is nice.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

Oregon State Credit Union is great. They make it easy to manage money between accounts. We've got credit card, debit, savings and HSA with them. Everyone we've worked with has been really friendly and the rates are pretty decent. Central Willamette CU has better CD rates though.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

Yeah it was $25, then the bot told me $7.27, then I asked how much for just music and it said OK how about music & entertainment for $6.06?

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

Worked my annual routine of cancelling SiriusXM so they give me the 75% off for another year. Their pricing model is so aggressively stupid I feel like every customer pays a different price based on their willingness to argue with a robot named Harmony.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 1d

They have a fantastically curated selection. I wish they would allow suggestions though.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 2d

I don't keep roosters any more, although some of my neighbors do. But back in the day, this gorgeous boy Kaʻeo looked after my flock on Maui. #chickens

A rooster with a large red comb, orange neck feathers, a reddish body and black tail feathers.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

Holy shit go off John Oliver youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ?...

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

This is quite a song from Jesse Welles at this year's Farm Aid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcCa...

Jesse Welles “Red” | Farm Aid Mpls 9/20/25

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

This camera, I believe it's the Sony FD350, was the first investment I made when I started my first web site design company. It was really handy because you just popped the disks out and slid them into the computer. The photos were fine for web resolution, and floppy disks were cheap.

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 3d

A floppy disk camera! How neat. The tactile clicks are satisfying. www.youtube.com/shorts/hjw3J...

the animation is so cute #sony #mavica #retrotech #digicam #floppy

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

Oh that's rough on everybody. Sorry to hear that.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 3d

I'm going to have to look into this. When we moved into our house many years ago, there was (and still is) a large ponderosa pine in the backyard. There was also a bottle of glycerin under the sink. We knew the former owner was very crafty, but I never connected those two facts until now.

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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 4d

i’m running for president in 2028, this is my platform:

- no more spam texts and calls
- smaller cars with weaker headlights
- imprison every person in ice and the trump administration on a remote island for a thousand years

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 5d

The pinnacle of epistemic nihilism is having questions about the world and asking "grok is this true?"

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 5d

It's a lot easier to celebrate if the only history you remember is "In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

David Fry @davidfry.com · 5d

A lot of times at the pickleball courts in the park, we share the courts with younger players who bring their bluetooth speakers and play music. This last week though, was a guy with a huge block rocker speaker. We got a couple of 80s tracks and then it went to all Christmas music.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 7d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

Famous kiss photograph of a young man after WW2 concluded, wearing a navy uniform, kissing a young woman who is bent over backwards.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 7d

Also a good choice if the category is "Lots of Hats".

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 7d

It's such a sad world we live in that national treasures like Dolly Parton will need to use their sunset years debunking social media hoaxes and AI fueled bullshit.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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David Fry @davidfry.com · 7d

Those have some strong The Starless Sea vibes to them.

David Fry @davidfry.com · 7d

Jimmy Buffet wrote a novel at one point that focused a bit on how cool Fresnel lenses are. The coolest lighthouse I have seen is at Makapuʻu, but I've never been inside a lighthouse.