Frank A. Spring
@frankaspring.bsky.social
storybuilding at Undaunted Ventures, finding and listening to stories at Altum Insight. previously: various political stuff. this world has its consolations.
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is there something, like, wrong with him?
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
is there something, like, wrong with him?
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neat how five years after the beginning of a (still ongoing) lethal and mass disabling pandemic plus learning loss effects which we still don’t fully understand pundits want us to focus on the out of nowhere scandal of college students wanting more disability accommodations. real death drive shit
December 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
neat how five years after the beginning of a (still ongoing) lethal and mass disabling pandemic plus learning loss effects which we still don’t fully understand pundits want us to focus on the out of nowhere scandal of college students wanting more disability accommodations. real death drive shit
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It's not just about leave but about what we are producing when we are working, says Toss Grumley.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It's not just about leave but about what we are producing when we are working, says Toss Grumley.
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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"911, what's your emergency?"
In an absolute diamond-cutter accent, just horrible stuff on every vowel: "They're throwin' hoagies at Patullo's home over in Moorestown!"
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
In an absolute diamond-cutter accent, just horrible stuff on every vowel: "They're throwin' hoagies at Patullo's home over in Moorestown!"
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Eagles OC's house gets egged after loss to Bears
The New Jersey home of Eagles offensive coordinator Kevin Patullo was vandalized with eggs early Saturday morning, following the team's loss to the Bears, police said.
www.espn.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"911, what's your emergency?"
In an absolute diamond-cutter accent, just horrible stuff on every vowel: "They're throwin' hoagies at Patullo's home over in Moorestown!"
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
In an absolute diamond-cutter accent, just horrible stuff on every vowel: "They're throwin' hoagies at Patullo's home over in Moorestown!"
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
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PUT THE LOBOS IN THE PLAYOFF YOU LOUSY GODDAMN COWARDS
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
PUT THE LOBOS IN THE PLAYOFF YOU LOUSY GODDAMN COWARDS
PUT THE LOBOS IN THE PLAYOFF YOU LOUSY GODDAMN COWARDS
November 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
PUT THE LOBOS IN THE PLAYOFF YOU LOUSY GODDAMN COWARDS
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
it’s October of 1944 and time to sue for a separate peace so that we can try to endure the inevitable thousand year reich in what safety we may. i know this is not the news you wanted please let me finish my remarks and stop calling me a mewling poltroon and foolish, dunderheaded embarrassment
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
it’s October of 1944 and time to sue for a separate peace so that we can try to endure the inevitable thousand year reich in what safety we may. i know this is not the news you wanted please let me finish my remarks and stop calling me a mewling poltroon and foolish, dunderheaded embarrassment
it’s ”should” as in “you should do as you’re fucking told”
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
it’s ”should” as in “you should do as you’re fucking told”
did somebody say EGGCELLENT
November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
did somebody say EGGCELLENT
it’s going to be one of those egg deals, i see
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
it’s going to be one of those egg deals, i see
And now for the one egg trump can’t take
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
And now for the one egg trump can’t take
the winner takes it ALL
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
the winner takes it ALL
does anyone know the term for the casual honorifics used in conversation in place of someone‘s name (either for effect or because you don’t know their name)? to wit: buddy; friend; boss; sweetheart (non-gender specific, American South); etc. There must be a name for them. and which do you use?
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
does anyone know the term for the casual honorifics used in conversation in place of someone‘s name (either for effect or because you don’t know their name)? to wit: buddy; friend; boss; sweetheart (non-gender specific, American South); etc. There must be a name for them. and which do you use?
you ain’t leading but two things right now: jack and shit, and jack left town, Charlie Brown.
We have such sights to show you, Charlie Brown.
That rug really tied the room together, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
you ain’t leading but two things right now: jack and shit, and jack left town, Charlie Brown.
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one reason i’ve wanted to get this nonsense out of the way is that winning the elections is not enough and we need to be talking about what we’ll do when we win instead of catastrophising about it not happening
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
one reason i’ve wanted to get this nonsense out of the way is that winning the elections is not enough and we need to be talking about what we’ll do when we win instead of catastrophising about it not happening
this aged like bruichladdich
yeah i think it's fair to say that halligan might be here for a good time, not a long time
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
this aged like bruichladdich
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to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
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Gratified on a clinical level to finally have an ironclad example to point writers to what I mean by “don’t get cute”
November 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Gratified on a clinical level to finally have an ironclad example to point writers to what I mean by “don’t get cute”
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I would love to read an account of this saga that isn’t written in an atrociously purple way but seems like that’s too much to ask of anyone involved
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I would love to read an account of this saga that isn’t written in an atrociously purple way but seems like that’s too much to ask of anyone involved
love to imagine out loud the super-xenophobic reboot of Lonesome Dove
Last month he was a soybean farmer, this month he’s an expert on intercontinental cattle drives.
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
love to imagine out loud the super-xenophobic reboot of Lonesome Dove
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Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Nichols is a good example of a white person who doesn't understand that fascism can be unevenly distributed. Just because YOU aren't experiencing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. This is loser shit.
saw a good post on this & lost track of it, apologies to whoever said it: I understand bemoaning how long it will take to unfuck our country after this, & how unpleasant it will be. Also: 1) it can happen faster than we think 2) say it takes the rest of the lifespan of every 45+y person on here (1/)
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
saw a good post on this & lost track of it, apologies to whoever said it: I understand bemoaning how long it will take to unfuck our country after this, & how unpleasant it will be. Also: 1) it can happen faster than we think 2) say it takes the rest of the lifespan of every 45+y person on here (1/)