Frank 4
@frankschloegel.bsky.social
I have things to do. Banal things, but things just the same.
TBF @whstancil.bsky.social got yelled at a lot for saying wages were up, when they were, so if all that matters is how people feel, just lie to them in a way that makes them feel the way you want. Up until now, it always worked for Trump.
There’s an econ problem and a trust problem. When a president finally addresses affordability and insists “It's gone away, prices are falling” while your rent and groceries say otherwise, the message you hear is: you’re wrong, or invisible, or you're being ignored. That’s rocket fuel for anger.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
TBF @whstancil.bsky.social got yelled at a lot for saying wages were up, when they were, so if all that matters is how people feel, just lie to them in a way that makes them feel the way you want. Up until now, it always worked for Trump.
Seen on facebook. This cannot be a good sign for Trump
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Seen on facebook. This cannot be a good sign for Trump
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📷: Tyrone Siu / Reuters
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
📷: Tyrone Siu / Reuters
This article will help my marriage.
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This article will help my marriage.
I just did not have time to find a dying cat in the neighbor's driveway this morning. I am so annoyed with my neighbor who has a huge cat killing German shepherd that has now killed 3 neighborhood cats, plus it's own family's cat. And my wife is demanding I "report" it. To who?
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I just did not have time to find a dying cat in the neighbor's driveway this morning. I am so annoyed with my neighbor who has a huge cat killing German shepherd that has now killed 3 neighborhood cats, plus it's own family's cat. And my wife is demanding I "report" it. To who?
We have a porch cat that was attacked by a dog last night.
November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We have a porch cat that was attacked by a dog last night.
Not sure…
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Not sure…
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social someone sent me this in response to the genre trivia. Kind of interesting. Spotle.io
Spotle - The daily music artist guessing game!
Play Spotle, the daily music artist guessing game.
Spotle.io
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 PM
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social someone sent me this in response to the genre trivia. Kind of interesting. Spotle.io
I have a friend who can guess bands by their wikipedia genre list. The worst he has done is include the answer in a list of three (it was the first in the list)
November 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I have a friend who can guess bands by their wikipedia genre list. The worst he has done is include the answer in a list of three (it was the first in the list)
I have a friend who can guess bands by their wikipedia genre list. The worst he has done is include the answer in a list of three (it was the first in the list) Here is one he got in 2 seconds because he knew the answer and it is one of his favorite groups
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I have a friend who can guess bands by their wikipedia genre list. The worst he has done is include the answer in a list of three (it was the first in the list) Here is one he got in 2 seconds because he knew the answer and it is one of his favorite groups
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social your post about hair metal made me think of some classic rock i didnt like. I have a friend that can guess a band from it’s wiki genres. Can you? I did not tell him it was classic rock.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social your post about hair metal made me think of some classic rock i didnt like. I have a friend that can guess a band from it’s wiki genres. Can you? I did not tell him it was classic rock.
a movie that takes place where you're from
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
a movie that takes place where you're from
I am much, much younger than Craig. But to his point, hair metal was enemy number 1 and for me, classic rock was enemy number 2. 60s (and late 50s) rock and roll and psychodelia was almost a part of gen-x music.
As someone who is this guy's age I can tell you 100% that if you were into Pixies, Nirvana, 120 Minutes stuff, etc. but didn't like the Beatles you had to have worked hard to contort yourself into that special little box. Your enemy, if you absolutely needed one, was hair metal. GTFO here with this.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I am much, much younger than Craig. But to his point, hair metal was enemy number 1 and for me, classic rock was enemy number 2. 60s (and late 50s) rock and roll and psychodelia was almost a part of gen-x music.
I think most of my followers on here subscribe to @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social newsletter, but if not, here is a thing I wrote for the newsletter about my sister who died of cancer 6 years ago. frank4.substack.com/p/what-we-ar...
What we are Looking At: Heidi
It has been 6 years since my sister died.
frank4.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think most of my followers on here subscribe to @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social newsletter, but if not, here is a thing I wrote for the newsletter about my sister who died of cancer 6 years ago. frank4.substack.com/p/what-we-ar...
Forget it, Jake, it’s Charlie Brown
Forget it, Charlie Brown, it's Chinatown
I did it 35 minutes ago, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Forget it, Jake, it’s Charlie Brown
I really like Baker Mayfield. It is not like me at all.
November 24, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I really like Baker Mayfield. It is not like me at all.
I saw a post that followed this form:
Can’t believe what USA is doing …
There’s no coming back from this …
And I find it interesting that the form persists. There is no depravity i can’t believe USA could commit, and we simply have to come back, or we give up.
Can’t believe what USA is doing …
There’s no coming back from this …
And I find it interesting that the form persists. There is no depravity i can’t believe USA could commit, and we simply have to come back, or we give up.
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I saw a post that followed this form:
Can’t believe what USA is doing …
There’s no coming back from this …
And I find it interesting that the form persists. There is no depravity i can’t believe USA could commit, and we simply have to come back, or we give up.
Can’t believe what USA is doing …
There’s no coming back from this …
And I find it interesting that the form persists. There is no depravity i can’t believe USA could commit, and we simply have to come back, or we give up.
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@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social i feel like this is part of the Nuzzi story. The reminder that behind all these ridiculous people are real people.
Apart from being a heartbreaking meditation on death, the fury Tatiana Schlossberg feels towards her shithead cousin RFK Jr. radiates off this piece www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social i feel like this is part of the Nuzzi story. The reminder that behind all these ridiculous people are real people.
I just read this quote in a newsletter, "I’ve never met anyone, including myself, who landed their dream job by AI optimizing their application and sending 100 of them a week. It’s always someone you know. And it isn’t nepotism, it’s trust."
I think it is nepotism.
I think it is nepotism.
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I just read this quote in a newsletter, "I’ve never met anyone, including myself, who landed their dream job by AI optimizing their application and sending 100 of them a week. It’s always someone you know. And it isn’t nepotism, it’s trust."
I think it is nepotism.
I think it is nepotism.
@jonweisman.bsky.social just got a new follower for a blog i don’t really write any more. I am still hoping for a post from you for a new song.
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
@jonweisman.bsky.social just got a new follower for a blog i don’t really write any more. I am still hoping for a post from you for a new song.
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social oh no. Not you? I guess now I am going to learn about it.
I have been doing my best to ignore whoever this person is, but it keeps circling in on me. Nepo Baby, RFK, jailbait, 2 bad writers, Access to Power... I don't know how they are all related - and I don't really want to know - but somehow it feels like BlueSky is going to tell me.
WHAT
November 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social oh no. Not you? I guess now I am going to learn about it.
I have been doing my best to ignore whoever this person is, but it keeps circling in on me. Nepo Baby, RFK, jailbait, 2 bad writers, Access to Power... I don't know how they are all related - and I don't really want to know - but somehow it feels like BlueSky is going to tell me.
WHAT
i really want to know if this is real but i also really don't want to type "jailbait livvy" into google
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I have been doing my best to ignore whoever this person is, but it keeps circling in on me. Nepo Baby, RFK, jailbait, 2 bad writers, Access to Power... I don't know how they are all related - and I don't really want to know - but somehow it feels like BlueSky is going to tell me.
Reposted by Frank 4
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
Reposted by Frank 4
Piecing together the nepobaby's Olivia Nuzzi story exclusively from angry screenshots on Bluesky
November 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Piecing together the nepobaby's Olivia Nuzzi story exclusively from angry screenshots on Bluesky