frank
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@franklan.bsky.social
· Oct 3
Abolish ice
Primary anyone who isn't abolish and prosecute ICE
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Primary anyone who isn't abolish and prosecute ICE
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I didn't write this for people in the Twin Cities. I wrote this to everyone else, my feeble attempt to try to be witness to the occupation of Minnesota and the chaos of every single day right now. open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
Letter from an Occupied Minnesota
I want to write a bit about the last month in the Twin Cities.
open.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I didn't write this for people in the Twin Cities. I wrote this to everyone else, my feeble attempt to try to be witness to the occupation of Minnesota and the chaos of every single day right now. open.substack.com/pub/wburdine...
It is imperative that ICE is abolished and its members are prosecuted
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 AM
It is imperative that ICE is abolished and its members are prosecuted
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Spent some time over this past month reflecting on everything that has led to this current geo-political environment.
An environment that FIFA has emboldened through Gianni Infantino's attempts to cozy up to Donald Trump ahead of next summer.
www.talkinsoccer.com/will-there-b...
An environment that FIFA has emboldened through Gianni Infantino's attempts to cozy up to Donald Trump ahead of next summer.
www.talkinsoccer.com/will-there-b...
Will there be World Cup boycotts?
Less than a month after FIFA created a Peace Prize for Donald Trump, the President has made it difficult for FIFA to feign neutrality following the illegal capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Madu...
www.talkinsoccer.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Spent some time over this past month reflecting on everything that has led to this current geo-political environment.
An environment that FIFA has emboldened through Gianni Infantino's attempts to cozy up to Donald Trump ahead of next summer.
www.talkinsoccer.com/will-there-b...
An environment that FIFA has emboldened through Gianni Infantino's attempts to cozy up to Donald Trump ahead of next summer.
www.talkinsoccer.com/will-there-b...
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The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels Maduro regime a "terrorist" group
The escalation exerts unprecedented pressure on the Maduro regime, threatening to bankrupt Venezuela's already struggling economy.
www.axios.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The blockade of Venezuela is a disgusting echo of U.S. imperialism in Latin America. We were lied to about Iraq and WMDs, and an entire generation paid the price.
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
Here we are again.
We cannot let a wannabe dictator drag us into another forever war.
www.axios.com/2025/12/17/t...
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Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist https://theonion.com/study-finds-80-of-americans-lack-social-connections-to-pull-off-heist/
December 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Study Finds 80% Of Americans Lack Social Connections To Pull Off Heist https://theonion.com/study-finds-80-of-americans-lack-social-connections-to-pull-off-heist/
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We could get used to this
December 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
We could get used to this
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Yohannes + Macario = a problem.
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Yohannes + Macario = a problem.
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“There’s no need—ever—for a swollen federal agency with a settled internal culture of sadism, secrecy, deception, and racial profiling, an agency that understands itself to operate under no legal or moral constraints, to exist at all.”
www.christiancentury.org/voices/aboli...
www.christiancentury.org/voices/aboli...
Abolish ICE, and don’t stop there
Law enforcement officers generally resist any attempt to bring them to heel, and they are usually...
www.christiancentury.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
“There’s no need—ever—for a swollen federal agency with a settled internal culture of sadism, secrecy, deception, and racial profiling, an agency that understands itself to operate under no legal or moral constraints, to exist at all.”
www.christiancentury.org/voices/aboli...
www.christiancentury.org/voices/aboli...
At this point I just hope chicago get philly 5-6 red cards so they lose next round
November 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
At this point I just hope chicago get philly 5-6 red cards so they lose next round
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
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The full Sunday slate of #USOC2026's Second Qualifying Round! A total of 34 games across the country, each team looking to inch closer to the 2026 US Open Cup. Plus a good chunk of #USOpenCupAfterDark.
Follow along for updates or, if you can, go watch in-person!
(Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
Follow along for updates or, if you can, go watch in-person!
(Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
October 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The full Sunday slate of #USOC2026's Second Qualifying Round! A total of 34 games across the country, each team looking to inch closer to the 2026 US Open Cup. Plus a good chunk of #USOpenCupAfterDark.
Follow along for updates or, if you can, go watch in-person!
(Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
Follow along for updates or, if you can, go watch in-person!
(Graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
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#USOC2026: Saturday’s slate of the Second Qualifying Round has come to an end. In total 24 teams advanced, including one by forfeit, to November’s Third Qualifying Round.
Here’s all the results.
We apologize for clogging your feeds.
(graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
@opencup.ussoccer.com
Here’s all the results.
We apologize for clogging your feeds.
(graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
@opencup.ussoccer.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
#USOC2026: Saturday’s slate of the Second Qualifying Round has come to an end. In total 24 teams advanced, including one by forfeit, to November’s Third Qualifying Round.
Here’s all the results.
We apologize for clogging your feeds.
(graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
@opencup.ussoccer.com
Here’s all the results.
We apologize for clogging your feeds.
(graphic by @franklan.bsky.social)
@opencup.ussoccer.com
One of many horrors of our lifetime. When our country stops being a racist fascist ice state, we will have to reckon with our years of complacency, all for the coin of lobbyists and the military industrial complex and the christian zionist movement. Some moral country we are. Some big stick we have
Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip, UN Commission finds
GENEVA – Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, a...
www.ohchr.org
September 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
One of many horrors of our lifetime. When our country stops being a racist fascist ice state, we will have to reckon with our years of complacency, all for the coin of lobbyists and the military industrial complex and the christian zionist movement. Some moral country we are. Some big stick we have
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THE POPE CALLS IT "SOCCER"
May 8, 2025 at 5:25 PM
THE POPE CALLS IT "SOCCER"
Just know that this commercial played in my head while stitching all the #USOC2025 results together into one (too?) loooong, loooong graphic www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQsM...
March 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Just know that this commercial played in my head while stitching all the #USOC2025 results together into one (too?) loooong, loooong graphic www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQsM...
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We have been a volunteer site since 2003. Our reporters the last 22 years have done great work & it's time to start paying them. If you appreciate the work we do covering #USOC2025, join our #Patreon. We have a goal of $2,375.
Get more info & join here: thecup.us/2025/03/11/t...
Get more info & join here: thecup.us/2025/03/11/t...
March 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
We have been a volunteer site since 2003. Our reporters the last 22 years have done great work & it's time to start paying them. If you appreciate the work we do covering #USOC2025, join our #Patreon. We have a goal of $2,375.
Get more info & join here: thecup.us/2025/03/11/t...
Get more info & join here: thecup.us/2025/03/11/t...
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Tigres just posted a new angle of Jacquie Ovalle’s goal, and it’s as magical as you’d expect.
March 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Tigres just posted a new angle of Jacquie Ovalle’s goal, and it’s as magical as you’d expect.
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Jacquie Ovalle is not of this world.
March 4, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Jacquie Ovalle is not of this world.
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Paul Robeson revised the lyrics of Kern/Hammerstein’s 1927 “Ol’ Man River” from “Showboat” —reclaiming it in significant ways.
Instead of Joe’s “Ah'm tired of livin' / An skeered of dyin'”
Robeson sang:
“But I keep laughing/
Instead of crying/
must keep fighting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9W...
Instead of Joe’s “Ah'm tired of livin' / An skeered of dyin'”
Robeson sang:
“But I keep laughing/
Instead of crying/
must keep fighting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9W...
Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River (Showboat - 1936) J.Kern O. Hammerstein II
YouTube video by 222pj222
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Paul Robeson revised the lyrics of Kern/Hammerstein’s 1927 “Ol’ Man River” from “Showboat” —reclaiming it in significant ways.
Instead of Joe’s “Ah'm tired of livin' / An skeered of dyin'”
Robeson sang:
“But I keep laughing/
Instead of crying/
must keep fighting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9W...
Instead of Joe’s “Ah'm tired of livin' / An skeered of dyin'”
Robeson sang:
“But I keep laughing/
Instead of crying/
must keep fighting.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh9W...
River (2023) || 1-shot/1-thought
- Found myself smiling/groaning along with the characters in their time loop plight. I like manipulations of time, and something about the scale and presentation here feels especially creative and human. It is joyful.
And... Debating if it's my favorite rom-com.
- Found myself smiling/groaning along with the characters in their time loop plight. I like manipulations of time, and something about the scale and presentation here feels especially creative and human. It is joyful.
And... Debating if it's my favorite rom-com.
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 AM
River (2023) || 1-shot/1-thought
- Found myself smiling/groaning along with the characters in their time loop plight. I like manipulations of time, and something about the scale and presentation here feels especially creative and human. It is joyful.
And... Debating if it's my favorite rom-com.
- Found myself smiling/groaning along with the characters in their time loop plight. I like manipulations of time, and something about the scale and presentation here feels especially creative and human. It is joyful.
And... Debating if it's my favorite rom-com.
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FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH
November 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH
One of my favorite parts of the #USOpenCup is seeing the unique club crests used by amateur and semi-pro teams. Pulled aside a few I particularly like from this weekend of #USOC2025 qualifying action: Palm Beach Flames SC, Las Vegas Legends FC, Dalton United
November 16, 2024 at 10:11 PM
One of my favorite parts of the #USOpenCup is seeing the unique club crests used by amateur and semi-pro teams. Pulled aside a few I particularly like from this weekend of #USOC2025 qualifying action: Palm Beach Flames SC, Las Vegas Legends FC, Dalton United
Introduce yourself with four video games
November 16, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Introduce yourself with four video games