Dan Frakes

@danfrakes.bsky.social

Editor at a fruit company. Formerly editor at NYT, Wirecutter, Macworld.

Anyone know someone at Instagram who can help recover a 15-year account that was mysteriously locked this week? IG insists on using a text message for verification (on top of any other method), but I'm not receiving IG text messages :(

Check out the productivity focus on the Mac App Store this week: a big collection of outstanding apps; profiles of Jason Snell, Christina Warren, Stephen Robles, and Quinn Nelson; and discounts on some productivity favorites!

Heartbreaking to hear that Om Malik has passed away. I can hardly believe it. Even just this year, it felt like he was doing some of his best writing. Very thankful for the time he gave us at Micro Camp 2023… I was so excited to talk to him. Rest in peace.

Samuel Alito, today: “We’re dealing with something basically unknown when the 14th Amendment was adopted, which is illegal immigration.” Samuel Alito, never: “We’re dealing with something basically unknown when the 2nd Amendment was adopted, which is easily accessible military-grade guns.”

Some days are really tough, and this definitely is one of them. My dear friend John Martellaro passed away today. John is one of the smartest people I've ever met and had the kind of resumé most of us can only dream of. He was an astrophysicist. He worked for NASA. 1/4

To my friend and coworker Leif Johnson: Rest in peace. This is a wonderful tribute that gives you a glimpse of his incredible range of interests and his exceptional talents, but it can’t show you how kind and humble he was. I was lucky to have known him. www.after.com/obituaries/j...

Obituary for Jeremiah Leif Pickett Johnson | After®

Remembering the obituary for Jeremiah Leif Pickett Johnson: On May 17, 2025, Jeremiah Leif Pickett Johnson, 45, died suddenly of a cardiovascular event. Known as “Leif” to his friends and colleagues a...

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The Inflation Reduction Act was revenue positive, helped millions of Americans, and created US jobs and investment. The new republican tax bill will add $trillions to the deficit, give massive $ to the rich, and hurt the middle class and poor with cuts to everything from health care to food to ed.

I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.

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Should go without saying but the point of diversity in hiring is to find _better_-qualified candidates outside of stagnant social networks that don't reward merit, like the kind of network that would put an MTV personality with a marketing degree in charge of the Department of Transportation