Frenchfold
@frenchfold.bsky.social
Art director, graphic designer, bibliophile, and the buddy of a great dog.
Repeated cycle where some prominent Republicans (never many, but a few) remember an old principle, and that they actually do value the Constitution, US national security, markets, the American people as a whole, rights, law, etc. Then they see how much that makes the right mad, and get back in line.
"Don't you go and get stoned and go play in the large hadron collider again Martin." "Yes Mom." www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m...
Museum Displays the Weasel that Brought Down Particle Physics
A stone marten that disrupted the Large Hadron Collider in November goes on display in Rotterdam in an exhibit about human-animal mishaps
smithsonianmag.com
Meanwhile, a new international poll done by Pew shows that around the world, people believe that the gap between the USA and China with respect to the government's attitude about personal freedom is narrowing rapidly. The world believes that Trump is rapidly turning the US into an autocracy.
“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Colour Display with the aid of Monotype Attractors : 1955 publicity leaflet from Birmingham printers Silk & Terry Ltd. using Monotype printers ornaments as borders, bands & patterns. #design #graphicdesign #typography #ephemera #printing ↘️ flic.kr/p/2sr4ZGS
Attacks on university research will destroy the talent pipeline for the Hard Sciences™️.
Patch Thompson@patchthompson.bsky.social · 2w agoAttacks on university research will not spare the Hard Sciences™
It’s just so shocking that, in the span of a few months, the golden goose of American innovation was gleefully ground into pet food. And for what, to give some insecure idiots a kulturkampf hard on? To make Elon 12 more bucks? So everyone will shut up about how everything’s on fire every summer?
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
1. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
nytimes.com
Attacks on university research will not spare the Hard Sciences™
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 2w ago2. Remarkably, given how universally unpopular this would be, the intent seems accept the ruination of US health and medical research as collateral damage.
Pornainen, Finland (pop 5,000) is now heated by a silo of crushed soapstone. I spoke to CNBC about it. 100 MWh, charged when power is cheap, emissions down ~70%. Days to weeks of storage, no critical minerals. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/25/f...
Finland’s radical answer to renewable energy’s biggest headache: The world’s largest sand battery
A small Finnish town has turned to the world's largest commercial sand battery to tackle a major hurdle in the energy transition: intermittency.
cnbc.com
The editorial committee that okayed this cover must be madder than the Hatter’s tea party.
Adam Schwarz@adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 2w agoWhen the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
When the story of why humanity didn't stop climate change is written, it will feature front pages like this. Even as the skies blacken with climate change-induced wildfires, right wing media continue their relentless crusade against measures to tackle it.
And Taylor Farms can confidently call because Donnie is always thinking of the beautiful American people, first and foremost.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w agoRepresentatives for Taylor Farms called the White House to try to delay a recall tied to one of the largest foodborne illness outbreaks in U.S. history www.wsj.com/health/taylo...
Replace every DC political reporter with non-American grizzled war correspondents who have strong bullshit filters
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoTrump jokes about serving a third term — and gets laughs at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Republicans are like locusts in the way they strip the fields, then go away, always to return after a time when others worked to recover the yield. So far every time the rich help them, and get richer. We pray not too many starve. Capitalism means we must work to feed the locusts later.
Larry laid his mouse in front of the press to be photographed. Lest you ask, this is a real photograph via the Press Association.
I “like” this because it’s funny, but because these are Trum Times™️ the distinct possibility this could happen is…well…maybe not so funny?
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 2w agoTrump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to become the next UN secretary-general, the NYP reports. He believes Infantino's global reputation and experience leading FIFA make him a strong candidate to replace António Guterres.
read theory
The UnPopulist@theunpopulist.net · 3w agoFrancis Fukuyama at LibCon 2026 on the closed loop of oligarchic power: business empire buys media empire, media buys political power, and power protects the business. "Once you had political power, you could use that to protect your business empire." #LibCon2026
The grey lady would rather run this as a jokey local color piece than report his admission that the only purpose for the SAVE act is to give America perpetual 1-party rule. “Can you believe what a goofy fool he is? Last time he was here he said the far left were fascists, and now it’s communists”
FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social · last mo.Trump: If we pass the SAVE Act, Republicans won't lose an election for 100 years.
Trump: If we pass the SAVE Act, Republicans won't lose an election for 100 years.
"We survive not by waiting, but by doing" is an all-timer, and applicable across many issues.
Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁@minibubbly.bsky.social · last mo.Can small-town libraries go independent? Lawrencetown library looks to Canning for answers #NovaScotia 'We survive not by waiting, but by doing,' says vice-chair of village commission www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Two countries on NATO’s eastern flank have warned that Russia is preparing a possible “provocation” in the Baltic states or Poland in an effort to test the cohesion of the western military alliance.
here is what i think: we're not consumers or spectators, we are participants with agency. you should not hope that democrats will do anything. you must work to force them to do the right thing. the odds are long, but we are far from the first americans to face long odds. we will win.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · last mo.you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport
White House Mocks Paltry Attendance At Democrats’ Great American State Fair — theonion.com/white-house-...
White House Mocks Paltry Attendance At Democrats’ Great American State Fair
WASHINGTON—Expressing delight at the complete humiliation of their political opponents, White House officials on Monday gleefully mocked the paltry attendance at Democrats’ Great American State Fair. ...
theonion.com
Oh come on, even the Guardian is doing the NYT-style hedging. We all know what’s going on here, and it’s not about crappy wording in the MOU.
Building stuff in the real world is hard.
Gene Ha creator of 2026 IL Reads pick MAE The Definitive Edition@geneha.com · last mo.In the concept art this arch was supposed to be a perfect miniature of Trump's planned 250 ft (76m) tall arch. The rushed and limited planning time led to this Home Depot scrap plywood wrapped in vinyl debacle.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for not enough good people."
