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@frauwise.bsky.social

Writer. Focused on the present moment in the US & around the world. Supporter of liberal democracy. Personal account. *opinions my own* re-posts=look at this (vs approval) She/her/ella

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Thank you Prof. Jeremy Murray!

And, if you don't know about Cal State San Bernardino, check them out at CSUSB.edu

17.02.2026 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Excellent* talk happening with astrophysicist #AdamBecker at #CSUSB today.

Please read MORE EVERYTHING FOREVER.
#BookSky

17.02.2026 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

17.02.2026 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 24283    πŸ” 9956    πŸ’¬ 1731    πŸ“Œ 1067

AYFKM???

A White House spokesmodel ordered the commandant
of the Coast Guard to pull a plane from search and rescue for a young guardsman who went overboard?

That woman has no soul!

17.02.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Minneapolis has set the standard. Let us all follow.

17.02.2026 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 212    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Law gave $75 billion to ICE while ripping away health care and food from American families.

Republicans chose to fund brutality and lawlessness OVER lowering costs and saving health care.

17.02.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 2
U.S. Southern Command
@Southcom
X.com
Late on Feb. 16, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted three lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and were engaged in narco-tratficking operations. Eleven male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions, 4 on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, 4 on the second vessel in the Eastern Pacific, and 3 on the third vessel in the Caribbean. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear

U.S. Southern Command @Southcom X.com Late on Feb. 16, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted three lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and were engaged in narco-tratficking operations. Eleven male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions, 4 on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, 4 on the second vessel in the Eastern Pacific, and 3 on the third vessel in the Caribbean. No U.S. military forces were harmed. @DeptofWar #OpSouthernSpear

We murdered 11 more people on boats last night

17.02.2026 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 410    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 19

If you're wondering how CBS News under Bari Weiss is covering Stephen Colbert's stunning revelation that the network blocked his interview with a Texas Democrat... It isn't. Silence both on the air and online.

17.02.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1040    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 10

Oh no, not β€œclimate stuff”.

17.02.2026 17:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1136    πŸ” 211    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 17

Well, today was a first: an AI-generated email *in Portuguese* soliciting further action on my first novel.
My first novel is only currently available in English.
#WriterSky

17.02.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I just finished SEASCRAPER by Benjamin Wood and I am also reading Amitav Ghosh's WILD FICTIONS: ESSAYS IN LITERATURE, EMPIRE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

17.02.2026 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Calling it now: the US political media's treatment of AOC is going to make their treatment of Hillary Clinton or Al Gore look like a model of balance and discretion.

16.02.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 6151    πŸ” 1265    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 53

Really powerful. 😒

17.02.2026 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: A federal judge has ruled that the Trump Administration wrongly removed exhibits about slavery from the President's House site in Philadelphia, where Washington and Adams lived.

16.02.2026 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1515    πŸ” 401    πŸ’¬ 58    πŸ“Œ 12

Well now, would you look at that?

A massive study of NEARLY 300,000 people in the United States found that receiving an updated 2024-2025 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine REDUCED people’s risk of SEVERE disease AND death in ALL age groups, REGARDLESS of immunity from prior infection or vaccination.

16.02.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3959    πŸ” 1142    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 47
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Exclusive: Key US infectious-diseases centre to drop pandemic preparation Staff members have been instructed to scrub this topic and β€˜biodefense’ from the agency’s website.

Staff members at the United States’s premier infectious-disease research institute have been instructed to remove the words β€œbiodefense” and β€œpandemic preparedness” from the institute’s web pages. The directive comes amid a broader shake-up at the US National Institute o...

TAT: [Attacking Science]

13.02.2026 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

🀬

16.02.2026 19:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Abraham Lincoln, too, had little patience for proslavery southerners’ claims to Washington’s legacy. In February 1860, he told a NYC audience to ignore southerners’ β€œsophistical contrivances,” and their efforts to β€œunsay what Washington said, and undo what Washington did.” /5

16.02.2026 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
By Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer
A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence.

It reminded me again how college journalism programs are failing to prepare students for the workforce. I mentioned this in a column before, and readers asked me to explain

By Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence. It reminded me again how college journalism programs are failing to prepare students for the workforce. I mentioned this in a column before, and readers asked me to explain

A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.

Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being β€œprepared for the workforce.”

You can’t make this shit up.

www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...

16.02.2026 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1782    πŸ” 433    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 133

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

15.02.2026 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 40880    πŸ” 13822    πŸ’¬ 658    πŸ“Œ 591
A photo of Robert and Luciana Duvall with a horse and dogs

A photo of Robert and Luciana Duvall with a horse and dogs

STATEMENT FROM LUCIANA DUVALL

Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort.

To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.

STATEMENT FROM LUCIANA DUVALL Yesterday we said goodbye to my beloved husband, cherished friend, and one of the greatest actors of our time. Bob passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by love and comfort. To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything. His passion for his craft was matched only by his deep love for characters, a great meal, and holding court. For each of his many roles, Bob gave everything to his characters and to the truth of the human spirit they represented. In doing so, he leaves something lasting and unforgettable to us all. Thank you for the years of support you showed Bob and for giving us this time and privacy to celebrate the memories he leaves behind.

Robert Duvall, the legendary actor whose career has spanned over six decades, has died at 95, his wife announced

16.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 4625    πŸ” 1417    πŸ’¬ 226    πŸ“Œ 485

What Epstein reveals is the ubiquitous sexual abuse of women & girls as a way for men to cement their friendships and demonstrate their status. It happens among billionaires, it happens among frat boys, it happens among preachers and tech workers and union contractors, because it happens among men.

16.02.2026 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 581    πŸ” 173    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Media & Political Elite are terrified of @aoc.bsky.social because she speaks truth to power; that is why they mock her public speeches (despite the fact that she is incredibly articulate) & brand her extreme (despite the fact she holds very popular/good positions).

16.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Anthropic cofounder says studying the humanities will be β€˜more important than ever’ and reveals what the AI company looks for when hiring "The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important."

HELL YEAH! #humanities
finance.yahoo.com/news/anthrop...

16.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All I see on my Twitter timeline are reporters parsing every quote from AOC in Germany, trying to mock them for incoherence or inaccuracy, while a demented old man who can’t string sentences together or stay awake sits in the Oval, while the legacy media happily sanewashes his quotes.

16.02.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 18911    πŸ” 4087    πŸ’¬ 626    πŸ“Œ 180
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ICE Out For Good Funding Fight Weekly Phonebank Β· Indivisible Our communities are being terrorized by masked federal agents. They’re teargassing babies, kidnapping our neighbors, shooting clergy in the face with chemical projectiles, and killing innocent people....

It’s time to turn up the pressure on the Republicans who are demanding more money for the regime’s secret police. Help us contact voters in key states and connect them with their GOP senators to demand that ICE’s terror tactics be stopped for good.

16.02.2026 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 236    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

The $15 million spent on Vought's personal security detail would be enough money to deliver polio vaccines to around 21 million children.

16.02.2026 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 58    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"Power doesn't always corrupt. Power always reveals. When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do."

-Robert Caro

16.02.2026 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 110    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

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I get several of these AI-generated emails *every day*. And now they are trying extortion?

16.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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