Chris Frashure
@frashure.dev
Techie. Sports junkie (#ALLCAPS). Liberal (of the classical variety). Sometimes writer @ theopenmode.com
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BREAKING: An ICE agent shoots and wounds a man in Austin, Texas, officials say.
ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
A local official says a federal immigration agent has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. City Councilmember Mike Siegel says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car then got out of his federal vehicle and opened fire at least five times.
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September 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
BREAKING: An ICE agent shoots and wounds a man in Austin, Texas, officials say.
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🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Pete's a lying, disrespectful POS: 'More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly' www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... via @washingtonpost.com #veterans @dpounder.bsky.social @fergdawg.bsky.social
More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly
Officials who spoke with The Post expressed frustration that the additional loss of life in the Middle East is not reflected in the Defense Department’s casualty database.
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September 18, 2026 at 10:53 PM
🚨 BREAKING 🚨 Pete's a lying, disrespectful POS: 'More U.S. troops have died amid Iran war than Pentagon has disclosed publicly' www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... via @washingtonpost.com #veterans @dpounder.bsky.social @fergdawg.bsky.social
Really hope @andyjabbour.bsky.social did not stay up to watch this game.
September 18, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Really hope @andyjabbour.bsky.social did not stay up to watch this game.
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"You couldn't pay me to vote for a Republican Congress" had just been a figure of speech.
September 11, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"You couldn't pay me to vote for a Republican Congress" had just been a figure of speech.
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DOJ is investigating Utah’s GOP lieut. governor — and top election official— because she won’t bend to their will on voter rolls.
This should serve as a notice to Republicans.
Your party affiliation won’t save you.
You bend to Trump’s will or you face his wrath.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
This should serve as a notice to Republicans.
Your party affiliation won’t save you.
You bend to Trump’s will or you face his wrath.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
Trump’s DOJ is investigating Utah’s election chief for refusing to hand over voter data, it says in letter
The Justice Department has warned Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson that she is under investigation for not complying with the Trump administration's demands for voter information. Meanwhile, Henderson has we...
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September 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
DOJ is investigating Utah’s GOP lieut. governor — and top election official— because she won’t bend to their will on voter rolls.
This should serve as a notice to Republicans.
Your party affiliation won’t save you.
You bend to Trump’s will or you face his wrath.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
This should serve as a notice to Republicans.
Your party affiliation won’t save you.
You bend to Trump’s will or you face his wrath.
www.sltrib.com/news/politic...
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Vulcan, a rare-earth magnetics firm backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, lands a record $620M conditional loan from the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital in a $1.4B bid to curb China’s magnet grip.
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September 5, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Vulcan, a rare-earth magnetics firm backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s 1789 Capital, lands a record $620M conditional loan from the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital in a $1.4B bid to curb China’s magnet grip.
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"The idea that an organization that is an alternative host—for email, websites, and other services—could be designated a terrorist organization simply for providing a service that a lot of people want…is scary," EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @reason.com.
Rubio uses terrorism law to ban secure email service
The State Department doesn’t accuse Autistici/Inventati of doing anything more than providing surveillance-free email accounts. But that’s enough to declare it a terrorist organization.
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August 27, 2026 at 9:47 PM
"The idea that an organization that is an alternative host—for email, websites, and other services—could be designated a terrorist organization simply for providing a service that a lot of people want…is scary," EFF’s @jillian.bsky.social told @reason.com.
The shit that JK Rowling has gotten for her supposedly transphobic remarks is more proof that the internet is dominated by vapid virtue signaling, and substantive dialogue is all but dead.
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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September 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
The shit that JK Rowling has gotten for her supposedly transphobic remarks is more proof that the internet is dominated by vapid virtue signaling, and substantive dialogue is all but dead.
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“.. I worry about that, for sure,” Thune told KELO, a TV station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Tuesday. “I’m a realist, and I just think you — I don’t ever try and sugarcoat things. I think it’s a competitive environment right now.”
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September 2, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“.. I worry about that, for sure,” Thune told KELO, a TV station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Tuesday. “I’m a realist, and I just think you — I don’t ever try and sugarcoat things. I think it’s a competitive environment right now.”
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Flock has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.”
The company has now built an AI system that does both. And @wired.com got the system's code -- allowing us to reconstruct it, and learn exactly how Flock's new tool is supposed to work:
The company has now built an AI system that does both. And @wired.com got the system's code -- allowing us to reconstruct it, and learn exactly how Flock's new tool is supposed to work:
Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...
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August 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Flock has told the public for years that its technology “cannot recognize, identify, or track individuals.”
The company has now built an AI system that does both. And @wired.com got the system's code -- allowing us to reconstruct it, and learn exactly how Flock's new tool is supposed to work:
The company has now built an AI system that does both. And @wired.com got the system's code -- allowing us to reconstruct it, and learn exactly how Flock's new tool is supposed to work:
Got pods queued up for the flight home. Expecting @andyjabbour.bsky.social and @dpounder.bsky.social to fill me in on all of the most important details in the last week of this great nation.
August 19, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Got pods queued up for the flight home. Expecting @andyjabbour.bsky.social and @dpounder.bsky.social to fill me in on all of the most important details in the last week of this great nation.
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Police officers have repeatedly used Flock's surveillance network to access data about people they know and track their whereabouts.
This is indefensible, warrantless surveillance — help put a stop to it at aclu.org/gtfo_
This is indefensible, warrantless surveillance — help put a stop to it at aclu.org/gtfo_
August 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Police officers have repeatedly used Flock's surveillance network to access data about people they know and track their whereabouts.
This is indefensible, warrantless surveillance — help put a stop to it at aclu.org/gtfo_
This is indefensible, warrantless surveillance — help put a stop to it at aclu.org/gtfo_
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August 6, 2026 at 12:10 AM
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"Reluctantly," a federal judge dismisses the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy cases.
Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle."
"The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW
Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle."
"The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW
August 4, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"Reluctantly," a federal judge dismisses the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy cases.
Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle."
"The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW
Trump DOJ "excuses criminal acts that caused a centuries-long pillar of our democracy—the peaceful transfer of presidential power—to buckle."
"The court cannot write a different ending," he adds. buff.ly/NvVKnaW
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Cecilia Vega says she was pressured by Bari Weiss and other CBS execs to include misinformation and political bias in reporting that aired this year.
"Never in my career, until now, have I felt that those edits, that those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics."
"Never in my career, until now, have I felt that those edits, that those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics."
“60 Minutes” correspondent says Bari Weiss pressured her to report on events that “never happened”
Cecilia Vega said CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss pressured her to include “misinformation” and “political bias” in several news segments.
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July 25, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Cecilia Vega says she was pressured by Bari Weiss and other CBS execs to include misinformation and political bias in reporting that aired this year.
"Never in my career, until now, have I felt that those edits, that those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics."
"Never in my career, until now, have I felt that those edits, that those suggestions, came from a place of misinformation or politics."
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NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home.
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Man Who Died Running From ICE Was Tourist With a Ticket Home
The man has been identified as Juan Jairo Coronilla Duran, who was in the U.S. on a tourist visa and already had a plane ticket to go back to Mexico.
newrepublic.com
July 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM
NEW INFO HAS REVEALED that the 28-year-old Mexican man killed while running from ICE last week was just visiting on short tourist visa—and already had a plane ticket to go home.
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The Trump administration issued subpoenas seeking phone records of not just journalists but also their relatives.
It’s disgraceful. Even the Mafia considers family members off limits.
The court should quash the subpoenas and consider sanctions on the DOJ.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
It’s disgraceful. Even the Mafia considers family members off limits.
The court should quash the subpoenas and consider sanctions on the DOJ.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
July 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The Trump administration issued subpoenas seeking phone records of not just journalists but also their relatives.
It’s disgraceful. Even the Mafia considers family members off limits.
The court should quash the subpoenas and consider sanctions on the DOJ.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
It’s disgraceful. Even the Mafia considers family members off limits.
The court should quash the subpoenas and consider sanctions on the DOJ.
@trevortimm.bsky.social explains.
Pathetic and classless display from Argentina. Glad justice was done despite FIFA's best efforts. Congrats to Spain!
July 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Pathetic and classless display from Argentina. Glad justice was done despite FIFA's best efforts. Congrats to Spain!
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For weeks now they've claimed they didn't have body cams because Dems shut down the government. NOW we find out that they did have body cams and they didn't turn them on. Unbelievable, and the excuse shows how the billions being spent are corrupting government...
July 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
For weeks now they've claimed they didn't have body cams because Dems shut down the government. NOW we find out that they did have body cams and they didn't turn them on. Unbelievable, and the excuse shows how the billions being spent are corrupting government...
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We have thrown massive amounts of money at expanding a goon squad no decent person would want to be part of. Unsurprisingly, it is now full of poorly-trained, psychologically unfit, violence-prone amoral thugs
WOW. The ex-wife of the ICE officer who shot a 26-year-old Colombian man in Maine has come forward to say that he had mental health issues and was abusive in their relationship.
She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.
She says after the shooting he called asking her to vouch for him — instead, she went to the press.
July 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
We have thrown massive amounts of money at expanding a goon squad no decent person would want to be part of. Unsurprisingly, it is now full of poorly-trained, psychologically unfit, violence-prone amoral thugs
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“.. The analysts, a husband and wife, told colleagues they did not believe the investigation was justified under FBI and Justice Department policies, the people said, adding that the couple was escorted out of their office ..”
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July 12, 2026 at 11:53 AM
“.. The analysts, a husband and wife, told colleagues they did not believe the investigation was justified under FBI and Justice Department policies, the people said, adding that the couple was escorted out of their office ..”
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I'm not sure we can put the privacy toothpaste back in the encrypted tube, but I'm damn sure going to try.
I hate this. 'All new cars manufactured and sold in the EU and in the US will have to include a mandatory infrared camera aimed at the driver's face at all times, which is alarming some privacy groups.' - @campuscodi.risky.biz news.risky.biz/risky-bullet... cc @enbrown.bsky.social
All new cars to include a camera aimed at the driver's face
In other news: Canada hacked a ransomware gang; Taiwan charges two execs with helping Chinese hackers; new vulnerabilities can bork Hoymiles solar panels.
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July 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm not sure we can put the privacy toothpaste back in the encrypted tube, but I'm damn sure going to try.
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FEDWATCH: “.. U.S. retaliatory strikes have pushed the Strait of Hormuz back into a functionally compromised state ..
“.. multiple ships are damaged or turning back, and maritime authorities warn they cannot guarantee safe passage..”
“.. multiple ships are damaged or turning back, and maritime authorities warn they cannot guarantee safe passage..”
July 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
FEDWATCH: “.. U.S. retaliatory strikes have pushed the Strait of Hormuz back into a functionally compromised state ..
“.. multiple ships are damaged or turning back, and maritime authorities warn they cannot guarantee safe passage..”
“.. multiple ships are damaged or turning back, and maritime authorities warn they cannot guarantee safe passage..”
RSS was great (it's difficult to describe how critical it was to building what you see in front of you online every day) but the interwebs have given up on it.
Like so many (most?) other things, the internet content problem is cultural, not technical.
Like so many (most?) other things, the internet content problem is cultural, not technical.
RSS is a secret trick to making the internet more usable. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For
Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of
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July 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
RSS was great (it's difficult to describe how critical it was to building what you see in front of you online every day) but the interwebs have given up on it.
Like so many (most?) other things, the internet content problem is cultural, not technical.
Like so many (most?) other things, the internet content problem is cultural, not technical.