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clairefrank.bsky.social
Governance wonk, statistician, cat lackey, gardener and possessor of a large unread pile of books
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Here's me. 'Nazi oligarchs have seized treasury control of an authoritarian White House and everyone seems kinda chill about it'

submitted 10 hours ago • 51 comments

I hadn't realized leaded gasoline hit Gen-X so specifically. I always assumed it was the paint I stripped around the house, as a kid. Fun fact the guy who invented leaded gasoline also invented ozone depleting CFCs. Thanks for damaging my entire generation Thomas Midgley Jr.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Groundbreaking botanical discoveries on Captain Cook voyage were thanks to Indigenous people

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

1/ Here's my take on what's happening with DOGE. I've got fed experience through contracting with Health & Human Safety, Head Start, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and DOD. I get brought in when people need to get shit done. Other people here have way more experience than me.

submitted 22 days ago • 28 comments

January reading

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

Storm is here

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

What I should have done in the beginning - here's a starter pack of 20-odd experts who journalists or others might want to read/talk to to understand the gutting of the administrative state (as opposed to broad decline of democracy etc). I've focused on academics go.bsky.app/MaC7vnv

submitted 26 days ago • 166 comments

Trump is back! How do we prepare for life under a brutal regime of AI climate crypto madness?! | First Dog on the Moon

submitted 39 days ago • 5 comments

I'm taking on @thestorygraph.com Reads the World challenge this year, so on the hunt for recommendations fiction or non-fiction books set in and by an author from the following countries:

submitted 56 days ago • 1 comment

Muskawamy are claiming they will cut $2 trillion in government spending, and 75% of federal employees. Are such numbers feasible? No, unless they absolutely gut state capacity and the safety net. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/some-basic...

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Woke up to the smell of smoke from bushfires brought on the wind www.theage.com.au/national/vic...

submitted 103 days ago • 1 comment

The internet is for cat photos, right?

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment