Frank A. Spring
@frankaspring
finding and building stories at Undaunted Ventures. previously: various political stuff. nwu member. this world has its consolations.
a ton of this resonates, but the one that rings like a tuning fork hit with a hammer is Mavis Beacon. i owe the livelihood that feeds my family to this specific game
Yesterday I walked a long way to see this, and lingered in awed meditation. When I turned, I met a busload of people in Coastal Carolina gear. At the edge of the world we exchanged GO CHANTS (always greet a Coastal fan in their native language),and with us in spirit was @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social
one last pass, this one in the name of your New Mexico Lobos: a monthly $16.80 for the year of the Great Pueblo Revolt, in which a bunch of colonizers found the fuck out lobo fans it's time to HOOOWWWWWL #charitibundybowl @newap-georgia.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social
having attended my ancestral duty to Texas yesterday, today's gift is to Protect Trans Kids University for $45.42 (+processing), the score of the 2016 BYU-Toledo game at the moment Mack Brown left the booth to catch a flight go sharks #charitibundibowl @hollyanderson.bsky.social @edsbs.bsky.social
$65.51 + processing fee, and make it quarterly because it's nice to be reminded occasionally that Texas is 65-51 against Oklahoma across the lifetime of that rivalry, which, as everyone knows, is the only meaningful rivalry Texas has, i will now take no questions, hook em #charitibundibowl
Feels right that I’m in ATL (on a layover, but still) to receive this news, for though his physical being was elsewhere when this notification landed, i know that here also to read it was @edsbs.bsky.social
During a campaign: "The only poll that matters is on Election Day", in response to the news that most polling has you down 14% and sinking. After a campaign, you're back to "we may not have won, but we accomplished a lot." Again: what, exactly, would ye say that was?
From a politico, this is "we're getting our mojo back". This works best before an absolutely embarrassing defeat. You see it more often in political journalism, as the Trump Administration turns yet another corner, or finds its footing, or whatever, even as every last member steps on a rake at once.
There are a few ways to say this in Politics. "We're here to make hard decisions, not make everyone happy"; "there will always be naysayers/detractors"; "we don't pay attention to the critics/media - we're laser-focused on solving the problems that matter" (said through gritted teeth).
"We may not have won, but we accomplished a lot with this campaign." DID YOU, THOUGH?
You'd say this as "we need to focus on delivery" in the Original Politics. The function is the same: "we at the top have made the right decisions, the problem is with execution." Unless you're asking for more resources to solve the problem, you're saying that someone's getting fired behind this.
direct translation, but for campaign managers, chiefs of staff, and cabinet secretaries. GET WRECKED, NOEM.
1:1 translation. pretty sure hegseth has already said this about iran.
The Politics for this is "people are going to start to feel the difference in their lives/wallets/health soon". The thing is: some things do take time to take effect or get right (housing policy; a Brian Flores defense) but if you're the New Guy, you've gotta change the vibes, at least, RIGHT NOW
the old juvenile chauvinism game? all the posturing and getting laughed at? Hardest game in the world, that.
this headline suggests that we are led to believe but do not definitively know that Mark Stoops is Bob Stoops’s brother, and I think this is the level of skepticism we need in reporting today