Fred Drake (thinking twice about breathing)

Software engineer using Python & Go (mostly). Philatelist. Also on Bluesky.

he/him

[Mike Scott @MickPuck]

Spread this far and wide

[Boston 2026 World Expo @Boston2026Expo]

Boston 2026 thanks the CCC!  Boston 2026 thanks the Collectors Club of Chicago for their sponsorship of the Literature Room at Boston 2026.

[切手の博物館 @kitte_museum]

現在、１階展示室では「宇宙フロンティア」展 https://t.co/QaGaieGPMd を開催しています。
今回紹介する切手は、2011年にフランスから発行された、フランス国立宇宙センター50年記念です。
国立宇宙センターは南米の仏領ギアナにあります。そこからロケットを打上げる管制室が描かれていま���。

[Fred Drake (thinking twice about breathing) @freddrake]

@IRLchancocat If you're where you want to stay, then you stay here in America. Most of us are decent people and don't want to push people out because of skin color or heritage.

[Nancy Pelosi @TeamPelosi]

Who we are and who we love is something to be proud of. To be hopeful about.

But the fight for true equality is not yet won. Today and every day, I’m grateful for my LGBTQ+ colleagues who live their truths on the front lines of that work. -NP

[Rep. Jamie Raskin @RepRaskin]

I’ve introduced an amendment to block Trump from accepting his $400 million Bribe Force One from Qatar, a jumbo global scandal.

It’s unconstitutional to take a foreign present “of any kind whatever” from a foreign state, but House Republicans won’t even give me a vote. They don’t give a flying Emolument.

[Hillary Clinton @HillaryClinton]

When Trump and Musk tout how much money they're saving by gutting cancer research and Social Security services, know this:

Their IRS cuts will cost $500 billion in tax revenue just this year. That's more than half the Defense budget.

None of their destruction is actually about saving money. https://t.co/VslTWzF0SB

[Fred Drake (thinking twice about breathing) @freddrake]

And another! This is going to be a happy new year! #philately

[Fred Drake (thinking twice about breathing) @freddrake]

Have a lot of stamps waiting mounting, but started in on Japan again a week ago. Finished another page! #philately

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This statue just appeared at a park in Philadelphia

[Antonia Juhasz @AntoniaJuhasz]

One among Thousands of women marching in Washington DC for the 2024 Women’s March for Kamala Harris.

[Michelle Obama @MichelleObama]

In a critical moment when our country needed her, @KamalaHarris rose to the challenge.

America, let’s elect someone who has the experience, the character, and the strength to look at all the challenges our country is facing and create a better future for us all.

We’ve only got 9 more days to make it happen. Let’s go: https://t.co/YPpaUHVhsI

[Congressional Hispanic Caucus @HispanicCaucus]

(1/2) DACA is back in court today! The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments in the case against DACA — the latest attempt to upend the lives of millions of immigrants and their families.

[Scrawl Books @ScrawlBooks]

Join us for another IN PERSON game of Off-the-Shelf Trivia, Reston’s favorite literary trivia night! Prepare for Molly and Kate to stump and surprise you at Scrawl Books on Wednesday, August 28 at 7PM.

[Scrawl Books @ScrawlBooks]

Join us at Scrawl Books on Wednesday, August 14 at 7PM as we welcome R.R. Virdi! @rrvirdi is the two-time Dragon Award finalist, Nebula Award finalist, & USA Today bestselling author of The Doors of Midnight, book two of the Tales of Tremaine series.

https://t.co/hQN3tiQxZq

[Scrawl Books @ScrawlBooks]

What do you get when you combine #ReadARomanceMonth + the Summer Olympics? SPORTY ROMANCES! Asha has put together a sampling of the sporty romances you can find on our shelves. Which will you be vaulting toward? 👀

[Scrawl Books @ScrawlBooks]

We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with the NoVA Prism Center to offer this Queer Lit Book Club! Join Daniel and Leon on Monday, August 26 @ 7PM to discuss the queerest books we can find. This month's selection is The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri. https://t.co/2bqSk9jX9C

[Scrawl Books @ScrawlBooks]

We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with the NoVA Prism Center to offer this Queer Lit Book Club! Join Daniel & Leon TONIGHT at 7PM to discuss the queerest books we can find. This month's selection is This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone.

[Pramila Jayapal @PramilaJayapal]

I #wearorange for each and every family shattered by gun violence in our communities.

We don’t have to live like this – and we sure as hell don’t have to die like this.

Bolder action. Now.

[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @RepAOC]

Over 90% of all deepfake videos made are non-consensual sexually explicit images. Women are targeted 9 times out of 10.

The DEFIANCE Act would be the first federal protection for survivors of deepfake pornography — allowing them to seek the justice they deserve.