@dradue.bsky.social
Engineer, Unitarian Universalist, Cubmaster in Scouts BSA, and long-time climate advocate. I love listening to podcasts and playing games.
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I'm an Eagle Scout (once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout).
Scouting made me who I am, gave me a variety of skills, and even helped me get an employment for a few summers working at Sea Base.
Scouting, at its core, isn't about being a good man. It's about being a good person.
Scouting made me who I am, gave me a variety of skills, and even helped me get an employment for a few summers working at Sea Base.
Scouting, at its core, isn't about being a good man. It's about being a good person.
Hegseth is very very terrified, deep deep down of something to do with maleness www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm an Eagle Scout (once an Eagle Scout, always an Eagle Scout).
Scouting made me who I am, gave me a variety of skills, and even helped me get an employment for a few summers working at Sea Base.
Scouting, at its core, isn't about being a good man. It's about being a good person.
Scouting made me who I am, gave me a variety of skills, and even helped me get an employment for a few summers working at Sea Base.
Scouting, at its core, isn't about being a good man. It's about being a good person.
Since January, I have asked elected officials at the state and federal levels to make an affirmative case for gov't spending. What makes transport cheaper to build? Gov't expertise. Cheaper heathcare? Medicare negotiations. Clean tech deployment? Agency staff. Effective diplomacy? Gov't capacity.
I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
DOGE is one of the greatest failures of the Trump administration. The next Democratic administration should pick up that issue and actually work to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse. I’d suggest starting by taking a look at Elon Musk’s government contracts.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Since January, I have asked elected officials at the state and federal levels to make an affirmative case for gov't spending. What makes transport cheaper to build? Gov't expertise. Cheaper heathcare? Medicare negotiations. Clean tech deployment? Agency staff. Effective diplomacy? Gov't capacity.
I don't think this is completely accurate (I distinctly remember the 100K cover on the NYT), but I think the broader sentiment is correct. The US went through a genuinely traumatic national experience. It was highly politicized. We memory-holed it.
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I don't think this is completely accurate (I distinctly remember the 100K cover on the NYT), but I think the broader sentiment is correct. The US went through a genuinely traumatic national experience. It was highly politicized. We memory-holed it.
Yes, the Dem leadership in the Senate capitulated to the authoritarian regime, and they should be replaced with Dems who will fight. Schumer should immediately lose his spot as minority leader. Durbin should be pressed to resign. The health insurance spike in January will kill people. All true....
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Yes, the Dem leadership in the Senate capitulated to the authoritarian regime, and they should be replaced with Dems who will fight. Schumer should immediately lose his spot as minority leader. Durbin should be pressed to resign. The health insurance spike in January will kill people. All true....
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80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
November 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
80% of Democratic voters want a new leader in the Senate.
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
Does that matter at all to Democratic senators?
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
This is a hill I will die on. State legislators should be full-time employees paid enough to live in their districts since that is definitional to the job. It would open the door for so many other candidates to run.
Texas lawmakers make a salary of $7200, and they only work every other year. That's why a good chunk of the legislature are lawyers, real estate agents, oil and gas executives and consultants, and small business owners
as I've pointed out before, many states barely pay their legislators.
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is a hill I will die on. State legislators should be full-time employees paid enough to live in their districts since that is definitional to the job. It would open the door for so many other candidates to run.
I do the same and largely ignore most other fundraising. There are a small number of exceptions for campaigns that are close to home or novel (@katmabu.bsky.social), but I like to be invested in the long-term bench building rather than leaning too hard toward individuals.
Every election cycle I say it so I’ll say it again. I make a monthly recurring donation to @runforsomething.net & it is the most effective use of my money in politics—attracting, organizing & developing young progressive leaders.
Here’s a fun fact: More than 1000 people have signed up at runforwhat.net to run for office since last night. 😈😈😈
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I do the same and largely ignore most other fundraising. There are a small number of exceptions for campaigns that are close to home or novel (@katmabu.bsky.social), but I like to be invested in the long-term bench building rather than leaning too hard toward individuals.
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Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
October 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you Congressman Neguse for laying it plain.
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I don't think we understand just how bad the decline of the Internet is to knowledge.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
October 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I don't think we understand just how bad the decline of the Internet is to knowledge.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
3 years ago, I could perform a very basic search in any engine and get an absurd number of relevant links, research articles, etc.
Today, I can perform the same search and find absolutely nothing.
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Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
October 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump’s tearing down the East Wing to build himself a $350M ballroom while Americans struggle to afford health care.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
Senator Ruben Gallego went to the site of the Trump teardown.
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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There is a group of people currently in charge of this country who cannot be allowed to rule us under any circumstance, and who must be dealt with in ways that ensure they can never, as a class, return to power. Their enablers need to be similarly punished. Consequences FIRST, reconciliation later.
October 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There is a group of people currently in charge of this country who cannot be allowed to rule us under any circumstance, and who must be dealt with in ways that ensure they can never, as a class, return to power. Their enablers need to be similarly punished. Consequences FIRST, reconciliation later.
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It would also be great if social media sites had a feature in which they posted something on the top of the site saying, "It looks like you haven't been on social media for a while. There's been a thing. Do you need help understanding it?"
There should be a word for that cognitive situation where you need to search backward to figure out what news story is leading everyone online to talk about (for example) the rapture
September 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
It would also be great if social media sites had a feature in which they posted something on the top of the site saying, "It looks like you haven't been on social media for a while. There's been a thing. Do you need help understanding it?"
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If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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If we don’t stand up for these victims, who will ?
Hey @mollyjongfast.bsky.social thank you for pushing back on misogynistic bullshit other guests on MSNBC The Weekend were spewing about the victims of Jeffrey Epstein being somehow UNFIT to testify in court because they were PAID for SEX. They were all WRONG, and you were the only one to call it out
September 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If we don’t stand up for these victims, who will ?
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Agree with the sentiment here and many of the arguments but I remain skeptical that using the language of impeachment is the way to go. Impeachment is a constitutional dead letter, barring some extraordinary transformation of it or the US Senate. We should be speaking of "removal" by any legal means
I wrote about the absolute moral necessity of Congress impeaching a president who represents a threat to democracy, the nation, and every person on the planet—and also about the practical necessity of doing so, because not doing so tells a incoherent story.
www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-...
www.the-reframe.com/impeachment-...
Impeachment is a Duty
The importance of telling a consistent and accurate story on matters of fire.
www.the-reframe.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Agree with the sentiment here and many of the arguments but I remain skeptical that using the language of impeachment is the way to go. Impeachment is a constitutional dead letter, barring some extraordinary transformation of it or the US Senate. We should be speaking of "removal" by any legal means
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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I absolutely lost it where the sixteenth notes kick in
(also the internet and humanity was a mistake)
(also the internet and humanity was a mistake)
July 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I absolutely lost it where the sixteenth notes kick in
(also the internet and humanity was a mistake)
(also the internet and humanity was a mistake)
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My home state, Massachusetts, is expected to lose 30,000 good paying jobs in the clean energy sector due to Trump's diversion of money to billionaire tax cuts and big oil.
He's destroying people's livelihoods, American produced energy, and the stability of our climate's future, in one bill.
He's destroying people's livelihoods, American produced energy, and the stability of our climate's future, in one bill.
Massachusetts braces for clean energy layoffs amid Trump’s cuts - The Boston Globe
The state could lose an estimated 30,000 jobs and $3 billion in wages over the next decade as the federal government rolls back incentives for clean energy.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My home state, Massachusetts, is expected to lose 30,000 good paying jobs in the clean energy sector due to Trump's diversion of money to billionaire tax cuts and big oil.
He's destroying people's livelihoods, American produced energy, and the stability of our climate's future, in one bill.
He's destroying people's livelihoods, American produced energy, and the stability of our climate's future, in one bill.
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Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
July 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ex-farm worker here.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
We need to talk about this whole "But a living wage for farm workers would spike the cost of food!" thing.
Not true AT ALL.
Y'all don't understand how fast experienced farm workers are.
The average tomato picker pulls 650lbs per hour.
At $20/hr, that's $0.03/lb for labor.
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