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Caleb Dume

@thacalebdume.bsky.social

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Black Cis Hetero Man raised in PG County, Maryland. Sassy. Omnivorous reader when my ADHD (inattentive) allows me to be 😢. House/techno music evangelist, fan of sci-fi and horror, and other random junk. Lots of typos in my posts. You’ll live. (He/Him/His)

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 9d

Okay, let me start a new #HouseMusic thread.

First thing's first: I need to post a few junts by the legendary Ron Carroll, who passed away two Sundays ago. RIP!

Here's a classic soulful track with Hardsoul:

Back Together (Main Classic Mix)

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

Very much so!

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

There really should be a fifty stage plan for tactical local weirdness. I really feel like that could be a winning strategy.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

I memory holed that situation so hard, and now it’s unlocked and I’m laughing. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

At this point, if that orange man picked him, you have to assume he has some sex pest charges somewhere.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 2h

Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the office investigating Jack Smith, has recently been investigated for harassing a colleague, Politico reports.

“Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him..”

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POLITICO
By DANIEL LIPPMAN
10/09/2025 08:22 PM EDT
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In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn't have a hotel room.
Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

That’s how it is with baseball. Minor League baseball games are so much fun.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

That too.

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B. Whyte, MD @urbanedoc4kids.bsky.social · 2h

Maryland, stand up.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 13h

Rep. Jamie Raskin has sent letters to four of the nation's largest banks demanding information related to "more than $1.5 billion in suspicious financial transactions flagged by the banks tied to sex trafficking crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and their co-conspirators."

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

You know what? I’ve never done a hockey game either. Let me add that to my bucket list.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

YES!!!!

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 2h

It feels a lot like they are playing down to their opponents. We all know how that eventually goes.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 3h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 3h

Trump admin on Thu began airing video at airports across the country that blames Dems for gov shutdown. 13K air traffic controllers and 50K TSA officers must still turn up for work without being paid. They are set to get a partial paycheck next week for work performed before the shutdown.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

THIS. Had it not been for social media and Black podcasts, I would have never gotten evaluated for ADHD. I try to pay it forward by being as open about my mental health struggles as I can be on social media.

Suzan the chalant goth @sillysyntax.bsky.social · 3h

You know that post asking how did Social Media help you?

It also helped me figure out I was ND cuz all of my friends with ADHD and other NDs were like um Suzan? You are not neuro typical. No.

Me: You mean not everyone is playing the same song on rep 24/7 and drinking 10 pops?

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

Ummm…yeah. I be acting out entire stories when I’m alone. I think I’m VERY entertaining. 🤣

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

I feel like I’m talking to myself. LOLOLOL.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

That’s exactly it. When my wife and I started dating, she would be completely baffled by the fact that I could drink three Cherry Cokes and go to sleep right after. To this day she has a Coke and she’s WIRED for eight hours.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

I fucks with Egg Nog. Especially when it has some likka in it. Coquito is my number one, but I can get with the Nog.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

I went unmedicated for half the year. Now that I have my meds again, I’m trying to get down to a Coke a day. It’s been hard AF.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

Ooooooooo

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

My favorite set was the Flash. I still have those underoos; my childhood teddy bear wears them, now.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

Prior to getting a diagnosis, you could always tell how many deadlines I had by how many Cokes I had stacked up on my desk.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

I was drilling down to the OP, and the answer was “yes” on all counts.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4h

I don’t understand the question, because I will eat the hell out of that pastrami thang thang and have an egg nog afterwards. 👍🏾

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