freedug
@freedug.bsky.social
San Diego - singer/songwriter/musician, product manager, record collector… and other stuff, too
Check out my band We’ll Blow Up The Moon https://open.spotify.com/album/00dKWDcYSP22pEyM4QYQe8?si=jZH58UeZQBWOoATeJIgrIQ
Check out my band We’ll Blow Up The Moon https://open.spotify.com/album/00dKWDcYSP22pEyM4QYQe8?si=jZH58UeZQBWOoATeJIgrIQ
🎶We wish you a demogorgon,
We wish you a demogorgon, we wish you a demogorgon… and a Santa Paul Rudd! 🎶. Kell crushed this demogorgon tree topper on our #strangerthings tree… and #paulrudd happened to be hanging around… merry Xmas and whatevs
We wish you a demogorgon, we wish you a demogorgon… and a Santa Paul Rudd! 🎶. Kell crushed this demogorgon tree topper on our #strangerthings tree… and #paulrudd happened to be hanging around… merry Xmas and whatevs
December 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
🎶We wish you a demogorgon,
We wish you a demogorgon, we wish you a demogorgon… and a Santa Paul Rudd! 🎶. Kell crushed this demogorgon tree topper on our #strangerthings tree… and #paulrudd happened to be hanging around… merry Xmas and whatevs
We wish you a demogorgon, we wish you a demogorgon… and a Santa Paul Rudd! 🎶. Kell crushed this demogorgon tree topper on our #strangerthings tree… and #paulrudd happened to be hanging around… merry Xmas and whatevs
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One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
December 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One of the more important stock-taking moments to watch a bootlegged news program censored in your country.
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But you do have to apologize for having mixed-race children if you want to be a viable GOP presidential contender.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
But you do have to apologize for having mixed-race children if you want to be a viable GOP presidential contender.
He’s trying to paper over the main issue for GOP in 2026: America First and MAGA are 2 different things. The GOP is splintering into 2 factions.
Junior: “This isn’t the Republican anymore… it’s the MAGA party.”
December 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
He’s trying to paper over the main issue for GOP in 2026: America First and MAGA are 2 different things. The GOP is splintering into 2 factions.
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
December 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
In light of the Epstein Blackout, shouldn’t Khanna and Massie demand Johnson call the House back into session? (If he won’t, can they somehow hijack the pro forma session scheduled for Tuesday Dec. 23?) And Senators should make a similar demand of Thune.
I mean… if Hegseth can serve, the bar is set pretty f’n low
Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too dumb’ to serve
Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too dumb’ to serve
Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too dumb’ to serve
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I mean… if Hegseth can serve, the bar is set pretty f’n low
The bestest of news
Back like we never left. Sat Jan 24. CNN and next day on the app.
December 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The bestest of news
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At least the hard liquor and edibles industries have to be booming at the end of Trump’s first year.
December 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
At least the hard liquor and edibles industries have to be booming at the end of Trump’s first year.
How do boats from Venezuela end up in the Pacific?
I mean this whole thing has been illegal AF, but this seems like a pretty big expansion, no?
I mean this whole thing has been illegal AF, but this seems like a pretty big expansion, no?
U.S. military kills 8 in Eastern Pacific drug vessel strikes. Operation Southern Spear death toll hits 95 as Congress receives classified briefing.
Congress questions Hegseth on drug boat deaths as Venezuela military operations expand
U.S. military kills 8 in Eastern Pacific drug vessel strikes. Operation Southern Spear death toll hits 95 as Congress receives classified briefing.
www.scrippsnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How do boats from Venezuela end up in the Pacific?
I mean this whole thing has been illegal AF, but this seems like a pretty big expansion, no?
I mean this whole thing has been illegal AF, but this seems like a pretty big expansion, no?
this seems like a story that @thebulwark.com would do a Bulwark Takes on, are @samsteindc.bsky.social or @timmiller.bsky.social too busy today?
We discovered a Goodreads page linked to the email address of a top Pentagon official featuring pornographic books about “Asian wife sharing.”
The story gets wilder from there.
The story gets wilder from there.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
this seems like a story that @thebulwark.com would do a Bulwark Takes on, are @samsteindc.bsky.social or @timmiller.bsky.social too busy today?
more of this, all the time pls. These are ridiculous people, and should be dealt with accordingly
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
more of this, all the time pls. These are ridiculous people, and should be dealt with accordingly
This piece is f’d up… Pentagon coordinating with Pizzagate weirdo to threaten reporters to silence them is beyond gross. Good on @dfriedman.bsky.social to continue reporting on this!
DOUBLE SCOOP! As @dfriedman.bsky.social was investigating a top Hegseth aide tied to a Goodreads page listing porno books featuring "Asian wife swapping" and sex with transgender women, MAGA hitman Jack Posobiec threatened to do a hit job on Dan. Smells like a Pentagon attempt at intimidation.
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This piece is f’d up… Pentagon coordinating with Pizzagate weirdo to threaten reporters to silence them is beyond gross. Good on @dfriedman.bsky.social to continue reporting on this!
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
I believe there should be no more Supreme Court justices… SCOTUS should be 13 seats (1 for each circuit) and every term will begin with a random pull of 1 judge from each circuit. This removes the need for term limits and covers the code of conduct issue too. Plus we need shadow docket reform
I'm going to keep saying this in my effort to speak it into reality: Supreme Court should have at least 100 Justices with rotating panels (and maybe an en banc option). No single Justice should have so much power and they shouldn't be names everyone knows.
A court with a normal-ish conservative majority would have been tolerable. I'm not eager for court packing, impeaching justices, and other such options. But this court sticking around post-Trump is untenable. They've already torched their own legitimacy, the only question is what do we do about it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I believe there should be no more Supreme Court justices… SCOTUS should be 13 seats (1 for each circuit) and every term will begin with a random pull of 1 judge from each circuit. This removes the need for term limits and covers the code of conduct issue too. Plus we need shadow docket reform
I love that I can safely navigate @bsky.app with no spoilers from #TheChallenge , but I hate there's no community to discuss The Challenge with
December 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I love that I can safely navigate @bsky.app with no spoilers from #TheChallenge , but I hate there's no community to discuss The Challenge with
If the letter of the name cast a shadow, they can be much easier to remove than if they are engraved into the stone… that shit will get ripped off the building as soon as President Thankles goes away
SCOOP: Sources tell me Donald Trump's name was added to the exterior of the US Institute of Peace building ahead of Thursday's peace agreement signing between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which will be held inside the building. Confirming if it's been officially renamed.
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If the letter of the name cast a shadow, they can be much easier to remove than if they are engraved into the stone… that shit will get ripped off the building as soon as President Thankles goes away
lol, love the placard, like Trump is a zoo exhibit 😂
November 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
lol, love the placard, like Trump is a zoo exhibit 😂
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California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.
It’s time for soft secession
How blue states can use their economic clout to stand up to Trump’s agenda—starting with California.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
California, and the country, cannot await the outcome of the midterms to repel Trump’s siege on democracy. More drastic action is required.
Finally on the streamers after a long absence... 1 of the biggest bands who informed who I am as a musician. Seeing a band from my hometown in bumfuck North Cackalackie on MTV in the 80s was huge for us weirdo musicians who had dreams. I hope Mitch gets the wider audience he deserves #newmusicfriday
Big Plans For Everybody
open.spotify.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Finally on the streamers after a long absence... 1 of the biggest bands who informed who I am as a musician. Seeing a band from my hometown in bumfuck North Cackalackie on MTV in the 80s was huge for us weirdo musicians who had dreams. I hope Mitch gets the wider audience he deserves #newmusicfriday
I have had this happen a few times this year (yes, my Opt is aware), except mine has a strobe-like flashing as well… but it’s nice to have this to describe the thing I am seeing!
I've been "enjoying" scintillating scotomas more often recently. They're difficult to describe, and images online don't really capture it. But the first thing I thought when I saw them was "I should make a shader of this" – so here's a demo, it's pretty close: meetar.github.io/scotoma/
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I have had this happen a few times this year (yes, my Opt is aware), except mine has a strobe-like flashing as well… but it’s nice to have this to describe the thing I am seeing!
OMG, I need this in my life, right now... Definitely in my top 3 all-time fave albums #talktalk #blueskyvinyl #vinylcommunity #skyvinyl
Talk Talk "Spirit of Eden" Reissued as Half-Speed Remaster (order link fixed)
cut by Matt Colton at Metropolis, overseen by drummer Les Harris and Mark Hollis's son Charlie
trackingangle.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
OMG, I need this in my life, right now... Definitely in my top 3 all-time fave albums #talktalk #blueskyvinyl #vinylcommunity #skyvinyl
Good read, and so weird that as a middle-aged father with only daughters and not on tiktok, I never encounter any content like this. Technology is really f'ing up a lot of kids*, and no sure if there's any way to really fix it.
* now I sound like a middle-aged dad
* now I sound like a middle-aged dad
Finally here! I've been working on this article for a few months now.
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Whatever podcast clips are ubiquitous, spreading truly vile misogyny everywhere online. But almost nothing is known about the show.
Well, I aim to change that. My investigation.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
www.salon.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Good read, and so weird that as a middle-aged father with only daughters and not on tiktok, I never encounter any content like this. Technology is really f'ing up a lot of kids*, and no sure if there's any way to really fix it.
* now I sound like a middle-aged dad
* now I sound like a middle-aged dad
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muppet starship troopers could fix us
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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