Dave Ruder
@daveruder.bsky.social
Just a funny little critter
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I have a hard time thinking of this as a “Trump operation” when the entire United States power structure—business, the courts, the legislature, the news media, the major political parties, the capitalists and the electorate—have made Trump president. Twice.
(And failed to impeach. Twice.)
(And failed to impeach. Twice.)
January 3, 2026 at 6:44 PM
I have a hard time thinking of this as a “Trump operation” when the entire United States power structure—business, the courts, the legislature, the news media, the major political parties, the capitalists and the electorate—have made Trump president. Twice.
(And failed to impeach. Twice.)
(And failed to impeach. Twice.)
a few songs for today
"No No No to Intervention!"
and "US out of El Salvador!" among other thoughts from the Minutemen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0z...
"No No No to Intervention!"
and "US out of El Salvador!" among other thoughts from the Minutemen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0z...
No! No! No! To Draft and War / Joe Mccarthy's Ghost
YouTube video by Minutemen - Topic
www.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:27 PM
a few songs for today
"No No No to Intervention!"
and "US out of El Salvador!" among other thoughts from the Minutemen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0z...
"No No No to Intervention!"
and "US out of El Salvador!" among other thoughts from the Minutemen
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc0z...
You love to see that Willie & his people are taking care of him (via the NYer) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
January 3, 2026 at 12:00 AM
You love to see that Willie & his people are taking care of him (via the NYer) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
really nice piano album out later this month on Gold Bolus from the great Emily Manzo. It's got pieces by Mary Halvorson & Aaron Siegel. One track now streaming! emilymanzo.bandcamp.com/album/time-i...
Time in Water, by Emily Manzo
6 track album
emilymanzo.bandcamp.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
really nice piano album out later this month on Gold Bolus from the great Emily Manzo. It's got pieces by Mary Halvorson & Aaron Siegel. One track now streaming! emilymanzo.bandcamp.com/album/time-i...
Lynn made some illustrations for the things described in my song "elision addition" and then I made a little video with them, so please enjoy the OFFICIAL video for elision addition
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlO...
Dave Ruder - elision addition
YouTube video by Gold Bolus
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January 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Lynn made some illustrations for the things described in my song "elision addition" and then I made a little video with them, so please enjoy the OFFICIAL video for elision addition
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMlO...
what do we see happening with Wetzel's Pretzel's in 2026?
December 31, 2025 at 7:10 PM
what do we see happening with Wetzel's Pretzel's in 2026?
woke up with this in my head
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n57X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n57X...
Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - Back In Your Life
YouTube video by Fernando Vieira
www.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
woke up with this in my head
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n57X...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n57X...
Got funky and decided to cook some millet and some buckwheat together at the same time (I’m a cook the grains in the oven kind of person) and boy am I feeling powerful now
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Got funky and decided to cook some millet and some buckwheat together at the same time (I’m a cook the grains in the oven kind of person) and boy am I feeling powerful now
another great one from @sharpflower.bsky.social that contains a great primer for how airborne pathogens work and how to prevent their spread www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bey...
SPECIAL: Beyond Baggy Blues — Public Health is Dead
Five ways to mitigate COVID transmission in hospitals with Dr. Dick Zoutman.
www.publichealthisdead.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
another great one from @sharpflower.bsky.social that contains a great primer for how airborne pathogens work and how to prevent their spread www.publichealthisdead.com/episodes/bey...
What about:
Baking bread spo-dee-o-dee
??
Baking bread spo-dee-o-dee
??
December 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What about:
Baking bread spo-dee-o-dee
??
Baking bread spo-dee-o-dee
??
the talcum and the fonz
oh! the talcum and the fonz
the talcum and the sorghum fonz
the talcum and the fonz
oh! the talcum and the fonz
the talcum and the sorghum fonz
the talcum and the fonz
December 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
the talcum and the fonz
oh! the talcum and the fonz
the talcum and the sorghum fonz
the talcum and the fonz
oh! the talcum and the fonz
the talcum and the sorghum fonz
the talcum and the fonz
tfw you’re deuterocanonical
December 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
tfw you’re deuterocanonical
best news I've heard all day
!["Lagomorphs have four incisors in the upper jaw (smaller peg teeth behind larger incisors), whereas rodents only have two. They are similar to rodents in that their incisors grow continuously, thus necessitating constant chewing on fibrous food to prevent the teeth from growing too long.[14][15] In addition, all lagomorph teeth grow continuously,[16] while for most rodents, only the incisors grow continuously.[17] Lagomorph and rodent incisors are structured differently. Lagomorphs have more cheek teeth than rodents. Both have a large diastema."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7qqtotahicbwdtelc4n5giyr/bafkreibjeorihdxr7opo4wpmbfniwnf3umkyynvpkmk4gpi6whbv3u4r24@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
best news I've heard all day
to Phil Ochs's tune:
So fuck, fuck, fuck me,
I'm a dinosaur 🦖🦕
So fuck, fuck, fuck me,
I'm a dinosaur 🦖🦕
December 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
to Phil Ochs's tune:
So fuck, fuck, fuck me,
I'm a dinosaur 🦖🦕
So fuck, fuck, fuck me,
I'm a dinosaur 🦖🦕
Silver Bells, but not that Silver Bells, a whole ass other song about xmas christinaschneider.bandcamp.com/track/silver...
Silver Bells, by Christina Schneider
from the album Violence Etcetera
christinaschneider.bandcamp.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Silver Bells, but not that Silver Bells, a whole ass other song about xmas christinaschneider.bandcamp.com/track/silver...
I love that classic British film Whilst You Were Sleeping
December 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I love that classic British film Whilst You Were Sleeping
Bottle of white
Bottle of red
This song was originally performed by
The Grateful Dead
Bottle of red
This song was originally performed by
The Grateful Dead
December 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bottle of white
Bottle of red
This song was originally performed by
The Grateful Dead
Bottle of red
This song was originally performed by
The Grateful Dead
tonight! Recess Gallery @ 7pm! very cool benefit concert/variety show I'm helping put together by sick/disabled musicians and poets
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
tonight! Recess Gallery @ 7pm! very cool benefit concert/variety show I'm helping put together by sick/disabled musicians and poets
does anyone know of places to donate for people looking for the $1000 to cover the appeal that would let them not be immediately deported mentioned here? hellgatenyc.com/trump-asylum...
The Trump Administration Wants to Send NYC's Asylum Seekers to Uganda and Beyond
And other links to start your Thursday.
hellgatenyc.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
does anyone know of places to donate for people looking for the $1000 to cover the appeal that would let them not be immediately deported mentioned here? hellgatenyc.com/trump-asylum...
in NYC on Saturday at Recess Gallery, I will be at this very cool Sick Musicians Variety Show and you should come too! some dear people are performing & funds raised go to disabled friends in Gaza www.recessart.org/events/433-s...
Sick Ancestor Tribute Show - Recess
Recess is a new nontraditional residency program that gives artists street level space to use as a studio, exhibition venue or grounds for experimentation.
www.recessart.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
in NYC on Saturday at Recess Gallery, I will be at this very cool Sick Musicians Variety Show and you should come too! some dear people are performing & funds raised go to disabled friends in Gaza www.recessart.org/events/433-s...
For the Lord so loved the world that he gave it a free subscription to the New Yorker for 1 year
December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
For the Lord so loved the world that he gave it a free subscription to the New Yorker for 1 year
I feel like no one “cool” has ever considered my music to be “cool”, and I wonder if it’s mostly because I’m not a jerk or if it’s something about the content of my work?
December 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I feel like no one “cool” has ever considered my music to be “cool”, and I wonder if it’s mostly because I’m not a jerk or if it’s something about the content of my work?
Reposted by Dave Ruder
I don't even know where to begin here
And then there’s the story about Alex Karp’s not-at-all-weird interview (for lack of a better word) with Oswald Mosley’s grandson for a senior position at Palantir.
December 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I don't even know where to begin here
a great version of Erotic City with All the Critics Love U in NY worked in and I feel like a Time song that I can't recall in the keyboard part at the end www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqcX...
Prince & The Revolution - Erotic City (Live At First Avenue)
YouTube video by in the wee small hours
www.youtube.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
a great version of Erotic City with All the Critics Love U in NY worked in and I feel like a Time song that I can't recall in the keyboard part at the end www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqcX...
Do you think that if your name is Shira and you’re so bad at it that you get an F, then your name becomes Shifra?
December 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Do you think that if your name is Shira and you’re so bad at it that you get an F, then your name becomes Shifra?