Freddie deBoer
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God Bless Us, Everyone
God Bless Us, Everyone
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
God Bless Us, Everyone
Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good • the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful
Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good
the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good • the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful
The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time
The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time
For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real • unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings
For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real
unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real • unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings
Subscriber Writing, December 2025
Subscriber Writing, December 2025
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Subscriber Writing, December 2025
Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit • the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?
Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit
the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit • the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?
Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith • Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril
Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith
Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith • Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism • this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism
this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism • this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025 • PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025
PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025 • PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview • shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!
The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview
shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview • shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!
Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability • something's missing, even if it's not heritability
Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability
something's missing, even if it's not heritability
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability • something's missing, even if it's not heritability
Lots to Be Thankful For
Lots to Be Thankful For
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Lots to Be Thankful For
I Miss When Homoeroticism Was Erotic
I Miss When Homoeroticism Was Erotic
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I Miss When Homoeroticism Was Erotic
Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No • the 2020s swoon is happening everywhere and worse in many places, we've never done well in international comparisons, and our problems have always been profoundly bottom-heavy
Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No
the 2020s swoon is happening everywhere and worse in many places, we've never done well in international comparisons, and our problems have always been profoundly bottom-heavy
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No • the 2020s swoon is happening everywhere and worse in many places, we've never done well in international comparisons, and our problems have always been profoundly bottom-heavy
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things • when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things
when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things • when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
Layoffs Cannot Prove the Efficacy of AI • corporations do stupid things
Layoffs Cannot Prove the Efficacy of AI
corporations do stupid things
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Layoffs Cannot Prove the Efficacy of AI • corporations do stupid things
If You Were to Say "White People Have Good Genes," Yes, That Would Be Racist! • apropos of no recent celebrity controversies, I swear
If You Were to Say "White People Have Good Genes," Yes, That Would Be Racist!
apropos of no recent celebrity controversies, I swear
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If You Were to Say "White People Have Good Genes," Yes, That Would Be Racist! • apropos of no recent celebrity controversies, I swear
I Love It When Older People Dote on My Baby • it costs me nothing, it costs him nothing, it adds a tiny piece of beauty to the world
I Love It When Older People Dote on My Baby
it costs me nothing, it costs him nothing, it adds a tiny piece of beauty to the world
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I Love It When Older People Dote on My Baby • it costs me nothing, it costs him nothing, it adds a tiny piece of beauty to the world
Things That Don't Work and the Tail Wagging the Dog • AI bubble or no, we NEED to believe in technological progress
Things That Don't Work and the Tail Wagging the Dog
AI bubble or no, we NEED to believe in technological progress
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Things That Don't Work and the Tail Wagging the Dog • AI bubble or no, we NEED to believe in technological progress
Ambitious People
Ambitious People
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Ambitious People
The NFL Media Needs to CALM DOWN • there is no part of our media more fully in thrall to the tyranny of the immediate
The NFL Media Needs to CALM DOWN
there is no part of our media more fully in thrall to the tyranny of the immediate
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The NFL Media Needs to CALM DOWN • there is no part of our media more fully in thrall to the tyranny of the immediate
And He Knows Not What It Means • why do I write the way I do, and why do people react the way they do?
And He Knows Not What It Means
why do I write the way I do, and why do people react the way they do?
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And He Knows Not What It Means • why do I write the way I do, and why do people react the way they do?
Sometimes Things Get Worse • against the digital immune system
Sometimes Things Get Worse
against the digital immune system
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Sometimes Things Get Worse • against the digital immune system
Genetics-Obsessed Internet Racists Don't Understand Particulate Inheritance • 10th-grade biology eludes the Übermensch
Genetics-Obsessed Internet Racists Don't Understand Particulate Inheritance
10th-grade biology eludes the Übermensch
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Genetics-Obsessed Internet Racists Don't Understand Particulate Inheritance • 10th-grade biology eludes the Übermensch
The New York Times (Accidentally) Endorses Facilitated Communication
The New York Times (Accidentally) Endorses Facilitated Communication
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The New York Times (Accidentally) Endorses Facilitated Communication