Sean Bugg
@seanbugg.bsky.social
Writer at The Back Half (backhalfbugg.com). Realtor. Love reading, playing video games, watching cool stuff, baking cakes, and collecting typewriters. Former editor of Metro Weekly, author of Boy Does World. White, gay GenXer, but not evil. Mostly.
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Sean Bugg
@seanbugg.bsky.social
· Jul 21
Ball Game
How a gender-affirming surgery changed my cisgender life in middle school (and long after)
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In 1980, we didn't call it "gender affirming surgery" to overcome my deep shame and fear by giving me a testicular implant but that's sure as hell what it did for me. And affirming medical care shouldn't be limited to cisgender people like me. #gendercare #lgbt #transrights
I just wrote about this stupid idea of keeping your head down and making money during a time of national insanity (real estate agent edition). Except I use a lot of curse words, because fuck this shit.
January 22, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I just wrote about this stupid idea of keeping your head down and making money during a time of national insanity (real estate agent edition). Except I use a lot of curse words, because fuck this shit.
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"AI will make America so awful that even desperate immigrants will no longer want to come" is a hell of a pitch
Two hairdressers and a stylist working full-out for 90 minutes before his speech at The Dracula Ideas Summit to make this guy look as absolutely fucked up as possible. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"AI will make America so awful that even desperate immigrants will no longer want to come" is a hell of a pitch
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
The Ramones
REM
The Cure
Nine Inch Nails (x2)
Love and Rockets
The Ramones
REM
The Cure
Nine Inch Nails (x2)
Love and Rockets
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
The Clash
King Crimson
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Laurie Anderson
The Residents
The Clash
King Crimson
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Laurie Anderson
The Residents
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen:
Diamanda Galas
Beth Gibbons
Beth Orton
Bob Mould
Jawbox
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Diamanda Galas
Beth Gibbons
Beth Orton
Bob Mould
Jawbox
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January 20, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
The Ramones
REM
The Cure
Nine Inch Nails (x2)
Love and Rockets
The Ramones
REM
The Cure
Nine Inch Nails (x2)
Love and Rockets
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
Why is this man on The Traitors? Grossest man to ever play the game.
January 16, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Why is this man on The Traitors? Grossest man to ever play the game.
Josh Brolin, c’mon.
Jim Rockford is back on the case: NBC has ordered a pilot for a reboot of the classic '70s detective series The Rockford Files.
The Rockford Files Reboot Lands Pilot Order At NBC — Who Would You Cast To Fill James Garner's Shoes? - TVLine
www.tvline.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Josh Brolin, c’mon.
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The defining feature of Rogan and his ilk is knowing nothing about things but talking about them anyway, saying things that sounds smart to other people who don’t know anything about them.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? ‘Where’s your papers?’ Is that what we’ve come to?” www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...
Joe Rogan criticizes ICE tactics: 'Are we really going to be the Gestapo?'
The influential podcaster, who endorsed Donald Trump in 2024, has been increasingly critical of the president’s mass deportation strategy.
www.nbcnews.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 AM
The defining feature of Rogan and his ilk is knowing nothing about things but talking about them anyway, saying things that sounds smart to other people who don’t know anything about them.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
It’s good he is catching on but damned of his and our collective ignorance haven’t run us off a cliff.
Two white characters with the tagline “Love is never black and white,” I mean, I get it already.
Gag me. With a spoon, even. #collectiondevelopment bookshop.org/a/4013/97800...
January 14, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Two white characters with the tagline “Love is never black and white,” I mean, I get it already.
Picked up this circa 1959 Smith-Corona Electric Portable. This one is going to be a real project: the motor stutters like an old Ford, it's dirty as hell, and the left platen knob is broken (though I have all the pieces). I know I can make it pretty, gonna see if I can make it really work.
January 12, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Picked up this circa 1959 Smith-Corona Electric Portable. This one is going to be a real project: the motor stutters like an old Ford, it's dirty as hell, and the left platen knob is broken (though I have all the pieces). I know I can make it pretty, gonna see if I can make it really work.
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Report: ICE To Shoot Black Man After Losing Americans’ Trust By Shooting White Woman
January 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Report: ICE To Shoot Black Man After Losing Americans’ Trust By Shooting White Woman
8-inch floppies. Disks, not dicks.
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
8-inch floppies. Disks, not dicks.
Boss Hogg motherfucker.
Nehls: The left is fueling the flames. Tim Waltz is an absolute bozo. He's not helping the situation.
January 8, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Boss Hogg motherfucker.
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
Relevant follow-up question we'll never get: "Why are you exuding such small dick energy?"
Hegseth takes the mic and starts denigrating a CNN reporter for asking a "disingenuous question," adding, "you're trying to find any angle possible to undermine the success of one of the most historic military missions the world has ever seen"
January 7, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Relevant follow-up question we'll never get: "Why are you exuding such small dick energy?"
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"Dems rightly bemoaned Walz’s political funeral, and they slammed the halfwit MAGA wannabe journalists who partly brought it about. That’s not enough. This double standard will persist until the left builds its own proper media ecosystem"
👏👏 @petertwinklage.bsky.social for 'First Draft':
👏👏 @petertwinklage.bsky.social for 'First Draft':
🪖 Dems Declare War on MAGA Media
Tim Walz’s political downfall has liberals up in arms, Pete Hegseth takes aim at Mark Kelly, and a deadly start to 2026 in Sudan.
zeteo.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM
"Dems rightly bemoaned Walz’s political funeral, and they slammed the halfwit MAGA wannabe journalists who partly brought it about. That’s not enough. This double standard will persist until the left builds its own proper media ecosystem"
👏👏 @petertwinklage.bsky.social for 'First Draft':
👏👏 @petertwinklage.bsky.social for 'First Draft':
First book purchase of 2026, starting the year off with a hate read.
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
First book purchase of 2026, starting the year off with a hate read.
First pickling of 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
First pickling of 2026.
First library trip of 2026.
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
First library trip of 2026.
Well, now I need to obtain this for obvious eponymic reasons.
The Cobra B.U.G.G.
December 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Well, now I need to obtain this for obvious eponymic reasons.
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say what you will about Andrew Tate, but his decision to not have a chin likely saved his life in that fight. Just one of those uppercuts would've killed Bruce Campbell.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
say what you will about Andrew Tate, but his decision to not have a chin likely saved his life in that fight. Just one of those uppercuts would've killed Bruce Campbell.
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I have said it before and I will say it again, Debate Kids are the ones actually ruining the country.
Ask any gay person what "theater kid," when used as an insult, means. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/u...
Move Aside, Snowflake: ‘Theater Kid’ Is the New Go-To Political Insult
www.nytimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I have said it before and I will say it again, Debate Kids are the ones actually ruining the country.
It’s wild how dumb of a take this is.
December 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s wild how dumb of a take this is.
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance