Darren Bedwell
@darrenbedwell.bsky.social
Dad. Husband. Hoosier. Lawyer.
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
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"America, are you seriously not picking up what I’m putting down? I’m old enough to remember when everyone was like 'believe Black women.'"
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With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"America, are you seriously not picking up what I’m putting down? I’m old enough to remember when everyone was like 'believe Black women.'"
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A major writer of enduring consequence. I read last week that he was too sick to be on the road and too broke to be off it. Awful people indulge themselves in despicable rationalizations about life choices and lost highways, but it's murder most foul. I don't think I can take this business anymore.
I'm very sorry to report that the great alt-country singer-songwriter Todd Snider has died at 59 of undiagnosed walking pneumonia. I stick by what I wrote about him in 2012. www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bn/2012-0... Here's Rolling Stone's coverage. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Robert Christgau: Preaching Agnosticism (with Laugh Lines)
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November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A major writer of enduring consequence. I read last week that he was too sick to be on the road and too broke to be off it. Awful people indulge themselves in despicable rationalizations about life choices and lost highways, but it's murder most foul. I don't think I can take this business anymore.
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By knocking a hole in his house right before winter and then boasting about spraypainted Home Depot decor, Donald Trump is showing a savvy empathy for the DIY skills of the average American male.
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
By knocking a hole in his house right before winter and then boasting about spraypainted Home Depot decor, Donald Trump is showing a savvy empathy for the DIY skills of the average American male.
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Do not let maga get away with calling the victims “underage women.” They were LITTLE GIRLS.
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Do not let maga get away with calling the victims “underage women.” They were LITTLE GIRLS.
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"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
Not Sure How They Deal With Criminals In Your Town, But ’Round Here We Use A Restorative Justice Process
Well, well, well. What have we got here? Another city slicker who thinks he can waltz into my town and start causin’ all sorts of trouble. I’d be careful if I was you, fella. Because however they do t...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Mark my words, one wrong step in this town’ll land you in a whole heap of social services."
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Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
The valiant never taste of death but once.
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SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
SANDWICH GUY DID NOTHING WRONG
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Did you ever wonder what you would have done as a citizen in historical times of incredible cruelty: slavery, the holocaust, etc.?
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Did you ever wonder what you would have done as a citizen in historical times of incredible cruelty: slavery, the holocaust, etc.?
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
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Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social - Democratic TN-7 nominee - pulls out the mechanical bull 🐂 to make the point that our politicians are owned by billionaires— who gave $2 MILLION to Van Epps(stein Files) in the GOP primary, for some mysterious reason.
November 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Rep. @aftynbehn.bsky.social - Democratic TN-7 nominee - pulls out the mechanical bull 🐂 to make the point that our politicians are owned by billionaires— who gave $2 MILLION to Van Epps(stein Files) in the GOP primary, for some mysterious reason.
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(singing like Tom T. Hall): …and I remember the day
That Richard B. Cheney died
That Richard B. Cheney died
November 5, 2025 at 1:16 PM
(singing like Tom T. Hall): …and I remember the day
That Richard B. Cheney died
That Richard B. Cheney died
It’s not every day you see the first show in a supergroup’s first tour.
November 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
It’s not every day you see the first show in a supergroup’s first tour.
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(has anyone done this one yet?)
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
(has anyone done this one yet?)
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
This is just to say
There are two vast
and trunkless legs
which you were probably
hoping to look upon
and despair
forgive me
they are so boundless
and so bare
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"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"I suppose you’ve come to say you’re sorry? I hope so, given your years of sneering and hand-wringing about how I was ruining knowledge. Meanwhile, you turned your information environment into a hypercapitalist post-truth digital snuff film."
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Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
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I DO NOT WANT INTERNET OF THINGS I WANT INTERNET WITH THINGS AND THOSE THINGS ARE MY FRIENDS WHO MAKE INCREDIBLE ART AND JOKES AND SHARE WHAT MAKES THEM FIND BEAUTY IN THIS GODFORSAKEN WORLD. DEATH TO CONTENT LIFE TO ART DEATH TO ALGORITHMS LIFE TO SHOWING ME YOUR COOL THING.
October 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I DO NOT WANT INTERNET OF THINGS I WANT INTERNET WITH THINGS AND THOSE THINGS ARE MY FRIENDS WHO MAKE INCREDIBLE ART AND JOKES AND SHARE WHAT MAKES THEM FIND BEAUTY IN THIS GODFORSAKEN WORLD. DEATH TO CONTENT LIFE TO ART DEATH TO ALGORITHMS LIFE TO SHOWING ME YOUR COOL THING.
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Indianapolis. Not one of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social ‘s signs, but the shirt might look familiar. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Indianapolis. Not one of @tomtomorrow.bsky.social ‘s signs, but the shirt might look familiar. #NoKings
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Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.
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I was married but I‘m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
October 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I was married but I‘m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.
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It occurred to me that I could just find a safe place to light my writing on fire and call it a night, but it also occurred to me that I might not be the only one who could benefit from such an exercise.
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It occurred to me that I could just find a safe place to light my writing on fire and call it a night, but it also occurred to me that I might not be the only one who could benefit from such an exercise.
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I am approaching the first anniversary of some unpleasantness that I'd like to ceremonially leave behind. I'm imagining something to do with a bonfire -- like, writing something about that experience and setting it on fire to symbolize the end of its power in my head.
October 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I am approaching the first anniversary of some unpleasantness that I'd like to ceremonially leave behind. I'm imagining something to do with a bonfire -- like, writing something about that experience and setting it on fire to symbolize the end of its power in my head.