Fred Sondheim
@fredsondheim.bsky.social
200mm used car salesmen w/ all the money to buy guns & no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. HST
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I want to talk about how junk science ruins innocent lives.
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
July 4, 2023 at 3:59 AM
I want to talk about how junk science ruins innocent lives.
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
The criminal legal system is overwhelmed by junk science.
IT IS AN OUTRAGE.
If you're not deeply disturbed by what's going on, I need you to pay close attention.
Let me explain. 🧵/x
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There has been at least one case of EMS accidentally transferring DNA to a crime scene. A man who was passed out drunk in hospital during a fatal robbery elsewhere spent 5 months in jail before being released. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
South Bay Paramedics Likely Brought Innocent Man's DNA To Murder Scene
DNA transferred by a paramedic may have led to an innocent man being jailed for months in a South Bay murder case, despite being hospitalized several miles away when the crime occurred.
www.cbsnews.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
There has been at least one case of EMS accidentally transferring DNA to a crime scene. A man who was passed out drunk in hospital during a fatal robbery elsewhere spent 5 months in jail before being released. www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...
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Patriarchy: the culture that every single moment needs to be told by their hive who they are, how to be, how to feel, what’s important, etc.
December 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Patriarchy: the culture that every single moment needs to be told by their hive who they are, how to be, how to feel, what’s important, etc.
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actual numbers suggest that this narrative of systematic discrimination against white millennial men is bullshit.
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
actual numbers suggest that this narrative of systematic discrimination against white millennial men is bullshit.
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People love to shit on Dems but House Dems, in the face of an authoritarian executive branch and deferential House Speaker have in the first year: forced two discharge petitions (Epstein and ACA), and might win a government shutdown. Not bad for the minority!
it really feels like the end is near for Mike Johnson's speakership after a critical mass of House Republicans this morning forced a vote on ACA subsidies over his resistance
December 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
People love to shit on Dems but House Dems, in the face of an authoritarian executive branch and deferential House Speaker have in the first year: forced two discharge petitions (Epstein and ACA), and might win a government shutdown. Not bad for the minority!
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I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I told you we’d be back
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I wasn't the first to say it or anything, and I'm glad lots and lots of people are starting to speak up at least, but man do people not care about this. People love art, but man oh man do they fucking hate artists.
Rich people have been trying to control art for all of history. Getting good at it.
Rich people have been trying to control art for all of history. Getting good at it.
November 25, 2024 at 6:09 PM
I wasn't the first to say it or anything, and I'm glad lots and lots of people are starting to speak up at least, but man do people not care about this. People love art, but man oh man do they fucking hate artists.
Rich people have been trying to control art for all of history. Getting good at it.
Rich people have been trying to control art for all of history. Getting good at it.
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Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion (Ooh)
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
Want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
.
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion (Ooh)
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
Want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
.
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - Here Comes the Rain Again (Official Video)
YouTube video by EurythmicsVEVO
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion (Ooh)
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
Want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
.
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion (Ooh)
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
Want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?
So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
.
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Anyhow I highly encourage the piece, as well as this one from @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com that Ian links to.
And Dorothy Thompson of course makes a fine addition to the trilogy. wacphila.org/uploads/atta...
And Dorothy Thompson of course makes a fine addition to the trilogy. wacphila.org/uploads/atta...
aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?
Behold! I have had a thought.
youngvulgarian.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Anyhow I highly encourage the piece, as well as this one from @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com that Ian links to.
And Dorothy Thompson of course makes a fine addition to the trilogy. wacphila.org/uploads/atta...
And Dorothy Thompson of course makes a fine addition to the trilogy. wacphila.org/uploads/atta...
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The most important line in a solid piece by @iandunt.bsky.social
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
Thank God for Bluesky
A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The most important line in a solid piece by @iandunt.bsky.social
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
"And yet for all its flaws, Bluesky offers something which is becoming vanishingly rare in the modern world: a vision of life without the algorithm. What I see is what I have chosen to see. We own our own destiny on Bluesky."
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New Substack post: gooners. groypers. incels. performative males. soccer hooligans. rap fans. traditionalist religious larpers. folkloric dancers. fans of hungarian writer laszlo krasnahorkai. they all have something in common
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
Boy, Turn Off That Clairo And Grab Yourself A Beer
"When a man doesn’t have a relationship he pours that energy into conspiracy theory, porn, and misogyny" - Scott Galloway (the Richard Reeves of incels)
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
New Substack post: gooners. groypers. incels. performative males. soccer hooligans. rap fans. traditionalist religious larpers. folkloric dancers. fans of hungarian writer laszlo krasnahorkai. they all have something in common
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
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I don’t entirely agree with the conclusions but I really enjoyed reading this and I’m sad I only saw it a week after it was published. Incredibly broad survey of a bunch of cultural trends, really impressive.
New Substack post: gooners. groypers. incels. performative males. soccer hooligans. rap fans. traditionalist religious larpers. folkloric dancers. fans of hungarian writer laszlo krasnahorkai. they all have something in common
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
open.substack.com/pub/someunpl...
Boy, Turn Off That Clairo And Grab Yourself A Beer
"When a man doesn’t have a relationship he pours that energy into conspiracy theory, porn, and misogyny" - Scott Galloway (the Richard Reeves of incels)
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I don’t entirely agree with the conclusions but I really enjoyed reading this and I’m sad I only saw it a week after it was published. Incredibly broad survey of a bunch of cultural trends, really impressive.
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He's going to kill so many people and we're powerless to stop it. One of the most vile humans currently wandering around this watery rock.
December 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
He's going to kill so many people and we're powerless to stop it. One of the most vile humans currently wandering around this watery rock.
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this goddamn fucking sneak attack ad gets me every fucking time I can't make it 15 seconds godDAMMIT
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
this goddamn fucking sneak attack ad gets me every fucking time I can't make it 15 seconds godDAMMIT
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
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NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
WH claims 'inflation tamed,' per DoorDash stats. Company says that's not in its report.
It comes the same week we learned the WH would likely not release key economic reports for October.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
NEW — I spoke to DoorDash about the White House claiming the company's report shows "inflation has been tamed" and whether that's an interpretation one should make. An economist also weighed in, pointing out dictatorships use data obfuscation as a tool, and right now they're "grasping at straws."
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I will never forgive the people who voted that pumpkin chested bitch in.
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I will never forgive the people who voted that pumpkin chested bitch in.
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Periodic reminder that a member’s resignation does not invalidate their signature on a discharge petition:
November 12, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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The NBA can't "fix" All Star weekend until they start treating it for what it is... Something for the fans... Right now they treat it as something for the ratings...
Prioritize what the fans want and the rest will follow.
I haven't felt it's "for me" for decades. It feels for the advertisers
Prioritize what the fans want and the rest will follow.
I haven't felt it's "for me" for decades. It feels for the advertisers
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The NBA can't "fix" All Star weekend until they start treating it for what it is... Something for the fans... Right now they treat it as something for the ratings...
Prioritize what the fans want and the rest will follow.
I haven't felt it's "for me" for decades. It feels for the advertisers
Prioritize what the fans want and the rest will follow.
I haven't felt it's "for me" for decades. It feels for the advertisers
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Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
November 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Help mom I’m being bullied by 87 year old novella writer Joyce Carol Oates again can you pick me up
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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Thanos couldn’t snap me up fast enough if she said this about me
November 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Thanos couldn’t snap me up fast enough if she said this about me
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Just remember that the people telling us AI is inevitable now were the same ones telling us that museums would be replaced by virtual art galleries where the rich would display their collections of stoner monkey jpgs.
August 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Just remember that the people telling us AI is inevitable now were the same ones telling us that museums would be replaced by virtual art galleries where the rich would display their collections of stoner monkey jpgs.