Mitch Friedfeld
@mitchfriedfeld.bsky.social
Concerned citizen, retired government drone. Classical music, guitar, classic rock, politics. #Mahler, #Bach, #Schubert
You know how some scenes just strike you as interesting, something to think about?
February 8, 2026 at 3:04 PM
You know how some scenes just strike you as interesting, something to think about?
““We just hit the iceberg,” Dimon bellowed, as if he were standing upon the deck of the Titanic. “The boat is filling with water, and the music is still playing. There aren’t enough lifeboats,” he said with a wry smile. “Someone is going to die.” NR:
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
““We just hit the iceberg,” Dimon bellowed, as if he were standing upon the deck of the Titanic. “The boat is filling with water, and the music is still playing. There aren’t enough lifeboats,” he said with a wry smile. “Someone is going to die.” NR:
Car’s in the shop to replace a throttle body. I feel like Hobbes with his “Quark, quark, quark.” Throttlebody Throttlebody Throttlebody. This is a Throttlebody:
February 4, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Car’s in the shop to replace a throttle body. I feel like Hobbes with his “Quark, quark, quark.” Throttlebody Throttlebody Throttlebody. This is a Throttlebody:
Not my usual thing but should be fun.
January 22, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Not my usual thing but should be fun.
Princess Tarakanova; Konstantin Flavitsky, 1864. Princess Cockroach? What!!??
January 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Princess Tarakanova; Konstantin Flavitsky, 1864. Princess Cockroach? What!!??
Sure, there are hundreds of dedicated people at work here. But the culture is rotten to the core. And this is before the Butler debacle. Once the book got out of the Kennedy/Johnson years, the pace picked up.
January 6, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Sure, there are hundreds of dedicated people at work here. But the culture is rotten to the core. And this is before the Butler debacle. Once the book got out of the Kennedy/Johnson years, the pace picked up.
Definitely getting old. Thanks to mild arthritis in my left thumb, it now takes both of us, plus this gadget, to open some jars. Oh well.
December 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Definitely getting old. Thanks to mild arthritis in my left thumb, it now takes both of us, plus this gadget, to open some jars. Oh well.
My Doppelgänger was on Colbert last night. At least he didn’t play My Generation. I’d have died of irony.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
My Doppelgänger was on Colbert last night. At least he didn’t play My Generation. I’d have died of irony.
“Jack do you never sleep - does the green still run deep in your heart?
Or will these changing times, motorways, powerlines, keep us apart?
Well, I don't think so.
I saw some grass growing through the pavements today.”
Jack-in-the-Green; Jethro Tull. youtu.be/9fWzUgrYnqs?...
Or will these changing times, motorways, powerlines, keep us apart?
Well, I don't think so.
I saw some grass growing through the pavements today.”
Jack-in-the-Green; Jethro Tull. youtu.be/9fWzUgrYnqs?...
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Jack do you never sleep - does the green still run deep in your heart?
Or will these changing times, motorways, powerlines, keep us apart?
Well, I don't think so.
I saw some grass growing through the pavements today.”
Jack-in-the-Green; Jethro Tull. youtu.be/9fWzUgrYnqs?...
Or will these changing times, motorways, powerlines, keep us apart?
Well, I don't think so.
I saw some grass growing through the pavements today.”
Jack-in-the-Green; Jethro Tull. youtu.be/9fWzUgrYnqs?...
Jackson Pollock signature model? www.youtube.com/watch?v=LobG...
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Jackson Pollock signature model? www.youtube.com/watch?v=LobG...
Store near me. Psychedelic therapy, hmm. Didn’t John Oliver do an exposé on this recently?
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Store near me. Psychedelic therapy, hmm. Didn’t John Oliver do an exposé on this recently?
Into smallpox? You can get some on a guitar for only $2,799. Count me out.
November 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Into smallpox? You can get some on a guitar for only $2,799. Count me out.
Delightful. Read, heed, savor.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Delightful. Read, heed, savor.
These gorgeous Sherwood Green 'Casters are making me rethink my "acoustic only" strategy. Review here: youtu.be/2hkLm8tmbhw?...
October 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
These gorgeous Sherwood Green 'Casters are making me rethink my "acoustic only" strategy. Review here: youtu.be/2hkLm8tmbhw?...
Lots of great signs. Here are some I liked.
October 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Lots of great signs. Here are some I liked.
Lots of great signs. Here are some I liked.
October 18, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Lots of great signs. Here are some I liked.
What he said. The other day I posted that the tipping point for a successful grassroots movement is 12 percent of the population. Wrong! It’s 3.5 percent. If you are even mildly concerned, you need to be here and at subsequent #NoKings events.
October 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What he said. The other day I posted that the tipping point for a successful grassroots movement is 12 percent of the population. Wrong! It’s 3.5 percent. If you are even mildly concerned, you need to be here and at subsequent #NoKings events.
They’re happy to see me.
October 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They’re happy to see me.
I didn’t vote yes on California Prop. 50 (one-time redistricting). I voted Hell Yes.
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I didn’t vote yes on California Prop. 50 (one-time redistricting). I voted Hell Yes.
NoKings demo locations a/o Oct. 12, 8:55 pm Pacific time. For more, see: www.nokings.org
October 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
NoKings demo locations a/o Oct. 12, 8:55 pm Pacific time. For more, see: www.nokings.org