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Some guy called Doug
@someguycalleddoug.bsky.social
Activist, techie, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Writer of funny songs (inter alia)

Looking for other songwriters who do comedy. My music at douglashamilton.bandcamp.com, reverbnation.com/douglashamilton, youtube.com/someguycalleddoug
eChristmas Medley...totally forgot about this recording (from the early aughts, Wild Hog in the Woods, Madison). Funny how if you write techie humor, your songs go out of date (except as curiosities) and require version upgrades! www.reverbnation.com/douglashamil...
eChristmas Medley | Douglas Hamilton
eChristmas Medley by Douglas Hamilton, Comedy music from Frome, UK on ReverbNation
www.reverbnation.com
December 3, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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Today’s poem is called ‘How to Avoid Mixing Your Metaphors’.
December 2, 2024 at 9:07 AM
December 1, 2024 at 11:40 PM
December 1, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Nov. 29, 1949:
Canadian singer-songwriter Stan Rogers was born in Hamilton. One of Canada's most celebrated folk musicians, his music has become iconic. He tragically died in a fire aboard Air Canada Flight 797 in 1983.

Learn more 👇
Stan Rogers
Guysborough County, located along the coast of Nova Scotia is a fascinating place. Home to the Mi’kmaq people for centuries, then to Black Loyalists who fled the United States during the Revolution…
canadaehx.com
November 29, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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“Undocumented immigrants paid $25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022.

(Their) payroll taxes (are)dedicated to funding programs that these workers are barred from accessing”
Undocumented workers pay nearly $100B year in state and federal taxes, including: "$25.7 billion in Social Security taxes, $6.4 billion in Medicare taxes, and $1.8 billion in unemployment insurance taxes in 2022."

Amount of services received for the payroll taxes paid?

0

itep.org/undocumented...
Tax Payments by Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants paid $96.7 billion in federal, state, and local taxes in 2022. Providing access to work authorization for undocumented immigrants would increase their tax contributions both be...
itep.org
November 28, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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I know this NEVER WORKS but maybe Bluesky is different... Just uhhhhh gonna put this here incase...you know, you meme enjoyers also wanna check out my radical Christmas song bsky.app/profile/foss...
Already sick of Consumeristmas? MERRY CRISIS! We made this song to remind ourselves we can invent our own ways to show our loved ones we care about them that feel more appropriate to the times we are living in than just hitting the usual overspend button www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDjh...
FOSSILHEADS: Merry Crisis!
YouTube video by FOSSILHEADS: CLIMATE CRISIS CABARET!
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Here's a Thanksgiving song I wrote many years ago when these little girls' mother (my daughter) was just a child.

drive.google.com/file/d/1T-9i...
November 28, 2024 at 2:04 AM
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What has changed?
Not much.
Sadly.
November 27, 2024 at 9:40 PM
My song about the overwhelming pace of the Infosphere. Wrote this 15 years ago, and it's only gotten WAY WORSE!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyD...
Reptile Brain
YouTube video by someguycalleddoug
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:58 PM