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Caleb Dume

@thacalebdume.bsky.social

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Black Cis Hetero Man raised in PG County, Maryland. Sassy. Omnivorous reader when my ADHD (inattentive) allows me to be 😢. House/techno music evangelist, fan of sci-fi and horror, and other random junk. Lots of typos in my posts. You’ll live. (He/Him/His)

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 15d

Okay, let me start a new #HouseMusic thread.

First thing's first: I need to post a few junts by the legendary Ron Carroll, who passed away two Sundays ago. RIP!

Here's a classic soulful track with Hardsoul:

Back Together (Main Classic Mix)

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 4m

Useless.

Fucking useless.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 5m

See? Y'all the reason why my job now has a policy about turning the cameras on during meetings.

Maybe:…… @getthebagcoach.bsky.social · 4h

Working remote is dope to me because I can take a meeting and be doo doo’ing and nobody even knows

a shirtless man is crying in front of a shelf with bottles of perfume

ALT: a shirtless man is crying in front of a shelf with bottles of perfume

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 7m

Yup. Anything coming from Cosmic Book News should be thrown in the bullshit pile IMMEDIATELY.

SJWJamesBond @mvbrat10.bsky.social · 10m

*sees the source of the rumors about James Gunn being removed from DC* Of course it was Cosmic Book News, those fucking Trumper hacks. Let me guess, a certain cult fucking bought this. www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...

Rumors of James Gunn Being Removed From DC Explained

A wild rumor about James Gunn being removed from DC in the near future is doing the rounds on the internet. The DC boss, who just delivered the hit Superman, is seemingly in a good position right now,...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 36m

white reactionaries disenfranchising black voters to secure political power? that’s a jim crow. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

The Supreme Court Case That Could Hand the House to Republicans

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 33m

asylum but only for racists apparently www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Considers Overhaul of Refugee System That Would Favor White People

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 25m

Sorry for not answering the question, but I have to point out that Skyler White is number 2 on this list…because we live in Hell.

Dr. Frisky Whisky McThicky, Ball Knower @professorpash.bsky.social · 1h

Most hated characters in TV history… Who would you add?

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 35m

He's absolutely right. Ain't nobody defending me for mess I did when I was 40.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 49m

Listen to how casually Justice Gorsuch presents as fact the idea that remedying racial gerrymandering requires racial discrimination.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 40m

The same thing HE'S doing with Bolsonaro, Putin, and Netanyahu. When you're in an evil brotherhood, you gotta look out for your evil brothers.

John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 1h

What the fuck are we doing?

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 1h

"I'm like an old guy, at this point. I'm forty-one years old; I've got three kids..."

OUR HISTORY

The Young Republicans (YRs) are the oldest political youth organization in the United States. Important to the growth of the Republican Party, the YRs reach out to registered Republicans, <I highlighted in yellow>18-40 years of age</I highlighted in yellow>, and provide them with better political knowledge and understanding of the issues of the day.

The first Young Republican Club was established in 1856 in support of the newly formed Republican Party and the abolitionist movement. It was not until 1931 that the YRs were organized nationally. West Point graduate George H. Olmsted began to attract the attention of the leaders of the national Republican Party, and he was invited to meet with President Herbert Hoover at the White House. President Hoover, so impressed with his visit with Olmsted, asked the young man to head the Young Republican division of the Republican Party, which Olmsted did. In 1935, the Young Republican division officially became the Young Republican National Federation (YRNF), and the YRNF elected Olmsted as the organization’s first chairman.

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HillRat @hillrat.bsky.social · 1h

They're not even pretending to care about the Constitution any more.

Robby Roadsteamer @roadsteamer.bsky.social · 4h

🚨 *Breaking News* Robby Roadsteamer has been detained by ICE Portland after singing Rod Stewart with the Portland Frog! We need your help!

Please support Robby's campaign and lawyer fees at robbyroadsteamer.com link on bio 💙🦒🦒🦒

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

That's been the question since last November.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

Also, and I mean this twice for science fiction, human beings don’t know a whole lot about a whole lot. I don’t understand the fairly recent thing where people get annoyed whenever we lean into human not knowing…ANYTHING.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

Yup. Finances are a bit…tight for us right now, but I’ll have a lil bit of coin this Friday.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

Nah. You’re right. I don’t care. Let unfathomable eldritch horrors be unfathomable eldritch horrors.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

RIGHT?!?!?!

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

I'm a meatatarian. I gotta get with them meat nuggets they're selling. 🤷‍♂️

Mwangangi, RN @mwangangi.blacksky.app · 3h

Blink in Spanish if they got you...

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

I don't care what y'all say, I'm hitting Arby's as soon as payday comes around.

Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

I don't care what y'all say, I'm hitting Arby's as soon as payday comes around.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

Pretty much.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

Look. I helped my wife finish college and graduate school. We're talking paying for classes, reading papers, all of it. She now out-earns me. Guess who didn't pay for his PS5 or X-Box Series X out of his discretionary funds?

OUT-EARN ME, BABY!!!!

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

The people who believe that Reagan was when the Republican Party was honorable. <eye roll>

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

RIGHT?!?!

I’m going to get SO MUCH mileage out of this clip…

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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 3h

In ‘92 my GF at GWU was being tormented for the sin of being Black on campus. When I stopped by with a couple of friends from Howard—we were meeting up to go to the movies—the same guys accused her of summoning thugs to intimidate them.

Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 5h

I don’t know how to approach “Republicans weren’t racist in the early aughts” as someone who went to Texas during the early aughts and had to debate whether or not Black students were “stealing” people’s spots in class.

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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 3h

When I was in college in the 90s, I didn't hear much in the way of "niggers" from young Republicans. I nonetheless knew that they didn't want me around...both personally and politically.

My continued existence requires me to identify when supposedly genteel people hate me.

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