Drake Oranwood
@ericnjb.bsky.social
(He/him) Neurodivergent (ADHD). Anti fascist. Leader-in-Training in the Mankind Project, which promotes healthy masculinity.
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I will NOT comment “Sure, Jan” on all the positive posts I see this morning. I will NOT comment “Sure, Jan” on all the positive posts I see this morning. I will NOT
October 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I will NOT comment “Sure, Jan” on all the positive posts I see this morning. I will NOT comment “Sure, Jan” on all the positive posts I see this morning. I will NOT
"Look at some point, you're going to have to draw a line. So I'd argue, why not draw it right here? And when they come to you with stupid, ridiculous demands…instead of rolling over why not stand up and use four key words they don't tend to teach you in business school?
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"Look at some point, you're going to have to draw a line. So I'd argue, why not draw it right here? And when they come to you with stupid, ridiculous demands…instead of rolling over why not stand up and use four key words they don't tend to teach you in business school?
So if they rapture this week…Does that mean they finally leave us alone?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
September 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
So if they rapture this week…Does that mean they finally leave us alone?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
That presser about autism? That was political violence.
September 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
That presser about autism? That was political violence.
The conversation about this week’s events is actually about the willingness to embrace, or to push back against, “doublethink”. This is the thing we keep mistaking for hypocrisy. It’s infuriating, it’s insidious, and we’re watching seemingly reasonable people embrace it in real time.
September 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The conversation about this week’s events is actually about the willingness to embrace, or to push back against, “doublethink”. This is the thing we keep mistaking for hypocrisy. It’s infuriating, it’s insidious, and we’re watching seemingly reasonable people embrace it in real time.
People who ram through policies explicitly designed to emiserate, bankrupt, and unhouse the poor, have SOME FUCKING NERVE screaming about the blight of urban crime and homelessness. All I’m saying.
August 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
People who ram through policies explicitly designed to emiserate, bankrupt, and unhouse the poor, have SOME FUCKING NERVE screaming about the blight of urban crime and homelessness. All I’m saying.
Happy #pride.
Five years ago, we were living in a world that seemed hard to recognize…
#bardic #filk
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Five years ago, we were living in a world that seemed hard to recognize…
#bardic #filk
drakethebard.com/2025/06/29/h...
Happy Pride
Five years ago, we were living in a world that seemed hard to recognize. So many people I cared about and respected, who had put up with poor treatment of various kinds throughout their lives just …
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June 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Happy #pride.
Five years ago, we were living in a world that seemed hard to recognize…
#bardic #filk
drakethebard.com/2025/06/29/h...
Five years ago, we were living in a world that seemed hard to recognize…
#bardic #filk
drakethebard.com/2025/06/29/h...
My new #filk album is now live.
If you enjoy it, please share it with others. Thanks.
We are each part of many communities: of shared passions, shared challenges, shared fears. The shared human experience of living, loving, dying.
If you enjoy it, please share it with others. Thanks.
We are each part of many communities: of shared passions, shared challenges, shared fears. The shared human experience of living, loving, dying.
Hold the Door Open, by Drake Oranwood
11 track album
drakeoranwood.bandcamp.com
June 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
My new #filk album is now live.
If you enjoy it, please share it with others. Thanks.
We are each part of many communities: of shared passions, shared challenges, shared fears. The shared human experience of living, loving, dying.
If you enjoy it, please share it with others. Thanks.
We are each part of many communities: of shared passions, shared challenges, shared fears. The shared human experience of living, loving, dying.
I did the thing. And in just a few hours, you’ll be able to hear it. I have some thoughts. #filk #music #newrelease
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Looking back (one day more…)
At midnight, it will be release day for Hold the Door Open. Eight years of preparation and creation will be over, and an audience of whatever size will be free to experience the results. I really h…
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June 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I did the thing. And in just a few hours, you’ll be able to hear it. I have some thoughts. #filk #music #newrelease
drakethebard.com/2025/06/19/l...
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Juneteenth is important. I’m okay if it’s awkward for those of us who aren’t Black. Not everything is about us.
May your actions and reflections be meaningful today.
May your actions and reflections be meaningful today.
June 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Juneteenth is important. I’m okay if it’s awkward for those of us who aren’t Black. Not everything is about us.
May your actions and reflections be meaningful today.
May your actions and reflections be meaningful today.
And there it is. Your podcasting source should now have episode 303 of FilkCast. “Hold the Door Open” is the closer; intro begins at 43:29. #filk #album #newrelease
June 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
And there it is. Your podcasting source should now have episode 303 of FilkCast. “Hold the Door Open” is the closer; intro begins at 43:29. #filk #album #newrelease
For those of you who listen to the FilkCast…our title track, “Hold the Door Open”, is going to close out this week’s episode! It will premiere Wednesday on SciFi.Radio, or you can find it wherever you get your podcasts.
*excited Snoopy dance* #filk
*excited Snoopy dance* #filk
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
For those of you who listen to the FilkCast…our title track, “Hold the Door Open”, is going to close out this week’s episode! It will premiere Wednesday on SciFi.Radio, or you can find it wherever you get your podcasts.
*excited Snoopy dance* #filk
*excited Snoopy dance* #filk
Waiting to hear the GOP leadership denounce the assassinations in Minnesota and say that the cop impersonator(s) who committed them does not represent their movement.
And that violence has no place in politics.
(You know, the way they’d be screaming for Democrats to do.)
Not holding my breath.
And that violence has no place in politics.
(You know, the way they’d be screaming for Democrats to do.)
Not holding my breath.
June 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Waiting to hear the GOP leadership denounce the assassinations in Minnesota and say that the cop impersonator(s) who committed them does not represent their movement.
And that violence has no place in politics.
(You know, the way they’d be screaming for Democrats to do.)
Not holding my breath.
And that violence has no place in politics.
(You know, the way they’d be screaming for Democrats to do.)
Not holding my breath.
The album comes out on Friday. I have thoughts and feelings. (So. Many. Feelings.)
#filk #newmusic #album
#filk #newmusic #album
A week from release
It’s been an intensely busy last few weeks. The other day, after getting feedback from a lot of colleagues and friends (thanks to Neil, Arden, Dave, Silence, and Adelaide, among others), I fi…
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June 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
June 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Friday, June 20, will be the release date for my new album, “Hold the Door Open”. I’m excited to share this completed work with you all. #filk
May 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Friday, June 20, will be the release date for my new album, “Hold the Door Open”. I’m excited to share this completed work with you all. #filk
JD Vance pro tip:
If you kill the pope, you get a -25 on the respawn roll
If you kill the pope, you get a -25 on the respawn roll
May 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
JD Vance pro tip:
If you kill the pope, you get a -25 on the respawn roll
If you kill the pope, you get a -25 on the respawn roll
Last Sunday, toward the end of the New England community’s New Warrior Training Adventure, I sat for a hotseat panel. At the end, I was told that my time to be a Leader in Training (LIT) in the Mankind Project…is now. (It’s their way of saying “yes”.)
There are feelings involved.
There are feelings involved.
April 30, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Last Sunday, toward the end of the New England community’s New Warrior Training Adventure, I sat for a hotseat panel. At the end, I was told that my time to be a Leader in Training (LIT) in the Mankind Project…is now. (It’s their way of saying “yes”.)
There are feelings involved.
There are feelings involved.
These are not dire wolves. They are pupper augments. Products of early 21st century genetic enginee—
KHAAAAAAAAAAN
KHAAAAAAAAAAN
April 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
These are not dire wolves. They are pupper augments. Products of early 21st century genetic enginee—
KHAAAAAAAAAAN
KHAAAAAAAAAAN
“Incredible rally” is a funny way to say “global economy tries to get to its wobbly feet after rabid hippopotamus finally steps back off of it”.
April 9, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Incredible rally” is a funny way to say “global economy tries to get to its wobbly feet after rabid hippopotamus finally steps back off of it”.
Watching FOTUS commit market manipulation because he’d rather look like a criminal (which of course he is) than a moron and a chickenshit (which of course he is).
April 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Watching FOTUS commit market manipulation because he’d rather look like a criminal (which of course he is) than a moron and a chickenshit (which of course he is).
Hey, man, but I mean…her fuckin’ emails, amirite???
March 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Hey, man, but I mean…her fuckin’ emails, amirite???