Freddie deBoer
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If You Want Freedom and Democracy For Iranian People and All Peoples, You Must Start By Admitting What America Is and Does • we do not liberate, we do not rescue, and we do not permit democracy to get in the way of getting what we want
If You Want Freedom and Democracy For Iranian People and All Peoples, You Must Start By Admitting What America Is and Does
we do not liberate, we do not rescue, and we do not permit democracy to get in the way of getting what we want
freddiedeboer.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
If You Want Freedom and Democracy For Iranian People and All Peoples, You Must Start By Admitting What America Is and Does • we do not liberate, we do not rescue, and we do not permit democracy to get in the way of getting what we want
All Kidding Aside, I Find the Creative Arc of Stranger Things to Be Quite Sad • an object lesson in problems with modern storytelling
All Kidding Aside, I Find the Creative Arc of Stranger Things to Be Quite Sad
an object lesson in problems with modern storytelling
freddiedeboer.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
All Kidding Aside, I Find the Creative Arc of Stranger Things to Be Quite Sad • an object lesson in problems with modern storytelling
"Defund the Police" Failed Because We Have No History • to do better next time, we have to learn from the past
"Defund the Police" Failed Because We Have No History
to do better next time, we have to learn from the past
freddiedeboer.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:26 PM
"Defund the Police" Failed Because We Have No History • to do better next time, we have to learn from the past
2026 Predictions • infinite wisdom, straight from the source
2026 Predictions
infinite wisdom, straight from the source
freddiedeboer.substack.com
January 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
2026 Predictions • infinite wisdom, straight from the source
LLM Hallucinations Are Still Absolutely Nuts
LLM Hallucinations Are Still Absolutely Nuts
freddiedeboer.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
LLM Hallucinations Are Still Absolutely Nuts
you go first • Kareem Grant, 1980-2025
you go first
Kareem Grant, 1980-2025
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
you go first • Kareem Grant, 1980-2025
Awards Season Rivals Sinners and One Battle Another Are Both Very Good, Very Fun, and Very Overrated • whether vampires or Vineland, two Oscar-season heavyweights are being assigned depth and meaning that they just don't possess
Awards Season Rivals Sinners and One Battle Another Are Both Very Good, Very Fun, and Very Overrated
whether vampires or Vineland, two Oscar-season heavyweights are being assigned depth and meaning that they just don't possess
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Awards Season Rivals Sinners and One Battle Another Are Both Very Good, Very Fun, and Very Overrated • whether vampires or Vineland, two Oscar-season heavyweights are being assigned depth and meaning that they just don't possess
God Bless Us, Everyone
God Bless Us, Everyone
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
God Bless Us, Everyone
Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good • the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful
Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good
the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Editing is Only Good If the Editing is Good and a Lot of Editing is Not Good • the worship of editing as an inherent good is pious, disingenuous, and unhelpful
The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time
The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Argument That Lebron is the GOAT Is Running Out of Time
For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real • unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings
For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real
unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:26 PM
For Me, Postpartum Testosterone Decline Has Been Very Real • unlike most, I have the numbers to justify the feelings
Subscriber Writing, December 2025
Subscriber Writing, December 2025
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Subscriber Writing, December 2025
Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit • the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?
Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit
the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Carl Wilson Should Give Himself More Credit • the pro-pop respect effort of the past two decades has been indisputably successful in changing culture; what more could any critic want?
Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith • Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril
Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith
Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Both Trump's 2024 Coalition and Its Subsequent Erosion Prove the Same Point: Voters of Color Are Not a Monolith • Democrats fall back in love with the "enduring Democratic majority" at their peril
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism • this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism
this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Hating Stranger Things During the Death Rattle of Criticism • this kind of piece will be criminalized within a year
Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025 • PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025
PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Call for Subscriber Writing, December 2025 • PLEASE SEE REVISED SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview • shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!
The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview
shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The New York Times Attempts to Bully Elderly People Into the Disability-as-an-Identity Worldview • shut up and accept that you're defined by your weakness, olds!
Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability • something's missing, even if it's not heritability
Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability
something's missing, even if it's not heritability
freddiedeboer.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Heritability as Stalking Horse for Mutability • something's missing, even if it's not heritability
Lots to Be Thankful For
Lots to Be Thankful For
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Lots to Be Thankful For
I Miss When Homoeroticism Was Erotic
I Miss When Homoeroticism Was Erotic
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I Miss When Homoeroticism Was Erotic
Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No • the 2020s swoon is happening everywhere and worse in many places, we've never done well in international comparisons, and our problems have always been profoundly bottom-heavy
Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No
the 2020s swoon is happening everywhere and worse in many places, we've never done well in international comparisons, and our problems have always been profoundly bottom-heavy
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Was the United States Once a Global Leader in Educational Metrics? Have We Fallen From Those Lofty Heights? No and No • the 2020s swoon is happening everywhere and worse in many places, we've never done well in international comparisons, and our problems have always been profoundly bottom-heavy
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things • when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things
when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Fear is the Heart of All Bad Things • when you choose to drive your kid to school instead of letting them walk or take the bus, you're endangering them
Layoffs Cannot Prove the Efficacy of AI • corporations do stupid things
Layoffs Cannot Prove the Efficacy of AI
corporations do stupid things
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Layoffs Cannot Prove the Efficacy of AI • corporations do stupid things
If You Were to Say "White People Have Good Genes," Yes, That Would Be Racist! • apropos of no recent celebrity controversies, I swear
If You Were to Say "White People Have Good Genes," Yes, That Would Be Racist!
apropos of no recent celebrity controversies, I swear
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
If You Were to Say "White People Have Good Genes," Yes, That Would Be Racist! • apropos of no recent celebrity controversies, I swear
I Love It When Older People Dote on My Baby • it costs me nothing, it costs him nothing, it adds a tiny piece of beauty to the world
I Love It When Older People Dote on My Baby
it costs me nothing, it costs him nothing, it adds a tiny piece of beauty to the world
freddiedeboer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I Love It When Older People Dote on My Baby • it costs me nothing, it costs him nothing, it adds a tiny piece of beauty to the world