Future Ted
@ted-h.bsky.social
He/him. I play Dobro and guitar and try to write songs.
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🎧 Gonna start a slowly evolving thread for my folk-funk faves
What’s folk-funk?
The foundational tracks were mostly released in the 70s
It’s jazz-adjacent, funk-inflected, & heavy on drum breaks, acoustic guitar, & groove
We start with a “founder” of folk-funk
1/n
youtu.be/HY2VfzBWKXM?...
What’s folk-funk?
The foundational tracks were mostly released in the 70s
It’s jazz-adjacent, funk-inflected, & heavy on drum breaks, acoustic guitar, & groove
We start with a “founder” of folk-funk
1/n
youtu.be/HY2VfzBWKXM?...
Terry Callier - You Goin' Miss Your Candyman
YouTube video by Adagiosoulb4flesh
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 9:55 PM
🎧 Gonna start a slowly evolving thread for my folk-funk faves
What’s folk-funk?
The foundational tracks were mostly released in the 70s
It’s jazz-adjacent, funk-inflected, & heavy on drum breaks, acoustic guitar, & groove
We start with a “founder” of folk-funk
1/n
youtu.be/HY2VfzBWKXM?...
What’s folk-funk?
The foundational tracks were mostly released in the 70s
It’s jazz-adjacent, funk-inflected, & heavy on drum breaks, acoustic guitar, & groove
We start with a “founder” of folk-funk
1/n
youtu.be/HY2VfzBWKXM?...
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a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
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Multiple people have been taken this morning already in Northeast and we don’t have the same capacity on the streets that we’ve had throughout the week. Please come out and help us today and bring a friend we need more people outside so we can protect our neighbors.
January 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Multiple people have been taken this morning already in Northeast and we don’t have the same capacity on the streets that we’ve had throughout the week. Please come out and help us today and bring a friend we need more people outside so we can protect our neighbors.
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The lesson Frey and Walz were supposed to learn in 2020 was that sending riot police to a peaceful protest creates a confrontation that results in some dipshit cops shooting people in the eye with a gas canister which then we have to goddamn pay for in settlements while also our city burns.
January 10, 2026 at 5:28 AM
The lesson Frey and Walz were supposed to learn in 2020 was that sending riot police to a peaceful protest creates a confrontation that results in some dipshit cops shooting people in the eye with a gas canister which then we have to goddamn pay for in settlements while also our city burns.
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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It appears the link above finally stopped worrying. If you want to watch the story Bari spiked, you can see it in five parts here:
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
It appears the link above finally stopped worrying. If you want to watch the story Bari spiked, you can see it in five parts here:
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Wow. This is an absolutely terrifying read. We now live in an age when a single company can, through what appears to be plain old bureaucracy, can more or less brick your entire digital life.
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Wow. This is an absolutely terrifying read. We now live in an age when a single company can, through what appears to be plain old bureaucracy, can more or less brick your entire digital life.
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The magazine that brought you "FAQ: The Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defense" and "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" bring you Isaac Chotiner's interview with Santa and it is OUTSTANDING.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The magazine that brought you "FAQ: The Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defense" and "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" bring you Isaac Chotiner's interview with Santa and it is OUTSTANDING.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
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Big day to amplify @sbworkersunited.org and not buy Starbucks
BREAKING: 12 strikers were just arrested by the NYPD while peacefully protesting outside the Empire State Building.
Allies are beginning to speak to the crowd about what just happened.
Allies are beginning to speak to the crowd about what just happened.
Today, baristas are bringing their ULP strike to Starbucks' NYC corporate office, housed inside the Empire State Building.
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
Workers and allies are demanding the company resolve 100s of unfair labor practices, end the union-busting, & finalize fair union contracts. Let's go! #NoContractNoCoffee
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Big day to amplify @sbworkersunited.org and not buy Starbucks
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Want to support workers on strike?
✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅ Donate to our strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅ Donate to our strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Want to support workers on strike?
✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅ Donate to our strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
✅ Follow us + share our posts about NOT BUYING STARBUCKS!
✅ Sign our No Contract No Coffee pledge, & we'll send you local calls to action throughout the strike: nocontractnocoffee.org
✅ Donate to our strike fund: sbworkersunited.org
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Good morning from DAY FIVE of our national ULP strike!
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Good morning from DAY FIVE of our national ULP strike!
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
We're ready to escalate if we don’t see substantial progress toward finalizing contracts that address pay, hours/staffing & the resolution of 100s of ULPs.
RT if you're with us ✊🔥 #NoContractNoCoffee
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
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Yeah, seriously. Joy is resistance. We have to find the joy wherever we can right now, and lecturing people who have found some brief relief from this hellscape about how bad they are is a real dick move.
When they aren't hurting anyone, just shut up and let people enjoy things. Don't be a dick.
When they aren't hurting anyone, just shut up and let people enjoy things. Don't be a dick.
I saw someone genuinely irritated that Taylor Swift fans are having some moments of joy these last couple of days despite the horrors of the world, I want to reassure that person that when the Taylor Swift fans are done having their joy the horrors will still be there, don't worry, they can catch up
August 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Yeah, seriously. Joy is resistance. We have to find the joy wherever we can right now, and lecturing people who have found some brief relief from this hellscape about how bad they are is a real dick move.
When they aren't hurting anyone, just shut up and let people enjoy things. Don't be a dick.
When they aren't hurting anyone, just shut up and let people enjoy things. Don't be a dick.
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We're going into the weekend with some NEW UNION STORES!!! 🥳🎉
Congratulations to Starbucks workers who just voted to unionize at these locations!
☕️COLUMBUS, OH - Olentangy River Rd.
☕️BEAUMONT, TX - Dowlen & Folsom
☕️DES MOINES, IA - 3830 Merle Hay Rd.
Congratulations to Starbucks workers who just voted to unionize at these locations!
☕️COLUMBUS, OH - Olentangy River Rd.
☕️BEAUMONT, TX - Dowlen & Folsom
☕️DES MOINES, IA - 3830 Merle Hay Rd.
August 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We're going into the weekend with some NEW UNION STORES!!! 🥳🎉
Congratulations to Starbucks workers who just voted to unionize at these locations!
☕️COLUMBUS, OH - Olentangy River Rd.
☕️BEAUMONT, TX - Dowlen & Folsom
☕️DES MOINES, IA - 3830 Merle Hay Rd.
Congratulations to Starbucks workers who just voted to unionize at these locations!
☕️COLUMBUS, OH - Olentangy River Rd.
☕️BEAUMONT, TX - Dowlen & Folsom
☕️DES MOINES, IA - 3830 Merle Hay Rd.
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These are NOT isolated issues.
We’re sounding the alarm to customers, and demanding Starbucks finalize fair contracts with us to address these constant problems in our stores!
We’re sounding the alarm to customers, and demanding Starbucks finalize fair contracts with us to address these constant problems in our stores!
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
These are NOT isolated issues.
We’re sounding the alarm to customers, and demanding Starbucks finalize fair contracts with us to address these constant problems in our stores!
We’re sounding the alarm to customers, and demanding Starbucks finalize fair contracts with us to address these constant problems in our stores!
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
6 July - A Beach Boys Song
"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=216Y...
#MusicChallenge
6 July - A Beach Boys Song
"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=216Y...
I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
6 July - A Beach Boys Song
"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=216Y...
#MusicChallenge
6 July - A Beach Boys Song
"I Just Wasn't Made For These Times"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=216Y...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
7 July - A drinking song
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wq0...
#MusicChallenge
7 July - A drinking song
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wq0...
Tom Waits: Jockey Full of Bourbon (live in Warsaw 2000)
YouTube video by MrRainDogss
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:31 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
7 July - A drinking song
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wq0...
#MusicChallenge
7 July - A drinking song
Tom Waits - Jockey Full of Bourbon
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wq0...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
5 July - A song that makes you think of how hot it is
John Prine - Mexican Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvP...
#MusicChallenge
5 July - A song that makes you think of how hot it is
John Prine - Mexican Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvP...
John Prine & Josh Ritter - "Mexican Home" (Live)
YouTube video by John Prine
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
5 July - A song that makes you think of how hot it is
John Prine - Mexican Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvP...
#MusicChallenge
5 July - A song that makes you think of how hot it is
John Prine - Mexican Home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmvP...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
4 July - A Summer Song
The Summer - Yo La Tengo
youtu.be/hu9DnE7gTIU?...
#MusicChallenge
4 July - A Summer Song
The Summer - Yo La Tengo
youtu.be/hu9DnE7gTIU?...
The Summer - Yo La Tengo
YouTube video by barnonerecords
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
4 July - A Summer Song
The Summer - Yo La Tengo
youtu.be/hu9DnE7gTIU?...
#MusicChallenge
4 July - A Summer Song
The Summer - Yo La Tengo
youtu.be/hu9DnE7gTIU?...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
3 July: A Protest Song
I saw Willi Carlisle perform this live a few days ago:
"The Ballad of Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman (performed by Willi Carlisle):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ig...
And here's the Steve Goodman version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mY...
#MusicChallenge
3 July: A Protest Song
I saw Willi Carlisle perform this live a few days ago:
"The Ballad of Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman (performed by Willi Carlisle):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ig...
And here's the Steve Goodman version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mY...
Willi Carlisle - "Penny Evans" - Tales From Critterland
YouTube video by Willi Carlisle
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
3 July: A Protest Song
I saw Willi Carlisle perform this live a few days ago:
"The Ballad of Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman (performed by Willi Carlisle):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ig...
And here's the Steve Goodman version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mY...
#MusicChallenge
3 July: A Protest Song
I saw Willi Carlisle perform this live a few days ago:
"The Ballad of Penny Evans" by Steve Goodman (performed by Willi Carlisle):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ig...
And here's the Steve Goodman version:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mY...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
1 July - A song from a summer of significance
1994 (the summer I got married)
"Nanci" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZN...
#MusicChallenge
1 July - A song from a summer of significance
1994 (the summer I got married)
"Nanci" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZN...
Toad the Wet Sprocket - Nanci from Chicago, IL 7-21-1994
YouTube video by ComeBackDownload
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
1 July - A song from a summer of significance
1994 (the summer I got married)
"Nanci" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZN...
#MusicChallenge
1 July - A song from a summer of significance
1994 (the summer I got married)
"Nanci" - Toad the Wet Sprocket
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EZN...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
30 June: Canada Day!
10 Degrees And Getting Colder: Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlL...
#MusicChallenge
30 June: Canada Day!
10 Degrees And Getting Colder: Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlL...
gordon lightfoot 10 degrees and getting colder live in concert bbc 1972
YouTube video by tony blackhall
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
30 June: Canada Day!
10 Degrees And Getting Colder: Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlL...
#MusicChallenge
30 June: Canada Day!
10 Degrees And Getting Colder: Gordon Lightfoot
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmlL...
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
2 July: A song that mentions July.
"July Jackson" - Charley Crockett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-x0...
#MusicChallenge
2 July: A song that mentions July.
"July Jackson" - Charley Crockett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-x0...
Charley Crockett - “July Jackson - Billy Horton Sessions" (Official Video)
YouTube video by Charley Crockett
www.youtube.com
July 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
#JulyYouAreASong
#MusicChallenge
2 July: A song that mentions July.
"July Jackson" - Charley Crockett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-x0...
#MusicChallenge
2 July: A song that mentions July.
"July Jackson" - Charley Crockett
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-x0...