Writer, Rabble Rouser, Progressive Independent, RPG Geek Substack: https://substack.com/@fredericpoag YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fredpoaghttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mwg7w6fhyk2qDistillation is a process of transformation. It takes water from one state to the next to purify it of impurity. Thus transformation isn’t about radical change to something completely different. It’s simply removing the distractions to reveal the possibility of our better self.26 Sep 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwg7w6fhyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mw7jj7p4xc2tThere comes a moment when you realize the possibilities that are open to you. That joy of potential is freeing.23 Sep 2026 19:55 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7jj7p4xc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mw3cewyjv22yFree Palestine 🇵🇸22 Sep 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3cewyjv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvqkxdwfpk2kSo the US committed war crimes against Iran experts are now saying. Awesome. Do Cuba, the rest of the Caribbean and South & Central America now. Actually just do all the countries we haven’t fucked up something in. It’ll be a shorter list.17 Sep 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqkxdwfpk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvq4msxrcs2uFascists got me listening to Macklemore. 😂17 Sep 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvq4msxrcs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvohfhktbs2cI gassed up two days ago at 3.88. It’s 4.39 today. Why we’re not rioting in the streets blows my mind.17 Sep 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvohfhktbs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvkxvbvb422rEasy money is never easy. And fame is a flimsy currency. Everything has a cost.15 Sep 2026 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkxvbvb422rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvkxjdg6pk2rThey repackaged nostalgia, sold it back to you and told you it was culture and progress.15 Sep 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkxjdg6pk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvjj6tbuhs2yFunny how all the paid ads I see on YouTube are from Democrats telling me they need more money for paid ads. 🤔15 Sep 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjj6tbuhs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvbqqhoowk2ySaudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks by drones from Iraqi terrority. Iran to the US before the next round of negotiations:11 Sep 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbqqhoowk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvbijzpvb22iThe genocide of not only people but culture that happened to Indigenous Peoples in the United States didn’t happen to someone separated from us. They are Us. This applies to all oppressed people in the US. They’re aren’t separated from Us. They are Us. It’s time we treated them like Us in the US.11 Sep 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbijzpvb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvbgqdtpmk2eI don't wanna hear your 9/11 speech unless you're actually gonna talk about doing something for the people impacted by it. Last politician to do that was @mayor.nyc.gov in #NYC https://fredericpoag.substack.com/p/i-dont-wanna-talk-about-september?r=46se9c&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web11 Sep 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbgqdtpmk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mvbglmii7s2nJust because someone becomes an enemy of Trump doesn’t automatically make them a good person. Read that as many times as you need to.11 Sep 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbglmii7s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mv6siedozc2lSo I keep hearing about this site called Grindr. From what I gather it’s a site for Republican men. Just wondering what goes on there since it always seems to go down from use during Republican conventions. 🤔10 Sep 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6siedozc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mv6rioxcz22fNormally it takes the US multiple Presidential administrations to lose a war. Trump is about to do it in half of a single term. That’s some colossal incompetence right there.10 Sep 2026 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6rioxcz22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mui4xrlcgk2gI feel like there aren’t enough consequences for political leaders who rape children, commit war crimes, support states committing genocide, steal public money, threaten political rivals and kidnap people with secret police.01 Sep 2026 19:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui4xrlcgk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mui4f5x3oc2pCan we just skip to the part where Trump refuses to declare defeat, but we do it anyway? Seriously man enough with the airstrikes that are just war crimes and the murder of civilians. #Iran01 Sep 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui4f5x3oc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtw7mhb3wk2iNo economic system works if it’s rigged. Ideology won’t save it if the cultural foundation is fucked.25 Aug 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw7mhb3wk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtuk4nmn722iSupreme Court: “We need security. People don’t respect us as much as they once did.” Also the Supreme Court: “Yes Furhuer Trump mail in ballots are bad now.”25 Aug 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuk4nmn722ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtujzje6cc2iSo does the Supreme Court file as a W2 for Trump’s Ass or are they 1099?25 Aug 2026 00:15 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujzje6cc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtjwdcmcw224Some days I like writing #poetry https://fredericpoag.substack.com/p/let-us-be?r=46se9c&utm_medium=ios20 Aug 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjwdcmcw224https://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtjsy7bk5c2nYou cannot actively oppress someone else while demanding the oppression you’re suffering be lessened. It’s an all or nothing proposition. You cannot be a feminist and hate trans women. You cannot demand equal rights for all men and keep them from women.. It’s All. Or it’s nothing.20 Aug 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjsy7bk5c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtjpzz27tc27🤷‍♂️20 Aug 2026 17:03 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjpzz27tc27https://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mtjo3mxrfs2bYou aren’t a protector of women if you’re complicit in their oppression.20 Aug 2026 16:28 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjo3mxrfs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/lazarusdurden.bsky.social/post/3mti7tyc5hk2dHey the guy who is currently President had over 300 accounts closed by Capital One for money laundering. He’s also an adjudicated rapist. He shouldn’t be President. We don’t say this enough.20 Aug 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:5ozxtmkbhdb46mnorvep4uv5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mti7tyc5hk2d