diff --git a/bashrc/.wit b/bashrc/.wit
index ad2976c..d3b2cf7 100644
--- a/bashrc/.wit
+++ b/bashrc/.wit
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ alias apt-find="apt-file search"
 alias apps="cd ~/go/src/go.wit.com/apps"
 alias proto="cd ~/go/src/go.wit.com/lib/protobuf"
 
+# added 2025/08
+alias ddd="dd status=progress oflag=dsync bs=1M" # alias to show dd progress. this should probably be the default for dd
+
 # this is neat. how does it work?
 # todo: make it work with go-args
 complete -C gocomplete go