Reposted by Derek HouckMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 57mIf you're a fraternity alum (from any school/state) who experienced sexual violence as a member, I'm here to listen. I understand this is extremely sensitive and I will treat your story with the utmost discretion and care. Reach out— Signal: marisakabas.04 Email: marisa@thehandbasket.co 0240148
Reposted by Derek HouckGreenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 20hOkay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA 108108383958
Reposted by Derek HouckJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 17hPolitical polarization breeds inferior criminals, and I’m against it. 625825
Derek Houck @derekhouck.com · 12/10/2026Panera frittata Quite an odd little phrase Panera frittata Must be a passing phase 010
Reposted by Derek HouckJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 149148736405
Reposted by Derek HouckCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 09/10/2026People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free. In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out. linktr.ee/3Dwhistleslinktr.ee3D Printed Whistles | LinktreeWe ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them. 81547879
Reposted by Derek HouckThe Onion @theonion.com · 08/10/2026From The Archive: DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment theonion.comDOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of EntertainmentWASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo... 902989730
Reposted by Derek HouckMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”phoenixnewtimes.comCongressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signsEmbarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing. 17342811628
Reposted by Derek HouckMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 03/10/2026the Cornell case should make us question prosecutors and police all the time: the same DA offices discounting college students’ sexual assault cases (the lacking investigations, the disbelief) are happy to jail countless women for far less, day in and day out, when most people aren’t watching 11097234
Reposted by Derek HouckKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered. 239102223245
Reposted by Derek HouckGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 296113474115
Reposted by Derek HouckCharlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o... 11571842058
Reposted by Derek HouckBrooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 30/09/2026One of the things to come from GamerGate was the gamification of torturing real, live women...hounding them out of their homes, making them look over their shoulders for years. It was treated as a joke, nbd, the work of a few bad apples--as all terrorism against women is--& that failure leads here. 3242891149
Reposted by Derek HouckJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yes my bull went rogue in your china shop but I think we can all agree there’s no liability here it’s an agentic being 202714412
Reposted by Derek HouckJules @ds9official.singles · 23/09/2026one thing about newsom is that once you notice his gul dukat vibe you can't unsee it 12475109
Reposted by Derek HouckWhitney Curry Wimbish @whitneycwimbish.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The youngest person his pager attack killed was 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah, who had just started 4th grade. The pager was on a table when it went off and she picked it up to take to her dad. It exploded in her face and reports said it covered the room in her blood. She wanted to learn English. 42103694406
Reposted by Derek HouckMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026one common thread (among the horrifying many) between the numerous ICE shootings/murders is that no first aid was administered to the victim. armed combatants of the government shot to kill, and if they didn’t kill right away, they gave time for it to happen anyway. it is absolutely grotesque. 5146051229
Reposted by Derek HouckNick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 24841441674
Reposted by Derek HouckKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 21/09/2026for your future voting knowledge, Gavin Newsom was central in pressuring the AGs to settle their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount:deadline.comDone! Paramount Settles Antitrust Suit, Set To Seal Deal For Warner Bros. DiscoveryParamount agreed to settle an antitrust suit by a dozen State Attorneys General led by California's Rob Bonta, the last obstacle to its merger with WBD. 16835721391
Reposted by Derek HouckPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 21/09/2026ICE shot a DoorDash delivery guy.statesman.comAttorney: Austin man shot by ICE agent was making DoorDash deliveryA Venezuelan man shot by an ICE agent in Austin was making a DoorDash delivery, his attorney said. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, was later released from the hospital into ICE custody. 25376673460
Reposted by Derek HouckMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Great system, no notes www.propublica.org/article/scho... 271418331
Reposted by Derek HouckAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 16/09/2026every single republican president of my lifetime has started a war in the middle east and destroyed the economy 533791895
Reposted by Derek HouckIGN Creators Guild @ignunion.bsky.social · 15/09/2026We are tired of posting statements like these. 171294336
Reposted by Derek HouckAftermath @aftermath.site · 15/09/2026IGN's union tells us one worker was given an ultimatum to move to LA or be laid off, and that the union was not even given a courtesy heads-up about today's moves: aftermath.site/ign-layoffs-... 519251
Reposted by Derek HouckBo Moore @usebomswisely.bsky.social · 14/09/2026My team had a huge content day today on IGN, covering the launch of Valve's Steam Frame. So this seems like a good time as any to say that I was affected by today's layoffs. 41565136
Reposted by Derek HouckTomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Another clear and knowable downstream consequence of letting scammers get rich off crypto was that that money would boomerang back into politics in ways that were highly likely to try to skirt around fundraising laws and distort policy incentives. 354895
Reposted by Derek HouckElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 13/09/2026Flight attendants have the right to organize a union without intimidation or interference. I've received reports that Delta threatened pay and benefits, and encouraged new workers to report colleagues for even mentioning a union. I'm pushing back against union-busting tactics. 542501560
Reposted by Derek HouckIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026Pretending the days after Sept. 11, 2001 were some kind of gauzy Hallmark special when we came together as a country is nauseating and ahistorical. The country went completely insane and has not recovered 13877931479
Reposted by Derek HouckIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 12/09/2026"don't you care about fairness in sports?" No actually, I don't. Nobody does 1124700704
Reposted by Derek HouckBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 365307760
Reposted by Derek HouckJohn Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 30/08/2026"we should rename Mar-a-Lago something funny, make Google display that" My brother in Christ, the Ontario legislature can declare Google's workers in Ontario to be unionized and assign their collective labour rights to whichever union will be most militant, think bigger 544475861
Derek Houck @derekhouck.com · 29/08/2026Four teenagers escape to a farm after fighting in an antique shop. 000
Reposted by Derek HouckSAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 26/08/2026We are saddened by the loss of the iconic Tim Curry. He became a cultural icon as Dr. Frank-N-Furter & terrified audiences as Pennywise, while earning 3 Tony nominations. His unforgettable performances left an indelible mark on generations of audiences. #SagAftraMember since 1974 25824
Reposted by Derek HouckJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7243894011285
Reposted by Derek HouckSAG-AFTRA @sagaftra.org · 25/08/2026SAG-AFTRA mourns the loss of legendary performer and recording artist Dolly Parton, who has died at 80. Read more: ow.ly/cMwp50ZFovN 17527
Reposted by Derek HouckAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.comimaginationlibrary.comDolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AUDolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas. 45121515977
Reposted by Derek HouckBrandon - "Fietser" @americanfietser.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Humanity lost a great person today.theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes 010411
Derek Houck @derekhouck.com · 23/08/2026Why does Heidi Gardner want to shoot me? What did I ever do to her? 000
Reposted by Derek HouckChance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 4645471568
Reposted by Derek HouckJen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...ysph.yale.eduUniversal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study ProjectsA single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it 595165447121
Reposted by Derek HouckRoss Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 27/07/2026[James Stewart as Odysseus] now listen here, Agamemnon, I'm going home, y'see. You keep your fancy armour, I'm getting off this crummy ol' beach. [Spotting the Cyclops] now here's a curious fella, he's only got one peeper 7164731571
Reposted by Derek HouckRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026It sometimes feels like we're living in a ridiculously exaggerated folk tale with wildly implausible villains. For example, as the president takes billions for himself and his family and *coats his things in gold,* the soldiers fighting his war can't get toothpaste, hot water, or a clean toilet.ms.nowMoldy showers and no soap: Military families are outraged by conditions on USS LincolnThe aircraft carrier's long deployment in the Iran war is raising concerns that the sailors and Marines on board are facing poor conditions, low supplies and fatigue. 10335701397
Reposted by Derek HouckRebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 04/08/2026GOOD MORNING KANSAS CITY IT'S VOTIN' TIME FUCK NO TO MISSOURI STATE AMMENDMENTS 4 AND 5 51229
Reposted by Derek HouckDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/07/2026People still complain about “lockdowns” but we had none in the US. We had stay-at-home orders, where although businesses were closed, you could still go outside whenever you wanted. Other countries had far stricter rules, and yet have been much more accepting of them as they saved many more lives. 261301239
Reposted by Derek HouckChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 02/08/2026The diarrhea lettuce company, Taylor Farms, uses slave labor contracted from the Arizona Dept. of Corrections. The backbreaking labor is often performed by imprisoned Mexican nationals who would be otherwise ineligble to work in the US. They are paid $1.50 an hour.futurism.comThe Diarrhea Lettuce Company Has Been Linked to Forced LaborThe lettuce-producing Taylor Farms was linked to the widespread use of prison labor before its involvement in a cyclospora outbreak. 380112466087
Reposted by Derek Houckjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126177999
Reposted by Derek HouckJessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 31/07/2026What's the difference between a landlord who sneaks into your apartment to rifle through your underwear drawer and an AG who sues for your abortion records? The state health director keeping a spreadsheet of women’s periods isn’t any less creepy than the abusive ex who still tracks your location. 5694126