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Derek B

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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
TV promo: "Brought to you by ChatGP-" Me, blurting involuntarily: "Fuck you"
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Always remember: If others find you off-putting, you can always blame it on being cursed with a "specialized mind."
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Tim Carvell @timcarvell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Rough week to tell people that your application to join the FBI finally went through.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The best and the brightest.
The Kennedy Center
Members Appointed by the President of the United States
Brian D. Ballard
Maria Bartiromo
Pamela Bondi
Mary Helen Bowers
Hannah F. Buchan
Robert Castellani
Elaine Chao
Pamella Roland DeVos
Patricia Duggan
John Falconetti
Emilia May Fanjul
Jennifer Fischer
Lynette Friess
Sergio Gor
Pamela Gross
Lee Greenwood
Kate Adamson Haselwood曲
The Kennedy Center
Kate Adamson Haselwood
Laura Ingraham
Dana Kraft
Mindy Levine
Lynda Lomangino
Barbara Long
Allison Lutnick
Douglas Manchester
Laura Perlmutter
Catherine B. Reynolds
Denise Saul
Dan Scavino
Cheri Summerall
President Donald J. Trump
Susie Wiles
Andrea Wynn
Paolo Zampolli
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Men used to have ROMANCE Men used to be SPONTANEOUS Men used to come home and surprise their wives with COORDINATED OUTFITS and say YOU HAVE TO PLAY THE DRUMS, WE ARE IN A BAND, we are called THE WHITE STIPES, you are now my SISTER
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
“The administration wrote to several grantees working on maternal health that while ‘maternal and infant health are important issues,’ their work ‘does not advance minority health with regards to OMH’s current priority areas.’” we don’t loathe these people enough.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
It’s so weird how these guys will be like ding dong pobodies nerfect about this and then a Cheerios commercial will have a gay guy and it will be six months later and they’re still talking about it
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The Shadow Over Innschwartz ✨🦑✨ @benschwartz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
You'd think she'd be nicer to a guy who could write her a Vicodin prescription.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Liberals say the Supreme Court is hastening the end of our democracy. They’re wrong— the Supreme Court is hastening the end of our republic.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Interior design is my passion"
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 31/08/2026
Donald Trump if he isn’t interior decorating
Sick ET
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Tell me again history doesn’t matter
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Opinion | What It Took to Dismantle the Most Powerful Company in the World (Gift Article)
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Billions were paid to kill wind projects & now this. Do *any* of this admin's policies make sense to non-criminals? wapo.st/4zFDSA0
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Trump seeks vast, potentially costly U.S. stake in Venezuelan oil industry
A deal, which may come as early as next week, would be contentious and could cost U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.
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Ken Tremendous @kentremendous.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I'm renaming Lake Ontario "The Kennedy Center." Then I'm renaming the (current) Kennedy Center "Trump Lake." Then I'm tearing down Trump Lake and building The Ontario Center for American Lakes. Then I'm flooding it and renaming it Lake White House. Then I'm renaming the movie "The Lake House" "Ontar
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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
If you still have a Twitter account, today is a great day to delete it. Nothing you could possibly get out of that site is worth having your name associated with child pornography. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Elon Musk’s xAI used child porn to train Grok models, lawsuit says
xAI accused of training Grok on real and AI-generated child pornography.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I figured we'd get to the "snake eating its own tail" phase eventually.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/08/2026
Sometimes society at large rejects certain ideas because they’ve been thoroughly shown to be wrong and also because they suck and the people who espouse them suck and when someone comes around arguing those ideas should be part of some edgy modern debate we can and should shun them and move on.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Art
"...Carney isn't fleeing the table, he's letting the clock run because the other bloke's shot clock is nearly done. Come November, if the map goes the way it's trending, he won't be negotiating with Trump at all. He'll be walking all over that flatulant flubberfuck like a used Persian rug, the kind that's seen too many spray tans and too much foot traffic, rolled up and left out the front for hard rubbish collection."
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
ICE and CBP are full of rapists and child predators. A new report details it in horrific detail.
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The Sex Criminals and Child Abusers of ICE and CBP
Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026
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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New: An "expert witness" in a $61 million lawsuit over an industrial explosion that killed three people and destroyed 200 homes used ChatGPT to write his report for the court. He prompted ChatGPT to "show how 3M is 0% at fault for the explosion at Watson Grinding" www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...
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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 10/02/2026
I looked her up because it mentioned book publishing and...I need someone else to read this bio. I can't be alone in this experience. shelleylewis.com/about-shelley/
shelleylewis.com
About Shelley Anne Lewis | Author & Conscious Leader
Learn about Shelley Anne Lewis, author, spiritual entrepreneur, and founder of Sacred Space, focused on conscious leadership and purpose-driven business.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
When he was a kid, my dad thought that BM stood for body manure. That man sired me.
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Packaging for a garbage can. The image on the box is of a lower body. A foot is stepping on the bin opener. The carry holes in the box itself are at crotch level of the figure, making it look like he has an enormous wang
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026
This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more .
7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about
his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre
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Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she
4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
cornplaint about essay SOOre.
Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
"I think those suckers can make it to the midterms," he added just before blasting a fart and blaming it on a duck he swears has been following him around "for longer than any duck has followed any President."
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
There's a series on BBC called "Secrets of the Human Body" and, honestly, I'd rather not know any more than I already do. We're pretty gross.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Two Black mayors took cities that the country loves to write off and made them measurably safer. That’s not a fluke. That’s a blueprint. Chicago and Baltimore just posted numbers that should be front-page news. They’re not. We need to talk about why. 🧵 www.theroot.com/opinion-blac...
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
After Alex Pretti was shot while peacefully witnessing during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the US government did not investigate his murder; they investigated groups that were supporting efforts to witness and document, calling them agitators. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u...
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U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 12/08/2026
NEW: Harmeet Dhillon swore in 100+ new Civil Rights Division lawyers as "civil rights warriors" for "ALL Americans" — then named exactly none of them. So we did. Court filings let us ID 11. At least 5 arrived with records of misconduct, controversy, or hiring irregularities. 1/
citizen.org
Meet the attorneys Harmeet Dhillon installed to turn the Civil Rights Division against its mission - Public Citizen
Introduction  On July 8, 2026, Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon tweeted that she had sworn in more than 100 new…
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Death cult
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Trying to gauge when, exactly, between the lies about Haitian migrants, the extrajudicial boat killings, the Epstein Files strategy sessions, the Tate brothers importation, and the illegal overseas war, it was that God made his presence known to JD Vance through a glass on the wall
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ceej @ceej.online · 10/08/2026
I don’t know what to tell you, man. everyone still over there is essentially melting their brains on contrarianism 24/7. “are scuba divers faking the need for bottled air?” these are addicts
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
DR. SPACEMAN
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Only just saw Sen Cassidy's remarks from today. So, that was a hostage video, yeah?
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20th Century Baseball Man @20thbaseball.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
There's a guy on the Fisher Cats named Dub Gleed.
Scoreboard showing Dub Gleed
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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are getting reamed by a billionaire on the Moda Center. Full stop. Dundon wants us to pay nearly double the median cost of stadium renovations in 2025-2026, more than the Delta Center, which had to be converted from basketball to hockey. And he won’t even tell us what he wants the money for.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The funny thing about munitions stockpiles is that they don't wind up depleted if you only use them when you absolutely have to. They're like instant coffee.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
this man should get combat pay bc he was FIGHTING here
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Pixie Casey @pixiecasey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
in insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
mynbc5.com
VT musical director of planned 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' created fake threats, police say
The director of a planned production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" admitted to sending himself threatening texts that eventually got the play canceled out of safety concerns.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Many of your staunchest supporters will one day claim to have never supported you "
Andy Card whispering to a dummy, who's reading My Pet Goat to children on 9/11
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Stephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
this absolute scumbag www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
oregonlive.com
Trump administration denies emergency funding for 2 Oregon wildfires
U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have sent a letter to the federal agency expressing frustration with the decision.
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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
There is a Large Vagina missing in all our hearts
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I 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
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sam Altman
@sama •7h
cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
It's about time, although I have the feeling they'll just find someone worse to replace O'Neal. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
theguardian.com
Washington Post’s opinion editor resigns after just one year in role
Adam O’Neal did not give reason for his departure at end of August in another major shakeup at US publication
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Derek B @tanpants.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Watching a season finale while thinking, "Thank god this is the last one." #CapeFear
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
reuters: 

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
TikTok has incredible moderation team. Our InfoWars video about Multiple Horse Theory — the idea that there are many horses in the world and not just one — has been fully deemed misinformation and lost the formal appeals process. Confirmed by Larry Ellison: There is only one horse on Earth.
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delco de leche @delcodeleche.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Saw LeBron at Valley Forge, he was looking at one of the log cabins and crying. “The cold, the hunger, the disease, the suffering. They did it all for us.” I put my arm around him and his bodyguard beat the shit out of me.
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