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Derek Smith
@darathus.xyz
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Hot wings. Horror. Dad jokes. He/him/his

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Derek Smith @darathus.xyz · Nov 23
Welcome to my wave of new followers! Hope that you're here for my ADHD fueled flights between topics, art shares, music recommendations.

I don't immediately follow back, so please feel free to interact so I can get to know ya better!
darathus.xyz
I spend way more time than I would like yelling "Shut up!" when ads start playing on streaming services that I pay for.
January 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Mary Shelley's Frankenjaws
weinbergs.bsky.social weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.social · 2h
let's pretend: Universal announces a screenwriting contest for Jaws 5. What's your pitch?
January 19, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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paulgandersman.bsky.social
MAN FINDS TAPE comes to Blu Ray and DVD on February 24th in the U.S.! Available to pre-order now. 💿 👀 🪱

a.co/d/dkYh3AF

@peterhallhuman.bsky.social @davidlawsonjr.bsky.social @aaronmoorhead.bsky.social @justinhbenson.bsky.social @crobertcargill.bsky.social @gholson.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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gilarpgs.bsky.social
Core rules, starter adventure, and starter sandbox hexcrawl, all coming out tomorrow.

All PWYW.

Plus a game jam to celebrate the release.

Get ready for WYRM. My take on OSR style games.
Cover for the WYRM TTRPG. A large stone wall has a glowing doorway. An armored fantasy character carrying a torch is walking through the doorway. At the top of the image is the word " WYRM "
January 19, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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theverbalthing.com
This is an incredibly well-reported piece. I *loved* playing Yazeba’s on OMM and looked forward to eventually buying a physical version, but I stand in solidarity with the creators who were essentially strong-armed into removing their work from future editions.
rascal.news Rascal News @rascal.news · 10h
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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trungles.com
I can’t go to the grocery store alone right now because ICE is racially profiling and abducting people who aren’t white
markwarner.bsky.social Senator Mark Warner @markwarner.bsky.social · 3d
Despite Trump’s promises, grocery prices are still rising fast. Families can’t afford this… when is he going to get serious about lowering costs?
January 19, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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drewdietsch.bsky.social
Bravo, BATMAN. Getting this one on TV in 1966 deserves admiration.
The Pink Sandbox club from BATMAN
January 19, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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crobertcargill.bsky.social
This is what they said about him then. This is what they say about us now. This is who they always have been.
A cartoon from the mid-1960s. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. talks with a reporter, surrounded by the aftermath and detritus of a riot saying "I plan to have another non-violent march tomorrow."
January 19, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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jordantyranny.bsky.social
“you have a gigantoraptor?!”
“we have a gigantoraptor!!!!”
Pic of what a gigantoraptor looks like in ark it’s a big fluffy guy related to oviraptor but gigantic
January 19, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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gholson.bsky.social
MAN FINDS TAPE
DVD and Blu-ray
FEBRUARY 24
January 19, 2026 at 7:52 PM
darathus.xyz
Can't decide on something new to watch, so I'm watching Pitch Perfect for the thousandth time.
a close up of a woman making a face
Alt: a close up of a woman making a face
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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mikerunderwood.bsky.social
This charity game goes live in just under two hours!
thenaturolls.com The Naturolls: A Daggerheart Podcast @thenaturolls.com · 5d
Friends! I'm super excited to announce that @demiplane.com has given us some #Daggerheart digital copies to give away at the charity stream this coming Monday!

Guess you could say that doing good and having a chance to win our favorite #ttrpg is a ... Naturoll combination. 😉
Graphic promoting the charity one-shot for feeding america January 19, 2026 5pm EST twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch Graphic also includes headshots of all the players and the GM
January 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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xenianth.com
- The Blighted Conjurer -

🔹 Prints
🔹 Apparel

#art #DarkArt #horror
Digital illustration in flat, muted, cool earthy tones, title at bottom: The Blighted Conjurer. A six-limbed being comprised of gnarled, twisted vines and roots has a horse skull head. The vines/roots are attached to its arms as if the arms are growing from them. It is in a forested body of water with its head leaning out and over. Black viscous fluid flows from the cavity in its nose down into a mass on top of the water. The piece is not shaded, using intricate line work and flat colors to show depth.
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
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Adorable!
thetiffanym.bsky.social Tiffany Muller @thetiffanym.bsky.social · 5h
A tabby triple dipper
Three tabby cats laying on top of each other on a cat bed.
January 19, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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simzart.bsky.social
Peekaboo. 🫣
A character lifting their duvet to uncover three ghost cats hiding under it. They're in their room and there's a bright sun shining everywhere.
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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thenaturolls.com
This is it. The day of our #Daggerheart charity stream.

Join @mikerunderwood.bsky.social, @estelofimladris.bsky.social, @bladebound.bsky.social, @embiodiedvoice.bsky.social, and @mrstoomuch.bsky.social TODAY at 5pm ET at twitch.tv/revealingtoomuch to play games and raise money for Feeding America!
January 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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paulgandersman.bsky.social
MAN FINDS TAPE is out today in the UK thanks to @vertigorel.bsky.social! I hope horror fans over there have fun with our weird, creepy movie.
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
darathus.xyz
Got my new progressive lenses and am getting the hang of them. Definitely an odd change. But loving the blue frames I went with!
Derek, a 45 year old white man with brown hair and a brown and gray beard is wearing blue framed glasses. He's wearing a blue hoodie and a dark gray shirt
January 19, 2026 at 7:19 PM
darathus.xyz
Watching Pluribus S1E5 and wondering if the lightpost drone is going to become a thing like the Breaking Bad pizza.
a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a red car that says a&mc on the side
Alt: a man in a white shirt is standing in front of a red car and is tossing a pizza onto the roof of his house
media.tenor.com
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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gm-jordan.bsky.social
Absolutely banger article.

What a bummer.
rascal.news Rascal News @rascal.news · 10h
Five creators who worked on Yazeba's Bed & Breakfast have spent the past year fighting a legal battle against Possum Creek Games and Steve Jackson Games. Neither the tabletop RPG nor their working relationships survived the fallout.
Battle over Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast contracts leaves the book, relationships, torn apart
Creative collaborators clash with Jay Dragon and Steve Jackson Games over unfair treatment.
www.rascal.news
January 19, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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amerz23.bsky.social
A cartoon gren goblin in a pink dress with the words "I'm a goblin girl" above and "in a goblin worrrld" Below
January 18, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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priscillapage.bsky.social
I love how much they really love each other 🥲
widely grinning Chi Lewis-Parry + Ralph Fiennes in costume/makeup for their 28 Years Later characters Samson & Dr. Kelson, the much taller Lewis-Parry's arm around Fiennes's shoulders, Fiennes's bald head against Lewis-Parry's beard. photo by their trainer Dan Avasilcai
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 PM
darathus.xyz
You should check out this drawing of the Nekrogoblikon singer, insurance salesman, comedian, and podcast host RIGHT NOW!
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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earlgreymemes.club
curated image from Swear Trek, using a frame from Star Trek: The Animated Series; a gold shirt is laying facedown on the ground with Kirk and McCoy crouching over him on green grass with a green sky; Bones is scanning him with a medical tricorder; top text: It's as we feared, Captain; bottom text: They FORCED him to use pronouns and his dick fell off
January 19, 2026 at 4:20 AM
darathus.xyz
Watching Mutiny in Heaven, a documentary about the band The Birthday Party.

Love Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds but haven't given the preceding band a proper go. That will definitely change!
Movie poster for the documentary Mutiny In Heaven: The Birthday Party A red skull with multiple arms coming off of it
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM