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

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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!
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Jet Li has started a YouTube channel and it seems like his intention is “Jet Li wants to be your dad” and hell yes be all of our dads Jet Li
A message from Jet Li
YouTube video by Jet Li
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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who's that pokemon
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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let’s face it, the only tears Rob Schneider causes are in servers waiting to close out for the night while he tries to figure out what 15% of $100 is
January 20, 2026 at 10:37 PM
FYI, Fandango at Home has the new Deathstalker on sale for $5 to own. Or if you wanna be a dummy, you can pay $5.99 to rent it instead.

athome.fandango.com/content/brow...
athome.fandango.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Religious freedom advocates really doing the dumbest work here.
JUST IN: Texas Rep. Jeff Leach says that an interfaith "Islamic Games" will no longer be hosted by a Dallas area school district because of its ties to CAIR New Jersey, which lawmakers accuse of being a "terrorist organization." Comes after days of conservative backlash led by anti-Muslim activists.
January 20, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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Particularly unconscionable when Congress just gave ICE all that extraordinary funding
1. ICE has STOPPED PAYING for medical treatment for its 73,000 detainees

ICE has not paid its bills to 3rd party providers since OCTOBER and the situation will likely persist for MONTHS, a Popular Information investigation reveals

Meanwhile, critically ill ICE detainees are not receiving care

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ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment
ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months
popular.info
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
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Written by the brilliant @zoewithasword.bsky.social and with Art by @laurenknight.bsky.social ! Congrats on the launch everyone!

I had a peek of this comic and got the opportunity to do a homage cover for it, putting a pin on the Breakfast at Tiffany's classic poster! (With a nod to Fleetwood Mac)
January 20, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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“ICE isn’t the Gestapo. The Gestapo was…” (proceeds to describe qualities that apply to what ICE is currently doing)
January 20, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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Holly Hunter's sitting in the chair weirdly in Starfleet Academy is symbolic of her ethos about Starfleet. She loves Starfleet, but she knows that Starfleet needs to change - to be used a new way to better fit what the kids needs. To let them sit in the chair THEIR way.
January 18, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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BTD - David Lynch - Blue Velvet - 1986 - Polish release poster - Art by Jan Mlodozeniec
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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if you’re in line to hate AI, STAY IN LINE!
There have already been 25 data center cancellations or postponements this month, according to @macroedgeres.bsky.social.

That's nearly as many as the previous 6 months combined.
January 20, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Finally speaking the only language he understands.
Danish MEP Anders Vistisen to Donald Trump :"Let me put this in words you might understand: Mr. President, fuck off."
January 20, 2026 at 5:27 PM
@spookyladyyy.bsky.social If you've not done so, you should check out these guys!

Especially this album.
January 20, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Awwww 🫶🏻❤️ It‘s a lovely occasion to take it out once more
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
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TOMORROW!
😭 I can't wait for the People's Joker on Tubi. It's so queer in all the ways a joker movie always needed to be. It's a moment in art and culture crystallized in film, it's one woman's story and the story of comedy, and of tragedy. Trans film is a gift
January 20, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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WE ARE LIVE!!

Go back SINK YOUR TEETH IN #1! The 1st issue of a sapphic vampire noir miniseries from an increduble creative team. Follow disgraced PI Corsica Smith as she drags herself from rock bottom into a deadly conspiracy with her ex-love at the center

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dea...
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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January 20, 2026 at 2:33 AM
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Trump is blowing up our international relations and sending death squads to American cities. The correct messaging for a mayoral campaign isn't going to be the same as for midterm elections.
The pivot from "Mamdani is a political genius for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" to "Schumer is a political moron for focusing his message almost entirely on affordability" is odd.
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Tuesday mood
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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WYRM is here!

WYRM is my fantasy adventure game, and my take on the OSR/NSR style of play, with a Gila twist.

Get the core rules, starting adventure, starter sandbox hexcrawl today.

All PWYW.

This is just the start of WYRM.

gilarpgs.itch.io/wyrm
WYRM by Gila RPGs
OSR style fantasy adventure game
gilarpgs.itch.io
January 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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This was the point in the bus thread where I started to wonder if it was a metaphor for this present moment in time.
January 20, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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To celebrate the patch of Animal Crossing (a game that got me through 2020), I drew my OCs as AC villagers, and threw in a little homage because of the overlapping dates <3
January 19, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Now that was a fucking fun movie!

boxd.it/cJytat
A ★★★★½ review of The Rip (2026)
Top notch cast and Carnahan doing their damnedest to pull out a nailbiter. Amd somehow a beagle named Wilbur steals the fucking show!
boxd.it
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 AM
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