Derek
@derekdesanges.bsky.social
Writer of books and short stories: derekdesanges.wordpress.com/books
Writer of feature articles & reviews in the museum sector: https://desangeswritings.wordpress.com/
Media-adjacent (sorry)
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Profile artwork by Emma Weakley.
Writer of feature articles & reviews in the museum sector: https://desangeswritings.wordpress.com/
Media-adjacent (sorry)
https://linktr.ee/derekdesanges
Profile artwork by Emma Weakley.
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it makes no sense that it's okay to signal what sports team you like and what beer you drink and what car logo Calvin should piss on, but signaling your DEEPLY HELD VALUES is cringe
January 18, 2026 at 3:59 AM
it makes no sense that it's okay to signal what sports team you like and what beer you drink and what car logo Calvin should piss on, but signaling your DEEPLY HELD VALUES is cringe
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(I am aware that what the brave people of minneapolis are doing and facing is very different to me britishly going "I'm sorry Jean, I think that's nonsense" to some daily mail wanker, but both come down to giving bigots a nasty shock that you don't secretly back them despite their belief you must)
January 18, 2026 at 12:47 PM
(I am aware that what the brave people of minneapolis are doing and facing is very different to me britishly going "I'm sorry Jean, I think that's nonsense" to some daily mail wanker, but both come down to giving bigots a nasty shock that you don't secretly back them despite their belief you must)
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Always be the person who causes a fellow white person/cis person/het presenting person/bloke/etc etc to go "oh! ...er, well nevertheless" when they thought they'd be safe doing bigotry around you - that you'd agree & join in - and you in fact pushed back, showed them you're not in their gang.
A big part of the current right wing belief system is that everyone is actually just as bigoted as they are, and are only pretending not to be as a public performance ("virtue signalling").
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
January 18, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Always be the person who causes a fellow white person/cis person/het presenting person/bloke/etc etc to go "oh! ...er, well nevertheless" when they thought they'd be safe doing bigotry around you - that you'd agree & join in - and you in fact pushed back, showed them you're not in their gang.
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Time. We don't have time to be curious. Change in academia to accommodate this kind of thing takes years, many specialists, concrete use cases, piloting and evaluation, and most are just not equipped to handle this mid potato being rammed into everything any better than "please, don't, not now".
Even though I absolutely hate reading AI writing, I am getting negatively polarized by the stunning incuriosity of so much of the professoriate about the objectively strangest technology in the last hundred years
Yes in thunder. My syllabus statement:
January 18, 2026 at 7:58 AM
Time. We don't have time to be curious. Change in academia to accommodate this kind of thing takes years, many specialists, concrete use cases, piloting and evaluation, and most are just not equipped to handle this mid potato being rammed into everything any better than "please, don't, not now".
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"It is the most shattering experience of a US President‘s life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself 'I will never defeat the Dane.'
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
January 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"It is the most shattering experience of a US President‘s life when one morning he awakes and quite reasonably says to himself 'I will never defeat the Dane.'
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
“When that moment comes, one's ambition ceases."
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(the only thing I would add about this story is that I find it.....odd that he's painted as this guy who apparently had The Ideal Life And Family but apparently no one tried to properly help him during his AI spiral and also neither his wife nor kids speak to him anymore, even now? which: hmmm)
January 18, 2026 at 10:22 AM
(the only thing I would add about this story is that I find it.....odd that he's painted as this guy who apparently had The Ideal Life And Family but apparently no one tried to properly help him during his AI spiral and also neither his wife nor kids speak to him anymore, even now? which: hmmm)
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once again this just reads like a horror story
January 18, 2026 at 10:15 AM
once again this just reads like a horror story
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Here's what Shakespeare actually wrote in around 1596 about the loss of a son - in King John.
In the play, the young Prince Arthur isn't dead yet, but his mother knows she will never see him again.
For me, this is far more moving and pertinent than anything in Hamnet.
In the play, the young Prince Arthur isn't dead yet, but his mother knows she will never see him again.
For me, this is far more moving and pertinent than anything in Hamnet.
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Here's what Shakespeare actually wrote in around 1596 about the loss of a son - in King John.
In the play, the young Prince Arthur isn't dead yet, but his mother knows she will never see him again.
For me, this is far more moving and pertinent than anything in Hamnet.
In the play, the young Prince Arthur isn't dead yet, but his mother knows she will never see him again.
For me, this is far more moving and pertinent than anything in Hamnet.
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If you block now, you miss the ragebaiting and trolling when it arrives. Recommended.
January 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
If you block now, you miss the ragebaiting and trolling when it arrives. Recommended.
against the English language of nothing else
The editors of The Telegraph should all be prosecuted for treason.
January 18, 2026 at 12:36 PM
against the English language of nothing else
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The sequel to Nuremberg is gonna be wild.
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The sequel to Nuremberg is gonna be wild.
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Mike Scott was my hero some 50 years ago. And I've loved, or at least liked, most of the music he put out, up until fifteen years ago. His latest stuff leaves me cold. So him going to the dark side doesn't hurt as much as it once would. Still sucks, though. Anyway: Fuck off, Mike.
The Waterboys Will Not Be Deterred From Posting AI Slop
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January 18, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Mike Scott was my hero some 50 years ago. And I've loved, or at least liked, most of the music he put out, up until fifteen years ago. His latest stuff leaves me cold. So him going to the dark side doesn't hurt as much as it once would. Still sucks, though. Anyway: Fuck off, Mike.
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I was just thinking that it turns out 5+ hours of TV might not be great for consumer morale.
Honestly, reminds me of those mad US small biz confidence numbers that swing with elections. Not sure I’ve ever seen this sort of political polarisation in UK economic data before.
Honestly, reminds me of those mad US small biz confidence numbers that swing with elections. Not sure I’ve ever seen this sort of political polarisation in UK economic data before.
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I was just thinking that it turns out 5+ hours of TV might not be great for consumer morale.
Honestly, reminds me of those mad US small biz confidence numbers that swing with elections. Not sure I’ve ever seen this sort of political polarisation in UK economic data before.
Honestly, reminds me of those mad US small biz confidence numbers that swing with elections. Not sure I’ve ever seen this sort of political polarisation in UK economic data before.
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Ban social media for boomers before banning it for teens…
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Ban social media for boomers before banning it for teens…
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The bloody beaker folk
January 17, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The bloody beaker folk
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Look bud, everyone was laying waste to villages back then. You guys are the only ones that made these beakers, though.
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Look bud, everyone was laying waste to villages back then. You guys are the only ones that made these beakers, though.
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A big part of the current right wing belief system is that everyone is actually just as bigoted as they are, and are only pretending not to be as a public performance ("virtue signalling").
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
January 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
A big part of the current right wing belief system is that everyone is actually just as bigoted as they are, and are only pretending not to be as a public performance ("virtue signalling").
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
They genuinely thought once they started doing open racism, everyone would join in
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I am once again begging Congress for the sake of our Republic to pass a law forbidding law enforcement from wearing military uniforms.
January 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I am once again begging Congress for the sake of our Republic to pass a law forbidding law enforcement from wearing military uniforms.
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Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
January 17, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now the actual military has to dress like it’s not the military cuz federal law enforcement agencies dress too much like the military
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in a sense this is about preserving a class divide: if people for whom hrt is a medical
necessity are allowed to exist, it’s harder to exploit a market for hrt as a boutique-healthcare-subscription product
necessity are allowed to exist, it’s harder to exploit a market for hrt as a boutique-healthcare-subscription product
Makes me feel insane to live in a world that's persecuting trans folk while simultaneously doing big billboards advertising gender affirming care to cis people???
January 17, 2026 at 11:31 PM
in a sense this is about preserving a class divide: if people for whom hrt is a medical
necessity are allowed to exist, it’s harder to exploit a market for hrt as a boutique-healthcare-subscription product
necessity are allowed to exist, it’s harder to exploit a market for hrt as a boutique-healthcare-subscription product
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My last two shots before my world went dark.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My last two shots before my world went dark.
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Leica - the war photographer's choice since the '30s.
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Leica - the war photographer's choice since the '30s.
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He's willing to throw maybe $10k worth of camera + lense just so his photos won't be deleted.
He really means it.
He really means it.
January 17, 2026 at 4:09 PM
He's willing to throw maybe $10k worth of camera + lense just so his photos won't be deleted.
He really means it.
He really means it.
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January 17, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 3:37 PM
you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review