Derek Wood
@derekdwood.bsky.social
Professional genealogist, erstwhile professional thespian. Otherwise unprofessional. 🦮☕️⚽️ #COYS
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Los Angeles, CA
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Los Angeles, CA
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Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Starbucks workers' union escalates strike on Black Friday
() -The Starbucks workers' union said on Friday it is escalating an indefinite strike to more than 120 stores and 85 cities, demanding higher pay and staffing levels at the coffee chain. The walkout,...
www.yahoo.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Starbucks employees escalated their strike on Black Friday, expanding to 120 stores and 85 cities.
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Their CEO took home $96 million while refusing to negotiate a living wage for workers.
Boycott Starbucks. Stand with the employees.
Support local independent coffee shops:
Just because a song has to do with Christmas doesn’t make it a keeper, worth reviving every year for patrons of your grocery store, Starbucks, or shopping mall restroom. Example: “Last Christmas.” Just because it’s relatively recent also doesn’t make it worth replaying.
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just because a song has to do with Christmas doesn’t make it a keeper, worth reviving every year for patrons of your grocery store, Starbucks, or shopping mall restroom. Example: “Last Christmas.” Just because it’s relatively recent also doesn’t make it worth replaying.
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
I could think I’m not having the best day, but it could be worse — I could be Liverpool FC manager Arne Slot. I’d say he needs a hug, but he doesn’t look like he wants one
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I could think I’m not having the best day, but it could be worse — I could be Liverpool FC manager Arne Slot. I’d say he needs a hug, but he doesn’t look like he wants one
I guess we can live in hope that the current regime continues to suck at targeted political prosecutions 🤷♂️
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I guess we can live in hope that the current regime continues to suck at targeted political prosecutions 🤷♂️
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"The main legacy of Merrick Garlandism isn’t failure to mete out justice for past crimes; its that he created incentives for future ones. If they could transgress as far as they did and get away with it, why not go further?" 🎯 @brianbeutler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
MAGA Disarray And The Accumulated Debt Of Corruption
They'd bring America down rather than face accountability, but accountability is not optional.
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"The main legacy of Merrick Garlandism isn’t failure to mete out justice for past crimes; its that he created incentives for future ones. If they could transgress as far as they did and get away with it, why not go further?" 🎯 @brianbeutler.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/brianbeu...
Absolutely disgusting. T-rump and Huckabee continue to get in bed with the most unhinged cadre of the Israeli far right, in our name. Pollard is pond scum.
Jonathan Pollard is a convicted traitor who provided highly sensitive national security information to the Israeli government. He did grave harm to our country.
It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee secretly met with Mr. Pollard, a convicted traitor, at the United States Embassy.
It’s unacceptable that Ambassador Huckabee secretly met with Mr. Pollard, a convicted traitor, at the United States Embassy.
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Absolutely disgusting. T-rump and Huckabee continue to get in bed with the most unhinged cadre of the Israeli far right, in our name. Pollard is pond scum.
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You should start with calling out your GOP colleagues, who mostly prevented Trump from being barred from office the last time he attempted to kill members of Congress for disagreeing with him. They’re going to do the same ostrich act for this. You’re going to treat them as normal.
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
You should start with calling out your GOP colleagues, who mostly prevented Trump from being barred from office the last time he attempted to kill members of Congress for disagreeing with him. They’re going to do the same ostrich act for this. You’re going to treat them as normal.
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With all this loose talk about a utopian AI text search in Ancestry, I am forced to remind the public that the old problems remain. Here the errors in the Ancestry catalogue cannot be fixed by some fancy dystopian AI tools. Remember the old computer adage: GARBAGE IN EQUALS GARBAGE OUT. #GenHour
November 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
With all this loose talk about a utopian AI text search in Ancestry, I am forced to remind the public that the old problems remain. Here the errors in the Ancestry catalogue cannot be fixed by some fancy dystopian AI tools. Remember the old computer adage: GARBAGE IN EQUALS GARBAGE OUT. #GenHour
Hey fellow futbol aficionados, look who was cheesing it up at the White House state dinner for Saudi despot Mohammed bin Salman. Just one more reason I was always more of a Lionel Messi fan
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Hey fellow futbol aficionados, look who was cheesing it up at the White House state dinner for Saudi despot Mohammed bin Salman. Just one more reason I was always more of a Lionel Messi fan
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
November 20, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The left has a problem with political violence. Anyway, here’s the President of the United States saying his political opponents should be executed.
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WAITER: Drinks for the table?
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
WAITER: Drinks for the table?
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
ME: I'll have a Diet Coke
WAITER: Ooh, I'm so sorry, we only stock Pepsi products
ME:
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Elon Musk is so bad at posting that he gets second-degree burns from guys who go out of their way to flatter him.
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Elon Musk is so bad at posting that he gets second-degree burns from guys who go out of their way to flatter him.
Happy New Ken Burns Series Day to all who celebrate www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The American Revolution
Thirteen colonies unite in rebellion, win their independence, and found the United States.
www.pbs.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Happy New Ken Burns Series Day to all who celebrate www.pbs.org/show/the-ame...
The breathless excitement of the Irish commentators gives me life 😁 youtu.be/T6a2V_YmROQ
HUNGARY vs REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Highlights | INSANE SCENES! Troy Parrott Wins It in the 95th Minute!
YouTube video by WEST BROM FAN TV
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November 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The breathless excitement of the Irish commentators gives me life 😁 youtu.be/T6a2V_YmROQ
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"An inspired piece of genius."
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
"An inspired piece of genius."
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
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not posting a truth social screenshot, fuck that, but look it up if you don't believe me: the president has crafted another of his timeless epithets for marjorie taylor greene now that he's mad at her. it's "majorie taylor brown." check out the big brain on brad, Jesus Christ it's embarrassing
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
not posting a truth social screenshot, fuck that, but look it up if you don't believe me: the president has crafted another of his timeless epithets for marjorie taylor greene now that he's mad at her. it's "majorie taylor brown." check out the big brain on brad, Jesus Christ it's embarrassing
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Between this, the permaban of Link, and the silent rollout of the “rude” moderating, BlueSky’s leaders seem intent on speedrunning the enshittification of the site
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Between this, the permaban of Link, and the silent rollout of the “rude” moderating, BlueSky’s leaders seem intent on speedrunning the enshittification of the site
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
Not the best night to be heartened by the end of “Death By Lightning,” where Chet Arthur signs Civil Service Reform and spoils-system graft king Roscoe Conkling is run out of politics
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Not the best night to be heartened by the end of “Death By Lightning,” where Chet Arthur signs Civil Service Reform and spoils-system graft king Roscoe Conkling is run out of politics
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
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Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”