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Derek Helling

@derekhelling.bsky.social

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I push buttons on a keyboard connected to a computer and then the numbers associated with my money get bigger for a period of time. It’s way rad. He/him/his

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · Jun 22

The government of the United States of America is the most dangerous entity on Earth to the wellbeing of humanity across the globe. No other government has the same access to resources and dogged intent to commit and foster unadulterated evil.

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely not the hero we deserve but the one we need.

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 1d

Great. Now stop stealing from the players. Without them, there is no WNBA.

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 2d

“It will be held in the strictest of confidence”

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 3d

It cannot be made clearer.

If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

JK Rowling pledges to keep up fight against SNP trans policies

Author vows to bankroll campaigners after Scottish government fails to pay group's legal fees in Supreme Court equality case

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 3d

And I have some oceanfront property in Iowa to sell.

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 4d

The difference between MAGA and people like Newsom is that Newsom will go out of his way to make life impossible for trans people while holding a Pride-themed fundraiser for his campaign.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 5d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 4d

I didn’t think that the consequences of my actions would actually affect me!

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 6d

I hope that I'm not alone in feeling the need for a soothing "David Ellison is a bitch" Handbasket Venmo support thread.

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 6d

Score more runs than the other team

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 7d

No billionaire is busting through the wall to save the day. This is what the United States of America has always been and will be until the people care more about each other than the numbers attached to their bank accounts.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d

Gov. Pritzker has said all the right things, but now he needs to act and get these state troopers out of there.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9d

A protester with a mobility aid (cane) was sitting in the road. Illinois state troopers dragged them to the grass and arrested them.

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MJ O’Neill 🏳️‍⚧️ @mjoneillchw.bsky.social · 7d

See, some people think there was a Really Good America and then it got turned into Really Bad America. But, it’s never been Really Good America. You’ve had millions of good people doing their best, but it was always a Bad Thing, like Australia and the British Empire were always Bad Things.

Sheryl Weikal and the colorful Parrotlegals @leftistlawyer.com · 7d

Tl;dr: in the United States, with very limited exceptions, you cannot sue the federal government without its consent. It's a vestige of the divine right of kings. And it was adopted by the founders for multiple reasons, but one was so enslaved people couldn't sue the federal govt for their freedom.

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 8d

Anyone who has ever covered professional sports entertainment enterprises could write Engelbert’s statements before she gives them. If you’re expecting anything other than her dancing around the issues and deflecting any legitimate questions, I have some oceanfront property in Iowa to sell you.

Meghan L. Hall @itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · 8d

Alright. Having to forgo Mercury availability.

Cathy Engelbert’s presser is starting soon.

Will have updates.

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 9d

If someone had asked me 10 years ago to imagine a world without Dame Patricia Routledge and Jane Goodall, I think the hellscape we're currently enduring would be quite accurate to the nightmare my imagination would have concocted then.

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 9d

The next prompt for dating profiles needs to be, “what is your dream bullshit ‘czar’ job?”

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 10d

Find you someone who is as committed to you as @democrats.org are to losing

Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 11d

Six Democratic senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee (Durbin, Schiff, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Coons, and Welch) voted yes on two Trump district court nominees this morning, and my question remains, why do senior members of this party keep voluntarily ceding political capital to Donald Trump

Why Is This Democratic Senator Voting to Confirm a Trump Judicial Nominee?

If you really think Trump poses an existential threat to democracy, the bar for affirmatively supporting one of his nominees has to be higher than “I don’t know, he seems fine.”

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 11d

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Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 12d

Listen and decide for yourself. But I have to commend Phee for using her platform to call out abusive, manipulative, and dismissive tactics from the WNBA. (Part 2/2) #WNBASky

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Daniel Thompson @dr-thompson.bsky.social · 12d

Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.

She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 13d

No need to stop there. I would love to add:

Individual Celly of the Year
Club Celly of the Year
Most Vicious Nutmeg
Revenge Goal of the Year

Make a game fun. I know it’s a crazy idea. Also, give more of the players their flowers. And money. Mostly money.

Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 13d

But I came explicitly for the anti-CC banter!

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 14d

I would love these workers getting an outstanding contract even more but regardless

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 14d

Bravely out birdwatching in the war zone of Chicago’s Osaka Garden

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14d

Feds just arrested a reporter at the ICE facility outside Chicago

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14d

Chaos again, feds tackling protesters at random.

They just detained @peoplesfabric.com.

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Derek Helling @derekhelling.bsky.social · 15d

FFS all science, including medical science, remains under study. That’s literally the work of science. It’s why it’s called practicing medicine. The fact that research is ongoing doesn’t invalidate existing data. The NFL is a microcosm of the United States of America.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 15d

So, the NFL’s response to the scandal that the shooter *did* in fact have CTE as he claimed to is to take no responsibility for the fact that its industry is predicated on harm and to once again suggest that the science on CTE “continues to evolve” and “remains under study.”

"There is no justification for the horrific and senseless acts that took place," an NFL spokesperson said in response to the findings. "As the medical examiner notes 'the science around this condition continues to evolve, and the physical and mental manifestations of CTE remain under study.'"

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