derek
@derky.bsky.social
i like to be a gay little bike person and I think plants and rocks are cool and I have several very good cats
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derek
@derky.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Pretty sure bsky image compression will absolutely cook this, but I got really into plant phylogeny for the past few years and made a phylogenetic tree with basically every commonly known seed plant on it. Will be breaking it up into legible chunks in the replies if you would like to check it out
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Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
February 4, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Highlighting the speaker who stood in front of the Surprise mayor and told him to consider what the Mayor of Ohrdruf must’ve thought before he died by suicide: “He might have thought ‘how is this my fault I had no jurisdiction over this’ maybe he said ‘this site was not subject to local zoning.’”
Something missing from this headline is that the police chief appears to be a personal friend of the victim's husband and seemingly was able to easily intervene with just some phone calls. So if anything, this is just a reminder that the cops do have some power to help us, they just don't want to
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
www.mprnews.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Something missing from this headline is that the police chief appears to be a personal friend of the victim's husband and seemingly was able to easily intervene with just some phone calls. So if anything, this is just a reminder that the cops do have some power to help us, they just don't want to
You've heard of "measure twice cut once" but may I interest you in "measure 10 times cut 3 times and ooh fuck it still looks bad"
January 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM
You've heard of "measure twice cut once" but may I interest you in "measure 10 times cut 3 times and ooh fuck it still looks bad"
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Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
January 28, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."
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Border Patrol shot someone south of Tucson this morning. Three gunshot wounds. No other details atm.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Border Patrol shot someone south of Tucson this morning. Three gunshot wounds. No other details atm.
I would assert that socialists generally have a good understanding of liberalism, while liberals generally have a poor understanding of socialism, and you can tell that this is the case because it's never the socialists claiming that we agree 95% of the time
It also reduces it to just different policy positions etc but the reality is if you are a scientific socialist, a materialist and you are talking to an ideological liberal you are generally talking to an idealist. There are fundamental incompatibilities at the foundational + epistemological level
A thing that’s occurred to me over the years is that liberals saying “we agree on 95% of stuff” really downplays the importance of what’s disagreed on. A chud probably agrees with me on like 30% of stuff, like groceries should be cheap or we should get to die on a mattress, and so on
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
I would assert that socialists generally have a good understanding of liberalism, while liberals generally have a poor understanding of socialism, and you can tell that this is the case because it's never the socialists claiming that we agree 95% of the time
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When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
God. Cheese. Burger.
An exercise in ecstatic American theology
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:21 PM
When I first saw Applebee's advertisement for the O-M-Cheeseburger, I was terrified. I trembled. I cowered. Then I opened my heart to it. Here is what it revealed to me. johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/god-cheese...
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
Good thing everyone only owns two electronic devices; otherwise adobe's device limit would be really fucking stupid and annoying
January 21, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Good thing everyone only owns two electronic devices; otherwise adobe's device limit would be really fucking stupid and annoying
i like his funky little hat
January 19, 2026 at 5:10 PM
i like his funky little hat
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i’m a little confused about how “abolish ICE” requires too much explaining to be good politics, but a set of opaque incremental reforms does not.
"If you're explaining, you're losing." –Senator Ruben Gallego on the "Abolish ICE" debate.
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
i’m a little confused about how “abolish ICE” requires too much explaining to be good politics, but a set of opaque incremental reforms does not.
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i have to quote this because i need you to experience it without context
this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 PM
i have to quote this because i need you to experience it without context
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My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet
January 9, 2026 at 3:44 PM
My scheming vizier when I start to cough after taking a swig of wine from my goblet
just learned termites are cockroaches
January 7, 2026 at 5:05 AM
just learned termites are cockroaches
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This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 AM
This wheel is to the boy squirrel the way that the football is to Charlie Brown and it still makes me laugh every time he tries to use it only to be immediately spun.
This exists and it's called Myrtillocactus geometrizans 'Fukurokuryuzinboku'
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
This exists and it's called Myrtillocactus geometrizans 'Fukurokuryuzinboku'
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The fell for it again award also applies to anyone who thinks most Democrats don't support imperial adventurism
This is a 50+ year national goal. It checkmates Cuba and OPEC and weakens Russia/China while strengthening the US position for WW3
It won't be meaningfully opposed. They all want this
This is a 50+ year national goal. It checkmates Cuba and OPEC and weakens Russia/China while strengthening the US position for WW3
It won't be meaningfully opposed. They all want this
Some Democrats hate that their party is largely positioning itself in opposition to the operation that resulted in Maduro's capture.
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," one House Dem told @axios.com
Said another: "It looks weak." www.axios.com/2026/01/04/m...
"It looks weak": Some Democrats want their party to shut up and clap for Maduro's capture
"Everything Trump touches must be bad according to the base," fumed one House Democrat.
www.axios.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The fell for it again award also applies to anyone who thinks most Democrats don't support imperial adventurism
This is a 50+ year national goal. It checkmates Cuba and OPEC and weakens Russia/China while strengthening the US position for WW3
It won't be meaningfully opposed. They all want this
This is a 50+ year national goal. It checkmates Cuba and OPEC and weakens Russia/China while strengthening the US position for WW3
It won't be meaningfully opposed. They all want this
we put this rock on the other rock to hold the moss while it anchors itself in place, but now I view him as a little guy and feel conflicted about removing the top rock (decapitating him)
January 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
we put this rock on the other rock to hold the moss while it anchors itself in place, but now I view him as a little guy and feel conflicted about removing the top rock (decapitating him)
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Before/after I politely explained to her why she should not jump up on the fish tank
January 1, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Before/after I politely explained to her why she should not jump up on the fish tank
Before/after I politely explained to her why she should not jump up on the fish tank
January 1, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Before/after I politely explained to her why she should not jump up on the fish tank
wanna see a little handsome little guy
December 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
wanna see a little handsome little guy
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i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
December 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
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Nah man I'm talking about you GAINING other services that would be cheaper in the long run and less stressful. Imagine not getting stuck in gridlock traffic ever again, imagine not having to pay for insurance and upkeep, imagine a nice train where you can kick back and look out the window.
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Nah man I'm talking about you GAINING other services that would be cheaper in the long run and less stressful. Imagine not getting stuck in gridlock traffic ever again, imagine not having to pay for insurance and upkeep, imagine a nice train where you can kick back and look out the window.