Derek Stodghill
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Derek Stodghill
@dereksthered.bsky.social
Lover of sports. Observer of politics
No one should trust Republicans on anything related to education.

Federal protections help students with disabilities succeed. They may be under threat
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Federal protections help students with disabilities succeed. They may be under threat
About 4,000 Fort Worth ISD students get Section 504 protections.
www.star-telegram.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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it’s just kinda sad that millions of people voted for a candidate bc they thought he would press a big nonexistent button that said “make groceries less expensive” and then two weeks in he pressed a big button that says “make groceries more expensive”
February 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
My wife has been pushing 80s new wave music on our kids since they were young enough to understand music. Today my son told me he prefers alternative rock from the 90s.

Me = Dad of the year
February 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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I’m up at @thebulwark.bsky.social today making an argument I’ve believed in for some years now: status anxiety is the master key to Trumpism.

www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-secr...
Trump’s Secret Weapon Has Always Been Status Anxiety
In a phone-powered age of diminishing social capital and growing identitarianism, the president knew just which fears to activate to get him back into the White House.
www.thebulwark.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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I’m bullish on @mcuban.bsky.social for president if he wants to run

www.slowboring.com/p/last-biden...
January 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The whole late-stage capitalism is nothing but wishful thinking. It's hard for me to take anyone seriously that uses that term earnestly.
it's tremendously funny because if I believed capitalism was on its way out I don't know if "content creator making money from views and endorsements" would be my choice
The amount of “American empire in decline” and “ugh late stage capitalism” content is extraordinary and poisoning a large number of brains.
January 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I gotta watch The 13th Warrior again soon www.youtube.com/watch?v=mraO...
13th Warrior - Lo there do I see my father HD
YouTube video by Sauromatae
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January 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Because of the movie, Necessary Roughness, I wanted UNT to change to TSU. The school in San Marcos had more friends in Austin and got the name instead.

If UNT beats TSU in their bowl game, the Mean Green should take over as TSU and the San Marcos school can go back to being SW Texas University.
January 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
As less and less men can afford paying for dates, young women still expect men to pay for the date. Everyone is frustrated but nothing changes. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...
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November 30, 2024 at 5:21 PM
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Johnny Somali, the nuisance streamer who travels the world committing the most culturally offensive felonies he can for views, is now in Korea. Mock-assaulting memorials to sex crime victims, Actual-harassing women, spraying rotten fish juice on subway strangers.

And he is absolutely screwed.
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November 10, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Ganbury, TX is a lovely town but I haven't visited recently. Let's check in and see how things are going. time.com/6982015/bitc...
Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
A Bitcoin mine moved to a small town in Texas. One by one, the residents fell ill.
time.com
July 9, 2024 at 3:22 AM
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And they filed it in the Northern District of Texas, Ft Worth Division because the active judges there are Reed O'Connor and a Trump appointee who keeps getting his sanctions orders slapped down by the 5th Circuit.
X filed this in federal court in Texas to avoid application of an anti-SLAPP statute. In the Fifth Circuit — including Texas — anti-SLAPP statutes do not apply in federal court even to state claims. The Ninth Circuit — where X has its principal place of business - applies anti-SLAPP statutes.
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NEW: X/Twitter's lawsuit against Media Matters storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 21, 2023 at 12:36 AM