Derek V (he/him) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ ally
@notoriousdvv.bsky.social
Maybe a dog.
Pinned
Trump doesn’t understand non-zero-sum games
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This is horrific
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is horrific
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What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 AM
What we’re being told is that a guy who is an adjudicated rapist, who was credibly accused of sexual assault by dozens of women, who paid hush money to a porn star, who cheated on all his wives, who is mentioned hundreds of times in the Epstein files, couldn’t possibly be a sexual predator.
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Nothing to see here, just a right wing hyper-nationalist government going to their party’s youth event sponsored by a group with a martyred leader they’ve pledged to avenge, recruiting people to join their masked police force devoted to removing auslanders from ze homeland.
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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More from the important research by @lachlanmcnamee.bsky.social @salmamousa.bsky.social & @kylepeyton.bsky.social:
The backlash to CRT and DEI was concentrated among educated & professional class centrists & Republicans. Working class, who Yglesias says backlashed, didn't actually care
The backlash to CRT and DEI was concentrated among educated & professional class centrists & Republicans. Working class, who Yglesias says backlashed, didn't actually care
Since there seems to be a flurry of Yglesias discourse on here today, here is my take. He recently joined the moral panic over teaching about race--on the side of the racists. And he gets critical race theory wrong because he superficially engages with it.
A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory
Like so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
More from the important research by @lachlanmcnamee.bsky.social @salmamousa.bsky.social & @kylepeyton.bsky.social:
The backlash to CRT and DEI was concentrated among educated & professional class centrists & Republicans. Working class, who Yglesias says backlashed, didn't actually care
The backlash to CRT and DEI was concentrated among educated & professional class centrists & Republicans. Working class, who Yglesias says backlashed, didn't actually care
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I really wish more people would follow Jake and that he had more of a national platform because he points out really useful stuff on the regular
More from the important research by @lachlanmcnamee.bsky.social @salmamousa.bsky.social & @kylepeyton.bsky.social:
The backlash to CRT and DEI was concentrated among educated & professional class centrists & Republicans. Working class, who Yglesias says backlashed, didn't actually care
The backlash to CRT and DEI was concentrated among educated & professional class centrists & Republicans. Working class, who Yglesias says backlashed, didn't actually care
Since there seems to be a flurry of Yglesias discourse on here today, here is my take. He recently joined the moral panic over teaching about race--on the side of the racists. And he gets critical race theory wrong because he superficially engages with it.
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I really wish more people would follow Jake and that he had more of a national platform because he points out really useful stuff on the regular
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The Trump administration is punishing the American Academy of Pediatrics.
I have enough thoughts about this for an entire feature length documentary but here are two minutes of them.
(Spoiler alert: you can’t fight bad politics by staying apolitical.)
I have enough thoughts about this for an entire feature length documentary but here are two minutes of them.
(Spoiler alert: you can’t fight bad politics by staying apolitical.)
December 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The Trump administration is punishing the American Academy of Pediatrics.
I have enough thoughts about this for an entire feature length documentary but here are two minutes of them.
(Spoiler alert: you can’t fight bad politics by staying apolitical.)
I have enough thoughts about this for an entire feature length documentary but here are two minutes of them.
(Spoiler alert: you can’t fight bad politics by staying apolitical.)
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
‘Facts and the Law’: Jack Smith Defends Trump Prosecution In Closed Congressional Testimony
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Jack Smith, the former special counsel for the U.S. Department of Justice, forcefully defended his federal prosecution of President Donald Trump in a closed-door hearing Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This. The roots of the MAGA movement and its embrace by the GOP go back generations.
I sent that draft to a certain centrist magazine that I thought might be interested in publishing a more heterodox (for them) take on the deeply-rooted and deeply-American, fascistic energies Trump had brought into the center of the GOP. They weren't interested, so I moved on to other things.
December 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This. The roots of the MAGA movement and its embrace by the GOP go back generations.
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by @atrupar.com @thorbenson.bsky.social
1/2 “‘We certainly in the past have had antagonistic relationships between members of the press and the president, especially under Nixon,’ Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, told us. ‘But what we see now is the president..
1/2 “‘We certainly in the past have had antagonistic relationships between members of the press and the president, especially under Nixon,’ Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, told us. ‘But what we see now is the president..
Kevin Kruse on Trump making Nixon look like a choir boy
"Trump is engaged in a constant war with the media like we’ve never seen from a president before."
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
by @atrupar.com @thorbenson.bsky.social
1/2 “‘We certainly in the past have had antagonistic relationships between members of the press and the president, especially under Nixon,’ Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, told us. ‘But what we see now is the president..
1/2 “‘We certainly in the past have had antagonistic relationships between members of the press and the president, especially under Nixon,’ Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, told us. ‘But what we see now is the president..
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Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Damnit this is good writing, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social.
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Oh.
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Oh.
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pretty sure I trust gas station sushi more than RFK Jr.'s CDC
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
pretty sure I trust gas station sushi more than RFK Jr.'s CDC
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New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
Mike Johnson's downward spiral
Speaker of the House is a tough job. But he's particularly bad at it.
www.publicnotice.co
December 9, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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More of this nationwide please!
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
More of this nationwide please!
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
The next time Trump or one of his MAGA mofos starts talking about birthright citizenship.
Also, the SCOTUS has no power to unilaterally invalidate a Congressional Amendment - Roberts and the conservative wing can just fuck right off.
Also, the SCOTUS has no power to unilaterally invalidate a Congressional Amendment - Roberts and the conservative wing can just fuck right off.
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The next time Trump or one of his MAGA mofos starts talking about birthright citizenship.
Also, the SCOTUS has no power to unilaterally invalidate a Congressional Amendment - Roberts and the conservative wing can just fuck right off.
Also, the SCOTUS has no power to unilaterally invalidate a Congressional Amendment - Roberts and the conservative wing can just fuck right off.
I’m 2/3 the way through Snake Eater and I’m enjoying the fuck out of it.
I read a lot of books I admired this year-- but this one was the one I loved the most. Reminded me of Ursula K. Le Guin's "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight," which is perhaps my all time favorite novella.
Today! Yes, on a Monday! The official release of SNAKE-EATER! www.amazon.com/dp/B0DW4KNLR...
December 6, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I’m 2/3 the way through Snake Eater and I’m enjoying the fuck out of it.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
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Anyone defending execution as a reasonable punishment for drug smuggling is a Nazi. Pass it on.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Anyone defending execution as a reasonable punishment for drug smuggling is a Nazi. Pass it on.
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The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
December 5, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The fact that a second strike like that in an armed conflict is definitely a war crime should not completely negate the fact that *there is no war* and ALL the strikes are cold-blooded murder. The whole chain of command are murderers.
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This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This World AIDS Day, we remember the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost to HIV and AIDS, and those living with HIV today. We must remind ourselves and each other that the fight isn’t over until the epidemic is over for everyone.