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Dærick Gröss
@daerickgross.com
illustrator, anti-trump satirist, gen x post-punk, and lead vision for @studiogart.net. around here, it'll probably mostly posts about music, standing firm, and highland games.

inclusion matters, diversity makes us stronger.

pro-DEI
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welcome to my eclectic space here... around here i'll mainly talk about music or comics or highland games or just musings on life in general. and yeah, politics too.

to see my Song Of The Day(ish) list:
www.daerickgross.com/sotd.html

i won't promise to be interesting, but i will be authentic.
Dærick's Song Of The Day(ish)
www.daerickgross.com
i am so fed up with this disingenuous and wildly inaccurate perspective of people utilizing social supports.

i've been there. these chucklefucks haven't. judgment from on high of people who are in need. people who very likely feel defeated and ashamed to be in their situation.

#FuckYouTrump
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."
November 11, 2025 at 1:06 AM
my latest #Trumpy satire strip is now available.

stay strong kids, we get through this together. Congress won't save us, the courts won't be any more effective than they are today, and the military isn't marching in to take grampa's keys.

keep marching.
keep voting.

#ShineALight
#NoKings
strip #34 in our #Trumpy satire series is now out.

this week demonstrates we're on our own, there is no meaningful leadership using last week's momentum.

stay strong, stand together, and continue to #ShineALight on what you see.

#NoKings
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
boosting the signal...

for anyone out there in the FASD community dealing with IEPs, this is something to check out...
Please join us as we explore how to incorporate #accommodations & #modifications to ensure students with #FASD receive appropriate educational programming.

Register at: www.healthymindsconsulting.com/fasd-iep-men...

#IEP
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
happiest of happies to my eldest and yet forever my baby @aleksareigh.bsky.social ♥️

i hope your day today is full of fun, laughter, joy, music, and just the right amount of witchery! may your day be as amazing as you are!
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
wishing the magnificently off-kilter @riotgrlerin.bsky.social the happiest of birthdays today!

if you aren't already a follower for the fantastically absurd pop-culture photoshop mashups and comparison posts, go take a look at past posts and consider doing so!
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
what's this i hear about a birthday, @darickr.bsky.social?

happy birthday!! hope it is thoroughly enjoyable and filled with just the right amount of shenanigans!
In honor of @darickr.bsky.social's birthday, I'd like to share this classic story by Waid, Williams, Robertson, Martin, DeGuzman, Whitmore, and Augustyn.

Thirty-four years ago, @johnwesleyshipp.bsky.social's Scarlet Speedster was about to "Meet Kid Flash!"

www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
give it up for this reference.

well played, word-wizard. well played...
Acrocephalic [AK-ro-seh-FAL-ik]
(adj.)
- Having a pointy or conical shaped head.
(n.)
- A person with a pointy head.

Used in a sentence:
“I stopped watching Saturday Night Live around the time they stopped featuring the acrocephalic family from France.”
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
100% this 👇
The Pope should come back to Chicago to pray outside the ICE facilities. See how serious the Trump goons are about their ban.
November 9, 2025 at 9:05 PM
there is something intimidating and ominous whenever i hear my wife say the words "i'll keep that in mind"...

there is a 100% chance whatever i just said or did 1) will be filed away and remembered and 2) will come back to haunt me at some future, unexpected moment.

#ImInTrouble
November 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
tell me there isn't beauty in the world...
betty white album covers: thread
November 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
we are the family!
November 7, 2025 at 8:24 PM
an excellent anniversary worth celebrating! happy 50th to @lyndacarter.bsky.social and everyone involved in the show!

we need you now more than ever, Wonder Woman!

#GetUsOutFromUnder
November 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
went looking for a Mutual whom i've been following since i started here. they went silent and i was curious if something was amiss. apparently i've been blocked.

dunno if it was something i said or perhaps i was added to a list they blocked?

i enjoyed this person's posts here, i'm pretty bummed...
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
my music has been more optimistic lately, not nearly as angry as in past weeks. here's a hopeful Song Of The Day(ish) to keep those spirits up.

SOTD 381 tells you there is hope if we try to believe...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUz6...

#SOTD
#OingoBoingo
#Boingo
#TryToBelieve
#MidnightRun
Try To Believe
YouTube video by Oingo Boingo - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
feral.

always feral...
Vibe Check - Which one are you today?
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 AM
i have always appreciated what @chucknicecomic.bsky.social has brought to Star Talk, but this episode in particular stands out.

Lord Nice, thank you for sharing that much more about yourself tonight and continuing to ground the show for the everyday viewer.

#respect

youtu.be/1o2NaiNlvPQ
Does The Universe Need A Creator?
YouTube video by StarTalk
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 AM
1) i see "dicknose" jokes are waaaaaaayy older than i thought
2) #PhallusThursday is a thing? (if i had known i would have dressed differently...)

as always, thank you @drnwillburger.bsky.social for sharing all your awesome photos of gorgeous history! your account is one of my favorites on bsky.
I just leave this one for #PhallusThursday 👃

Bronze amulet from Egypt, 1st c. BC.
Mougins, Musée d’art classique de Mougin

📷 me

🏺
November 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
this is brilliant 👇
November 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
thanks to @strangebehaviour.bsky.social for reminding me to show some love to Duran's Liberty album. this Song Of The Day(ish) is my favorite from this album.

SOTD 380's such a child, full up with on love and tears and cryin'...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlFc...

#SOTD
#DuranDuran
#Serious
November 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
hey, @darickr.bsky.social, found you in the wild...
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
strip #33 of my #Trumpy satire series is now out. raced to get this out as quickly as possible in light of the resounding (and quick!) rebuke tonight's elections represent.

this gives me hope, America. well done, but we're not through it all yet...

#ShineALight
#NoKings
our latest #Trumpy satire strip #33 is now out.

huge congratulations across the country for all the successful elections demonstrating how fed up the American people are with the current bullshit that surrounds us currently.

#ShineALight
#NoKings
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 AM
when *two* people inspire a Song Of The Day(ish), it's a sign. thank you to @postpunkandnewwave.bsky.social and @joshcrewsreally.bsky.social!

SOTD 379 modeled shirts by Van Heusen (working for the black gas)...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7jr...

#SOTD
#FrankieGosToHollywood
#TwoTribes
Two Tribes
YouTube video by Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
huge thanks to @mollytie.bsky.social for inspiring this next Song Of The Day(ish), a decent cover of an 80s classic.

SOTD 378's love for you will still be strong, after the boys of summer have gone...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbPS...

#SOTD
#TheAtaris
#DonHenley
#TheBoysOfSummer
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ok, i missed the last one, but i'm feeling more confident this go-'round...

@mollytie.bsky.social i'm going with The Ataris.

i'll post up the song i think you're referencing as my next Song Of The Day(ish) in a moment...
New interview going up on Punk Rock Philosophy this week, but who is it?? I spoke to a member of a band that are celebrating nearly 30 yrs in the pop punk scene, had a big hit with a cover of a 1980s track & their singer is from Indiana. NAME THE BAND.
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
getting more bots to block again...

#WithNotKids
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM