Derek Wood
@derekdwood.bsky.social
Professional genealogist, erstwhile professional thespian. Otherwise unprofessional. 🦮☕️⚽️ #COYS
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Los Angeles, CA
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Los Angeles, CA
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Between this, the permaban of Link, and the silent rollout of the “rude” moderating, BlueSky’s leaders seem intent on speedrunning the enshittification of the site
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Between this, the permaban of Link, and the silent rollout of the “rude” moderating, BlueSky’s leaders seem intent on speedrunning the enshittification of the site
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
Not the best night to be heartened by the end of “Death By Lightning,” where Chet Arthur signs Civil Service Reform and spoils-system graft king Roscoe Conkling is run out of politics
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Not the best night to be heartened by the end of “Death By Lightning,” where Chet Arthur signs Civil Service Reform and spoils-system graft king Roscoe Conkling is run out of politics
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
And don’t whinge to me about “spoilers,” this is our fucking history
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Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Senate Democrats are the only group of people in America that could look at the election results from *less than a week ago* and conclude, “Ah, what the people want now is for us to roll over and show our bellies to the reactionary creeps”
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An entire nation hinges on a generation quickly succumbing to old age.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 AM
An entire nation hinges on a generation quickly succumbing to old age.
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Theory 1: Administration botching it badly, but the intent is to cause pain and suffering so people will blame Dems.
Theory 2: Causing pain and suffering to cater to strongest supporters, who like pain and suffering.
Theory 3: Administration just likes pain and suffering.
All plausible!
Theory 2: Causing pain and suffering to cater to strongest supporters, who like pain and suffering.
Theory 3: Administration just likes pain and suffering.
All plausible!
Astonishing how hard this administration is working to keep people hungry.
It's clear they are trying maximize public suffering, in hopes of getting people to blame Dems for that suffering. But it's transparently the White House working overtime to keep the suffering going!
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It's clear they are trying maximize public suffering, in hopes of getting people to blame Dems for that suffering. But it's transparently the White House working overtime to keep the suffering going!
bsky.app/profile/cram...
Yikes. USDA sent threatening letter to states telling them that if they sent out EBT money —which many states did during the window when a lower court said SNAP funds had to be released—they have to take it back (?)
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
Trying to sort out what this means and if states even can claw back the funds
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Theory 1: Administration botching it badly, but the intent is to cause pain and suffering so people will blame Dems.
Theory 2: Causing pain and suffering to cater to strongest supporters, who like pain and suffering.
Theory 3: Administration just likes pain and suffering.
All plausible!
Theory 2: Causing pain and suffering to cater to strongest supporters, who like pain and suffering.
Theory 3: Administration just likes pain and suffering.
All plausible!
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Maybe—just maybe—sports leagues getting in bed with gambling companies wasn’t such a hot idea…
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Maybe—just maybe—sports leagues getting in bed with gambling companies wasn’t such a hot idea…
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It's impossible to build any more housing in America, but luckily we have the politically easy and physically effortless alternative of just removing a third of the population.
This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.
This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
It's impossible to build any more housing in America, but luckily we have the politically easy and physically effortless alternative of just removing a third of the population.
This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.
This clown is the GOP chair in Tarrant County, Texas, the third largest county in the state.
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They panic about fertility rates, say families need to be having more children, then they starve the kids and ensure health insurance is impossible to afford. Plus all the other things that would dissuade people from having kids: houses impossible to buy, diminishing middle class, ICE everywhere.
Breaking News: The Trump administration told states to undo any steps to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if the states do not comply. It was unclear how that would affect the program.
Trump Live Updates: Airport and SNAP Benefit Disruptions Amid Shutdown
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November 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
They panic about fertility rates, say families need to be having more children, then they starve the kids and ensure health insurance is impossible to afford. Plus all the other things that would dissuade people from having kids: houses impossible to buy, diminishing middle class, ICE everywhere.
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particularly when axios is reporting it and no one else — not even politico — is.
Regular reminder that Axios stories saying Dems are about to cave are likely sourced from GOP staffers trying to make it happen.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
Doesn't mean it definitely won't happen. But it's like those NYT stories that Harvard is considering caving (they haven't). The anonymous source was trying to manifest it.
November 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
particularly when axios is reporting it and no one else — not even politico — is.
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I don’t have a lot of rules for life, but one is don’t trust anybody who sits still during “Love Shack”
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The B-52's - Love Shack (Official Music Video)
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November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I don’t have a lot of rules for life, but one is don’t trust anybody who sits still during “Love Shack”
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That’s good, Donny. Go right on telling people that they’re not feeling the economic pinch that they are absolutely feeling every day
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
That’s good, Donny. Go right on telling people that they’re not feeling the economic pinch that they are absolutely feeling every day
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Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
November 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Trump is appealing the judicial order to pay full SNAP benefits by tomorrow.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
He’s spending tax payer dollars going back to court to try and avoid giving folks money they are legally owed.
He’s starving 42 million people because to him they are leverage.
It’s enraging.
Oh God, that sounds terrible. People having full citizenship with actual representation? Like it’s an actual republic? That’s crazy talk. 🙄
Trump: "What the Democrats will do is make Puerto Rico a state, make DC a state, they're gonna pack the Court. They're gonna end up with more electoral votes. They're gonna end up with 4 senators. And they're gonna do this 100%."
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Oh God, that sounds terrible. People having full citizenship with actual representation? Like it’s an actual republic? That’s crazy talk. 🙄
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I am terrified Mamdani is going to do something extreme, like subsidize a few grocery stores, says people who don’t bat an eye at for-profit companies with billion dollar subsidies.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I am terrified Mamdani is going to do something extreme, like subsidize a few grocery stores, says people who don’t bat an eye at for-profit companies with billion dollar subsidies.
He may not want to hear about it, but he’s goddamn well going to keep hearing about it. And when he continues to give answers like this about it, he and his minions will lose a lot more elections.
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
He may not want to hear about it, but he’s goddamn well going to keep hearing about it. And when he continues to give answers like this about it, he and his minions will lose a lot more elections.
I’m not saying Nantucket is hoity-toity, but the public library there isn’t called tbe public library. It’s called the Nantucket Atheneum.
November 5, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I’m not saying Nantucket is hoity-toity, but the public library there isn’t called tbe public library. It’s called the Nantucket Atheneum.
I finally get to watch a whole game of my team, and I get a flaccid performance and a 1-0 home defeat to our crosstown rivals. 😖 what did I do to deserve this #COYS
November 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I finally get to watch a whole game of my team, and I get a flaccid performance and a 1-0 home defeat to our crosstown rivals. 😖 what did I do to deserve this #COYS
It may be Halloween tonight, but tomorrow is my friends Lotti and John’s 30th annual Halloween Party/Anarchic Horror-Fest. The feature presentation (which I gotta admit I’m kinda looking forward to):
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It may be Halloween tonight, but tomorrow is my friends Lotti and John’s 30th annual Halloween Party/Anarchic Horror-Fest. The feature presentation (which I gotta admit I’m kinda looking forward to):
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When it comes to murdering fishermen on the high seas, Donald is lawless and careless, but when it comes to finding excuses not to feed Americans, he's a precise bureaucrat, obsessed with following the law.
October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
When it comes to murdering fishermen on the high seas, Donald is lawless and careless, but when it comes to finding excuses not to feed Americans, he's a precise bureaucrat, obsessed with following the law.