Dana DeRuyck
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I’m here, I’m here… I think I’m forgetting something crucial.
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Used the phrase “roiling boil” and someone corrected me and said “it’s rolling boil” and we went back and forth then looked it up and roiling boil is an older term for rolling boil and we both left the conversation dissatisfied and everything feels like that these days
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Used the phrase “roiling boil” and someone corrected me and said “it’s rolling boil” and we went back and forth then looked it up and roiling boil is an older term for rolling boil and we both left the conversation dissatisfied and everything feels like that these days
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I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)
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This is what unity looks like.
September 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This is what unity looks like.
quote this with your reaction to gettin left behind during the rapture
September 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
quote this with your reaction to gettin left behind during the rapture
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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Every time they say “we can’t afford that,” remember: they could afford armored tanks, a dictators birthday parade, and enough tear gas to choke a city. They just don’t want you fed, safe, or alive.
June 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Every time they say “we can’t afford that,” remember: they could afford armored tanks, a dictators birthday parade, and enough tear gas to choke a city. They just don’t want you fed, safe, or alive.
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full blown police riot in progress. never let them reframe this.
(ABC7) cops are violently hitting and shooting tear gas and less lethals into protestors at point blank.. It's likely people are being severely injured
June 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
full blown police riot in progress. never let them reframe this.
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not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser
June 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
not sure there's a more embarrassing profession than ICE agent. Oh, you dress like a soldier to abduct sous chefs and throw flashbangs at protesters? Get a real job you loser
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California National Guard troops have arrived at the federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles.
This is pure theater. It will never stop Angelenos from protesting ICE kidnappings occurring throughout the vast, 4,000-square mile area of Greater Los Angeles.
This is pure theater. It will never stop Angelenos from protesting ICE kidnappings occurring throughout the vast, 4,000-square mile area of Greater Los Angeles.
June 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
California National Guard troops have arrived at the federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles.
This is pure theater. It will never stop Angelenos from protesting ICE kidnappings occurring throughout the vast, 4,000-square mile area of Greater Los Angeles.
This is pure theater. It will never stop Angelenos from protesting ICE kidnappings occurring throughout the vast, 4,000-square mile area of Greater Los Angeles.
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Just a reminder, it's only peaceful for as long as the police allow it to be. It is always the police who decide if a protest is going to be violent.
HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of protesters marching peacefully in LA to protest ongoing ICE raid operations and Trump’s federalization of the National Guard
Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”
Reporter: “What we’re looking at right now is a quiet, organized group and demonstrators marching peacefully to their destination.”
June 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Just a reminder, it's only peaceful for as long as the police allow it to be. It is always the police who decide if a protest is going to be violent.
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I know there was a lot going on in American politics today, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight how much I admire the work that Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla are doing.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
June 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I know there was a lot going on in American politics today, but I wanted to take a moment to highlight how much I admire the work that Greta Thunberg and the Freedom Flotilla are doing.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
They're sailing an aid ship across the Mediterranean to Gaza right now, despite lacking Israeli permission.
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"…higher confidence in GenAI is associated w/less critical thinking, while higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking."
"Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved."
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
"Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved."
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers - Microsoft Research
The rise of Generative AI (GenAI) in knowledge workflows raises questions about its impact on critical thinking skills and practices. We survey 319 knowledge workers to investigate 1) when and how the...
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June 6, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"…higher confidence in GenAI is associated w/less critical thinking, while higher self-confidence is associated with more critical thinking."
"Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved."
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
"Used improperly, technologies can and do result in the deterioration of cognitive faculties that ought to be preserved."
www.microsoft.com/en-us/resear...
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There's nothing to do but make jokes. What else is there to say, other than:
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
June 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
There's nothing to do but make jokes. What else is there to say, other than:
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
To EVERYONE in charge, EVERYONE in a position of power, EVERYONE with money, EVERYONE with influence: you are failing us, completely. We are terrorized, we are stressed, we are homeless, we are dying. You are failing us.
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If you haven't checked in on covid info in a while, this is a great piece.
As NB.1.8.1 spreads, there’s only one thing spreading faster: misinformation. Here, I run down 5 of the most common errors I see circulating about COVID and encourage people to integrate airborne disease mitigation into their lives holistically.
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Common Misconceptions about COVID Hold Strong as New Variant Spreads
Media has the public talking about the "razor blade" COVID variant, but years of inaccurate public health messaging have taken their toll
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June 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
If you haven't checked in on covid info in a while, this is a great piece.
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I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
June 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out
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Do we all still ultimately pay for their hubris and greed?
Yes.
Is the condemned man allowed to chortle when the approaching executioner slips on a banana peel?
Also yes.
Yes.
Is the condemned man allowed to chortle when the approaching executioner slips on a banana peel?
Also yes.
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Do we all still ultimately pay for their hubris and greed?
Yes.
Is the condemned man allowed to chortle when the approaching executioner slips on a banana peel?
Also yes.
Yes.
Is the condemned man allowed to chortle when the approaching executioner slips on a banana peel?
Also yes.
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This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator
June 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This feels like Alien vs Sexual Predator
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this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Watching Trump and Elon fall out is like watching two thieves argue over who got caught on camera.
Newsflash: it was both of y’all.
Newsflash: it was both of y’all.
June 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Watching Trump and Elon fall out is like watching two thieves argue over who got caught on camera.
Newsflash: it was both of y’all.
Newsflash: it was both of y’all.
I can’t believe this is all going down right after SNL went on hiatus.
June 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I can’t believe this is all going down right after SNL went on hiatus.
I know there’s a lot more important stuff to devote mental real estate to these days… but right now, I’m also wondering how —since original IP is still king— we can get a remake or stage adaptation of There’s No Business Like Show Business (1946) going.
June 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I know there’s a lot more important stuff to devote mental real estate to these days… but right now, I’m also wondering how —since original IP is still king— we can get a remake or stage adaptation of There’s No Business Like Show Business (1946) going.
Always so cool to get a shoutout from someone you like as a person AND as an artist! Thanks, Trav!!!
Knock out performances from my long time friend @dana-what.bsky.social and @melissamedinavo.bsky.social who I had the pleasure of directing back when I worked at Spotify. I highly recommend this episode!
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STRESS KILLS | OMINOUS THRILL | A HORROR ANTHOLOGY
Madison invents a stress reduction app featuring guided murder meditations that unexpectedly awaken dark desires in her straight-laced roommate, Emma. ...
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April 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Always so cool to get a shoutout from someone you like as a person AND as an artist! Thanks, Trav!!!