Derek Katz
@derek.katz.blue
Former Navy, current Air Force Reservist. Machinery Mechanic/NDT. WA resident. Anti-fascist, anti-cop, anti-racist, anti-prison. Trans rights are human rights; from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. Hiker, reader, runner.
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Are you aware we execute innocent people in the US quite regularly?
Here's a story about Anthony Boyd, an innocent black man the state of Alabama intends to murder by gas mask next week.
What can you do? Read this, and check out the thread below for how you can help. 🩷
Here's a story about Anthony Boyd, an innocent black man the state of Alabama intends to murder by gas mask next week.
What can you do? Read this, and check out the thread below for how you can help. 🩷
He Was Convicted Entirely On Clashing Eyewitness Testimony. Alabama Plans to Execute Him Next Week. - Bolts
No physical evidence connected Anthony Boyd to a 1993 murder. He was sent to death row on the word of a co-defendant who testified under the threat of capital punishment.
boltsmag.org
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Are you aware we execute innocent people in the US quite regularly?
Here's a story about Anthony Boyd, an innocent black man the state of Alabama intends to murder by gas mask next week.
What can you do? Read this, and check out the thread below for how you can help. 🩷
Here's a story about Anthony Boyd, an innocent black man the state of Alabama intends to murder by gas mask next week.
What can you do? Read this, and check out the thread below for how you can help. 🩷
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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Bearing a cross on wheels is a great metaphor for Christian oppression
September 21, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Bearing a cross on wheels is a great metaphor for Christian oppression
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Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened
The flags were lowered last night around the base by order of President Trump after the killing of Charlie Kirk and will stay at half-staff on this U.S. outpost in southeast Cuba until sunset on Sunday.
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened
I need somebody to bring to life an idea I've just had: a Pokémon parody version of Hall and Oates's "Maneater" titled "Gym Leader".
August 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I need somebody to bring to life an idea I've just had: a Pokémon parody version of Hall and Oates's "Maneater" titled "Gym Leader".
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Ireland is based as hell and I want to spend more time there.
April 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ireland is based as hell and I want to spend more time there.
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In January 2024 I got a one-line email from a woman I didn't know: "Jimmie Duncan an innocent man on death row is looking to get into contact with you."
I've been working on the story ever since. Here it is, finally - a @motherjones.com / @bolts.bsky.social feature: boltsmag.org/the-human-co...
I've been working on the story ever since. Here it is, finally - a @motherjones.com / @bolts.bsky.social feature: boltsmag.org/the-human-co...
The Human Cost of Jeff Landry’s Drive to Resume Executions - Bolts
Chris Duncan’s death sentence—built on the testimony of two discredited doctors—illustrates just how faulty the system can be.
boltsmag.org
March 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In January 2024 I got a one-line email from a woman I didn't know: "Jimmie Duncan an innocent man on death row is looking to get into contact with you."
I've been working on the story ever since. Here it is, finally - a @motherjones.com / @bolts.bsky.social feature: boltsmag.org/the-human-co...
I've been working on the story ever since. Here it is, finally - a @motherjones.com / @bolts.bsky.social feature: boltsmag.org/the-human-co...
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I am not the first to say it but I do sort of see where JD Vance's mom was coming from when she traded him for drugs
February 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I am not the first to say it but I do sort of see where JD Vance's mom was coming from when she traded him for drugs
Hey thank goodness if there are any ladies out there in need of a CPAP solution there's a mask that's not blue so it doesn't offend your sensibilities and is sized for your universally tiny faces.
January 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hey thank goodness if there are any ladies out there in need of a CPAP solution there's a mask that's not blue so it doesn't offend your sensibilities and is sized for your universally tiny faces.
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I saw this plate on I-95, I think in the Fredericksburg area, while driving to NoVA last month. I couldn't get close enough for my sister to get a picture, so I recreated it with the Virginia DMV personalized plate checker:
January 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I saw this plate on I-95, I think in the Fredericksburg area, while driving to NoVA last month. I couldn't get close enough for my sister to get a picture, so I recreated it with the Virginia DMV personalized plate checker:
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Late medieval urine wheel, c.1500. Before stethoscopes and x-rays, a pot of piss was an important diagnostic tool. The wheel usually consisted of 20 different colours ranging from "white as well-water" to "black as very dark horn." The colour was associated with various ailments.
January 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Late medieval urine wheel, c.1500. Before stethoscopes and x-rays, a pot of piss was an important diagnostic tool. The wheel usually consisted of 20 different colours ranging from "white as well-water" to "black as very dark horn." The colour was associated with various ailments.
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NEW: “Eat What You Kill”
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
A Hospital Helped a Beloved Doctor’s Practice Flourish Even as It Suspected He Was Hurting Patients
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did…
propub.li
December 7, 2024 at 3:00 PM
NEW: “Eat What You Kill”
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
Hailed as a savior upon his arrival in Helena, Dr. Thomas C. Weiner became a favorite of patients and his hospital’s highest earner. As the myth surrounding the high-profile oncologist grew, so did the trail of patient harm and suspicious deaths. @davidmcswane.bsky.social
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NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy.
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.
www.texasobserver.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:13 PM
NEW: X has become a hotbed of neo-Nazi content under Elon Musk. We identified the operators of four anonymous accounts that share racist, antisemitic, and neo-Nazi content. Three live in Texas. Musk has replied to two of them. One works for the Navy.
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
www.texasobserver.org/revealed-ope...
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SPD Officer Instinctively Turns Off Body Cam Before Approaching Dark Turkey Meat: bit.ly/3AXKEaU
November 27, 2024 at 12:38 AM
SPD Officer Instinctively Turns Off Body Cam Before Approaching Dark Turkey Meat: bit.ly/3AXKEaU
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Boeing Celebrates DB Cooper Day by Removing Plane Doors Mid-flight: bit.ly/4gl2zYf
November 24, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Boeing Celebrates DB Cooper Day by Removing Plane Doors Mid-flight: bit.ly/4gl2zYf
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Also just a quick reminder that Trader Joe’s isn’t just trying to bust their own unions — they’re lobbying to end *all* unions and dismantle the NLRB.
There’s a reason I’m *still* not shopping at Trader Joe’s, despite how much I love their products (esp. at the holidays.) I can’t do it in good conscience. Used to pop in every ~2 weeks; it’s been almost a year since I stopped.
Mass. Trader Joe’s used ‘coercive threats’ against union members, NLRB finds #news
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/11/14/mass-trader-joes-used-coercive-threats-against-union-members-nlrb-finds/
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/11/14/mass-trader-joes-used-coercive-threats-against-union-members-nlrb-finds/
November 19, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Also just a quick reminder that Trader Joe’s isn’t just trying to bust their own unions — they’re lobbying to end *all* unions and dismantle the NLRB.
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Happy Friday, Bluesky! It's time for the Friday night ride-along!
Join your favorite Uber driver as I explore the wilds of Tallahassee, meet interesting people, and secretly tell you about them (mwahaha).
Smash the repost button for me, and let's get to it!
Join your favorite Uber driver as I explore the wilds of Tallahassee, meet interesting people, and secretly tell you about them (mwahaha).
Smash the repost button for me, and let's get to it!
November 16, 2024 at 12:18 AM
Happy Friday, Bluesky! It's time for the Friday night ride-along!
Join your favorite Uber driver as I explore the wilds of Tallahassee, meet interesting people, and secretly tell you about them (mwahaha).
Smash the repost button for me, and let's get to it!
Join your favorite Uber driver as I explore the wilds of Tallahassee, meet interesting people, and secretly tell you about them (mwahaha).
Smash the repost button for me, and let's get to it!
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So I hate to tag the mods- but I sent this email about the mass deletion of Palestinian accounts over a week ago to @support.bsky.team and I haven’t heard anything back (apologies if I somehow missed an email). I’d like to ensure it will be seen by the proper people.
November 12, 2024 at 4:50 PM
So I hate to tag the mods- but I sent this email about the mass deletion of Palestinian accounts over a week ago to @support.bsky.team and I haven’t heard anything back (apologies if I somehow missed an email). I’d like to ensure it will be seen by the proper people.
It's funny that Musk finally got the social media site where everyone likes him by spending $44 billion on a website worth half that, driving the value down to a tenth the price and running off everyone worth a damn.
November 12, 2024 at 11:21 PM
It's funny that Musk finally got the social media site where everyone likes him by spending $44 billion on a website worth half that, driving the value down to a tenth the price and running off everyone worth a damn.
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