Derek Grant
@derekg1972.bsky.social
Former techie, public school science teacher for 12 years, now Haz Mat truck driver.
I’m a pragmatist but also a dreamer.
I believe that humanity WILL come out the other side of our current crises and that building a Better World will always be possible.
I’m a pragmatist but also a dreamer.
I believe that humanity WILL come out the other side of our current crises and that building a Better World will always be possible.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Portland Indivisible and 50501. We Say NO KINGS!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/standupameri...
Portland Indivisible and 50501. We Say NO KINGS! · Stand Up America
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings. And here in Oregon, we say No Military Takeover of Our Communities.**
Our event - Portland Indivisible and 50501. We Say NO KINGS!
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October 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Portland Indivisible and 50501. We Say NO KINGS!” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/standupameri...
Submit a comment to the EAC to stop the latest scheme to destroy voting rights: act.standupamerica.com/letters/eac-...
Submit a Comment to Protect Voting Rights
Conservative activists have found a backdoor way to implement the SAVE Act and disenfranchise millions of Americans. Submit a comment to the EAC and urge them to reject this petition to change voting ...
act.standupamerica.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Submit a comment to the EAC to stop the latest scheme to destroy voting rights: act.standupamerica.com/letters/eac-...
www.wired.com/story/questi... Yuval N Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet w/ New Superintelligence?’ | WIRED
~~”AI will create financial instruments that humans can’t even understand but which other AI’s will trust. At that point the financial system will cease to be human-centered!” DONE ALREADY?!?
~~”AI will create financial instruments that humans can’t even understand but which other AI’s will trust. At that point the financial system will cease to be human-centered!” DONE ALREADY?!?
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet With This New Superintelligence?’
The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.
www.wired.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
www.wired.com/story/questi... Yuval N Harari: ‘How Do We Share the Planet w/ New Superintelligence?’ | WIRED
~~”AI will create financial instruments that humans can’t even understand but which other AI’s will trust. At that point the financial system will cease to be human-centered!” DONE ALREADY?!?
~~”AI will create financial instruments that humans can’t even understand but which other AI’s will trust. At that point the financial system will cease to be human-centered!” DONE ALREADY?!?
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Goodbye Redwood Forest -- The blue areas are what EO 14225 has marked for deforestation. These are old growth forests, protected by law.
May 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Goodbye Redwood Forest -- The blue areas are what EO 14225 has marked for deforestation. These are old growth forests, protected by law.
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My painting GRASSY LAKE
May 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My painting GRASSY LAKE
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This is what a Cold Air Front looks like from Space
May 29, 2025 at 11:40 PM
This is what a Cold Air Front looks like from Space
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For the first time, a children’s picture book centering same-sex human parents has landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list. The author is Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Pete Buttigieg. www.advocate.com/news/chasten...
Chasten Buttigieg’s kids’ book lands on New York Times Best Sellers list, proving LGBTQ+ stories belong
For the first time, a children’s picture book centering same-sex human parents has landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list.
www.advocate.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 AM
For the first time, a children’s picture book centering same-sex human parents has landed on the New York Times Best Sellers list. The author is Chasten Buttigieg, husband of Pete Buttigieg. www.advocate.com/news/chasten...
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We may have cut the ribbon — but the new VA Health Care Center in Fredericksburg still isn’t fully staffed.
This state-of-the-art facility must come online ASAP to serve one of the fastest-growing veteran communities in the country. Our veterans can’t afford to wait.
This state-of-the-art facility must come online ASAP to serve one of the fastest-growing veteran communities in the country. Our veterans can’t afford to wait.
May 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We may have cut the ribbon — but the new VA Health Care Center in Fredericksburg still isn’t fully staffed.
This state-of-the-art facility must come online ASAP to serve one of the fastest-growing veteran communities in the country. Our veterans can’t afford to wait.
This state-of-the-art facility must come online ASAP to serve one of the fastest-growing veteran communities in the country. Our veterans can’t afford to wait.
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Live on 93-North.
📹: @haileyjade617
📹: @haileyjade617
May 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Live on 93-North.
📹: @haileyjade617
📹: @haileyjade617
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GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
May 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
GOP Sen. Joni Ernst responds to voters saying that cutting Medicaid will kill them: “Well, we all are going to die.”
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NEW: A three-year investigation found that Phoenix police routinely violated the rights of homeless people.
This week, DOJ officials announced that they had abandoned efforts to ensure the city and its police department addressed those issues.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
This week, DOJ officials announced that they had abandoned efforts to ensure the city and its police department addressed those issues.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
DOJ Abandons Effort to Address Phoenix’s Treatment of Homeless People
The Justice Department retracted findings of constitutional violations in Phoenix and five other jurisdictions. Advocates say the move could further embolden cities and police departments to marginali...
www.propublica.org
May 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
NEW: A three-year investigation found that Phoenix police routinely violated the rights of homeless people.
This week, DOJ officials announced that they had abandoned efforts to ensure the city and its police department addressed those issues.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
This week, DOJ officials announced that they had abandoned efforts to ensure the city and its police department addressed those issues.
By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social
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“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
May 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“Life is better when we leap together.” Kermit the Frog delivered a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson. nyti.ms/4dwMuhQ
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“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.
May 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” — Treaty of Tripoli, signed by the United States in 1797.