Derette
@derette.bsky.social
Socialist with Atlanta characteristics
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it's always v funny to me when a manosphere guy is like "actually us men are conditioned from stone age times to constantly scan our environment for threats" because men, as a gender, have got to have the lowest on-average awareness of their surroundings I've ever seen
December 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
it's always v funny to me when a manosphere guy is like "actually us men are conditioned from stone age times to constantly scan our environment for threats" because men, as a gender, have got to have the lowest on-average awareness of their surroundings I've ever seen
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Media execs have fallen prey to a propaganda and harassment campaign that has completely divorced them from what people actually want right now.
Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.
Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Media execs have fallen prey to a propaganda and harassment campaign that has completely divorced them from what people actually want right now.
Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.
Both their insular information environments (group chats, podcasts) and ambient noise (Twitter reactionaries) have put them in a very stupid bubble.
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The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it
I am wondering why Lisa Leher from the @nytimes.com did not discuss the data that suggests political violence in the US in the current era mostly comes from the right. Seems like a strange fact to ignore. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...
Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The radicalization of the American right is THE story of US politics over the last four decades and political reporters are still not allowed to talk about it
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she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”
June 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
she’s like 15 feet away. absolutely that man’s whole thought process was: “I’m gonna shoot that woman”
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The reason people constantly suggest that Dems "adopt moderate social positions" (which... end up not being "moderate" at all) is because they think that Dems won't lose votes by moving to the right. They are wrong in thinking this.
May 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The reason people constantly suggest that Dems "adopt moderate social positions" (which... end up not being "moderate" at all) is because they think that Dems won't lose votes by moving to the right. They are wrong in thinking this.
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"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
HAPPENING NOW: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was just taken into custody while protesting outside the Delaney Hall ICE detention center
May 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."
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the point of Andor isn't "only anarchists are right" or "only terrorism works" or "only liberals defeat fascism" it's that birthing a movement that can destroy an imperial regime requires a diversity of tactics and people all willing to throw their lives away for the cause
May 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
the point of Andor isn't "only anarchists are right" or "only terrorism works" or "only liberals defeat fascism" it's that birthing a movement that can destroy an imperial regime requires a diversity of tactics and people all willing to throw their lives away for the cause
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I think this comes from a good place but I disagree. A common thread in deradicalization stories is stigma: Once people start losing friends and jobs they reconsider their beliefs.
Obviously you should try to be nice to people but you also need to draw a line where you won’t engage anymore.
Obviously you should try to be nice to people but you also need to draw a line where you won’t engage anymore.
May 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I think this comes from a good place but I disagree. A common thread in deradicalization stories is stigma: Once people start losing friends and jobs they reconsider their beliefs.
Obviously you should try to be nice to people but you also need to draw a line where you won’t engage anymore.
Obviously you should try to be nice to people but you also need to draw a line where you won’t engage anymore.
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I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.
April 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.
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Something I learned from interviewing survivors of abuse and institutional betrayal is that by being willing to identify a problem, you are often treated as the problem. The institution will try to get rid of you instead of the problem. To me, this also speaks to the way the left is treated broadly
April 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Something I learned from interviewing survivors of abuse and institutional betrayal is that by being willing to identify a problem, you are often treated as the problem. The institution will try to get rid of you instead of the problem. To me, this also speaks to the way the left is treated broadly
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thinking about princess mononoke a lot, these days
March 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
thinking about princess mononoke a lot, these days
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Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...
"Not Exactly Consequential": NYT Dismisses Trump's War on Trans Americans
After years of trans panic coverage, the paper now claims attacks on trans rights barely matter.
www.readtpa.com
March 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Either transgender Americans are important enough to warrant year after year of breathless coverage questioning their healthcare and existence, or they're so insignificant that destroying their rights is the "least consequential" action of a presidency. www.readtpa.com/p/not-exactl...
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1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired.
This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
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This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
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The New McCarthyism: LGBTQ+ Purges In Government Begin
After Chris Rufo leaked LGBTQ+ chatlogs from the intelligence community, Gabbard has announced that all those who participated in the chats will be fired.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1. Today, the NYT has reported that 100 members of an ERG-adjacent LGBTQ+ chat in the intelligence community have been fired.
This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
This is a new McCarthyism, a new lavender scare meant to remove LGBTQ+ in government, and the way this was done should shake us all.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Got my hair re-dyed with red highlights again
February 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Got my hair re-dyed with red highlights again
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An interesting thing in the iterated prisoner's dilemma is that tit for tat is the *cheapest* strategy.
Every additional maliciousness and complexity you tack on, costs more.
Cruelty literally *inherently* is less efficient. It is impossible to be cruel, efficiently.
Every additional maliciousness and complexity you tack on, costs more.
Cruelty literally *inherently* is less efficient. It is impossible to be cruel, efficiently.
February 18, 2025 at 8:39 AM
An interesting thing in the iterated prisoner's dilemma is that tit for tat is the *cheapest* strategy.
Every additional maliciousness and complexity you tack on, costs more.
Cruelty literally *inherently* is less efficient. It is impossible to be cruel, efficiently.
Every additional maliciousness and complexity you tack on, costs more.
Cruelty literally *inherently* is less efficient. It is impossible to be cruel, efficiently.
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This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
February 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
This is one of the funniest videos I've ever seen in my life
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Tired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they're racist
Wired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they feel attacked by his anti-pedophile stance
Wired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they feel attacked by his anti-pedophile stance
February 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Tired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they're racist
Wired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they feel attacked by his anti-pedophile stance
Wired: conservatives hate Kendrick because they feel attacked by his anti-pedophile stance
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they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
‼️ The State Department has REMOVED TQIA+ on their page of recommendations for queer travelers. This page yesterday said "LGBTQIA+" and now just says "LGB".
The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
The federal government is trying to erase trans people from existence.
January 31, 2025 at 9:06 PM
they want to erase us completely. do not let them, we will outlive these fascists. create art, take pictures of yourself or your trans friends, make something lasting. we will outlast them forever
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What we're currently living through is a patriarchal panic reaction.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
February 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
What we're currently living through is a patriarchal panic reaction.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.
Our society came a little too close to acknowledging trans people as not merely quirky zoo exhibits to gawk at on the margins of society. Too close to acknowledging our humanity.
The response to this has been sheer terror.