Derek
@derekdesanges.bsky.social
Writer of books and short stories: derekdesanges.wordpress.com/books
Writer of feature articles & reviews in the museum sector: https://desangeswritings.wordpress.com/
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Profile artwork by Emma Weakley.
Writer of feature articles & reviews in the museum sector: https://desangeswritings.wordpress.com/
Media-adjacent (sorry)
https://linktr.ee/derekdesanges
Profile artwork by Emma Weakley.
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abladeforthehead. graphite on paper
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
abladeforthehead. graphite on paper
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Interesting. They even watermarked it so nobody could steal it
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November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Interesting. They even watermarked it so nobody could steal it
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Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
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The new UN report...draws attention to the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand”, noting the age of criminal responsibility imposed by Israel is 12, and that children younger than 12 have also been detained." 🤢🤬
November 30, 2025 at 3:37 AM
The new UN report...draws attention to the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand”, noting the age of criminal responsibility imposed by Israel is 12, and that children younger than 12 have also been detained." 🤢🤬
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it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
it is amazing how so much tech gets unremittingly worse year on year at whatever you once used it for and less pleasant to use and more bound up with creepy politics as well as personal and environmental harms and yet also still less productive of actual goods and these are somehow great visionaries
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November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We're working for a world where our organisation doesn't need to exist, but for now we're very much needed. You can join our group of monthly donors, set up a fundraiser (such as bake sale or sponsored run), or make a one off donation at: tinyurl.com/DonateTransA...
#Trans #TransFundraiser
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As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As someone who works on the interaction layer of software: it's this.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
Stupid trends in hardware self correct after a generation or two, but *software* ratchets in the direction of unusable because designers are occupied with interaction patterns and not whether the fucking thing works properly.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Oh absolutely. The whole threat of "let me track you or I will cancel your phone" is pure controlling behaviour
November 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Oh absolutely. The whole threat of "let me track you or I will cancel your phone" is pure controlling behaviour
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If that is from the BBC piece then it was the mum of the autistic lad which really creeped me out.
November 30, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If that is from the BBC piece then it was the mum of the autistic lad which really creeped me out.
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have written that piece before but there's a whole lot of "oh wow this generation of kids are fucked" and nowhere near enough "huh what exactly have that generation of parents been doing and how can we not do that, going forward"
People are very hard on young people on here, lack of critical thinking, lack of responsibility etc, and then you see something like this and it all makes a different kind of sense.
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
have written that piece before but there's a whole lot of "oh wow this generation of kids are fucked" and nowhere near enough "huh what exactly have that generation of parents been doing and how can we not do that, going forward"
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oh, should we tell everyone? should we throw a party and stream it? will mr. beast and the ceo of salesforce be there
I suggest that we start using the phrase "Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too." as shorthand to explain how little we want to be at any given terrible event.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
oh, should we tell everyone? should we throw a party and stream it? will mr. beast and the ceo of salesforce be there
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Equally, if you don't like the newer editions, you can keep playing the older ones. No one is coming to take your books.
November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Equally, if you don't like the newer editions, you can keep playing the older ones. No one is coming to take your books.
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If you are upset about how other people are playing DnD now the solution is to not play DnD with them. Then the problem goes away.
November 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
If you are upset about how other people are playing DnD now the solution is to not play DnD with them. Then the problem goes away.
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I NEVER WANT TO SAVE TO ONEDRIVE I OWN A FUCKING COMPUTER FOR A REASON
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I NEVER WANT TO SAVE TO ONEDRIVE I OWN A FUCKING COMPUTER FOR A REASON
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i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
it’s so weird to look around and realize like, tech and media are materially worse than a decade ago
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
i think it's useful to look at areas where the *tech* has gotten much better while tech *interactions* have gotten way worse. streaming has gotten worse, google search has gotten worse, digital cameras are leaps better. apple's silicone is so good it's threatening their user upgrade cycle
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The EU are removing their de minimis threshold next year. Yet another barrier to UK small business brought to you as part of the Brexit benefit.
a man in a bowling alley with a netflix logo on the bottom right
Alt: a man in a bowling alley with a netflix logo on the bottom right
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November 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The EU are removing their de minimis threshold next year. Yet another barrier to UK small business brought to you as part of the Brexit benefit.
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You’re gonna see MORE of this the more unpopular he gets. They’ll take the easy way out and not fight because they think the incoming Dem administration will give them the money back. Dems should publicly disabuse the folders of that notion.
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
You’re gonna see MORE of this the more unpopular he gets. They’ll take the easy way out and not fight because they think the incoming Dem administration will give them the money back. Dems should publicly disabuse the folders of that notion.
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this should go for universities too
if you’re signing one of these horrendous agreements discriminating against trans people? you’d better be ready to go full Woke 2 next term, and whatever administrators signed off are in big trouble
if you’re signing one of these horrendous agreements discriminating against trans people? you’d better be ready to go full Woke 2 next term, and whatever administrators signed off are in big trouble
November 29, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this should go for universities too
if you’re signing one of these horrendous agreements discriminating against trans people? you’d better be ready to go full Woke 2 next term, and whatever administrators signed off are in big trouble
if you’re signing one of these horrendous agreements discriminating against trans people? you’d better be ready to go full Woke 2 next term, and whatever administrators signed off are in big trouble
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periodically I am googling a specific Discworld quote for my QOTD and one of those AI summaries pops up trying to analyze the quote and it makes me so fucking twitchy
usually I can ignore this stuff but leave Terry Pratchett alone
usually I can ignore this stuff but leave Terry Pratchett alone
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
periodically I am googling a specific Discworld quote for my QOTD and one of those AI summaries pops up trying to analyze the quote and it makes me so fucking twitchy
usually I can ignore this stuff but leave Terry Pratchett alone
usually I can ignore this stuff but leave Terry Pratchett alone
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a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
a few candidates have talked about this but any Dem planning to run in 2028 should make it explicit: the next DOJ will, in fact, go after you if you’re funding this awful ballroom, or any other pay to play deals you make with this administration
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The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The highest calling of journalism isn’t to tell two sides of a story.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
The highest calling of journalism is to tell the truth.
And acting like a stenographer is a betrayal of your audience.
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when a trans person exists in a video game
November 17, 2024 at 8:20 AM
when a trans person exists in a video game
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3.5 years to the next election, the press have already declared the winner and elites scramble to accommodate their will
November 30, 2025 at 11:50 AM
3.5 years to the next election, the press have already declared the winner and elites scramble to accommodate their will