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/
Media-adjacent (sorry)
https://linktr.ee/derekdesanges
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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I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I've never bothered doing one of these because it felt kinda silly, but I'm trying new things.
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Now THIS is "performative reading".
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Now THIS is "performative reading".
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His response to getting called a philistine is to recommend you read 7 Habits and Lee Iacocca’s biography, masterful again sir
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
His response to getting called a philistine is to recommend you read 7 Habits and Lee Iacocca’s biography, masterful again sir
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i'm built different, give me a billion dollars, this is what i'm saying
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
i'm built different, give me a billion dollars, this is what i'm saying
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there should legitimately be some kind of award for making a billionaire crash out this hard. give one to her and one to zohran for breaking ackman
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
there should legitimately be some kind of award for making a billionaire crash out this hard. give one to her and one to zohran for breaking ackman
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Chotiner, Oates and Menswear Guy, the Charlie's Angels of internet murder
November 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Chotiner, Oates and Menswear Guy, the Charlie's Angels of internet murder
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This is all I can think about when I hear this dude's name
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is all I can think about when I hear this dude's name
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This guy would always set off the alarm:
November 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This guy would always set off the alarm:
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Gavin my dude, urine is not sterile
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Gavin my dude, urine is not sterile
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If you ever use the men's toilets in a pub, bar or venue, you would understand this is unfortunately not an unpopular opinion at all
November 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you ever use the men's toilets in a pub, bar or venue, you would understand this is unfortunately not an unpopular opinion at all
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- [email protected] or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
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"you don't read literature" "oh yeah here are nine management strategy / self-help books i have heard of"
November 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"you don't read literature" "oh yeah here are nine management strategy / self-help books i have heard of"
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Serving up ads that basically say “AKSHUALLY I’m hilarious!” on a platform that you own is so pathetic I’m suffering from secondhand embarrassment
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Serving up ads that basically say “AKSHUALLY I’m hilarious!” on a platform that you own is so pathetic I’m suffering from secondhand embarrassment
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Trying desperately to prove you aren’t a sad lump of a man who cannot appreciate culture or beauty by recommending peter thiels book on optimizing a startup.
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trying desperately to prove you aren’t a sad lump of a man who cannot appreciate culture or beauty by recommending peter thiels book on optimizing a startup.
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I looked up the list: 4 are airport books about AI, two are about how scientists lie about everything, one is a book about how to establish a healthy corporate culture that values feedback, one is by Peter Thiel, and one is The Wealth of Nations
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I looked up the list: 4 are airport books about AI, two are about how scientists lie about everything, one is a book about how to establish a healthy corporate culture that values feedback, one is by Peter Thiel, and one is The Wealth of Nations
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I'll show them all! I'll run an ad for the company that summarizes books
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'll show them all! I'll run an ad for the company that summarizes books
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You ever think he’s just trying to get in the Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Pathetic Man of All Time”?
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
You ever think he’s just trying to get in the Guinness Book of World Records for “Most Pathetic Man of All Time”?
I wish the entire concept of query letters a very die
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I wish the entire concept of query letters a very die
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under my regime if a company uses the term “tools” to refer to something without measurable weight which cannot be physically brandished and used as a weapon, that company will be dissolved and its assets seized
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
under my regime if a company uses the term “tools” to refer to something without measurable weight which cannot be physically brandished and used as a weapon, that company will be dissolved and its assets seized
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They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
They were giving away unused pumpkins at the library last weekend; this one was too far gone for eating so I painted it instead.
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
🐡 #watercolour #botanicalArt
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This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
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Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?