Derek Sweetman
@dsweet.bsky.social
Autistic. Feral peace researcher. Teaching conflict, peace, human rights, justice. Interested in too many things. I have a day job so I can afford to teach. Carter School, Schar School, Integrative Studies @ GMU. PACS @ CU.
We're visiting family in Colorado and I came across the rigging from the Bounty? I'm a little dubious.
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We're visiting family in Colorado and I came across the rigging from the Bounty? I'm a little dubious.
This is an autistic trap. Every time, I touch the green bar at the top, which says "touch anywhere to begin." Nothing happens. You can only begin if you touch in the white space.
October 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is an autistic trap. Every time, I touch the green bar at the top, which says "touch anywhere to begin." Nothing happens. You can only begin if you touch in the white space.
Wait this came in the mail today and it's already illegal?
September 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Wait this came in the mail today and it's already illegal?
Best use instructions ever.
September 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Best use instructions ever.
Very helpful, Verizon.
August 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Very helpful, Verizon.
We usually mean one of these. The outsides taste kind of like soggy oreos. The interior is vaguely ice-cream-like. The outside is always vaguely sticky for some reason. Kids will eat them and adults will eat versions upscaled by restaurants with actual ice cream and actual cookies.
August 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We usually mean one of these. The outsides taste kind of like soggy oreos. The interior is vaguely ice-cream-like. The outside is always vaguely sticky for some reason. Kids will eat them and adults will eat versions upscaled by restaurants with actual ice cream and actual cookies.
Looks like DC lit up early for Pride
May 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Looks like DC lit up early for Pride
Not sure why, but I found the title of an op-ed turned in by one of my students in Intro to Peace, Conflict, and Security Studies very entertaining. The prompt is to write about what they see as the biggest obstacle to peace.
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Not sure why, but I found the title of an op-ed turned in by one of my students in Intro to Peace, Conflict, and Security Studies very entertaining. The prompt is to write about what they see as the biggest obstacle to peace.
Working on class for tomorrow morning, in which we talk about messaging in movements using AIDS as the primary example. World wants to make my job easier, but really, I'll trade some difficulty in connecting class topics to today for not living in a hellscape. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Working on class for tomorrow morning, in which we talk about messaging in movements using AIDS as the primary example. World wants to make my job easier, but really, I'll trade some difficulty in connecting class topics to today for not living in a hellscape. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Guess I'll never know
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Guess I'll never know
I think the Venn diagram of people who understand this reference and people who would appreciate getting this Valentine's card does not overlap.
January 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I think the Venn diagram of people who understand this reference and people who would appreciate getting this Valentine's card does not overlap.
New York Times, the amount of murder in this story is much less than indicated by the alert you sent.
January 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New York Times, the amount of murder in this story is much less than indicated by the alert you sent.
Stopping by the grocery store the day before Christmas for ... Valentine's candy, I guess.
December 24, 2024 at 11:17 PM
Stopping by the grocery store the day before Christmas for ... Valentine's candy, I guess.
Ode to an unwrapped, (apparently) unused condom outside Joanne's Fabric right before Christmas...
December 22, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Ode to an unwrapped, (apparently) unused condom outside Joanne's Fabric right before Christmas...
Out of context, this just sounds like a regular day.
December 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Out of context, this just sounds like a regular day.
Ethnographic research today
December 1, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Ethnographic research today
Information, anyone?
November 22, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Information, anyone?
New bubble tea place opened up, so my daughter made us go tonight. Looks good so far. I think this makes about 20 options within 10 miles of our house.
November 21, 2024 at 11:37 PM
New bubble tea place opened up, so my daughter made us go tonight. Looks good so far. I think this makes about 20 options within 10 miles of our house.
I am trying to prep for class. #ProofOfCat
November 19, 2024 at 5:23 PM
I am trying to prep for class. #ProofOfCat
Google decided to let the AI take over their weather app
November 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Google decided to let the AI take over their weather app
FYI, they've got the whole park and the buildings around it fenced in, but it seems like access to the back half is possible. No one can get in front of the WH to the traditional protest spot. Signs say they are building the stands for the inauguration.
November 5, 2024 at 3:21 AM
FYI, they've got the whole park and the buildings around it fenced in, but it seems like access to the back half is possible. No one can get in front of the WH to the traditional protest spot. Signs say they are building the stands for the inauguration.
I don't remember this in 2020, but the space in front of the White House is closed for construction. Fencing goes out to 15th and includes Lafayette Park, but people can get into half the park and within a block of the WH for now
November 4, 2024 at 6:11 PM
I don't remember this in 2020, but the space in front of the White House is closed for construction. Fencing goes out to 15th and includes Lafayette Park, but people can get into half the park and within a block of the WH for now
btw, I had the two-record vinyl of Pleasuredome and did not initially realize the inside image was a giant penis ejaculating animals. I did understand the other illustration. I do not know what my parents thought.
October 29, 2024 at 2:16 PM
btw, I had the two-record vinyl of Pleasuredome and did not initially realize the inside image was a giant penis ejaculating animals. I did understand the other illustration. I do not know what my parents thought.
Just finished @weyodi.bsky.social's As Many Ships As Stars. It's indigenous futurism and takes a very interesting turn after part 1 when it could have just turned into boring peril/problem-solving sequences. Big focus on community and hope. You should read it.
October 11, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Just finished @weyodi.bsky.social's As Many Ships As Stars. It's indigenous futurism and takes a very interesting turn after part 1 when it could have just turned into boring peril/problem-solving sequences. Big focus on community and hope. You should read it.