Derek B
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Derek B
@tanpants.bsky.social
· Aug 18
"Gonna stay more positive here than I was on the other place"
*scrolls for 10 seconds*
"Well, get a load of this dickhead"
*scrolls for 10 seconds*
"Well, get a load of this dickhead"
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
December 20, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
These defenses for the strikes are astonishingly piss poor. And they keep focusing on the follow-on strike, while giving little attention to the fact *every* strike appears to be straight-up murder.
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How a U.S. admiral decided to kill two boat strike survivors
The controversial order given by Adm. Frank Bradley is under scrutiny from Congress. Inside the most consequential deliberation of his career.
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December 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
These defenses for the strikes are astonishingly piss poor. And they keep focusing on the follow-on strike, while giving little attention to the fact *every* strike appears to be straight-up murder.
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I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
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December 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I’m but a simple country theoretical physicist, and I can say, in my professional capacity, “datacenters in space” is so colossally, monumentally stupid that it is difficult to know where to start with which laws of physics the idea is spitting in the face of the most.
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Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
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December 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Unfortunately I did not pay for Premium Grandma w/out Ads and had to settle for free Grandma, and she starts every conversation telling me it would be cool if I got a job with ICE.
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I think “speak to your fake dead relative” might be the most evil application of “AI” i’ve seen so far
December 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I think “speak to your fake dead relative” might be the most evil application of “AI” i’ve seen so far
Sometimes it's the moderate & sensible *sounding* WaPo commenters that piss me off the most.
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Sometimes it's the moderate & sensible *sounding* WaPo commenters that piss me off the most.
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There has to be a First Amendment loophole where we can outlaw him specifically saying certain words
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
There has to be a First Amendment loophole where we can outlaw him specifically saying certain words
Just watched PREDATORS (2025) and I can confidently report that, yes, Chris Hansen always talks like that.
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Just watched PREDATORS (2025) and I can confidently report that, yes, Chris Hansen always talks like that.
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Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
December 8, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Scientists now believe that the human brain--a magic goo for worrying--can also be used to do other things
Reporter: Senator, the video shows two men holding on for dear life before being blown up by a U.S.-launched missile. Your thoughts?
Tom Cotton: This is classic liberal media—trying to knock me off-message by making me horny.
Tom Cotton: This is classic liberal media—trying to knock me off-message by making me horny.
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Reporter: Senator, the video shows two men holding on for dear life before being blown up by a U.S.-launched missile. Your thoughts?
Tom Cotton: This is classic liberal media—trying to knock me off-message by making me horny.
Tom Cotton: This is classic liberal media—trying to knock me off-message by making me horny.
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Frankenstein, or: Maybe You Shouldn't Have Built That Weird Man
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Frankenstein, or: Maybe You Shouldn't Have Built That Weird Man
Had to put my 16 year-old cat down yesterday and what bothered me most about it was the drive to the appt. I was basically Sylvio & he was Adriana.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Had to put my 16 year-old cat down yesterday and what bothered me most about it was the drive to the appt. I was basically Sylvio & he was Adriana.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
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He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The model of holding individual senators responsible is broken here. The retirees clearly agreed to take the fall. Which is why the nos should get no credit for voting no unless they move to oust Schumer
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"Dems cannot successfully cave because John Cornyn got trapped in a broom closet" would be easily the funniest way for tonight to end
Update: They can't find Cornyn.
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"Dems cannot successfully cave because John Cornyn got trapped in a broom closet" would be easily the funniest way for tonight to end
Screw the press conferences being called from those who voted yes. I want press conferences from those who voted no. I want to hear their opinion of Dem leadership in the Senate—if you're not calling for Schumer/Durbin to be yeeted, you've failed.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Screw the press conferences being called from those who voted yes. I want press conferences from those who voted no. I want to hear their opinion of Dem leadership in the Senate—if you're not calling for Schumer/Durbin to be yeeted, you've failed.
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Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Did ChatGPT tell the Democratic Party to kill itself??
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I found it- the most embarrassing poster’s chat
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I found it- the most embarrassing poster’s chat
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SOCRATES: No god is a philosopher or seeker after wisdom, for he is wise already; nor does any man who is wise seek after wisdom.
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
November 8, 2025 at 1:45 AM
SOCRATES: No god is a philosopher or seeker after wisdom, for he is wise already; nor does any man who is wise seek after wisdom.
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
PLATO: Neither do the ignorant seek after wisdom.
DARRYL, SOCRATES AND PLATO’S FRIEND: well well well if it isn’t the blowjob brothers
Coffee & a cigarette? Great.
Coffee w/ milk & a cigarette? Also great.
Milk & a cigarette? Get the fuck outta here.
Coffee w/ milk & a cigarette? Also great.
Milk & a cigarette? Get the fuck outta here.
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Coffee & a cigarette? Great.
Coffee w/ milk & a cigarette? Also great.
Milk & a cigarette? Get the fuck outta here.
Coffee w/ milk & a cigarette? Also great.
Milk & a cigarette? Get the fuck outta here.
Funny phrasing in this headline—Made a $12 Billion Loss.
"Ya'll are just a bunch of takers while I and my cohort are the *makers* in this country. For example, my company MADE negative 12 billion in one quarter."
"Ya'll are just a bunch of takers while I and my cohort are the *makers* in this country. For example, my company MADE negative 12 billion in one quarter."
ICYMI: Microsoft’s charge “implies a more than $12 billion quarterly loss at OpenAI, said Firoz Valliji, an analyst at Bernstein.”
That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
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That “would mark one of the largest single-quarter losses for a tech company in history.”
@jessefelder.bsky.social $MSFT
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Funny phrasing in this headline—Made a $12 Billion Loss.
"Ya'll are just a bunch of takers while I and my cohort are the *makers* in this country. For example, my company MADE negative 12 billion in one quarter."
"Ya'll are just a bunch of takers while I and my cohort are the *makers* in this country. For example, my company MADE negative 12 billion in one quarter."