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Derek John Boczkowski

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University writing center guy (The Ohio State University at Newark). Composition and literacies researcher. Chicago Cubs fan. Teacher, learner, molder of minds and minder of molds.

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06.12.2025 18:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Law enforcement is based on trust. Thereโ€™s no reason to trust ICE. Theyโ€™re state sponsored terrorists and should be treated as such.

06.12.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thereโ€™s an obvious moral obligation to resist this by all means available. Allowing this to continue is not okay.

06.12.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Given the frequency with which these masked brown shirts have abusively detained people who were here legally, this should just be treated as preventing kidnappings and widely practiced as such.

06.12.2025 15:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Donald Trump grinching a fake award

Donald Trump grinching a fake award

The grinch showing more humanity Than our president

The grinch showing more humanity Than our president

It's giving

05.12.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 182    ๐Ÿ” 49    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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MELIA needs 1 person to be her forever. Shes sweet, playful, has guarding issues with food and toys. She needs someone who is committed to her. She will thrive with the right person. No dogs.
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Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793

05.12.2025 12:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2978    ๐Ÿ” 1304    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 84
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Vanity Fair, Olivia Nuzzi Agree to Part Ways Nuzzi and the magazine will let her contract expire at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Calling it now that she'll eventually end up at CBS www.wsj.com/business/med...

05.12.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3424    ๐Ÿ” 308    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 74
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Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE

05.12.2025 20:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8105    ๐Ÿ” 3977    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 362    ๐Ÿ“Œ 259
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Definition of SCORE twenty; a group of 20 things โ€”often used in combination with a cardinal number; an indefinitely large numberโ€ฆ See the full definition

Itโ€™s the third definition for the verb:

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s...

05.12.2025 19:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

score = ๐Ÿ”ช๐Ÿฅฉ

05.12.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I know this is an altogether unsurprising pic of Chicago police flexing muscle to bust up a just rally held in defense of the needy, but consindering the game this weekend there's avery slim chance this all happened because Santa is a Packer fan.

05.12.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh dear.

I see youโ€™ve involved in many conversations at once, leading you to posting strange non sequitur accusations without any evidence.

Iโ€™ll bow out so your attention isnโ€™t so split, which, I hope, will prevent further posts like that. Iโ€™ll check back later if you embellish your claim at all.

05.12.2025 15:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sorry too, because I think folks like you will need to reconcile feelings like that if weโ€™re going to survive the next few years together.

05.12.2025 15:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Youโ€™re feeling a superior air over people whoโ€”not knowing who you areโ€”were already more marginalized than you, and now theyโ€™re in a madmanโ€™s crosshairs.

And, besides, Minnesota stayed blue, so itโ€™s not like the votes of the people pictured in the OP affected the outcome of the election.

05.12.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m afraid that is a conclusion someone with an uncurious mind might come to, yes.

Look, Iโ€™m asking you, human to human, to reconsider the gloating youโ€™re doing about the voting choice some marginalized people made and instead to strategize how to counsel these folks to make better future choices.

05.12.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, I wonโ€™t be doing that because I believe itโ€™s incumbent upon me as an educator to have compassion for my students and to encourage them to investigate how complex things such as political choices are nuanced and donโ€™t fit into neat little boxes to satisfy the uncurious mind.

05.12.2025 15:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The Friendly Village!

05.12.2025 15:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I was told everyone was leaving.

@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...

05.12.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6686    ๐Ÿ” 1422    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 303    ๐Ÿ“Œ 185

I understand the point of the thread; I was taking umbrage with your othering language, intentional or not.

I teach in central Ohio, which has the second-highest Somalian-American population after Minneapolis, and Iโ€™m very concerned for my students now. They need our support, not our derision.

05.12.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThose Somalisโ€?

05.12.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Glyphosate safety article retracted eight years after Monsanto ghostwriting revealed in court Credit: Mike Mozart/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) A review article concluding the weed killer Roundup โ€œdoes not pose a health risk to humansโ€ has been retracted eight years after documents released in a courtโ€ฆ

Well this is bad. #AcademicSky #ResearchEthics

retractionwatch.com/2025/12/04/g...

05.12.2025 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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52 years ago, Monument Park at Yankee Stadium was actually on the field and those three giant stone slabs were in play. Seriously.

05.12.2025 00:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 105    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
For a little under an hour โ€” 41 minutes, according to a separate US official โ€” Bradley and the rest of the US military command center discussed what to do as
they watched the men struggle to overturn what was left of their boat, the sources said.

For a little under an hour โ€” 41 minutes, according to a separate US official โ€” Bradley and the rest of the US military command center discussed what to do as they watched the men struggle to overturn what was left of their boat, the sources said.

Ultimately, Bradley told lawmakers, he ordered a second strike to destroy the remains of the vessel, killing the two survivors, on the grounds that it appeared that part of the vessel remained afloat because it still held cocaine, according to one of the sources. The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.

Ultimately, Bradley told lawmakers, he ordered a second strike to destroy the remains of the vessel, killing the two survivors, on the grounds that it appeared that part of the vessel remained afloat because it still held cocaine, according to one of the sources. The survivors could hypothetically have floated to safety, been rescued, and carried on with trafficking the drugs, the logic went.

41 minutes. www.cnn.com/2025/12/04/p...

05.12.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2398    ๐Ÿ” 658    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 183    ๐Ÿ“Œ 261
โ€œItโ€™s alarming and insulting that Fake News NBC would compare an individual who placed live bombs throughout DC to the countless individuals who were over-prosecuted and targeted by a weaponized Biden DOJ. This false equivalence is one of the many reasons why trust in the media is at an all-time low.โ€ Abigail Jackson WH Spokeswoman

โ€œItโ€™s alarming and insulting that Fake News NBC would compare an individual who placed live bombs throughout DC to the countless individuals who were over-prosecuted and targeted by a weaponized Biden DOJ. This false equivalence is one of the many reasons why trust in the media is at an all-time low.โ€ Abigail Jackson WH Spokeswoman

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Here's something the White House said:

Here's a J6er Trump pardoned: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

04.12.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 503    ๐Ÿ” 158    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
Luna laying on a couch

Luna laying on a couch

Luna cuddled up within a bunch of blankets

Luna cuddled up within a bunch of blankets

Luna sitting on the foot of a bed, looking outside

Luna sitting on the foot of a bed, looking outside

Luna taking a nap next to a painting of Luna that her mom created

Luna taking a nap next to a painting of Luna that her mom created

Due to some very sad circumstances, this lovely pup Luna is now in need of a home. If you're in the Atlanta area and you're looking to bring a dog into your world, Luna would be a fantastic addition to your family. If not, please just share this for a signal boost. lifelineanimal.org/pet-details/...

04.12.2025 21:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 211    ๐Ÿ” 172    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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Still processing (your data)

05.12.2025 00:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 107    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Cook," "County," and "cholesterol" all begin with "C."

I dig it. It's like the Chicagoan's version of Cockney rhyming slang.

04.12.2025 22:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

WANT

Both that shirt and the sour cream and cheddar macaroni salad

04.12.2025 21:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't want to fully dismiss dating apps, but throughout history, the best way to find people who are into the same things as you has been to go out and do and be a part of those things. If you're not finding cool people in those spaces, maybe the takeaway is that you're a soulless dullard.

04.12.2025 21:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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