My name is Derek Brooks

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This administration is a fucking joke. Anyone who supported these people, whatever you saw in them… I hope you can now shun these fucked, corrupt pieces of shit.

If you can’t, you are also a fucking joke.

Just to recap today’s all company meeting at Rocket…

- Steve Aoki opened
- We talked about progress + vision
- Watched inspiring videos about our impact
- Got a sneak peek of our next marketing campaigns
- Changed a woman’s life
- Most of us cried
- Eminem closed
- Got merch

… pretty wild meeting

2025 Was Tough

Big ups. Big downs. Took some risks. Continued to go with the flow... Thinking. Learning. Growing.

The year ended with the heartbreaking loss of our "nephew," Elias... which is part of the reason its taken so long to write this retrospective. He was an incredibly special kid with an incomprehensible diagnosis that he and his family fought as hard as possible to overcome... The loss has taken a while to settle in.

Last year, my first boss and one of my classmates were also taken too early by cancer.

2025 was unkind but time kept moving.

Work

The year started off strong at Panther, the cybersecurity startup I was working at. Then it took an unexpected turn when I got a call from my former Venmo leader and friend, Papanii. Shortly after, I …

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Do you say, “bear down” when they win or when they lose?
yea, i know. it's like, stop being so snotty and naughty. just take your body potty.
Just go potty.
Slowly dying boy

Nathan Deutmeyer replied to a photo

Yeah, he called me "Sally" or something because I was wearing a pink hat. I responded, "ok, Lauren..."
Then he wanted to wear it.