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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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When they had that scene where he and Foggy are discussing which pattern jury instructions they want to request ...🔥

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Honestly? Good for her.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Actually, she has specifically said she would *not* run if Biden were forced out, you lying motherfuckers.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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WI has gone for the Democratic candidate 8 out of the last 9 elections, and Democrats hold 4 out of the 5 statewide offices and a majority on the state supreme court. Having everything hinge on Wisconsin is not the worst possible outcome.

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Steve Silberman's avatar Steve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social
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Sen. Jim Inhofe, GOP buffoon who threw a snowball in Congress to "debunk" the global warming now causing misery and death all over the world, is dead at last. I interviewed him; he was a nasty piece of work, blathering lies, and white-knucklingly obsessed with trashing the Clintons. Enjoy Hell.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Plus Angie Craig, who skipped that vote, but engages in a lot of smarmy doubletalk on student loans.

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Musicology Duck's avatar Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social
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but also pleaaaaase if you are a supervisor in a field where there are a lot of layoffs or working with someone who comes from that world, don’t put meetings on a subordinate’s calendar without being clear what it’s for.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Also, "Daredevil" did a better job representing lawyering than pretty much every non-superhero lawyer show, so ....

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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I know several doctors who work in emergency rooms, or "ERs"; none of them been hit by a helicopter even once, much less on two separate occasions.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Also, Mann is *so* effective with what he leaves to your imagination. From the scene in the supermarket with his 10 year old: Kevin: What happened? Will Graham: Well, Lector was attacking college girls, and he killed them. Kevin: How? [Long pause] Will Graham: In bad ways.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Best and most realistic Will Graham and Hannibal Lecter. Graham: I know that I'm not smarter than you. Lecter: Then how did you catch me? Graham: You had certain disadvantages. Lecter: What disadvantages? Graham: You're insane.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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A Better Tomorrow is harder to find, but it also has a candidate for greatest movie shootout of all time. 45 seconds of slow motion establishing shots to let you know exactly what Chow Yun Fat is about to do, followed by 2 minutes of ruthless action.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Fascists have never successfully taken power electorally on their own; it's always been in coalition with traditional conservatives.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Someone at the Bad Place pointed out that it's literally the most famous thing for a crazy person to have a grudge against.

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Robert McNees's avatar Robert McNees @mcnees.bsky.social
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A thread about the value of the fine structure constant in Quantum Electrodynamics. (1/137)

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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"... must be committed to unleashing all of America's energy resources ..." immediately after demanding the removal of windmills. There must be some kind of dog whistle here.

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Coach Finstock's avatar Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Philly Inquirer continue to keep it legit. Biden is being held to a standard that Trump isn't. Fuck you all.

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Philip Bump's avatar Philip Bump @pbump.com
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Am I cooler than the least cool thing imaginable? Yeah, probably.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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On a related note, what controls (if any) are in place in auction houses to combat dummy bidding to artificially inflate prices, especially with digital art?

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WildGorillaMan's avatar WildGorillaMan @wildgorillaman.bsky.social
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You had me at “exceedingly dry in-jokes for recherché subcultures”

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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He's perpetually a 7th grader who has to deliver a book report on a book he hasn't read, but because he's the gravy train, no one calls him on it.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Per the description: the dog has "titanium teeth" and "a mysterious past".

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Is this credible? I'm no expert on EVs, but everything McKinsey does is transactional, and it looks like their "Center for Future Mobility" is designed to recruit transportation clients for McKinsey. Not that it can't be accurate, but the question with their press releases is always "cui bono?"

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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this entire crusade against diversity in hiring and admissions is based on the supposition that all white men are necessarily more qualified than any nonwhite person or woman who might be considered for the job. like, this lawsuit more or less states that outright.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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"Why, I heard the Italians don't even have a word for fascism, so they had to borrow ours, just to describe the concept. Isn't that amazing?"

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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I used to work in the PRC. It was simultaneously true of the average person that they: a) virtually never had a direct negative experience with the state, and b) constantly self-monitored to make sure they never came to the attention of the state. Both boring and nerve-wracking, at the same time.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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When it was just the entire Republican caucus of the West Virginia legislature giving themselves explosive diarrhea, I laughed, because hey: FAFO. I did not anticipate that these assholes would figure out a way they could drink raw milk and make the rest of us sick.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Also, too: conmen con people into believing what they already want to believe. If they didn't already want to be racist dirtbags, no amount of wool over no number of eyes was going to make that happen.

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Brendel's avatar Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social
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Everyone is always afraid to say why people like Trump or Marie Le Pen have some level of popularity and it’s just that there’s a lot of people in the world who believe in racism. You end up with these goofy ass explanations for Trump where it’s NAFTA or shit and it’s like no you know what it is

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Losing was a huge blow to his vanity; he has try to erase that. Also, as president, he can stop the DOJ cases against him. I agree that he probably didn't initially even want to win in 2016, but now I think he realizes the massive opportunities for graft and narcissistic satisfaction.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Trump had Jr. approach Kasich in 2016 with the offer to put him (as VP) in charge of domestic *and* foreign policy. When Kasich asked what Trump would be in charge of, Jr. replied "making America great again." He never actually wanted to do any of the work of being President.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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An incompetent, vain, buffoonish moron actually makes a better vessel for advancing a corrupt, antisocial agenda. Nobody wants a competent autocrat, because he might actually have his own agenda and set of policy preferences that he expects you to serve.

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Just wait until every asshole who cuts across the Home Depot parking lot at a diagonal to save 10-15 seconds has the option to shorten his commute by flying over your house.

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Josh Gondelman's avatar Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social
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I can’t believe the Supreme Court just ruled that the president can sleep outdoors in a public space.

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Joe Katz's avatar Joe Katz @joekatz45.bsky.social
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Related: the conflicts we are engaged with right now have been at the heart of American life for our entire history, and the push-and-pull has been constant. We will not be permanently defeated *unless we surrender.*

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David_j_roth's avatar David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social
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I don't want some egghead bureaucrat telling me whether there's poison in the water I drink. Ideally I'd want that decided by a 29yo judge who went to a "biblical law school" and does not believe dinosaurs existed, and then to have that decision reaffirmed six years later by the Supreme Court.

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Tom Scocca's avatar Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social
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I guess yesterday's decision that regulatory agencies can't fine anyone loses some of its sting with today's decision that regulatory agencies can't make any regulations in the first place

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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I'm sure the explanation they give *out loud* is that it's to track usage....

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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And this is for 10 toilets for *1 year*. Per some googling, a porta potty costs ~$1K to buy, ($2K for accessible,) and companies charge ~$3K/yr to pump and clean them. So for this same money, Ann Arbor could buy 10 regular and 2 accessible porta potties and maintain them for 12+ years.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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I'm sick of hearing these New Republic nerf herders saying "we need to clean up the rubble of Alderaan." Maybe they shouldn't have blown it up in the first place.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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I'm so old I remember a friend insisting we couldn't possibly have a 20Mb hard drive, because "they don't make them that big."

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Loved "Amok Time"; all-time banger. Also loved "Ja'loja", The Orville's sendup.

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Karate Bearfighter's avatar Karate Bearfighter @karatebearfighter.bsky.social
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Imagine his surprise in finding you here on Bluesky, when you have a meeting scheduled later on Zoom.

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