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Tangent but I’m a big Springsteen fan. Back in the 90s he released a box set called Tracks with a bunch of previously-unreleased stuff. Several of my favorites (which include some of my favorite Springsteen songs anywhere) basically reuse big chunks of lyrics in different ways. It’s pretty cool.

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This. Resolving a Circuit split on interpretation of some statutory provision most laypeople have never heard of is not the kind of SCOTUS case citizens need to be concerned about.

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Seth D. Michaels 's avatar Seth D. Michaels @sethdmichaels.bsky.social
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Josh Hawley: i'm going to punch 100 kittens in the throat AOC: what the hell, we shouldn't be punching *any* kittens (Manchin and Romney co-sponsor the Punch 50 Kittens in the Throat Act of 2024) op-ed columnist: finally, reasonable compromise

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Sandra Newman's avatar Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social
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If Stormy Daniels saves American democracy and is honored for it as she deserves, we are about to enter a real golden age for statues

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Christy, Butlerian Jihadist's avatar Christy, Butlerian Jihadist @birdsaredinosaurs.bsky.social
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The timeline right now looks like an Ewok party after the Death Star exploded

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Michael Tae Sweeney's avatar Michael Tae Sweeney @mtsw.bsky.social
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You'd have hundreds of MAGA freaks coming from all around the country specifically to get inside the evacuation zone, posting Instagram photos from Spirit Lake to trigger the libs. Wait, this actually doesn't sound so bad... bsky.app/profile/leup...

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Every low level lanyard job person in DC: please don’t wear a campaign button in my house, someone could see it and I might get in trouble SCOTUS: first you take a loan from someone with business before the court and then you just don’t pay it back. Did you see my insurrection flag.

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I choose to believe that the kid in the front center is trolling and named her spirit fetus Philomena after Cunk on Earth.

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The string cite in note 2 triggered old trauma from my law review days but the absolute CRAFTSMANSHIP of this piece. I always love a snarky response to a demand, but this artist’s command of signals and parentheticals adds a level of richness that almost makes learning the Bluebook worthwhile.

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*googles “which airlines fly to Amarillo?”*

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Or get a security cam that doesn’t fund itself by selling your surveillance footage to cops. Downside isn’t probably costs you more, but as the saying goes, if it’s free, you’re not the customer, you’re the product.

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Can tryhard judicial clerks simply not?

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And you can just loan them out freely anytime you want. And there’s a robust secondary market so you can sell them when you’re done and buy other ones used. It’s a beautiful thing.

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Con law prof Kreis “Supreme Court justices who see forgiving student loans, mandating vaccines, and regulating climate change as a slippery slope toward tyranny were not clear-eyed on questions of whether a president could execute citizens or stage a coup without being prosecuted” HCR Ltrs to an Am

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Tim Onion's avatar Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social
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NEWS: My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO. We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and will share the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.

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What would T. Herman Zweibel think about such unseemly public begging? I’m sure his man-servant Standish is transcribing an angry missive to the Spanish Embassy as we speak.

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Nice change of pace from their usual practice of donning all that gear to detain an unarmed mom from trying to rescue her kid from a school shooting because they’re too cowardly to do so themselves.

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OK but my choice, free either way, I’d take an RX-8 over a Cybertruck every day and twice on Sunday. To say nothing of an FD RX-7, that’s not even a decision 😅

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Matthew Downhour 's avatar Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social
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Watching the Lord of the Rings and coming away with the message that Frodo should have been more worried with prices for bread and pipeweed than with the fate of Gondor is exactly the kind of media literacy I'd expect from the national Libertarian Party

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Rebecca Watson's avatar Rebecca Watson @rebeccawatson.bsky.social
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(secret billionaire meeting) WALGREENS CEO: ok so the vote passes, whenever we fuck up we blame shoplifters and minimum wage increases, right? LOWES CEO: yep TARGET CEO: got it RED LOBSTER CEO (in the corner shoveling shrimp into mouth): mmhmm

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They really do hate women don’t they?

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Also the problem with the Pinto was fixable and promptly was. The issues with Tesla are less so, in part because Elon won’t admit his stuff isn’t working as well as he thinks.

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Toyota SUA was bad drivers mashing the wrong pedal, which was known from the start because when you hit the brakes at 60 mph under full throttle, the car stops. The Pinto fires were the result of Ford omitting a structural member from the rear subframe in order to hit a target retail price.

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Yes! A minor caporegime who gets brutally murdered by Joe Pesci in the backroom of a deli at the end of the first act.

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Unfocused Sandwich actually did show at Belmont a few years back.

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Jessica, Kait's Wife 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈's avatar Jessica, Kait's Wife 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pairofclaws.bsky.social
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Reminder that Xena: Warrior Princess lasted longer than the Confederacy.

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they/them might be giants ☭'s avatar they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social
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Everyone knows there’s a million weird things like this in the Bible that every Christian just ignores but they’ll parade these quotes around as if they mean something. Oh, people 3000 years ago wouldn’t like what I’m wearing? Let me base my whole personality around that then.

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Laura Helmuth's avatar Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social
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Some people (mostly of the kind who use "woke" as an insult) criticize Scientific American for covering political issues, but we've been advocating for the teaching of evolution since the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925 and we're not about to stop

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I love Friends (which aired first) but someone I dated a few years ayears ago got me into this show and it is fantastic. “But there’s one thing I need to tell you about him. He’s … he’s a Tory.” Prescient 😂

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Four Years Ago Today's avatar Four Years Ago Today @fouryearsagotoday.bsky.social
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Capt Brett Crozier of the USS Theodore Roosevelt begs the Pentagon to reconsider a refusal to evacuate his crew of almost 5,000 as the virus rampages through aircraft carrier's tight quarters. His email leaks. The evacuation is ordered but the Navy Secretary strips Crozier of his command. 1/4

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The Volatile Mermaid 's avatar The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social
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God: What the hell is this, you fool? I said my son would be a RABBI! Angel who created the Easter Bunny: Oh shit my bad.

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A highlight of the Bird Website 😂

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daryl "happy birthday to the GROUND" bartley 🏳️‍⚧️ 's avatar daryl "happy birthday to the GROUND" bartley 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social
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spoilers for dune part 1 but this is making me pee rn, had to share

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And he was the beneficiary of the puffiest of puff pieces in the NYT earlier this week.

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“A Bechdel test for aggrieved white men” 😂

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b-boy bouiebaisse's avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social
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black panther both printed money and was one of the most critically successful MCU movies, which is to say that the people who complain about diverse casts don’t do so because they are concerned with making a better product, they do so out of an aesthetic (and ideological) objection to diversity

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Just this week I finished up an appellate filing and I had to edit it to get under the word limit. Made it by 6 words and without being cheesy and removing spaces from my citations like opposing counsel did 😎

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Paul Frazee 💥's avatar Paul Frazee 💥 @pfrazee.com
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doctor says, "treatment is simple, great clown pagliacci is in town." man bursts into tears, says "you're prescribing a clown? a fucking clown??" reports doctor to medical board. medical board revokes license. doctor is depressed. goes to see pagliacci. realizes it does suck.

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