Christmas tree farmer
@blakesquest.bsky.social
Husband of @wendycat.bsky.social. Chicago lawyer. All views are my own. Annoying politics stuff, sports posting, occasional gaming stuff, goofing around, etc. Chi DSA. Left is best. Free Palestine. Trans rights. Solidarity forever. He/him.
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LOTR The Two Towers - The Tales That Really Mattered...
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I know it’s incredibly dorky and cringe, but I’ll be thinking a ton about Sam’s speech over the next four years. Never forget that there is good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for
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the strongest form of omerta we have is the taboo on the media saying that the people who rule us are insane clowns who publicly dream of genocide
December 18, 2025 at 12:18 PM
the strongest form of omerta we have is the taboo on the media saying that the people who rule us are insane clowns who publicly dream of genocide
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I love to leave my life of unimaginable luxury at the apex of my profession to travel to the windowless lair of a video game streamer with a room-temp IQ so I can do the most absolute dogshit banter imaginable with him and his lumpy shithead buddies.
I really think it's important for these millionaire athletes, none of whom are children, to feel great shame for being interested in Adin Ross to begin with. Mookie Betts, you are 33 years old. You have a wife and children. You should not know who Adin Ross is.
Yo what the hell is going on with LA athletes right now
December 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love to leave my life of unimaginable luxury at the apex of my profession to travel to the windowless lair of a video game streamer with a room-temp IQ so I can do the most absolute dogshit banter imaginable with him and his lumpy shithead buddies.
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Working around the clock during the holiday season to scrub the pervert president's name from the sex crimes documents. At least you can put that on your resume for your next job
Frustration is mounting inside the Justice Department as it races to redact thousands of pages of files related to Jeffrey Epstein before they must be released Friday, multiple sources familiar with the process told CNN. https://cnn.it/44z7tNG
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Working around the clock during the holiday season to scrub the pervert president's name from the sex crimes documents. At least you can put that on your resume for your next job
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again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
CNN has a show with a similar line. That the problem with this country is we just aren’t talking to each other.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
It’s the kind of diagnosis that a toddler would land on.
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
again thinking of when The Free Press ran an article alleging that George Floyd was not killed by the cops, and @radleybalko.bsky.social proved beyond any question that the article was bullshit, and instead of retracting it Weiss asked him to come on her podcast
Sickos yes dot jpg
December 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sickos yes dot jpg
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By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?
It’s funny watching right-wing Jesus freaks fight because they’re all liars, scumbags, and just generally odious pieces of shit. Heartwarming: the worst people you know are airing all their dirty laundry in public!
December 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It’s funny watching right-wing Jesus freaks fight because they’re all liars, scumbags, and just generally odious pieces of shit. Heartwarming: the worst people you know are airing all their dirty laundry in public!
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"We need affirmative action for white men" sounds like a joke you would make about Republicans, but no, it is actually what the elites of the conservative intelligentsia genuinely believe.
If you think the system doesn't seem interested in rewarding white guys at all that seems to be an issue of your media diet and not a reflection of reality
December 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"We need affirmative action for white men" sounds like a joke you would make about Republicans, but no, it is actually what the elites of the conservative intelligentsia genuinely believe.
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It’s so crazy to see people say that Liz Cheney got “nothing” from Kamala Harris. What the fuck are you talking about? She got “nothing” from Kamala Harris?
The Cheney name is cleansed.
The first black woman presidential candidate called dick Cheney a patriot. That’s what she got. It’s ENORMOUS.
The Cheney name is cleansed.
The first black woman presidential candidate called dick Cheney a patriot. That’s what she got. It’s ENORMOUS.
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It’s so crazy to see people say that Liz Cheney got “nothing” from Kamala Harris. What the fuck are you talking about? She got “nothing” from Kamala Harris?
The Cheney name is cleansed.
The first black woman presidential candidate called dick Cheney a patriot. That’s what she got. It’s ENORMOUS.
The Cheney name is cleansed.
The first black woman presidential candidate called dick Cheney a patriot. That’s what she got. It’s ENORMOUS.
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Very weird feeling waiting for the president to announce an illegal war based on total bullshit that they made up right in front of our faces on TV, almost like I've lived through this moment before
December 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Very weird feeling waiting for the president to announce an illegal war based on total bullshit that they made up right in front of our faces on TV, almost like I've lived through this moment before
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there is absolutely a loneliness epidemic but it's not just for incels and it's bc NO ONE GETS TO LIVE IN THE SAME CITY AS THEIR BESTIES ANYMORE and that's bc of CAPITALISM
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
there is absolutely a loneliness epidemic but it's not just for incels and it's bc NO ONE GETS TO LIVE IN THE SAME CITY AS THEIR BESTIES ANYMORE and that's bc of CAPITALISM
Gonna break Gen Alpha’s brains by saying 6-7 did 9/11
December 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Gonna break Gen Alpha’s brains by saying 6-7 did 9/11
(Khia in a commercial for a men’s multi-use trimmer)
My neck
My beard
Trim my nose hair and my ears
My neck
My beard
Trim my nose hair and my ears
December 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
(Khia in a commercial for a men’s multi-use trimmer)
My neck
My beard
Trim my nose hair and my ears
My neck
My beard
Trim my nose hair and my ears
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linking to the Couch and Fairlie paper from the screenshot above:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Last Hired, First Fired? Black-White Unemployment and the Business Cycle
Studies have tested the claim that blacks are the last hired during periods of economic growth and the first fired in recessions by examining the movement of relative unemployment rates over the business cycle. Any conclusion drawn from this type of ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
linking to the Couch and Fairlie paper from the screenshot above:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Maybe this is why I'm not a Beltway journalist, but I think the fact the United States is about to invade Venezuela to take their oil is an 100X bigger story than Trump's chief of staff going on the record with Captain Obvious characterizations of their dysfunctional regime
December 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Maybe this is why I'm not a Beltway journalist, but I think the fact the United States is about to invade Venezuela to take their oil is an 100X bigger story than Trump's chief of staff going on the record with Captain Obvious characterizations of their dysfunctional regime
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Gavin Newsom is Mitt Romney for the Democrats, a department store mannequin who will lose in a general election
December 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Gavin Newsom is Mitt Romney for the Democrats, a department store mannequin who will lose in a general election
Finally made it to this episode
two men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying `` it 's anti italian discrimination ''
Alt: Sylvio from The Sopranos saying “It’s anti Italian discrimination” in front of that restaurant they always hang out at
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Finally made it to this episode
Ronald Reagan? The actor??
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Ronald Reagan? The actor??
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all the Russiagate stuff that wasn't a full blown Eric Garland-style fever dream turned out to be completely true.
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
all the Russiagate stuff that wasn't a full blown Eric Garland-style fever dream turned out to be completely true.
I am almost a decade older than KKKaroline and I look closer to 28 than she does. Hate ages a motherfucker
I'm genuinely about to start crying at this close up picture of Karoline Leavitt from Vanity Fair. this woman is 28 years old lmfao how are you going to believe in lip injections but not vaccines
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I am almost a decade older than KKKaroline and I look closer to 28 than she does. Hate ages a motherfucker
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Scenes from a Chicago area gas station: Gregory Bovino playing rock paper scissors with an agent over who gets what piece of beef jerky while a community member shouts “you’re a piece of shit, you’re a fucking loser!”
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Scenes from a Chicago area gas station: Gregory Bovino playing rock paper scissors with an agent over who gets what piece of beef jerky while a community member shouts “you’re a piece of shit, you’re a fucking loser!”
Despite my opponent having Devon Achane in last night’s game, Ball Too Well has convincingly moved on to the semifinal round to face the 1 seed. Pretty impressive considering my WR depth chart has mostly been constructed from dumpster diving the waiver wire all season
I like to think that my decision to name my fantasy team Ball Too Well (complete with T-Swift avatar) had something to do with this
Feeling pretty all right about the fantasy draft last night. I somehow wound up with Brian Thomas late in R2, and I have Bijan Robinson and Jalen Hurts. RJ Harvey and Jaylen Waddle should be pretty clutch too. Kinda iffy at TE, but I’m so strong everywhere else that I can live with it
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Despite my opponent having Devon Achane in last night’s game, Ball Too Well has convincingly moved on to the semifinal round to face the 1 seed. Pretty impressive considering my WR depth chart has mostly been constructed from dumpster diving the waiver wire all season
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28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.