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@jjgass.bsky.social
US lawyer living in England. Previously lived in 日本, NL, France. Motorbikes, cricket, opera, etc. He/him. Jew.
If you think my skeet might be sarcastic, it probably is.
If you think my skeet might be sarcastic, it probably is.
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@jjgass.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Lisa McClain: "We'll see mobs of radicals at the 'I Hate America Rally.'"
I’m a fat, bald, middle-aged white guy. Stop trying to make me sound cool.
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It somehow hadn't even occurred to me that the EC is a recipient of X's advertising intermediary service for the purposes of the DSA and EC can/should be able to appeal or go to a court/ODS body. Oh, and also fine X again.
But they should just beat the addiction and treat Bluesky more seriously.
But they should just beat the addiction and treat Bluesky more seriously.
When X banned the European Commission's ad account in retaliation for a fine, it demonstrated the exact sort of capricious behavior the DSA is designed to stop www.platformer.news/x-eu-fine-ac...
December 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It somehow hadn't even occurred to me that the EC is a recipient of X's advertising intermediary service for the purposes of the DSA and EC can/should be able to appeal or go to a court/ODS body. Oh, and also fine X again.
But they should just beat the addiction and treat Bluesky more seriously.
But they should just beat the addiction and treat Bluesky more seriously.
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When I chose law, sports punditry lost a genius
I’m just saying when you know everyone on the other team has heard the song about your dick, that’s gotta affect your concentration
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When I chose law, sports punditry lost a genius
Is that good? It doesn’t sound good.
From the BBC website:
"It has been 227 days, three managers, two sporting directors, one technical director and 41 goals conceded since Wolves last won in the Premier League."
"It has been 227 days, three managers, two sporting directors, one technical director and 41 goals conceded since Wolves last won in the Premier League."
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Is that good? It doesn’t sound good.
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It's interesting because the online model of masculinity today is everything that I was taught not to be. Whiney, self-centred, arrogant, narcissistic, unkind, vain, selfish.
I'm re-watching Magnum P.I. and I can't believe how vastly superior the 1980s ideal of masculinity is, vs today's whining, lying misogynist edgelord ideal that we see in culture all the way up to the Presidency.
The 50's stereotypical man had at least some other things to offer. Typically noble or stoic. Perhaps serving the greater good. Instead it's now a bunch of energy drink selfish neurotics who spend too much time at the gym and have no developed personality at all but being online.
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
It's interesting because the online model of masculinity today is everything that I was taught not to be. Whiney, self-centred, arrogant, narcissistic, unkind, vain, selfish.
They sure picked the right game to have the players impersonated by Monsters Inc characters
December 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
They sure picked the right game to have the players impersonated by Monsters Inc characters
P: Our QB ran for a first on third down. Here, we’ll have a holding penalty.
SD: NP. We’ll jump offside on fourth down to keep you alive.
P: Mighty nice of you. Here, have a red-zone, first-down interception.
SD: Yeah, maybe I’ll fumble on the return again. (Teammate tackles him.)
SD: NP. We’ll jump offside on fourth down to keep you alive.
P: Mighty nice of you. Here, have a red-zone, first-down interception.
SD: Yeah, maybe I’ll fumble on the return again. (Teammate tackles him.)
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
P: Our QB ran for a first on third down. Here, we’ll have a holding penalty.
SD: NP. We’ll jump offside on fourth down to keep you alive.
P: Mighty nice of you. Here, have a red-zone, first-down interception.
SD: Yeah, maybe I’ll fumble on the return again. (Teammate tackles him.)
SD: NP. We’ll jump offside on fourth down to keep you alive.
P: Mighty nice of you. Here, have a red-zone, first-down interception.
SD: Yeah, maybe I’ll fumble on the return again. (Teammate tackles him.)
No one deserves to win. This better end in a tie.
Of COURSE these teams are going to subject us to more of this dreck
This game going to OT violates the 8th amendment
This game going to OT violates the 8th amendment
December 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
No one deserves to win. This better end in a tie.
Of COURSE these teams are going to subject us to more of this dreck
This game going to OT violates the 8th amendment
This game going to OT violates the 8th amendment
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Of COURSE these teams are going to subject us to more of this dreck
This game going to OT violates the 8th amendment
This game going to OT violates the 8th amendment
That quarter has required my brain. I’ll never be the same.
Remember, one of those “interception” drives has within it two hidden “fumble” nano-drives
Remember, one of those “interception” drives has within it two hidden “fumble” nano-drives
December 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
That quarter has required my brain. I’ll never be the same.
Remember, one of those “interception” drives has within it two hidden “fumble” nano-drives
Remember, one of those “interception” drives has within it two hidden “fumble” nano-drives
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Trump's farmer bailout will primarily go to massive row-crop farmers. Big Ag as they say. Smaller and diversified farms are getting something else - it rhymes with shackjit.
Trump is going to dump tens of $ billions in payments for huge commodity farmers to compensate for huge losses they will suffer from his idiotic trade war. Meanwhile, small farmers growing for local markets will get nothing. Just canceled grants and "thoughts and prayers". wapo.st/3YXdAbU
A Kansas family farm, barely getting by, grapples with Trump’s cuts
Like many of his rural neighbors in northeast Kansas, Jacob Thomas is trying to compensate for deep losses in federal funding. There’s worry and anger.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Trump's farmer bailout will primarily go to massive row-crop farmers. Big Ag as they say. Smaller and diversified farms are getting something else - it rhymes with shackjit.
Perfect way to end that quarter: interception & penalty by Chargers on the same play; Eagles send out the field goal team, then call them back, but Hurts can’t find his helmet; then a missed FG at the buzzer.
Slapstick.
Slapstick.
There was a turnover this quarter that was nullified by penalty.
I think if a foreigner watched this game, they’d have a strange conception of what the players are trying to do.
I think if a foreigner watched this game, they’d have a strange conception of what the players are trying to do.
December 9, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Perfect way to end that quarter: interception & penalty by Chargers on the same play; Eagles send out the field goal team, then call them back, but Hurts can’t find his helmet; then a missed FG at the buzzer.
Slapstick.
Slapstick.
There was a turnover this quarter that was nullified by penalty.
I think if a foreigner watched this game, they’d have a strange conception of what the players are trying to do.
I think if a foreigner watched this game, they’d have a strange conception of what the players are trying to do.
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There was a turnover this quarter that was nullified by penalty.
I think if a foreigner watched this game, they’d have a strange conception of what the players are trying to do.
I think if a foreigner watched this game, they’d have a strange conception of what the players are trying to do.
When I chose law, sports punditry lost a genius
I’m just saying when you know everyone on the other team has heard the song about your dick, that’s gotta affect your concentration
December 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
When I chose law, sports punditry lost a genius
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A guy can dream.
December 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A guy can dream.
I’m so pathetic. I still care whether the Chargers win.
December 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I’m so pathetic. I still care whether the Chargers win.
If I’d ever worried about aging gracefully, this would have reassured me
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If I’d ever worried about aging gracefully, this would have reassured me
I felt bad for Notre Dame. The way the committee managed the evolution of the rankings was dreadful.
Then I saw a day and a half of Notre Dame’s reaction.
I no longer feel bad for them.
Then I saw a day and a half of Notre Dame’s reaction.
I no longer feel bad for them.
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I felt bad for Notre Dame. The way the committee managed the evolution of the rankings was dreadful.
Then I saw a day and a half of Notre Dame’s reaction.
I no longer feel bad for them.
Then I saw a day and a half of Notre Dame’s reaction.
I no longer feel bad for them.
And yet I can already count two SCOTUS votes for it, and maybe five or six depending on the shape of the case when it reaches them & how many facts they're willing to make up this time.
So the Harmeet Dhillon Civil Rights division filed a motion to intervene to challenge trans-inclusive policies in Loudon Country Schools and this cause of action is….what happens when all the competent attorneys are pushed out.
December 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
And yet I can already count two SCOTUS votes for it, and maybe five or six depending on the shape of the case when it reaches them & how many facts they're willing to make up this time.
The ICJ is going to hear Russia's counterclaims against Ukraine that accuse Ukraine of genocide.
This should be fun, if you have the same inappropriate sense of humor as I.
It should also be appalling.
This should be fun, if you have the same inappropriate sense of humor as I.
It should also be appalling.
December 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The ICJ is going to hear Russia's counterclaims against Ukraine that accuse Ukraine of genocide.
This should be fun, if you have the same inappropriate sense of humor as I.
It should also be appalling.
This should be fun, if you have the same inappropriate sense of humor as I.
It should also be appalling.
Good morning!
Welcome to the next step in the SCOTUS Six’s dismantling of the American state!
Court reform is essential. Otherwise, little else that a future president & Congress can do to fix Trump’s mess will matter.
Welcome to the next step in the SCOTUS Six’s dismantling of the American state!
Court reform is essential. Otherwise, little else that a future president & Congress can do to fix Trump’s mess will matter.
December 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Good morning!
Welcome to the next step in the SCOTUS Six’s dismantling of the American state!
Court reform is essential. Otherwise, little else that a future president & Congress can do to fix Trump’s mess will matter.
Welcome to the next step in the SCOTUS Six’s dismantling of the American state!
Court reform is essential. Otherwise, little else that a future president & Congress can do to fix Trump’s mess will matter.
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When I say "this thing Trump is doing is worse than past actions in these specific ways," I'm not arguing "the past actions were good."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
America got “the president is killing terrorists, don’t question it” in the 2000s too. But unlike now:
-The US had been attacked
-Al Qaeda was a terrorist group and planned more attacks
-They were in areas the US military did not freely operate, where arrest was risky
-Congress authorized the action
-The US had been attacked
-Al Qaeda was a terrorist group and planned more attacks
-They were in areas the US military did not freely operate, where arrest was risky
-Congress authorized the action
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
When I say "this thing Trump is doing is worse than past actions in these specific ways," I'm not arguing "the past actions were good."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
One challenge with getting people to recognize the moment we're in is can't-happen-here complacency. Another is "there is only bad, there's no such thing as worse."
Finally, some company for Freddie Lindstrom
Jeff Kent got elected to the hall of fame?
Friendly reminder.
Jeff Kent’s WAR 55.4
Lou Whitaker’s WAR 75.1
Friendly reminder.
Jeff Kent’s WAR 55.4
Lou Whitaker’s WAR 75.1
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Finally, some company for Freddie Lindstrom