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BILL RYAN @faceyouhate.bsky.social · 2h

this is a lot like that book JAWS

2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 3h

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-whit...

Locals stunned by world-famous white whale sighting off NZ coast

Locals near Kaikōura captured rare footage of a white humpback whale.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 5d

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Eric Boo-erg 👻 @lawliberg.bsky.social · 4h

247. Half-eaten accused sandwich product, on file with the author.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h

Trump administration in court filing says it laid off nearly 800 health agency workers in error reut.rs/47vFPSz

Trump administration in court filing says it laid off nearly 800 health agency workers in error

President Donald Trump's administration in a court filing on Tuesday said 778 employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services were laid off in error last week amid a partial government shutdown.

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Politico @politico.com · 10h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 14h

Now on @ssrn.bsky.social, forthcoming in the Harvard Law Review. “Alas,” I think Akhil Amar’s new book, “Born Equal,” is not a success and I explain why at great length. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Amar is an engaging writer and a splendid storyteller. Alas—to borrow one of Amar's favorite interjections— even at 736 pages, Born Equal omits too much of importance, even as it advertises itself as the definitive account of its subject matter. The result of Amar's attempt to fit an entire century's worth of American constitutionalism into a coherent narrative is never boring. But ultimately, it reveals more about the mapmaker than the territory. Despite Amar's professed commitments to democracy and equality, Born Equal slights the democratic work of multitudes of people who have transformed our constitutional order without sharing Amar's constitutional faith. And it obscures inequalities that will persist as long as the cult to which
Amar demands fealty.

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NPR @npr.org · 17h

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.

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Mike Anderson @vumander.bsky.social · 2d

The State of Pennsylvania is paying Franklin a buy out that is over 20% of the SEPTA operating deficit

Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 2d

NEWS: Penn State has fired James Franklin, source confirms.

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 1d

My only problem with Task is that I think Mark Rufallo’s character should be named Task

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4d

‘Task’ Teams Up With Wawa For New Fentanyl Brick Hoagie

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Eric Boo-erg 👻 @lawliberg.bsky.social · 16h

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Screenshot from the Simpsons showing an Australian man and his MP yelling "Hey! Mr. Prime Minister!" to the PM, who is floating in a swimming hole

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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 1d

Madagascar soldiers threaten to seize state TV, presidency says amid reports President Andry Rajoelina has fled

President Andry Rajoelina is said to have fled the country by French military jet on Sunday.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 1d

Oregon and Portland want to take discovery from Trump, over the government's objections.

In a status report, they argue that DOJ's comments about Trump's social media posts make it necessary.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 1d

BLAST FROM THE PAST: In latest Comey case filing, defense lawyer Pat Fitzgerald cites 2006 ruling from his prosecution of Scooter Libby. Comey filings and deadlines not letting up for the holiday. Doc:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Eric Boo-erg 👻 @lawliberg.bsky.social · 1d

🦇 BIG #LEGO BATCAVE 🦇

Not quite ready to declare it "finished" but it’s basically assembled

head on view of a big LEGO Batcave Shadowbox with customized Batcave stuff inside, the penny, the Batmobile, the Batwing, the Bat-Computer, yadda yadda yadda

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 1d

North Carolina Republicans announced today they’re going to pass a new congressional map to draw a Dem out of Congress; they already did last cycle, going from 7-7 to 10-4. Thus would be 11-3. t.co/XLJIhe8vZn

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Eric Boo-erg 👻 @lawliberg.bsky.social · 1d

two penguins holding signs that say ngl on them

Alt: two penguins holding signs that say ngl on them and a treasure chest that opens to say "content warning"

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 1d

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