Mithradates
@mithradatesvi.bsky.social
Teacher / lawyer: health law, contracts, ethics. UChicago Law alum. Interests in cooking, video games, jazz. Skeets are exclusively jokes. Reskeets and likes are strictly by accident.
We are really proving the “dead girl or a live boy” rule of political scandal aren’t we, in the most morbid way possible.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We are really proving the “dead girl or a live boy” rule of political scandal aren’t we, in the most morbid way possible.
People online are claiming this is a photo of Herman Rorschach, inventor of the Rorschach test, but all I see is a rather distressing looking butterfly.
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
People online are claiming this is a photo of Herman Rorschach, inventor of the Rorschach test, but all I see is a rather distressing looking butterfly.
Bill Clinton could do the absolute funniest thing right now
November 14, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Bill Clinton could do the absolute funniest thing right now
Remember when they used to have website counting down to Lindsey Lohan or the Olsen twins turning 18?
THAT WAS JUST WHOLESOME FAMILY FUN. Right, guys? RIGHT?!
THAT WAS JUST WHOLESOME FAMILY FUN. Right, guys? RIGHT?!
In 1981 the whole country was bad guys I guess.
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Remember when they used to have website counting down to Lindsey Lohan or the Olsen twins turning 18?
THAT WAS JUST WHOLESOME FAMILY FUN. Right, guys? RIGHT?!
THAT WAS JUST WHOLESOME FAMILY FUN. Right, guys? RIGHT?!
if anyone knows about ginning up a conspiracy out of cherry picked info and innuendo, it would be infowars.
November 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if anyone knows about ginning up a conspiracy out of cherry picked info and innuendo, it would be infowars.
Every time I see another stupid article about the Super Bowl halftime show I want to gouge my eyes out. What month is this?? Good or bad, I should not have to care who is doing a ten minute music set while I pop more wings in the oven four months in advance.
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Every time I see another stupid article about the Super Bowl halftime show I want to gouge my eyes out. What month is this?? Good or bad, I should not have to care who is doing a ten minute music set while I pop more wings in the oven four months in advance.
The new couch arrived this week. $2400 for a three seat sectional with a chaise, in burnt orange. It is my dream couch.
I wish I could go back in time to meet the me of 12 years ago who bought the previous couch and slap him in the face.
I wish I could go back in time to meet the me of 12 years ago who bought the previous couch and slap him in the face.
I’m in the market for a new couch, and I’m trying to talk @macaronbaker.bsky.social into buying it in burnt orange. She messaged the family group for moral support on the matter, but forgot that my whole family went there too.
November 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The new couch arrived this week. $2400 for a three seat sectional with a chaise, in burnt orange. It is my dream couch.
I wish I could go back in time to meet the me of 12 years ago who bought the previous couch and slap him in the face.
I wish I could go back in time to meet the me of 12 years ago who bought the previous couch and slap him in the face.
I’m so disappointed with this new Horizon game announcement. I loved how much character the designs in the previous games had, and now they look like generic Asian MMO characters.
Post-apocalyptic tribal braves should not have access to plastic surgery or a skin care regimen!
Post-apocalyptic tribal braves should not have access to plastic surgery or a skin care regimen!
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I’m so disappointed with this new Horizon game announcement. I loved how much character the designs in the previous games had, and now they look like generic Asian MMO characters.
Post-apocalyptic tribal braves should not have access to plastic surgery or a skin care regimen!
Post-apocalyptic tribal braves should not have access to plastic surgery or a skin care regimen!
I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.
This is an absolutely insane administrative process. Within the space of a week, states were told by judges/White House
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
*no SNAP benefits
*half benefits
*full benefits
*pause provision of benefits.
Result is chaos, uncertainty, and uneven access to benefits depending on where people live.
NEW: The Trump admin told states it must immediately "undo" the work to provide full food stamp benefits, or face penalties. The feds sent this in a late-night memo, only adding to the chaos and confusion around SNAP. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/b...
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
I want to get off Mr. Bones’ Wild Ride.
Crickets from the “prayer is banned in schools” crowd.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Crickets from the “prayer is banned in schools” crowd.
Little Bit has what appears to be her first little crush on a boy in her class.
Yesterday she spent the whole afternoon bawling because he wouldn’t let her give him her cat stamp (even though, she says, he loves stamps).
Today, she says she like him “a lot” and may even “love him.”
Yesterday she spent the whole afternoon bawling because he wouldn’t let her give him her cat stamp (even though, she says, he loves stamps).
Today, she says she like him “a lot” and may even “love him.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Little Bit has what appears to be her first little crush on a boy in her class.
Yesterday she spent the whole afternoon bawling because he wouldn’t let her give him her cat stamp (even though, she says, he loves stamps).
Today, she says she like him “a lot” and may even “love him.”
Yesterday she spent the whole afternoon bawling because he wouldn’t let her give him her cat stamp (even though, she says, he loves stamps).
Today, she says she like him “a lot” and may even “love him.”
This is like those polls on whether you could fight a lion or a bear.
New poll: % of U.S. adult citizens who say the following have above average / below average IQs:
Elon Musk: 60 / 14
Barack Obama: 55 / 12
Bernie Sanders: 38 / 19
George W. Bush: 27 / 20
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: 33 / 31
Donald Trump: 35 / 35
Joe Biden: 24 / 34
Elon Musk: 60 / 14
Barack Obama: 55 / 12
Bernie Sanders: 38 / 19
George W. Bush: 27 / 20
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: 33 / 31
Donald Trump: 35 / 35
Joe Biden: 24 / 34
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
This is like those polls on whether you could fight a lion or a bear.
If the sandwich didn’t detonate, you must exonerate!
Breaking news: A jury acquitted a D.C. man who was charged with assault after throwing a sandwich at a federal agent.
The one-sided food fight became a slapstick symbol of resistance to President Trump's" summertime takeover of local law enforcement.
The one-sided food fight became a slapstick symbol of resistance to President Trump's" summertime takeover of local law enforcement.
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
wapo.st
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
If the sandwich didn’t detonate, you must exonerate!
It’s nice to see Virginia finally getting a female governor, just 100 years after Texas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_...
Miriam A. Ferguson - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
It’s nice to see Virginia finally getting a female governor, just 100 years after Texas. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_...
The print edition of The Onion was worth it for this alone.
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The print edition of The Onion was worth it for this alone.
I kinda forget that this isn’t what normal sunsets look like for people.
Living in a Texas semi-desert sucks in a lot of ways, but our sunsets are consistently epic.
Living in a Texas semi-desert sucks in a lot of ways, but our sunsets are consistently epic.
Alerting all New Yorkers to go outside and look up
November 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I kinda forget that this isn’t what normal sunsets look like for people.
Living in a Texas semi-desert sucks in a lot of ways, but our sunsets are consistently epic.
Living in a Texas semi-desert sucks in a lot of ways, but our sunsets are consistently epic.
The 20th anniversary rerelease of V for Vendetta in theaters is going to miss election day by 2 days (Nov 3). A pitty that the timing doesn’t line up better.
Kudos to the marketing guys though, a 1-year warning trailer is a brilliant move, if you know the plot of the movie.
youtu.be/3ge0navn9E0
Kudos to the marketing guys though, a 1-year warning trailer is a brilliant move, if you know the plot of the movie.
youtu.be/3ge0navn9E0
V for Vendetta 20th Anniversary Announcement | ONE YEAR FROM TONIGHT
YouTube video by Fathom Entertainment
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November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The 20th anniversary rerelease of V for Vendetta in theaters is going to miss election day by 2 days (Nov 3). A pitty that the timing doesn’t line up better.
Kudos to the marketing guys though, a 1-year warning trailer is a brilliant move, if you know the plot of the movie.
youtu.be/3ge0navn9E0
Kudos to the marketing guys though, a 1-year warning trailer is a brilliant move, if you know the plot of the movie.
youtu.be/3ge0navn9E0
The funniest part is that it looks like no lessons were learned. So this is going to keep happening.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The funniest part is that it looks like no lessons were learned. So this is going to keep happening.
Reposted by Mithradates
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. I could smell the onions and mustard. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. I could smell the onions and mustard. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
This is such a hard call. Best sandwich… Maybe the cubano at Sisserou’s in Tulsa, OK?
For sentimental reasons, the Reuben at the mall deli in my wife’s hometown is also a contender.
And shoutout to the $3 sandwiches in the Green Lounge at UChicago Law that kept me alive thru 2L-3L.
For sentimental reasons, the Reuben at the mall deli in my wife’s hometown is also a contender.
And shoutout to the $3 sandwiches in the Green Lounge at UChicago Law that kept me alive thru 2L-3L.
It is national sandwich day. The best sandwich I ever had was a ham sandwich from a deli in Sydney, Australia in December 1999. Almost 26 years and no other has come close.
November 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is such a hard call. Best sandwich… Maybe the cubano at Sisserou’s in Tulsa, OK?
For sentimental reasons, the Reuben at the mall deli in my wife’s hometown is also a contender.
And shoutout to the $3 sandwiches in the Green Lounge at UChicago Law that kept me alive thru 2L-3L.
For sentimental reasons, the Reuben at the mall deli in my wife’s hometown is also a contender.
And shoutout to the $3 sandwiches in the Green Lounge at UChicago Law that kept me alive thru 2L-3L.
Holy hell, suddenly seeing daylight through the upper windows at the end. The inside of that building must be toast.
A medieval tower partially collapsed in the heart of Rome during renovations. One worker was injured and another was trapped in the Torre dei Conti near the Colosseum.
November 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Holy hell, suddenly seeing daylight through the upper windows at the end. The inside of that building must be toast.
Whenever I bat around the idea of a late career move, it’s always to Chicago. Mostly because it’s affordable. But imagine what housing prices would do if the 1m most conservative folks all moved out at once…
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Whenever I bat around the idea of a late career move, it’s always to Chicago. Mostly because it’s affordable. But imagine what housing prices would do if the 1m most conservative folks all moved out at once…
Lots of playwrights and theater directors remake Shakespeare plays set in the modern day, but it doesn't really work for Macbeth, because now Lady Macbeth has access to club soda, which ruins her character arc.
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Lots of playwrights and theater directors remake Shakespeare plays set in the modern day, but it doesn't really work for Macbeth, because now Lady Macbeth has access to club soda, which ruins her character arc.
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fucking bluebook
October 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
fucking bluebook
Prop 1: Star Trek's demographic is male.
Prop 2: Men lean conservative
Prop 3: [Missing step where they show that men who watch Star Trek follow the trend towards conservatism]
Ergo: Star Trek will go broke if it goes woke.
A staggering work of intellect, this.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Prop 2: Men lean conservative
Prop 3: [Missing step where they show that men who watch Star Trek follow the trend towards conservatism]
Ergo: Star Trek will go broke if it goes woke.
A staggering work of intellect, this.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Most Trekkies Are Republicans, Star Trek Can Embrace It Or Die
Star Trek has always had a specific audience, and it has never had much appeal outside that group. To understand this problem, first, you have to understand the demographics of Star Trek viewers. Wo...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Prop 1: Star Trek's demographic is male.
Prop 2: Men lean conservative
Prop 3: [Missing step where they show that men who watch Star Trek follow the trend towards conservatism]
Ergo: Star Trek will go broke if it goes woke.
A staggering work of intellect, this.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...
Prop 2: Men lean conservative
Prop 3: [Missing step where they show that men who watch Star Trek follow the trend towards conservatism]
Ergo: Star Trek will go broke if it goes woke.
A staggering work of intellect, this.
www.yahoo.com/entertainmen...