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M. Rosenbloom

@mlrosenbloom.bsky.social

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Clinical Instructor, Cyberlaw Clinic at BKC / Harvard Law. Mix of politics, tech law, and cute art RTs / hobby stuff! Opinions are mine only. Sometimes still on the other website @ml_rosenbloom pfp: @lyra0730.bsky background: @opal0058.bsky

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M. Rosenbloom @mlrosenbloom.bsky.social · Jan 5

2025 Media Thread! Here we goooooo!!!!

Will include stuff that I've substantially completed or have done a significant amount of rewatching for.

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KUMA ICE CREAM @kumaicecream.bsky.social · 12m

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 41m

"women don't like the vehicle" is going to be lodged in my brain's neocortex for the rest of my natural life www.wired.com/story/owning...

Q: And are you married?
A: I was married, but I’m not married anymore. Women don't like the vehicle.

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Michael @fleerultra.bsky.social · 1h

if you're gonna sacrifice substance for electoral success, I feel like you should be delivering better returns than a coin toss

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やすうらやか @15delicious.bsky.social · 6h

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Cami @camisleeps.bsky.social · 3h

Ghost!

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Alex Wenzel @alexwenzel.bsky.social · 11h

It’s less than the bare minimum for Democrats to say that anyone everyone still employed in IRS enforcement when this starts should expect to go to prison if they take power.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

Again, it is a full-blown federal felony crime for anyone in the White House or Executive Office of the President to order tax investigations into anyone.

And it's not just a crime to DO it, it's even a federal crime for an employee not to REPORT such an order to the Treasury Inspector General.

26 U.S. Code § 7217 - Prohibition on executive branch influence over taxpayer audits and other investigations
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(a)Prohibition
It shall be unlawful for any applicable person to request, directly or indirectly, any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service to conduct or terminate an audit or other investigation of any particular taxpayer with respect to the tax liability of such taxpayer.

(b)Reporting requirement
Any officer or employee of the Internal Revenue Service receiving any request prohibited by subsection (a) shall report the receipt of such request to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration.

(c)Exceptions
Subsection (a) shall not apply to any written request made—
(1)to an applicable person by or on behalf of the taxpayer and forwarded by such applicable person to the Internal Revenue Service;
(2)by an applicable person for disclosure of return or return information under section 6103 if such request is made in accordance with the requirements of such section; or
(3)by the Secretary of the Treasury as a consequence of the implementation of a change in tax policy.
(d)Penalty
Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or fails to report under subsection (b) shall be punished upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or both, together with the costs of prosecution.

(e)Applicable person
For purposes of this section, the term “applicable person” means—
(1)the President, the Vice President, any employee of the executive office of the President, and any employee of the executive office of the Vice President; and
(2)any individual (other than the Attorney General of the United States) serving in a position specified in section 5312 of title 5, United States Code.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 13h

Trump is in no small part the result
of failing to staff up the IRS and send it after white-collar crime, so of course now that he has a second presidency he's planning to use it as a weapon against his political enemies.

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · Jun 9

I'm not a historian but my analysis is it's "Not good" when a government constantly commits crimes and tells the legislature, courts, and general public "What are you gonna do about it"

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molly (comms open!) @longfusilli.bsky.social · 2d

(brooding) neigh……

digital doodle of sakiko from ave mujica except she’s a horse girl in the style of pretty derby uma musume

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juice enjoyer 🧃 @juice-enjoyer.bsky.social · 16h

sxome of my finest work is done in portraits

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oshinagaki @mikobako.bsky.social · 1d

幸野神奈

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Threatening Music Notation @musicnotation.bsky.social · 2d

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 18h

UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.

www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
By IDS staff
Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm · Updated Oct 15, 2025 1:23 pm

IU previously directed the Indiana Daily Student to stop printing news coverage in our newspaper. Upon pushback, the university fully cut print, including our special editions. The IDS was not involved in the decision.

Media School Dean David Tolchinsky sent the order to IDS leadership in an email responding to its appeal that the school not censor the newspaper. And the dean attributed the decision to “the campus.” He has not yet responded to a message for clarification.

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cydereal @cydereal.bsky.social · 1d

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mcc @dryad.technology · 19h

Ok. New folks, I rec

Spindle
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Keezy
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Chloé
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mimill
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June
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bungle
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Syzygy
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krumm
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(And pseudonym.)

psudonym @psudonym.bsky.social · 20h

Seems a bunch of people fled twitter (again) so maybe let's welcome them by sharing some fun artists and art?

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✧ Pickle ✧ @thelowestpickle.bsky.social · 5d

share your couples art!
i love the varying displays of intimacy here, a loving embrace, a whimsical kiss, and a standoff with a handgun-

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✧ Pickle ✧ @thelowestpickle.bsky.social · Sep 13

✧ illustration for @/luffer(vgen) ✧
#commission #VgenComm

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✧ Pickle ✧ @thelowestpickle.bsky.social · Sep 1

the program im using // the art im making

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Techni-Calli @illleavenow.bsky.social · 20h

Super fun watching the company that made billions claiming “our AI will solve cancer” has pivoted to “our AI will make a bunch of shit that already exists, but worse” and apparently people are still pretending it’s not all a giant grift.

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Mr. Chau @srirachachau.bsky.social · 21h

Long story short, an actual Nazi doxxing ring. Enough people reported them that they went away for like 12 hours and then Elon personally brought them back. The site is dead. If you’re still on there, go lock your account right now

chris @knightscrest.bsky.social · 21h

what even happened on the other site this time

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 1d

Owlcat Games has launched a free game development learning resource, featuring over 350 learning resources including software recommendations, tutorials, and online courses

www.gamesindustry.biz/owlcat-games...

Owlcat Games sets up educational resource hub for game devs

Studio partners with Fireshine Games, 11 Bit Studios, Gaijin Entertainment, and Midwest Games to build database of over 350 learning resources

www.gamesindustry.biz

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 21h

Sorry, I crashed Bluesky

I posted a take so bad it crashed the server, managed to delete it tho.

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 22h

Greta Thunberg: “Israeli soldiers hit, kicked, starved, and tortured me”

• They placed a flag next to me, and anytime the flag touched me, they kicked me
• Whenever I raised my head to look at Ben-Gvir, I was kicked
• She was filmed while stripped naked

Aftonbladet: tinyurl.com/a33vxatc

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Stellaween? @antlervel.vet · 1d

WHEN THERE’S TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Oh wow. Yes, very clever! Waterfall treasure! No one’s ever done that before. Lazy jackass

WHEN THERE’S NO TREASURE BEHIND THE WATERFALL: Wow. Too stuck-up to put treasure there huh? Too much of a fucking ICONOCLAST for that? Piece of shit. FUCK you

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juice enjoyer 🧃 @juice-enjoyer.bsky.social · 2d

self portrait of me and my freak

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