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@mkranz.bsky.social
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Software engineer by trade, trying to be a decent person in my time off. Just wanna make this watery rock a little better by my work and have some fun along the way
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lexialex.bsky.social
Every country except maybe Spain has weekly deportation planes leaving from their airports right now
Germany deports 81 Afghan men to their homeland in 2nd flight since the Taliban's return POLIZES POLIZEI® NAI-26R →* 1 of 3| People board a Qatar Airways plane, with federal police vahicles in front of it, on the apron at Leipzig/Halle Airpo Read in Italy row EUROPE France has rejected asylum applications from 44 of the 234 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by the Ocean Viking NGO ship, who will be returned to their country of origin, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Tuesday.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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finally the usual starter pack to find outlets that may be nearer to you:

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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
mkranz.bsky.social
This immediately made me think of Delaware, which I just learned has only a shade over 1m humans and yet OVER 2M REGISTERED CORPORATIONS (to be clear, it’s in a passage where Doctorow is comparing the federalism of the EU to that of the USA, so it wasn’t a far reach). Wild 2/2
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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karenho.bsky.social
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
Isaac Chotiner: "You would have to be brain-dead to read this piece and not immediately wonder who is funding Semafor Gulf." Quote post of Ben Smith saying: "Fascinating @msergie piece on covering a monarchy" about a Semafor article on Saudi Arabia's crown prince Smith responds to Chotiner: "That's a hell of an allegation/implication, Isaac. To figure out the literal answer to your question, you'd either have to look and see who the sponsors are in the email (I haven't checked today!) or read our publicly disclosed list of investors. I believe you're trying to imply that it's the Saudi government? Have you read more of our coverage, or just this tweet? My impression — correct me if I'm wrong — is that you're working on zero information and smearing us in general, and an experienced journalist @msergie whose work I suspect you're totally unfamiliar with in particular." Chotiner responds:"I’m not making any allegation. I’m making a simple point about how an average reader—myself included—might respond after reading this ridiculous piece" Ben Smith: "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge." Noah Kulwin: "The point is not about who funds your reporting/if your colleague is a “stooge”. Isaac’s comment is that the reporting is so bad so as to make a reader wonder who is funding it" Smith: A reader, sure. A journalist who can do very basic homework, kind of lame. Chotiner: "You are right, I’ll do some homework now by perusing Jay Solomon Semafor pieces, and reading Jason Greenblatt Semafor columns. In the meantime, I will formally say that I am making no accusation and was just astonished at how inane the piece was" Chotiner quote-posts with "I see Semafor loves running column after column by this guy (https://semafor.com/author/faisal-j-abbas), who also publishes pro-Saudi conspiracies about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi https://arabnews.com/node/1386291" Ben Smith's post says "I hope I'm not overreacting, but it makes me crazy when people I think of as reporters do this "just asking questions" stuff. Feel free to report it out by googling/asking me/reading our various scoops and reports about the region — these two just now" and links to two Semafor articles Chotiner quote posts Ben Smith: "You might have heard that the UAE is helping destroy Sudan, but at the next Semafor event, all is well." Screenshot says "Held at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Semafor will spotlight insights from the Global Findex 2025 report and the Global Digital Connectivity Tracker, translating global research into actionable, locally relevant conversations. As the third stop on The Next 3 Billion Tour, this edition explores how the Gulf's growing investments in Africa can accelerate digital connectivity and financial inclusion. With Abu Dhabi's focus on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and cross-border collaboration, it offers a strong platform to examine how technology and capital can work together to expand access and opportunity." Ben Smith's post says "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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clancyny.bsky.social
Rep. Jacob Rosecrants is in touch with State Rep. Jared Deck (Norman) and Rep. Tom Cole (Repub). The office of U.S. Sen. James Lankford (Repub) has been made aware.

They can't find Dr. Abedini's location. Important for several reasons including filing habeas corpus docs.
URL: x.com/jacobrosecra...
Rep. Jacob Rosecrants 🌩️ @jacobrosecrants I’m aware of this awful situation, shared by my constituent Dr. Landis. Nobody seems to know where Dr. Abedini is being held, tho he has contacted family. Rep. Deck reached out to Rep. Cole & Sen. Lankford’s office is looped in. Here to be a squeaky wheel & help however I can. [screenshot of Prof. Landis' tweet about Dr. Abedini being seized by ICE] 8:23 PM • Nov 24, 2025 • 1,351 Views
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
mkranz.bsky.social
Unfortunately, it looks like there’s arguably now a 6 month window from the dismissal bsky.app/profile/chri...
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 3d
As for Comey, DOJ will be arguing that it can re-indict, despite the statute of limitations having since run, under 18 USC 3288.

From DOJ's opposition: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Zeroing in on the actual claim here—that the Attorney General could not lawfully invoke Section 546(a) to appoint Ms. Halligan—Comey comes nowhere close to showing “flagrant misbehavior,” “substantial prejudice,” or the unavailability of a “lesser sanction.” The Attorney General’s invocation of Section 546(a) rather than her many other appointment authorities is not “flagrant misconduct” akin to repeated Brady violations. Cf. United States v. Bundy, 968 F.3d 1019, 1029, 1037 (9th Cir. 2020). As explained above, Comey suffered no prejudice, much less substantial prejudice, from Ms. Halligan’s title when she entered the grand-jury room. And contrary to his assertion (at 25), the counterfactual where the Attorney General did not, in his words, “unlawfully appoint[] Ms. Halligan” is not a world where the government would have let the limitations period run. Instead, the Attorney General would have cited a different authority that would have unquestionably authorized Ms. Halligan to obtain the exact same indictment at the exact same time. If the Court deems the indictment invalid, any dismissal should be without prejudice to permit the government to swiftly seek reindictment under 18 U.S.C. § 3288. 18 U.S. Code § 3288 - Indictments and information dismissed after period of limitations U.S. Code Notes prev | next Whenever an indictment or information charging a felony is dismissed for any reason after the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, a new indictment may be returned in the appropriate jurisdiction within six calendar months of the date of the dismissal of the indictment or information, or, in the event of an appeal, within 60 days of the date the dismissal of the indictment or information becomes final, or, if no regular grand jury is in session in the appropriate jurisdiction when the indictment or information is dismissed, within six calendar months of the date when the next regular grand jury is convened, which new indictment shall not be barred by any statute of limitations. This section does not permit the filing of a new indictment or information where the reason for the dismissal was the failure to file the indictment or information within the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations, or some other reason that would bar a new prosecution. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 828; Pub. L. 88–139, § 2, Oct. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 88–520, § 1, Aug. 30, 1964, 78 Stat. 699; Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7081(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4407.)
November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
mkranz.bsky.social
That’s that UFO from season 1 in the top right? Then, that must be the gun from when she held the DOD cat hostage in his own car. References are fun all, but I stay amazed at how folx make so few squares of light do so much. Clap clap clap
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
mkranz.bsky.social
Your weird comment about poor whites enslaving people is, among other things, bananas to bring up in reference to Jefferson, who forced labor out of ~600 kidnapping victims, a solid number of enslaved people even by rich demon’s standards of the time 2/2
November 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM