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Steve Middlebrook
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FinTech attorney. Principal at Middlebrook LLC. Interests: prepaid cards, payments, earned wage access, civil rights, Native American and Inuit art, old photographs, chipmunks.
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Your question assumes everyone has two or more eyes and thus is ableist and offensive to the Monocular Community.
Cyclops Power!
Leela from Futurama
November 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The AI generated summary of comments is, oddly enough, spot on.
The conversation explores a range of perspectives on Seattle's decision to elect a socialist mayor with limited management experience. Many participants express skepticism about the editorial's tone and content, criticizing it for being biased, condescending, and lacking objectivity. Some commenters draw parallels between the new mayor's lack of experience and that of former President Trump, suggesting that inexperience is not unique to socialist candidates. Others highlight the dissatisfaction with the status quo and the appeal of socialist policies as a response to unmet needs in the city, such as affordable housing and child care. There is also a recurring theme of distrust towards the editorial board, with accusations of it being influenced by wealthy interests, particularly those of Jeff Bezos. Overall, the discussion reflects a mix of concern, hope, and criticism regarding the potential impact of the new mayor's policies on Seattle.
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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SNL tonight had a lot of hair-oriented comedy, but overall was very good. Bobs vs Bangs was fantastic.
Bobs team dancing
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
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The Flamingo who escaped a British zoo has been found in France, but officials say they can’t bring her home because of, wait for it, BREXIT.
Now that she’s there, the zoo said it was unlikely it would be able to bring her home. The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union has made it difficult to move wild animals across the U.K.-France border. An extra complication, Mr. Woolcock said, was the risk that Frankie may have contracted bird flu on her travels.
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Photo of a cute little opossum in a turquoise colored metal cage with a door made of bars like a prison cell. The opossum is sticking his nose out the door and is gripping the bars with his little hands like he’s trying to escape. The picture is captioned “When rodents make fun of Charlie Kirk.”
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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This is 100% Wag the Dog.
Movie poster for Wag the Dog.
November 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Movie poster for Wag the Dog.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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And she’s still there.
The Divinity of Light, a/k/a Miss Electra, atop the Alabama Power building in downtown Birmingham.
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Anyone else get something like this in their DMs? I’ve not seen anything like this on Bsky before. Maybe I’m just lucky. Yes, I did report it.

@joshuajfriedman.com
Image of a DM from @blueskyhelper048.bsky.social saying “Your Bluesky account is temporarily suspended. To avoid permanent termination, complete verification within 24 hours....” with a link to some website not on BlueSky.
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Image of a bluesky post of a picture of Andreessen with his bald head looking extra pointy with my reply of "We are from France"
November 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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South Park nailed him.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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South Park nailed him.
November 4, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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South Park nailed him
November 4, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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One DHS propaganda pieced used video recorded by freelance journalist Ford Fischer in Illinois, but DHS said it depicted “antifa terrorists” storming federal facilities in Portland. The video had been cropped to remove Fischer’s watermark.
The freelance journalist Ford Fischer was scrolling through X earlier this month when he saw a DHS video overlaid with a message saying “antifa terrorists” had stormed federal facilities in Portland, Oregon. But he recognized the footage because he’d captured it himself days earlier, outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois. The video, which The Post verified, had been cropped to remove Fischer’s watermark. And it seemed to bolster Trump’s claim that the Oregon city was overwhelmed by violent leftists who were “burning [it] to the ground.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Here are more pictures of the float from a YouTube video of the parade. It has 3 scenes: ghosts on swings, a giant juke box, and the gates to Auschwitz. electric lights etc so clearly made by adults.
Photo showing giant pick up truck pulling the float. Photo showing float with three separate scenes, with lights and effects Close of if giant juke box, with a round top outlined in green lights and in the middle what appears to be a gold record. Close up of gates of Auschwitz on float.
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Tonight’s South Park is right on the money, so to speak:

“Crypto is just a giant money laundering scheme for the rich to get richer.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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South Park tonight was just fucking incredible.
Screen grab from South Park showing Trump and his lover Saran wearing hard hats on the middle of the rubble while in the background a piece of equipment tears down the East Eing.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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My favorite is still the 1950’s Red Menace form of Communism.
Movie poster for “The Red Menace.” Billed as the “most talked about drama of our time” and “so shocking it was filmed behind locked studio doors.”
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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The comments to the WaPo editorial are brutal No wonder subscribers are leaving in droves.
Comments are: 1. The Post Ed Board needs more view point diversity. Every opinion rehashes right wing talking points as if they are the truth. 2. colleges don't need "viewpoint diversity". they need to seek truth. to promote critical thinking. to further the search for facts...and provide our society with well rounded, educated, productive citizens. nothing more, nothing less. 3, Lemme get this straight - the president extorted a university and WaPo thinks this doesn’t impinge academic freedom? 4.What a sellout this paper is! The very fact that the Federal government can impose a settlement proves there is no freedom of expression.
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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The comments on the WaPo editorial about universities submitting to Trump are pretty brutal. No wonder subscribers are leaving in droves.
Comments are: 1. The Post Ed Board needs more view point diversity. Every opinion rehashes right wing talking points as if they are the truth. 2. colleges don't need "viewpoint diversity". they need to seek truth. to promote critical thinking. to further the search for facts...and provide our society with well rounded, educated, productive citizens. nothing more, nothing less. 3, Lemme get this straight - the president extorted a university and WaPo thinks this doesn’t impinge academic freedom? 4.What a sellout this paper is! The very fact that the Federal government can impose a settlement proves there is no freedom of expression.
October 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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In years to come, this image of the White House being demolished will become the emblem of the Trump administration.
image of the White House being demolished
October 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Was this the inspiration for the movie “Some Like It Hot”?
Photo of Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in drag from Some Like It Hot.
October 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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How about a side order of Canada?
Photo of a plate of poutine.
October 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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South Park taking on Republican fake Christians. It is fantastic.
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Bette Midler is just fantastic.
Here she is singing to Stephen Colbert.
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM