Firebolt, Attorney at Claw
@iamthatdork.bsky.social
Attorney. Pragmatic idealist. CO now, former and future resident of Woke Hoth
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We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
We found that Jeff Bezos paid *zero* taxes in 2007 and 2011.
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children.
This is how he did it (published 2021):
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on my Tamagotchi
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on my wife's bidet.
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on my Toto Washlet+.
January 27, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Deleting Signal now that I know it's compromised. Find me on my Tamagotchi
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One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
January 25, 2026 at 10:39 PM
One of the best things I’ve read in a while:
@tkingfisher.com the mirror-gelds in Hemlock & Silver make me think of Miyazaki.
Like literally I can only see them in my head in Miyazaki style animation.
Like literally I can only see them in my head in Miyazaki style animation.
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 AM
@tkingfisher.com the mirror-gelds in Hemlock & Silver make me think of Miyazaki.
Like literally I can only see them in my head in Miyazaki style animation.
Like literally I can only see them in my head in Miyazaki style animation.
Ah, so this is how the feds are gonna spin their agents getting hurt in the fee fees by the mean protesters.
federal officials are now claiming that Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, "suffered internal bleeding"
ICE agent involved in shooting of Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials claim
abcnews.go.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Ah, so this is how the feds are gonna spin their agents getting hurt in the fee fees by the mean protesters.
Slightly diminish a band (from my wife)
Squirrel Nut Buttons
Squirrel Nut Buttons
Slightly diminish a band
Mouthy Femmes
Mouthy Femmes
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Seven inch nails
Seven inch nails
January 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
Slightly diminish a band (from my wife)
Squirrel Nut Buttons
Squirrel Nut Buttons
Slightly diminish a band
Rolling Pebbles
Rolling Pebbles
Slightly diminish a band
Mouthy Femmes
Mouthy Femmes
Slightly diminish a band
Seven inch nails
Seven inch nails
January 11, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Slightly diminish a band
Rolling Pebbles
Rolling Pebbles
Slightly diminish a band
Seven inch nails
Seven inch nails
Slightly diminish a band
Earth Wind and Embers
Earth Wind and Embers
Slightly diminish a band
They're Unlikely To Be Giants
They're Unlikely To Be Giants
January 10, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Slightly diminish a band
Seven inch nails
Seven inch nails
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Español: ¡ALERTA MÁXIMA! Necesitamos gente patrullando las calles ahora mismo. En Lake Street, Powderhorn, Central y el sur de Minneapolis hay una gran presencia de agentes de inmigración. Desde paradas de autobús hasta personas siendo sacadas de sus coches. 2/
January 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Español: ¡ALERTA MÁXIMA! Necesitamos gente patrullando las calles ahora mismo. En Lake Street, Powderhorn, Central y el sur de Minneapolis hay una gran presencia de agentes de inmigración. Desde paradas de autobús hasta personas siendo sacadas de sus coches. 2/
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HIGH ALERT! We need people patrolling the streets now. Lake Street, Powderhorn, Central, and South Minneapolis have a ton of immigration enforcement. On bus stops to people being pulled from their cars. 1/
January 7, 2026 at 12:25 PM
HIGH ALERT! We need people patrolling the streets now. Lake Street, Powderhorn, Central, and South Minneapolis have a ton of immigration enforcement. On bus stops to people being pulled from their cars. 1/
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Dove through a large, tall pool floaty and got stuck with my head in said pool. Fam probably made it worse by trying to overturn it.
Dove through a large, tall pool floaty and got stuck with my head in said pool. Fam probably made it worse by trying to overturn it.
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Pneumonia with a loculated pleural effusion your GP missed because “idk brah drink fluids and take Tylenol, don’t be a pussy” isn’t a treatment plan
Pneumonia with a loculated pleural effusion your GP missed because “idk brah drink fluids and take Tylenol, don’t be a pussy” isn’t a treatment plan
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Hi, I’m a borrowed van with failing brakes and a midnight colored female moose on the highway.
Hi, I’m a borrowed van with failing brakes and a midnight colored female moose on the highway.
January 3, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you:
Dove through a large, tall pool floaty and got stuck with my head in said pool. Fam probably made it worse by trying to overturn it.
Dove through a large, tall pool floaty and got stuck with my head in said pool. Fam probably made it worse by trying to overturn it.
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What is the most "wtf" song a streaming service has dropped into a station you were listening to?
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
What is the most "wtf" song a streaming service has dropped into a station you were listening to?
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
What is the most "wtf" song a streaming service has dropped into a station you were listening to?
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 AM
What is the most "wtf" song a streaming service has dropped into a station you were listening to?
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
Mine is when "Fly" by Sugar Ray played on a NIN station
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"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Stancil is crashing out over a woman doing something. Must be a day ending in y
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Stancil is crashing out over a woman doing something. Must be a day ending in y
Trading Places is always a holiday movie must watch
December 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Trading Places is always a holiday movie must watch
Even knowing how fucked the legal profession is to mental health, it always surprises me to see the stats.
2016 ABA survey (updating soon I think):
21% meet criteria for problematic drinking
28% for depression
19% suffer from anxiety
23% from elevated stress
11.5% have suicidal thoughts
2016 ABA survey (updating soon I think):
21% meet criteria for problematic drinking
28% for depression
19% suffer from anxiety
23% from elevated stress
11.5% have suicidal thoughts
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Even knowing how fucked the legal profession is to mental health, it always surprises me to see the stats.
2016 ABA survey (updating soon I think):
21% meet criteria for problematic drinking
28% for depression
19% suffer from anxiety
23% from elevated stress
11.5% have suicidal thoughts
2016 ABA survey (updating soon I think):
21% meet criteria for problematic drinking
28% for depression
19% suffer from anxiety
23% from elevated stress
11.5% have suicidal thoughts
A little under a year ago we lost our sweet baby, the eponymous Firebolt. We still miss him so much every day and it hurts just acknowledging how much time has passed. He was truly amazing and my partner's soul cat who demanded she pick him up and hold him like a baby every day when she got home.
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A little under a year ago we lost our sweet baby, the eponymous Firebolt. We still miss him so much every day and it hurts just acknowledging how much time has passed. He was truly amazing and my partner's soul cat who demanded she pick him up and hold him like a baby every day when she got home.
Fuck you Hickenlooper. How dare you treat trans Colorodans this way. I hope you're remembered as the embarrassment to the state you are
Catherine Cortez Masto (NV), Dick Durbin (IL), John Fetterman (PA), Ruben Gallego (AZ), Kirsten Gillibrand (NY), Maggie Hassan (NH), Martin Heinrich (NM), John Hickenlooper (CO), Mazie Hirono (HI), Tim Kaine (VA), Mark Kelly (AZ), Angus King (I-ME), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Ben Ray Lujan (NM), ->
U.S. Senate: U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 119th Congress - 1st Session
www.senate.gov
December 16, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Fuck you Hickenlooper. How dare you treat trans Colorodans this way. I hope you're remembered as the embarrassment to the state you are
Huh. Maybe new fraud thing. Someone supposedly from Pride Staff reached out to me about a part time gig with Palantir. There were a few things that had my fraud radar up about it.
Obvi I turned it down, at which point they asked me why.
Def made me think fraud at that point.
Obvi I turned it down, at which point they asked me why.
Def made me think fraud at that point.
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Huh. Maybe new fraud thing. Someone supposedly from Pride Staff reached out to me about a part time gig with Palantir. There were a few things that had my fraud radar up about it.
Obvi I turned it down, at which point they asked me why.
Def made me think fraud at that point.
Obvi I turned it down, at which point they asked me why.
Def made me think fraud at that point.
Goddamnit. I take an hour and a half away from the Internet for the joy of watching Muppet Christmas Carol and Rob Reiner is stabbed to death in the meantime.
Fuck this timeline.
Fuck this timeline.
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Goddamnit. I take an hour and a half away from the Internet for the joy of watching Muppet Christmas Carol and Rob Reiner is stabbed to death in the meantime.
Fuck this timeline.
Fuck this timeline.
Has anyone decided on what the collective noun for a group of dudes is? If not, I propose it should be a catastrophe of dudes
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Has anyone decided on what the collective noun for a group of dudes is? If not, I propose it should be a catastrophe of dudes
*sigh* another job rejection. I really thought I nailed the interview this time. I should probably stop trying to just resign myself to project work. I mean, aside from about a total of 1 year, I've been doing project work and applying to jobs constantly since I graduated law school in 2015
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
*sigh* another job rejection. I really thought I nailed the interview this time. I should probably stop trying to just resign myself to project work. I mean, aside from about a total of 1 year, I've been doing project work and applying to jobs constantly since I graduated law school in 2015
First proper leg weight day since moving a month ago. Feels good but also motherfuck
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
First proper leg weight day since moving a month ago. Feels good but also motherfuck
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (war or trek) LOTR or Marvel.
December 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (war or trek) LOTR or Marvel.