IdealistCynic
@idealistcynic.bsky.social
Veteran public defender. Recovering ex-streamer. Cursed content enjoyer. Nerd.
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anybody else’s gyre feel wider lately
July 14, 2025 at 5:28 AM
anybody else’s gyre feel wider lately
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i’ve noticed that too lol
Increasingly weary of observational comedy that doesn’t include any jokes.
June 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
i’ve noticed that too lol
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SAN DIEGO!‼️‼️💪✊👏🙌💙💙🙆🏼♀️
June 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
SAN DIEGO!‼️‼️💪✊👏🙌💙💙🙆🏼♀️
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Between the fires and these protests, I hope this year teaches everyone that most of the shit talking you hear about California and more specifically, LA, comes from racists and gentrifying transplants. Most people love living here and would do anything to protect it.
June 9, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Between the fires and these protests, I hope this year teaches everyone that most of the shit talking you hear about California and more specifically, LA, comes from racists and gentrifying transplants. Most people love living here and would do anything to protect it.
Go not to the lawyers for counsel, for they will say "it depends."
June 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Go not to the lawyers for counsel, for they will say "it depends."
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If the Democrats give up on trans people then why should any member of a minority trust them ever again?
March 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If the Democrats give up on trans people then why should any member of a minority trust them ever again?
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I refuse to accept the existence of Volume 4 of the Federal Reporter. We should still be in F3d, which was just recently introduced: probably in the 200s or so.
March 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I refuse to accept the existence of Volume 4 of the Federal Reporter. We should still be in F3d, which was just recently introduced: probably in the 200s or so.
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An Ohio pastor was prosecuted, convicted & got a suspended 60-day jail sentence for the crime of...housing homeless people in his church.
Do you feel safer? www.wistv.com/2025/01/23/p...
Do you feel safer? www.wistv.com/2025/01/23/p...
Pastor charged with violating fire safety codes for letting homeless people sleep in his church overnight
A pastor in Ohio has been criminally charged for violating safety codes while letting people sleep in his church overnight.
www.wistv.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
An Ohio pastor was prosecuted, convicted & got a suspended 60-day jail sentence for the crime of...housing homeless people in his church.
Do you feel safer? www.wistv.com/2025/01/23/p...
Do you feel safer? www.wistv.com/2025/01/23/p...
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Naming a proposed law after a dead person, particularly a child, is fundamentally a demand that everyone be credulous, unquestioning, and obedient.
It may be even simpler than that: No politician dares vote against terrible policy with untold downstream consequences for many—for the simple fact that it's named after a victim of an unspeakable/inexcusable act of violence.
God help us all if that's all it takes to create criminal legal policy.
God help us all if that's all it takes to create criminal legal policy.
January 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Naming a proposed law after a dead person, particularly a child, is fundamentally a demand that everyone be credulous, unquestioning, and obedient.
My eternal curse against the Chargers ABIDES.
January 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
My eternal curse against the Chargers ABIDES.
I’ll never get humor based on being in an unhappy marriage. <3
December 31, 2024 at 7:08 AM
I’ll never get humor based on being in an unhappy marriage. <3
Much too good a man for the presidency, Jimmy Carter. No one's earned rest more.
December 29, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Much too good a man for the presidency, Jimmy Carter. No one's earned rest more.
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*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM
*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
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this is in fact imperative and critical to running any community of worth in the current era
coddling community rules lawyers means you are coddling some of the most annoying fucking assholes on the the internet, simply backhand them out of a window
coddling community rules lawyers means you are coddling some of the most annoying fucking assholes on the the internet, simply backhand them out of a window
every site needs a version of somethingawful's "we can just ban you" policy to use against bad actors who make a game of ruining the site while making sure to always stay 1% shy of violating the rules as-written
December 13, 2024 at 11:07 PM
this is in fact imperative and critical to running any community of worth in the current era
coddling community rules lawyers means you are coddling some of the most annoying fucking assholes on the the internet, simply backhand them out of a window
coddling community rules lawyers means you are coddling some of the most annoying fucking assholes on the the internet, simply backhand them out of a window
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The Greeks absolutely had it right when they included a chorus in their plays. They knew audiences are dumbasses who need to be told “THIS MAN IS BAD. HE IS HERE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT *NOT* TO DO. WOE TO THE BUMPTIOUS FOOL WHO WOULD IDOLIZE HIM. YOU ARE NOT, NOR DO YOU WANT TO BE, ALEX DELARGE”
December 9, 2024 at 4:12 PM
The Greeks absolutely had it right when they included a chorus in their plays. They knew audiences are dumbasses who need to be told “THIS MAN IS BAD. HE IS HERE AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT *NOT* TO DO. WOE TO THE BUMPTIOUS FOOL WHO WOULD IDOLIZE HIM. YOU ARE NOT, NOR DO YOU WANT TO BE, ALEX DELARGE”
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None of these words are in the Bible
December 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
None of these words are in the Bible
Me - "Judge, reasonable everyday thing that any other judge in this court would do should happen for these reasons."
Judge - "No. Needlessly punitive and damaging thing instead. You can make a record."
Me (makes record, taking 5x longer than reasonable thing).
Judge - "Fine. Reasonable thing."
Judge - "No. Needlessly punitive and damaging thing instead. You can make a record."
Me (makes record, taking 5x longer than reasonable thing).
Judge - "Fine. Reasonable thing."
December 2, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Me - "Judge, reasonable everyday thing that any other judge in this court would do should happen for these reasons."
Judge - "No. Needlessly punitive and damaging thing instead. You can make a record."
Me (makes record, taking 5x longer than reasonable thing).
Judge - "Fine. Reasonable thing."
Judge - "No. Needlessly punitive and damaging thing instead. You can make a record."
Me (makes record, taking 5x longer than reasonable thing).
Judge - "Fine. Reasonable thing."
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An illustration for my second #discoelysium fic, The Secrets of Martinaise. The Smoker's face is insanely fun to draw; he has quite a bone structure, judging from his portrait!
November 30, 2024 at 9:47 PM
An illustration for my second #discoelysium fic, The Secrets of Martinaise. The Smoker's face is insanely fun to draw; he has quite a bone structure, judging from his portrait!
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wayward son my wayward son
wayward son when wayward son
wayward son when wayward son
November 30, 2024 at 5:04 AM
wayward son my wayward son
wayward son when wayward son
wayward son when wayward son
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Please enjoy this video of an unhinged gravy boat that my family had had for ages.
November 29, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Please enjoy this video of an unhinged gravy boat that my family had had for ages.
The trap of being a public defender is that you can keep working as long as you want, and the more you work, the more good you do. If you're an empathetic person (and I've never met an unempathetic public defender), learning to protect yourself from working endlessly is the hardest lesson.
November 28, 2024 at 10:01 PM
The trap of being a public defender is that you can keep working as long as you want, and the more you work, the more good you do. If you're an empathetic person (and I've never met an unempathetic public defender), learning to protect yourself from working endlessly is the hardest lesson.
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Munch mode activated
November 28, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Munch mode activated
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It also works the other direction
November 26, 2024 at 9:59 PM
It also works the other direction