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julie weisberg @julieweisberg.bsky.social · Mar 13
only silver lining of the last few months: the anger & angst pushed me to do stand-up. I've been doing improv for the last two years, but no standup -- until last friday when I did my first set in more than 20 years.

"Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully." - Max Eastman #comedy #standup
only silver lining of the last four months: the angst and anger has pushed me to finally do stand-up. did my first set in more than 20 years at a first friday open mic last friday night.
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johnpfaff.bsky.social
Not going to lie, this is happening faster than I predicted, and I’m glad that it is.
LOCKED IN John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social • 13d I think this is a real blow to Federal punishment capacity: I don't think there is enough of a pipeline of sufficiently-competent MAGA-friendly lawyers to replace them. And there's likely a growing pool of motivated defense attorneys w Fed experience and relationships w local Fed judges.
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 AM
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samtlevin.bsky.social
NEW: Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, a 36-year-old LA protester, spent six months in jail accused of assaulting a federal officer with a *cloth hat.*

A judge tossed out the DOJ’s case, accusing govt of acting in “bad faith” and engaging in “prosecutorial harassment“ that could “chill lawful protest”
Case dismissed against LA protester accused of assaulting federal officer with cloth hat
Judge says US government acted in ‘bad faith’ in case of Jonathon Redondo-Rosales, 36, who spent six months in jail
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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baileymcc.bsky.social
Get in losers we’re doing central planning without the planning
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
julieweisberg.bsky.social
lol!!
pizzalawyer420.bsky.social SKELLYTON @pizzalawyer420.bsky.social · 10h
Why does this look like a 2006 club pic
Macready and cowboy in the car after dog day care
February 11, 2026 at 12:15 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
This is what I’m talking about when I talk about technologies of liberation

This required careful measurement and design
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 10h
“Historians call this passageway a masterwork of deliberate concealment, designed to be absolutely invisible to slave catchers or city marshals during the 19th-century”
Safe house linked to Underground Railroad discovered in Manhattan
The Merchant's House is the first landmarked building in Manhattan.
ny1.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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nosce.bsky.social
Every distrit nationwide that Trump had only below +10 or even +12 will be flipped.

ALL OF THEM!
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
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the-downballot.com
Final result in OK is 64-36 GOP win *BUT* this was a Trump+58 seat, so that's a 29-point overperformance for Dems. Also two smaller overperformances in deep-blue VA districts—but it's usually hard to run up the score in a lopsided district.

Our Big Board: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
February 11, 2026 at 2:38 AM
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louisathelast.bsky.social
Tell me I’m wrong
Incredible figure skater Ilia Malinin, wearing a costume in shades of brown and black, decorated with straps and buckles as well as sparkles, and with fingerless gloves. He has sort of a mane of blonde hair The Rum Tum Tugger in the original Broadway version of CATS. He’s a fabulous cat with a mane of blonde hair and a costume involving shades of brown and black, lots of buckles and straps, and fingerless gloves. It’s uncanny
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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numb.comfortab.ly
That Super Bowl Ring ad backfired spectacularly.
tristanl.ee Tristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 1d
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
Screenshot of Amazon customer support chat getting refund for a Ring Floodlight Cam https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4jc9xz/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Screenshot of chat with Amazon customer support getting refund for a Ring product bought in October 2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurveillance/comments/1r0m509/comment/o4k6nqk/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button Infographic telling Ring customers they can get refunds for their purchases through Amazon
February 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
julieweisberg.bsky.social
the local bartend speaks for me.
February 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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bartenderhemry.bsky.social
I know it's cringe to be like "we are going to win" but when you have career DOJ prosecutors flipping sides and being like "I quit two weeks ago and I'm ready to burn this bitch to the ground" I don't know what else to say
Don Lemon hires ex-U.S. prosecutor who quit amid concerns over investigation into Renee Good's killing
Joseph H. Thompson left as an assistant U.S. attorney based in Minnesota amid concerns over the Trump administration's handling of the investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE off...
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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rodger.bsky.social
the last thing you see before you die when you're a USA curling stone in scoring position
Swedish curler Isabella Wranå
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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emptywheel.bsky.social
Look at who is PHVing Abbe Lowell and team into MN to represent Don Lemon.
Document Number Date Filed Description Download PDF 106 Feb 10, 2026 MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Isabella M. Oishi. Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AMNDC-12663387 by Don Renaldo Lemon. (Thompson, Joseph) (Entered: 02/10/2026) From RECAP with PACER fallback 105 Feb 10, 2026 MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice for Attorney David A. Kolansky. Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AMNDC-12663357 by Don Renaldo Lemon. (Thompson, Joseph) (Entered: 02/10/2026) From RECAP with PACER fallback 104 Feb 10, 2026 MOTION for Admission Pro Hac Vice for Attorney Abbe David Lowell. Filing fee $ 150, receipt number AMNDC-12663338 by Don Renaldo Lemon. (Thompson, Joseph) (Entered: 02/10/2026) From RECAP with PACER fallback 103 Feb 10, 2026 NOTICE OF ATTORNEY APPEARANCE for Don Renaldo Lemon. (Thompson, Joseph) (Entered: 02/10/2026) From RECAP with PACER fallback A NYT story. Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups. A picture shows Joe Thompson.
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
julieweisberg.bsky.social
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
We have a federal administration led by idiots and criminals.
February 11, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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mnhousedfl.bsky.social
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**

He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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golikehellmachine.com
there are two things about this, one is that there is no prime minister of switzerland, he's talking about the president of the swiss confederation, which is a different thing entirely, and, two, i'm not sure you could make a more persuasive case to SCOTUS for nuking tariffs than this one
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 11, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Thread by Thomas Massie:
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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annabower.bsky.social
“If these deficiencies were the result of intentional action, the election records identified in Attachment B are evidence of violations of Title 52 U.S.C. §§ 20511 and 20701.”

IF???

It’s almost as IF the entire point of this warrant affidavit is to show probable cause of intentional violations!!
CONCLUSION 84. If these deficiencies were the result of intentional action, the election records identified in Attachment B are evidence of violations of Title 52 U.S.C. §§ 20511 and 20701. Seizure of the election records would corroborate the analysis that evinces that election records were destroyed and or the tabulation of votes included materially false votes, either through duplicated scanning of specific ballots, interjection of pristine ballots, or other methods described above. I request that the Court issue the proposed search warrant. 85. I further request that the Court order that all papers in support of this application,
February 10, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
Chris Christie: So many of my fellow party members come up to me…in the green room at ABC, they'll say, 'You're so brave. That's so great. I totally agree with you. Trump's nuts.' ... Then on camera to be interviewed, and they go, ‘The greatest president since Abraham Lincoln.’ ...
February 10, 2026 at 11:08 PM
julieweisberg.bsky.social
I just backed @rifftrax.com Makes @mst3kofficial.bsky.social ! — Four NEW episodes in 2026!

and you can too!! 🤓🤟

p.s. did I mention The Mads are back?!?
RiffTrax Makes MST3K! — Four NEW episodes in 2026!
Mike, Kevin, and Bill are heading back to the Satellite of Love for Mystery Science Theater 3000: THE RIFFTRAX EXPERIMENTS!
www.kickstarter.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
julieweisberg.bsky.social
IT’S PITCHERS & CATCHERS REPORTING DAY FOR MY RED SOX!!

LGRS!!! 🔴
a frog mascot is holding a flag in a stadium
ALT: a frog mascot is holding a flag in a stadium
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:01 PM
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johnmoe.bsky.social
One more thought about Bad Bunny.

If a performance is in Spanish and you don’t speak Spanish, there are two responses you can have.

A. Huh. I wish I spoke Spanish. That’d be cool. Maybe I should learn.

B. My lack of knowledge should dictate the decisions of others.

A is a more interesting life.
February 10, 2026 at 4:41 AM
julieweisberg.bsky.social
lmfao!! 🥃
beijingpalmer.bsky.social BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 1d
this is what happens when you give up on a golden idea like Whisky Fridays.
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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beijingpalmer.bsky.social
this is what happens when you give up on a golden idea like Whisky Fridays.
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM