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lake effect kid
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what is law, really // opinions are my own // he/him

chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
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Every TikTok I see about Chicago, I post "Chicago is the greatest city in the world" and get a chorus of "hell yeah" replies. And you may ask yourself, why do people love Chicago so much?

It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
I'm getting ads for gay dating apps now. Come on man
December 30, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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It feels like it’s 2 °F outside yet everyone’s still out and about enjoying the free walkable park on Monday night in late December.
December 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I had an absolutely wonderful time chatting with Will Poulter at a Halloween party this year.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie

Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tonight I get to watch one of the best episodes of TV of all time.

www.imdb.com/title/tt5960...
"Billions" Golden Frog Time (TV Episode 2017) ⭐ 9.6 | Drama
58m | TV-MA
www.imdb.com
December 30, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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And another thing about Heated Rivalry: THIS IS WHY YOU DO CHEMISTRY READS. BRING 👏🏻 BACK 👏🏻 CHEMISTRY 👏🏻 READS !!!!!
December 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Grades will start trickling in soon. Grab your noise-canceling headphones and power through. You are enough.

DM for support. Happy New Year!
I try to offer a bit of corny but sincere advice at the end of each semester for the 1Ls.

Root for yourself. That’s it. If anyone else joins in, great. But if they don’t, you’re going to be fine.

It seems intuitive, but I didn’t have it down until this semester. Good luck and happy holidays!
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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lawyers take heed
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A friend is interested in buying or building a PC. Given standalone component prices, it seems like pre built might actually be competitive right now. Anyone have thoughts or recs?
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
More pickles for me
my predictions for 2026:

in: physical media, dogs with human names

out: pickles, billionaires
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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A certain segment of the hard right is clearly using anti-Israel sentiment, shading into overt antisemitism, to distinguish themselves from Trump, to represent the next generation of the MAGA movement, and to attract a crossover left-wing audience. It is incumbent on leftists not to fall for this.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Vibes are off this week. Can we just, you know, not?
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The shift from "sir this is a Wendy's" to "just put the fries in the bag" indicates a cultural rightward shift; whereas the former is making fun of someone by implying they're a customer doing too much, the latter is making fun of someone by implying they're a *worker* & should know their place
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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“i don’t like either party”
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Billions is such a fucking great show. Phenomenal rewatch
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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i find it somewhat irrationally annoying that this person born in india is out here perverting our civil rights laws on behalf of the racist "america first" xenophobic pigs
assistant attorney general for the civil rights division lol
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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i love chicago so much
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I would like the Bears to win please
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Trump’s Assistant AG for Civil Rights is out here calling her fellow Republicans “hoes” and “r*tards” on Elon’s 88chan during the winter holidays, as one does.
Assistant AG for civil rights at DOJ Harmeet Dhillon is on a tear and pissing off a lot of MAGAts in the process 🍿
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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dudes rock and rule
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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This kind of AI is essentially demonic, more and more people are saying
anyway please do not try to fuck Wire Mother. we have so so many myths and legends about this and none of them end “and it worked out great!”
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
cannot fucking handle my family dude.
December 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
mannnnnnnnnnnnn
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I need TikTok to stop acting like videos my friends posted months ago are brand new bc I just like them reflexively and it makes me seem like I'm digging through their content
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Unbelievably fucking rainy in Chicago today but I still made it out to have coffee with a friend to talk about organizing :)
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM