Mike Morearty
@mmorearty.bsky.social
Recently-retired software engineer. Liberal politics, tech, EVs, pickleball, Fotinos Vineyard (fotinos.com)
wow! love this
One of the biggest moments of my career:
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
December 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
wow! love this
@moskov.goodventures.org I didn’t know you did this! www.threads.com/@ririsituveu...
@ririsituveux on Threads
Ten years separate these two photos 🥲
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December 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
@moskov.goodventures.org I didn’t know you did this! www.threads.com/@ririsituveu...
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Dreamed I got a chastising message at work that said, “You should know the names of all the Muppets,” and someone stuck up for me, saying, “I don’t think this one has a name,” and they attached a picture of like a white Gonzo with no eyes
December 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Dreamed I got a chastising message at work that said, “You should know the names of all the Muppets,” and someone stuck up for me, saying, “I don’t think this one has a name,” and they attached a picture of like a white Gonzo with no eyes
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
@debamlen.bsky.social Hi Deb! [spoiler below] In today’s Wordplay column, I think your explanation of the answer to 9 down, “Plan B, for seniors,” is incorrect. “Safety school” refers to a backup university if a senior doesn’t get into their first choice.
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
@debamlen.bsky.social Hi Deb! [spoiler below] In today’s Wordplay column, I think your explanation of the answer to 9 down, “Plan B, for seniors,” is incorrect. “Safety school” refers to a backup university if a senior doesn’t get into their first choice.
It’s just one insanely illegal act after another www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
It’s just one insanely illegal act after another www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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i really hate when we talk about books like they're shopping lists of tropes
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
i really hate when we talk about books like they're shopping lists of tropes
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Why are there so few (none?) news stories about individual ICE agents themselves? Who they are, what motivates them, any moral dilemmas they face? Why aren’t protesters trying to get some to speak out?
October 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Why are there so few (none?) news stories about individual ICE agents themselves? Who they are, what motivates them, any moral dilemmas they face? Why aren’t protesters trying to get some to speak out?
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BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/
October 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge finds that there is evidence Kilmar Abrego was VINDICTIVELY PROSECUTED. The judge GRANTS Abrego's motion for discovery and a hearing, and the government must now PROVE it did not vindictively prosecute Mr. Abrego. 1/
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the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
September 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
the kimmel thing is bad but as long as they arent rounding people up indiscriminately based on race, building concentration camps and talking about eradicating those they deem sexual deviants, i think we’ll be ok
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If you enjoy…
Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays
… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays
… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
If you enjoy…
Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays
… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Weekends
Safe working conditions
Retirement benefits
Paid vacations
Breaks at work
Sick leave
Paid holidays
… then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
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They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections electionlawblog.org?p=151533
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks Potential Demolition of Section 2 of Voting Rights Act by Setting Argument October 15 in Louisiana Case, Possibly in Time to Affect 2026 Midterm Elections #ELB
We know the Supreme Court dallied a long time in setting the Louisiana case for reargument, only recently adding a doozy of a question in this racial gerrymandering case that could tee up a potential ...
electionlawblog.org
August 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.
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Oh so it does have phd level intelligence
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
August 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Oh so it does have phd level intelligence
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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ChatGPT’s memory is getting more and more human-like. If you ask, “What was my most recent chat with you about?” it will probably answer correctly.
May 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ChatGPT’s memory is getting more and more human-like. If you ask, “What was my most recent chat with you about?” it will probably answer correctly.
Microsoft branding at its best
May 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Microsoft branding at its best
YES
AOC: "We need to be talking about ICE agents and the cowardly policy of covering their faces
May 12, 2025 at 6:00 AM
YES
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Should I be alarmed by this interaction with my orthodontist’s office
May 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Should I be alarmed by this interaction with my orthodontist’s office
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Full quote: “The world’s richest man has been involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children,” Gates told me, exhibiting a rare burst of real anger about the cuts to U.S.A.I.D. “He put it in the wood chipper, because he didn’t go to a party that weekend.”
May 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Full quote: “The world’s richest man has been involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children,” Gates told me, exhibiting a rare burst of real anger about the cuts to U.S.A.I.D. “He put it in the wood chipper, because he didn’t go to a party that weekend.”
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Very insightful, and I think she’s got a good point here:
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Very insightful, and I think she’s got a good point here: