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Justin
@virtualjustin.bsky.social
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Washingtonian (the non-state Washington), bulldog lover 🐶, and avid reader 🏳️‍🌈

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virtualjustin.bsky.social
An image of Canadian actress Katherine O’Hara as the Schitt’s Creek character Moira Rose, providing the following advice: “Take a thousand naked pictures of yourself now. You may currently think, “Oh, I’m too spooky.” Or, “nobody wants to see these tiny boobies.” But, believe me, one day you will look at those photos with much kinder eyes.”
January 30, 2026 at 6:23 PM
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theonion.com
Stand With The Sinister Minnesotans Against ICE https://store.theonion.com/products/sinister-minnesotans-t-shirt?variant=44569654984773
Stand With The Sinister Minnesotans Against ICE Net proceeds will be donated to local organizations in Minnesota
January 24, 2026 at 7:30 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
My (almost!) 3-year old nephew insisted on giving me these for Christmas. I don’t have the heart to get rid of them, but what on earth am I going to do with eight ugly dolls in my apartment?? 😩
A brown cardboard box that contains a variety of Fuggler (Funny Ugly Monster) figurines. Each figurine is different, multicolored, and displays a variety of unsightly rictuses, mottled fur, and garish colors.
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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brennancenter.org
We need a constitutional amendment to restore reasonable limits on money in politics. Watch to hear top pollster Celinda Lake and the Brennan Center’s Daniel Weiner discuss solutions to combat corruption on the latest The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/4pR1hII
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
@aussie-himbo.bsky.social reporting his second-tier children
A man sits on the floor and repots snake plants in small containers.
January 18, 2026 at 8:18 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Thank you for my once-a-year cappuccino, @onlydans.bsky.social! ☕️

(Celebrity guest appearance inside of his own home by @aussie-himbo.bsky.social)
A large coffee cup filled with foam is in the foreground. In the background, a man lays on his back on a couch while scrolling through his smartphone.
January 18, 2026 at 7:04 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Finally took down and put away all of the Christmas decorations inside of my apartment. Please clap.
January 17, 2026 at 3:22 AM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
It turns out I participated in the ten-year challenge back in 2016, so here is me in 2006 (left) and then 2016 (right).
Side-by-side selfies of the same man. The left-side image is a man wearing a black crew neck sweater; the right-side image is a man wearing a red, green, and blue plaid shirt.
January 16, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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onlydans.bsky.social
Negroni
January 11, 2026 at 4:45 AM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
A friend suggested that I give The StoryGraph another try. It’s an app similar to Goodreads but without the concerns associated with incorporating more of your life/data into an Amazon-controlled ecosystem. Do other Bluesky book readers have experience with it?

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Sign In | The StoryGraph
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January 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
About last night. Happy new year, everyone!
A man with dark brown hair takes a selfie in a bathroom mirror. He is wearing a blue and white striped shirt and wearing a pair of paper eyeglasses with a paper crown affixed to its “bridge.” Celebratory paper garland hanging on a living room wall. The garland says “H-A-P-P-Y-N-E-W-Y-E-A-R-2-0-2-6.” Custom printed Oreo cookies with an image of a dog on its back in front of the US Capitol Building. A kitchen table with a variety of snacks on top of it.
January 1, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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anamariecox.bsky.social
Hey if you haven't seen it! youtu.be/GvCmeuJyT9g?...
That OU Essay Is Supposed to Be Bad | An Editor’s Note
YouTube video by Ana Marie Cox
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December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
I managed to read 31 books this year. Most were from @foreignaffairs.com’s Best of 2024 list that they released last December. With few exceptions (I’m primarily looking at you, “What Is Queer Food” 😒), I enjoyed or loved every book I mashed to get through in 2025!
Front cover images for the following books: Autocracy, Inc. by Anne Applebaum Why War by Richard Overy Underground Empire, by Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman Paper Soldiers by Saleha Mohsin The Last Colony by Philippe Sands A Day in the Life of Abed Salama by Nathan Thrall The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen Stag Dance by Torrey Peters The Privatization of Everythjng by Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian Front cover images for the following books: Let Only Red Flowers Bloom by Emily Feng How the World Ran Out of Everything by Peter S. Goodman The Mesopotamian Riddle by Joshua Hammer Anansi’s Gold by Yepoka Yeebo The Golden Road by William Dalrymple When the Harvest Comes by Denne Michele Norris Takeover by Timothy W. Ryback Tequila Wars by Ted Genoways Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams Front covers of the following books: Strangers in the Land by Michael Luo A Great Disorder by Richard Slotkin The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman The Rebel’s Clinic by Adam Shatz What is Queer Food by John Birdsall Proto by Laura Spinney Friday Night Lights by H.G. Bissinger Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard Front book covers of the following books: Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt ‘Tis by Frank McCourt The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison The Color Purple by Alice Walker
December 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Hello, idiopathic subconjunctival hemorrhage. 👁️
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com
spotted on the nats 2026 giveaway calendar. lock in
its a may 15, 2026 giveaway for the beltway series against the orioles the hat has a red brim and cream colored top with "bad day to be a 🌭" written on it
December 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Ungh this woman sitting a row ahead of me on my Amtrak from DC to NYC is coughing uncontrollably and wearing a face mask. 😷 🤧 🤒
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Whenever I have to go out of town on a trip, I can never manage to fall asleep.
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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charlesjensen.bsky.social
Thinking so much about how every client's wishlist was physical or financial, and no one asked for someone kind, loving, sensitive, or funny. Those qualities are the most enduring in a partner. Bodies and careers change a lot faster than personalities do.
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
A woman just stopped by my office and gave me a dozen cupcakes and a Bundt cake “just because!” 😦

Shoutout to the Severna Park “Nothing Bundt Cakes” location for their generosity!
A white cardboard box with blue dots sits in a countertop, with a vanilla Bundt cake sits atop wrapped in clear plastic.
December 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
It's been well over twenty years, and this will probably make absolutely zero sense to anyone else except me, but I just thought about when a classmate of mine misunderstood the word "烟" for "秘密" and was asking around the bar if anyone had any that they could give him, to super confused stares.
December 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
So “Heated Rivalry” is actually good (so far) 👀
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Watching Pluribus on AppleTV - the concept is interesting but Carol is still pretty insufferable in Episode 3.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Twenty-inch super rat? And it flies??
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
virtualjustin.bsky.social
Tonight’s viewing: Good Boy (2025) 🐶

Plus Taco Bell tacos and Baja Blast. 😅
Movie poster for Good Boy (2025). A golden retriever stands before a group of menacing black shadows.
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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stevevladeck.bsky.social
The Trump administration’s military strikes on alleged drug boats are “blatantly unlawful as a matter of U.S. domestic law—and a quickly spreading stain on whatever is left of the executive branch’s commitment to the rule of law.”

Me on “extrajudicial killings” in the latest issue of “One First”:
188. Five Questions About "Extrajudicial Killings"
There is no obvious legal argument to support President Trump's expanding campaign of strikes against alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. And the implications are even scarier.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM