Ira Wray
@wemetintheair.bsky.social
Raconteur. Racketeer. Rocketeer? Extremely casual gourmand. #lalege and #lagov lurker. Opinions are mine alone. Keep your dice fine and your roux dark.
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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I feel like a lot of us in the comedy world failed the world at large when we stayed silent despite knowing all about Cosby and Louis so let me say right now that Steve Martin has eaten one banjo a year for the last 25 years
November 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I feel like a lot of us in the comedy world failed the world at large when we stayed silent despite knowing all about Cosby and Louis so let me say right now that Steve Martin has eaten one banjo a year for the last 25 years
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[picture of Don Jr. and Eric making the face Daniel Craig makes when he watches Tom Hanks and Paul Newman playing piano together in "Road to Perdition"]
Played him like a fiddle.
the son he always wanted
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
[picture of Don Jr. and Eric making the face Daniel Craig makes when he watches Tom Hanks and Paul Newman playing piano together in "Road to Perdition"]
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THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS
The solar system is mad at us
Skies over North America erupted this week with shimmering colors. The sudden spate of auroral activity may leave some Americans wondering: Are the northern lights becoming more common?
Are northern lights happening more frequently? What’s behind the recent activity.
In the past two years, we’ve had three widespread auroral displays across the United States. Is that normal?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The solar system is mad at us
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An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
November 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
An interesting tidbit in the joint status report filed in the Broadview ICE facility case today:
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
ICE says video from inside the facility "between October 19, 2025, and October 31, 2025, has been irretrievably destroyed" and can't be produced in discovery.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...
Kind of wild to give this the superficial local color story treatment and very abruptly and deliberately stop there
Accepted a mission to find the Baton Rouge restaurant with a trapdoor to a secret backroom
Ever read about a “secret backroom” in Baton Rouge and wondered if it’s real? When a friend challenged Jan Risher to find it, she couldn’t resist. Spoiler: there’s a trap door involved.
www.theadvocate.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Kind of wild to give this the superficial local color story treatment and very abruptly and deliberately stop there
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trying to explain to an alien that you can make a stinky face when music is bad but it’s also normal to do so when it’s good
October 17, 2025 at 3:12 AM
trying to explain to an alien that you can make a stinky face when music is bad but it’s also normal to do so when it’s good
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“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business
November 2, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Oh poor people can buy popsicles with food stamps” shut the fuck up the government gives perverts a trillion dollars in government money each year for pervert factories for billionaires the fucking popsicles are none of your fuckin business
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A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
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In video provided exclusively to MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime, immigration agents are seen attempting to pull a man out a window of a Chicago home. Agents also jumped a fence into the locked backyard and manhandled people doing work. Hear from the homeowner tonight on The Weekend: Primetime.
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In video provided exclusively to MSNBC's The Weekend: Primetime, immigration agents are seen attempting to pull a man out a window of a Chicago home. Agents also jumped a fence into the locked backyard and manhandled people doing work. Hear from the homeowner tonight on The Weekend: Primetime.
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To say that the majority of Trek fans are right wing and that women don’t *really* like it is something that only a real trek fan would know that only a fake Trek fan would say
October 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
To say that the majority of Trek fans are right wing and that women don’t *really* like it is something that only a real trek fan would know that only a fake Trek fan would say
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Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Voting Rights Act is not a relic. It is a living promise to all Americans that our democracy belongs to everyone,” Representatives Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, Louisiana’s only Black members of Congress, write in a guest essay.
“The Voting Rights Act is not a relic. It is a living promise to all Americans that our democracy belongs to everyone,” Representatives Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, Louisiana’s only Black members of Congress, write in a guest essay.
Opinion | The Shadow of Jim Crow Looms Over the Supreme Court
Will Black voters continue to have an opportunity to elect representatives of their choice, or will decades of hard-won progress disappear?
nyti.ms
October 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“The Voting Rights Act is not a relic. It is a living promise to all Americans that our democracy belongs to everyone,” Representatives Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, Louisiana’s only Black members of Congress, write in a guest essay.
“The Voting Rights Act is not a relic. It is a living promise to all Americans that our democracy belongs to everyone,” Representatives Troy Carter and Cleo Fields, Louisiana’s only Black members of Congress, write in a guest essay.
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this is basically portland's version of a haka
Portland enacts emergency powers of nudity to check federal overreach.
October 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
this is basically portland's version of a haka
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Edward T. Blake, the forensic scientist who sparked the innocence movement, helping to free thousands of wrongfully convicted people, has died at 80.
Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Innocence Movement
He was the first to use PCR testing on crime-scene DNA, inspiring a practice that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people.
nyti.ms
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Edward T. Blake, the forensic scientist who sparked the innocence movement, helping to free thousands of wrongfully convicted people, has died at 80.
@pftompkins.bsky.social great job on Crowd Control!
I know you announced the availability of Spontaneanation, but I’m having trouble finding a working feed link - everywhere I go it’s just the Neighborhood Listen plug, Superego Wuthering Heights, and a 4-minute concept intro. Is there a new feed?
I know you announced the availability of Spontaneanation, but I’m having trouble finding a working feed link - everywhere I go it’s just the Neighborhood Listen plug, Superego Wuthering Heights, and a 4-minute concept intro. Is there a new feed?
September 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
@pftompkins.bsky.social great job on Crowd Control!
I know you announced the availability of Spontaneanation, but I’m having trouble finding a working feed link - everywhere I go it’s just the Neighborhood Listen plug, Superego Wuthering Heights, and a 4-minute concept intro. Is there a new feed?
I know you announced the availability of Spontaneanation, but I’m having trouble finding a working feed link - everywhere I go it’s just the Neighborhood Listen plug, Superego Wuthering Heights, and a 4-minute concept intro. Is there a new feed?
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Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened
The flags were lowered last night around the base by order of President Trump after the killing of Charlie Kirk and will stay at half-staff on this U.S. outpost in southeast Cuba until sunset on Sunday.
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Lowering the flags on 9/11 at the Guantanamo Bay McDonald's for Charlie Kirk is the most dril tweet thing that's ever happened
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Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
Epstein Birthday Letter With Trump’s Signature Revealed
Lawyers for Epstein’s estate have given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book.
on.wsj.com
September 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Exclusive: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has given Congress a copy of the 2003 birthday book, including the letter with Trump’s signature that he has said doesn’t exist.
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I need your help. Project Nola has thousands of banned Chinese cameras hidden around New Orleans. NOPD is using them to illegally spy on us. We can only imagine what Trump’s FBI is doing with them. If you spot a camera: reply with the location and a pic
August 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I need your help. Project Nola has thousands of banned Chinese cameras hidden around New Orleans. NOPD is using them to illegally spy on us. We can only imagine what Trump’s FBI is doing with them. If you spot a camera: reply with the location and a pic
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This reveal that a character is blind is maybe the funnest thing I’ve ever seen
September 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This reveal that a character is blind is maybe the funnest thing I’ve ever seen
Ladies and gentlemen, your next Secretary of HHS, probably
August 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, your next Secretary of HHS, probably
Two of my regular babysitters do not know how to play checkers. One of them has never had raspberries. I’m not sure what all this points to, but it really really bums me out
August 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Two of my regular babysitters do not know how to play checkers. One of them has never had raspberries. I’m not sure what all this points to, but it really really bums me out