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Daniel B. Thompson
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Performing arts nonprofit type. dead inside, queer, pedantic - yes, I'm great at parties.
Contact for work stuff: www.dbttheater.com or directly at dbt@dbttheater.com
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Put my tea in a clear mug and now the neighbors probably think I'm out here drinking a beer in the garden at 11 AM.
Tall glass mug filled with an amber color tea, resting on a bench in an outdoor garden. The shape of the mug and the color of the tea resembles a mug of light beer.
November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Cat in a box
Photograph of a calico cat sitting in a white "cat house" box. The front of the box has a cutout in the shape of a cat's head. The cat is sitting in the box, facing toward the camera through the cutout, positioned on such a way that her ears and face perfectly align with the cutout shapes, creating a humorous illusion.
October 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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The grouchy non-cuddler mentioned above, HRH Little Cat
A gray, white, and black striped older female shorthair cat sits outside by a cement porch and glares at the camera.
September 25, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Fluffy baby demands love
Picture of a long-hair calico cat cuddled up to a man in a reddish hoodie. Text overlaid on the photo reads, "This fluffy lil Potato will come and get right in your face and demand cuddles. Total opposite of the Little Cat."
September 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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This Cat Is On Drugs
A striped gray and white house cat on a weathered outdoor bench, staring into space. A small sprig of partially chewed catnip is on the bench to her right.
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The fam: wow, the cats really like you
Me: I'm just their drug dealer
Photo of a calico cat on a bench with a sprig of catnip
September 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Photo of a young long-haired calico cat outdoors, looking up at the sky with a bewildered expression. The caption reads: "The face of a kitty who can hear an owl and does not know what the fuck it is"
September 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Today, Hunter Biden's lawyers asked for a bench warrant to issue for Patrick Byrne, former Overstock CEO, for ignoring yet another court order.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Plaintiff Robert Hunter Biden, by and through his attorneys of record, hereby applies Ex Parte to this Court for the issuance of a bench warrant for the arrest of Defendant Patrick M. Byrne for failure to comply with the Court’s Order dated August 29, 2025 (ECF No. 330). Notice cannot be given to Defendant because he is unrepresented by counsel and has failed to provide his contact information to Plaintiff as ordered by the Court and as required by the Court’s Local Civil Rules and has been non-responsive to Court orders.
September 14, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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2018? Maybe? I don't remember exactly.
today I feel like the sound of leather soles tapping on linoleum tiles: tuneless, like raindrops on a lake and wind in the bristles of the pines and sibilant esses slipping into speech (the soft voices of silent things) Can you hear the beating of my heart? Does it speak to you in words of blood and lust, inflamed with passion? Can you hear the breath in my lungs, heavy with words unspoken? (there are no words in our speech and we speak only of nothing) tomorrow I shall feel like a ticking clock in the wee hours of morning, like the clicking of door-latches and footsteps in the snow and the breaking of glass (ripples in the stillness of my soul)
September 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Biden's counsel moved for contempt sanctions, resulting in Judge Wilson's 8/28 order for Byrne to show cause within 14 days or face sanctions ranging from "substantial" fines to a bench warrant for his arrest, and/or a default judgement.

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Cropped screenshot from a court order in Biden v. Byrne, reading: It is therefore apparently within the Court’s discretion to fashion remedial relief, provided it is the least coercive sanction reasonably calculated to win compliance with its orders. See U.S. v. Flores, 628 F.2d 521, 527. This may include the application of substantial monetary sanctions on Defendant for each day he fails to respond to Plaintiff’s discovery requests or appear personally before the court. However, considering Defendant’s alleged wealth and in light of the fact that Defendant has failed to make even one personal appearance before this Court, this Court may well calculate that a bench warrant for Defendant’s arrest is the only reasonable mechanism for ensuring that Defendant appears as ordered. Otherwise, if the above sanctions prove ineffective, default judgment in favor of Plaintiff may be appropriate as a last resort. In fairness to Defendant, this Court offers a final opportunity for Defendant to show cause why the Court should not promptly take such action. IV. Conclusion For the foregoing reasons, Defendant Byrne is ORDERED within 14 days to show cause why the Court should not issue sanctions against him and hold him in civil contempt. The Court VACATES the September 8, 2025, Order to Show Cause hearing. IT IS SO ORDERED.
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Byrne did not provide contact info or respond to any messages from Biden's lawyers or court staff. Byrne was ordered to personally appear at a status conference on August 18th and again failed to appear.
Cropped screenshot from a court order in Biden v Byrne, reading: However, in direct violation of the Court’s order from July 30, Defendant has provided neither email nor physical address to Plaintiff and remans unresponsive to Plaintiff and the Court. See ECF No. 327 (“Appl.”) at 3:9-11. This behavior by Defendant has hindered Plaintiff’s attempts to conduct the court-ordered limited discovery. Moreover, at the status conference on August 18, 2025, Defendant again failed to personally appear, in direct violation of the Court’s order. ECF No. 326.
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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As Byrne was now unrepresented and not present, the Court postponed the trial to the next day. Byrne did not appear and the Court delayed proceedings for two weeks so that Byrne could hire new counsel. Byrne was ordered to provide contact info and respond to reopened discovery on his finances.
A cropped screenshot from a court order in Biden v. Byrne, reading: Moreover, Defendant himself, now unrepresented, failed to appear at trial. Accordingly, the Court issued an order to show cause why it should not enter default judgment and ordered the parties to return the next day. At that hearing, on July 30, 2025, Defendant again failed to appear. Mr. Yu, who was not authorized to represent Defendant at trial, argued on Defendant’s behalf for a continuance, in lieu of default judgment. See ECF No. 307. After hearing arguments, the Court weighed relevant public interest factors, declined to issue default judgment, and instead allowed a continuance until October 14, 2025, so that Defendant could retain counsel. Id. Moreover, as a sanction for Defendant’s conduct, the Court reopened limited discovery to allow Plaintiff to investigate Defendant’s financial condition and correspondingly ordered Defendant to (1) provide Plaintiff with an email address for electronic service or a physical address for mail or overnight delivery service of documents, and (2) respond to any written discovery requests from Plaintiff within fourteen days. Id. Furthermore, on August 14, 2025, the Court set a status conference for August 18, 2025, and ordered Defendant to appear personally. ECF No. 318. To ensure Defendant had actual notice, the Court sent copies of the above orders to Defendant’s current, active email address, as confirmed by Mr. Murphy, Defendant’s erstwhile attorney. 1 [Footnote] 1 Mr. Murphy furnished this Court with Defendant’s active email address within days of serving as Defendant’s counsel of record. Moreover, Defendant is a highly educated, sophisticated litigant, with pending lawsuits in two other district courts. Defendant’s active engagement in replacing counsel in these proceedings also demonstrates Defendant’s particular attentiveness to this case. These facts militate to establish that Defendant was actually and timely made aware of these orders.
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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On July 29th, the morning of the trial, Byrne (not present), fired his trial attorney and tried to replace him with new lawyers - Eric Neff, Tom Yu, and Stephanie Lambert. Judge Wilson denied Lambert's PHV application for unethical conduct. Byrne then immediately fired Yu & Neff over the phone.
Cropped screenshot of text from a court order in Biden v Byrne, reading: ... proceedings, Defendant’s lead trial attorney was Michael Murphy. See ECF No. 68. However, on the morning of trial, Defendant terminated Mr. Murphy without warning, delaying proceedings at the expense of Plaintiff and this Court. Defendant initially attempted to replace Mr. Murphy with three new lawyers: Eric Neff, Tom Yu, and Stefanie Lynn Lambert Junttila. ECF Nos. 290, 291, 292. Ms. Lambert was not a member of the California Bar, and her application to appear pro hac vice could not be granted due to her recent history of unethical conduct, which gave the Court reason to doubt she would abide by the Court’s rules and practices. ECF No. 295. When Defendant learned that Ms. Lambert was not qualified to represent him in this case, Defendant also instructed Mr. Neff and Mr. Yu to remove themselves. ECF No. 311
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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ICYMI: District Court Judge Stephen Wilson threatens Patrick Byrne with civil contempt sanctions up to a bench warrant and default judgement in Hunter Biden's defamation suit after all of his lawyers were fired or disqualified on the day of the trial and Byrne failed to appear in court three times.
Screenshot of the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY DEFENDANT PATRICK BYRNE SHOULD NOT BE SANCTIONED OR HELD IN CIVIL CONTEMPT in Biden v. Byrne, Case No. 2:23-cv-09430-SVW-PD in the US District Court for the Central District of California. Most of the page is the document header with case details. The relevant text reads: I. Introduction - The Court hereby orders Patrick Byrne, Defendant, to show cause why additional sanctions should not be entered for failure to comply with discovery, and why Defendant should not be held in civil contempt for violation of multiple court orders.
September 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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I shared this image back in June 2020 and mocked their sloppy mall cop fascist aesthetic: there's literally lines on the ground and they're still not in straight lines and a friend responded and said "Don't wanna look choreographed. Too gay," and she ain't wrong.
August 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Hermandad, Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo por Octavio Paz, traducido del español por Eliot Weinberger

Brotherhood, Homage to Claudius Ptolemy by Octavio Paz, translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
Black text on a white background, reading: Hermandad Homenaje a Claudio Ptolomeo Soy hombre: duro poco y es enorme la noche. Pero miro hacia arriba: las estrellas escriben. Sin entender comprendo: también soy escritura y en este mismo instante alguien me deletrea. Brotherhood Homage to Claudius Ptolemy I am a man: little do I last and the night is enormous. But I look up: the stars write. Unknowing I understand: I too am written, and at this very moment someone spells me out.
August 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Spoken by Macbeth, King of Scotland in "The Tragedie of Macbeth" by William Shakespeare - (Act V, Scene V, lines 19–28)

apropos of nothing
Black text on a white background. The text is a quote from the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. The text reads: "Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing."
August 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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Can't you save us, Britney Spears?
Can we be saved?

God!

Why is Satan controlling the universe?

!

- Juliette Lewis (2018)

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August 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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when the blackberry bramble is doing it this summer
Photo of blackberry crumble with vanilla ice cream and fresh blackberries, garnished with mint.
August 9, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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"Silent Things" (2018)
Image of a poem by Daniel B. Thompson. White text on a black background reads "Silent Things today I feel like the sound of leather soles tapping on linoleum tiles: tuneless, like raindrops on a lake and wind in the bristles of the pines and sibilant esses slipping into speech (the soft voices of silent things) Can you hear the beating of my heart? Does it speak to you in words of blood and lust, inflamed with passion? Can you hear the breath in my lungs, heavy with words unspoken? (there are no words in our speech and we only speak of nothing) tomorrow I shall feel like a ticking clock in the wee hours of the morning, like the clicking of door-latches and footsteps in snow and the breaking of glass (ripples in the stillness of my soul)"
August 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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ICYMI: Judge Emmett Sullivan is having feelings(!!) in CREW v. OMB

shot/chaser

h/t to @justsecurity.org litigation tracker
An image of black text on a white background. It is an excerpt from a court judgement, which reads "...they have the right to report on and re-publish this information. As explained in this Memorandum Opinion, there is nothing unconstitutional about Congress requiring the Executive Branch to inform the public of how it is apportioning the public’s money. Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law! Plaintiffs Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in..." The sentence 'Defendants are therefore required to stop violating the law!' is highlighted in yellow. An image of black text on a white background. It is an screenshot of a text court order on a court docket, which reads, "...requested such relief from the Court of Appeals. As to the second, this is the first time Defendants have made the request-despite multiple rounds of briefing-and provide no points and authorities in support of it. The Court will not be complicit in further delaying Plaintiff and the public of information they are entitled to know as a matter of federal law!! Signed by Judge Emmet G. Sullivan on 7/23/2025. (lcegs2)" The sentence 'The Court will not be complicit in further delaying Plaintiff and the public of information they are entitled to know as a matter of federal law!!' is highlighted in lavender.
August 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM