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Best Samaritan
@mcniel.bsky.social
Earth-enjoyer.
This is my marriage
after tonight we will know the answer to the question, "is an extremely gassed 30 year old still more athletic than a very well rested 40 year old"
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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He’ll never get elected. Norms will restrain him. Mueller will get him. He can’t come back from J6. No way he’ll get re-elected. Epstein will bring him down. He’s overplayed his hand. He has dementia. This isn’t who we are. (Fables of the Trumpocene)
August 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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It's become clear that this administration is just a protracted war on anybody who's read a book without pictures in it. It's a miracle we're all still getting up and going to work every morning. The psychological drain is the point, and I'm increasingly grateful to the people who are still decent.
July 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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At the newsletter right now: A Texas woman was just released from jail after five months - FOR A MISCARRIAGE.

While she was jailed, the county turned her fetal remains over to a crisis pregnancy center - which then named the fetus and gave it a public funeral.

jessica.substack.com/p/texas-jail...
Five Months in Jail—for a Miscarriage
5.20.25
jessica.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
@jonbois.bsky.social mattress time
April 29, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Two cops most likely
As a long time public defender/criminal defense attorney, I can think of only two clients ever who talked to the cops & walked out of trial not guilty.

Two. Out of hundreds who talked.

Talking to the cops gets you prison time. Miranda said shut the fuck up. Listen to Miranda.
April 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Angel of the Lord: He is not here, He is risen, just as He said.
Come and see the place where He lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead.

Alito: Okay, first of all, this violates ALL sorts of rules

Thomas: This was a LAWFUL execution, who is God to interfere
April 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
An appeal to heaven
it remains endlessly fascinating that trump’s most reliable SCOTUS votes aren’t the ones he nominated
April 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I love slime mold. Great organism. No notes #gardening
April 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Starlink the dams and grok runs flood control
maybe spacex can run it.
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Perfect alt
i mean literally a third grader could tell you why one design landed perfectly on the first try and the other one failed twice
March 8, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Roma to blame
January 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
January 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Trump is right about Canada. My ancestors crossed the Bering Strait land bridge 20,000 years ago
My dad -- who was born in the Panama Canal Zone by the way
December 24, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Best Christmas Days:
1. Friday
2. Tuesday
3. Saturday
4. Thursday
5. Wednesday
6. Sunday
7. Monday
December 23, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Step negative 1 in AA
I did not realize that was an option
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 PM
I'm the type of romantic that believes some day there will be a little surprise ice cream treat inside the freezer when I check into a hotel room.
December 16, 2024 at 10:26 PM
NJ never had a Bedminster drone problem until Trump was elected. Just saying
Hope Adam is correct…?
New Jersey drone sightings are the 21st century’s War of the Worlds
December 13, 2024 at 6:07 AM
dang I just cancelled myself
December 12, 2024 at 10:25 PM
expensive chicken nugget lunch spot
Signed Soto ✍️
December 12, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Post a PERFECT album from the 90’s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam
December 11, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Banning fig newtons?!? The most innocent of snacks
Timestamps still work if I use xitter in a web browser. I deleted the app from my phone.
December 5, 2024 at 2:44 AM
I worked at a healthcare company where the CEO refused the nicest office because of "too many windows for snipers"
December 4, 2024 at 6:29 PM