Mithradates
@mithradatesvi.bsky.social
Teacher / lawyer: health law, contracts, ethics. UChicago Law alum. Interests in cooking, video games, jazz. Skeets are exclusively jokes. Reskeets and likes are strictly by accident.
People online are claiming this is a photo of Herman Rorschach, inventor of the Rorschach test, but all I see is a rather distressing looking butterfly.
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
People online are claiming this is a photo of Herman Rorschach, inventor of the Rorschach test, but all I see is a rather distressing looking butterfly.
I try not to post anything that identifies me too much online, but I’ll make an exception for my beauty.
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I try not to post anything that identifies me too much online, but I’ll make an exception for my beauty.
The print edition of The Onion was worth it for this alone.
November 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The print edition of The Onion was worth it for this alone.
I was vaguely aware of the Japanese shipgirl thing, and having now looked it up in response to this post, I want to know a whole lot less.
November 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I was vaguely aware of the Japanese shipgirl thing, and having now looked it up in response to this post, I want to know a whole lot less.
As mausoleums for democracy go, not that bad. Definitely achieving the intended effect.
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
As mausoleums for democracy go, not that bad. Definitely achieving the intended effect.
I don’t think we have GDP numbers that divide productivity up in that way. We do have median wages, which do appear to be higher in Mississippi than in the UK. (I did check Google’s citations. The UK citation is reputable. I wouldn’t hang my hat on the US #, it was to a data visualization site.)
October 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I don’t think we have GDP numbers that divide productivity up in that way. We do have median wages, which do appear to be higher in Mississippi than in the UK. (I did check Google’s citations. The UK citation is reputable. I wouldn’t hang my hat on the US #, it was to a data visualization site.)
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”
I would be fine with Trump putting his face on money, just as long as it is the penny.
October 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I would be fine with Trump putting his face on money, just as long as it is the penny.
No toy company has my number like Lego has my number.
October 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
No toy company has my number like Lego has my number.
Amazing things happening over on Reddit.
September 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Amazing things happening over on Reddit.
Those 4-6 magical weeks each summer when the tomatoes are amazing 🤩
Sourdough toast, avacado, manchego, tomatoes, and a light sprinkling of salt on one and Rancho Gordo stardust powder on the other.
Sourdough toast, avacado, manchego, tomatoes, and a light sprinkling of salt on one and Rancho Gordo stardust powder on the other.
July 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Those 4-6 magical weeks each summer when the tomatoes are amazing 🤩
Sourdough toast, avacado, manchego, tomatoes, and a light sprinkling of salt on one and Rancho Gordo stardust powder on the other.
Sourdough toast, avacado, manchego, tomatoes, and a light sprinkling of salt on one and Rancho Gordo stardust powder on the other.
Pride is today in my city. I made a tie dye tee for the occasion. I was going for a burnt orange (hook em) but apparently I landed more in the region of bear pride.
Which, yeah, I’m ok with that.
Which, yeah, I’m ok with that.
June 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Pride is today in my city. I made a tie dye tee for the occasion. I was going for a burnt orange (hook em) but apparently I landed more in the region of bear pride.
Which, yeah, I’m ok with that.
Which, yeah, I’m ok with that.
An exercise every Democratic strategist should be required to go through right now:
June 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
An exercise every Democratic strategist should be required to go through right now:
There’s a new Mario Kart out, and that can only mean one thing: the Mithradates Championship Cup is back on. Anyone who comes to my house and can beat me at Mario Kart. wins this handsome trophy
I am not good, we had eight made because I don’t plan on a lot of winning.
I am not good, we had eight made because I don’t plan on a lot of winning.
June 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There’s a new Mario Kart out, and that can only mean one thing: the Mithradates Championship Cup is back on. Anyone who comes to my house and can beat me at Mario Kart. wins this handsome trophy
I am not good, we had eight made because I don’t plan on a lot of winning.
I am not good, we had eight made because I don’t plan on a lot of winning.
Elon, my man, the meme is ABOUT YOU.
YOU did that.
YOU did that.
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Elon, my man, the meme is ABOUT YOU.
YOU did that.
YOU did that.
I am very used to people using my email to sign up for stuff [see attached], but it's hit an embarrassing new low: Someone tried to use my email to sign up for an AI girlfriend.
![XKCD: "If your email address is [first initial] + [last name] @ gmail.com, you gradually get to know lots of older people who have the same name pattern."
Stick man, on the phone: "Yes, I know it would make sense if that were your email address, but it's not."
Caller: "But How did you get my number?"
Stick man: "Your phone bill."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pbzgwrg6undvguphyarvlymx/bafkreihtshhu2llw7ittbxshjsufftfe7v4x2xaos25khbnr65e6rcdcua@jpeg)
June 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I am very used to people using my email to sign up for stuff [see attached], but it's hit an embarrassing new low: Someone tried to use my email to sign up for an AI girlfriend.
Germany’s entry is good. Their use of epilepsy inducing flashes and also a romulan on a laser cello was creative. #eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Germany’s entry is good. Their use of epilepsy inducing flashes and also a romulan on a laser cello was creative. #eurovision
Ukraine are bards. Norway is a fighter or a paladin. Poland is a dragon bloodline sorcerer. They are all playing in Sweden’s basement, because only Sweden has a job.
May 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Ukraine are bards. Norway is a fighter or a paladin. Poland is a dragon bloodline sorcerer. They are all playing in Sweden’s basement, because only Sweden has a job.
Tankies: Pointing out that legal liability could exist is actual fascism. Those who believe in consequences for online speech will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
Also tankies: Disbar all the lawyers for their online wrongthink.
Also tankies: Disbar all the lawyers for their online wrongthink.
May 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Tankies: Pointing out that legal liability could exist is actual fascism. Those who believe in consequences for online speech will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
Also tankies: Disbar all the lawyers for their online wrongthink.
Also tankies: Disbar all the lawyers for their online wrongthink.
Tankies are so persistently, effervescently mad all the time that it forms the background radiation of bluesky.
It was a surprise to see this one come across my "discover" feed and actually recognize the context.
It was a surprise to see this one come across my "discover" feed and actually recognize the context.
May 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Tankies are so persistently, effervescently mad all the time that it forms the background radiation of bluesky.
It was a surprise to see this one come across my "discover" feed and actually recognize the context.
It was a surprise to see this one come across my "discover" feed and actually recognize the context.