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The Nerdy Lawyer
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Formerly vtaltos on Twitter. She/her. Professional attorney, hobbyist theologian, unrepentant lifelong nerd, belated AuDHD diagnosee. Kicked out of the GOP for having principles. Luke 20:46-47. Mr. Rogers had it right all along.
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Mitch McConnell, with his barely-existing jaw dropped slightly in possible alarm and/or ongoing stroke.
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Brad Pitt, looking rather unstylish for the actor in a slightly goofy hairstyle and ill-fitting suit, is standing between two batches of clothes on hangers. He has this wide, sheepish, but lovable grin on his face, and surely all will be well.
September 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Gay Joyce, Gay Joyce, Gay Joyce, she's gay!
The "Bad Horse Chorus" from "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog." Three cowboys in the background, all singing, as Neil Patrick Harris in a scientist outfit reads a letter in the foreground.
August 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Of COURSE that wasn't funded either.
An email from the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (local federal court covering that region): Memorandum Dear Counsel: The Court has been informed by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts that as of the week of July 7, 2025, Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorney funds have been depleted. Panel payments will be deferred until funds become available. Attorneys should continue to file vouchers, and the Court will continue to process and approve CJA vouchers as normal during the payment deferrals so that payments can be disbursed as soon as funding is available. The Judiciary will continue to seek every opportunity to obtain additional funding to meet this need. The Court will provide updates as soon as funding becomes available. The Court has announced this information on our public website, here. Sincerely, Fernando Galindo, Clerk of Court
July 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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When I knew it was more than just a cartoon.
From Batman: The Animated Series. We see Harvey "Two-Face" Dent, a man with beige skin and dark hair on his right side, but mutilated green-grey skin and white hair on his left side. He's in a suit that is likewise two-colored, white on the right and black on the left. Presently, he's on his hands and knees, amidst scattered coins on a red carpet, having a breakdown and sobbing into his bad hand. The carpet is "coincidentally" also divided down the middle by a shadow; he's in the dark half. Standing in the light half, but close by, are two pairs of feet, one in lavender heels (his fiancée) and one in black boots (Batman).
June 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Best Star Trek crew, wrong answers only:
From the schlocky 80s sci-fi film "Space Mutiny" (made famous by MST3K): crew of the Southern Sun dressed in light gray uniforms gather around a console on a cheaply constructed spaceship bridge, together with the elderly bearded Commander Jansen (aka Commander Santa) in silver and blue robes, and the heroically haircutted Dave Ryder (aka Bridge Largemeat! Punt Speedchunk! Butch Deadlift!) in a silver pilot's suit.
May 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Only because this guy showed up in the five seconds before the barricade gave out.
A still from the Doctor Who episode "The Fires of Pompeii." The Tenth Doctor, a white man with short brown hair and a tan coat, is illuminated from behind as he stands in the open door of his TARDIS (looks like a 60s style blue police box). He's reaching out and looking intently at the camera, silently urging the viewer to join him inside.
May 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Found a template for one:
The Declaration of Independence
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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I think @legaleagle.bsky.social already covered this pretty well:
Devin Stone, aka "Legal Eagle", in one of his (many) legal informational videos about the Trump administration. Devin is a male attorney with dark combed hair and a full, graying beard, wearing a dark blue suit and red-blue striped tie. He's seated in front of a typical bookcase of legal tomes and looking at the camera with a somewhat tired expression. Beneath him is a graphic with multiple "shrug" emojis and the text "Hopefully they follow the court order."
March 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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"you'll be visited by three spirits"

The three spirits:
From Spider-Man: No Way Home. Three brown-haired guys, all of them Peter Parker at various ages, are in a high school science lab. Parker in his 40s (original flavor Spider-Man, Tobey Maguire) is on the right, in a flannel shirt and blue science lab gloves, pointing left at the other two. Parker in his 30s (Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield) is in the middle, in a lab coat and blue science lab gloves, pointing in both directions at the other two. Parker in his 20s (MCU Spider-Man, Tom Holland) is on the left and more in the foreground than the other two, in Spider-Man tights (gloves already included), pointing right at the other two. All three are looking roughly at the camera and seem a little confused.
December 25, 2024 at 7:31 PM
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Post your favourite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Philip J. Fry, an animated character rendered in the Simpsons style, from the series "Futurama." He's a white male human with orange hair, dressed in a red jacket and white shirt. Behind him, out of focus, is a futuristic cityscape. He's thrown up both fists in the air excitedly and appears to be cheering over something.
December 21, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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From Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything", in the middle of discussing how biologists inferred the existence of the giant squid:
In footnote text: "The indigestible parts of giant squid, in particular their beaks, accumulate in sperm whales’ stomachs into the substance known as ambergris, which is used as a fixative in perfumes. The next time you spray on Chanel Number 5 (assuming you do), you may wish to reflect that you are dousing yourself in distillate of unseen sea monster."
November 30, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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Stephen Colbert, on The Colbert Report, introducing the concept of "Truthiness." Colbert is a white man wearing glasses, a black suit, and a red tie with diagonal stripes in white, black, and silver. He's making quote marks with his fingers and has a lopsided and uncertain expression (though the camera may have just caught him at an awkward moment). To his right is a virtual placard, labeled "THE WORD" at the top, with the word "Truthiness" below as a single bullet point.
November 28, 2024 at 1:13 PM
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Name a better qualified doctor than Dr. Oz
Dr. Delbert Doppler, a character from the animated Disney film Treasure Planet. He's a tan-skinned humanoid alien with dog-like facial features, wearing earth-tone clothes in the style of 18th-century upper middle class, with spectacles and a short ponytail. He's in a slight panic, frustratedly explaining: "I mean, I AM a doctor but I'm not THAT kind of doctor. I have a DOCTORATE."
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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A tweet by @JoeSondow, posted 11:00 pm January 6, 2021: "Stop saying history will judge them. Judge them now. With judges."
October 12, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Eddie Izzard, from her Dress to Kill tour: a not-yet-hatched (somehow) genderfluid comedian in a short bob haircut, makeup, and a dark blue patterned long-sleeved top, her hand gesturing as if gripping something (perhaps a flag? do YOU have a flag?)
September 26, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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I checked the address so you don't have to. It's real.
Screencap of the mypillow.com website. The Classic Collection is advertised as for "As Low As $14.88 w/ promo code."
September 21, 2024 at 4:29 PM
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In the Battlestar Galactica introduction font, white text on a plain black background: "And they have concepts of a plan."
September 11, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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If you see this, post an image you saved because it made you laugh.
Series of images layered vertically: Nervous Ep 1 Anakin with the words "Fear leads to anger"; Glaring Ep 3 Anakin with the words "Anger leads to hate"; Saddened Darth Vader, mask partially removed, with the words "Hate leads to suffering"; and finally the dad from Calvin and Hobbes, delivering wisdom with the words "And suffering builds character."
August 30, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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Repost with a favorite book from your childhood.

I was a fan of all of Coville's books, really, but this one I loved the most: the familial love between Jeremy and Tiamat was beautiful, Tiamat's slightly alien thought processes were creative, and Jeremy's growth as a new "parent" was memorable.
The cover for Bruce Coville's "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher": a boy with an amazed expression reaches for a kitten-sized red dragon, which is in the middle of hatching out of an egg sitting on a table.
August 25, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Picture of Abraham Lincoln, being quoted as saying "if you're a racist, I'll attack you with the north" (credit to u/TUP666 in corner)
August 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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THESE WOUNDS
THEY WILL
NOT HEEEEEAL
A mouse wearing a blue cape secured by a large red brooch. He is holding a stringed instrument and opening his mouth widely, as if belting out a tune.
August 20, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Close-up shot of the head of a cop from the game "We Happy Few", white paint and a sadistic grin on his face.
July 19, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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Fat Cat, recurring villain from the cartoon Chip N' Dale's Rescue Rangers: a large anthropomorphic cat in a purple suit with his fingers steepled and a menacing smile.
July 11, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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Found the courtroom sketch artist:
Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, painting on a canvas while Geordi LaForge observes.
June 25, 2024 at 9:43 PM