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@latenightseth.bsky.social is bringing semantic linguistics back! 🔤
a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is making a funny face
ALT: a man wearing a blue shirt and tie is making a funny face
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November 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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@danielahorwitz.bsky.social when the fuck did congress relinquish control of the mintage of money without violating separation of powers? #educatingmoment #separatingpowers1by1🤷‍♂️

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The last-ever penny was minted today in Philadelphia | CNN Business
The American penny passed away today after a prolonged illness. It was 238 years old.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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@danielahorwitz.bsky.social any chance that you’re willing to wield your pen against this Sunshine Law violator? (no pun intended).
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 21
SUMNER COUNTY’s far right county commission, led by Jeremy Mansfield, appoints anti-trans swimmer Riley Gaines to a vacancy on the LIBRARY board: fox17.com/news/local/r...

As a SULLIVAN COUNTY school rejects her giving a speech during the school day🤔: www.timesnews.net/tncms/asset/...
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
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Thems is fightin’ words!
danielahorwitz.bsky.social Daniel A. Horwitz @danielahorwitz.bsky.social · Oct 13
Williamson County court system
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Oct 12
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.
October 14, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 10
PERRY COUNTY, TN — a man arrested and faces felony “threatening mass violence in a school” for posting an image of Trump with his own words in a facebook group after Charlie Kirk’s murder.

His son calls it “an egregious violation of his 1A rights”
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October 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Just unbelievable
Supreme Court Rules That State Does Not Have to Deactivate Black’s Defibrillator The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that a defibrillator implanted in Byron Black’s chest does not have to be deactivated before the state executes him next week. The Nashville Banner reports that the decision reverses an opinion from Davidson County Chancellor Russell Perkins that directed the state to disable the device. Perkins issued that order after hearing from medical professionals that the device could put Black at risk of a prolonged and torturous death. The state appealed that ruling to the high court, arguing it could not deactivate Black’s defibrillator on the day of the execution, and asking whether it could be done the day before. The justices said that because Black would not agree to that timeframe, the lower court order was operating “effectively and practically” as a stay of its execution order, which a trial court does not have the authority to “stay, modify or condition.” The court did note at the end of the opinion though that nothing in its decision prevents the parties from reaching an agreement on deactivation of the device. The decision comes after news that Nashville General Hospital had not agreed to perform the procedure, according to The Tennessean. Black’s lawyers continue to pursue other remedies, calling on Gov. Bill Lee to halt the execution and asking the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay.
July 31, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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If I don’t, please call for me.
realjohntomkins.bsky.social realjohntomkins.bsky.social @realjohntomkins.bsky.social · Apr 8
When the government knocks on my door, who’m I gonna call? @danielahorwitz.bsky.social
realjohntomkins.bsky.social realjohntomkins.bsky.social @realjohntomkins.bsky.social · Apr 8
What’s to stop Trump from disappearing federal court judges? Now? Nothing.
April 8, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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When the government knocks on my door, who’m I gonna call? @danielahorwitz.bsky.social
realjohntomkins.bsky.social realjohntomkins.bsky.social @realjohntomkins.bsky.social · Apr 8
What’s to stop Trump from disappearing federal court judges? Now? Nothing.
April 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM