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John Walson
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Neither a lawyer nor a political scientist. Even my sarcasm is sincere.

AtlUtd, Everton, Georgetown (it’s been a rough few years)
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Nsync being cool
October 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Cats exchanging dirty looks
October 25, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Josef Martinez and Miguel Almirón celebrating for Atlanta United
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Give me my cat back, Dave!
A similar gray cat hidden beneath a throw pillow
October 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Agreed but also…
Moderation report based on the DHS post violating the Hatch Act.
October 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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There is!
A report filed with Bluesky moderation alleging DHS’s post violates the Hatch Act.
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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US Presidential Seal with the Duolingo owl replacing the eagle
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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The Inca Tern in the coal mine:
An Inca Tern — a bird with a glorious white mustache.
August 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Sweeney Todd has just endorsed Andrew Cuomo.
Picture of Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd
June 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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The data is definitely available and almost certainly the subject of some political science literature — here’s CRS data from 2014 (www.congress.gov/crs-product/...):
Altogether, 54.6% of U.S. circuit court judges who are currently serving had prior experience as another type of judge before their appointment to a circuit court (and 45.4% had no such experience). Of the judges with prior judicial experience, 22.7% served solely as another type of federal judge (e.g., a U.S. district court judge), while 20.9% served solely as a state judge and another 11.0% had both prior federal and state judicial experience. Of the 74 circuit judges with no prior judicial experience, 81.8% had worked as attorneys in private practice, including 39.2% who worked in private practice for 15 or more years (and another 14.9% who worked in private practice for 10 to 14 years).
June 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Now I’m picturing ICE swarming to South Carolina…
The sign at South of the Border in South Carolina
June 18, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Thank you for leading me to this beauty in his Wikipedia profile.
James LeGros portrays Avakian in the 1995 Mario Van Peebles film Panther.
June 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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So yeah, the NYT site fed me this ad in the middle of the article.
An advertisement for AI touting its revolutionary impact on the workplace — embedded in a New York Times article about a horrifying AI-induced mental spiral.
June 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Michael in Office Space being dragged away from the jam-happy printer’s corpse
June 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Newt Gingrich left his first wife for his mistress while his wife battled cancer. His supporters claim accounts of this are overstated. He left his second wife for his mistress. He is still married to his third wife.
May 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Chilean plane crash sits
May 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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A gif of Rebecca Black declaring today “Friday.”
May 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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We attended a CCL game at Herediano (Atlanta United visiting) and it was a great time. We got proper jeering from the home supporters, kept singing, and ended up getting a round of applause after the game (which Herediano won, so there’s that).
Heredia’s home stand
May 11, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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The linked article… with an ad for a mushroom identifier app.
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Ah, internet, you never fail me.
A cropped screenshot from the article showing that the site has inserted an advertisement for a mushroom identifier app.
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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A smoking crater where Sunnydale, CA once stood over the Hellmouth.
May 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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It’s nice to see some religious diversity in Congress.
The Egyptian god, Ra
April 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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2022 rates (last available).
A table showing 2022 weighted average tariffs on US imports — the overall average is a tiny fraction of 10%.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Kids rolling hoops down the street in days of yore
April 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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A still of Troy McClure from The Simpsons. “You may remember me from jury verdicts like Carroll v. Trump.”
March 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM