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Oh good, another social media platform to lurk on. Litigator (probably not your lawyer, and opinions my own), interested in Everton FC, Bay Area sports, transit, and some other stuff.
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Off to the word mines for the day but everyone needs cheering up on a Sunday like this. I've told this one before but anyway, gather around, children, for this is the story of how my paternal grandmother, the quietest woman to ever live, beat up the most famous magician in Asia during his act

Due to Trump’s tariffs, the weed number is now 537

Wish I could say this is the first time I was profoundly ashamed of my alma mater, but that would have been Abu Dhabi

Tell the whole damn world THIS IS BEAR TERRITORY!

A remarkable, historic document: The federal government’s first defense in court of the Trump administration restriction of birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants. Actual lawyers signed this brief. I hope everyone reads it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Questions to which I don't know the answer: Can a judge consider pardoned conduct as part of the sentencing analysis in a future criminal case? Does it count towards calculation of criminal history for the guidelines? If these are open questions, they won't be for much longer.

J Edgar Hoover is celebrating in his grave.

Data shows that California property crime rates are at historic lows. But “people's perception of how at risk they are has changed over the last four years,” one researcher noted, in large part due to shoplifting videos that have gone viral on social media.boltsmag.org/califor...

Very glad Darren Ferguson taught Tyler Young a very important lesson about nepotism having no room in football.

A reminder for people evacuating Hollywood that Metro is fare free. If you’re taking transit to get to safety I’d love to hear from you

Me:

what’s happening on twitter right now shows just how important it was for left of center people to leave it earlier these assholes need a target, and deprived of their preferred options they are ripping each other to shreds

I hope this finds you.

you know who should be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame? Sisyphus

NOW THEN

Little competition as a small nice one for following us so quickly on Bluesky. Repost and we'll pick 3 winners at random over the weekend to win one of our #Everton pint glasses.

I'm a broken record on this but a 2nd Trump presidency makes it even more important that big liberal cities become places that build enough housing to accept the internal & international migration they've been pricing out for decades

A Harris campaign source tells me they "are currently outperforming Biden’s winning 2020 margin in large suburban counties" in Georgia based on early voting totals. That is an encouraging sign for them since the suburbs will be key for her in swing states.

I just donated $50 to Pizza to the Polls to help keep Democracy Delicious this year - you should too! #democracyisdelicious polls.pizza/donate

ELECTION DAY STRIKE: We are back out on the picket line today. We know this is a hard day to be on strike for our members but we want to be clear: We are here because of the decisions of @nytimes.com management. #SolidarityStreak #BreakMyStreak #UnionStrong #UnionMadeNYC #Strike #Election2024

Harris campaign refusing to acknowledge daylight savings time because they’re not going back

Who needs the Washington Post, Harris already has our era's most respected publication.

Every Trump campaign has been just brutal towards the concept of metaphor.

i refuse to use the terms “skeet”, “reskeet”, “repost”, “quoteskeet” or any such woke nonsense. nothing less than the full afc wimbledon treatment is demanded here. everyone knows it’s a tweet. stop lying to yourselves. musk has relocated the IP to milton keynes. I’m taking his 1988 fa cup

triumph of the hill

I'm not an election lawyer, but with people willing to pay good money for a handle this did make the words "in kind contribution" go through my head. (No idea if it is, especially since it's through a PAC.)

and then what happened?

LEARN THE DIFFERENCE Hardboiled books are called "Dead Bullet" Domestic thrillers are called "I Know Who You Are Not" Literary mysteries are called "The 12 Untimely Deaths of Ruth Bazewell" Cozy mysteries are called "Murder For Tea"

Since going into effect on April 1, California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage has not led to overall job losses as industry groups had warned, a study by UC researchers found. (via California Sun) www.kqed.org/news/1200715...

FROM SHAMS: Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo has passed away at 58 years old due to brain cancer. https://t.co/taDWSFeCQE

This Hakeem quote on Adams is so gd funny.