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Expat, ex-law left-coastian fan of Brownian motion trying to write his way out of a paper bag. From Oakland, CA; 30 years in 🇩🇪. If we don't know each other and I just followed you back, 🚫DMs, please! See also https://spamless.substack.com
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Have you ever seen an apple with two stems?

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Deutscher aus Abschiebehaft in USA entlassen | tagesschau.de www.tagesschau.de/ausland/amer...

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Trump corrupt crypto scam is too much even for Congress — Michael Popock www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSuT...

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I am outraged by the unjust arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka earlier this afternoon outside of Delaney Hall in Newark. I am calling for his immediate release by federal law enforcement.

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Alphabet Stock (GOOGL) Has Lost $120 Billion in Market Cap over the Last Week - TipRanks.com www.tipranks.com/news/alphabe...

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BREAKING: Trump Judges Strike Down Alabama Congressional Map for Violating Voting Rights Act www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlCt...

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When the playground is empty and it's not raining, I have to take advantage of it. Okay, I did scare off three teens who were sitting at the picnic table. I like my form from the third rep on; not so much the first two. #seniorfitness #calisthenics #fitness #bardips youtube.com/shorts/6PwE6...

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MERKLEY: Are you gonna launch an investigation of the reported violation of the due process of several hundred people? P: It is not for me to call the balls & strikes M: You haven't read the Constitution? It says 'all persons'...it concerns me you're not familiar w/the core concept of due process

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Russia’s New Weapon: Child ‘Suicide Bombers’ macspaunday.substack.com/p/russias-ne...

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TANK vs TESLA "We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again" - ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank

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BREAKING: Second Circuit panel, one day after arguments, unanimously rejects government's arguments and orders that Rumeysa Ozturk be transferred to Vermont no later than May 14. ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/decisions/is...

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MEEKS: Does trade deficits constitute a national emergency? BESSENT: Yes MEEKS: Do you know that for the last four decades we have trade deficits and nobody said it was a national emergency?

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Buttigieg: Like I love A1 steak sauce, but A1 steak sauce is not one of the most important things confronting humanity right now. Artificial intelligence is. And somebody who doesn't understand that probably should not be leading an important federal agency.

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finally www.wired.com/story/why-ca...

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youtube.com/shorts/-rKzX... A complete and total scum bag

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More shameful cowardice from Big Law.

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@darnstein.bsky.social I saw you left Panix. We're consternated about it over there.

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@briantylercohen.bsky.social Brian, I hope you or someone in your organization sees this: you have a typo in your LinkTree link to your straight-news channel, www.youtube.com/@briantylerc.... It won't resolve as is; one needs to find the typo. "youtube.com" got written twice; it won't open that way.

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This common phrase is widely misused. Is it worth salvaging? wapo.st/4m2MPMZ

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I'm currently reading Alice Munro's 2001 collection, "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage," in both English and German for the book group I lead here in Germany.

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Given that most, if not all MAGA merch is made in China, I'll be really curious to see what happens to their pricing and availability 😁

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“It makes it easier to prosecute not just educators or librarians, but also parents and medical professionals, while simultaneously adding vagueness to the definition of what is prohibited.”

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The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm. We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open. Hello?

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This may wind up being the largest security breach in U.S. history. And a complete self-own

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My latest public writing addresses the German Constitutional Protection Office's finding of right-extremism in the AfD party. There is also a German version of my post. #politics #AfD #Germany Validating viewpoints by popularity open.substack.com/pub/spamless...

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I'm a #language fiend too. Lasswell taps into a big sore point for me as well. If you read this, stay away from the comment section. You'll go nuts! Opinion | The phrase ‘begs the question’ is begging for oblivion - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Raymond Chandler, letter to a friend, January 1948. Seems relevant beyond the specific Hollywood context.

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I don't understand how the Times can never determine whether Trump is lying but can say with certainty when he is joking.

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Your weekend read, from the archive: Is It All a Fluke? Lessons From Playing God in the Long-Term Evolution Experiment by @brianklaas.bsky.social

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I've been traveling so forgive me for not posting this yesterday, but: That Signal clone app for archiving messages that Mike Waltz has been using, TeleMessage? It's unlicensed. Signal was unaware of its existence until they saw it in that Reuters photo. There's no known security vetting.

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"By seeking to deport me, the Trump administration is sending a clear message: There is no room for dissent, free speech be damned." Gift link: I Was Detained for My Beliefs. Who Will Be Next? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/o...

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People still do not grasp that the constitutional right to due process is afforded anyone inside the U.S. REGARDLESS of status. Even if you’re just visiting here.

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Auchincloss on Fox News: "What I'm seeing is a president who is more interested in the valuation of his memecoin than he is about people's 401ks. What I'm seeing is a president who along with Howard Lutnick is self-dealing on crypto instead of worrying about the strength of the US dollar."

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🚨BREAKING: Federal Court DISMISSES purge lawsuit brought by rightwing group in Pennsylvania. A victory for our clients and the voters of Pennsylvania! www.democracydocket.com/cases/pennsy...

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Best sign from yesterday.

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The White House should not be acting as a news publication.

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I’m not catholic but I find this wildly offensive

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Elon Musk gave it a shot in Washington. Now, he's building his own city in rural Texas — but many locals don't see a friendly neighbor.

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“None of the activities of the DOGE have heretofore had any impact on the budget, the debt or the deficit. Until Congress acts, those savings don’t really become real,” said Robert Shea, a Republican who served in senior … roles at the WH budget office. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Donald Trump is an unhinged bully. Let's hope CBS and 60 Minutes have more integrity and spine than others in legacy media have shown.

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SCOTUS majority appears likely to OK nation's first religious charter school www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-okl... Via @chrisgeidner.bsky.social

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Nice climb up the grade over Breckenheim past Wildsachsen to Bremthal, then back—woosh!—down to Auringen, through Medenbach, and across the multi-use recreation paths to Nordenstadt (home). Taunus foothills, greater Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany. #seniorfitness #nogym #fitness #roadbike #bikesky

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Wild how the ruling split on FELICIANO v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION: Gorsuch, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Sotomayor, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Alito, Kagan, and Jackson, JJ., joined. #lawsky

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State AGs have the authority to file criminal charges against Trump for these lawless abductions. @fsfp.bsky.social is calling for a criminal investigation into the case of Rümeysa Öztürk. Legal Dir Courtney Hostetler joins me to explain why they can and must act NOW. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTTd...

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Journalist died in the Russian detention system she was trying to expose - www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...

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BREAKING: Settlement Approved to End North Carolina Voter Suppression Law - www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXCa...

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