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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 36m
I've said it before and I'll say it again: If you get rid of the assumption of omniscience, then even if you leave in omnipotence and omnibenevolence, Leibnizian optimism is now compatible with the possibility that we live in the dumbest of all possible worlds.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 05/10/2026
nothing says "stable" quite like...
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 01/10/2026
@yoshuabengio.bsky.social Please consider adding an RSS or Atom feed to your site (and to LawZero's too). Thanks.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 21/09/2026
"Can't hear what the President's saying" has got to be in the running for the title of All-Time Greatest News out of the Mouth of a Newsmax Host, no?
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 21/09/2026
@torgu.bsky.social I got your back, buddy
A picture of a chessboard showing a checkmate position, accompanied by text saying:

Your Daily game with Endtor Has Ended! You won! rwv37 won by checkmate
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 16/09/2026
I'm with ya, Toad buddy.
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Alex Winter @alexwinter.com · 16/09/2026
True story.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 16/09/2026
I particularly liked this rather ho-hum summary from the Chippewa Daily Herald, which reads to me kind of like a public notice that someone applied to the town for an exception to be allowed build a fence half an inch taller than the zoning rules otherwise allow:
Clipping from the Chippewa Daily Herald, September 17, 1926:

MINNESOTA FARMER KICKS WOLF TO DEATH

Hibbing, Minn., Sept. 17 - Frank Ansley, one of Hibbing's early mayors, kicked a timber wolf to death today at his farm near here.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 15/09/2026
sometimes a russian oligarch is just a cigar
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 12/09/2026
Always good to find common ground with those on the other side of the political aisle.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 06/09/2026
Profiles in Courage
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 04/09/2026
Don't remember anything about this guy (not even having heard of him) so before even trying to find out *why* he was arrested, I checked Wikipedia. Got as far as the start of the second sentence, "A member of the Republican Party". While I'm not proud of my gut reaction, I do stand by it: "Good."
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
One way you know Dolly Parton lived life the right way: I don’t think anyone’s going to get fired for accurately quoting Dolly Parton today.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 22/08/2026
I was in a high school play where I sang lead on one song. The chorus (words) went "C, C C, C C C, A, A A, A minor, F, F F, F F F, G, G G, G 7th". I accompanied myself on guitar, which went "C, C C, C C C, A, A A, A minor, *BLARP*, *BLARP* *BLARP*, *BLARP* *BLARP* *BLARP*, G, G G, G 7th" (1/2)
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 21/08/2026
I hereby officially assert: Not to me. At least, as far as I know.
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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
You want to live like spreadsheet people You want to see whatever spreadsheet people see You want to sleep with spreadsheet people You want to sleep with spreadsheet people like me? But she didn't understand She just smiled and held my hand
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 14/08/2026
Just heard of the resignation of Karoline Leavitt. I hereby officially declare that I am willing to become the next White House press secretary. I feel obligated to note that I have some doubt that the President will like the job I will do, but I am available for the job nonetheless.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 09/08/2026
lol/awesome
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 29/07/2026
Diarrhea's not so bad.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 29/07/2026
I've only seen a post saying "Douthat's in the news again" and then a headline saying that he's joining 60 Minutes. I am not going to look into this matter further. Instead, I intend to blissfully continue assuming that this means he's leaving the @nytimes.com
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 15/07/2026
I don't really understand why people in Maine are getting so worked up about this. I'm sure Senator Collins will use all her power of being concerned. Relax.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 14/07/2026
this is as cool as when ted cruz challenged ron perlman to a fight with jim jordan
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 13/07/2026
@realinfowars.bsky.social There seems to be no Jim Haggerty Show tee shirt available. I need a Jim Haggerty Show tee shirt! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT I AM BEING LIED TO IF I DON'T HAVE A JIM HAGGERTY SHOW TEE SHIRT
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lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
apparently they told people to go to the department of commerce for shelter but the doors are locked, and ngl that’s a good bit. say what you will about the big guy, but he hates his supporters as much as we do
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 01/07/2026
Biggest crowd ever. The biggest. Biggest! Everybody knows it. BIGGEST! A lot of people think it's "bigest". The only bigger crowds ever were my rallies. Every single one of my rallies had WAY bigger crowds! This crowd right her is the bigest ever. EVER! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
me talking to magically resurrected founding father: and so sir you can see how the supreme court has become a deeply illegitimate institution that threatens the very republic you created founding father: there are *how many* papists on it???
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 28/06/2026
TEAM HOG theonion.com/prize-hog-dr...
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Prize Hog Drops Out Of Great American State Fair Due To Event’s Political Nature
WASHINGTON—Expressing concerns about the charged, inflammatory rhetoric used to promote the 16-day exposition, local prize hog Benny “Big Bones”Carmichael announced Friday that he would be dropping ou...
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 28/06/2026
Obviously some sick disturbed Antifa freak vandal used a box cutter to remove the bottoms of the columns of this totally definitely real building
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 26/06/2026
I dunno; I gotta admit "dude with a box cutter made a 350-foot gash at the bottom of a pool" seems like a pretty incontrovertible hypothesis to me
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 26/06/2026
holy crap (dude is currently Senior Counselor to the President for Trade and Manufacturing, btw)
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 21/06/2026
I'm just gonna go ahead and assume it's because her bag is already stuffed full of bits of whales that were found washed up on the shore already dead and rotting I mean, that's just Occam's Razor
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to show up in full combat gear on a hot summer day to the pool he filled with algae because he gave a paint job to one of his cigar puffing cronies. you are ordered to stop tourists from touching the green water. good luck soldier
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 20/06/2026
Wow, Cuba's gonna be SUPER easy! As I remember it, it only took us about a week to "decimate" Iran's "whole evil empire", and we had "already won"! Then only a few days later, retroactively, "we won in the first hour, it was over"! Plus, we won several more times over the next few months!
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 17/06/2026
Seems like a long way from Brick Towers, @booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com . Kudos?
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 14/06/2026
wtf @nytimes.com
The Paper of Record helpfully tells us "How to Watch the U.F.C. 250 Freedom Fights at the White House"
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 12/06/2026
After the Kennedy Center is taken care of, we really should deal with this one next
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 12/06/2026
@thestudyofwar.bsky.social Your RSS feeds (at least the Ukraine one) died about a year ago. Please bring them back. I swear on my beard I didn't just notice recently; I've been waiting for it to start working again the whole time. Takes me about a year to work past "I don't want to bother anyone" 🤷‍♂️
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 06/06/2026
I dunno, seems pretty legit to me. I asked NYAYAM about my tech company's upcoming AI product that will dispense legal advice, which we intend to advertise as an "AI Lawyer". NYAYAM advised me to "Rename the product - seriously". And in fact they seem to have already taken their own advice!
A conversation with NYAYAM, "The AI Legal Platform Democratizing Justice", which has also advertised itself as "The AI Lawyer Democratizing Justice". This is the first of two screenshots. My question to it was:

"Hi, I am the owner of a tech company, and we'll soon be releasing an AI-based project that will dispense legal advice. We're thinking of explicitly advertising it as an "AI Lawyer". We just want to make sure we dot our t's and cross our i's, so: Are there any legal gotchas we might want to look out for with this? Thanks!"

It replied with a bunch of legalese-and-or-pseudolegalese that I (apparently unlike NYAYAM) am not qualified to assess. However, some things that stood out to me include:

* The short answer: advertising your product as an "AI Lawyer" is a significant legal risk

* Every U.S. state has UPL statutes that prohibit non-licensed entities from "practicing law"

* Using the word "Lawyer" in your prodduct name is the single biggest red flag

(more in the second screenshot)(continued from the first screenshot)

* Even if you reframe the product away from "AI Lawyer," you will likely need robust disclaimers (...) Weak or buried disclaimers have not historically saved companies from UPL enforcement when the marketing language contradicts them

* Rename the product. Seriously - "AI Lawyer" is doing a lot of legal heavy lifting against you
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 05/06/2026
People of Appleton, Kenosha, and Janesville, take note: I see nothing here about Emo's usual "no cannibalism" guarantee. I mean, go to the show anyway, but do so knowing what you're getting yourself into.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 04/06/2026
I'm not really a big fan of podcasts, and I don't see a transcript. So if the answer is *not* "LOL, who could've EVER predicted that Marco Rubio would've chosen to lie and debase himself", could someone please let me know? Thanks.
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 02/06/2026
somebody with better image editing skills than me should add a third that's like the second, except explosively busted clothes and green skin
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 01/06/2026
@wolframresearch.bsky.social I recently used Wolfram Alpha to calculate the volume of gold that the recently arrested CIA agent had in his home, and was informed that it was about 1/150th of the volume of paint needed to coat the exterior of the White House. (1/2)
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 29/05/2026
Hooray for Everything!
Homer Simpson happily driving his car, listening to the Super Bowl halftime show on the radio. The announcer says:

"Hooray for Everything invites you to join them in a salute to the greatest hemisphere on Earth: the Western Hemisphere."
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 29/05/2026
As opposed to myself and Young MC, I am not entirely sure that I've ever heard of Martina McBride before this. However, this is a good first introduction, and I commend on her decision to join Young MC and me in not performing at the Freedom 250 event. 👏🏻
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 28/05/2026
I commend Young MC on his decision to join me in not performing at the Freedom 250 event. 👏🏻
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 23/05/2026
This post showed up for me at the very bottom of my browser window, and was cut off at the worst possible part. "Please don't tell me Jared Kushner is now the NASA Administrator, please don't tell me Jared Kushner is now the NASA Administrator, please don't tell me Jared Kushner is now the..."
A Bluesky post from @npr.org, at the bottom of a browser window, cut off at the worst possible point:

"The mega rocket made its debut two days after SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced he's taking the company public. NASA Administrator Jared"
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 17/05/2026
For anyone else like me who was hoping for a source: The Kansas City Post, Kansas City, Missouri, Friday, September 12, 1913, page 9
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 13/05/2026
... but the night is young
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Bob Vesterman @bob.vesterman.com · 12/05/2026
1. Double the size 2. Sell half of it 3. FREE BALLROOM, BABY
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