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Illinois Law Cat

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 20h
Now he’s gone too far www.tpr.org/government-p...
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Trump tomato tariffs could spell the end of free chips, salsa at restaurants
The 17% tariff on Mexican tomato imports, combined with bad weather in Florida and Mexico, has caused the price of salsa ingredients to spike in recent months.
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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ah yes the circle of life
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In Transit
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Delayed
Sep 26 10:57 am
Held By Carrier
Sep 26 15:07 pm
Destroyed
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
www.patreon.com/ginandtacos/...
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THE SOLIPSISTS | Gin and Tacos
In one of the best book reviews of my lifetime, David Foster Wallace skewered what he called the Great Male Narcissist novelists of the post
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Eric Brignac (He/Him) @ericbrignac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wonder if any misrepresentation to a court occurs more often than “Briefly, Your Honor.”
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-gro...
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U.S. military lays groundwork for potential action around Cuba
Some units would "possibly [be] needed in 90-120 days," according to an internal Army message reviewed by CBS News.
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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
you guys broke watergate
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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/09/2026
“He definitely isn’t fluent, and I doubt he’ll ever get there, but he’s truly come a long way from being unable to pronounce a single word intelligibly.” — Xi Jinping
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Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit
WASHINGTON—Marveling at how his American counterpart’s grasp of the difficult language had progressed, Chinese leader Xi Jinping told reporters Thursday that he was deeply impressed with how much Pres...
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You know what, Airborne Express (RIP) wouldn’t have let the Chinese do this shit.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"unless you were homeschooled by a day drinker, you know they don't let dummies into the university of chicago"
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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Ads in 1926: Gum! Tastes nice, and it’s fun too! Ads in 2026: A series of 7 short films about life’s important kisses, featuring new Trident Unforgettables
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Getting way into The Stone Roses in the year of our Lord 2026.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Seems fine. *nervously drinks from flask*
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Seamus O'Flaugherty @seamussaid.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
it's time to put emojis on ouija boards this dead kid can't spell for shit
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Has Ed Sheeran looked at some of the Great American Halftime Show “artists” to help fill out some empty space in his tour?
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Nicolas Dream, PhD @afraidofwasps.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Don't wanna make you feel old but The War of the Roses ended 539 years ago
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puppa.bsky.social @puppa.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
One thing that seems missing from the sports "debate" is that student athletics are not meant to be training for professional athletes, but for health and social reasons. The only "fairness" govt should protect is everyone having access.
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Grudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Election deniers didn’t get that way because election experts were dismissive. Anti-vaxxers didn’t get that way because doctors were mean. Climate deniers didn’t get that way because scientists were arrogant. You need to understand sympathizing with them helps their numbers grow.
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
If your kid comes out to you as trans and your first response is to call your lawyer, you are a bad parent.
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
One of the worst assholes I’ve ever had the misfortune of knowing worked at Jones Day.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 01/09/2026
i don't think i should be required to work hard and do a good job when everyone with power over my life barely works and does a bad job
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Memento (artemis) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
fuck this country and fuck the people who voted for this
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Instead of masturmaxxing, choose the stacks of success.
A person in a suit is shown from the side, standing in front of large stacks of money. The text reads, "Every hour you spend masturbating is an hour that could have been spent counting large stacks of dollar bills." The image is branded with the InfoWars logo.
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Ian Wiggett @wiggett-ie.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Experts warn that decaying infrastructure and decades of underinvestment have made the nation’s water supply a vulnerability that could be exploited, in particular by Russia.
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1 in 4 chance of ‘catastrophic’ water supply failure for 1m Britons
Official documents suggest the danger has risen sharply in a matter of months due to climate change and cyberattacks
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I have a lot of issues with Christmastime (family issues, depression, anxiety, etc) and this new thing where stores start selling Christmas shit in August is not helping.
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Alexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
the year is 2027. gas costs $83 and lettuce is at war with us. however every location on every map now says AMERICA
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Mark Zuckerberg had a bold plan to replace Meta staff with AI. Here’s how it imploded.
To make its workforce “AI native,” Meta explored slashing the size of many teams across the company by as much as 60% in two waves, internal documents show. Staff revolted - and hours before a big lay...
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Move Werid Al to a secure location
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 25/08/2026
[Exit Queen.]
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This might be the most infuriating one to date.
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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
"The left does not need to pursue its own exoneration in this moment. There is no reason to indulge the fantasy that we governed the nation during these recent, disastrous years, or that our country's brief flirtation with racial justice was an unthinkable disaster with countless innocent victims."
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Woke What? Let's Be Fucking Serious
Our politics are not the politics that have detached this country from reality, or normalized increasingly inhuman policies.
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French New Wave Memes @fnwave.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
good morning
Confidential Report (1955)  ("Mr. Arkadin") Dir. Orson Welles 

humans can be museums too, filled with history they can no longer touch.
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Our Info Wars gay frog showed up today! Thanks @bencollins.bsky.social !
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World Bollard Association™️ @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, flex post, BOLLARD. #WorldBollardAssociation
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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Flock has said for years its cameras don’t identify or track people. We obtained the code for its police AI and rebuilt parts of it. The tool can find witnesses, surface associates, search people by race or physical description, and flag vehicles by how they move. W/ @dell.bsky.social
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Flock Has a Powerful New AI Tool for Police. We Got Its Code
Flock’s surveillance cameras have already sparked outrage. WIRED reconstructed its next-generation AI system, already in use by some police, to confirm it goes much further than tracking license plate...
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Listening to a British audiobook narrator repeatedly call, say, $1.15 not “a dollar fifteen” or “one dollar and fifteen cents” but “one point one five dollars” and it’s sending me
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
In Star Trek people often complain that replicated food is not as good as naturally produced food, which is weird when replicators are presumably using the same technology as transporters, which can perfectly replicate Spock every time. But is Spock getting less flavoursome over time? In this essay,
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I was a historian of the atomic bomb decision from 1989-95 and coauthored an 800+ page book on the politics behind the decision. I’ve seen a lot of documentaries, but this is new to me. There were 78 people who survived underneath the explosion. This is how some of them survived. One is still alive.
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Hiroshima Ground Zero: Eyewitness Accounts of 78 A-Bomb Survivors | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
When the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima, 78 people who were within 500 meters of the hypocenter survived. We visualize what happened at ground zero that day based on rare recordings of eyewitnesses. B...
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
One of the more irritating things of being an elder millennial is seeing peers lose parents, get windfalls like inheritances and real estate, etc., and then have it completely change their personality. Its sort of weird and I wonder if previous generations had the same experience.
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Pizza, beer, and rock n roll.
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Happy “There Will Come Soft Rains” day to those who celebrate.
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In 1999 movie theater patrons watched Jason Biggs fuck an apple pie and nobody thought to leave the theater.
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Illinois Law Cat @illinoisguy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Dude, OK Computer by Radiohead is a fucking masterpiece. I just listened to it in one sitting, with no distraction, for the first time since probably 2001 or 2002 and it is just marvelous.
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more mr. spice guy @juniorhoncho.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
RIGHT: we're poisoning society to death so it can be replaced with one that exists only to enable our violent fantasies LEFT: we must strengthen society by expanding social services and expelling those who seek to kill it CENTER: so... the right gets what? nothing?? come on. let em kill it a little
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/07/2026
“Holy shit, this cat’s got a big-ass watch, he’s wearing a tuxedo, and he’s smoking the fattest cigar I’ve ever seen,” Derek Ludlow said to himself as he reposted the highly stylized reel with the caption “GOALS,” accompanied by three diamond emojis.
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Adult Man Genuinely Inspired By AI Video Of Lion Wearing Rolex
IRVINE, CA—Eyes widening in awe as the 3D-rendered content appeared on his Instagram feed, local 38-year-old Derek Ludlow reported Wednesday that he felt genuinely inspired by an AI-generated video of...
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Dr. Bucky Isotope, PhD, BOFA @buckyisotope.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
In every person there are two separate but equal wolves. One who investigates crime and one who prosecutes the offenders. These are their stories.
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The Fact of Other Minds Stan Account @csilverandgold.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The way menswear guy uses negative polarization to get people to pay attention to his special interest should unironically be studied by every democrat and every policy shop.
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