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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Carter pulling strings from high above

The Jimmy Carter peanut statue in Plains, GA - 15' tall upright peanut with Carter's toothy smile and no eyes

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Not bad for a former combat arms officer

Political leanings test result on the "hawkish nationalism" dimension with me scoring 1% (as non-hawkish as you can get)

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"But I denied their attacks on me. They HAVE to stop!"

Twitter post from 2018: “The last decade has been the Democrats clinging onto the rulebook going "but a dog can't play basketball!" while a dog fucking dunks on us over and over"

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Practicing the old ways (eatin' boiled peanuts)

Overhead shot of a kid's hands while they're opening a boiled peanut at a kitchen counter. There's a deli container with peanuts in brine next to a bowl of empty shells.

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Is Ben Sasse writing for a fortune cookie company?

Fortune cookie fortune that reads, "Sports teach us the value of teamwork; your contributions are essential."

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

It did fade quickly. I was getting this 2-3 minutes later - clouds looked exactly like a mountain ridge

Glowing pink orange clouds after sunset - bank of dark clouds on the horizon looks just like a distant long mountain ridge à la Shenandoah/Great Valley

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I wasn't getting good gravity waves, but the glow was gorgeous

Pretty glowing orange clouds just after sunset, looking over athletic fields, dark outlines of some big oak trees centered in the middle distance

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Two medium beets: not that much food. Two medium beets grated: enough salad for ten people.

Big (16") stainless mixing bowl with a ton of shredded beets and a few flecks of parsley flakes

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

She'd had 12 puppies when we got her and still had a big belly. She sat with her hind legs splayed out to accommodate the belly and just kept sitting like that.

Aussie mix with sort of hound coloring (white snout, tan face, black ears) sitting on the floor

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Swedes: We don't sound like the Swedish chef! Also Swedes:

Kids book titled Hur Gör Djur. Red cover, with a cartoon bipedal alligator standing on a bathroom scale and a person kneeling down to read the scale.

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

There's no way an aw-shucks divorced former college football coach doesn't quietly harbor some very repulsive opinions

Norman Rockwell's first amendment painting

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Supposedly the next Bong Joon Ho film is an animated comedy featuring a piglet squid and holy hell these things are funny

Piglet squid floating in the ocean: creature that looks like a legless white cartoon piglet with big dark eyes and a mop of long spiky hair (its tentacles)

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

We're eventually going to find out that the April CSAR mission in Iran was some sort of failed counter-proliferation raid.

Norman Rockwell's freedom of speech painting

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

"Rand is back in his proper place!"

Burgundy high back chair with a burgundy ottoman next to a bed in what appears to be a hotel room

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Traffic/parking fines should have multipliers based on weight AND pedestrian safety ratings

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Is there another remake of a film that didn't need to be remade that's as good as Sorcerer? (Only one I can think of is The Magnificent Seven, but there must be a handful of others.)

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Which medal did you think you were getting?

Blurb from Wikipedia:

Etymology of Argentina

Argentina (an Italian adjective meaning "silvery") is ultimately derived from the Latin argentum "silver" and the feminine of the adjectival suffix -inus. The first use of the name Argentina can be traced back to the first voyages made by the Spanish and Portuguese conquistadors to the Río de la Plata (meaning "River of Silver") in the first years of the 16th century.

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Gross. DC "cold" tap water is coming out at 83°F, a function mostly of high Potomac River temps and high subsurface soil temps. (I think the highest I've measured before was 78°F.)

Kitchen thermometer in a pitcher of water showing 82.8°F

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I didn't take advantage of the access to great cider in Brittany like I should've, but most of what I had was fantastic. The chestnut stuff was great - just a hint of nuttiness that was perfect with the fruity honey flavors of the cider. (Two thumbs up from both kids, too.)

Glass of cider next to the bottle: Kystin castaigne (chestnut)

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Holy hell the seafood in Brittany is incredible

Very nicely arranged platter of 6 each: creuse oysters, plat oysters, shrimp, langoustines, clams, and whelks and a little bowl of periwinkles

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Oh yeah, it's awful. We went to Brittany because it was sure to have cool weather, like a heat wave would mean maybe 85°F and 65° nights. Nope!

Screenshot of a ten day forecast for Pont-Aven, Brittany (France), showing several days in the low-mid 30s Celsius and nights in the mid-20s

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Guess which fail-son DC candidate's volunteer didn't want to answer questions about her stupid platform

Screenshot from a text message:

Hi Kevin, Malcolm here - I am a volunteer for Brooke Pinto for Congress.

As the youngest councilmember in DC history, Brooke Pinto has focused on lowering rental costs, fighting for DC statehood, and standing up to the Trump administration. Brooke's focus on reducing inequality has led to support by longtime social and criminal justice advocates.

Can I answer any questions about Brooke or the election?

(My reply:)
How does a non-voting Congressional delegate have any impact on DC housing costs?

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Good job, @mayorbowser.dc.gov. MPD is escorting these thugs around DC.

Black SUV with partially-taped-over plates

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

We have a kindergartner sharing her deep thoughts

Clipboard-shaped magnet on a refrigerator with red dry erase marker writing on it:
"I love
I feel
I know"

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It's "wrapped up like a douche".

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Kiddos' "moon" marble is pretty cool

Large glowing green marble in someone's hand

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

My wild speculation was apparently wrong! bsky.app/profile/sahi...

Me speculating that the judge is GOP given the slap on the wrist

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The cheap pizza place in our neighborhood has five sauces, and it's great. (Rarely use it, though: their "gourmet" pizzas are good combinations as is.)

Screenshot of an online pizza order menu showing tomato, garlic, spicy red pepper, pesto, and herbed olive oil sauces

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Dogs look absolutely terrifying through thermal cameras

Dog sitting on its haunches in a thermal camera. Background is all cool - blue/green; most of dog's body, tail, legs are cooler - blue/dark blue; dog's head is mostly warm - bright red - with a dark nose

There are blue spots on the floor that mark "paw prints" that were slightly cooler than the rest of the greenish floor

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Oh yeah, that's no surprise Not sure why they'd highlight the Catholics and not UU, though. The only church I've been to in the past 20 years was UU in Louisville.

American Christian sects plotted out by progressiveness v. formality. UU and United Church of Christ are next to each other, very progressive, middle-of-the-road on formality. I plot out right in line with UCC.

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The sheer incompetence is staggering

Text message: Oh my God, they've blocked Lanes on Memorial Bridge during rush hour so they can hang flags for Memorial Day from each of the lampposts.

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

gorging on serviceberries with kiddos the other day, and one line kept playing in my head

"It's DC Serviceberry Season, Motherfuckers", edited from an article title from McSweeney's

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

It should be legal to vandalize cars that are parked in bike lanes – just a free pass to go wild

The Norman Rockwell freedom of speech guy

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I was looking at sights for a trip to Brittany and started seeing oyster farms everywhere. Every decent-sized bit of intertidal zone is covered with miles and miles of oyster racks.

Satellite image of shallows in Brittany showing hundreds of oyster racks

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Miami pro hac Vice @kja.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

If you're in a flip, you can check the structure at your stairs. Measure from the 2d floor surface to the 1st floor ceiling surface. (Don't measure any moulding/trim around your stair opening.) Subtract the depth of the ceiling and floor coverings. What's left is your rough joist depth.