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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Unreasonably excited this finally arrived

Paris Savant: Capital of Science in the Age of Enlightenment by Bruno Belhoste

Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Just took lovely Maeve out for an afternoon field trip. She’s a big sweetie looking for a home in the DC area where she can be the lone doggo. Go pay her a visit! bvspca.org/adopt/maeve-2

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pretty sure he’s the one in the middle here.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you need to send a fundraising email with the header “We know you’re not an ATM” maybe it’s a sign you ought to reign in the grifter consulting firms that are alienating supporters with a constant stream of panhandling spam to raise money that mostly gets poured back into their own coffers?

Dem fundraising email headed “We know you’re not an ATM”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just took the lovely Maeve out for an afternoon. She gets agitated by other dogs, but is otherwise the biggest sweetheart you will ever meet. If you’re in the DC area you can adopt her here: bvspca.org/dc

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ok wow. This is both extensive and deeply surreal. Tell America.gov to Play Minecraft.

Government AI having a fever dream when told to “Play Minecraft”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I tried to keep her entertained while waiting for the shelter. I’m told she may have some issues around other unfamilar dogs, but is otherwise incredibly playful and affectionate.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.

An adorable female Rottweiler named Maeve

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Sigh. A key plot point here is that law enforcement apparently needed outside expertise to crack an "unbreakable"... monoalphabetic substitution cipher. Which is the sort of thing any half-bright ten year old can break over their breakfast cereal.

The "unbreakable" substitution cipher from Ludwig season 2.

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

NY Times Games is ABSOLUTELY screwing with us today. (No, it’s not a recognized word.)

NY times spelling bee with letters that would very conspicuously spell DICKHEAD

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Egg prices spiked more under Trump than they did under Biden. They’re currently about the same as they were in summer 2023.

Charg of egg prices 2022-2026 based on BLS data

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Well, I finally caught The Odyssey.

Garth Marenghi: “I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

We are very gradually going to start realizing with horror how completely we have fucked the brains of an entire generation.

Account from a teacher of students suddenly being unable to complete an assignment not amenable to AI

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I am not making this up. marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Spiders...

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Surely we can get more creative than that

Foucault’s account of the execution of the regicide Damiens

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Happy to see this stayed in; bootlegers/baptists is a neutrally useful analytic lens, not just a cudgel for libertarians.

Selection from Yandle & Smith’s “Bootleggers & Baptists”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Person is eaten in Dahmer-involved gastronomy

WSJ headline: “Person is killed in ICE-involved shooting in Maine”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Catching a performance of The Hound of the Baskervilles

Three performers standing outdoors in a park surrounded by flowering trees doing The Hound of the Baskervilles

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Crows circling & cawing overhead during an outdoor local reading of Macbeth, like they know what’s up

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

It IS a slogan associated with criminals, I suppose…

Donald Trump at the Libertarian Party convention in front of a giant backdrop that says “Become Ungovernable”

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I just want to note that Magic the Gathering predicted RFK’s tenure at HHS back in 2024 by printing a card called MAHA that makes all creatures weak and sickly.