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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Written by Francois Scott Off-Cle!"

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

My dad went to E&H (All-American football player) and I went to W&L (for law school), and I can confirm.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If states allows non-citizens to vote, but (as the GOP wants) the census doesn't count them for population purposes, we could theoretically have a situation where the number of votes from a state is greater than the "official" voting-age population, and I can't imagine that would cause any problems!

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Best thing about this is that all the other kids were there to see it and now know that if they jam their heads through the bars they get a fun visit from the fire department!

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Just staggering that they couldn't immediately get anyone on the phone. Honestly, they should just have an open line during executions, but failing that, at least have someone hovering by a phone. No excuse for not being available at a moment's notice.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Saw a (possibly ai) document on a court website referring to the "Southern District of Virginia" and the "Western District of North Virginia." I understand that judges on both of those courts are accepting clerkship applications, with preference to graduates of East Virginia State School of Law.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Obviously a different vantage point, but I worked on a couple of capital cases as a clerk, and it was wait...wait...wait; scramblescramblescramble; wait...wait...wait. Even that far removed, and in that small of a role, it just wrecks you.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Man, I would love to ban the phrase "breaks silence" from headlines.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

...and Warren Zevon and John Prine and I know he's not everybody's cup of tea but Paul Simon

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It is weird phrasing, but I assumed it was because the government was the petitioner, and the petitioner usually gets to fashion the QP it wants, but this wasn't a typical posture and they didn't do a typical cert petition.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This book probably has a million useful life lessons. In that shot, he says both that he can only bench-press 100 pounds, and that the first thing he does when he gets to a new city is buy a tv guide so he can budget his tv time in between all his sleeping. Legendary!

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Watch out or you'll be the Bluesky Character of the Week, Bean Mom.

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Eve Brensike Primus @primuseve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Attn: @umichlaw.bsky.social and @mdefenders.bsky.social is hiring a Clinical Assistant Professor of Law/Associate Director for the new MDefenders Center for Public Defense. Job posting here: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2.... Come work w/me to train the next generation of public defenders!

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Clinical Assistant Professor of Law and Associate Director MDefenders Center for Public Defense | U-M Careers

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*running in, out of breath* Kirk Luciferentz?

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Like the 1943 Phil-Pitt Steagles, Pittsburgh and Temple should join forces over their mutual lack of an on-campus stadium and build a place somewhere in the middle of the state for the Panthowls to play. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steagles

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Steagles - Wikipedia

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Calling humans 'the most dangerous game' taught me the difference between false advertising and mere puffery."

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I couldn't solve a Rubik's Cube in 4.27 seconds if you handed it to me looking like this.

A Rubik's Cube almost entirely solved, requiring only one turn to have all the colors lined up

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is probably what it was like to face a Second Circuit panel with both Learned and Augustus Hand on it. (I know they were cousins, not brothers, but let me have this one.)

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Only partially related to the 911 call, earlier that night, a cab driver told me, as I got out of the cab, "Uh, I wouldn't walk around in this neighborhood if i were you." Thanks for telling me now, man! See ya!

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Crazy airport story time! Too long to post all the details, but in 1994, I had to spend a night in the San Diego airport. They blared intercom announcements all night, surely to deter unhoused people from sleeping there. Worked on me, too! Same night was the only time I've ever dialed 911.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Or the beginning of a football movie to show how hapless the team is before the hero comes to whip them into shape/learn a life lesson.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I was at the Alabama - Duke game in 2006 when a not-great Duke team was up 14-10 in the 3rd quarter. Bama went on to pull away and win 30-14, but Mike Shula didn't last much longer.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Squirrels attacking humans in a town called Castle Rock is definitely a Stephen King story.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I have started calling it "chemtrails" when I see one of those big pickup trucks "rolling coal." Haven't had the chance to use it in person yet, but feel free to help spread that one.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Disabled Elderly Pregnant Children" sounds like part of a hypo about the Rule Against Perpetuities.

Sign with text:
Attention
Toilet only for
Disabled
Elderly
Pregnant
Children

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

He was just a humble meterologist. But one day while reporting on a storm, he was scratched by a mountain lion. Now, whenever severe weather is on the way, he transforms into... JOE PUMA!! www.wsoctv.com/author/joe-p...

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Joe Puma, wsoctv.com - WSOC TV

Joe is a meteorologist with Severe Weather Center 9

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I was at the Georgia game today, and they announced lightning in the area but didn't delay the game. (Apparently they announced it so people could leave the stadium if they wanted and be able to re-enter.)

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I hope there's a sign for folks dropping off people at the airport that says "D.PARTON"

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hah--I was going to say, they better get used to the classic lawyer answer, "Well, it depends..."

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Complete the trilogy with "Strict Liability"

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My wife walked by and I told her about the delay while they showed the student section of the stadium. She said, "Don't they have class tomorrow?" I said, "Well, it is Florida State..." And that reminded her of Spurrier's crack about the fire at the Auburn library.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Is anybody using the FAMU stadium tonight?

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I forget who is was, but I remember a college basketball commentator once musing about how many coaches would take unlimited practice time if the trade-off was no timeouts during games.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Is it just me or does it seem like every browser needs to be updated like every other day now?

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I've probably watched this sketch a hundred times. Every single line cracks me up. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksu7...

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Parole Board - Saturday Night Live

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I agree completely, especially since I very much doubt that federal courts would approve CJA payments for the time necessary for court-appointed attorneys to conduct that level of review (same with attorneys' fee awards in civil cases).

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm sorry, I never do this, but nothing or no one will ever convince me this isn't hilarious.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Listening this reminded me that there is a main road near the UVA campus called Rio Road, so in a way they kinda did play in Brazil.

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Patrick Bryant @patrickbryant.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's not perfect, but my rule of thumb for guessing at the quality of a bbq joint is that the more human the pig on the sign is acting, the better the food. Highest scores to places where the pig is eating the bbq. Again, not a guarantee, but it tends to follow, in my experience.

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