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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Me: [joining in] KNOBS! KNOBS! KNOBS!

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‘stina is a spooky spectral one 👻🧛🧟‍♀️🐈‍⬛🦇🎃🧟 @stinapag.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

HARRIS COUNTY RESIDENTS: This is the link to check to see if you're on the rolls! www.hctax.net/Voter/Search... They close at 4:30 today, so go to any one of their sites on the map below with your completed form: www.hctax.net/VoterMapLoca...

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Harris County Tax Office

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This is very funny to me because I’ve lived in Texas, NJ, and Illinois. I’ve never lived in the Carolinas but my whole family is from North Carolina. So, here we are…

Dialect analysis results indicating I talk most like a person from South Carolina

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 26/08/2026

One thing I will say: you can give Stevie Wonder his flowers right now. We can cherish him right now.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My infant son already loves books. Reading this letter and thinking about how Dolly helped give so many other kids that same joy legit choked me up. We lost a great one today.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Unfortunately, I guess today is a good day to share what I finally got back from the frame shop: April 7, 1866 issue of the NYT covering Senate debate to override Johnson’s Veto of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 that defined citizenship and was precursor to Birthright Citizenship in 14th Amendment

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Rachel Z. Ullrich @rachelziol.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I know lawyers have been spending a lot of time worrying about their use of AI but what we really need to worry about is our clients’ use of it. 🫠🫠🫠

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I love people celebrating in ways that make themselves happy But I also just got a sleeping 15 mo. old into a pack and play at my in-laws so if these fireworks wake him up there’s going to be a problem

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Gingers For Hershfelt @gingers4hal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

I need all the good posting to continue when the women play next year everybody, I mean it

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy June 27 to all of Houston and screw fans worldwide 🤘

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

I strained an abdominal from sneezing. I was getting into the shower when it happened. It hurt so bad and was so ridiculous that I kept laughing which made it hurt even worse. So I was just kneeling there in the bathroom butt nekkid laughing/crying

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

New York is on one right now!

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

The best part of work travel

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Aisha Harris @aishaharris.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Scott Pelley was ousted from CBS News in the exact manner Bari Weiss *thinks* she was ousted from NYT

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Looks like I’m wearing timberlands all week. Go Knicks

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Jane @jane.meangirls.online · 16/05/2026

During the pandemic that killed a million Americans there was no talk about sacrifice from republicans. If you said it wasn’t safe to go to Dave & Busters because there were no more hospital beds available you were a traitor to America. But a war of choice? Better start your liberty garden now.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Somewhat excited but mostly dreading the birthright citizenship oral argument this morning. Buckle up, everyone…

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Good summary of the scholarly "debate" re: birthright citizenship ahead of tomorrow's SCOTUS argument. No surprise - there is no debate. Anti-birthright citizenship proponents are legal cranks twisting in the wind. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The nonsense case against birthright citizenship

Meet the conservative legal minds telling the Supreme Court to side with Trump.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

My hope for you all is that you live your life and practice your law in such a way that you never have to write a letter like this to a judge. Yikes

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Texas next. We’re working on it 👍

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 01/03/2026

I saw some folks asking what the difference was between what OpenAI signed with the DoD and what Anthropic said they wanted, and Sam more or less admits here the key point: OpenAI's deal requires them to trust the NSA. Anthropic's contract had real safeguards.

User Chris: What was the core difference why you think the DoW accepted OpenAI but not Anthropic

Sam Altman:
I can't speak for them, but to speculate with the best understanding of the situation.

*First, I saw reporting that they were extremely close on a deal, and for much of the time both sides really wanted to reach one. I have seen what happens in tense negotiations when things get stressed and deteriorate super fast, and I could believe that was a large part of what happened here.

*We believe in a layered approach to safety--building a safety stack, deploying FDEs and having our safety and alignment researcher involved, deploying via cloud, working directly with the DoW. Anthropic seemed more focused on specific prohibitions in the contract, rather than citing applicable laws, which we felt comfortable with. We feel that it it's very important to build safe system, and although documents are also important, I'd clearly rather rely on technical safeguards if I only had to pick one.

*We and the DoW got comfortable with the contractual language, but I can understand other people would have a different opinion here.

*I think Anthropic may have wanted more operational control than we did

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

the party that wants to require ID to vote abruptly invalidating a thousand people’s IDs overnight seems like a pretty giant flashing red light

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It will surprise y’all to hear that there are no “Muslims taking over the state” and there is no “sharia law” in Texas that threatens anyone. This is genuinely disgusting. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

"Any event you go to, people ask about it. It's like the border used to be," said Dave Carney, the top political strategist for Mr. Abbott. "What are you doing about Shariah law? What are you doing about the Muslims taking over the state?'"

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

"If the government may simply seize *someone* without due process, there is no check on its ability to seize *anyone*." Perhaps the most fundamental check against tyranny. And it is gravely threatened.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

A few partners at law firms that capitulated to the administration reposted this on linkedin. I guess they (and admin at certain universities) still don't realize that it takes someone to stand up and pound the facts and law in the first place? And call out the administration when it has neither?

Snip from Ana Reyes's memorandum opinion temporarily blocking end of protection status for Haitians in U.S. that reads in part as follows:

There is an old adage among lawyers. If you have the facts on your side, pound the facts. If you have the law on your side, pound the law. If you have neither, pound the table. Secretary Noem, the record to-date shows, does not have the facts on her side--or at least has ignored them. Does not have the law on her side--or at least has ignored it. Having neither and bringing the adage into the 21st century, she pounds X (f/k/a Twitter).

Kristin Noem has a First Amendment right to call immigrants killers, leeches, entitlement junkies, and any other inapt name she wants. Secretary Noem, however, is constrained by both our Constitution and the APA to apply faithfully the facts to the law in implementing the TPS program. The record to-date shows she has yet to do that.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I know there are a lot of people outside of Texas who don’t care what’s happening here. And I’m not going to pretend like this is a sea change until it happens. But if nothing else, I hope this scares the shit out of the people in Austin. Ignore your constituents at your own peril

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

👏👏👏deep in the heart of Texas 😉

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Sometimes the maths don’t maths the way you want. Probably should’ve funded education better 🤷‍♂️

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Michael Sainato @msainato.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents border patrol officers at the National Border Patrol Council, calls on Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller to resign or be fired

Following the killing of AFGE Member Alex Pretti and the subsequent slanderous rhetoric that followed from top Trump administration officials, AFGE National President Everett Kelley issued the following statement:

“Yesterday, AFGE brought together labor and faith leaders from Minneapolis and across the nation to mourn our fallen brother from Local 3669, Alex Pretti. We honored his life and legacy and lifted up his family, his friends, his union, Minneapolis, and our nation in prayer.

“Today, we demand accountability.

“In the immediate aftermath of Alex’s killing, DHS Secretary Kristi Noem betrayed the public trust by slandering the good name of our union brother and calling him a “domestic terrorist.” Alex Pretti was a patriotic ICU nurse at a VA hospital who devoted his life to serving America’s veterans. That claim was reckless, defamatory, and unsupported by the facts. Noem was preceded in this false statement by Stephen Miller, Deputy White House Chief of Staff, who is also the architect of the chaotic and failed immigration policy in Minnesota.

“Our demand is clear: Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who was responsible for carrying out the policy that led to Alex’s needless killing, and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, the architect of that policy, must resign immediately. If they refuse, President Trump must dismiss them.

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Mark Gongloff @markgongloff.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun

A photo of the man murdered by ICE today, just before the shooting. He’s standing and holding a phone in his right hand and holding his empty left hand to the sky and looking behind him at a woman running away while an ICE agent closes in on him from the front. On the ground behind the man is a woman that the victim will soon try to help, leading several ICE agents to attack him and pin him to the ground, before shooting him several times.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Remember when these guys lied that they were preserving Confederate monuments because you had to leave up the whole messy contested historical record rather than erasing history?

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Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

He is five years old. He has the same name as my now-adult son. They used him as bait for his father—who does not have a deportation order. His family did not know where he was for nearly 24 hours. He is five. Years. Old. He probably says “I’m this many years old.” He has a cute hat.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Fightin Texas Aggie basketball 👍

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

"But Wiles conceded that attacking targets on Venezuela’s mainland would force Trump to get congressional approval. 'If he were to authorize some activity on land, then it’s war, then [we’d need] Congress.'" - WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Nov 2, 2025 interview www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...

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Trump’s Inner Circle, On the Record (Part 2 of 2)

Susie Wiles discusses the Epstein files, Pete Hegseth’s war tactics, and “retribution” against Letitia James.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

It really is true that everyone on Bluesky is 38 because I too just finished The Muppet Christmas Carol. And did NOT die.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Genuinely curious what other amici in history were as directly responsible for a SCOTUS decision as @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus was here

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Just to recap: The TikTok ban? Bad. The SCOTUS ruling upholding the TikTok ban? Also bad. Trump choosing not to enforce the ban? More bad. The Trump-backed mostly-US consortium taking over US Tiktok? You guessed it...bad.

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Petree09 @petree09.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

This is truly hysterical. Love the framing here.

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

CBS News staffers might want to check into how things are going at their boss’s anti-woke “university” in Austin. Via @ngluckman.bsky.social www.chronicle.com/article/at-t...

According to LinkedIn, roughly 20 university employees have left this year.
That's a lot for a new institution that had 34 staff members listed on its website this week (the number is separate from faculty). The departures include the president, the provost, the lead fund raiser, the executive director of admissions, as well as people who worked in events, operations, and other positions.

Over the summer, the provost and the lead fund raiser also left the university, according to their LinkedIn profiles. Summers, the former Harvard president, stepped down from the advisory board in July, saying that he was "not comfortable with the course that
UATX has set nor the messages it promulgates and so am withdrawing." (His colleagues on the board, Zimmer and Pinker, stepped down shortly after the university's launch, with Zimmer saying that UATX's critical statements about higher education "diverged very significantly from
my own views.")

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C. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing. All from his movies.

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Phil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.

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