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John DeRosa

@theverdict.bsky.social
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Seattle. Watchmaking. Photography. 3D printing. Devotee of the Oxford Comma and Two Spaces After A Period. Youtube: www.youtube.com/@Oldguyponderingaca…

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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 24m
SCOTUS calls for redo on Washington state voting maps After the justices’ landmark voting rights ruling, state officials in Washington pushed for a lower court do-over for political maps under the new standard. www.courthousenews.com/scotus-calls...
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SCOTUS calls for redo on Washington state voting maps
After the justices’ landmark voting rights ruling, state officials in Washington pushed for a lower court do-over for political maps under the new standard.
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Frankenstein's Monster's Monster @shiftlefti.st · 1h
While not exactly a historical inaccuracy, I have a habit of checking chessboard layouts in film and other media. And almost 50% of the time, A1 is on a white square.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 55m
What did people use before wallets?
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 1h
Looks like a dickhead.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 1h
I can do that, easy.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 1h
Right-wing online influencers: We can't prove Talarico *didn't* go to a rehab in Ohio NYT: We can, we saw video proof WSJ: Speaking of, we saw video of Paxton partying at the Burj Khalifa with his girlfriend and two men under federal indictment for fraud, one of whom donated to Paxton's campaign
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Celeste Pewter @celestepewter.bsky.social · 1h
Dem comms staff: Please check your Meta security. RIGHT NOW. There's some kind of bug, and I was somehow given access back to a page for an elected official for a job I left in 2021. (I created the page originally, so I'm assuming that's how that happened?) But this official has -
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Deborah La Torre @deblatorre.bsky.social · 1h
I personally prefer the idea of celebrating October as Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month. So in honor of that, here are pictures of me, my grandmother, great grandmother, and my great great grandmother.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 7h
WATCH: A STUNNING admission from the MAGA influencers who spread the false James Talarico hospital story. “Whether it's true or not, people deserve to know.” “It genuinely doesn't matter if it was a mental health hospital or the flu.” Ben breaks down what happened after the smear collapsed.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 5h
Oh yes a petition that’ll do it
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Heiz @heiz16.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nothing says america like shooting someone in a wheelchair.
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VT Commons @vtcommons.bsky.social · 15h
This is how Democrats should have been speaking to Trump for the past decade. Finally.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 6h
Just signed up for $20/mo. Go Frank!
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 6h
Bet they are shaking in their boots
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 6h
Ooooooo emotion that’ll teach them
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 6h
Does Gruber follow you?
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Dr. Todd Arrington @btarrington.bsky.social · 16h
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they kept just one. They promised to take our land—and they took it.” ~Red Cloud (Oglala Lakota), c. 1868-70. Today is Indigenous Peoples' Day. Image: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
This sepia-toned image shows a Native American man, Red Cloud, seated and wearing traditional Native dress.
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Sarah Burris @sarahburris.bsky.social · 9h
PART 3: The judge wants to find out who lied to her Judge calls 'massive fire drill' because the Trump admin 'can't be trusted' www.alternet.org/trump-judge-...
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Judge calls 'massive fire drill' because the Trump admin 'can't be trusted'
The questions today go to "whether or not I've been lied to. Whether I've been lied to in the declarations about the plan, whether I've been lied to about the timing of things, whether I've been lied ...
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 8h
Post AI slop, get blocked.
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Centrist Sisyphus @centristsisyphus.bsky.social · 15h
Surely if the topic is questionable immigration paperwork, Melania‘s and Elon’s homes were raided at the same time? Right???
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Gruber jumped the shark with this post.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
BREAKING: Judge Jennifer Rochon (Biden/SDNY) blocks further use of government funds for Trump's political-season TV ads and orders them to stop airing tonight. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
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Order on Motion for TRO AND Order on Motion to Stay – #41 in Common Cause v. Department of Homeland Security (S.D.N.Y., 1:26-cv-08882) – CourtListener.com
ORDER granting 25 Motion for TRO; granting 25 Motion to Stay. ORDERED that under 5 U.S.C. § 705, the purchase order entered into on or about September 20, 2026 between Customs Border Protection ("CBP"...
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Congresspeople
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I love this mayor
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The latest incarnation of Siri isn’t as good as the previous incarnation. And the previous incarnation was fair. Silicon Valley tech bros have lost their goddamn minds. 
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Bezos is quite the victim.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
gah
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
And so the WP Data Team gives her plenty of exposure. Sigh
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Oooooo, the District of Columbia. Dammit, my blind spot!
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
51st? Hm
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
My dude in Christ, disgust over a live-streamed execution has nothing to do with any feelings of sympathy for the condemned. Get a grip. 
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Zachery Montoya @zacherymontoya.com · 11/10/2026
manual focus 🎞️ Scanned on September 28, 2026 #photograph #film #35mm #filmisnotdead #photography #2026 #canona2e #fuji200 #puertorico
a tall tower with a clock on top of it
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Nice straw man ya got there
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Her votes are….unique
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I can’t read the article because, although it’s free, I need a New York Times account to read it. I’m curious what the breakdown of violent threats is across the political spectrum.
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hey remember when courts started deciding that if you buy your kid a gun and they use it to kill a bunch of people that you are also legally responsible? Anyway just thinking about that for no reason.
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Get out
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Hear hear!!
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Gltch @gltch.io · 11/10/2026
UK vegetables have lost between 20 and 50 percent of key minerals like potassium and magnesium since the 1960s. This decline is linked to soil depletion and breeding crops for speed of growth. Source: science.slashdot.org/story/26/10… #Science
AI-generated illustration: A single orange carrot with green leafy tops lies on cracked, dry soil in a field of green vegetable plants.
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brutusettu.bsky.social @brutusettu.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Claim: ICE has a bunch of lawless goons that lie on official reports. Fact: ICE has a bunch of lawless goons that lie on official reports.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
He is such an abject idiot
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/10/2026
if your agents are going to commit crimes, you are legally responsible if you cannot figure out how to prevent your agents from doing crimes, you’re going to have to choose between releasing them and protecting yourself from criminal liability imo this would do more for “ai safety” than a sex cult
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
New Fed estimates of wealth by age are out. Under-35 wealth dropped 23% over these three years www.wsj.com/economy/affl...
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Affluent and Older Americans Got Much Richer in Postpandemic Years
A Federal Reserve study found overall median net worth rose 2% between 2022 and 2025.
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
When I order something online, I’d like to get one or two notifications about its progress. Not six or seven.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 10/10/2026
This is by no means a perfect solution (the internet is broken) but the Consent-O-Matic add-on automatically tells cookie request windows to piss off. consentomatic.au.dk
consentomatic.au.dk
Consent-O-Matic
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John DeRosa @theverdict.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
* was NEED EDIT BUTTON
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Your Mom @mountains206.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
There’s a special place in hell for rightwing disinformation purveyors who terrorize small businesses like this one. Nick Shirley is a lying piece of shit. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Seattle grocery fights back against right-wing influencer after viral video
After Nick Shirley posted a video accusing Lam’s grocery of fraud, the store has been fighting to clear its name against an onslaught of social media hate.
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