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The Lurkin’ Lawyer

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Random semi-retired former state government lawyer. Not a big poster - just here to try and keep up.

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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 8h
If you support this, you are an evil person. No tie of blood, friendship, history, or money will make me respect you. You have chosen to make yourself a moral outlaw.
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Mei 🪽 @meidotwav.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
treat your body like a data center. consume as much water, art and literature as possible. upset local municipalities with your existence.
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
There is a direct line from Newsom and Buttigieg running around the country a year ago saying "we have some concerns about trans people" to Democrats openly using anti-trans slurs in campaign ads today. It's why we pushed back so hard then. We knew where it would lead. And we know where this goes.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
They’re live-streaming the execution of the person they think they can get away with doing that to first. It’s a test. If they can do that, they’ll expand the margins of permission.
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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 09/10/2026
nationalize everything Elon Musk owns.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
80% of the country is pissed off about something and they're blaming GOP incumbents for it, the worst possible strategy for a Dem challenger is to tell the base "I don't share your values" while also telling swing voters "I'm so out of touch I think 'men in women's sports' is a real concern."
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Image of the "Buddy Christ" from the film, "Dogma" (1999).
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 19/09/2026
Fox News headline: "64 House Democrats help Republicans kill Trump impeachment effort." 18 voted to table it. 46 voted "present," Jeffries included. They may think "present" is politically savvy. It reads as a permission slip. This is a problem. @flareusa.bsky.social @refusefascism.bsky.social
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I lol'd at the "I-Ke-Ah!" shout. 😆
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
I think the question of whether or not trans people should be included in all aspects of life is a simple & non-negotiable one. If flawed politically survivalistic reasoning means you can’t clear that bar, it tells me that as the stakes rise, anything may be negotiable for you. You’re a threat.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 11/09/2026
People say this question is not relevant to our immediate existential troubles, but I disagree with that. It is the ultimate existential question. The only one. Because trans inclusion is an immediate existential issue for trans people. Which means it’s a greater existential question for all people.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.
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Mikey Says Hey! @erlking.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Bears repeating from time to time: declining to be vaccinated if you are able to be vaccinated is an antisocial choice akin to deliberately driving drunk. Herd immunity keeps the most vulnerable people in our society safe. Anti-vaxxers deserve more than scorn.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
In the american context communism is mostly unrelated to economics. Any progressive redistributive policy is communism, as is any egalitarianism of race, gender, or sexual orientation. Integration is communism, women in the workplace is communism, marriage equality is communism. It's deeply stupid.
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Evan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 08/08/2026
Sometimes I see something in nature and then spend the next several years waiting for the shot. Sometimes I never get it. Sometimes you see it and a week later you land it: I give you tonight's murder of crows in front of the sunset. 🪶
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Kathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Imagine if copilot was just … gone
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Zootopia Sloth's Big Happy Smile
Alt: Zootopia Sloth's Big Happy Smile
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Susan Collins announcing she'll vote against a controversial nominee is basically the moment it becomes clear that nominee will be confirmed. It means Thune has enough votes to confirm, and thus, Collins gets a pass to look independent.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
People need to start getting disbarred for this shit.
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Taking away someone's food and medicine makes you responsible for their death
Standing up guy by Norman Rockwell meme
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Yeah, some of the compound questions are *really* bad. This one in particular annoyed me. Drone weapon systems under full human control and decision-making? Legit. Building the Terminator? NOPE. Why on earth would you put those two in the same question?
Image of a survey prompt that asks the reader to agree, disagree, or remain neutral that, "Drones and autonomous weapons provide a decisive advantage, and my country should develop them."
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Broken record: This administration is a trust fund kid spending down accounts it did not fill, does not understand how to replenish, and naively imagines to be inexhaustible.
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Ludolphus Salad Fixings
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Yet another Kalshi offering that serves no legitimate economic purpose. It's not possible to make a rational bet on this without material non-public information. It's a market solely for fraud by both regulators and corporate insiders, and everyone connected to it in any way should go to prison.
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Kalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial Results
Kalshi Inc. is expanding in biotechnology by offering wagers on the outcomes of clinical trials and regulatory decisions, giving traders a more direct way to bet on key industry catalysts.
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🎃 Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 14/07/2026
I'm not sure Democrats understand the shit people will endure to make sure a bunch of milquetoast dildos don't get elected only to insist that we "move on." They're acting like midterms are a lock. Dems need extraordinary turnout to account for massive disenfranchisement and I'm not sure they get it
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
How about when he threw an angry tantrum in defense of a SCOTUS nominee credibly accused of rape? Did you all have a good collegial chuckle over that?
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Not sure what counts as obscure, but someone else mentioned one of De Niro's other less well known pics, which made me think of this one with him and Hoffman.
Movie poster for "Flawless" (1999) starring Robert De Niro and Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Narrator: "They will not, in fact, stop talking about election fraud."
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
tax the rich but also make each of them walk down a runway where they get an extra tax if i think their outfit is ugly
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Corrupted DOJ Announces Intent to Lie About 2026 Election Results, Launch Frivolous Prosecutions, Hoping the Threat Will Intimidate States Away from Democracy
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Mark my words, there won’t be much left of the White House once the criminal is done with it because for him it’s not about renovation or updating, it’s about revenge. I hate him and those who chose this.
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Citizens' Impeachment @citizensimpeachment.com · 06/07/2026
Repetition works. If it didn't Coca Cola and McDonald's would have stopped advertising 80 years ago. Repetition works. Boehner and his Tea Party banged on about Benghazi and Her Emails for years, and succeeded in ending Hillary's career. Repetition works. It may actually be essential. #Impeach
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Totally agree with the substance here, but does anyone else bristle at calling Trump's toadies "loyalists?" Yeah, it's technically neutral, but many (esp. those raised as Boy Scouts!) are conditioned to hear "loyal" as a positive trait. Maybe "apparatchik" would be more on point. 😏
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Larry Nassar likely has spent the last 24 hours hastily scribbling pardon petitions.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
if youre too afraid to say it you shouldnt be the nominee
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Duchess Van Hoof @duchess-van-hoof.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The bigot does not care if you are gay, bi, gold-star lesbian, assimiliationist transsexual, nonbinary or else. To the bigot, you are a deviant who should be persecuted. You're a faggot, a damn queer. The queer community is an alliance for survival, not a dance club. We're in this together.
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I am certain absolutely no money or stock was exchanged to facilitate this reversal
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
It was 5-4 on the constitutional question and the fact you are unable to recognise this as a problem is why you are unfit for the purpose. You have to go.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 30/06/2026
I don’t think we should burn down the internet because two assholes go around buying legislators
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Awwwww, did widdle DJT just fly unaccompanied for the first time? Cos I'm pretty sure I got one of those from the pilot on a Piedmont Airlines flight when I was 7. (And mine was less tacky.)
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
What’s remarkable about all this stuff is the stolen valor. You didn’t build shit, you won a birth lottery. You are a podcaster not Emperor Vespasian. bsky.app/profile/just...
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The Lurkin’ Lawyer @troydpage.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Somebody tell all the algorithms that they're fired 😡, because it should not have taken 9 years for content like *this* to make its way through the tubes to those of us seeing it for the first time. 😋
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Trump Officials: "We are gutter racists who believe non-white people are racially inferior to whites. We have said publicly that non-white immigrants dilute the racial purity of our nation and thus we do not want non-white immigrants here. This is *entirely* about race." Sam Alito: "But *is* it?"
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
For years, the anti-immigrant go-to line was that they were anti *illegal* immigration, because they believed in rule of law and had compassion for immigrants who "did it the right way." Now, from the White House and Supreme Court on down, it's openly anti-rule-of-law and anti-nonwhite-immigration.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
You’d think it would be the other way around at this point.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 24/06/2026
I'm so fucking tired of hearing that trans kids need to eat shit. That we need to let lawless bygones be bygones. That data centers get all our water and we just need to adjust to the future. That the Supreme Court is static and we just need to sit there and not have rights.
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CVJ @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Actually, we *should* be able to expect the president of the United States to be able to restrain himself from personally threatening to kill the negotiators from another country. It's not that unreasonable at all, you pathetic toady.
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Occurs to me that we’re at the end of an ultimately very anomalous century-long evidentiary golden age during which it was extremely easy to produce an accurate visual/auditory record of reality, and relatively difficult to produce a false one.
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