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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 46m

People think you grow out of being goth by his age, but the truth is most people can't afford it

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 4h

Might as well have been produced by Bari Weiss.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 12h

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 4h

Fitting that all the flags in the stock photo are at half mast.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 8h

I've loved TRON since I saw it as a kid. The Elijah Wood animated show was so good. I really want to see TRON Ares for the story and connected lore, however, Jared Leto. 😑

Trailer makes me think he's on screen nearly the whole time. I'm going to be forced to roll constitution checks for 2 hours.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

And www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/25/w...

Why DOJ Might Be Pushing for Lindsey Halligan to Get No Billed - emptywheel

One possible explanation for the flood of leaks about EDVA's disastrous case against Jim Comey is that everyone would be better off if Lindsey Halligan gets no-billed.

www.emptywheel.net

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

This is the article where I learned this, before I went down a rabbit hole of googling about procecutorial misconduct. www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/02/l...

Lindsey Halligan Even Failed Failing - emptywheel

Lindsey Halligan relied on Jack Eckenrode -- the same former FBI guy involved in John Durham cases that relied on inadmissible evidence to get indictments -- to prep for the grand jury last week.

www.emptywheel.net

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

I think the states should decide

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David Blanchard @davidblanchard.bsky.social · 1d

Raindrops cling to maple leaves on a tree in my backyard.

#landscape 📷 #leaves #azwx

A cluster of red maple leaves fills the frame.

Closeup of a red maple leaf covered with water droplets.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

I'd still rather be a gay-leftist than a gay-centrist who says “I think most reasonable people would recognize that there are serious fairness issues if you just treat this as not mattering when a trans athlete wants to compete in women’s sports.” Implying that giving ground to bigots is respectable

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

Trump doesnt really care about pressuring lawyers to do his bidding because he's never at risk. He doesnt have a law license to lose. He does, however, have the ability to make life hard for anyone who refuses to do whatever he asks.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

The DOJ's Public Integrity Section (PIN) is an office that is supposed to validate if cases against public officials have the merit and evidence to move forward. This was to protect the prosecutors and the accused. Trump downsized it from 36 to just a few staff, so they dont do that work anymore.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, they can be disbarred. Many of Trump's former lawyers have been disbarred already, since 2016, 2020. A prosecutor is supposed to only bring forward a case if 1) They believe will result in a conviction beyond a shadow of a doubt and 2) they believe a conviction will stand if appealed.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 1d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

chicago.suntimes.com

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent piece by @mjtoma.bsky.social pulling together everything that has happened in the last week. newrepublic.com/post/201625/...

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

Judging from viewership of other videos they posted today, the interviews with Clinton and Rice went over like a lead balloon.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

The revolution will be inflated

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

News agencies are missing the point that he was going to do this anyway.

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

Rump was laying off massive parts of the government before the shutdown, and promised EOY reductions in February.

If an abusive person regularly beats their spouse, then they'll never need a reason to do it again. And it's not the victim's fault.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 1d

Dang, it could have been Chuck Shumer 😉

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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 3d

I hope someone is looking into the connection between the landlords, building management, and the Feds.

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 3d

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 2d

NIH is researching a single R shot followed by a bag of M&Ms

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 2d

I grew up in St Louis, and to be fair, if you take the 2nd exit after the Arch, make two hops, slide to the left, slide to the left, then slide to the right, you'll be on Bourbon St.

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Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 2d

The protagonist propagandized by his own propaganda.

"Hoist with his own petard." -Hamlet

Lifesized Ben @lifesizedben.bsky.social · 2d

Good luck finding those unicorns

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EDC 🇺🇦🇮🇱 @simplyedc.bsky.social · 3d

The train track to nowhere. Covered Bridge #Photography

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