Michael
@fleerultra.bsky.social
History's most successful legal podcaster, co-host of 5-4 pod. He/Him @fivefourpod.bsky.social
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Michael
@fleerultra.bsky.social
· Dec 14
I made a starter pack of people I follow who (a) post about news, politics, and law a lot, (b) don't post about a ton of other things, (c) have interesting takes that make me think. don't be offended if you're a mutual but not included, it's probably bc of (a) or (b) not (c) go.bsky.app/AqgdUFZ
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Fun replies and quotes here in this thread. I'll add a lesser known fave: cartoonist Guindon, who had a single panel strip in the Detroit Free Press and was briefly syndicated in the 80s. Great style, real knack for the everyday absurd.
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Fun replies and quotes here in this thread. I'll add a lesser known fave: cartoonist Guindon, who had a single panel strip in the Detroit Free Press and was briefly syndicated in the 80s. Great style, real knack for the everyday absurd.
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"Unpopular opinion on an issue most people don't really care about one way or another" is a loss leader to strengthen the electorate's trust that you believe in anything at all.
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Unpopular opinion on an issue most people don't really care about one way or another" is a loss leader to strengthen the electorate's trust that you believe in anything at all.
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Ahem. I will not "debate" whether it's ok to steal from artists because you A. can't afford their work B. hate capitalism. That's lousy self-justification that reeks of entitlement. Devaluing labor and wage theft is capitalist af, you are not a hero or a class warrior, you're just an asshole.
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Ahem. I will not "debate" whether it's ok to steal from artists because you A. can't afford their work B. hate capitalism. That's lousy self-justification that reeks of entitlement. Devaluing labor and wage theft is capitalist af, you are not a hero or a class warrior, you're just an asshole.
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I've seen the pendulum really swing against the possibility of alien life, and I just don't understand it. Like I agree intelligent aliens have not visited Earth, but it's a really big universe out there, and to suggest that there is no alien life among the trillions of stars is absurd
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I've seen the pendulum really swing against the possibility of alien life, and I just don't understand it. Like I agree intelligent aliens have not visited Earth, but it's a really big universe out there, and to suggest that there is no alien life among the trillions of stars is absurd
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my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
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Cheesecake is unpleasantly heavy and will make me regret eating it shortly after. Key Lime pie has never let me down.
key lime pie crushes cheese cake. not even close
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Cheesecake is unpleasantly heavy and will make me regret eating it shortly after. Key Lime pie has never let me down.
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Flan > cheesecake
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Flan > cheesecake
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This is great. If you're not subscribing to 5-4, you probably should be.
This week’s premium episode is about Trump’s drone strikes on purported drug boats in the Caribbean, the escalation to a possible war, and how past administrations paved the way for Trump.
Fire at Will: Trump’s Illegal War in the Caribbean [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4
Get more from 5-4 on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is great. If you're not subscribing to 5-4, you probably should be.
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Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
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i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
Listen dude, you can try and ride for this guy all you want, but the trans userbase of this platform fucking hates him because he picks on them. I'm going to listen to the trans people I know who are telling me he's bad. Plus I've been in these threads and seen it
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
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Every American should have this in their wallet:
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Every American should have this in their wallet:
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Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Amazing to learn that Isaac Chotiner can apparently just come for you in your replies. Like suddenly realizing you're swimming in open ocean
really proud of this one, a vital topic right now, we cover a lot of territory and get into a bunch of areas outside our typical remit. www.patreon.com/posts/144340...
Fire at Will: Trump’s Illegal War in the Caribbean [SUBSCRIBER-ONLY] | 5-4
Get more from 5-4 on Patreon
www.patreon.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
really proud of this one, a vital topic right now, we cover a lot of territory and get into a bunch of areas outside our typical remit. www.patreon.com/posts/144340...
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First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.
look Holmes has a bust in NYU’s Hall of Fame for Great Americans for a reason
This was basically Oliver Wendell Holmes’s view.
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
look Holmes has a bust in NYU’s Hall of Fame for Great Americans for a reason
this clip feels like @wyattprivilege.bsky.social catnip
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
this clip feels like @wyattprivilege.bsky.social catnip
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you should call your senators today and say you saw the nyt report about team fight in the senate and ask why the fuck you don’t see their name on the list. or if they are on the list, thank them
November 25, 2025 at 12:13 PM
you should call your senators today and say you saw the nyt report about team fight in the senate and ask why the fuck you don’t see their name on the list. or if they are on the list, thank them
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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Today I passed a billboard w/ an ai-ass nativity scene beneath a giant cosmic Jesus and big text asking "Do You Love The Man As Much As The Baby?" and I choked on the coke zero I was drinking while driving and I stifled a cough and the bubbles foamed up through my nasal passages. I felt so present.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today I passed a billboard w/ an ai-ass nativity scene beneath a giant cosmic Jesus and big text asking "Do You Love The Man As Much As The Baby?" and I choked on the coke zero I was drinking while driving and I stifled a cough and the bubbles foamed up through my nasal passages. I felt so present.
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the Monday Night Football sideline reporter just casually described a player getting concussed to the point of vomiting and then returning to the field
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
the Monday Night Football sideline reporter just casually described a player getting concussed to the point of vomiting and then returning to the field