Mithradates
@mithradatesvi.bsky.social
Teacher / lawyer: health law, contracts, ethics. UChicago Law alum. Interests in cooking, video games, jazz. Skeets are exclusively jokes. Reskeets and likes are strictly by accident.
Getting an impromptu dance recital from my 4-y/o at the end of a cooped up snow day is making it all feel worth it.
January 26, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Getting an impromptu dance recital from my 4-y/o at the end of a cooped up snow day is making it all feel worth it.
An under-acknowledged cultural problem: Christmas is close to the start of winter, but is treated culturally like the capstone or end of winter.
There are relatively few winter songs/shows that are not also in some way Christmas songs which stop being relevant very early in the season.
There are relatively few winter songs/shows that are not also in some way Christmas songs which stop being relevant very early in the season.
January 25, 2026 at 5:52 PM
An under-acknowledged cultural problem: Christmas is close to the start of winter, but is treated culturally like the capstone or end of winter.
There are relatively few winter songs/shows that are not also in some way Christmas songs which stop being relevant very early in the season.
There are relatively few winter songs/shows that are not also in some way Christmas songs which stop being relevant very early in the season.
The way that He-Man trailer got my hopes up only to dash them when I find out Jared Leto is playing Skeletor 😩
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The way that He-Man trailer got my hopes up only to dash them when I find out Jared Leto is playing Skeletor 😩
According to our fortune cookies, @macaronbaker.bsky.social is perfect and needs to keep up the good work, and I am a mess who needs to work on myself, apparently. L
January 23, 2026 at 1:24 AM
According to our fortune cookies, @macaronbaker.bsky.social is perfect and needs to keep up the good work, and I am a mess who needs to work on myself, apparently. L
I wish Reddit had a mute word function. I’m sick to death of the number of “deport Nicki Minaj” posts I’ve been seeing lately.
I’m not a fan, but I also don’t believe that immigration status should be in any way contingent on her agreeing with me politically.
I’m not a fan, but I also don’t believe that immigration status should be in any way contingent on her agreeing with me politically.
January 22, 2026 at 4:15 PM
I wish Reddit had a mute word function. I’m sick to death of the number of “deport Nicki Minaj” posts I’ve been seeing lately.
I’m not a fan, but I also don’t believe that immigration status should be in any way contingent on her agreeing with me politically.
I’m not a fan, but I also don’t believe that immigration status should be in any way contingent on her agreeing with me politically.
I love how Reddit AI datamines community subreddits to answer common questions, like “What are fun things to do in your community?”
In my town, its answers are several closed attractions, a hotel known for prostitution, and a tunnel used by the homeless that Reddit describes as “leading to heaven.”
In my town, its answers are several closed attractions, a hotel known for prostitution, and a tunnel used by the homeless that Reddit describes as “leading to heaven.”
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 PM
I love how Reddit AI datamines community subreddits to answer common questions, like “What are fun things to do in your community?”
In my town, its answers are several closed attractions, a hotel known for prostitution, and a tunnel used by the homeless that Reddit describes as “leading to heaven.”
In my town, its answers are several closed attractions, a hotel known for prostitution, and a tunnel used by the homeless that Reddit describes as “leading to heaven.”
The Land Before Time is a magnificent film, but showing it to a kid for the first time is always A Choice...
Like, I want her to be old enough to not be traumatized, but not so old she no longer appreciates it.
Like, I want her to be old enough to not be traumatized, but not so old she no longer appreciates it.
January 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM
The Land Before Time is a magnificent film, but showing it to a kid for the first time is always A Choice...
Like, I want her to be old enough to not be traumatized, but not so old she no longer appreciates it.
Like, I want her to be old enough to not be traumatized, but not so old she no longer appreciates it.
I am shocked that none of the obits for Scott Adams mention his true magnum opus, Dilberitoes, the giant-ass frozen burrito brand he marketed from 1999-2003 on the premise that they contained 100% of your daily nutrients. They also caused some pretty gnarly diarrhea.
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I am shocked that none of the obits for Scott Adams mention his true magnum opus, Dilberitoes, the giant-ass frozen burrito brand he marketed from 1999-2003 on the premise that they contained 100% of your daily nutrients. They also caused some pretty gnarly diarrhea.
One of my New Year’s resolution was 15 pounds down by April, which seemed like a stretch but within reason. Then I got this bronchitis that just refuses to quit and I have to say, goal looking more achievable by the day.
Not the best diet plan, but shockingly effective.
Not the best diet plan, but shockingly effective.
January 13, 2026 at 5:35 PM
One of my New Year’s resolution was 15 pounds down by April, which seemed like a stretch but within reason. Then I got this bronchitis that just refuses to quit and I have to say, goal looking more achievable by the day.
Not the best diet plan, but shockingly effective.
Not the best diet plan, but shockingly effective.
Souper Cubes + a self-heating lunchbox is the easy meal prep combo that I wish had always existed. Making Lego lunches by mixing and matching leftover meats, starches, and veggies and having them come to temp right around lunch time is a dream come true. (❤️ @macaronbaker.bsky.social)
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Souper Cubes + a self-heating lunchbox is the easy meal prep combo that I wish had always existed. Making Lego lunches by mixing and matching leftover meats, starches, and veggies and having them come to temp right around lunch time is a dream come true. (❤️ @macaronbaker.bsky.social)
My condolences to Jonathan Ross, the comedian, whose only crime was being unable to pronounce the letter R.
January 8, 2026 at 8:33 PM
My condolences to Jonathan Ross, the comedian, whose only crime was being unable to pronounce the letter R.
I don’t know if it’s a winning diplomatic strategy, but I think it would be fun if Greenland said they would agree to join the US, but only as the 51st state, and also they would be offering Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg as their first senators.
Meet insanity with whimsy, I say.
Meet insanity with whimsy, I say.
January 8, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I don’t know if it’s a winning diplomatic strategy, but I think it would be fun if Greenland said they would agree to join the US, but only as the 51st state, and also they would be offering Kamala Harris and Pete Buttigieg as their first senators.
Meet insanity with whimsy, I say.
Meet insanity with whimsy, I say.
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1) What the Empire did was unforgivable.
2) Bail Organa was a dictator hiding a Rebel base on Alderaan.
Two things can be true!
2) Bail Organa was a dictator hiding a Rebel base on Alderaan.
Two things can be true!
January 7, 2026 at 9:58 PM
1) What the Empire did was unforgivable.
2) Bail Organa was a dictator hiding a Rebel base on Alderaan.
Two things can be true!
2) Bail Organa was a dictator hiding a Rebel base on Alderaan.
Two things can be true!
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This morning, my wife asked me to “take a pass at the dishwasher.”
Being a dad of long standing, I went up to it and asked: “So, what’s a dishwasher like you doing in a kitchen like this?”
It did not respond.
Being a dad of long standing, I went up to it and asked: “So, what’s a dishwasher like you doing in a kitchen like this?”
It did not respond.
January 7, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This morning, my wife asked me to “take a pass at the dishwasher.”
Being a dad of long standing, I went up to it and asked: “So, what’s a dishwasher like you doing in a kitchen like this?”
It did not respond.
Being a dad of long standing, I went up to it and asked: “So, what’s a dishwasher like you doing in a kitchen like this?”
It did not respond.
I bought some translucent purple filament for my wife’s new 3D printer and I think it is Canadian. It keeps curling in cold weather.
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I bought some translucent purple filament for my wife’s new 3D printer and I think it is Canadian. It keeps curling in cold weather.
The messaging on Venezuela from the administration is so transparently bonkers. It was a “law enforcement operation” so they don’t need congressional approval, but also we are running Venezuela now and will be appointing someone to essentially run the place by proxy?
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The messaging on Venezuela from the administration is so transparently bonkers. It was a “law enforcement operation” so they don’t need congressional approval, but also we are running Venezuela now and will be appointing someone to essentially run the place by proxy?
THIS. This place is becoming a circular firing squad.
Ruminating on some of the recent high profile pile-ons here
We gotta have private accounts here, like, YESTERDAY
We gotta have private accounts here, like, YESTERDAY
January 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM
THIS. This place is becoming a circular firing squad.
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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I never much cared for the U.S. Congress when it existed, but now I miss it.
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I never much cared for the U.S. Congress when it existed, but now I miss it.
Two things that have been almost invariably true in my lifetime.
Democratic leadership will be worthless.
Resistance to injustice will nevertheless foment around and be driven by Democrats.
Democratic leadership will be worthless.
Resistance to injustice will nevertheless foment around and be driven by Democrats.
January 4, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Two things that have been almost invariably true in my lifetime.
Democratic leadership will be worthless.
Resistance to injustice will nevertheless foment around and be driven by Democrats.
Democratic leadership will be worthless.
Resistance to injustice will nevertheless foment around and be driven by Democrats.
Suddenly a bunch of my ads are for prepper shit, which seems ominous.
January 4, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Suddenly a bunch of my ads are for prepper shit, which seems ominous.
It is upper 60s all week here. Winter is cancelled, we are stuck in endless autumn hell.
January 4, 2026 at 12:45 AM
It is upper 60s all week here. Winter is cancelled, we are stuck in endless autumn hell.
I’m sure JD will stand by this same standard when it comes time to return the Tate boys to Romania.
What JD Vance really means by this is that Maduro is bound by US laws but Trump is not.
January 3, 2026 at 10:19 PM
I’m sure JD will stand by this same standard when it comes time to return the Tate boys to Romania.