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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · Feb 5

my point isn't (merely) doom; my point is that the plaintiffs and lawyers and anybody else opposing the administration needs to be realistic and understand where this is actually going because SCOTUS has almost literally told us that they aren't a co-equal branch against this man

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 5h

... 3) do I even want to ask about any reduced frequency of bus service to West Chester?

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 5h

travel to PHL booked for early December

1) OMFG these tickets are like 1/3 again more expensive than last year

2) is the Airport Line still running, or has the GOP in the General Assembly torn up the tracks?

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Nat Torkington @gnat.bsky.social · 20h

New music video just dropped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKfM...

We had so much fun in the hall making this. Can't wait to share the album with you and tour it next year!

You, Me, Everybody - The Rest of Us - [Official Music Video]

YouTube video by You, Me, Everybody Band

www.youtube.com

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pork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 16h

I just hope all you people begging for them to blow up a 96 win team that came within five runs over three games of defeating the defending world series champion turn off the tv when the roster is mostly the same next year

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 23h

Up with People

oh, please, make it be Up with People

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Turning Point USA announced it will host counterprogramming to the Super Bowl halftime show, called “The All American Halftime Show,” as MAGA critics have been enraged over the selection of Bad Bunny as the 2026 headliner.

MAGA rage over Bad Bunny at Super Bowl sparks an alternative show

Counterprogramming hosted by the group that Charlie Kirk founded spotlights the growing political polarization surrounding one of the biggest events of the year.

www.washingtonpost.com

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

tell me you never attended one of your children's well-baby appointments without telling me you never attended one of your children's well-baby appointments

Screen snip of Acyn on X, embedding a short video of RFK Jr, some guy I can't identify, Marco Rubio, and the president sitting at a table:

"Trump on Autism: Obviously, something that is artificially induced, whether it's the vaccines in terms of these massive vaccines twice the size of a jar like that, a glass of water like that, into a baby's body."

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

hoagiemouth detected and TIL he's a goddamned Blue Hen, too

youtu.be/jXRLeH2JCgI?...

Start Spreading The News B*tches! #BlueJays Manager Buries #Yankees After #MLB #alds

YouTube video by The Tall Can Audio Podcast

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

yeah, the Spanish I'm more familiar with is Mexican heard in Philly; this has the sorta dropped final consonants that I want to say you hear in Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc.

I'm catching Vladdy: "[something something] always like this"

Papi: "give it! give it!"

Vladdy: "DAAAAA ..."

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

the mister and I were joking the other day:

Yankees fan walks into a bar. The bartender asks, "Why the long face?"

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

opening this post in a tab of its own so that I can click to it from time to time today and watch again

James G @orth.ca · 1d

Vladdy: "DAAAAAA YANKEES LOSE!"

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

only thing keeping him from building towers like Tr-mp is the limitation that the amount of Newfoundland and Labrador money available is only a tiny, tiny fraction of what New York money looks like -- put another way, when the pond is this small, you can be only so big a fish

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 1d

LOL Danny Williams is still around -- he's a Tr-mp-like property developer who's gotten millions in tax breaks and cheap land, trying to keep himself relevant in provincial politics by loudly tilting against an MOU re Quebec power development signed by the current Liberal government

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glaucon.bsky.social @glaucon.bsky.social · 1d

This isn’t just saying the quiet part loud.

It’s the quiet part painting a swastika on itself and doing goose steps on the table top shouting “quiet parts uber alles”.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 2d

TL;DR: vote to retain Donohue, Dougherty, and Wecht for state supreme court judges; Dubow for superior court; Wojcik for commonwealth court

vote to elect Tsai for commonwealth court

and get guidance on lower courts so you're not just randomly pushing buttons

Philadelphia Bar Association @phillybarassoc.bsky.social · 2d

Make an informed decision in the upcoming election. The Philadelphia Bar Association's Commission on Judicial Selection & Retention's objective, nonpartisan investigations rate candidates on their ability, integrity and judgment. View ratings: https://ow.ly/ikSm50X7ILv

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

I think there's not a huge #NLSky community here, but FWIW registration is open for flu and Covid shots thru the provincial health service: www.timefortheshot.ca -- pls re-post

(I've been checking daily for a couple of weeks now, LOL)

Time For The Shot - Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

It’s respiratory season! Protect yourself and your loved ones. Immunizations protect people and communities by preventing the spread of disease. As more people are immunized, the risk of disease for ...

www.timefortheshot.ca

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

accidentally left my desk phone on "do not disturb" for 2 extra hours after a video CLE ended

I could get used to this

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania wouldn't qualify me for food stamps to help me properly feed my kid while I was a single mom in law school

Hagley Center for the History of Business, Technology, & Society @hagleycenter.bsky.social · 5d

Tell us your story of American capitalism.

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 3d

hrm, could have sworn I re-registered to vote since we moved after the previous federal election, but my name wasn't on the voter roll in the new location when we showed up this morning at the advance poll, so I had to do the oath paper thing

I voted / j'ai voté

opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 4d

you're welcome: youtu.be/lvQTbjtwipE?...

I think "Pippin" gets on people's nerves because it's very musical theater for musical theater people

Pippin: His Life and Times (1981)

YouTube video by Breathe in life

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 4d

I think "Pippin" is absolutely charming, and every once in a while I dig up the version on YouTube from 1981 (Ben Vereen, William Katt, Martha Raye (!), Chita Rivera (!)), but I get why people can't stand it

Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 4d

once i saw an absolutely amazing production of Pippin. It was absolutely brilliant I credit the actors, director, sound guys, production guys, stage design guys, everyone except the person who decided LET'S DO PIPPIN

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 4d

not one episode of "The West Wing"

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 5d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 4d

as a litigator, may I never, ever be reminded by a judge that I'm an officer of the court

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Immergut: You're an officer of the court. Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?

Hamilton: I'm not a policy maker

Immergut: You're a lawyer

In response, Hamilton basically argues no geographic limit to federalization of CA guard...

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reggie seidman @ennui.org · 4d

I am businessman Donald Trump
I smell like i just took a dump
I am now your president

NATO power will soon go away
I will be Putin one day
I will command all of you
We'll host Andrew Tate in school
We'll host Andrew Tate in school

Mar-a-Lago über alles
Mar-a-Lago über alles

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 4d

Wikipedia editors are ON IT

Trey David Yesavage (born July 28, 2003) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Prime Minister of Canada. He played college baseball for the East Carolina Pirates, and was selected by the Blue Jays in the first round of the 2024 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2025. He struck out 11 New York Yankees in his first ever playoff appearance (October 5, 2025)

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opadit @opadit.bsky.social · 4d

feeling better about my curated Bsky echo chamber now that I have people in my feed on both sides re Tom Nichols