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Father, Army Husband (Ret.), lawyer. KUSK alum; public servant. Litigation disaster tour guide. Odd Fellow (and odd fellow). Proud member of the terminally online community since 1993. he/him

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · Aug 1

Jn 11:35

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 14m

Pretty much exactly it, give or take some additional flaking here and there.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 26m

I wonder if the adult in the breakfast room wearing a sweatshirt that says "Free Man: Lions Not Sheep" is aware that the top of the 'o' in 'the 'not' on the back of the sweatshirt has suffered a tragic workmanship defect, giving his outfit choice a very different impression when viewed from behind.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 38m

So many so awkward mating rituals in progress.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 48m

I'll see your high school group on the plane and raise you a high school marching band at breakfast in the hotel.

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 13h

That sinking feeling as you realize the entire back half of the plane you just boarded is a high school group who are all traveling together

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dell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 2h

i’ve seen enough. and by that i mean lots of evidence. If you’re running an account that uses phrases like “antifascist,” or anything in the vicinity, the FBI, the NYPD, it doesn’t really matter, it’s all the same thing now, you’re on a watchlist.

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The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 8h

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 8h

Read the shirt.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 8h

Kid Rock: The Get Off My Lawn You Pesky Kids Edition

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 11h

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 9h

Say it together, everyone - WHAT DAY IS IT?

The Cola Corporation @cola.baby · 10h

Check ur inboxes

Graphic of black tee. Two blue stripes in background at top and bottom. White and red text reads Protest at top and Chicago at bottom. In middle is a diptych of black and white photo of Chicago protests 1968 and a color photo of man carrying USA flag amid tear gas at Broadview Illinois in 2025.

Close up of text on inside sleeve

1. "¿Soy libre de irme?"
Si no: "¿Me están deteniendo?"
2. "Deseo permanecer en silencio. Quiero hablar con un abogado."
3. "No doy miconsentimiento
ara un registro"
4. Ademas de 1-
de 1-3, cállate.
5. En serio, cállate
5. En serio, cállate.
Gremio Nacional de
Abogados
(872) 465-4244

1. "AmI free to go?"
If not: "Aml being detained?"
2."i choose to remain silent.
"I want to speak to a lawyer."
3."I do not consent to a search."
4. Besides 1-3, STFU.
5. Seriously, STFU.
6. National Lawyers
Guild Chicago

Close up of tag inside tee collar.

UNION MADE IN THE U.S.A
100% COTTON
SMALL

In background is image of Chicago flag

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 9h

Painfully real.

Also appellate lawyers are coddled when it comes to word count.

Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 11h

Undergrad: "Man, 10 page essay. what am I going to write in here"

Lawyer: "What do you mean just 13,000 words?"

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 9h

On a tro response? Bad, but not terrible. TOAs suuuuuuuuck.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

Sorry, confused by your first sentence.

For clarity: you grow mushrooms by keeping them in the dark and feeding them shit.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

That's just an uncontroversial fact.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

Hard pass, thanks.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

There's always "hot dogs are sandwiches."

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

I can give you a thread with nearly all good faith replies, started from a quote expressing (I hope) reasonable disagreement.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

I've been traveling for the last 15 hours, and am very time zone offset. It is officially sometime somewhere.

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

And will be awarding them the Green Thumb Medal, with mulch bag clusters.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "The restaurants were all closing, now you can't get into a restaurant. They're opening up new restaurants. It took 12 days for us. We sent in not politically correct military. We sent them in based on merit."

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

You know, I really do think he is this disconnected from reality. It's not a bit. His staff treat him like a mushroom, and run with the outputs.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

You love to see @akalhan.bsky.social having successfully coined a new phrase.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 20h

Lawyers have been publicizing a new term to describe ICE's racially targeted detainments: a “Kavanaugh stop.”

Mother Jones reporter Pema Levy explains in this new video:

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 13h

There was a time when conservative judges didn't blow off the Federalist Papers.

Of course, that was back before the Federalist Society decided that they had named themselves ironically.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 14h

Reading this now. It’s the opinion explaining the reason for granting a TRO (the order came out yesterday) against the National Guard deployment in Illinois. It begins with a quote from Alexander Hamilton in the Federalist Papers against the idea.

Big Cases Bot @bigcases.bots.law · 14h

New filing: "Illinois v. Trump (national guard deployment)"
Doc #70: memorandum opinion and order

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL71559895

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The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 14h

End of the day, the court probably doesn't have to overlook the whole "everything matches a specific GW unit, including distinctive units and characters" thing. Even if some theoretical ruleset exists.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 14h

It depends. Law in this area actually tends toward common sense. If you're a small fry doing a small number of lines of sculpts that are on the more generic end, it can help a ton. If you're...well, at the Ghamak end of the spectrum, not so much.

The Questionable Authority @questauthority.bsky.social · 14h

Yeah, the My Mini Factory also.