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Tim Byrne
@tbyrne75.bsky.social
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Barrister, lefty, film & comic book lover. My children drive me crazy *and* keep me sane. We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 7m
The only other universal option is Baker Street.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 24m
Were stopwatches handed out ahead of time, you lickspittle?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 16h
Rollins: "We had an amazing cabinet meeting. President Trump walked in before the cameras were there. We all stood up & gave him a two minute standing ovation. There's so much love in that room & respect & just appreciation for him. No one could do what that man is doing today. So I was so grateful"
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 25m
I will never tire of pointing out that Donald Trump Sr. literally *is* a criminal.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 34m
BARTIROMO: Trump says Pritzker and Brandon Johnson should be in jail. Your reaction?

TRICIA McLAUGHLIN: They are aiding and abetting criminals ... Pritzker is lying about racial profiling going on
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 27m
"In a world in which billions of people are active online, support for almost any proposition, no matter how farfetched, fantastical or unreasonable, can be found with little effort in any number of comment sections, chat rooms and servers."
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 16h
"The views expressed by users @kaioken8026, @mrright8439, and @ZxZNebula ... do not alter the Court’s analysis."
The Court holds, based upon a full consideration of the context in which “Not Like Us” was published, that a reasonable listener could not have concluded that “Not Like Us” was conveying objective facts about Drake. The views expressed by users @kaioken8026, @mrright8439, and @ZxZNebula, and the other YouTube and Instagram commentators quoted in the Complaint, Am. Compl., ¶¶ 73-74, do not alter the Court’s analysis. In a world in which billions of people are active online, support for almost any proposition, no matter how farfetched, fantastical or unreasonable, can be found with little effort in any number of comment sections, chat rooms, and servers. “[T]hat some readers may infer a defamatory meaning from a statement does not necessarily render the inference reasonable under the circumstances.” Jacobus, 51 N.Y.S.3d at 336.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 36m
sometimes i think i'm doing ok then I ask if the graves at the cemetery are buried in alphabetical order.
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Cosmic Clau @cosmicclau.bsky.social · 7h
sometimes i think i'm doing ok then i start driving with the handbrake still up
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 49m
Never accept *any* proposal from Republicans unless they perform their end of the bargain first.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19h
An up or down vote on extending the ACA subsidies, and I would add a separate up or down vote the same day to release the Epstein files.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 1h
People in Gaza don’t have families, apparently.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 19h
My statement on Middle East peace
A white graphic with a blue border includes the following text: My Statement on Middle East Peace October 9, 2025 After two years of unimaginable loss and suffering for Israeli families and the people of Gaza, we should all be encouraged and relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight; that those hostages still being held will be reunited with their families; and that vital aid can start reaching those inside Gaza whose lives have been shattered. More than that, though, it now falls on Israelis and Palestinians, with the support of the U.S. and the entire world community, to begin the hard task of rebuilding Gaza – and to commit to a process that, by recognizing the common humanity and basic rights of both peoples, can achieve a lasting peace.
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 2h
Donald trump can still win the Nobel Peace prize if Mike Pence has the courage
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 2h
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 2h
What's a great movie image that is ingrained in your head? 🎥
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 3h
Antifa : We oppose fascism. It is literally our whole deal. It's in our name.

Republicans : HOW DARE YOU.
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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 3h
you know what fair
Bootleggirl on twitter writes: "I still dislike the Star Wars sequels but I can't no longer fault them for running with the premise of "20 years after fascism, same fascism again, but stupider" bc I just lived through that.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 3h
Call me cold-blooded, but this sort of thing is just plain weird. I mean, these people are all going to go home and eat chicken etc, so what's the difference?

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Family of ducks crossing Perth freeway cause peak-hour pile up
Six cars are caught in a pile-up as a family of ducks attempts to cross busy Kwinana Freeway during the morning peak hour in Perth.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 3h
Obviously it was deserved on the merits, but an added bonus of awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a (1) Venezuelan (2) woman (3) of colour is just imagining the tantrum thrown by a certain orange manchild.

www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
María Corina Machado named as this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winner despite lobbying by Trump
US president’s actions counter to prize criteria, analysts say
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 4d
Name a great scary movie that doesn’t have a sequel (or prequel)
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 7h
High Fidelity did them dirty.

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[ High Fidelity - 2000 ] - "It's the new Belle & Sebastian."
YouTube video by Otávio Albuquerque
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 8h
But it’s too quiet. Is there any way to make it louder and more noticeable?
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William Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 9h
It is a tale
Told by an idiot
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 8h
Trump is one of the few people that reads To Kill A Mockingbird and fully empathises with Bob Ewell.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 9h
OH MY GOODNESS THE FLOODGATES.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 9h
Nineteen grand over a thirty year year loan.

FMD.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 15h
NEW: Here's the two-count indictment against NY AG Letitia James. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
INDICTMENT October 2025 Term - at Alexandria, Virginia THE GRAND JURY CHARGES THAT: GENERAL ALLEGATIONS At all times relevant to this Indictment: 1. Letitia A. James ("JAMES) was a resident of Brooklyn, New York, and the borrower on a Fannie Mae-backed mortgage loan for the property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia. 2. OVM Financial (also known as Old Virginia Mortgage / AnnieMac) was a mortgage lending business located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, engaged in the business of originating and underwriting residential mortgage loans, including those backed by the Federal National Mortgage Association ("Fannie Mae"). OVM Financial qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(10). 3. Fannie Mae was a federally chartered corporation that purchased and guaranteed mortgages, operating as a government-sponsored enterprise under the oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency ("FHFA"). 4. First Savings Bank was a state-chartered, FDIC-insured financial institution (Certificate #29961), headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, which acquired mortgage loans through assignment or acquisition. First Savings Bank qualified as a "financial institution" within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. § 20(1). 5. On or about August 17, 2020, JAMES, as sole borrower, purchased the three (3) bedroom, (1) bathroom property located at 3121 Peronne Avenue, Norfolk, Virginia 23509 (the "Peronne Property"), for approximately $137,000, financed with a mortgage loan of approximately $109,600 (Loan #4430025978) backed by Fannie Mae. 6. The loan was originated by OVM Financial under a signed Second Home Rider, which required JAMES, as the sole borrower to occupy and use the property as her secondary residence, and prohibited its use as a timesharing or other shared ownership arrangement or agreement that requires her either to rent the property or give any other person any control over the occupancy or use of the property. 7. Despite these representations, the Peronne Property was not occupied or used by JAMES as a secondary residence and was instead used as a rental investment property, renting the property to a family of (3). 8. This misrepresentation allowed JAMES to obtain favorable loan terms not available for investment properties, including a note rate of 3.000% (avoiding a 0.815% higher comparable investment property rate of 3.815%, resulting in approximately $17,837 in rate savings over the life of the loan), a seller credit of approximately $3,288 (exceeding the seller credit for investment properties by approximately $1,096), for total ill-gotten gains of approximately $18,933 over the life of the loan. 9. JAMES' Universal Property application for homeowners' insurance indicated "owner- occupied non-seasonal use," further misrepresenting the intended use of the property. 10. JAMES filed Schedule E tax forms), under penalties of perjury, treating the Perrone Property as rental real estate, reporting fair rental days, zero personal use days, thousand(s) of dollars in rents received, and claiming deductions for expenses relating to the property, further contradicting the second home classification. 11. The loan was acquired by or assigned to First Savings Bank by March 2021, exposing it to risks associated with the misrepresented loan. 12. The acts described herein occurred within the Eastern District of Virginia. COUNT ONE (Bank Fraud - 18 U.S.C. § 1344) 13. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein. 14. From on or about August 7, 2020, through at least January 2024, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly execute and attempt to execute a scheme and artifice to defraud OVM Financial and First Savings Bank, financial institutions, and to obtain moneys, funds, and credits owned by and under the custody and control of OVM Financial and First Savings Bank by means of false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. 15. The scheme involved falsely representing the Peronne Property as a secondary residence to obtain favorable mortgage terms, while using it as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her. (In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1344). COUNT TWO (False Statements to a Financial Institution - 18 U.S.C. § 1014) 16. The allegations in paragraphs 1 through 12 are re-alleged and incorporated herein. 17. From on or about July 28, 2020, through at least August 31, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia and elsewhere, the Defendant, LETITIA A. JAMES, did knowingly make and cause to be made false statements and reports for the purpose of influencing the action of OVM Financial, a Fannie Mae-backed lender, upon an application for a loan, in that JAMES represented and affirmed in uniform residential loan applications and related documents that the Peronne Property would be used as a secondary residence, when in truth and fact, as JAMES then knew, the property was intended and used as an investment property with no intended or actual personal occupancy or use by her. (In violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1014). FORFEITURE NOTICE Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(a) and Title 18, U.S.C. § 982(a)(2)(A), upon conviction of the offenses in Counts One and Two, the Defendant, Letitia A. James, shall forfeit to the United States any property constituting, or derived from, proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of such violations, including but not limited to a money judgment in the amount of $18,933. If any of the property described above, as a result of any act or omission of the Defendant: (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; (b) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; (c) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; (d) has been substantially diminished in value; or (e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty, the United States shall be entitled to a forfeiture of substitute property pursuant to Title 21, U.S.C. § 853(b), as incorporated by Title 18 U.S.C. § 982(b)(1). (In accordance with Title 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(1); Title 28, U.S.C. § 2461(c); and Title 21 U.S.C. § 853(p).)
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 9h
‘PART OF their pay’.

Probably something like 5%.
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 9h
Antifa:
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Tim Byrne @tbyrne75.bsky.social · 9h
a man in a red suit is clapping his hands in a crowd of people .
ALT: a man in a red suit is clapping his hands in a crowd of people .
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