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adambirnbaum.bsky.social
@adambirnbaum.bsky.social
Baker, brewer, gardener, bicycle mechanic, restorer of old technology, occasionally an attorney. Opinions are mine and mine alone. Unless you agree with them, then they're yours too.
Sunday mood. Classic drum & bass.

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Adam F - Circles (Album Edit)
YouTube video by nickshel
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December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Serious question: while Trump can issue pardons to whatever scum pays him the biggest bribes, what's to stop a court from using in rem forfeiture jurisdiction to claw that money back?
December 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's pretty ironic that Somalia, which doesn't even recognize Israel's existence, is making "demands" that Israel retract its recognition of Somaliland. Or else what? You're going to *double* not recognize us?
December 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Me: I hate that DuoLingo gamifies language learning.

Also me: Like hell is some asshole studying "chess" going to take first place in Pearl League this week!
December 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Labour Party, once a full member of the Socialist International, does "not back rent controls."

Why do you exist? Who or what are you even for?

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
‘My family is being evicted, I had to tell my kids we can’t afford festive presents’
From May, landlords will be banned from using Section 21 notices under Labour’s new Renter’s Rights Act. Until then, they can still administer these ‘no-fault’ notices to remove a tenant without reaso...
www.independent.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 1:53 AM
A bullshit tinpot dictator tearing down things he didn't build because they're not to his personal liking.

Remind you of anyone?

www.nknews.org/pro/north-ko...
North Korea almost done tearing down $37M South Korean hotel in Kumgang | NK PRO
North Korea has almost completely torn down a South Korean government-built hotel previously used for inter-Korean family reunions, satellite imagery shows, part of leader Kim Jong Un’s project to era...
www.nknews.org
December 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If the new mayor really wants to do something about congestion, the easiest way would be to address fraudulent out of state registrations for cars that are kept in New York.

About half the cars on my block have plates from Texas and South Carolina and Alabama and Pennsylvania. None get tickets.
December 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Whomever was responsible for this atrocity, remember that a man named Ahmed El Ahmed, a fruit seller, risked his life to disarm one of the cowards. Ometz lev!

www.financialexpress.com/world-news/w...
Who is Ahmed El Ahmed? Bondi Beach shooting ‘hero’ identified, cousin says he was shot twice
Heroic bystander disarms gunman during deadly Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney that killed 12 people during a Hanukkah event, as leaders praise bravery and police continue investigations.
www.financialexpress.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Is this the first time in history that the winner of a war surrendered to the loser?

thehill.com/homenews/hou...
Massie introduces bill to pull US out of NATO
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Wednesday introduced a bill that would pull the United States out of the NATO alliance.  Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she would co-sponsor the bill, while…
thehill.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"No other Democratic lawmakers are backing the articles."
Impeachment articles filed against RFK Jr., claiming abuse of power
He’s the “biggest self-created threat to our health and safety,” Stevens said.
arstechnica.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
The regime has no beliefs, no policies, no standards. When it claims to care about anyone or anything, it is lying.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Christian converts are among the Iranians being sent home from US
Iranians who have converted to Christianity and had their asylum claims rejected speak to the BBC.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Why fight to the last Ukrainian when only one Russian has to go to end the war?

abcnews.go.com/amp/Internat...
Russia ready to 'fight to the last Ukrainian,' Putin says amid US peace drive
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that a U.S. delegation is expected to arrive in Moscow in the first half of next week.
abcnews.go.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
All I know is that those turkeys definitely did something.
November 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It's almost 2026 and this entire album is starting to look like prophecy.

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Corrosion Of Conformity - Damned For All Time
YouTube video by raven schwartz
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Even more surprising than finding a Sony Mavica FD7 for $15? That anyone anywhere is still making brand new batteries for a digital camera from 1997!
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
When the bánh mì isn't hitting right.
November 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Me: occasionally comments in Polish or Dutch.
Bluesky: HERE ARE ALL OF THE GERMAN POSTS.
November 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
No name. No signature. No reasoning. No citations. This is not law. It's chaos.

www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I mean. It's not ALL bad news.

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MIss World Chile Contestant Sings Death Metal
YouTube video by REVOLVER
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reposted
WHAT THE FUCK WERE THEY THINKING ??????????
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Finally cancelled my Optimum service after they more than doubled the price of my internet package. It took a half hour of saying, "No, I'm not interested, I just want to cancel," and from what I've heard I got off light. Endlessly raising prices made me leave. This dumb process will keep me away.
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I can't think of many things scarier than passing out and finding Dr Oz standing over me.

thehill.com/homenews/559...
thehill.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The 2nd has to go. Enough.

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fox59.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM