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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 10h

are you saying these unusual results are Because Of Vin Dixie?

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 10h

Rachel Robinson, Jackie's widow, was born so long ago she could have met Alexander Graham Bell and is still alive today at 103. Queen Elizabeth II was born and passed away within her lifetime—and she lived to 96. (cc: www.reddit.com/r/BarbaraWal...)

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 15h

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 11h

the final shot's even better.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16h

Also that week: RIP Nipsey Russell, we were excited that NBC had made a deal to bring Aaron Sorkin back to tv with a show then titled "Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip," and @stevehasegawa.bsky.social inventoried all the items existing to-date on The Island. throwingthings.blogspot.com/2005/10/numb...

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16h

Sure, and they will continue to be wrong and not worth convincing because they choose to be impervious to evidence.

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16h

I checked to see what I was blogging about that week, and it looks like I discussed the recent SNL season premiere and said "some of the new kids (whoever did Pacino) might be part of the Next Great Cast." Here that is, queued. You already know who it was.

Cooper 360 - SNL

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16h

Oh, us East Coasters read the New Yorker article.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 16h

"Cascadia subduction zone." 😨

Robert Cruickshank @robertcruickshank.com · 16h

Uh...

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to produce back-to-back earthquake disasters, new research suggests

They are two of the West Coast's most destructive generators of huge earthquakes: the San Andreas fault and the Cascadia subduction zone. What if they were capable of back-to-back disasters?

www.seattletimes.com

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 17h

I also suggested that in other comments -- that the homeowners insurance company, if no one else, would get to the bottom of this. It's their job. Because whatever caused this -- exploding appliance, a contractor, whatever -- they can get sued for recovery here.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 17h

Excellent movie. Highly recommended.

MediaAnniversaryBot @annivbot.bsky.social · 1d

🍿 20th: In Her Shoes

In Her Shoes

Irresponsible party girl Maggie is kicked out of her father's and stepmother's home—where she lives for free—and is taken in by her hard-working sister, Philadelphia lawyer Rose. After Maggie's disruptive ways ruin her sister's love life, Rose turns her out as well. But when their grandmother, who they never knew existed, comes into their lives, the sisters face some complicated truths about themselves and their family.

www.themoviedb.org

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 17h

If you assume nefariousness then you can always twist the absence of evidence into proof of ill conduct. Be skeptical when appropriate, but don't live in denial when the facts speak otherwise.

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Matthew Siadak @backwardsknight.com · 1d

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood...

Meme image of a blue and white carton of Goats Butter, adorn with an illustration of a goat, sitting on a store shelf. Hand-written on the carton in sharpie are the words "Who you gonna call"

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 18h

I agree that this investigation remains ongoing. What I am claiming is that as long as they're saying "there's no evidence" we shouldn't insist that there is or will be. We can be patient and fact-based even when Republicans wouldn't be.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 19h

It's a good article. I also assumed that "Les Fasnacht" was just a great fake name a fairgoer provided to a reporter in Lancaster ("Fasnacht" being the traditional Amish pre-Lent donuts) but Votebuilder has a lot of Fasnachts listed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasnach...

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 20h

Pennsylvania Republicans are aiming to erase Democrats' majority on the state supreme court in November.

But this sort of push has virtually no precedent or template in this state, making a weird campaign where everyone is trying to find their mark.

A great new read:
boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...

Inside the Clunky Elections to Control Pennsylvania's Supreme Court - Bolts

The GOP is making an expensive push to end Democrats’ majority on a court at the center of election lawsuits, sparking a fledging campaign season with little precedent or template.

boltsmag.org

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 19h

Of course. But until there is evidence (and while the fire officials are saying "we have found none"), people shouldn't insist that there is.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 19h

They always can conduct their own investigation. That's what happens in these cases.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 19h

"We come to this app for magic. We come to Instagram to laugh, to cry, to care. Cropped and filtered images, on a tiny screen...."

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

PA voting systems are never connected to the Internet.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

Friends, even if you distrust local law enforcement, understand that the judge's homeowners insurance company will very much want to identify the correct cause. If a person was at fault, if an appliance was at fault, the insurer can sue to recover on this massive claim. (It's called subrogation.)

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 20h

seeing otherwise smart people share the story that a south carolina judge’s beach house was burned to the ground because of a ruling against trump despite there being no evidence of that has been frustrating. just because the other side has abandoned facts doesn’t mean we can, too.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

It's only a kerfuffle; has not yet advanced to brouhaha or fracas level, let alone a donnybrook.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

Is GREASE a comedy? GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL?

Grease (1978) title sequence

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

I worked for seven years at a law firm with a massive subrogation practice, with the City's former fire commissioner on staff as an investigator. This is what they did: determined what caused massive fires, and sued whoever was responsible to recover on behalf of the insurer.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

As I've noted to others, their homeowners insurance company has every interest in getting this right, given their subrogation rights. If an appliance was defective, they will want to sue; if an individual did this, ditto.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

If nothing else, their homeowners insurance company is going to make sure that they have the correct cause for this fire, because if it was intentionally set they have rights they're going to pursue.

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 20h

I think @jscram3254.bsky.social is right that there's no reason to ensnare local fire depts in the conspiracy, but beyond that you know who really *does* care about getting the fire cause right? The judge's homeowners insurance company. And *they* will make sure the right determination is made.

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