AstroLegal
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· Dec 1
Never attribute to conspiracy what can be adequately explained by convenience.
I am genuinely surprised I hadn't already thought of that.
It's *so obvious*
It's *so obvious*
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 8:06 AM
I am genuinely surprised I hadn't already thought of that.
It's *so obvious*
It's *so obvious*
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Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
December 29, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Yeah, man, the only difference between your career and Mark Rufallo’s career is the political stuff.
Technically, one could do better than the Venture Star.
But nobody has yet.
But nobody has yet.
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Technically, one could do better than the Venture Star.
But nobody has yet.
But nobody has yet.
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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how to handle the what now
Wet rat winter? How to handle toilet rats after Washington's heavy rain
Rats finding their way through plumbing and up through toilets is nothing new. But after heavy rain and flooding, like the record-setting floods Washington state experienced in December 2025, can forc...
www.kuow.org
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
how to handle the what now
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This is neither here nor there, but because this came up in a random conversation yesterday, and sometimes I think everyone could use a distraction of something fun and entertaining mixed in with your doomscrolling, here is the best card trick ever performed on TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Kc...
Dani DaOrtiz at Fool US 2022 (the act that Penn and Teller didn’t even try to figure out.)
YouTube video by dani daortiz
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is neither here nor there, but because this came up in a random conversation yesterday, and sometimes I think everyone could use a distraction of something fun and entertaining mixed in with your doomscrolling, here is the best card trick ever performed on TV. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_Kc...
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Name a film containing a memorable elevator scene.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Name a film containing a memorable elevator scene.
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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Embodying the same principles, the Sagarmatha [G] Type predates the current Everest pattern by more than a century. It still sees active use in some Union squads. Deployed in record numbers during the Committee Civil War, the Sagarmatha [G] Type is time-honored and battle-tested.
November 29, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Embodying the same principles, the Sagarmatha [G] Type predates the current Everest pattern by more than a century. It still sees active use in some Union squads. Deployed in record numbers during the Committee Civil War, the Sagarmatha [G] Type is time-honored and battle-tested.
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This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 AM
This is the most corrupt, lawless administration in the history of the United States and there’s no close second.
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
There is no moral, virtue, or value, no matter how seemingly fundamental, that Republicans will not sacrifice on the altar of Trump.
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There is no moral, virtue, or value, no matter how seemingly fundamental, that Republicans will not sacrifice on the altar of Trump.
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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ironically what makes star wars stuff best is when it is 'something else, but also star wars'
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 PM
ironically what makes star wars stuff best is when it is 'something else, but also star wars'
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
e.g. Andor, a British political thriller but also Star Wars
the Mandalorian, an episode-of-the-week Western but also Star Wars (when it was good)
Right, not as though mutual defense assurances are the most effective deterrent tactic, or anything.
Better to make sure our allies don't know whether to rely on us until after the bombs start dropping.
Better to make sure our allies don't know whether to rely on us until after the bombs start dropping.
O'DONNELL: If President Xi moves militarily on Taiwan, would you order US forces to defend it?
TRUMP: You'll find out if it happens
O'DONNELL: Why not say it?
TRUMP: I can't give away my secrets
TRUMP: You'll find out if it happens
O'DONNELL: Why not say it?
TRUMP: I can't give away my secrets
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Right, not as though mutual defense assurances are the most effective deterrent tactic, or anything.
Better to make sure our allies don't know whether to rely on us until after the bombs start dropping.
Better to make sure our allies don't know whether to rely on us until after the bombs start dropping.
A good number of my friends have Nazi tattoos.
As in, zero.
Which is a good number of friends with Nazi tattoos to have.
As in, zero.
Which is a good number of friends with Nazi tattoos to have.
This whole Nazi tattoo dude in the Senate nonsense is revealing of a lot of white folks. Oh your friends have Nazi tattoos too? Oh it doesn't bother you at all? Oh your whole crew you been rolling with has them & y'all are all perfectly democratic? Fascinating. Taking notes.
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A good number of my friends have Nazi tattoos.
As in, zero.
Which is a good number of friends with Nazi tattoos to have.
As in, zero.
Which is a good number of friends with Nazi tattoos to have.
INNING FIFTEEN! GIVE IT UP FOR INNING FIFTEEN!
a cartoon character from spongebob squarepants is holding a crab in his hand and screaming .
Alt: Mr. Krabs from spongebob squarepants is holding a bell in his hand and screaming.
media.tenor.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 AM
INNING FIFTEEN! GIVE IT UP FOR INNING FIFTEEN!
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Dissatisfied with merely waging war on his domestic populations, our President is rapidly expanding his body counts and his war(s) overseas, while the American economy continues to sink and as he keeps destroying the People’s House so he can party plan for his Palace
why are we preparing for a possible war on Venezuela, the hell is this shit
October 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dissatisfied with merely waging war on his domestic populations, our President is rapidly expanding his body counts and his war(s) overseas, while the American economy continues to sink and as he keeps destroying the People’s House so he can party plan for his Palace
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Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
October 22, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Notice how it’s always, “the Bible must inform our laws!” until it comes to the +2,000 verses in the Bible that discuss the generous use of wealth and possessions in a way that prioritizes the needs of the poor, this sick, the stranger, the vulnerable, and the oppressed.
"You guys are so stingy. Can't a young, hip, self-described Communist have a little Nazi tattoo as a treat?"
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a wall with a lot of papers on it
Alt: Brian David Gilbert saying "NO. WHAT?"
media.tenor.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
"You guys are so stingy. Can't a young, hip, self-described Communist have a little Nazi tattoo as a treat?"
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One could make a pretty good argument that Trump is the (small "a") anti-Christ. He represents the opposite of what Jesus instructs his followers to do.
Again, the Bible is unambiguous about it.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
Zechariah 7:9-10
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.
Zechariah 7:9-10
October 21, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One could make a pretty good argument that Trump is the (small "a") anti-Christ. He represents the opposite of what Jesus instructs his followers to do.
Book-accurate Discovery my beloved
Another alternate design for 2001's "Discovery", this version is generally known as the "Dragonfly" design.
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Book-accurate Discovery my beloved
Would love to see a list of all the staffers who "fell for" or "didn't notice" the "optical illusion" and thusly placed it on their wall.
lol, now they're saying the Nazi flag is an "optical illusion"
October 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Would love to see a list of all the staffers who "fell for" or "didn't notice" the "optical illusion" and thusly placed it on their wall.