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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

The entire administration is "new legal analysis."

Is the President a King? Yes, according to new legal analysis. Can we fire civil servants, impound funds and eliminate agencies? *Touches earpiece* Yes, according to new legal analysis.

The shame is that SCOTUS has gone along with much of this.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Daniel Terhorst-North @tastapod.com · 2d

One rubber duck can speed you up, but two ducks slow you down, because they start talking to each other and distract you.

This is known as the ‘inefficiency pair-o-ducks’.

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 3d

Seriously, we need to keep doing this. A bunch of immigrants from all over the world who now live in Utah, singing about finding unity in doing good. And they're really good at singing! #generalconference

Oh, How Great Is Our Joy | October 2025 General Conference

YouTube video by General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ

www.youtube.com

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Charles Ghoul-ba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 8d

📣 OK, with ~3 hours to go before the midnight government shutdown, I'm going to go through ALL 50 STATES +DC ONE BY ONE to remind everyone of how many Americans healthcare Democrats are fighting to save (and this is just #ACA exchange enrollees; don't forget about Medicaid).

Please bear with me.

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 4d

This is kind of the whole deal with being evil, as I’ve learned from every story about good and evil I’ve ever heard.

Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 4d

One thing I really miss about Twitter is the chatter around the Church of Jesus Christ’s #generalconference. Nothing like it here. (File this under “not everything on social media needs a political framing”.)

Anyway, this choir is amazing and can they come back every time?

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clyde bruckman's ghost's final repost says free link @ultralaser.bsky.social · 5d

terrible things are happening outside. poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. families are torn apart. men, women, and children are separated. children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.

diary of anne frank, january 13, 1943.

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 5d

Was just about to post this but decided not to be that big of a nerd

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 7d

Have we thought about picking a president who doesn't respond to crises by looking for ways to "maximize pain"? Seems like that might be a better way to run a society, I dunno.

White House Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain and Punish Political Foes

www.nytimes.com

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 7d

FWIW, none of them say "undocumented", they say "illegal", which is pretty strange way to say "lawful".

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 8d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 9d

Portlanders — show off your corner of war-ravaged Portland below.

Cats Pajamas @katzpeejays.bsky.social · 10d

Our corner of war-ravaged Portland.

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 10d

Also software development

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 10d

These things always bottom out at: some things are right, and some things are wrong, and you can’t build a society that doesn’t differentiate between them.

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 10d

Prayers for my brothers and sisters in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints around the country. This month has been *a lot*. It’s okay not to be okay.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 13d

"experts say"
www.cnn.com/2025/08/11/b...

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Michael O’Neill @michaeloneill.org · 14d

Please enjoy today, 25/9/2025, the last square date until 2116 (5^2/3^2/45^2).

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 15d

When somebody says an issue is important to them, always good to check whether they are for or against it.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 16d

imagine if a family of beavers randomly showed up right now and finished whatever thing you've been putting off

In early 2025, beaver activity in the Brdy Protected Landscape Area, Czech Republic, contributed to the restoration of a wetland ecosystem. A family of beavers constructed a series of dams that coincidentally accomplished environmental goals of the Czech government, which had delayed its proposed project since 2018 for bureaucratic and financial reasons. The beaver-built dams saved the Czech government approximately US$1.2 million,

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 16d

They also will answer, "Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?"

He will reply, "Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me."

(Jesus, c. AD 30)

Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 16d

Dumb question: the independent commission already created some maps. Is there a good reason the legislature doesn't just pick one and call it a day?

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · Jun 15

The land of the free and the home of the brave.

Photo from Carlin Stiehl from the LA Times. Dozens of people holding American flags on the streets of LA are in frame, with a massive cloud of tear gas billowing in front of them. One protester holds a sign that reads Immigrants Make Us Great.

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Bebo, Chicago Rat Czar 🐀 @bebopott.bsky.social · 19d

HARDEST PHOTO OF 2025 JUST DROPPED

Curtis Evans, of Evanston, a military veteran USMC intelligence during President Reagan’s era, carries a U.S. Flag through gas deployed by federal officers as they clear protesters from the entrance of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Sept. 19, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

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Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 21d

Measure twice, gerrymander once.

Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 21d

Missouri Republicans made an error in the gerrymander they passed last week, assigning roughly 900 voters to two congressional districts. The ACLU is citing this in its lawsuit: www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Hundreds of Kansas City residents would get 2 votes in Congress because of redistricting error

In the bill text detailing Missouri's new congressional maps, one Kansas City precinct is included in both the 4th and 5th districts. That would mean those voters would get to vote for two representat...

www.kcur.org

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Dan Smith @dlsmith.dev · 21d

Camera enforcement of speed limits is a no-brainer. This does not need to be a job for cops with guns.

Michael McLean @mclean.bsky.social · 22d

The Equity in Enforcement working group released their report on automated speed enforcement.

I think I found the list of Chicago motorists that need to have their license revoked…

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The image is a report excerpt discussing repeat traffic violators in Chicago and the need for targeted intervention. It includes two bullet points and a table.
• The first bullet point states that while most drivers who get one ticket do not receive another, a small segment of drivers repeatedly get many tickets.
• The second bullet point says analysis shows that vehicles receiving three or more automated enforcement tickets in two and a half years are more likely to be involved in serious or fatal crashes, meaning high-risk motorists are being captured.

Below is a table titled “Ticket data from the lifetime of the program (through 05/27/2025), provided by the DoF:”

ASE Ticket Count # of Vehicles
1–2 3,928,788
3–5 1,167,737
6–10 454,244
11–15 121,330
16–30 78,320
31–50 13,991
51–100 3,690
101–200 370
201–300 31
301–400 5
401–500 3
500+ 25*

A footnote clarifies: This number represents companies or fleets, not individual motorists.

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