Shane O’Donnell
@jester2000.bsky.social
Licensed Massage Therapist — Red Cross Instructor — Long Distance Hiker (Jester) — Cheese Lover
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Between 1984 & 1995, Rob Reiner directed 8 films. There may not have been a better run in Hollywood history. RIP
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Sure Thing (1984)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Misery (1990)
A Few Good Men (1992)
The American President (1995)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Sure Thing (1984)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Misery (1990)
A Few Good Men (1992)
The American President (1995)
December 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Between 1984 & 1995, Rob Reiner directed 8 films. There may not have been a better run in Hollywood history. RIP
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Sure Thing (1984)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Misery (1990)
A Few Good Men (1992)
The American President (1995)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
The Sure Thing (1984)
Stand By Me (1986)
The Princess Bride (1987)
When Harry Met Sally (1989)
Misery (1990)
A Few Good Men (1992)
The American President (1995)
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
This is how you do it, in case the media is curious.
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is how you do it, in case the media is curious.
Fun fact: In the 2024 election for US House District 24, Laverne Spicer only beat me by 22 votes.
Chud engagement-bait accounts are scoldposting, it might be over
December 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fun fact: In the 2024 election for US House District 24, Laverne Spicer only beat me by 22 votes.
For those of you wondering how unfair the prosecution of Juan Orlando Hernández was, Trump was so upset at the man who headed the investigation of him — that happened during Trump’s first Presidency — that he made Emil Bove a personal lawyer and later nominated him to a Federal Judgeship.
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
For those of you wondering how unfair the prosecution of Juan Orlando Hernández was, Trump was so upset at the man who headed the investigation of him — that happened during Trump’s first Presidency — that he made Emil Bove a personal lawyer and later nominated him to a Federal Judgeship.
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Authorities Abandon Search For Missing Girl After Finding Huge Bass While Dredging Lake
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Authorities Abandon Search For Missing Girl After Finding Huge Bass While Dredging Lake
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"That’s how a man who lectures actual soldiers about “warfighting” makes himself feel big: ordering the long-range killings of defenseless civilians, and watching it on video. And Hegseth's subsequent reaction has amounted to acting like a huge weenie."
www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
Hegseth's "warrior ethos" is cowardice
He calls himself the "Secretary of War" and plays a tough guy on TV, but in real life he's a major weenie
www.salon.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"That’s how a man who lectures actual soldiers about “warfighting” makes himself feel big: ordering the long-range killings of defenseless civilians, and watching it on video. And Hegseth's subsequent reaction has amounted to acting like a huge weenie."
www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
www.salon.com/2025/12/03/p...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of
Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes:
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes:
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
www.justsecurity.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Statement of the “Former JAGs Working Group” on Media Reports of
Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes:
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
Pentagon “No Quarter” Orders in Caribbean Boat Strikes:
www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...
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Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
November 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Grandma Thankfully Dies Before Sister’s Girlfriend Arrives https://theonion.com/grandma-thankfully-dies-before-sisters-girlfriend-arrives/
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
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A reminder to reporters (and others): The Epstein files bill seeks to compel a step Trump could voluntarily take at any time.
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A reminder to reporters (and others): The Epstein files bill seeks to compel a step Trump could voluntarily take at any time.
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
If he’s really in favor of the bill now, why not just order Bondi to release the files?
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It’s like a history lesson.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
November 17, 2025 at 1:59 AM
It’s like a history lesson.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
The Trump Administration is giving everyone a modern lesson in why the Founding Fathers didn’t want us to have a standing army.
This just in:
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
This just in:
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
Trump fans reconsidering their previously deeply-held fervent opposition to pedophilia.
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The government shutdown was painful for many people but at least we all got… we got the… there was talk about healthcare… and when the Republicans want to take more stuff… uh… they can?
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The government shutdown was painful for many people but at least we all got… we got the… there was talk about healthcare… and when the Republicans want to take more stuff… uh… they can?
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When your philosophy is that you must be seen to fight every battle, you end up dying on almost every hill. They see even the tiniest insult as intolerable and cannot see past it to any broader strategy. It is turning out to be a massive weakness, but they still see it as projecting strength.
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When your philosophy is that you must be seen to fight every battle, you end up dying on almost every hill. They see even the tiniest insult as intolerable and cannot see past it to any broader strategy. It is turning out to be a massive weakness, but they still see it as projecting strength.
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Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS.
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS as Gorsuch warns of a "one-way ratchet" in presidential powers
Kavanaugh stood out in defense of the administration, but even his questions started lagging as the day wore on.
www.lawdork.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Trump's tariffs face a skeptical SCOTUS.
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
Read the Law Dork report from court today:
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There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
November 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
There were 13 elections last night for a statewide office.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
Democrats swept all 13.
That’s 1 in NJ. 3 in VA. 2 in GA. And 7 in PA (all judges, retention and regular).
They won 12 of the 13 races by double-digits, with margins up to 24%. The only other race, the tightest, they won by 6%.
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These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.
November 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
These elections really should be easy Republican wins since Trump said his approval ratings are at record highs, prices are down, he’s ended 29 wars, there is no inflation, nobody likes Democrats, and everything is better than it has ever been before.