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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 2m

Cincinnati did have a basketball player named Jihad Muhammad at one point

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Chris Turner @chrislturner.bsky.social · 1h

he’s of course referring to former South Florida running back Sharia Law, who ran for 197 yards and three touchdowns in a 65-27 win over Tuberville’s Cincinnati team in 2015

Jamie Dupree @jamiedupree.bsky.social · 2h

Let's check in on the Senate floor where Sen. Tommy Tuberville R-AL is now speaking

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 1h

Uber driver accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades

Authorities announced the arrest of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is suspected of setting a fire on New Year’s Eve that eventually became the Palisades fire.

www.latimes.com

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 3h

Coming soon: the Washington Post simply republishes Tyler Cowen’s guide to ethnic food

David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 3h

Tom Sietsema is leaving his job as restaurant critic; maybe it's time to call the paper the Washington Past.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h

ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 3h

I’m a simple unfrozen civil litigator, but it was my understanding the government didn’t get to take discovery in a criminal case

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4h

At one point during the hearing, the judge asked the prosecution why the case can’t be tried before mid-December.

Lemons replied: We are “just getting our hands around” discovery in the case.

There’s lots of it, he added, and it includes a “significant” amount of classified information.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 3h

Preferring to believe he pronounced “Canada” as “Canaday” so it rhymes with “USA”

Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

There is something appropriate about him recommending a man who is ostensibly very patriotic and loves America more than anyplace else but then also made the same patriotic song for Canada because he could make additional money if he said he loved Canada and that Canada is the best

Other notable versions
Canadian version
In 1989, Greenwood released a Canadian version of this song called "God Bless You, Canada".

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 4h

Good morning #cfbsky and Gamecocktariat, who can help out on this one?

🎃😱Slaybell Romero loves Halloween👻👹 @maybell.bsky.social · 6h

Headed to Columbia, SC for the Bastard Film Encounter! What should I see/do/eat?!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 4h

Teammates Unnerved As Translator Begins Referring To Ohtani As ‘The Host’

LOS ANGELES—Describing the mood in the clubhouse as eerie and ominous, several members of the Los Angeles Dodgers told reporters Tuesday they have become increasingly unnerved since Shohei Ohtani’s in...

theonion.com

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 11h

That butterfly said “no one, and I mean no one, is allowed to know what happened in Cairo”

Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 18h

Look at her go!
#invertebrates 🌿

Screen shot of Project Monarch app map of progress of a monarch butterfly from southern Ontario to Oklahoma.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 13h

The Crane’s insta feed is gonna make me cry.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 14h

a man in an orange shirt is standing in front of a sign that says turrible

ALT: a man in an orange shirt is standing in front of a sign that says turrible

media.tenor.com

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 14h

“Hey Gabby
Vote Van Epps for the House”

Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 14h

Distinguishes Bowen v. Florida Marlins, where CA workers comp law applied to an injury suffered playing for the Marlins in FL because the player, a CA resident, signed his contract in CA.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 14h

Player signs with LA Rams in 1994. Plays one season in CA before they move to STL. Plays until 2009, not for CA teams. Files workers’ comp claim for cumulative career injuries. Held: CA lacks jxn as to the Falcons bc under GA law, GA workers’ comp applies to Falcons games in CA.

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 14h

SPORTS LAW! (Workers’ comp, but SPORTS!) www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/doc...

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a moron in a hurry @w0hq.org · 19h

By the way the folks that work at e.g. Chipotle should be called burristas plz like and RT

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 16h

Is this food for Calico Critters

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 16h

Me: can flying through ORD possibly get any worse?

Russ Vought: bet

CNN @cnn.com · 17h

There will not be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, the FAA is warning.

Now on the seventh day of the government shutdown, the same scenario is playing out at FAA offices across the country, with ripple effects hitting flights almost everywhere.

Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers | CNN

There are not going to be enough air traffic controllers in the tower at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport Tuesday night, the Federal Aviation Administratoin is warning. In Nashville, so many are...

www.cnn.com

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 16h

Like, there are death panels now, it’s just someone in an office park in Minnetonka rather than a HHS bureaucrat

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 16h

Man that would be a tough claim against the employer in CA, I can’t imagine it’d be any easier to get money out of Fox in IN

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 17h

Morrissey is selling his half of The Smiths so this is ok

Stereogum @stereogum.bsky.social · 17h

Julia Roberts explains we should listen to the Smiths even if Morrissey's problematic

Julia Roberts Explains We Should Listen To The Smiths Even If Morrissey’s Problematic

Morrissey and the Smiths come up in After The Hunt, director Luca Guadagnino’s new movie starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Chloë Sevigny. As Time’s review ex...

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 17h

Did homemade pesto at the oldest’s request, which is a new one for me. Need to use more basil in the future (not that there’s anything wrong with a very cheesy green tinted sauce).

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 17h

Guess who got Senate confirmation today? ARP ARP ARP ARP

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Mike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 19h

Found the Bluesky section of the book fair

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