Cyclist, hiker, former bicycle mechanic, married dad, punk and indie fan. Crimlaw. Chicago native (Rogers Park!) transplanted to the Southeast US.https://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mvbp366lf22qGeorge Willem Bush11 Sep 2026 23:15 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbp366lf22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mvbm7q7e622qFor Trump, 9/11 means squeezing 9 pounds of fluid-swollen foot flesh into a size 11 shoe11 Sep 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbm7q7e622qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mv7ci63fns2vI’d say this Midterm Republican Convention is going pretty well!11 Sep 2026 00:24 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7ci63fns2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mv5tf3wohk2bPromising my kids a $5,000 Dad Dividend if they stop rolling their eyes at my puns10 Sep 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5tf3wohk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mv46gbl54c2fLook at my phone, dawg, I’m going to bankruptcy court [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv46gbl54c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mv2j7ngjgs2rA thing that should be taught in law school but isn’t: if you are in court and a judge compliments you, it is only because they have just done or are about to do something really awful to you and/or your client.09 Sep 2026 02:41 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2j7ngjgs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muzdfysqgs2hAll of the right wing and most establishment democrats believe that 9/11 is a sacred topic that you must treat with unquestioning reverence. Aaaaaaaaand none of them are going to skewer Trump on this farcical lie. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzdfysqgs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muursoqcqs2yMitch McConnell has actually been recovering from an elective surgical procedure he had in Thailand last June06 Sep 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muursoqcqs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muugwinoks2qSaw some fine art this weekend06 Sep 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muugwinoks2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muse37b7es2hI love that no matter what issue they attempt to measure, the actual information learned from every poll is that twenty-something percent of people are drooling idiots or insane. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muse37b7es2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3murppzmck22gThe “I never inhaled with my ears” defense [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3murppzmck22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muroxieknk2gFood Lion is selling Carolina Panthers pumpkins in case you’re looking for something that will look really bad and start to stink by the end of October.05 Sep 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muroxieknk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3murokiswac24I love the way our media institutions still reflexively refer to these people as “law and order republicans” even as they have a decade-long track record of voting for and valorizing the most prolific and shameless criminals in the US of A.05 Sep 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3murokiswac24https://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muro7onpjs24I saw this car (same model/color) drive past my house several times last week. I live on a kind of quiet side street in Charlotte, NC and I thought a neighbor bought a new Tesla and was doing loops around the neighborhood. Just learned from Bluesky folks that it was actually a robotaxi. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muro7onpjs24https://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3munralpx4c2tThese MFs don’t even understand that their Palace Drama and infighting are supposed to play out behind the scenes and not crudely blasted out on social media. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 01:00 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3munralpx4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mundz55i3s23In lower profile cases, if a mistrial results from a jury deadlocked 11-1 leaning toward not guilty (or possibly NG by reason of insanity in this case), the prosecution would likely dismiss the case. In that respect, an 11-1 hung jury *could* be even better news for Clancy than an NGRI verdict.03 Sep 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mundz55i3s23https://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muigikq3222iReally enjoy this lichen-covered speed limit sign in my neighborhood01 Sep 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muigikq3222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3muhmbgbb622aMy one hope for Trump 2.0 was that, if things were gonna get really bad, that should happen as quickly as possible so people wouldn’t slowly acclimate to fascism and oligarchic rule like so many frogs in a pot. The President has delivered on this hope and then some.01 Sep 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhmbgbb622ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mufitqv4g22tThis all-caps legal hot take is specific to North Carolina: PROSECUTORS SHOULD NOT BE IN CONTROL OF THE CRIMINAL COURT CALENDAR AND SHOULD NOT HAVE AUTHORITY TO SET TRIAL DATES. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Aug 2026 18:09 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufitqv4g22thttps://bsky.app/profile/spoketension.bsky.social/post/3mucgihflzc2kPost-MAGA healing can’t begin until we get a Jason Statham “everyday working class antihero” movie about a guy whose wife is kidnapped by ICE30 Aug 2026 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:i2cudx7dacx43jqmxv6mjlyc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucgihflzc2k