"Local woman learns how private legal practice operates." I mean, sure, we'd love to always represent only the most loveable people, institutions, and causes. Guess what? They're not always hiring us for all of our billable hours.

@kamalaharris.com must be planning on running for Governor. Because nobody outside CA likes a San Franciscan bandwagonning for the West Coast Yankees as they buy baseball's soul with limitless cash.

This child is learning how his parents felt everytime Game 7 and Zdeno Chara rolled around. Get used to it, Scotty, this is your life as a Toronto fan (unless Kawhi chucks up a 3).

Canada has been treated VERY UNFAIRLY BY THE DODGERS. The U.S. must stop this steal, or Canada will have to invade! DO THE RIGHT THING, PAM.

Young Serbs know there's no future in a Putin client state.

A prescient thread from @buziashvili.bsky.social, which should be read by so many people in so many nations. Courage is a tough thing these days, but we need to recognize it when we see examples worth emulating.

Why show up early when you could just have AI summarize what was missed before you got there, and do it in an easily TikTok-able format backed by the latest Sabrina Carpenter song? #GenZlogic

Annnnnnnnd, scene.

I've seen enough blown @terpsfootball.bsky.social games under Locksley to know that he'll never make them a contender. This game should convince the AD to get rid of him.

Does anyone think Petro is really going to prosecute someone nearly killed by the guy who revoked his visa? More likely, Petro will make this guy a publicly sympathetic figure to embarrass the U.S. and portray its military as lawless.

So fitting that a shite game like #DENNYJ would be played in a stadium that resembles a giant toilet bowl. When you think of shite ... always Tottenham.

We're unfortunately beyond the point that Georgia can return to democracy from full-on authoritarianism without regime change via "color revolution" or military deposition. No external activity will lead to that regime change. Russia will counter western efforts with disinfo and funding.

Nailed it. The Constitution wasn't written for our modern times and politics. There was no Facebook or AI, and only white male landowners could vote (while also having slaves). You wouldn't run DirectX12 on a 386, so why run a modern "democracy" on a 1776?

Guess we can expect @kevinrothrock.me to berate the Taiwanese in a few years as well for not "standing on their own with an all-volunteer force" against China with only domestic-produced weapons.

I never get over how many Americans say "EK cetera" instead of the proper "et cetera." Reminds me of "nookyoolar" instead of "nuclear." Someone else can critique the idea of growing coffee or tea on American soil, not to mention trying to grow tomatoes in Indiana in January.

Someone explain to me how Rich Bisaccia has kept his job with the @greenbaypackers.bsky.social. Special Teams has been hot garbage, likely losing another game due to them.

Criminal coaching by Harbaugh. Prevent defense with 8 mins to go? Grounding your entire offense as well at that point? Its like he thought he was playing the Jets.

Apparently the United States needs a new war of choice, since the whole Iran thing didn't escalate.

I'd say there's a non-zero chance of this being invoked soon. 10% of registered voters simply need to sign the papers in 5 wards. You could definitely get that in Wards 1-4, and 6 is also likely, in my opinion.

I wish I could honestly believe this, but €13B in EU Natural Gas purchases from Russia in Q2 2025 seem to tell another story. They could directly bomb EU personnel, and I doubt it would make much of a difference, just like the killing of those on MH17 failed to spur action.

RESPECT OUR SERVICEMEN AND WOMEN! USA USA USA!

Thank you. Thank you for speaking the truth that NO ONE on either political side in the US seems to want to acknowledge.

I'm a government contracting attorney. I can tell you that (1) this will cost millions in termination claims, and (2) the next procurement will be extensively protested/litigated on the basis of bias, specification drafting, and conflicts of interest. Project completion will be set back years.

"... they must first unify." 😂 We've been saying this since 2016. We can debate the merits of boycotting local elections, but the fact that all pro-democracy opposition won't adopt a unified position dooms them. Without a charismatic "Georgian Pashinyan," they're going nowhere.

This is happening. Was hanging with a Russian friend on Saturday morning in the U.S., when she got a call from her brother in Moscow suburbs who explained the internet was completely shut down and he could only reach her via mobile voice or land line.

Goddammit. I'm old.

The U.S. believes it more important to have anti-air capabilities in Qatar against theoretical Iranian attack than to protect Ukrainian cities from very real nightly attacks by Russian Shaheds. There can't be much more of an intentional action to demonstrate the the U.S. is an unreliable partner.

I'm happy to discuss how @sanantoniospurs.bsky.social will still spank the @dallasmavs.bsky.social over the next 10 years, Flagg or no Flagg.

We're going to need a ‪@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social‬ explanation of this Tesla/$TRUMP feud just like his Kendrick/Drake explainer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3uW...

Habeus Corpus is when you dress up as a zombie for Halloween.

Take Five, standing by

I, for one, do not trust statistics from a GD-controlled agency. I do know a lot of westerners (like myself) who regularly visit Georgia and will not do so while the titushky run rampant. My wife has also faced discrimination at Georgian passport control because of her skin color in recent years.

Looks like a guy negotiating a real estate development in St. Petersburg for the low low price of a few million Ukrainian lives.

Just wait until they learn that law school is not a definite path to "pay and stability," unless you can graduate top-20% of your class, and you're willing to grind your ass down for 15 years billing over 2000 hours annually. Major in computer engineering, kids. Or become an HVAC technician.

Tell me how i missed the World's #1 French language artist covering Georgian polyphonic music?!? I already love GIMS, but this is next level stuff. youtu.be/VT2qF97pQNw

Good example of @washingtonpost.com continued decline: they described SNL's "Nothing Compares 2 U" as a *Sinead O'Connor* hit. For Christ's sake, Brittany Howard even played a Prince-esque Telecaster when hitting his signature riffs at the end of each second line of verse. It's his song, period.

To be honest, he should be happy his eye wasn't shot out by a rubber bullet.

Im certain Trump plans on announcing that he's reached an agreement with Putin, which will be unpalatable to the EU and Ukraine. He'll then cut off all support for Ukraine on the premise that Ukraine is being "unreasonable." He sees this as payback for his impeachment.

Great article from Dr. Vartanyan here. Nearly everything predicted herein is likely for Georgia: isolation, increasing authoritarianism, and economic troubles. Another situation the West has badly bungled.

This is disappointing. I relied on Turan when I lived in Baku for a more clear-eyed take on internal matters. They were actually quite good at what they did.

I wouldn't make American travel to Russia unlawful, but would clearly state policy that the U.S. will trade nothing for an American's freedom if they voluntarily travel there. The same goes for Americans traveling to Iran, or running across the border to North Korea. You're not our concern, genius.

Merry Christmas to my Orthodox friends. Wish I had a chichilaki to burn tomorrow!

This support will probably end on Jan. 20th with Trump, so I really wish it had been provided months earlier.

Let's face it: Ilia II (a graduate of Moscow Theological Academy) is, at this point, Kirill's puppet. His concerns are Trinity's gold dome, and that his authority is not challenged. The Synod would do well to remember Gamsakhurdia's relationship with the Church during his years of dissent.

Please don't stop, Georgians. Do not give up hope.

It's starting to feel this way, even to Americans speaking with our friends from afar. The fractiousness of the opposition groups nearly dooms their efforts. UNM, Koalitsia, Dzlieri, Gakharia can't seem to unify around a simple plan & leader. Salome may soon be Tsikhanouskaya, touring the west.

While it's easy to focus on the worst of 2024 (War in Ukraine, Stolen Elections in Georgia, etc.), it's worth taking a moment to realize some fun things happened. Like this German/Japanese collaboration which is just so crazy it's amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDnI...

Finally. It's past time the US did something about Bidzina.

Why don't they just invite a Russian Duma member to sit in the speaker's chair? Wouldn't be the first time.

Ertobis Marchi! Love it.