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Dean Shaffer

@deanshaffer.bsky.social

San Diego lawyer, ex-Ohioan, former Peace Corps Turkmenistan volunteer, democrat.

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The cat was out of place, so he had it killed, plainly

(I read it the same way the first time or two...)

11.11.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In my experience, they sleep primarily as one of your hands holds them on your shoulder, and the other hand plays Civ 6 because you can't lie down without waking them up.

11.11.2025 07:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, well, well, look who read the news.

05.11.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The last anti-50 mailer I got was reduced to arguing that ballot initiatives are expensive so we should just reject them on principle πŸ˜‚

05.11.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The book scared the hell out of me when I first read it, so maybe there?

04.11.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Gradients of Grievance"??? Sometimes, Economist, the alliteration just isn't worth it.

04.11.2025 02:09 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Woke up with the sun rising already! Standard Time rules.

03.11.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was an outstanding save

30.10.2025 04:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
My name is Jennifer Wolff. You killed my father. Prepare to win my electoral support.

My name is Jennifer Wolff. You killed my father. Prepare to win my electoral support.

26.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Make the prosecutors use their strikes on you! Different systems have different rules, but if pro-defendant jurors uniformly stay out of the pool, what's left?

21.10.2025 17:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The crowd did not disperse, an instead started playing Tubthumping by Chumbawamba β€” I get knocked down, but I get up again.

19.10.2025 03:34 β€” πŸ‘ 8017    πŸ” 1590    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 69
Principal Skinner saying, " Am I so out of touch with the Catholic church? No. It's the pope who is wrong."

Principal Skinner saying, " Am I so out of touch with the Catholic church? No. It's the pope who is wrong."

17.10.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that the exclusive remedy? Does it bar other tort remedies?

17.10.2025 02:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A still from the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. After Austin denies owning a swedish-made penis enlarger pump and related accessories, he is being presented with a book, "Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pumps and Me: (This Sort of Thing Is My Bag, Baby) by Austin Powers"

A still from the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. After Austin denies owning a swedish-made penis enlarger pump and related accessories, he is being presented with a book, "Swedish-Made Penis Enlarger Pumps and Me: (This Sort of Thing Is My Bag, Baby) by Austin Powers"

"He said that that's not his"

16.10.2025 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
15.10.2025 02:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Force out at home, I think, with the ball coming out of the glove and hitting the wall before being caught (so no out there)

14.10.2025 01:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But really, have you ever read Aristophanes' plays mocking Euripides, after reading the latter for a semester? Comedy GOLD (that I wouldn't for the life of me understand now)

14.10.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This quote should be central to Dems' messaging. Even if Bessent doesn't think he means this, Republicans are punishing, and threatening to continue to punish, Americans until we accept the new monarchy.

13.10.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

A formative experience for my 7-year-old self

13.10.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

(And for those who, being cheapskates like me, just click away upon encountering a paywall, it turns out to only be $3 a month!)

11.10.2025 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This pushed me to finally subscribe, just thought you should know

11.10.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought "officially questionable" was a designation reserved for DHS affidavits

10.10.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did she specify whether it was their biological families, or are we talking about their Russian "families"?

10.10.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s video of the incident

08.10.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4020    πŸ” 1685    πŸ’¬ 253    πŸ“Œ 922

Might be recency bias, but I think you could scratch "in my lifetime" and still be right.

07.10.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Life-of-a-Showgirl-tier poem

07.10.2025 04:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did Eulalie played TE for the Chiefs, too?

07.10.2025 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

For insufficiently frequent Taco Bell consumption?

07.10.2025 02:38 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Hoggy's BBQ and Catering - Hoggy's BBQ and Catering Columbus' Original BBQ

Good news! The one on Bethel is still around.

hoggys.com

07.10.2025 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is the last one truly gone? Sad to hear it. They catered my wedding, and it was awesome.

(Also, this is a very unfair comparison to your situation, because Hoggy's / Chile Verde were invariably better than the new places)

07.10.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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