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Steve Middlebrook

@stmdc.bsky.social

FinTech attorney. Principal at Middlebrook LLC. Interests: prepaid cards, payments, earned wage access, civil rights, Native American and Inuit art, old photographs, chipmunks.

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Make fun all you want, but those referral link commissions are all that is keeping the Grey Lady afloat.

09.10.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

Marco Rubio whispers into Donald Trump's ear.

β€œA second inflatable frog has now been spotted wiggling through Portland.”

08.10.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 14075    πŸ” 2455    πŸ’¬ 205    πŸ“Œ 100
Photo of a man with arm held out from his body while a large falcon, wings outstretched, flies in and lands on the man’s gloved hand.

Photo of a man with arm held out from his body while a large falcon, wings outstretched, flies in and lands on the man’s gloved hand.

I am the Falconer of Antifa.

08.10.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

JUST IN: The Republican Mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska’s second biggest city, lost re-election last night to a Democrat.

Mayor David Pruhs is a conservative who fought protections for LGBTQ+ residents; he made comments this year drew condemnation this year from Alaska Natives. He lost to Mindy O'Neall.

08.10.2025 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8302    πŸ” 1888    πŸ’¬ 115    πŸ“Œ 199

They are kinda of cute when they blink.
The other night, I had to fight the urge to grab one, put it in the car, drive it out to the woods, and release it where it can roam freely with others of its species.

08.10.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Gives a whole new meaning to β€œspank the monkey.”

08.10.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This made me laugh out loud.

This stat is correct only if you count β€œgive up in frustration” as β€œsolved.”

08.10.2025 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I see them in that area, too. They don’t appear to be delivering anything. I think maybe the company is just having them bop around town as a marketing campaign. They seem to get stranded a lot because they can’t cross the street without a curb cut.

08.10.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ICE is investigating using these robot vehicles to disappear children.

08.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Of the Ciudad Bolivar Rinderknechts, I believe.

08.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is from 2 months ago.
Are you admitting there is nothing interesting to read in today’s issue?

08.10.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is probably the stupidest thing you’ve published in months, and that’s saying something.

08.10.2025 05:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bondi's note to self: "Kiss the bosses (sic) ass. Cover mine."

08.10.2025 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This sounds really interesting and I’d love to read it, by which I mean this sounds really interesting and I’d love for someone else to read and write up 3-4 pages about the most interesting parts

07.10.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Many thanks.

07.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Where can we download The Epstein Files song?

07.10.2025 18:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t think that’s correct. The law defines β€œcovered lapse in appropriations” to mean β€œany lapse in appropriations that begins on or after December 22, 2018.” It has nothing to do with the CR. It’s just a provision to prevent people from making claims for back pay for shutdowns from decades ago.

07.10.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is that why they want to say they have/will fire all these people, so they are technically no longer furloughed?

07.10.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

People don’t realize how many white Americans the Mexican Mafia recruits in prison.

06.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doing some back of the napkin math on the Free Press acquisition, I've determined The Onion is worth $2 trillion.

06.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 13882    πŸ” 999    πŸ’¬ 406    πŸ“Œ 48

This guy needs to be disbarred.

06.10.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Tawny owl

Tawny owl

Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.

After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking β€œSo when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧡

05.10.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8901    πŸ” 2065    πŸ’¬ 238    πŸ“Œ 369
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Broadview police chief accuses ICE agents of making false 911 calls Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls.

Broadview Police Chief Thomas Mills said ICE agents are draining the resources of his department and the community by making false 911 calls. He has demanded ICE turn over the names of all federal officers involved in each incident, and said he is ready to take ICE to court.

05.10.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 716    πŸ” 296    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 40
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Thank you to the Alaska Raptor Center for telling the truth that birders already knew: every bald eagle cry you hear in an advertisement is a red-tailed hawk.

05.10.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 2381    πŸ” 746    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 188
Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data
Sep. 3, 2025

Judge blocks South Carolina from giving DOJ millions of voters' data Sep. 3, 2025

Judge's house on fire

Judge's house on fire

Judge Diane Goodstein crossed the Trump administration last month. Yesterday, her home burned, her husband was injured and it's being investigated for arson.

www.postandcourier.com/news/crime/s...

06.10.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 5238    πŸ” 2727    πŸ’¬ 131    πŸ“Œ 234

They are genuinely afraid the frog is putting some satanic spell on them. Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the all suffered outbreaks of warts. The civil war would be over.

05.10.2025 23:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.

05.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2463    πŸ” 717    πŸ’¬ 118    πŸ“Œ 56

Yikes, those are some ugly-ass shoes.

05.10.2025 23:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would make one minor modification. Miller is hoping that somebody kills an ICE agent to have an excuse to escalate the existing civil war which Trump,is already waging against the American people..

05.10.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats to you and your team.
Please know that your work is appreciated by people across the country.

05.10.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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