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Mark Riley

@wrylee.bsky.social

Retired technologist. Snowbird (WA<->AZ). So many projects!

296 Followers  |  224 Following  |  503 Posts  |  Joined: 13.11.2024  |  2.4023

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Bob and Colleen walking down steps of Legislative BuildingΒ 

Bob and Colleen walking down steps of Legislative BuildingΒ 

Bob and Colleen hugging in front of other Supreme Court justices

Bob and Colleen hugging in front of other Supreme Court justices

Bob and justices applauding Colleen

Bob and justices applauding Colleen

It was my privilege today to appoint Colleen Melody to the Washington Supreme Court.

When I was Attorney General, I established a Civil Rights Division. Colleen agreed to come and build it from the ground up. Now, by any fair measure, it's the best civil rights division in any AGO in the country.

24.11.2025 20:01 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

they literally hung obama in effigy and stormed the capitol when biden got elected

24.11.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 0

This article is from @markhertling.bsky.social - a retired three-star Army general - and everyone should read it.

24.11.2025 02:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1000    πŸ” 414    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 19

The Trump admin submitted a sworn declaration under oath that Costa Rica had changed its mind and would no longer take Mr. Abrego.

Costa Rica has now said publicly that that this is false, that they have not changed their position at all, and that they will still take him.

23.11.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2201    πŸ” 672    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 39

answer is great but also it's telling that the guy who's been saying this since day 1 has to answer about whether he's an antisemite for 5 min every interview while the same people grin vacantly at the jewish space lasers lady and call her a brave warrior

23.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5000    πŸ” 1045    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 18

I'm still using vi. It's not that there aren't better editors, I just never figured out how to close it.

22.11.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1

Yet they all dress up for Sunday shows and it does not improve the experience at all.

23.11.2025 16:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You must love that car. I was never so happy as when I could give away, not have to sell, a Saab I had inherited.

22.11.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A handsome black and white tuxedo cat on the top of a chair looking at the camera

A handsome black and white tuxedo cat on the top of a chair looking at the camera

In case you need a timeline cleanse. #tuxedocatsofbluesky

19.11.2025 02:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1291    πŸ” 124    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 11
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Tariffs β€œdon’t raise prices.”

But now that we’re dropping them, they’ll lower prices. 🀑

@financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/4e55...

21.11.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 684    πŸ” 192    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 12
A tweet from β€œCatturd @catturd2” says: β€œπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ we warned you.”
Below is a tweet from β€œPolymarket @Polymarket” reading:
β€œBREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals.”
(Timestamp: November 19, 2025.)
(Note: Arabic numerals refers to the standard digits 0–9.)

A tweet from β€œCatturd @catturd2” says: β€œπŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ we warned you.” Below is a tweet from β€œPolymarket @Polymarket” reading: β€œBREAKING: Zohran Mamdani to require all New York elementary school students to learn Arabic numerals.” (Timestamp: November 19, 2025.) (Note: Arabic numerals refers to the standard digits 0–9.)

This was an IQ test.

20.11.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5624    πŸ” 660    πŸ’¬ 328    πŸ“Œ 84

It’s frustrating that memos are framed as concrete actions. They’re just memos!

19.11.2025 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 318    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 3

As if the threat of the United States having to pay out millions would stop Trump from anything.
Schumer has to go if he's this stupid.

19.11.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your move, Harvard.

19.11.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 520    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I bet that's what daddy Drumpf said to pudgy young Donold long ago

19.11.2025 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I got asked if I want to pitch on (another) major franchise reboot at Paramount. I replied saying that I can't in good conscience work for a guy who is currently sitting down to dinner with Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Mohammed bin Salman. Maybe I'm my own worst enemy, but... fuck to the no.

19.11.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2573    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 13

The media is gonna say the Epstein Files were released and leave this part out of it

19.11.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 600    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

Fucking murderers.

19.11.2025 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIncredible job in terms of human rights”

Was it the murdering of a journalist with a bone saw or the murdering of a journalist with a bone saw?

18.11.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Deeply ashamed just because you were soliciting a convicted child predator for advice on cheating on your wife my pressuring a younger colleague into sleeping with you while sneering at her and her work?

Gosh Ross Douthat better write another piece decrying woke culture

18.11.2025 04:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2699    πŸ” 472    πŸ’¬ 60    πŸ“Œ 8

I was trying to find a way to frame it and this is near perfect.

18.11.2025 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

To be fair, it is absolutely true that sitting around doing nothing is, qualitatively, the best work of their careers.

17.11.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 748    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2
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McDonald's has a new clown

18.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 348    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 3

They'd do better in Chicago looking for the wurst of the wurst.

18.11.2025 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unlike Pinocchio, another alleged liar, he'll never have what he desires the most.

18.11.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Not keeping up-to-date, but these feel like an anacronism. Is there value to be had outside of reportage for the working pros?

18.11.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Crypto Could Trigger the Next Financial Crisis The danger of stablecoins lies in the ways they are meant to be safe.

Donald Trump’s crypto legislation promises to make stablecoins the basis of the next financial catastrophe, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues.

17.11.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

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