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Joanna Grossman
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Law professor. Three-boy mom. Aging, decrepit ultrarunner. Social justice warrior. Dream is to own a fluffy cow.

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The Legal Accountability Project @thelap.bsky.social · 8h
“A judge’s departure from the bench amid a misconduct investigation doesn’t eliminate the need for real accountability or transparency.

This outcome doesn’t represent justice for the mistreated clerk who bravely reported.”
@alizashatzman.bsky.social

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/m...
Celebrated judge who lambasted Trump was facing complaint at time of retirement - The Boston Globe
Former Judge Mark Wolf, 78, was appointed to the bench by Republican President Ronald Reagan and served for 40 years.
www.bostonglobe.com

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Andrea González-Ramírez @andreagonram.bsky.social · 8h
For @thecut.com, I spoke with Dorothy Roberts about her new book "The Mixed Marriage Project," America's racist structures, the power of love, and how we make sense of our parents’ lives long after they’re gone.

Read our conversation:

www.thecut.com/article/doro...
Was Her Family a Social Experiment?
Dorothy Roberts always thought her white father began studying interracial marriages after meeting her Black mother. Then she learned the truth.
www.thecut.com

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 9h
“There were children in Dilley who were so distraught they cut themselves or talked about suicide…Moms told me that their kids had lost their appetites after finding worms and mold on their food”
propublica.org ProPublica @propublica.org · 12h
NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas.

Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.
The Kids Trump Sent to ICE’s Dilley Detention Center
ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...
www.propublica.org

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9h
Enten: "Trump's base with non-college voters is absolutely collapsing ... he's underwater by 9 points. That's a 23 point switcheroo."

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Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social · 21h
First shot: sugarcane

The backbone of Puerto Rico's agricultural economy since colonial times

Still used to make rum of course!
A musician playing a guitar in sugarcane that is somehow in the middle of a football field

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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 22h
Seriously.

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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 23h
You know the saying, if they can put one man on the moon, they could put them all there.
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23h
Levels of ketamine never before ingested
Elon Musk Y @elonmusk X.com For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 23h
Levels of ketamine never before ingested
Elon Musk Y @elonmusk X.com For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years.

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 1d
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
dancow.bsky.social Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social · 1d
VC, founder, dumbass
@Nick_Davidov Asked Claude Cowork organize my wife's desktop, it stated doing it, asked for a permission to delete temp office files, I granted it, and then it goes "ooops" Turns out it tried renaming and accidentally deleted a folder with all of the photos my wife made on her camera for the last 15 years. All photos of kids, their illustrations, friends' weddings, travel, everything. It's not in trash, it was done via terminal It's not in iCloud, it already synced the new file structure. She didn't have Time Machine. Disc recovery tools can't see anything. I called Apple and they pointed me to a feature in iCloud allowing to retrieve files that were saved before but are no longer on iCloud Drive (they keep them for 30 days). I'm now watching it load tens of thousands of files. I nearly had a heart attack. Nick Davidov • @Nick_Davidov VC, founder, DVC.ai - backing repeat founders with a community of 200 engineers. e/acc/OSS. Perplexity, Higgsfield, Animation, Etched. Husband to @msdavidova

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Ms. Magazine @msmagazine.com · 1d
In an all-too-familiar story for working women, Super Bowl cheerleaders are victims of low pay, long hours, zero benefits and near-impossible standards of sexiness and appearance not applied to male-dominated jobs.
msmagazine.com/2021/02/04/s...
'A Woman's Work': The Film the NFL Doesn't Want You to See
Super Bowl cheerleaders are frequently forced to work long hours for no benefits and illegally low wages, while experiencing sexist discrimination.
msmagazine.com

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions.

In their Friday night ruling, Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.

Law Dork:
Two judges on the Fifth Circuit gave Trump exactly what he wants to enact mass detentions
Judges Edith Jones and Kyle Duncan split with more than 150 judges who have ruled against the Trump admin's unilateral, new, and harsh interpretation of a 1996 law.
www.lawdork.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 1d
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.

He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.

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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 1d
“Lorin Stein, the disgraced former editor of The Paris Review who resigned after accusations of sexual impropriety, forwarded to Wolff an email from the writer Stephen Elliott, who intended to sue the list’s creator… Epstein promises to ‘help anyway i can.’”
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
More than half the drugs on the TrumpRx site have a cheaper generic version on the market.

Pristiq, an antidepressant, is available with a TrumpRx coupon for ~$200 for a 30-day supply.

A generic version is on GoodRx for less than $30 and Mark Cuban's CostPlusDrugs for $16.65.
How TrumpRx drug prices compare to generic alternatives
Patients could save more buying non-branded copycat drugs, even if they don't have insurance.
www.axios.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 1d
This is a game in which Bad Bunny wins and the teams are inclusion versus exclusion. Wins on behalf of the former.
gregsargent.bsky.social Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 1d
Trump is badly losing the war over ICE, not just on the streets, but also in the culture. As Bad Bunny shows, this has become a culture war unto itself. Trump-MAGA's initial hubris has been utterly deflated.

I've got fresh data illustrating the point. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2062...
Trump Rages at Bad Bunny—and Accidentally Exposes a Big MAGA Weakness
MAGA’s hatred of the Super Bowl halftime performer reflects a hubris about what parts of the culture are “theirs.” But those assumptions are proving more wrong every day.
newrepublic.com

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Jill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 2d
On this day in 1915, the @nytimes.com urged male New Yorkers to reject a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have enfranchised women. The Times called the prospect of female voting an “objectionable and unreasonable derangement of the political and social structure.” #WeTheMen

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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 2d
Woody Allen’s wife and stepdaughter, Soon Yi Previn, commented to Jeffrey Epstein about Anthony Weiner sexting with a 15-year-old girl:

“…It was disgusting what the 15-year-old did to him.”

She called the girl “a despicable and disgusting person…”

(www.justice.gov/epstein/file...)
From: soon yi previn To: jeffrey E. jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Here's the Wiener article if you haven't read it already. Thanks for dinner last night. Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 11:31:12 +0000 I know. It's an incredible story. You have to feel sorry for him. He can't seem to learn. Most importantly I feel sorry for his wife. I also thought it was disgusting what the 15-year-old did to him. I hate women who take advantage of guys and she is definitely one of them. She knew exactly what she was doing and how vulnerable Wiener was and she reeled him in like fish to bait. It's also laughable when she says in her letter that she is putting it out there to help him. How does it help him? It only humiliates him. We know his excuse that he has a sickness. What is her excuse for being a despicable and disgusting person who preys on the week? We know he's sick but she's also sick to have done this to him. So manipulative on her part. She should be ashamed of herself. Sent from Soon-Yi's iPhone

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 2d
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promine...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2d
Here's a CourtListener link to the opinion, which was issued THREE DAYS after oral arguments, which followed the Trump administration's request for expedited briefing having been granted: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Published Opinion – #507860231, Att. #1 in Buenrostro-Mendez v. Bondi (5th Cir., 25-20496) – CourtListener.com
PUBLISHED OPINION FILED. [25-20496 Reversed 25-40701 Reversed ] Judge: EHJ, Judge: SKD, Judge: DMD Mandate issue date is 03/30/2026; [195] [25-20496, 25-40701] (MBC) [Entered: 02/06/2026 06:15 PM]
storage.courtlistener.com

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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 2d
As one does.

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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 2d
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went hunting for dinosaur bones in the Dakotas with child sex traffickers Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
RFK Jr.’s Bizarre Trip With Epstein and Ghislaine Exposed in Files
The trip took place on a Native reservation where collecting fossils without explicit tribal permission is considered looting.
trib.al

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Bryce Covert @brycecovert.bsky.social · 2d
MeToo ruined men’s careers so much that Shaun White is one of NBC’s three main Winter Olympics hosts this year www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How Olympic snowboarder Shaun White became a part of the #MeToo conversation
Shaun White's death-defying, near-perfect jumps in the halfpipe snowboard competition secured him a place in history as the first American male to win gold at three Winter Olympic Games. But the celeb...
www.pbs.org

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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist @princess-vimentin.bsky.social · 3d
A gentle reminder that the recent POTUS’ depiction of the Obama’s as monkeys on Truth Social is a weak, insecure reaction to the weak reception of Melania’s movie.

I watched Michelle Obama’s documentary last night. Loved it.

#Pinks
Michelle Obama’s documentary surges on Netflix after Melania releases in theaters
Former first lady’s 2020 Netflix film saw a 13,000 percent increase in viewership over the weekend
www.the-independent.com

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The Steady State @thesteadystate.org · 3d
Turns out firing career diplomats and replacing them with Trump loyalists who learned international relations from Truth Social has consequences. Who knew. #holdfast

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3d
If only Donald's icy, withholding parents had loved him, none of this embarrassingly needy bullshit would be happening.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump wanted Dulles Airport, Penn Station named after him — in exchange for releasing federal funds
Trump has named several landmarks and initiatives after himself since he returned to office.
www.nbcnews.com

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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 3d
The only thing that will turn measles back is a rebound in vaccination -- which requires government support, by @katherinejwu.com www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/... via @theatlantic.com
The Only Thing That Will Turn Measles Back
A rebound in vaccination—which may depend on government support
www.theatlantic.com

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d
Luttig: It doesn’t matter what the Supreme Court does from this point forward. For two years, the Supreme Court has authorized the absolute lawlessness and unconstitutional activity of this president.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 4d
One of the things that does come through in many of these emails is just how many men think that being a creepy, abusive, predator is just like how everyone is. Way to tell on yourself.
Gelernter continued teaching as usual Tuesday, after a small group of students gathered outside his classroom. In the Wednesday afternoon email to Jeffrey Brock '92 - the dean of the School of Engineering & Applied Science - on which computer science professor Holly Rushmeier was copied, Gelernter gave an account of his relationship with an unnamed alumna whom he had described in the 2011 email to Epstein as a "v small goodlooking blonde." Gelernter forwarded the email to the News 14 minutes after he initially sent it. "I was recommending her for a job I thought she'd like. When you do that--when you actually care about a rec letter--you keep the potential boss's habits in mind," Gelernter wrote in the email to his colleagues, seemingly referring to Epstein. "This one was obsessed with girls (like every other unmarried billionaire in Manhattan; in fact, like every other heterosex male), and if I hadn't said what I did in that letter ten-odd years ago, he would certainly have called me & asked for a lot more aesthetic detail. (This is how men behave.)" "So long as I said nothing that dishonored her in any conceivable way, I'd have told him more or less what he wanted. She was smart, charming & gorgeous. Ought I to have suppressed that info? Never!" he continued, italicizing the last word. "I'm very glad I wrote the note."