Anton Piatigorsky
@antonpiatigorsky.bsky.social
University of Toronto Law student ‘26
Writer of fiction (Al-Tounsi, The Iron Bridge) & plays (Eternal Hydra)
Writer of fiction (Al-Tounsi, The Iron Bridge) & plays (Eternal Hydra)
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Reminder: before you go full-on defeatist about the rule of law, keep in mind it remains often effective on a micro-level. It’s on the macro- that the FedSoc types have killed it. Hard work and good lawyering can make a difference for regular people — though not always, and not all of them.
Protester found not guilty of assault against federal officer at L.A. immigration protest despite top Border Patrol official's testimony. Latest w/ @brittnymejia.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...
Protester found not guilty of assault despite top Border Patrol official's testimony
A misdemeanor assault case against Brayan Ramos-Brito was the first to go to trial after dozens of people were accused of impeding or attacking federal agents during protests against immigration enfor...
www.latimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reminder: before you go full-on defeatist about the rule of law, keep in mind it remains often effective on a micro-level. It’s on the macro- that the FedSoc types have killed it. Hard work and good lawyering can make a difference for regular people — though not always, and not all of them.
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This is like discovering that if you use a crane to lift heavy things that you used to lift with your arms, the thing gets lifted but yours arms don’t get stronger.
New research from MIT found that those who used ChatGPT can’t remember any of the content of their essays.
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
Key takeaway: the product doesn’t suffer, but the process does. And when it comes to essays, the process *is* how they learn.
arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...
June 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is like discovering that if you use a crane to lift heavy things that you used to lift with your arms, the thing gets lifted but yours arms don’t get stronger.
It really is. Just a mind boggling trove of incredible information. Tells so much about the world, who’s going where, who’s returning… and what company has all the data and power.
April 18, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It really is. Just a mind boggling trove of incredible information. Tells so much about the world, who’s going where, who’s returning… and what company has all the data and power.
This is really good.
Rep. Steven Horsford to Greer: "So the trade representative hasn't spoken to the POTUS about a global reordering of trade, but yet he announced it on a tweet? WTF! Who is in charge? It looks like your boss just pulled the rug out from under you. There is no strategy ... is this market manipulation?"
April 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is really good.
Leaders.
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 27, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Leaders.
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The combination of shameless and relentless dishonesty, stupidity, and all-around mediocrity is probably going to get a lot of people killed.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials have denied that “war plans” were shared in the chat, which inadvertently included a journalist.
The messages published Wednesday included specific times of planned strikes.
The messages published Wednesday included specific times of planned strikes.
Live updates: Atlantic publishes messages among Trump officials about timing of strikes in Yemen
Get the latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The combination of shameless and relentless dishonesty, stupidity, and all-around mediocrity is probably going to get a lot of people killed.
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It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
March 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.
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This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
March 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
This Paul Weiss capitulation is the most disgraceful action by a major law firm in my lifetime, so appalling that I couldn’t believe it at first.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
Any lawyers at that firm—partners or associates—who don’t promptly resign will defile their moral and professional reputations beyond repair.
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This is horrifying! Family members of some of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison by Trump confirm their loved ones weren't members of a gang.
One woman said her brother got a tattoo of a rose in Dallas, and because of that they accused him of being a gang member.
One woman said her brother got a tattoo of a rose in Dallas, and because of that they accused him of being a gang member.
March 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is horrifying! Family members of some of the people sent to do hard labor in a Salvadoran prison by Trump confirm their loved ones weren't members of a gang.
One woman said her brother got a tattoo of a rose in Dallas, and because of that they accused him of being a gang member.
One woman said her brother got a tattoo of a rose in Dallas, and because of that they accused him of being a gang member.
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The way this works is that you either defend Khalil's First Amendment rights, no matter what you think about his specific views, or else you acquiesce to a totalitarian dystopia where the government can disappear people for expressing opinions opposed by the regime. There's really no middle ground.
Good piece on many university presidents' cowardly refusal to speak out against the Trump administration's ghastly, unlawful abduction and detention of Mahmoud Khalil in retaliation against his constitutionally protected speech. No surprise, but a shame nonetheless. slate.com/life/2025/03...
Why Isn’t the Entire Country Terrified by the Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil?
Universities are running scared. But this is no time to be timid.
slate.com
March 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The way this works is that you either defend Khalil's First Amendment rights, no matter what you think about his specific views, or else you acquiesce to a totalitarian dystopia where the government can disappear people for expressing opinions opposed by the regime. There's really no middle ground.
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The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
ICE Arrests Pro-Palestinian Activist at Columbia
Mahmoud Khalil, who recently completed a graduate program at Columbia, has legal permanent residency, his lawyer said.
www.nytimes.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...
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This development is a horrifying and further escalation of the very topic I wrote about yesterday evening: The Trump administration’s move from governmental changes to individual attacks focused on political opponents. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
March 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This development is a horrifying and further escalation of the very topic I wrote about yesterday evening: The Trump administration’s move from governmental changes to individual attacks focused on political opponents. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-test...
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Agree. He has an audience as well. His countrymen don’t want to see their President groveling before a Putin lackey. Their determination is grounded in their national pride. Zelensky powerfully vindicated that today. To see your President stand up to the two greatest powers in the world? Priceless.
February 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Agree. He has an audience as well. His countrymen don’t want to see their President groveling before a Putin lackey. Their determination is grounded in their national pride. Zelensky powerfully vindicated that today. To see your President stand up to the two greatest powers in the world? Priceless.
It hasn’t seemed to occur to PBS that hundreds of Indigenous nations have made treaties with the Crown and those are non transferable, often sacred, agreements.
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state as he proposes to erase the 5,525-mile-long border that separates the two countries.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Here’s what it would take to transform Canada from a nation to a state.
Trump’s remarks on Canada becoming the 51st state raise a lot of questions
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said Canada should be the 51st U.S. state, effectively erasing the massive border the two nations share.
buff.ly
February 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It hasn’t seemed to occur to PBS that hundreds of Indigenous nations have made treaties with the Crown and those are non transferable, often sacred, agreements.
Signed
Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For more—and to sign— go to
saynotoethniccleansing.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Signed
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Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
Trump on what Trudeau could offer him to change his mind on tariffs: "What I'd like to see -- Canada become our 51st state."
February 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Neither the mainstream press nor our political system seem to have digested the fact that the U.S. president is trying to illegally annex a NATO ally using economic coercion.
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Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
February 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Lutheran Social Services is one of the largest employers in South Dakota, operating senior living facilities across the state. Republicans are shutting it down
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Perhaps more concerning is Mike Flynn, known foreign asset, having access to this data?
Actually, yeah! This is more or less the principle behind German Militant Democracy: if a party/leader tries to use legal means to subvert democracy, then it’s perfectly legal to ban them, even preemptively.
Shoutout to South Korea. Their guy tried to pull a Trump and he got shut down and impeached within 24 hours.
Gangsta democracy.
Gangsta democracy.
December 4, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Actually, yeah! This is more or less the principle behind German Militant Democracy: if a party/leader tries to use legal means to subvert democracy, then it’s perfectly legal to ban them, even preemptively.
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Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
Why misogyny is at the heart of South Korea's presidential elections
Disgruntled young men who resent feminism are the focus of candidates vying to be president.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Just a little reminder that the South Korean president who just declared martial law was elected two years ago on a wave of anti-feminist backlash. Misogyny is routinely part of the authoritarian package.
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
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The big reason why Hunter’s pardon is justified in my view is one none of Joe’s critics are talking about - the nomination of Kash Patel as FBI Director, who has pledged hundreds of times to go after the Biden family when Trump takes office. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
The Big Reason Why Hunter's Pardon is Justified: Kash Patel
I've listened to hundreds of interviews of Trump's FBI Director nominee
open.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:33 PM
The big reason why Hunter’s pardon is justified in my view is one none of Joe’s critics are talking about - the nomination of Kash Patel as FBI Director, who has pledged hundreds of times to go after the Biden family when Trump takes office. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...