Ben Schu
@benschu.bsky.social
Lawyer, musician, gadabout, generally confused much of the time.
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Ben Schu
@benschu.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Ok not sure anyone will see this but might as well introduce myself.
I’m a BigLaw securities and corporate governance litigator and trial lawyer in Baltimore with two kids and an awesome wife.
In a former life, I was an opera singer and composer, and part-time rock star. Also fairly witchy. Hi!
I’m a BigLaw securities and corporate governance litigator and trial lawyer in Baltimore with two kids and an awesome wife.
In a former life, I was an opera singer and composer, and part-time rock star. Also fairly witchy. Hi!
Anyone else have trouble sleeping because your dreams are too mentally active - full of made-up legal problems, arguments with people, and stress about obligations that don’t exist? Any advice? #lawsky
January 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Anyone else have trouble sleeping because your dreams are too mentally active - full of made-up legal problems, arguments with people, and stress about obligations that don’t exist? Any advice? #lawsky
I profoundly wish these people were still capable of feeling shame.
Jesse Watters highlights that Renee Nicole Good, the woman killed by ICE, had "pronouns in her bio" and "leaves behind a lesbian partner and a child from a previous marriage"
January 8, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I profoundly wish these people were still capable of feeling shame.
This is the right response. Separately - Why does ICE even have service weapons? They are not trained law enforcement officers in any sense. This was murder and people need to be arrested.
January 7, 2026 at 6:46 PM
This is the right response. Separately - Why does ICE even have service weapons? They are not trained law enforcement officers in any sense. This was murder and people need to be arrested.
Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ. I will fight anyone who tries to "both sides" this administration.
Curtis Yarvin has written a very long screed in defense of his post in which he said, “Hitler spoke the truth.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
January 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Jesus Tap-Dancing Christ. I will fight anyone who tries to "both sides" this administration.
Well, I guess the Trump Admin will get some experience running nationalized universal healthcare.
Not stopping at regime change in Venezuela, Trump announces U.S. will ‘run the country' after Washington-orchestrated coup "until a proper transition of power could be arranged," @nytimes.com reports, "raising the the prospect of an open-ended commitment."
Venezuela Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Run the Country’ After Capture of Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Well, I guess the Trump Admin will get some experience running nationalized universal healthcare.
Well, that’s a huge bucket of cold water on anyone maintaining hope that this year would be any less of an unmitigated clusterfuck than 2025. #Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Well, that’s a huge bucket of cold water on anyone maintaining hope that this year would be any less of an unmitigated clusterfuck than 2025. #Venezuela
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This administration’s bigotry is exceeded only by its abject stupidity.
Don't need to imagine, Sinatra had something to say about multicultural liberal democracies 🧵
December 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This administration’s bigotry is exceeded only by its abject stupidity.
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What the fuck is Nate talking about?
December 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What the fuck is Nate talking about?
Just when I think I can no longer be shocked by this administration, Dan Bovino goes on Newsmax in full-out Nazi cosplay.
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just when I think I can no longer be shocked by this administration, Dan Bovino goes on Newsmax in full-out Nazi cosplay.
This is the funniest point/counterpoint I’ve seen in a long time.
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is the funniest point/counterpoint I’ve seen in a long time.
Intrusive thought of the day: What must it be like to have a life where people are just happy to see you?
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Intrusive thought of the day: What must it be like to have a life where people are just happy to see you?
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This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
This year we're doing Whamutopia. Every time you hear Last Christmas you have to have a mulled wine at your earliest convenience and toast George Michael, because he was a lad
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:
Jonatha Brooke (6)
Barenaked Ladies (5)
Ben Folds (4)
Moxy Früvous (4)
Indigo Girls (4)
Billy Joel (4)
Lots of 2’s - Elton John, TMBG, Ani DiFranco, Sting, OK Go, Susan Werner, Stevie Nicks, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Nickel Creek
Jonatha Brooke (6)
Barenaked Ladies (5)
Ben Folds (4)
Moxy Früvous (4)
Indigo Girls (4)
Billy Joel (4)
Lots of 2’s - Elton John, TMBG, Ani DiFranco, Sting, OK Go, Susan Werner, Stevie Nicks, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Nickel Creek
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:
Elvis Costello (7)
Richard Thompson (2)
Lucinda Williams (2)
Nanci Griffith (2)
Indigo Girls (2)
Elvis Costello (7)
Richard Thompson (2)
Lucinda Williams (2)
Nanci Griffith (2)
Indigo Girls (2)
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:
Jason Isbell
The Hold Steady
Barenaked Ladies
Poison
The Decemberists
Jason Isbell
The Hold Steady
Barenaked Ladies
Poison
The Decemberists
November 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Introduce yourself with artists you've seen multiple times:
Jonatha Brooke (6)
Barenaked Ladies (5)
Ben Folds (4)
Moxy Früvous (4)
Indigo Girls (4)
Billy Joel (4)
Lots of 2’s - Elton John, TMBG, Ani DiFranco, Sting, OK Go, Susan Werner, Stevie Nicks, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Nickel Creek
Jonatha Brooke (6)
Barenaked Ladies (5)
Ben Folds (4)
Moxy Früvous (4)
Indigo Girls (4)
Billy Joel (4)
Lots of 2’s - Elton John, TMBG, Ani DiFranco, Sting, OK Go, Susan Werner, Stevie Nicks, Rufus Wainwright, Brandi Carlile, Nickel Creek
Why oh why would Microsoft Word change the default so that footnotes aren’t included in word count unless you click a box? Thought I was done and now have another 1400 words to cut. #lawsky
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Why oh why would Microsoft Word change the default so that footnotes aren’t included in word count unless you click a box? Thought I was done and now have another 1400 words to cut. #lawsky
Dershowitz isn’t the big fish I care about, but regardless, this is what we in the legal profession call “very bad.”
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Dershowitz isn’t the big fish I care about, but regardless, this is what we in the legal profession call “very bad.”
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Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Happy Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day! Don’t forget to smash your clocks!
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This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Is this in question? The entire existence of ICE can be attributed to Cheney’s influence over GWB after 9/11 that led to the creation of DHS.
Moderates can try and launder Dick Cheney all they want, but he was a murderous war criminal who laid the tracks for Trump and overt fascism.
We live in Cheney’s America, god help us, and it’s on us to dishonor him by undoing the damage he caused.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-author...
We live in Cheney’s America, god help us, and it’s on us to dishonor him by undoing the damage he caused.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-author...
The Authoritarian Architect: Dick Cheney and the Dystopian World He Built
We live in Dick Cheney's America. God help us.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Is this in question? The entire existence of ICE can be attributed to Cheney’s influence over GWB after 9/11 that led to the creation of DHS.
Never pass up a history lesson from Derek Guy. When Republicans talk about bringing back coal jobs, they want to benefit the bosses, not the workers.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Never pass up a history lesson from Derek Guy. When Republicans talk about bringing back coal jobs, they want to benefit the bosses, not the workers.
I'm having flashbacks to 2002, when many of us were saying "Homeland Security? I'm not sure that's a great idea..."
Yes, this is a real post made by the Department of Homeland Security.
None of this is normal.
None of this is normal.
October 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm having flashbacks to 2002, when many of us were saying "Homeland Security? I'm not sure that's a great idea..."
Un-fucking-believable.
DOJ puts 2 federal prosecutors on leave after they described 'mob of rioters' on Jan. 6
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
DOJ puts 2 federal prosecutors on leave after they described 'mob of rioters' on Jan. 6
The language was used in a sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto, a Jan. 6 defendant who was separately convicted of weapons charges after he showed up near Barack Obama’s home in 2023.
www.nbcnews.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Un-fucking-believable.
What five pieces of media (books, TV, movies, music, etc.) were most responsible for forming your personality? Not your favorites per se, but the ones that most influenced who you are now. (I know @deaconblues1979.bsky.social will have a good answer to this one.)
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
What five pieces of media (books, TV, movies, music, etc.) were most responsible for forming your personality? Not your favorites per se, but the ones that most influenced who you are now. (I know @deaconblues1979.bsky.social will have a good answer to this one.)