BradPatrick
@bradpatrick.bsky.social
Ex-General Counsel of Wikimedia Foundation; I represent the best submersible manufacturer in the world. Rule of Law absolutist. Lawyer in Tampa, Florida. baplegal.com and WP:User:BradPatrick. Trans people are people.
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BradPatrick
@bradpatrick.bsky.social
· Feb 15
Langdell Hall at Harvard Law: Not Under Man but Under God and Law. He is a man, not a king. And the Constitution is our law.
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as always, remember how Nancy Pelosi rallied the entire democratic establishment to help this guy barely win his primary against pro-choice progressive Jessica Cisneros
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
as always, remember how Nancy Pelosi rallied the entire democratic establishment to help this guy barely win his primary against pro-choice progressive Jessica Cisneros
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Jessica Cisneros, if you’re listening: primary this guy again. You were so close. Third time’s a charm.
December 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Jessica Cisneros, if you’re listening: primary this guy again. You were so close. Third time’s a charm.
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Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.
In the last month, two major players in the development of the deep-sea mining industry have put their plans on pause, calling for more research and less urgency in the race to the bottom. In Novem…
www.southernfriedscience.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Norway and Cook Islands put their deep-sea mining plans on pause.
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
www.southernfriedscience.com/norway-and-c...
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If you think the Mariana Trench should be protected from deep sea mining, drop a 🌊 in the comments.
Then go write a comment in the federal register and sign the petitions (links are in my bio).
#OceanJustice
Then go write a comment in the federal register and sign the petitions (links are in my bio).
#OceanJustice
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you think the Mariana Trench should be protected from deep sea mining, drop a 🌊 in the comments.
Then go write a comment in the federal register and sign the petitions (links are in my bio).
#OceanJustice
Then go write a comment in the federal register and sign the petitions (links are in my bio).
#OceanJustice
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"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
Opinion | The Dishonesty of the Northwestern Deal
The university claims it preserved academic autonomy. It didn’t.
www.chronicle.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Northwestern officials proudly noted that their pact with the WH explicitly declares that the agreement doesn’t allow the gov't to dictate “the content of academic speech and research” .... But the pact itself restricts speech and research at the university. Saying otherwise won’t change that."
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🚨 The US government has announced an RFI for deep sea mining the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Islands are my home & I refuse this eco-assaulting project. Stand with me & leave comments against mining the trench!
Comments toolkits:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Comments toolkits:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Toolkit: BOEM COMMENT PERIOD Deep Sea Mining in the CNMI
TOOL KIT: A guide for commenting on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Request for Information regarding Deep Sea Mining in the Mariånas PREPARED BY: Prutehi Guåhan and Our Common Wealth 670 Last ...
docs.google.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🚨 The US government has announced an RFI for deep sea mining the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Islands are my home & I refuse this eco-assaulting project. Stand with me & leave comments against mining the trench!
Comments toolkits:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Comments toolkits:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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@mluckovich.bsky.social captured it perfectly.
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@mluckovich.bsky.social captured it perfectly.
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Here we go people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Here we go people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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If you're going to read one thing about unlawful orders and the boat strikes, this is it:
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors
An Expert Backgrounder by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...
An Expert Backgrounder by @mikeschmitt.bsky.social, @rgoodlaw.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social
www.justsecurity.org/125948/illeg...
Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors: An Expert Backgrounder
An expert backgrounder on the reported Hegseth "no quarter" order to kill everyone aboard a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean on Sept. 2.
www.justsecurity.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you're going to read one thing about unlawful orders and the boat strikes, this is it:
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Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America
talk by @kawulf.bsky.social
Thurs Dec 4 7-8pm
online & in person
American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Mass)
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
#genealogy
talk by @kawulf.bsky.social
Thurs Dec 4 7-8pm
online & in person
American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Mass)
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
#genealogy
Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America | American Antiquarian Society
www.americanantiquarian.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America
talk by @kawulf.bsky.social
Thurs Dec 4 7-8pm
online & in person
American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Mass)
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
#genealogy
talk by @kawulf.bsky.social
Thurs Dec 4 7-8pm
online & in person
American Antiquarian Society (Worcester, Mass)
www.americanantiquarian.org/programs-eve...
#genealogy
This kind of slight of hand is utter bullshit, and must be called out as such.
Federal Circuit: No patents for AI inventions.
USPTO:
USPTO:
"In a November 2025 guidance, new USPTO Director John Squires has rejected the Vidal approach and instead established a 'don't ask, don't tell' policy for AI-assisted inventions creates a presumption of human inventorship so long as any natural person is willing to sign the oath."
December 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This kind of slight of hand is utter bullshit, and must be called out as such.
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The shoot first, ask questions later Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shoot-firs...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shoot-firs...
December 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The shoot first, ask questions later Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shoot-firs...
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/shoot-firs...
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
💯
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You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
You don’t get to pick. That’s the whole damn point of the rule of law.
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British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies on.ft.com/4onl1CU
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies
Czech-born author of witty, cerebral plays was also an award-winning screenwriter
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies on.ft.com/4onl1CU
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Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot.
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
Useful to Journalists,
Useful to Students,
Useful to more than 2 million people a day.
Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
@internetarchive
archive.org/donate
www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...
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Since 1973, at least 201 people on death row have been exonerated—meaning cleared of any responsibility for a crime. Eighteen of those people were in Texas. A recent report reveals how racist the ultimate punishment really is:
New Report Highlights the 'Fatal Flaws' Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions
The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.
www.texasobserver.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Since 1973, at least 201 people on death row have been exonerated—meaning cleared of any responsibility for a crime. Eighteen of those people were in Texas. A recent report reveals how racist the ultimate punishment really is:
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what hegseth describes is deeply criminal under international law and, before his tenure, accepted law for the US armed forces. we cannot let this go. it's not about policy difference. it's murder under the color of law.
November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
what hegseth describes is deeply criminal under international law and, before his tenure, accepted law for the US armed forces. we cannot let this go. it's not about policy difference. it's murder under the color of law.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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The Zork games have been properly open sourced with the MIT license 😍 opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Zork games have been properly open sourced with the MIT license 😍 opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
These were some of the first computer games I ever played back on our IBM 8086 PC. So many good memories.
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Why is it turning on features that I already turned off? I can’t check my settings every single day; that’s not reasonable. Please give us a real answer.
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why is it turning on features that I already turned off? I can’t check my settings every single day; that’s not reasonable. Please give us a real answer.
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Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...