Cathy Gellis
@cathygellis.bsky.social
Lawyer, writer, all-around-great person
I mostly post about technology, law, and civil liberties (especially free speech), and how they intersect. And mostly at Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/
I also post silly things too.
I mostly post about technology, law, and civil liberties (especially free speech), and how they intersect. And mostly at Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/
I also post silly things too.
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Cathy Gellis
@cathygellis.bsky.social
· Jan 3
Oaths Of Office, And How Everyone Not Moving To Impeach Trump Is Violating Their Own
Until very recently the only member of Congress excused from not having moved to impeach Trump was Rep. Grijalva, because until someone swore her in there was nothing she could officially do. But f…
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A reminder: any member of Congress not impeaching is violating their own oath of office.
It's not optional.
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
It's not optional.
www.techdirt.com/2025/11/26/o...
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Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Someone is going to write a dissertation about this half time show and I will read it.
The cameraman had to learn choreography...
Best halftime show EVER. My God.
February 9, 2026 at 1:35 AM
The cameraman had to learn choreography...
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That was an absolute celebration of joy. Damn
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
That was an absolute celebration of joy. Damn
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This is making me feel patriotic as hell
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
This is making me feel patriotic as hell
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So many layers! So much symbolism!
That critique of the government extracting resources from PR. The power poles.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
So many layers! So much symbolism!
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Oh, the hot takes currently festering in the White House.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Oh, the hot takes currently festering in the White House.
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Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny
February 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Only one who got the ball into the end zone was Bad Bunny
Now, now, I'm sure Kid Rock had something just as good...
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Now, now, I'm sure Kid Rock had something just as good...
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National Football League welcome to The Resistance
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
National Football League welcome to The Resistance
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When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
When I wrote Section 230 I did so knowing it would be critical for protecting free speech online. 30 years later and it’s one of the last things standing in the way of Republican censorship of the internet. Here’s to many more years of defending this vital safeguard of free speech.
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The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
“We cannot just abolish ICE!”
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
Bestie, you are older than ICE.
February 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
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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."
February 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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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some brand just paid 8 million dollars to make people think of us
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
some brand just paid 8 million dollars to make people think of us
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i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
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If/when this ends, Democrats must make sure concentration camp prison guards don't see a dime of their pensions
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
Conditions in a San Diego concentration camp, via message hurled out in a bottle.
![“Good afternoon. My name is [redacted] and my wife and I have been at OMDC since April 15 2025,” reads a handwritten note, wrapped around a lotion bottle that was thrown by a man held captive inside the Otay Mesa Detention Center (OMDC) on Sunday.
“It’s cold here all the time and the food is poor,” the missive continues. “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiet46krrk7ovnqxsd6vr7ogw2lgame43jsqw25u2ygi5el5i5toom@jpeg)
February 8, 2026 at 10:26 PM
If/when this ends, Democrats must make sure concentration camp prison guards don't see a dime of their pensions
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Another gem from this:
"Voigt pointed to previous surveys which indicate consumers believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, as another example."
"Voigt pointed to previous surveys which indicate consumers believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, as another example."
Some context from that Lays ad.
People are very stupid and don’t realize that potato chips are literally made out of potatoes.
That’s why they were parading around a potato in that ad like it’s the fucking Rosetta Stone.
People are very stupid and don’t realize that potato chips are literally made out of potatoes.
That’s why they were parading around a potato in that ad like it’s the fucking Rosetta Stone.
Lay’s revamps to make clear that chips are made from potatoes | Capital Press
Lay's will revamp its brand after 42% of consumers didn't know their potato chips come from potatoes.
capitalpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Another gem from this:
"Voigt pointed to previous surveys which indicate consumers believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, as another example."
"Voigt pointed to previous surveys which indicate consumers believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, as another example."
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Saoirse reads books about Black superheroes, watches shows about Hispanic kids saving the day, and is learning Mandarin in a predominantly Chinese afterschool program.
You know what she's never told me? That she's ashamed of being white or wishes she weren't.
You know what she's never told me? That she's ashamed of being white or wishes she weren't.
February 9, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Saoirse reads books about Black superheroes, watches shows about Hispanic kids saving the day, and is learning Mandarin in a predominantly Chinese afterschool program.
You know what she's never told me? That she's ashamed of being white or wishes she weren't.
You know what she's never told me? That she's ashamed of being white or wishes she weren't.
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That Dunkin’ commercial was Al of us collectively having a stroke, right?
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
That Dunkin’ commercial was Al of us collectively having a stroke, right?
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I hate every one of these de-aged commercials, for reasons I cannot quite articulate
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
I hate every one of these de-aged commercials, for reasons I cannot quite articulate
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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.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
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.
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Either it's infringing or it isn't. There's no such thing as an "unwritten branding line".
February 9, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Either it's infringing or it isn't. There's no such thing as an "unwritten branding line".
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Speaking of Superbowl ads, this Wikipedia article is quite a fun and informative read.
It even breaks down which of the many dot-coms that blew $$$ on Superbowl ads in 2000 are still around, and which ones went belly-up soon after.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
It even breaks down which of the many dot-coms that blew $$$ on Superbowl ads in 2000 are still around, and which ones went belly-up soon after.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com...
Dot-com commercials during Super Bowl XXXIV - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:48 AM
The fact that the Seahawks rushers manage to pick up 6 yards while they are being tackled...
February 9, 2026 at 12:59 AM
The fact that the Seahawks rushers manage to pick up 6 yards while they are being tackled...
There have been some very creative commercials this Super Bowl.
Unfortunately they seem to all be for absolutely detestable products society should reject.
Unfortunately they seem to all be for absolutely detestable products society should reject.
February 9, 2026 at 12:56 AM
There have been some very creative commercials this Super Bowl.
Unfortunately they seem to all be for absolutely detestable products society should reject.
Unfortunately they seem to all be for absolutely detestable products society should reject.
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Incredible how many people forget about this classic
February 9, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Incredible how many people forget about this classic