Colleen
@colleenbb.bsky.social
Staff Attorney, Appellate. "Moo" to Tween Daughters (AF 14 and LF 13) and an adult 🐻. She/Her 💙. Still struggling to maintain neutral buoyancy. Lurks at #appellatesky and #SpéirGhorm (trying to learn Gaeilge). I probably listen to your podcast.
Pinned
Tee martooni lunch like an old white man.
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Tee martooni lunch like an old white man.
This opinion is GOLD.
10/10
10/10
This opinion from E.D. Mich. on Rule 11 and generative A.I. is an absolute *banger*. law.justia.com/cases/federa...
The court specifically explains why the problem of A.I. is not limited to "hallucinating" case citations. Even plausible legal "analysis" *from an A.I.* is trouble!
#LegalWriting
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The court specifically explains why the problem of A.I. is not limited to "hallucinating" case citations. Even plausible legal "analysis" *from an A.I.* is trouble!
#LegalWriting
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Jarrus et al v. Governor of Michigan et al, No. 4:2025cv11168 - Document 176 (E.D. Mich. 2025)
Jarrus et al v. Governor of Michigan et al, No. 4:2025cv11168 - Document 176 (E.D. Mich. 2025) case opinion from the Eastern District of Michigan U.S. Federal District Court
law.justia.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This opinion is GOLD.
10/10
10/10
Reposted by Colleen
Just heard Tori Amos' Silent All These Years for the first time in forever, and it still slaps. Think I'm gonna have to play the Little Earthquakes album during commute tomorrow.
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Just heard Tori Amos' Silent All These Years for the first time in forever, and it still slaps. Think I'm gonna have to play the Little Earthquakes album during commute tomorrow.
So nice when my son visits and he and AF make chocolate chip cookies. This will be a top tier afternoon 😊🍪🫖
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So nice when my son visits and he and AF make chocolate chip cookies. This will be a top tier afternoon 😊🍪🫖
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
You play forgiveness
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
Watch it now, here he comes
He doesn't look a thing like Jesus
But he talks like a gentlemen
Like you imagined when you were young
Left work early with the most rapidly onset headcold/sinus congestion I've ever developed and promptly passed the f**k from 3 to 6 pm.
So now I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow -- Thanksgiving eve -- to buy brussels and other stuff for sides.
So now I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow -- Thanksgiving eve -- to buy brussels and other stuff for sides.
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Left work early with the most rapidly onset headcold/sinus congestion I've ever developed and promptly passed the f**k from 3 to 6 pm.
So now I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow -- Thanksgiving eve -- to buy brussels and other stuff for sides.
So now I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow -- Thanksgiving eve -- to buy brussels and other stuff for sides.
Middle aged white lady cry singing to All to Well in the Dunkin drive through.
(Me. It me.)
(Me. It me.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Middle aged white lady cry singing to All to Well in the Dunkin drive through.
(Me. It me.)
(Me. It me.)
Accomplished:
Made bread
Did two rounds of dishes
Switched school pic frames
Reasonably productive at work
Failed to
Do laundry
Clean anything in my house
Shop for thx sides
Declutter
Made bread
Did two rounds of dishes
Switched school pic frames
Reasonably productive at work
Failed to
Do laundry
Clean anything in my house
Shop for thx sides
Declutter
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Accomplished:
Made bread
Did two rounds of dishes
Switched school pic frames
Reasonably productive at work
Failed to
Do laundry
Clean anything in my house
Shop for thx sides
Declutter
Made bread
Did two rounds of dishes
Switched school pic frames
Reasonably productive at work
Failed to
Do laundry
Clean anything in my house
Shop for thx sides
Declutter
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
November 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
My sign is vital
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
My hands are cold
And I'm on my knees
Looking for the answer
Are we human
Or are we dancer?
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman Catholic choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field...
Roman Catholic choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field...
November 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I hear Jerusalem bells a-ringin'
Roman Catholic choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field...
Roman Catholic choirs are singin'
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field...
He gives me so much hope for a city I love.
Leadership. Pass it on Thank you @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 21, 2025 at 10:52 AM
He gives me so much hope for a city I love.
Parenthood: feeling simultaneously proud and horrified since 2004.
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Parenthood: feeling simultaneously proud and horrified since 2004.
Today I
Was generally competent at work
Made a hard phone call
Remembered to stop at the grocery store for AF's lunch salad dressing
Made meatballs for tomorrow's dinner
Made cranberry sauce for the office potluck tomorrow
Emptied and loaded the dishwasher
Hit 99 days on duolingo
Was generally competent at work
Made a hard phone call
Remembered to stop at the grocery store for AF's lunch salad dressing
Made meatballs for tomorrow's dinner
Made cranberry sauce for the office potluck tomorrow
Emptied and loaded the dishwasher
Hit 99 days on duolingo
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Today I
Was generally competent at work
Made a hard phone call
Remembered to stop at the grocery store for AF's lunch salad dressing
Made meatballs for tomorrow's dinner
Made cranberry sauce for the office potluck tomorrow
Emptied and loaded the dishwasher
Hit 99 days on duolingo
Was generally competent at work
Made a hard phone call
Remembered to stop at the grocery store for AF's lunch salad dressing
Made meatballs for tomorrow's dinner
Made cranberry sauce for the office potluck tomorrow
Emptied and loaded the dishwasher
Hit 99 days on duolingo
So CVS responded to my message to the pharmacy and it is fixed. Wow. Ok, then.
Kept waiting for CVS to text to tell me my auto refill is ready for my 🧠💊. Down to last pill, so I figured I'd log in and see what's up. Can't get a refill til January? Because I allegedly got 90 pills in October? Ummm, no, it must have been 30.
F***. This is gonna be a hassle, isn't it?
F***. This is gonna be a hassle, isn't it?
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
So CVS responded to my message to the pharmacy and it is fixed. Wow. Ok, then.
EPIC THE MUSICAL
Ok, bluesky, why does the main theme / refrain in Warrior of the Mind sound so familiar?
And if you're a former gifted kid / younger GenX or elder milennial / who has NOT listened to the whole saga on repeat while cleaning/commuting, what are you even doing?
Ok, bluesky, why does the main theme / refrain in Warrior of the Mind sound so familiar?
And if you're a former gifted kid / younger GenX or elder milennial / who has NOT listened to the whole saga on repeat while cleaning/commuting, what are you even doing?
November 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
EPIC THE MUSICAL
Ok, bluesky, why does the main theme / refrain in Warrior of the Mind sound so familiar?
And if you're a former gifted kid / younger GenX or elder milennial / who has NOT listened to the whole saga on repeat while cleaning/commuting, what are you even doing?
Ok, bluesky, why does the main theme / refrain in Warrior of the Mind sound so familiar?
And if you're a former gifted kid / younger GenX or elder milennial / who has NOT listened to the whole saga on repeat while cleaning/commuting, what are you even doing?
Kept waiting for CVS to text to tell me my auto refill is ready for my 🧠💊. Down to last pill, so I figured I'd log in and see what's up. Can't get a refill til January? Because I allegedly got 90 pills in October? Ummm, no, it must have been 30.
F***. This is gonna be a hassle, isn't it?
F***. This is gonna be a hassle, isn't it?
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Kept waiting for CVS to text to tell me my auto refill is ready for my 🧠💊. Down to last pill, so I figured I'd log in and see what's up. Can't get a refill til January? Because I allegedly got 90 pills in October? Ummm, no, it must have been 30.
F***. This is gonna be a hassle, isn't it?
F***. This is gonna be a hassle, isn't it?
I have been leaning back into my Irish lessons -- Duolingo 90+ day streak (good for vocabulary, not pronounciation): Sionnach (in development but good so far); and Irish with Mollie.
Keeps me from doomscrolling.
Keeps me from doomscrolling.
November 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have been leaning back into my Irish lessons -- Duolingo 90+ day streak (good for vocabulary, not pronounciation): Sionnach (in development but good so far); and Irish with Mollie.
Keeps me from doomscrolling.
Keeps me from doomscrolling.
LOL @waitwait.bsky.social I knew the answer to a "not my job" question because @thedollop.bsky.social episode THE RUBE.
Podcast convergence.
Podcast convergence.
November 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
LOL @waitwait.bsky.social I knew the answer to a "not my job" question because @thedollop.bsky.social episode THE RUBE.
Podcast convergence.
Podcast convergence.
I just did the first two lessons, and I like this app so far. So nice to hear actual speakers and not AI voices!
Dia dhaoibh a chairde!
We are Sionnach. We are in the process of building an app to help anyone learn whichever of the 3 main dialects of Irish they choose.
We would love for everyone from new learners to native speakers to try it out and let us know what you think!
www.sionnach.app
We are Sionnach. We are in the process of building an app to help anyone learn whichever of the 3 main dialects of Irish they choose.
We would love for everyone from new learners to native speakers to try it out and let us know what you think!
www.sionnach.app
Sionnach - Complete Irish Language Learning System
Learn Irish with our comprehensive app featuring multiple lesson types, dialect audio, progress tracking, dark mode, and XP system. The most advanced Irish learning platform available.
www.sionnach.app
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I just did the first two lessons, and I like this app so far. So nice to hear actual speakers and not AI voices!
Just watched Ocean's Eight with my tween girls. Cute heist movie with a great cast. Awkwafina can do no wrong in our house lol
November 11, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Just watched Ocean's Eight with my tween girls. Cute heist movie with a great cast. Awkwafina can do no wrong in our house lol
I don't understand how anyone opposes SNAP. Or WIC, for that matter.
also it’s one of the most win/win/win programs out there. feed people in need, stimulate the economy, invest in the future, and it’s even a win for soulless corporations. there’s literally no good reason to be against it.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I don't understand how anyone opposes SNAP. Or WIC, for that matter.
Reposted by Colleen
Judge Langholz: judicial hero of the day.
More (cleaned up) citation drama. This time from the Iowa Court of Appeals.
www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/2...
#LegalWriting
www.iowacourts.gov/courtcases/2...
#LegalWriting
![I continue on, beyond what is needed for the court to decide this case, to
explain my persistent use of the legal-citation parenthetical (cleaned up) despite
the contrary guidance of the latest edition of the Bluebook. See The Bluebook:
A Uniform System of Citation R. B5.3, at 9 (Columbia L. Rev. Ass’n et al. eds.,
22d ed. 2025) [hereinafter “Bluebook”]. Some may question—perhaps rightly—
the importance of such a technicality. But I find the organic adoption of
(cleaned up) to be a remarkable innovation in legal citation that improves the
readability of judicial opinions and written advocacy. And (cleaned up) more
accurately describes the practice that it notes than the Bluebook’s alternative:
(citation modified). In short, (cleaned up) is worth saving. And I hope that the
bench and the bar will not be bullied by the Bluebook into letting it die.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6o2u2byc2cellhzzisujort/bafkreia274pesx4xpb5qezlvgcq4dalucdzhrgozrf4ys3mjrmlvy2gcze@jpeg)
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Judge Langholz: judicial hero of the day.
Halloween in the age of TikTok.
Because an old Nikki Manaj song has gone viral in a mashup with my all time favorite song (what's up 4 nonblondes) I am thinking of going as beez in a trap.
(And yes, I do know it does not mean 🐝 in a 🪤 ... it's just funny to me.)
(And yes, I do know it does not mean 🐝 in a 🪤 ... it's just funny to me.)
October 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Halloween in the age of TikTok.