Doug
@dougmasson.bsky.social
Husband. Father. Hoosier. Citizen. Lawyer.
Due process is where you go to see if what is said is so.
Due process is where you go to see if what is said is so.
While eating dinner, my kids' thought it was great fun to tell newcomers to the dinner table that we couldn't use words like poop, pee, and throw up. They giggled hopelessly when they got to tell grandma about the rules.
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
While eating dinner, my kids' thought it was great fun to tell newcomers to the dinner table that we couldn't use words like poop, pee, and throw up. They giggled hopelessly when they got to tell grandma about the rules.
Made a tidy profit on one or more of the nannies.
February 10, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Made a tidy profit on one or more of the nannies.
When your children need a pit crew, that's an issue of some sort.
February 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
When your children need a pit crew, that's an issue of some sort.
That makes them sound cooler than they are.
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 PM
That makes them sound cooler than they are.
Spitballing - but probably has something to do with a need for certainty, simplicity, control, and meaning in a vast and complicated universe. A need that becomes more pronounced as the lower rungs of Maslow's hierarchy have been addressed.
February 9, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Spitballing - but probably has something to do with a need for certainty, simplicity, control, and meaning in a vast and complicated universe. A need that becomes more pronounced as the lower rungs of Maslow's hierarchy have been addressed.
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Study Finds 98% Recidivism Rate Among Americans Who Burn Mouths On Hot Food https://theonion.com/study-finds-98-recidivism-rate-among-americans-who-burn-mouths-on-hot-food/
February 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Study Finds 98% Recidivism Rate Among Americans Who Burn Mouths On Hot Food https://theonion.com/study-finds-98-recidivism-rate-among-americans-who-burn-mouths-on-hot-food/
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this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
They incorrectly prefer Lee or Wrangler to Levi's?
February 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
They incorrectly prefer Lee or Wrangler to Levi's?
"A recent survey shared by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s Center on Civility and Democracy reported that 72% of Americans want to see more civility in our nation’s politics."
What Americans say they want and what they vote for are two entirely different things.
What Americans say they want and what they vote for are two entirely different things.
February 9, 2026 at 1:57 PM
"A recent survey shared by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute’s Center on Civility and Democracy reported that 72% of Americans want to see more civility in our nation’s politics."
What Americans say they want and what they vote for are two entirely different things.
What Americans say they want and what they vote for are two entirely different things.
This sent me to the Fred Durst Wikipedia page. To find out that he's a pro-Putin stooge is probably the least surprising thing I'll learn all day.
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
This sent me to the Fred Durst Wikipedia page. To find out that he's a pro-Putin stooge is probably the least surprising thing I'll learn all day.
Love the title!
"Now brothers and sisters, I am only one guy;
I don't even know the words to that song 'Louie Louie.'"
"Now brothers and sisters, I am only one guy;
I don't even know the words to that song 'Louie Louie.'"
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Love the title!
"Now brothers and sisters, I am only one guy;
I don't even know the words to that song 'Louie Louie.'"
"Now brothers and sisters, I am only one guy;
I don't even know the words to that song 'Louie Louie.'"
Not like voters didn't have a lot of opportunities to pick someone younger though - Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris.
They saw the choices and picked old.
They saw the choices and picked old.
February 6, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Not like voters didn't have a lot of opportunities to pick someone younger though - Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Hillary Clinton, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris.
They saw the choices and picked old.
They saw the choices and picked old.
Unknowable, really. Unless you have the kind of hubris the Greeks wrote about, willing to muck about with space-time, heedless of the consequences.
February 5, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Unknowable, really. Unless you have the kind of hubris the Greeks wrote about, willing to muck about with space-time, heedless of the consequences.
6 * 8 is the worst. That multiplier can gain no purchase in my brain. I have to divide up the 6 into 3 or the 8 into 4 and then double the result. Every goddamn time.
February 5, 2026 at 7:49 PM
6 * 8 is the worst. That multiplier can gain no purchase in my brain. I have to divide up the 6 into 3 or the 8 into 4 and then double the result. Every goddamn time.
I've seen lawyers being rude to court staff which has to be one of the stupidest moves in the world.
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I've seen lawyers being rude to court staff which has to be one of the stupidest moves in the world.
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RFK Jr. Questions Efficacy Of Skin https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-questions-efficacy-of-skin/
February 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM
RFK Jr. Questions Efficacy Of Skin https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-questions-efficacy-of-skin/
I'm skeptical even of attorneys putting a confidentiality notice in their signature block.
I may need to brush up on the latest work-product and attorney-client jurisprudence, but I'm pretty sure your "out-of-office" auto-responder notice isn't privileged or confidential, counselor.
I may need to brush up on the latest work-product and attorney-client jurisprudence, but I'm pretty sure your "out-of-office" auto-responder notice isn't privileged or confidential, counselor.
February 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
I'm skeptical even of attorneys putting a confidentiality notice in their signature block.
I may need to brush up on the latest work-product and attorney-client jurisprudence, but I'm pretty sure your "out-of-office" auto-responder notice isn't privileged or confidential, counselor.
I may need to brush up on the latest work-product and attorney-client jurisprudence, but I'm pretty sure your "out-of-office" auto-responder notice isn't privileged or confidential, counselor.
I've often chalked it up to the "narcissism of small differences" - the more a community shares commonalities, the more likely the people in it are to be sensitive to minor differences.
The media voices have more in common with the pronoun advocates than with the fascists.
The media voices have more in common with the pronoun advocates than with the fascists.
Narcissism of small differences - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 PM
I've often chalked it up to the "narcissism of small differences" - the more a community shares commonalities, the more likely the people in it are to be sensitive to minor differences.
The media voices have more in common with the pronoun advocates than with the fascists.
The media voices have more in common with the pronoun advocates than with the fascists.
Asking to be held in contempt to get 24 hours of sleep. Yikes.
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Asking to be held in contempt to get 24 hours of sleep. Yikes.
Reminded me of Dr. Evil recounting his childhood.
"My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really."
"My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really."
February 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Reminded me of Dr. Evil recounting his childhood.
"My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really."
"My childhood was typical, summers in Rangoon, luge lessons. In the spring we'd make meat helmets. When I was insolent I was placed in a burlap bag and beaten with reeds, pretty standard really."
He peaked with his role in D.C. Cab.
I don't know what he's said this time, but he's always seemed to have a dim view of women. Much too slowly, I've come to recognize misogyny as perhaps the most reliable indicator of whether or not a person's overall worldview is going to be terrible.
I don't know what he's said this time, but he's always seemed to have a dim view of women. Much too slowly, I've come to recognize misogyny as perhaps the most reliable indicator of whether or not a person's overall worldview is going to be terrible.
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
He peaked with his role in D.C. Cab.
I don't know what he's said this time, but he's always seemed to have a dim view of women. Much too slowly, I've come to recognize misogyny as perhaps the most reliable indicator of whether or not a person's overall worldview is going to be terrible.
I don't know what he's said this time, but he's always seemed to have a dim view of women. Much too slowly, I've come to recognize misogyny as perhaps the most reliable indicator of whether or not a person's overall worldview is going to be terrible.
Because a shit ton of Americans actively wanted this or couldn't be bothered to vote against it. They have so much to answer for.
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Because a shit ton of Americans actively wanted this or couldn't be bothered to vote against it. They have so much to answer for.