Joshua Libling
@jjl.bsky.social
Feminist. Father. Litigation Funder. Former big law. Totally incoherent brand.
Becoming worrying interested in collecting dice.
Becoming worrying interested in collecting dice.
I love sticky toffee pudding and I nominate this man for King STP.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
I love sticky toffee pudding and I nominate this man for King STP.
Mamdani and AOC are to the left of me on a lot of things, but one thing I really, really like about both is that they genuinely want to get things done. Like, this is a big win, and so was universal 2-care, and they're both because all involved decided to prioritize tangible achievements.
"why did Zohran quickly endorse Hochul?!"
turns out it's better for the political fortunes of both the governor of NY and the mayor of NYC if they're on the same team and work together, who knew
turns out it's better for the political fortunes of both the governor of NY and the mayor of NYC if they're on the same team and work together, who knew
🚨BREAKING🚨 KATHY HOCHUL AND ZOHRAN MAMDANI ANNOUNCE PUSH TO REFORM OUTDATED “ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW” LAWS THAT BLOCK HOUSING
NIMBYS OFFICIALLY FRAMEMOGGED BY HOUSINGMAXXING GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
NIMBYS OFFICIALLY FRAMEMOGGED BY HOUSINGMAXXING GOVERNOR AND MAYOR
February 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Mamdani and AOC are to the left of me on a lot of things, but one thing I really, really like about both is that they genuinely want to get things done. Like, this is a big win, and so was universal 2-care, and they're both because all involved decided to prioritize tangible achievements.
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Big agree.
Cringe often signals the appearance of open, public sincerity — we could use more of that.
From a piece I wrote nearly a year ago about cringe at protests…
thehometownholler.substack.com
Cringe often signals the appearance of open, public sincerity — we could use more of that.
From a piece I wrote nearly a year ago about cringe at protests…
thehometownholler.substack.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Big agree.
Cringe often signals the appearance of open, public sincerity — we could use more of that.
From a piece I wrote nearly a year ago about cringe at protests…
thehometownholler.substack.com
Cringe often signals the appearance of open, public sincerity — we could use more of that.
From a piece I wrote nearly a year ago about cringe at protests…
thehometownholler.substack.com
Cringe, for lack of a better word, is good.
A lot of people made fun of Bush dancing with the West African Dance Company—and sure, it's funny—but this was good.
Middle aged white guy unfamiliar with something culturally nonwhite recognizes it's a happy, fun celebration, and welcomes it, participating though awkward.
That was much better.
Middle aged white guy unfamiliar with something culturally nonwhite recognizes it's a happy, fun celebration, and welcomes it, participating though awkward.
That was much better.
a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a group of flags
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is dancing in front of a group of flags
media.tenor.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Cringe, for lack of a better word, is good.
These threads are absolutely fantastic for proving to yourself that half your opinions are dumb.
A Brief History of Children Today Are Growing Up Too Fast
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February 10, 2026 at 1:55 AM
These threads are absolutely fantastic for proving to yourself that half your opinions are dumb.
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We're wrapping up our expedition of the Star Trails Sanctuary in the Valley of Stars! They do incredible work with protecting endangered species as well as offering observation of their residents in their natural habitats! We think you'll really enjoy this issue!
February 7, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We're wrapping up our expedition of the Star Trails Sanctuary in the Valley of Stars! They do incredible work with protecting endangered species as well as offering observation of their residents in their natural habitats! We think you'll really enjoy this issue!
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Today's my birthday! 🎉 I spend my time painting silly pictures, it would mean a lot if you could share them!
linktr.ee/margawart
linktr.ee/margawart
February 7, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Today's my birthday! 🎉 I spend my time painting silly pictures, it would mean a lot if you could share them!
linktr.ee/margawart
linktr.ee/margawart
The free part of FanGeo is great, but take it from me that the full version has so much awesome depth and detail from so many talented creators. Well worth it.
I get mine through @devenrue.com, but you can pick from a bunch of creators to support.
Can't wait for February's edition!
I get mine through @devenrue.com, but you can pick from a bunch of creators to support.
Can't wait for February's edition!
Fantastical Geographic explores worlds beyond our own and provides a monthly magazine issue with highlights about our explorations, adventuring tips & tricks, magical discoveries, & so much more! Read more on our website: fantasticalgeographic.com
Fantastical Geographic – Mapping Your World
Mapping Your World
fantasticalgeographic.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:22 PM
The free part of FanGeo is great, but take it from me that the full version has so much awesome depth and detail from so many talented creators. Well worth it.
I get mine through @devenrue.com, but you can pick from a bunch of creators to support.
Can't wait for February's edition!
I get mine through @devenrue.com, but you can pick from a bunch of creators to support.
Can't wait for February's edition!
This is important for men to say. I have interviewed candidates for clerkships and associate positions and in finance. I have written some letters - not many.
This is not how men behave. This is not what I have been asked. This is not what I have said.
This is not how men behave. This is not what I have been asked. This is not what I have said.
I have been writing letters of recommendation for just shy of thirty years— 17 students this year alone— in ratios that more or less track the majority-women population of liberal arts students.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
Obviously I have never commented on a student's looks... and no recipient has ever called me to ask.
February 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
This is important for men to say. I have interviewed candidates for clerkships and associate positions and in finance. I have written some letters - not many.
This is not how men behave. This is not what I have been asked. This is not what I have said.
This is not how men behave. This is not what I have been asked. This is not what I have said.
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Absolutely fucking repulsive.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Absolutely fucking repulsive.
We used to have nice things.
(This is about both the rat purse and twitter.)
(This is about both the rat purse and twitter.)
twitter must be dead dead cause someone posted a rat coin purse that would have 2019 twitter losing its collective mind and most of the top comments are bots saying random words or people not nearly amped enough about the rat coin purse
February 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
We used to have nice things.
(This is about both the rat purse and twitter.)
(This is about both the rat purse and twitter.)
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This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
February 2, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy
Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).
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1/ The Epstein file release distills a central problem: Hideous allegations against a GOP president are being handled by mainstream news orgs with care, as they should be. But if it were flipped and the allegations were against a Dem president, right-wing media would go wild - zero restraint.
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 AM
1/ The Epstein file release distills a central problem: Hideous allegations against a GOP president are being handled by mainstream news orgs with care, as they should be. But if it were flipped and the allegations were against a Dem president, right-wing media would go wild - zero restraint.
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MN State Senator ⬇️
Tighten rules on warrants? Body cameras? HOW ABOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT FOR EVERYTHING! HOW ABOUT THEY LEAVE MINNESOTA AND NEVER CARRY OUT ANYTHING AKIN TO MINNESOTA IN ANY OTHER STATE. I DON'T WANT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE ATROCITIES I WANT THEM TO STOP. I AM SO FUCKING FURIOUS!!!!
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
MN State Senator ⬇️
In law school, states-as-robust-and-independent-checks-on-federal-power was taught as an explicitly conservative philosophy.
Assume now there is a more nuanced discussion of corporate regulation vs criminal enforcement vs civil rights in thinking about the political coding of states' rights.
Assume now there is a more nuanced discussion of corporate regulation vs criminal enforcement vs civil rights in thinking about the political coding of states' rights.
In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.
The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
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The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:
tile.loc.gov/storage-serv...
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In law school, states-as-robust-and-independent-checks-on-federal-power was taught as an explicitly conservative philosophy.
Assume now there is a more nuanced discussion of corporate regulation vs criminal enforcement vs civil rights in thinking about the political coding of states' rights.
Assume now there is a more nuanced discussion of corporate regulation vs criminal enforcement vs civil rights in thinking about the political coding of states' rights.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
Signs of spine growth have been detected among Dem leaders!
Donald Trump must fire Kristi Noem immediately.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
Or Democrats will initiate impeachment proceedings against her in the House.
We can do this the easy way or the hard way.
January 27, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Signs of spine growth have been detected among Dem leaders!
Cynddaredd is my part of the world tree barbarian and I love this depiction of her. Karina was awesome to work with.
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Cynddaredd is my part of the world tree barbarian and I love this depiction of her. Karina was awesome to work with.
One of the great educations of my adult life was that unspoken understandings of "human neutral" - who is normal and who is different - are extremely powerful and need to be challenged.
And yet, we're going backwards, making human neutral conditions explicit and reinforcing them.
And yet, we're going backwards, making human neutral conditions explicit and reinforcing them.
“In Ron DeSantis’s Florida…parents at one Miami school received a notice that their first graders would need a signed permission slip to “participate and listen to a book written by an African American.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/b...
Can American Children Point to America on a Map?
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
One of the great educations of my adult life was that unspoken understandings of "human neutral" - who is normal and who is different - are extremely powerful and need to be challenged.
And yet, we're going backwards, making human neutral conditions explicit and reinforcing them.
And yet, we're going backwards, making human neutral conditions explicit and reinforcing them.
Characteristically thoughtful 🧵
i think they are bad consolidating authoritarianism choices because effective consolidation involves carrots as well as (secret) sticks. this administration is doing the opposite. no carrots whatsoever and ostentatious public violence against members of the dominant racial/ethnic/religious group
Definitely. What my paranoia forces me to ask, "Are these bad political choices but good consolidating authoritarian choices?"
Because the media, as it has been lubricated for fascists' pleasure, is in the business of rewarding authoritarianism.
Because the media, as it has been lubricated for fascists' pleasure, is in the business of rewarding authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Characteristically thoughtful 🧵
There is not a lawyer in America who would have told you this was a plausible series of events even 6 months ago.
The killing happened about 15 hours ago. Since then:
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
- MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (FBI equivalent) got a warrant for the evidence on the scene
- Tried to execute it
- Were forcibly turned away by feds
- Filed for a temporary restraining order
- TRO granted by the federal district court
January 25, 2026 at 5:50 AM
There is not a lawyer in America who would have told you this was a plausible series of events even 6 months ago.
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“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
January 24, 2026 at 9:24 PM
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
Poetry train. Repost with a poem in solidarity with MN.
Emma Lazarus, 1883
Emma Lazarus, 1883
January 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Poetry train. Repost with a poem in solidarity with MN.
Emma Lazarus, 1883
Emma Lazarus, 1883
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Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
January 25, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Defenceless under the night
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939
Our world in stupor lies;
Yet, dotted everywhere,
Ironic points of light
Flash out wherever the Just
Exchange their messages:
May I, composed like them
Of Eros and of dust,
Beleaguered by the same
Negation and despair,
Show an affirming flame.
— W.H. Auden, Sept. 1, 1939