Went to law school to do policy work, realized policy work is just paper pushing rich people's paternalistic priorities, decided to go work directly for poor people instead 😎
November 23, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Went to law school to do policy work, realized policy work is just paper pushing rich people's paternalistic priorities, decided to go work directly for poor people instead 😎
Me: What are you working on?
Dio: long pause
I don't want to tell you
Okay it's a gun
But don't worry
It's for Donald Trump
Dio: long pause
I don't want to tell you
Okay it's a gun
But don't worry
It's for Donald Trump
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Me: What are you working on?
Dio: long pause
I don't want to tell you
Okay it's a gun
But don't worry
It's for Donald Trump
Dio: long pause
I don't want to tell you
Okay it's a gun
But don't worry
It's for Donald Trump
My child chose ghostie earrings for me to wear to work today, which I quickly removed as I entered court for my Murder hearing, because it seemed like uh poor taste
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
My child chose ghostie earrings for me to wear to work today, which I quickly removed as I entered court for my Murder hearing, because it seemed like uh poor taste
Me, at 6am, eating my Bilbo-coded pre-breakfast snack of baguette and goat cheese and fig
November 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Me, at 6am, eating my Bilbo-coded pre-breakfast snack of baguette and goat cheese and fig
I know Winter Is Coming but damn if it isn't wacky to need the window AC unit in October in NH
October 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I know Winter Is Coming but damn if it isn't wacky to need the window AC unit in October in NH
🌟 putting on my Battle Outfit 🌟
let's go Wednesdayyyyyy
let's go Wednesdayyyyyy
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🌟 putting on my Battle Outfit 🌟
let's go Wednesdayyyyyy
let's go Wednesdayyyyyy
Me, spending an entire workday getting yelled at by a narcissist: I can afford a little AC, as a treat
September 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Me, spending an entire workday getting yelled at by a narcissist: I can afford a little AC, as a treat
Here's a Saturday morning confession: I grew up loving Ani DiFranco, but she's never hit the same since I met prosecutors who felt similarly about her
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Here's a Saturday morning confession: I grew up loving Ani DiFranco, but she's never hit the same since I met prosecutors who felt similarly about her
Sociopathic behavior to just sit in a parked car and watch someone struggle to parallel park in a narrow space right in front or behind you, and yet it happens to me like once a week
September 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Sociopathic behavior to just sit in a parked car and watch someone struggle to parallel park in a narrow space right in front or behind you, and yet it happens to me like once a week
I have such High hopes for September and then less than 2 hours into the first full work day and I'm already stress eating chips by the handful like a raccoon
September 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I have such High hopes for September and then less than 2 hours into the first full work day and I'm already stress eating chips by the handful like a raccoon
Hurling my phone into the river to stop the incessant parade of work texts
September 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hurling my phone into the river to stop the incessant parade of work texts
Deleting my fitbit app bc I simply cannot know more about last night
August 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Deleting my fitbit app bc I simply cannot know more about last night
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peeing cupid and Corn Man.
Patricia Lockwood Goes Viral
The writer’s new novel, “Will There Ever Be Another You,” is a singular account of losing her mind, body, and art to COVID—and of trying to get them back.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
peeing cupid and Corn Man.
"Sun's out, tummy's out!" I shout, the minute I step foot off the plane in Louisville
August 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Sun's out, tummy's out!" I shout, the minute I step foot off the plane in Louisville
What's wild to me, every day, is how much more grotesque the criminal justice system is on a procedural level than most people think or expect
August 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What's wild to me, every day, is how much more grotesque the criminal justice system is on a procedural level than most people think or expect
Fast food is crazy expensive now
August 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Fast food is crazy expensive now
Me, getting news at 730 am that another client is arrested for simple drug possession and held on bail they can't afford: I'm gonna drive into a wall.... OR, I know, I could get a fancy coffee!
July 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Me, getting news at 730 am that another client is arrested for simple drug possession and held on bail they can't afford: I'm gonna drive into a wall.... OR, I know, I could get a fancy coffee!
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the kids up the street taught my children the tag game "cops and robbers," but my kids know their mom is a public defender, and they grafted onto it a second part to the game, where one kid is the judge, two kids are prisoners, and the 4th is a lawyer that has to convince the judge to let them go
June 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
the kids up the street taught my children the tag game "cops and robbers," but my kids know their mom is a public defender, and they grafted onto it a second part to the game, where one kid is the judge, two kids are prisoners, and the 4th is a lawyer that has to convince the judge to let them go
Coming out of a lesbian wedding like... we were the hottest hetero couple there
June 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Coming out of a lesbian wedding like... we were the hottest hetero couple there
The mayor showed up while me and the kids were at the playground and, welp, now they all keep saying "I hate the mayor."
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The mayor showed up while me and the kids were at the playground and, welp, now they all keep saying "I hate the mayor."
Augusta learned most of her dance moves from Wii Just Dance, which means she dances like a young millenial with some disco moves throw in?
June 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Augusta learned most of her dance moves from Wii Just Dance, which means she dances like a young millenial with some disco moves throw in?
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Tonight, every night, approximately 400,000 people in pretrial detention (i.e. in jail, awaiting trial, because they couldn't afford bail). As Fiona Apple notes in this mesmerizing video, 60,000 of them are women (66% of whom have minor child at home). These folks should be home with their families.
When they talk about real ones, they will be talking about Fiona Apple forever.
Fiona Apple - Pretrial (Let Her Go Home) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by fionaappleVEVO
www.youtube.com
May 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight, every night, approximately 400,000 people in pretrial detention (i.e. in jail, awaiting trial, because they couldn't afford bail). As Fiona Apple notes in this mesmerizing video, 60,000 of them are women (66% of whom have minor child at home). These folks should be home with their families.
It's nice to know that, here in America, if you call 911 & say your boyfriend hit you but then a year later don't want to prosecute or testify, the State will simply send armed guards to arrest you, transport you in a paddywagon to court, and force you to answer deeply personal questions under oath
May 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
It's nice to know that, here in America, if you call 911 & say your boyfriend hit you but then a year later don't want to prosecute or testify, the State will simply send armed guards to arrest you, transport you in a paddywagon to court, and force you to answer deeply personal questions under oath
Worked my ass off this week, won a bunch of bail hearings and got several serious felonies dismissed outright, left the jail after 6pm on a Friday... and where am I hanging before bedtime Friday night?
r/publicdefender, babyyy... I am ill
r/publicdefender, babyyy... I am ill
April 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Worked my ass off this week, won a bunch of bail hearings and got several serious felonies dismissed outright, left the jail after 6pm on a Friday... and where am I hanging before bedtime Friday night?
r/publicdefender, babyyy... I am ill
r/publicdefender, babyyy... I am ill
This is Us stole the First Pancake joke from Succession (where it was much lauded) but it turns out it was originally from the Gilmore Girls (season 7 ep 16, airdate 2006). How embarrassing for Succession bros.
April 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is Us stole the First Pancake joke from Succession (where it was much lauded) but it turns out it was originally from the Gilmore Girls (season 7 ep 16, airdate 2006). How embarrassing for Succession bros.