lake effect kid
@mattenloe.bsky.social
what is law, really // opinions are my own // he/him
chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
chicago, law, politics, games, beer, etc
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lake effect kid
@mattenloe.bsky.social
· Jun 23
Every TikTok I see about Chicago, I post "Chicago is the greatest city in the world" and get a chorus of "hell yeah" replies. And you may ask yourself, why do people love Chicago so much?
It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
It's simple. Chicago is the greatest city in the world.
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Grades will start trickling in soon. Grab your noise-canceling headphones and power through. You are enough.
DM for support. Happy New Year!
DM for support. Happy New Year!
I try to offer a bit of corny but sincere advice at the end of each semester for the 1Ls.
Root for yourself. That’s it. If anyone else joins in, great. But if they don’t, you’re going to be fine.
It seems intuitive, but I didn’t have it down until this semester. Good luck and happy holidays!
Root for yourself. That’s it. If anyone else joins in, great. But if they don’t, you’re going to be fine.
It seems intuitive, but I didn’t have it down until this semester. Good luck and happy holidays!
December 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Grades will start trickling in soon. Grab your noise-canceling headphones and power through. You are enough.
DM for support. Happy New Year!
DM for support. Happy New Year!
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lawyers take heed
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
lawyers take heed
A friend is interested in buying or building a PC. Given standalone component prices, it seems like pre built might actually be competitive right now. Anyone have thoughts or recs?
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
A friend is interested in buying or building a PC. Given standalone component prices, it seems like pre built might actually be competitive right now. Anyone have thoughts or recs?
More pickles for me
my predictions for 2026:
in: physical media, dogs with human names
out: pickles, billionaires
in: physical media, dogs with human names
out: pickles, billionaires
December 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
More pickles for me
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A certain segment of the hard right is clearly using anti-Israel sentiment, shading into overt antisemitism, to distinguish themselves from Trump, to represent the next generation of the MAGA movement, and to attract a crossover left-wing audience. It is incumbent on leftists not to fall for this.
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A certain segment of the hard right is clearly using anti-Israel sentiment, shading into overt antisemitism, to distinguish themselves from Trump, to represent the next generation of the MAGA movement, and to attract a crossover left-wing audience. It is incumbent on leftists not to fall for this.
Vibes are off this week. Can we just, you know, not?
December 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Vibes are off this week. Can we just, you know, not?
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The shift from "sir this is a Wendy's" to "just put the fries in the bag" indicates a cultural rightward shift; whereas the former is making fun of someone by implying they're a customer doing too much, the latter is making fun of someone by implying they're a *worker* & should know their place
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The shift from "sir this is a Wendy's" to "just put the fries in the bag" indicates a cultural rightward shift; whereas the former is making fun of someone by implying they're a customer doing too much, the latter is making fun of someone by implying they're a *worker* & should know their place
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“i don’t like either party”
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
“i don’t like either party”
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Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.
Billions is such a fucking great show. Phenomenal rewatch
December 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Billions is such a fucking great show. Phenomenal rewatch
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i find it somewhat irrationally annoying that this person born in india is out here perverting our civil rights laws on behalf of the racist "america first" xenophobic pigs
assistant attorney general for the civil rights division lol
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
i find it somewhat irrationally annoying that this person born in india is out here perverting our civil rights laws on behalf of the racist "america first" xenophobic pigs
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i love chicago so much
December 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
i love chicago so much
I would like the Bears to win please
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I would like the Bears to win please
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Trump’s Assistant AG for Civil Rights is out here calling her fellow Republicans “hoes” and “r*tards” on Elon’s 88chan during the winter holidays, as one does.
Assistant AG for civil rights at DOJ Harmeet Dhillon is on a tear and pissing off a lot of MAGAts in the process 🍿
December 29, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Trump’s Assistant AG for Civil Rights is out here calling her fellow Republicans “hoes” and “r*tards” on Elon’s 88chan during the winter holidays, as one does.
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dudes rock and rule
December 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
dudes rock and rule
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This kind of AI is essentially demonic, more and more people are saying
anyway please do not try to fuck Wire Mother. we have so so many myths and legends about this and none of them end “and it worked out great!”
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This kind of AI is essentially demonic, more and more people are saying
cannot fucking handle my family dude.
December 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
cannot fucking handle my family dude.
mannnnnnnnnnnnn
December 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
mannnnnnnnnnnnn
I need TikTok to stop acting like videos my friends posted months ago are brand new bc I just like them reflexively and it makes me seem like I'm digging through their content
December 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I need TikTok to stop acting like videos my friends posted months ago are brand new bc I just like them reflexively and it makes me seem like I'm digging through their content
Unbelievably fucking rainy in Chicago today but I still made it out to have coffee with a friend to talk about organizing :)
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Unbelievably fucking rainy in Chicago today but I still made it out to have coffee with a friend to talk about organizing :)
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Kristi Noem has lied, on the record, to the American people.
Secretary Noem, your options are limited:
You either resign;
Your supreme leader fires you;
Or you will be impeached.
Secretary Noem, your options are limited:
You either resign;
Your supreme leader fires you;
Or you will be impeached.
December 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kristi Noem has lied, on the record, to the American people.
Secretary Noem, your options are limited:
You either resign;
Your supreme leader fires you;
Or you will be impeached.
Secretary Noem, your options are limited:
You either resign;
Your supreme leader fires you;
Or you will be impeached.
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Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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This is the unifying ethos on the right, along with "but fine for me to hate you"
“it is illegal for you not to like me”
This is the logical and inevitable conclusion of the last decade of elite media "free speech" discourse.
December 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
This is the unifying ethos on the right, along with "but fine for me to hate you"
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In a profile of Stephen Miller with @swin24.bsky.social, we reported he’s privately laughed off immigrant families’ “sob stories.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In a profile of Stephen Miller with @swin24.bsky.social, we reported he’s privately laughed off immigrant families’ “sob stories.”
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Speaking last night on Fox about the spiked CECOT story, Miller laughed about how ‘60 Minutes’ is “trying to tell sob stories."
I did an absolutely fucking unthinkable amount of work this year. I have been described by colleagues both on my team and across the bank as a fucking machine.
And then I spoke up and said it was too much, no more, I deserve boundaries.
And then I spoke up and said it was too much, no more, I deserve boundaries.
Quote this with what you have accomplished in 2025, no matter how big or small
Reading & writing has kept me alive this year.
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
1/
Somehow, it’s been my most productive year as an author.
Here’s a guide to what I’ve published in 2025, in case you’ve lost track.
Individual links below but it’s all on itch: danifinn.itch.io
And elsewhere: books2read.com/ap/nAApPp/Da...
1/
December 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I did an absolutely fucking unthinkable amount of work this year. I have been described by colleagues both on my team and across the bank as a fucking machine.
And then I spoke up and said it was too much, no more, I deserve boundaries.
And then I spoke up and said it was too much, no more, I deserve boundaries.