Mike Godwin
@mnemonic.bsky.social
Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
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It was never about undocumented immigrants and it was certainly not about immigrants committing crimes. The goal from the start was to repeal Reconstruction, and at no point did they try to hide that.
We are now here
February 13, 2026 at 2:11 AM
It was never about undocumented immigrants and it was certainly not about immigrants committing crimes. The goal from the start was to repeal Reconstruction, and at no point did they try to hide that.
Sometimes it seems as if English as spoken in South Asia differs from the English that I learned in the USA in a crore different ways.
February 12, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Sometimes it seems as if English as spoken in South Asia differs from the English that I learned in the USA in a crore different ways.
God wants us to understand science. For example, to make sure we understand the Second Law of Thermodynamics, He gave us aging and death.
February 12, 2026 at 3:06 PM
God wants us to understand science. For example, to make sure we understand the Second Law of Thermodynamics, He gave us aging and death.
So apparently Bad Bunny's self-evident courage and flare has inspired some Republicans to vote against some dumbass tariffs on imports from Canada. BB should do a half-time show every week, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
So apparently Bad Bunny's self-evident courage and flare has inspired some Republicans to vote against some dumbass tariffs on imports from Canada. BB should do a half-time show every week, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Beek Jeans. The best.
C’mon, Grim Reaper, James Van der Beek? I really loved his portrayal of, well, himself in DON’T TRUST THE B- IN APARTMENT 23.
youtu.be/IZjspvYw2V0
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Billboard Scene - Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23- S01E05
YouTube video by Bats
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February 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Beek Jeans. The best.
Ideally, Congress can hold hearings about the awfulness of Bad Bunny all spring, then into the summer, then into the fall. ¡Porque eso será excelente!
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Ideally, Congress can hold hearings about the awfulness of Bad Bunny all spring, then into the summer, then into the fall. ¡Porque eso será excelente!
I predict much outraged quoting of "Tití Me Preguntó" from members of Congress who have translations of various verses that omit a translation of the final verse with its punchline.
February 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
I predict much outraged quoting of "Tití Me Preguntó" from members of Congress who have translations of various verses that omit a translation of the final verse with its punchline.
I thought @markmackinnon.bsky.social might appreciate this a little.
I just want to point out that former presidents Jimmy Carter (RIP) and George W. Bush would have had no complaints about Spanish-language content.
February 11, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I thought @markmackinnon.bsky.social might appreciate this a little.
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I just want to point out that former presidents Jimmy Carter (RIP) and George W. Bush would have had no complaints about Spanish-language content.
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I just want to point out that former presidents Jimmy Carter (RIP) and George W. Bush would have had no complaints about Spanish-language content.
I just want to point out that former presidents Jimmy Carter (RIP) and George W. Bush would have had no complaints about Spanish-language content.
February 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I just want to point out that former presidents Jimmy Carter (RIP) and George W. Bush would have had no complaints about Spanish-language content.
As God is my witness, I did not know until very recently that "ferments" is a noun that can signify, inter alia, yogurt.
February 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
As God is my witness, I did not know until very recently that "ferments" is a noun that can signify, inter alia, yogurt.
And all this time I thought President Trump had demanded the bridge to Canada and had forced them to pay for all of it!
February 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
And all this time I thought President Trump had demanded the bridge to Canada and had forced them to pay for all of it!
It's useful to take note of who's upset that Bad Bunny ... hit all the right notes.
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It's useful to take note of who's upset that Bad Bunny ... hit all the right notes.
Those who erase their own history are condemned to do something, but they hope to block us from remembering what it is. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
www.npr.org
February 8, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Those who erase their own history are condemned to do something, but they hope to block us from remembering what it is. www.npr.org/2026/02/07/n...
This song still holds up. youtu.be/a20pAUy1Mes?...
Heaven 17 - (We don't need this) Fascist groove thang
YouTube video by malakh66
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February 5, 2026 at 9:41 PM
This song still holds up. youtu.be/a20pAUy1Mes?...
By sheer coincidence, "we're sorry to see you go" was also my message to the Washington Post.
February 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
By sheer coincidence, "we're sorry to see you go" was also my message to the Washington Post.
So few of this year’s ICE recruits are taking full advantage of their Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) plans, some of which even include subsidized Wegovy.
February 4, 2026 at 3:25 AM
So few of this year’s ICE recruits are taking full advantage of their Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) plans, some of which even include subsidized Wegovy.
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You cannot do "commonsense reform" for a secret police force that's declared itself exempt from constitutional requirements. You cannot reform ultraviolent agencies that have been corrupt for decades and now have accountability only to the president's goons and lackeys.
Democrats want commonsense reform for ICE:
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
End the roving patrols and racial profiling.
Take accountability and abide by the same rules as local police.
Masks need to come off, body cameras need to stay on—no secret police in the United States of America.
February 4, 2026 at 1:49 AM
You cannot do "commonsense reform" for a secret police force that's declared itself exempt from constitutional requirements. You cannot reform ultraviolent agencies that have been corrupt for decades and now have accountability only to the president's goons and lackeys.
Anti-woke review bombers have declared victory over STARFLEET ACADEMY, but they insist on more lebensr—I mean, territory to purge of wokeness. The rumor this week? That they will invade BRIDGERTON.
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Anti-woke review bombers have declared victory over STARFLEET ACADEMY, but they insist on more lebensr—I mean, territory to purge of wokeness. The rumor this week? That they will invade BRIDGERTON.
I just-realized that all the guys who are review-bombing STARFLEET ACADEMY are also review-fluffing MELANIA.
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 AM
I just-realized that all the guys who are review-bombing STARFLEET ACADEMY are also review-fluffing MELANIA.
Nice Valentine's Day gift for your beloved Star Trek fan. ebay.us/m/UFzaXd
January 31, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Nice Valentine's Day gift for your beloved Star Trek fan. ebay.us/m/UFzaXd
I shouldn't be, given how generally brilliant he has been up to now, but I'm still amazed from Ben Kingsley's strong, hilarious, committed, yet nuanced performance in Marvel's WONDER MAN. Plus, he and Abdul-Mateen have great chemistry in their scenes together.
January 31, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I shouldn't be, given how generally brilliant he has been up to now, but I'm still amazed from Ben Kingsley's strong, hilarious, committed, yet nuanced performance in Marvel's WONDER MAN. Plus, he and Abdul-Mateen have great chemistry in their scenes together.
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Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
DeWald cites "privacy interests" for an "agent number 3" and his body worn camera as one of the govt's concerns over making the case material piblic, among other issues.
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Federal agents cornered Marimar Martinez, shot her several times, boasted about it, arrested her, lied about her to the public and in the police report, and falsely charged her with assaulting them.
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
Now the government wants to keep evidence of their lies secret to protect these agents' "privacy."
It's not an effective criticism of certain comparisons to suggest that, while the Third Reich shipped millions of Jews to places like Auschwitz (which is in Poland), we only arranged to send 238 Spanish speakers to a torture prison in El Salvador.
January 29, 2026 at 6:02 PM
It's not an effective criticism of certain comparisons to suggest that, while the Third Reich shipped millions of Jews to places like Auschwitz (which is in Poland), we only arranged to send 238 Spanish speakers to a torture prison in El Salvador.
Stephen Miller's name now appears in Springsteen song lyrics, and I'm okay with it.
January 29, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Stephen Miller's name now appears in Springsteen song lyrics, and I'm okay with it.