NCPtarmigan
@ncptarmigan.bsky.social
Player of games. FOIA nerd. Clinical Instructor in the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic. Friend to the animals. He/they.
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
EXCEPTIONAL NEWS!!!
![Joe's Crazzy Critters • Follow
I'm happy to report that Charles the alligator, received his two week checkup today, and we are all smiling!... See more
[alligator smiling]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:awzzrtrcrvpnxi3ph2sbhxwv/bafkreid2t4yf4kb6xmlvqvjksf4qu4623wpa6l72ivubdwkjx2dniuiiuq@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
EXCEPTIONAL NEWS!!!
The Plan, Built to Spill, Keep it Like a Secret
Debaser, The Pixies, Doolittle
Super Disco Breakin', Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty
Bring Da Ruckus, Wu Tang Clan, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Sleigh Bells, Tell 'Em, Treats
Debaser, The Pixies, Doolittle
Super Disco Breakin', Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty
Bring Da Ruckus, Wu Tang Clan, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Sleigh Bells, Tell 'Em, Treats
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Plan, Built to Spill, Keep it Like a Secret
Debaser, The Pixies, Doolittle
Super Disco Breakin', Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty
Bring Da Ruckus, Wu Tang Clan, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Sleigh Bells, Tell 'Em, Treats
Debaser, The Pixies, Doolittle
Super Disco Breakin', Beastie Boys, Hello Nasty
Bring Da Ruckus, Wu Tang Clan, Enter the Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
Sleigh Bells, Tell 'Em, Treats
Ever wonder why it's so hard to get supposedly public information about government contracts? I describe one major concern - and a few things we can do about it - in a new post for the Law and Political Economy Project: lpeproject.org/blog/public-...
Public Money, Private Secrets: Rethinking FOIA in the Age of Public-Private Governance
As public-private partnerships become central to modern governance, FOIA’s Exemption 4 has evolved into a powerful tool for corporate secrecy. After Argus Leader, government agencies and private firms...
lpeproject.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Ever wonder why it's so hard to get supposedly public information about government contracts? I describe one major concern - and a few things we can do about it - in a new post for the Law and Political Economy Project: lpeproject.org/blog/public-...
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
Protest tomorrow at Fenway Health at noon over abandoning trans youth. If you're in Boston, come out and support.
October 31, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Protest tomorrow at Fenway Health at noon over abandoning trans youth. If you're in Boston, come out and support.
You have opinions, I have ~~Opinions~~
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
You have opinions, I have ~~Opinions~~
I love threads like this because you can follow them backwards and it's such a treat!
Show me how you draw armor! 🛡️
October 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I love threads like this because you can follow them backwards and it's such a treat!
1/10
I would have said 0 but he gets one point for correctly identifying that he is on the side of the Empire.
I would have said 0 but he gets one point for correctly identifying that he is on the side of the Empire.
this is a real video eric adams posted today.. not sure he remembers he's running for mayor or what at this point
September 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
1/10
I would have said 0 but he gets one point for correctly identifying that he is on the side of the Empire.
I would have said 0 but he gets one point for correctly identifying that he is on the side of the Empire.
Good thread. I was at a Chiefs of Police convention years ago and folks were already over the moon for this stuff. The trade floor was the wildest - vendors bragging about how fast they could violate people's privacy. "Collect first, develop suspicion later" is not good policy.
I spent the week at the police surveillance convention and let me tell you my biggest observation: The name of the game now is consolidating as much information as humanely possible from surveillance devices, the internet, other governmental data, and literally a million other places. 🧵
September 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Good thread. I was at a Chiefs of Police convention years ago and folks were already over the moon for this stuff. The trade floor was the wildest - vendors bragging about how fast they could violate people's privacy. "Collect first, develop suspicion later" is not good policy.
The suffix "-mancer" comes from manteía, the Greek word for divination. Likewise, "theurgy" means "divine working" and "thaumaturgy" means "marvel working." Thus, a D&D necromancer is more accurately called a "necroturge." In this essay I will...
September 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The suffix "-mancer" comes from manteía, the Greek word for divination. Likewise, "theurgy" means "divine working" and "thaumaturgy" means "marvel working." Thus, a D&D necromancer is more accurately called a "necroturge." In this essay I will...
Last night I had to ban someone from my (tiny) Discord community for the first time. Even though I knew it was the right thing to do, it was hard - I'm naturally conflict-adverse, plus I've done enough First Amendment work to be uncomfortable limiting speech based on my views of right and wrong.
September 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Last night I had to ban someone from my (tiny) Discord community for the first time. Even though I knew it was the right thing to do, it was hard - I'm naturally conflict-adverse, plus I've done enough First Amendment work to be uncomfortable limiting speech based on my views of right and wrong.
I'm at the point that I can log on to Bluesky and identify today's Discourse in the first 5 posts.
Anyway, the problem is not the word "defund," it's that the people in power want the status quo (and police unions, don't get me started on police unions).
Anyway, the problem is not the word "defund," it's that the people in power want the status quo (and police unions, don't get me started on police unions).
April 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm at the point that I can log on to Bluesky and identify today's Discourse in the first 5 posts.
Anyway, the problem is not the word "defund," it's that the people in power want the status quo (and police unions, don't get me started on police unions).
Anyway, the problem is not the word "defund," it's that the people in power want the status quo (and police unions, don't get me started on police unions).
I'm listening in and I feel like @kendraserra.bsky.social is being quite kind to the DOJ by describing this as a "bloodbath."
I'm listening in on the Perkins Coie hearing in DDC. (I made it onto the call!) Judge Howell is just recapping where everything is at - 3 pending motions, she hasn't ruled on sections 2 and 4 previously, so she's going to focus on that.
April 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I'm listening in and I feel like @kendraserra.bsky.social is being quite kind to the DOJ by describing this as a "bloodbath."
Listening to the Perkins Coie motion hearing and the gov't lawyer is is trying very hard to say that the EO is subject to the rule of law but also that the rule of law means whatever the president feels like.
April 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Listening to the Perkins Coie motion hearing and the gov't lawyer is is trying very hard to say that the EO is subject to the rule of law but also that the rule of law means whatever the president feels like.
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
The students did a terrific job on the brief! We are grateful for your work on our behalf and proud of this submission to the Court.
I'm incredibly proud to have represented @innocenceproject.bsky.social, @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social, and my colleague and friend @1sadora.bsky.social on this brief. It's good to know that such great orgs and individuals are fighting against racially biased policing.
My students wrote an amazing amicus brief in a case on police use of fake accounts to target racial minorities. I can't thank them enough for all their work on this!
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
April 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The students did a terrific job on the brief! We are grateful for your work on our behalf and proud of this submission to the Court.
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
Thank you for inviting me to collaborate on the ideas and writing of the brief wit your great students!
For anyone curious about the arguments but short on time, their Harvard Cyber clinic blog post condensed our contributions to the Massachusetts court.
For anyone curious about the arguments but short on time, their Harvard Cyber clinic blog post condensed our contributions to the Massachusetts court.
April 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thank you for inviting me to collaborate on the ideas and writing of the brief wit your great students!
For anyone curious about the arguments but short on time, their Harvard Cyber clinic blog post condensed our contributions to the Massachusetts court.
For anyone curious about the arguments but short on time, their Harvard Cyber clinic blog post condensed our contributions to the Massachusetts court.
I'm incredibly proud to have represented @innocenceproject.bsky.social, @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social, and my colleague and friend @1sadora.bsky.social on this brief. It's good to know that such great orgs and individuals are fighting against racially biased policing.
My students wrote an amazing amicus brief in a case on police use of fake accounts to target racial minorities. I can't thank them enough for all their work on this!
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
Clinic Represents Advocates and Researchers in Follow-Up to Social Media Surveillance Case
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu
April 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm incredibly proud to have represented @innocenceproject.bsky.social, @georgetownprivacy.bsky.social, and my colleague and friend @1sadora.bsky.social on this brief. It's good to know that such great orgs and individuals are fighting against racially biased policing.
My students wrote an amazing amicus brief in a case on police use of fake accounts to target racial minorities. I can't thank them enough for all their work on this!
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
Clinic Represents Advocates and Researchers in Follow-Up to Social Media Surveillance Case
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu
April 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
My students wrote an amazing amicus brief in a case on police use of fake accounts to target racial minorities. I can't thank them enough for all their work on this!
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
clinic.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/04/18/c...
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
Above The Law is not pulling punches today: abovethelaw.com/2025/04/skad...
Skadden Posts Dream Job For Anyone Who Hates Themselves - Above the Law
Would you like to defend the indefensible? Biglaw has a job for you!
abovethelaw.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Above The Law is not pulling punches today: abovethelaw.com/2025/04/skad...
Guys, is dismissing frivolous motions a sin?
There's authorities and then there are AUTHORITIES.
👀👀👀
April 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Guys, is dismissing frivolous motions a sin?
Reposted by NCPtarmigan
We filed an amicus brief alongside @theintercept.com and 59 other media organizations and press freedom advocates to challenge Trump’s executive order threatening legal representation and press freedom.
Read it here: theintercept.com/2025/04/09/t...
Read it here: theintercept.com/2025/04/09/t...
April 9, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We filed an amicus brief alongside @theintercept.com and 59 other media organizations and press freedom advocates to challenge Trump’s executive order threatening legal representation and press freedom.
Read it here: theintercept.com/2025/04/09/t...
Read it here: theintercept.com/2025/04/09/t...
I'm now admitted in D.D.C. so if you want to FOIA something hit me up.
April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I'm now admitted in D.D.C. so if you want to FOIA something hit me up.
I grew up not far from Sackets Harbor, and I want to say how extraordinary it has been to see this unfold. NNY is largely apolitical (unless it affects Fort Drum). 1,000 turning out for a rally is a joyful surprise l - and it was effective.
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
Source: ICE-detained family returning to Sackets Harbor
SACKETS HARBOR, N.Y. (WWTI) – A family taken during an immigration sweep near Sackets Harbor is returning home. This is according to an announcement from State Assemblyman Scott Gray’s …
www.localsyr.com
April 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
I grew up not far from Sackets Harbor, and I want to say how extraordinary it has been to see this unfold. NNY is largely apolitical (unless it affects Fort Drum). 1,000 turning out for a rally is a joyful surprise l - and it was effective.
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...
www.localsyr.com/news/local-n...