Orcish Law
@orcishlaw.bsky.social
Lawyer. Gamer. Lawyer who represents game developers. Former musical theatre performer. He/him. Profile pic by @lartist. Black Lives still Matter. Fight fascists. Protect trans kids.
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Orcish Law
@orcishlaw.bsky.social
· Oct 5
John Roberts: Good morning, counsel. Before we begin, I understand that there is an update to the caption in this case?
Me: Yes, your honor. My client recently changed their name.
JR: Alright. And what is your client's new name?
Me: Webster Bivens, your honor.
JR: <covering the mic> oh shit
Me: Yes, your honor. My client recently changed their name.
JR: Alright. And what is your client's new name?
Me: Webster Bivens, your honor.
JR: <covering the mic> oh shit
This is goddamn insulting. The fucker knew what he was doing was wrong, did it anyway, and loudly and repeatedly lied about it to try and cover it up. He's exactly the sort of power-hungry shitstain such laws are meant to deter, and he deserves all the punishment he could get.
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is goddamn insulting. The fucker knew what he was doing was wrong, did it anyway, and loudly and repeatedly lied about it to try and cover it up. He's exactly the sort of power-hungry shitstain such laws are meant to deter, and he deserves all the punishment he could get.
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I had 2 classmates who clerked at scotus. One was FedSoc, and clerked for Scalia. The other was not FedSoc, and clerked for Kennedy.
One of those justices retired, and the other one died in office while my classmate was clerking for him. Correlation or causation?
One of those justices retired, and the other one died in office while my classmate was clerking for him. Correlation or causation?
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I had 2 classmates who clerked at scotus. One was FedSoc, and clerked for Scalia. The other was not FedSoc, and clerked for Kennedy.
One of those justices retired, and the other one died in office while my classmate was clerking for him. Correlation or causation?
One of those justices retired, and the other one died in office while my classmate was clerking for him. Correlation or causation?
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UPDATE: @StubHub & @Ticketmaster's systems are not playing nice with each other, so I switched my listing to TM. Holy crap, their (hidden) fees are larger than SH's! 46%!!!
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
OFF-TOPIC: I have a pair of Suns/Rockets
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
tickets on Nov. 24 that we can't use (change in travel plans). KD's 1st game back in Phx, etc.
At cost, $90/each. Sxn 218, Row 1.
Book 'er, Danno!
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
UPDATE: @StubHub & @Ticketmaster's systems are not playing nice with each other, so I switched my listing to TM. Holy crap, their (hidden) fees are larger than SH's! 46%!!!
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
Message me, save a FORTUNE! I'll sell 'em to you for UNDER my cost, $85/per!
Monday vs Rockets. Sxn.218/1
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If you would like your own READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS bumper sticker, or T-shirt, BookMoon carries them.
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you would like your own READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS bumper sticker, or T-shirt, BookMoon carries them.
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
<Listens suspiciously in Odysseus>
November 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
<Listens suspiciously in Odysseus>
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MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
MAMDANI: And I just think that there are barriers, barricades, to helping Americans that we can break down
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
TRUMP: Uh huh
MAMDANI: And breaking down barriers? Reminds me of a certain Broadway show *smiling widely* where they worked together to break a barricade?
TRUMP: *sitting bolt upright* Phantom
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Okay, this kid is an absolute legend.
Via @annabjournalist.bsky.social: Alabama's new state Senate map was designed by an 18-year-old University of Alabama freshman who submitted his proposals, unsolicited, to a federal court hearing a lawsuit over the districts.
University of Alabama freshman draws state's court-ordered Senate map | Alabama Reflector
TUSCALOOSA — Daniel DiDonato says he’s been passionate about elections since he was a young child. He submitted six maps to a federal court.
alabamareflector.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Okay, this kid is an absolute legend.
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This is a pretty exhaustive takedown by Judge Ellis, going through DHS claims versus body cameras.
Also, fuck ICE.
Also, fuck ICE.
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is a pretty exhaustive takedown by Judge Ellis, going through DHS claims versus body cameras.
Also, fuck ICE.
Also, fuck ICE.
Sending this to friends in the hopes that they will cook it for me
*looks around at assorted trash fires*
HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
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HEY KIDS, WANNA COOK A STREET CORN SMASH BURGER TACO WITH UNCLE KEVIN? LET’S GO!
You don’t even have to do the burger part. Just the street corn will measurably improve your life. So let’s start there. Open a can of corn, dump in a skillet with oil, & char
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November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sending this to friends in the hopes that they will cook it for me
We're having a much-needed bout of weather in Phoenix right now, but it's manifesting in a lot of microbursts. Last night we got sudden-onset hail that was so loud I couldn't hear another person talking in the same room.
Here's some video of me concerned my skylight would shatter.
Here's some video of me concerned my skylight would shatter.
November 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We're having a much-needed bout of weather in Phoenix right now, but it's manifesting in a lot of microbursts. Last night we got sudden-onset hail that was so loud I couldn't hear another person talking in the same room.
Here's some video of me concerned my skylight would shatter.
Here's some video of me concerned my skylight would shatter.
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Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Trans people have literally always been here; every time I see someone sneering "oh but there were no trans people when I was in high school," well. I dated a trans girl in high school, and was close friends with a trans guy.
Some of my favorites in the entire Discworld series
Tiffany Aching Complete 5-Book Collection: The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, I Shall Wear Midnight, The Shepherd's Crown by Terry Pratchett $1.99
Genres: Humor, Fantasy
#books #booksky #ad
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Genres: Humor, Fantasy
#books #booksky #ad
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November 19, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Some of my favorites in the entire Discworld series
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A very useful and timely thread from a very, very, very good defense attorney
SINCE THIS HAS COME UP AGAIN...
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF THE TARGET OF A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
two men in suits and ties with a fbi badge on their jacket
Alt: you should be so lucky to meet Agents Winchester and Winchester
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:58 PM
A very useful and timely thread from a very, very, very good defense attorney
Look what they took from us...
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Look what they took from us...
Yes!! More of this!
NEW: In light of widespread allegations of civil rights violations arising from Trump's immigration crackdown, Democrats are renewing efforts to pass legislation to hold federal agents individually accountable:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democrats target federal officials accused of civil rights violations in new legislation
Lawmakers are launching a new effort to close a legal loophole that means federal officials, including law enforcement agents, cannot be sued for constitutional violations.
www.nbcnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Yes!! More of this!
Well I guess that turns on what was exchanged as part of "a tip or something," Greg. If he tipped his doorman with a free trip on Child Rape Airlines, I would like to know more about it.
(Also, funny how the pendulum has swung again on "there's nothing in those files, total nothingburger")
(Also, funny how the pendulum has swung again on "there's nothing in those files, total nothingburger")
Rep. Greg Murphy: "I do have some concerns because these files are voluminous and just being named does not make you guilty. If Epstein gave you a tip or something if you worked at a door or something, it doesn't make you guilty of a crime."
November 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Well I guess that turns on what was exchanged as part of "a tip or something," Greg. If he tipped his doorman with a free trip on Child Rape Airlines, I would like to know more about it.
(Also, funny how the pendulum has swung again on "there's nothing in those files, total nothingburger")
(Also, funny how the pendulum has swung again on "there's nothing in those files, total nothingburger")
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
What an incredible own goal, and perfectly timed to come just after California approved their retaliatory gerrymander that was not based on race and is therefore technically "legal."
This opinion makes it very clear that Trump's Justice Department screwed up badly here. Texas could've just drawn a partisan gerrymander and gotten away with it. Instead, the Justice Department (unnecessarily) injected race into it, directing Texas to draw an unconstitutional *racial* gerrymander.
November 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
What an incredible own goal, and perfectly timed to come just after California approved their retaliatory gerrymander that was not based on race and is therefore technically "legal."
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
Not that they couldn't just change their minds again, but this is going to be a relief to a lot of people.
1. In a major update, the Trump administration has reversed course publicly, and now says "all passports" will remain valid until they expire for transgender people.
This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
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This comes after many outlets reported a message that indicated passports could be revoked.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Not that they couldn't just change their minds again, but this is going to be a relief to a lot of people.
I would love to hear from people who have experience with this company. Because right now there are like 3 providers in the entire state of Arizona that will do gender affirming care for minors.
NEW: Helen Webberley of GenderGP today announced the expansion of her for-profit subscription hormone service to the US. The service will initially be available in 9 states.
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social spoke to Webberley for Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
@rikiwilchins.bsky.social spoke to Webberley for Assigned Media.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Helen Webberley of GenderGP Opens US Gender Meds Service — Assigned
Webberly lost her license in the UK for practicing an affirming model of care. Assigned Media interviewed her about a newly announced expansion into her US.
www.assignedmedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I would love to hear from people who have experience with this company. Because right now there are like 3 providers in the entire state of Arizona that will do gender affirming care for minors.
"I want a lawyer, dawg!"
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"I want a lawyer, dawg!"
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It's a lovely morning in City 17 and you are a horrible physicist.
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's a lovely morning in City 17 and you are a horrible physicist.