Simon Cox
@simonfrcox.bsky.social
migration & equality, law & politics | lawyer | cis | he/him | @DoughtyStImm.bsky.social | trustee Right To Remain | ex-OSF | my views obvs, not doughty st | large photo Paul Trevor, 1978, Brick Lane
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Simon Cox
@simonfrcox.bsky.social
· Oct 7
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
The Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice are jointly responsible for judicial discipline
www.judiciary.uk
UK has an *independent judge-led* process for judges to be disciplined or dismissed for misconduct. (For England & Wales see👇.)
Jenrick’s threat to politicise that threatens the independence of the judiciary he says - rightly - is world-renowned.
www.judiciary.uk/related-offi...
Jenrick’s threat to politicise that threatens the independence of the judiciary he says - rightly - is world-renowned.
www.judiciary.uk/related-offi...
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
November 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game
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oh man this is some great entertainment lmao
> Ms. Trieu stated that her
paralegals and law clerks cross-checked the citations
with three different sources, Google, ChatGPT, and
Microsoft Copilot, and printed out cases from these
sources that she read.
websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/In...
> Ms. Trieu stated that her
paralegals and law clerks cross-checked the citations
with three different sources, Google, ChatGPT, and
Microsoft Copilot, and printed out cases from these
sources that she read.
websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/In...
websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:35 PM
oh man this is some great entertainment lmao
> Ms. Trieu stated that her
paralegals and law clerks cross-checked the citations
with three different sources, Google, ChatGPT, and
Microsoft Copilot, and printed out cases from these
sources that she read.
websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/In...
> Ms. Trieu stated that her
paralegals and law clerks cross-checked the citations
with three different sources, Google, ChatGPT, and
Microsoft Copilot, and printed out cases from these
sources that she read.
websitedc.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/In...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
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So the key question is whether Anthony Williams was known to the mental health system? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?
Police investigate four knife incidents possibly linked to Cambridgeshire train attack
Questions mount for officers as Anthony Williams, 32, appears in court on charges of attempted murder
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
So the key question is whether Anthony Williams was known to the mental health system? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...?
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This is a comment one could expect from the Albert Speer Professor of Law chair-holder. Not from the halls of Harvard. Alas.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
you ever think about how this guy is a professor in good standing in elite colleges
November 3, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is a comment one could expect from the Albert Speer Professor of Law chair-holder. Not from the halls of Harvard. Alas.
Disgraceful.
Disgraceful.
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'Only in community with others has each individual the means of cultivating his gifts in all directions; only in the community, therefore, is personal freedom possible.'
Elmo
Elmo
November 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
'Only in community with others has each individual the means of cultivating his gifts in all directions; only in the community, therefore, is personal freedom possible.'
Elmo
Elmo
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
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Advent gets the fancy purple cloths, which I consider superior to the white of actual Christmas (if memory serves).
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Advent gets the fancy purple cloths, which I consider superior to the white of actual Christmas (if memory serves).
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I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
November 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I see that CBS chose not to air this part. It probably explains much of what they did decide to air.
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Teen Vogue and WIRED are both part of Conde Nast. If they've cut the politics coverage at Teen Vogue... it makes me worried they'll cut Wired as well. I hope not, but...
Two of the media organizations that have really "met the moment" in national coverage are Teen Vogue and WIRED.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
November 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Teen Vogue and WIRED are both part of Conde Nast. If they've cut the politics coverage at Teen Vogue... it makes me worried they'll cut Wired as well. I hope not, but...
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At this point this only makes Mamdani an even more attractive choice, piss off Elon and all the worst people in the world? Heck yeah!
Elon Musk endorses Cuomo for mayor of New York and makes sure to add some racism in there: “…Mumdumi or whatever his name is.”
November 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
At this point this only makes Mamdani an even more attractive choice, piss off Elon and all the worst people in the world? Heck yeah!
the damage being done to the standing of law enforcement amongst previously non-radicalised Americans must be huge
"[A]s for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear ... that they are US citizens or otherwise legally in the United States" 🙄 #KavanaughStop
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
the damage being done to the standing of law enforcement amongst previously non-radicalised Americans must be huge
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The world changes in ways we don't understand, leaving us confused to deal with the consequences. Happens now more than ever.
I watched a courier bot the other day and then I did some research on the company. Where did it come from? Who made it? Let's journey into the world of Joel.
🧵1/14
I watched a courier bot the other day and then I did some research on the company. Where did it come from? Who made it? Let's journey into the world of Joel.
🧵1/14
Just watched this bot, Joel, struggle to navigate through six points in Chicago. They're allowed here?
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The world changes in ways we don't understand, leaving us confused to deal with the consequences. Happens now more than ever.
I watched a courier bot the other day and then I did some research on the company. Where did it come from? Who made it? Let's journey into the world of Joel.
🧵1/14
I watched a courier bot the other day and then I did some research on the company. Where did it come from? Who made it? Let's journey into the world of Joel.
🧵1/14
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After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
ICE again prevents Chicago Catholics from bringing Eucharist to immigrant detainees
More than 2,000 faithful gathered to pray outside the Broadview ICE Detention Center Nov. 1, but the group's main request — to bring Communion to detainees — was rejected by federal immigration offici...
www.ncronline.org
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
After repeatedly requesting permission and following all the official guidelines, Catholic bishop, priests, sisters and lay people were refused permission to distribute Communion to migrants in ICE detention center, on All Saints Day. A religious freedom issue: www.ncronline.org/news/ice-aga...
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Claire Coutinho voted in June to continue to prosecute and imprison women for having abortions.
Claire Coutinho writing in the Times today that "Every day of delay over the guidance puts women at risk"
November 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Claire Coutinho voted in June to continue to prosecute and imprison women for having abortions.
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An excellent antidote to nostalgia here. We are a less violent society than when I was young. Not because there's more surveillance, or police, but partly, as this piece points out, because of feminism.
Let's keep working on low level violence, and it will help keep down the rest of it.
Let's keep working on low level violence, and it will help keep down the rest of it.
“it has bled out of culture, slowly, the violence. Sometimes achingly far too slowly, don’t get me wrong. Some times it jumps, back into full view, bold as brass. It’s still *a* present today. But it’s not an ever-present, it’s not an omnipresent.”
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
This from @twlldun.bsky.social is really good on this subject: medium.com/@twlldun/a-b...
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
An excellent antidote to nostalgia here. We are a less violent society than when I was young. Not because there's more surveillance, or police, but partly, as this piece points out, because of feminism.
Let's keep working on low level violence, and it will help keep down the rest of it.
Let's keep working on low level violence, and it will help keep down the rest of it.
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Your average Subway 6-inch has an effective range of about 15 feet, making it best for CQC or a sidearm (side-sub?). For increased range and stopping power, you're going to want something baguette-based, like a Croque Monsieur.
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Your average Subway 6-inch has an effective range of about 15 feet, making it best for CQC or a sidearm (side-sub?). For increased range and stopping power, you're going to want something baguette-based, like a Croque Monsieur.
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President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama Calls Mamdani to Praise His Campaign and Offers to Be Sounding Board
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
President Obama called Zohran Mamdani on Saturday — praising his campaign and offering to be a "sounding board" into the future.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
Obama said he was invested in Mamdani's success beyond the election on Tuesday.
"Your campaign has been impressive to watch," Obama told Mamdani.
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on the other hand: was in NJ earlier and voxpopped this Republican woman who - can't fault her comedic timing - said she loved London but can't go there anymore because "even outside Hamley's! On the beautiful Oxford Street! [pause] illegals."
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
on the other hand: was in NJ earlier and voxpopped this Republican woman who - can't fault her comedic timing - said she loved London but can't go there anymore because "even outside Hamley's! On the beautiful Oxford Street! [pause] illegals."
when I spend time
(and I do) with family, colleagues and friends aged 30 and under, I am struck by their confidence, emotional intelligence and reasonableness.
(and I do) with family, colleagues and friends aged 30 and under, I am struck by their confidence, emotional intelligence and reasonableness.
And - to go back to my point yesterday - the very people who are throwing their hands up in horror at how violent modernity has suddenly become have spent the last 14 years banging on about how fragile the modern youth are and how they needed to toughen the fuck up and come on you can’t do both
November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
when I spend time
(and I do) with family, colleagues and friends aged 30 and under, I am struck by their confidence, emotional intelligence and reasonableness.
(and I do) with family, colleagues and friends aged 30 and under, I am struck by their confidence, emotional intelligence and reasonableness.
this Halloween, I was on a South London train. A group of 5 young men, from accents working class Londoner. Some with drinks.
Dressed in a variety of superhero costumes.
They approached another man (similar accent) a stranger to them, dressed as Super Mario.
Nothing but friendliness. No aggro.+
Dressed in a variety of superhero costumes.
They approached another man (similar accent) a stranger to them, dressed as Super Mario.
Nothing but friendliness. No aggro.+
“it has bled out of culture, slowly, the violence. Sometimes achingly far too slowly, don’t get me wrong. Some times it jumps, back into full view, bold as brass. It’s still *a* present today. But it’s not an ever-present, it’s not an omnipresent.”
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
This from @twlldun.bsky.social is really good on this subject: medium.com/@twlldun/a-b...
November 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
this Halloween, I was on a South London train. A group of 5 young men, from accents working class Londoner. Some with drinks.
Dressed in a variety of superhero costumes.
They approached another man (similar accent) a stranger to them, dressed as Super Mario.
Nothing but friendliness. No aggro.+
Dressed in a variety of superhero costumes.
They approached another man (similar accent) a stranger to them, dressed as Super Mario.
Nothing but friendliness. No aggro.+
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And - to go back to my point yesterday - the very people who are throwing their hands up in horror at how violent modernity has suddenly become have spent the last 14 years banging on about how fragile the modern youth are and how they needed to toughen the fuck up and come on you can’t do both
November 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And - to go back to my point yesterday - the very people who are throwing their hands up in horror at how violent modernity has suddenly become have spent the last 14 years banging on about how fragile the modern youth are and how they needed to toughen the fuck up and come on you can’t do both
“it has bled out of culture, slowly, the violence. Sometimes achingly far too slowly, don’t get me wrong. Some times it jumps, back into full view, bold as brass. It’s still *a* present today. But it’s not an ever-present, it’s not an omnipresent.”
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“it has bled out of culture, slowly, the violence. Sometimes achingly far too slowly, don’t get me wrong. Some times it jumps, back into full view, bold as brass. It’s still *a* present today. But it’s not an ever-present, it’s not an omnipresent.”
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO
@twlldun deals with this very nicely IMO