Aurora C
@theaurorac.bsky.social
Lawyer by day (but only for children), Muay Thai fighting fire eater by night, semi-southpaw Romany Gypsy curmudgeon all the time. Beginning fiddler, 9/11 first responder, retired aerialist, advanced flâneuse. Union strong. Barrister and Solicitor, Esq.
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Aurora C
@theaurorac.bsky.social
· Nov 14
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.”
― Anatole France
― Anatole France
Because we are all sick of ice and of ICE, here is the cat I met in the Alcazar gardens in Sevilla one year ago today.
February 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Because we are all sick of ice and of ICE, here is the cat I met in the Alcazar gardens in Sevilla one year ago today.
Daily reminder that Congress can end this national and international nightmare any time.
February 6, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Daily reminder that Congress can end this national and international nightmare any time.
Absolute cartoon villainy
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Absolute cartoon villainy
“A bombshell memo…proves the city knew about the potential risks of Sept. 11, 2001 toxins weeks after the terror attacks — as officials told New Yorkers it was safe to return to Lower Manhattan”: the Giuliani administration lied about air safety in lower Manhattan.
nypost.com/2026/02/05/u...
nypost.com/2026/02/05/u...
NYC knew about potentially deadly risks of 9/11 toxins – but insisted Lower Manhattan was safe: bombshell memo
A bombshell memo made public Thursday proves the city knew about the potential risks of Sept. 11, 2001 toxins weeks after the terror attacks.
nypost.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:51 AM
“A bombshell memo…proves the city knew about the potential risks of Sept. 11, 2001 toxins weeks after the terror attacks — as officials told New Yorkers it was safe to return to Lower Manhattan”: the Giuliani administration lied about air safety in lower Manhattan.
nypost.com/2026/02/05/u...
nypost.com/2026/02/05/u...
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Bluesky is that special place where someone will take time out from serialposting about how ICE can never defeat one mid sized midwesern city to post about how ICE is going to commandeer every voting booth in the US and all is lost
February 5, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Bluesky is that special place where someone will take time out from serialposting about how ICE can never defeat one mid sized midwesern city to post about how ICE is going to commandeer every voting booth in the US and all is lost
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That's remarkable stuff. And really illustrates why the Millers of the world want there to be as little process as possible. Because process will stop their goals.
Read this whole astonishing document. it should be taught as an object lesson in what volunteering to assist a fascist government does to your mind, body, and soul.
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
That's remarkable stuff. And really illustrates why the Millers of the world want there to be as little process as possible. Because process will stop their goals.
Underused word of the day: befouled
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Underused word of the day: befouled
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
My own experience, which is not inconsiderable, allows me to put out Captain Dan's Tear Gas Laundry guidelines.
Specifically, this is for your street clothing that has been exposed to tear gas in smoke/aerosol/dust/particulate form.
A small thread 🧵
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My office is launching the Legal Observation Project, a new initiative to send trained legal observers to monitor and document federal immigration enforcement in New York.
I'll always protect New Yorkers' constitutional rights.
I'll always protect New Yorkers' constitutional rights.
NY is putting extra eyes on immigration enforcement officers, state AG says
The state attorney general's office is training monitors to document ICE activities in New York.
gothamist.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:37 PM
My office is launching the Legal Observation Project, a new initiative to send trained legal observers to monitor and document federal immigration enforcement in New York.
I'll always protect New Yorkers' constitutional rights.
I'll always protect New Yorkers' constitutional rights.
Being Romany in 19th century England; being Roma in early 20th-century Europe; being Traveller in early 20th century Ireland.
Genuinely curious: If your family is American, what brought them here?
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
Mine: religious nuttery & primogeniture
February 3, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Being Romany in 19th century England; being Roma in early 20th-century Europe; being Traveller in early 20th century Ireland.
"A surging torrent of snot" is what I will be calling the would-be action hero poasters and dumpster fire apologists from now on.
I can’t emphasize this enough: Leave it where it falls. Get out of there. You can’t help anyone with burning eyes and a surging torrent of snot. Which is what you will have.
Most gloves are nowhere near good enough for the temperatures of tear gas grenades.
February 3, 2026 at 2:39 PM
"A surging torrent of snot" is what I will be calling the would-be action hero poasters and dumpster fire apologists from now on.
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to be kind of blunt, if the hardcore veteran activist organizer expertise that you bring results in "light a dumpster on fire, get mad that this is filmed" it's not really expertise anyone should respect, sorry. don't care how many little activism merit badges you have.
February 3, 2026 at 7:25 AM
to be kind of blunt, if the hardcore veteran activist organizer expertise that you bring results in "light a dumpster on fire, get mad that this is filmed" it's not really expertise anyone should respect, sorry. don't care how many little activism merit badges you have.
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It’s impossible to ignore the administration’s blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
The power of mocking Trump’s pathetic monsters
It's impossible to ignore the administration's blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
www.motherjones.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 AM
It’s impossible to ignore the administration’s blend of violent repression and overwhelming cringe.
The humidifier in my fiddle case froze on the way back from Monday night noise club, so I regret to inform that possibly the groundhog was correct.
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The humidifier in my fiddle case froze on the way back from Monday night noise club, so I regret to inform that possibly the groundhog was correct.
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Does your city or county make money by housing ICE detainees? If so, now is a great time to demand that your local government end these contracts.
A bit of background on the West Virginia state corrections department's agreement with ICE. From Oct. 2025. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/10/02/w...
February 3, 2026 at 2:55 AM
Does your city or county make money by housing ICE detainees? If so, now is a great time to demand that your local government end these contracts.
At my annual World Trade Center Health Program checkup between a guy slathered in Vicks VapoRub and a guy coated in Tiger Balm, and thanks to them everyone’s sinuses are clear and our aches and pains eased.
PS: If you also were there, nagging you to make your yearly appointment.
PS: If you also were there, nagging you to make your yearly appointment.
February 2, 2026 at 2:40 PM
At my annual World Trade Center Health Program checkup between a guy slathered in Vicks VapoRub and a guy coated in Tiger Balm, and thanks to them everyone’s sinuses are clear and our aches and pains eased.
PS: If you also were there, nagging you to make your yearly appointment.
PS: If you also were there, nagging you to make your yearly appointment.
Underused word of the day: flummoxed
February 2, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Underused word of the day: flummoxed
Did she mean to own-goal like that
Kristi Noem: "I always tell people that the days you don't hear about us are the days we were successful."
February 2, 2026 at 3:20 AM
Did she mean to own-goal like that
Cats to their people: “Hey, you seem stressed. Want to know what will help?”
People: “Please not fearing for your life followed by an expensive vet bill.”
Cats: “Fearing for my life followed by an expensive vet bill!”
Anyway, behold the unrepentant face of a creature who had a costly tummy ache.
People: “Please not fearing for your life followed by an expensive vet bill.”
Cats: “Fearing for my life followed by an expensive vet bill!”
Anyway, behold the unrepentant face of a creature who had a costly tummy ache.
February 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Cats to their people: “Hey, you seem stressed. Want to know what will help?”
People: “Please not fearing for your life followed by an expensive vet bill.”
Cats: “Fearing for my life followed by an expensive vet bill!”
Anyway, behold the unrepentant face of a creature who had a costly tummy ache.
People: “Please not fearing for your life followed by an expensive vet bill.”
Cats: “Fearing for my life followed by an expensive vet bill!”
Anyway, behold the unrepentant face of a creature who had a costly tummy ache.
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Few things are as emblematic of the legal profession as lawyers bemoaning the over-the-top language, style, and citations of the judge who granted habeas relief to a 5-year-old asylum seeker and his father, while saying nothing about why habeas was needed in the first place.
February 1, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Few things are as emblematic of the legal profession as lawyers bemoaning the over-the-top language, style, and citations of the judge who granted habeas relief to a 5-year-old asylum seeker and his father, while saying nothing about why habeas was needed in the first place.
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He won't resign, of course. Why would he care about Hungarian Roma people, when he's part of a government that whitewashes and honours the Nazi collaborators who murdered them by tens of thousands?
Protesters to demand resignation of Hungarian politician for anti-Roma remark
Thousands set to gather in Budapest after János Lázár’s remarks captured on video
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 PM
He won't resign, of course. Why would he care about Hungarian Roma people, when he's part of a government that whitewashes and honours the Nazi collaborators who murdered them by tens of thousands?
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If anyone wants to know how Judge Biery felt about this, here's his sig block:
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
If anyone wants to know how Judge Biery felt about this, here's his sig block:
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BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
![Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February [sic], 2026.
Fred Biery
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:44 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge orders Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R., released.
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
"The Great Writ and release from detention are GRANTED."
"Civics lesson to the government: Administrative warrants issued by the executive branch to itself do not pass probable cause muster."
Same.
I’m collecting Epstein email screenshots in my phone. I never want to hear those names in reverence or seriousness again. If you exchanged ideas w/this monstrous goblin w/the writing skills of a 4 year old, dined w/him, or visited him, I will be mentioning it when your names come up until I am dead.
January 31, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Same.