Jake at Law
@zoinks.bsky.social
Ultra-runner, owl-enthusiast, public defender
My views are my own
My views are my own
Announcing DENATHOR, an app that will tell you which tomato is the juiciest*
*Only works on cherry tomatoes, comes with a $55 monthly bespoke napkin subscription (not optional)
*Only works on cherry tomatoes, comes with a $55 monthly bespoke napkin subscription (not optional)
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
December 29, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Announcing DENATHOR, an app that will tell you which tomato is the juiciest*
*Only works on cherry tomatoes, comes with a $55 monthly bespoke napkin subscription (not optional)
*Only works on cherry tomatoes, comes with a $55 monthly bespoke napkin subscription (not optional)
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As we finish up the year, 404 Media will have stuff publishing over the holidays. Some horrible (you'll see on Xmas day), some fun. Subscribers will still get a story each day.
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As we finish up the year, 404 Media will have stuff publishing over the holidays. Some horrible (you'll see on Xmas day), some fun. Subscribers will still get a story each day.
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
This company sends my SCAM sensor up to 11
"Metropolis does not use license plate recognition,” Morrissey said. “Instead, our computer vision platform is trained on a comprehensive and proprietary data set to recognize vehicles with a ‘vehicle fingerprint’ based on its unique characteristics..."
Two of the city's largest parking garages are now using artificial intelligence to recognize your car
The city and the new operator, Metropolis, promise a smooth experience from the technology, but customers in other cities have filed class-action lawsuits over the system.
www.cvilletomorrow.org
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This company sends my SCAM sensor up to 11
Stack’n into the holidays
December 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Stack’n into the holidays
It’s insane that in about 3 years we’ve essentially nuked the sum total of human knowledge by making truth indistinguishable from falsehood or unfindable amidst the rubbish
Butlerian jihad and all paper everything loading in …
Butlerian jihad and all paper everything loading in …
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s insane that in about 3 years we’ve essentially nuked the sum total of human knowledge by making truth indistinguishable from falsehood or unfindable amidst the rubbish
Butlerian jihad and all paper everything loading in …
Butlerian jihad and all paper everything loading in …
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chalk one up for the BUSY BODIES
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
chalk one up for the BUSY BODIES
Congratulations to all the organizers, protesters, public commenters, email senders and general busybodies who turned out to boot Flock Safety out of C’ville
I’ll share some thoughts in this thread but first ….
I’ll share some thoughts in this thread but first ….
December 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Congratulations to all the organizers, protesters, public commenters, email senders and general busybodies who turned out to boot Flock Safety out of C’ville
I’ll share some thoughts in this thread but first ….
I’ll share some thoughts in this thread but first ….
If you see , we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
December 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If you see , we IMPLORE YOU to post a picture from whatever device you’re using without explanation
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If they’re going to do this, incredibly frustrating they’re not using ParkMobile since they know community members already use that because of UVA. It’s a national company that everywhere I’ve traveled has used. Why are we adding another hassle?
Beginning Tuesday, December 16, you'll need to create an online account for your car to park in the Market Street and Water Street garages on the Downtown Mall.
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
December 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If they’re going to do this, incredibly frustrating they’re not using ParkMobile since they know community members already use that because of UVA. It’s a national company that everywhere I’ve traveled has used. Why are we adding another hassle?
This is the classic tech non-solution to a non-problem. It makes the garage unusable for a solid 10-25% of the population who aren’t tech savvy, or don’t have signal, or just have privacy concerns.
All for the imagined benefit of being able to drive out without stopping (who cares??)
All for the imagined benefit of being able to drive out without stopping (who cares??)
Beginning Tuesday, December 16, you'll need to create an online account for your car to park in the Market Street and Water Street garages on the Downtown Mall.
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
www.charlottesville.gov/civicalerts....
December 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is the classic tech non-solution to a non-problem. It makes the garage unusable for a solid 10-25% of the population who aren’t tech savvy, or don’t have signal, or just have privacy concerns.
All for the imagined benefit of being able to drive out without stopping (who cares??)
All for the imagined benefit of being able to drive out without stopping (who cares??)
Winter wonderland has arrived
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Winter wonderland has arrived
The first ever Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund volunteer social is next Wednesday December 10th from 7-9pm at Superfly Brewery!
Come warm up in one of Cville’s best breweries and chat about fighting the carceral system.
Not a volunteer yet? Come anyway to get involved
Come warm up in one of Cville’s best breweries and chat about fighting the carceral system.
Not a volunteer yet? Come anyway to get involved
December 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The first ever Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund volunteer social is next Wednesday December 10th from 7-9pm at Superfly Brewery!
Come warm up in one of Cville’s best breweries and chat about fighting the carceral system.
Not a volunteer yet? Come anyway to get involved
Come warm up in one of Cville’s best breweries and chat about fighting the carceral system.
Not a volunteer yet? Come anyway to get involved
I am so proud of our work at the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund
Please share and donate if you can.
We provide nothing less than freedom.
blueridgebailfund.org/donate
Please share and donate if you can.
We provide nothing less than freedom.
blueridgebailfund.org/donate
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I am so proud of our work at the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund
Please share and donate if you can.
We provide nothing less than freedom.
blueridgebailfund.org/donate
Please share and donate if you can.
We provide nothing less than freedom.
blueridgebailfund.org/donate
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This got me thinking….how do we as a society normalize pumpkin pie as a breakfast option at restaurants year round? Who will be the change we want to see in the world?
It turns out Mina and I have identical pie takes (literally had home made pumpkin pie for breakfast this morning before kids woke up).
So my pie take is there are no bad pies, but some pies have to be eaten a certain way:
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
1. Pecan: Always good
2. Fruit: Must be homemade. Otherwise bad.
3. Pumpkin: Best eaten cold at 7 am standing over a sink before everyone wakes up
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This got me thinking….how do we as a society normalize pumpkin pie as a breakfast option at restaurants year round? Who will be the change we want to see in the world?
Sunday Stackin
Solid 10 piece broccoli stack tonight
Solid 10 piece broccoli stack tonight
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Sunday Stackin
Solid 10 piece broccoli stack tonight
Solid 10 piece broccoli stack tonight
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The name of the downtown mall Christmas tree should be Seb
November 15, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The name of the downtown mall Christmas tree should be Seb
And yet a trace of the true self
Exists in the false self
Exists in the false self
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 AM
And yet a trace of the true self
Exists in the false self
Exists in the false self
It really is magical out tonight
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It really is magical out tonight
We’re one month out from the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund’s first ever Volunteer Night + Social
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We’re one month out from the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund’s first ever Volunteer Night + Social
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
The moon was going off this morning
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The moon was going off this morning
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A bureaucratic wall is being built between Americans and the information they have a right to access
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
Digital Driver’s Licenses Threaten to Create a “Great Internet Lockdown” | ACLU
Two trends threaten the creation of an online identity infrastructure that would transform the internet
www.aclu.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A bureaucratic wall is being built between Americans and the information they have a right to access
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
We could really use your support right now!!!
From Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund, Donate through their paypal @blueridgebail.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We could really use your support right now!!!
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I wrote about Clarence Thomas's anti-intellectual, anti-trans concurrence in United States v. Skrmetti, and what it says about how far the right has fallen into conspiratorialism
The Triumph of the American Moron
Clarence Thomas's anti-trans concurrence is the culmination of right-wing anti-intellectualism
stringinamaze.net
June 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wrote about Clarence Thomas's anti-intellectual, anti-trans concurrence in United States v. Skrmetti, and what it says about how far the right has fallen into conspiratorialism
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Day after tomorrow, y'all.
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
May 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Day after tomorrow, y'all.
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
Yes my neighbors always love it when I buy out their kids daycare and then shut it down and leave it vacant lol.
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
If UVA gets FEI instead of CCS, it’ll be the equivalent of taking tens of millions of dollars from the city.
Imagining looking at a camera with a straight face and saying that’s the sort of thing an “incredibly good neighbor” would do.
It’s gaslighting, pure and simple.
Imagining looking at a camera with a straight face and saying that’s the sort of thing an “incredibly good neighbor” would do.
It’s gaslighting, pure and simple.
![Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Wagner Davis said UVA is actively working to have some sort of collaboration with the space, regardless of who the propery
“I think we have been incredibly good neighbors and Jim [Ryan] leading the charge in terms of the win-wins we have found in working with the city and the county on a vast multitude of issues,” UVA’s Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Wagner Davis said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zjbc5zhc6m6khj2s5gcp6vbi/bafkreiasgsmr26377b5ucafmexoe5ht3jta3z77jfx6no6srxzwaoh2kwq@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Yes my neighbors always love it when I buy out their kids daycare and then shut it down and leave it vacant lol.
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”