Arnell 🇵🇭
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Arnell 🇵🇭
@attapu.bsky.social
Private practice lawyer. Senior Lecturer at University of the Philippines College of Law. Lifelong teacher, coach and debater. Father to kids who love dad jokes. Views are mine only. #criticalthinking #offcenter
Expressions of our liberal democracy, in remembrance of one of the darkest periods in our nation’s history, and to ensure it doesn’t happen again in whatever shape or form.
September 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
To quote RWE: “To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”

This cat is definitely breathing easy. I think he’s my salvation.
May 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Our democracy is not perfect, but it’s trudging along.

Voted and did my part regardless of the outcome 🇵🇭
May 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Please feel free to tag yourself.
November 27, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie.
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
“Born in war, antibiotics now risks becoming one of its casualties.”

I highly recommend checking out this article in NYT mag.
November 27, 2024 at 7:50 AM
I hope this plan succeeds. Manila is as, and more, beautiful as it is portrayed.

Meralco, get guys who are good in pick up sticks:
November 27, 2024 at 6:46 AM
Need more pink shirts.
November 26, 2024 at 11:26 AM
I regularly ask my students to watch the movie Amistad. I hope the character of Cinque inspires them.

This is my takeaway:

If you can’t remember what to say, or - like Cinque - do not known what to say, be guided by what you know is true.

You can also read the SCOTUS decision at…
November 20, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Re-reading 4 years of research before publishing- what a testament to intellectual integrity.

Loved Ep. 1 of the show. Check it out on Disney+ / FX.
November 18, 2024 at 11:33 PM
It’s already Monday in my part of the world. Moving parts, come at me. I’ve got Robert Frost.
November 18, 2024 at 2:01 AM