Steve Young
@boringattorney.bsky.social
Not the Steve Young you are thinking of.
Sometimes a corporate lawyer, sometimes an art software developer.
In the process of migrating from Instagram, my Pixelfed account is here:
https://pixelfed.social/Boring_Person
Sometimes a corporate lawyer, sometimes an art software developer.
In the process of migrating from Instagram, my Pixelfed account is here:
https://pixelfed.social/Boring_Person
I don’t know how anyone can talk about power tools being useful with a straight face. I heard about this one guy who managed to cut off a finger because he didn’t bother to learn how to properly use a circular saw. Power tools will never increase productivity.
I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
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December 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I don’t know how anyone can talk about power tools being useful with a straight face. I heard about this one guy who managed to cut off a finger because he didn’t bother to learn how to properly use a circular saw. Power tools will never increase productivity.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
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Blog Post: Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?–Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?-Ziff Davis v. OpenAI - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Robots.txt files express a website’s preferences for robot access. Despite their venerability, there are not many cases discussing the legal implications of robots.txt files and robot exclusion header...
blog.ericgoldman.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Blog Post: Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?–Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
"Integrity of the proceedings", as though anyone in charge in our military has any integrity at all, or could even recognize the concept.
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"Integrity of the proceedings", as though anyone in charge in our military has any integrity at all, or could even recognize the concept.
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For millions of us, this was the first time we ever saw Rob Reiner. …When he became “Meathead” on “All in the Family.”
He was brilliant from Day One.
He was brilliant from Day One.
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
For millions of us, this was the first time we ever saw Rob Reiner. …When he became “Meathead” on “All in the Family.”
He was brilliant from Day One.
He was brilliant from Day One.
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This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.
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battlestar galactica what do they do with the paper corners
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
battlestar galactica what do they do with the paper corners
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
The word that the @washingtonpost.com is avoiding in this headline is “murder”. Intentional, premeditated murder.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The word that the @washingtonpost.com is avoiding in this headline is “murder”. Intentional, premeditated murder.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
OMG, this thread. Having spent many years in law firms and big corporations, this whole thing brings back memories (some of the posts hit so close to home they made my hair stand on end).
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
Hello, please see attached. They want to sign on Monday so we have our work cut out for us before then. I have a prior family engagement this weekend, but I’ll be available for update calls 9pm each night. I’ve put time on your calendars for those. Let’s get started.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
OMG, this thread. Having spent many years in law firms and big corporations, this whole thing brings back memories (some of the posts hit so close to home they made my hair stand on end).
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
I would also like "hold ICE personnel responsible for their crimes."
Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I would also like "hold ICE personnel responsible for their crimes."
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Ayo @npr.org did y’all ever apologize for this? 🤔
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Ayo @npr.org did y’all ever apologize for this? 🤔
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
Talk about aging terribly. Yeesh.
Maybe it’s at least time do a little introspection? www.npr.org/2024/08/25/g...
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"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
www.nyc.gov
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
"Before I left the NYC Conflicts of Interest Board back in 2022, I created (along with Dan Iwrey and Rob Casimir) what might be the greatest municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived… or at the very least the ONLY municipal ethics-law-based D&D one-shot module ever conceived."
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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FWIW, I will never forgive the AI video of "King" Trump liqui-shitting on peaceful American protestors
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
Trump’s Government Of Spite: Political Performance Art For Assholes
A couple weeks ago, as millions of Americans took to the streets in what may have been the largest single day of protest in U.S. history, the President of the United States responded by… posting a …
www.techdirt.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
FWIW, I will never forgive the AI video of "King" Trump liqui-shitting on peaceful American protestors
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/10/30/t...
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Pride is not the only emotion that you're allowed to have about your history. There are many others that can and do apply. It should not be a failing or a threat to your sense of self to acknowledge those other emotions. To speak them aloud as you watch history unfold.
October 23, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Pride is not the only emotion that you're allowed to have about your history. There are many others that can and do apply. It should not be a failing or a threat to your sense of self to acknowledge those other emotions. To speak them aloud as you watch history unfold.
He literally cannot remember that he was president on January 6th. We are so far past the time when the 25th amendment should have been invoked.
October 12, 2025 at 4:48 AM
He literally cannot remember that he was president on January 6th. We are so far past the time when the 25th amendment should have been invoked.
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Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
For my whole life I have been told a lot of bullshit about the military being a place of honor and integrity.
Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:44 PM
For my whole life I have been told a lot of bullshit about the military being a place of honor and integrity.
Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
Trump and Hegseth Recount Familiar Partisan Complaints to Top Military Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/u...
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If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
September 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A snapshot of Silicon Valley in 2025 is Mark Zuckerberg, now a MAGA-friendly mixed martial arts fan who doesn’t worry much about hate speech on his platforms and complains that corporate America isn’t masculine enough.
Unfortunately, typical human psychology is such that very few people are able to process the fact that these are not contradictory statements:
1. Charlie Kirk was a bad person, and should never be celebrated.
2. Charlie Kirk should not have been murdered, and his killer is also a bad person.
1. Charlie Kirk was a bad person, and should never be celebrated.
2. Charlie Kirk should not have been murdered, and his killer is also a bad person.
September 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Unfortunately, typical human psychology is such that very few people are able to process the fact that these are not contradictory statements:
1. Charlie Kirk was a bad person, and should never be celebrated.
2. Charlie Kirk should not have been murdered, and his killer is also a bad person.
1. Charlie Kirk was a bad person, and should never be celebrated.
2. Charlie Kirk should not have been murdered, and his killer is also a bad person.
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Mike, bear in mind this is the editorial board that proclaimed this First Amendment right:
September 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Mike, bear in mind this is the editorial board that proclaimed this First Amendment right:
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
I'm holding off on canceling Disney+ and Hulu for a couple of days, because it's at least *possible* that someone in charge will reverse course and say, basically, "whoever made that decision fucked up." And I don't want to be canceling then signing up again.
#disney #hulu
#disney #hulu
September 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM