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Charlotte Garden
@charlottegarden.bsky.social
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Professor @ University of Minnesota Law School. Teaching & writing about workers' rights; skeeting in my personal capacity, mostly about cats.
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The proposal's definitions of "race ideology" and "gender ideology" are exactly as thoughtful and workable as you'd expect
“Race ideology,” the draft of the proposal says, would encompass any concept that “attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity” or “promotes activism on issues related to race or ethnicity rather than academic instruction.” The proposal would define “gender ideology” as “a concept of self-assessed gender identity replacing, and disconnected from, the biological category of sex.”
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Texas A&M reinventing "prior restraints"

www.texastribune.org/2025/11/10/t...
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Just a shocking number of paws
A tuxedo cat with his paws stacked up in front of him
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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I regret to inform you that The Menace just discovered the Mamdani sign generator
Treats for breakfast, lunch, and dinner A torbie cat sits on a laptop
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Cozy guy, or Emperor Palpatine?
A tuxedo cat who is lying down, with a blanket over his head. His nose and paw are sticking out
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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On one hand, it’s even warmer in the heated cat bed this way. On the other, it’s sort of undignified.
Two tuxedo cats piled into a heated cat bed
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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James learned a new skill today
A tuxedo cat is somehow standing on the middle and upper part of a window, with his head obscured by the blinds
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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Currently mulling which of my cats would make the best Ward 13 rep. (Just kidding, it's obviously James: he is among the 2 smartest cats in the household, and - unlike SOME cats I could name - no disqualifying world-domination plots came up in his background check.)
City Council Ward 13: Ugh, why can’t we have some better choices? Linea Palmisano I GUESS but it’s not like BobAgain is going to win so maybe write in your favorite neighbor. A tuxedo cat walks purposefully down the stairs
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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4 cats = 2 of each
The coup plotters, having a conference. (One torbie cat and one tuxedo cat) Two tuxedo cats asking for snacks
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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lol
He said he turned away a handful of Big Law firms that approached him as he considered petitioning the high court. They included Lisa Blatt, a top litigator at Williams & Connolly who’s racked up more than 40 wins in the 54 cases she’s argued before the Supreme Court and is instead arguing opposite Ginzburg in the case.
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Yiiikes
This summer, he was going out on a second date with a woman who worked in software development and seemed like she could be a keeper. “She was the most humble girl I’d ever met in my life,” he recalled.
November 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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Every academic can relate

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
A Work of Genius or a Complete Mess? Even Its Author Can’t Decide.
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Sitting up and taking notice. (Then he ran around the bedroom like a maniac for the better part of an hour, darting under the bed every time we tried to catch him)
A tuxedo cat sits up like a person
November 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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The Democrats lost in 2024 because they moved too far away from sensible churu-based policy that blue-blankie cats could get behind
A tuxedo cat sits up on a couch. He looks like he is speaking. He has a blue blanket on his lap
November 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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🙄🙄🙄

www.cnn.com/2025/10/31/p...
It’s been pretty remarkable how much Americans have continued to blame Republicans more than Democrats for the shutdown, despite it being Democrats who are seeking the concession (i.e. an extension of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies).
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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National cat day, eh? This rare two-headed tuxedo cat will patiently await the honorary parade.
Two tuxedo cats sleep on a blue blanket, but you can only see one body
October 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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She's wondering whether a sign reading "tuxedo cats, keep out" would do the trick
A green and beige heated cat bed contains a torbie cat and a tuxedo cat. The torbie looks annoyed, and the tuxedo cat looks chaotic
October 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Just sitting here imagining the trial: a be-wigged lawyer gestures dramatically at his client while demanding of Steve Coogan: "Just look at him; does he look at all like a weasel to you???"
Taylor’s lawyers had asserted previously that he was portrayed in the film as “devious”, “weasel-like” and a “suited bean-counter”.
October 28, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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Lol. (Was this precipitated by something specific? I know VCM has talked about Connections on Twitter and on Only Connect itself, but I think both were a while ago?)
A Connections board where the first 4 clues are “only connect olive branch”
October 27, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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The NYT’s labor counsel pulls no punches (circa 1944) #legalwriting
A letter to Arthur Sulzberger, characterizing the industry dissent in a War Labor Board case as “a punk job,” in contrast to the (unfavorable) majority decision
October 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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When you’re wrestling an imaginary opponent, and losing
A tuxedo cat on his back with his front paws twisted in the opposite direction as his head
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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I regret to inform you that the "feminist tear stone" suggests Rob Schneider has some confusion about how states of matter work
One day, she decided the world’s most dramatic sobs deserved bottling. And when those tears burned so hot they refused to stay liquid, they crystallized into solid rock. So she forged the FEMINIST Tear Stone - perfect for keeping your Tears of the Left bourbon icy without ever chilling your fire.
October 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Incredible copy, I have absolutely no trouble believing Schneider wrote this himself
Story of the DEI Tear Stone This X Legend was once the face everyone knew - commanding stages, headlines, and millions of minds with calm confidence and unapologetic clarity. He played the game, smiled for the cameras, and did what was expected. But when the world turned performative and the message started mattering more than the truth, he spoke up. Loudly. And when the culture mob tried to silence him, he stood his ground - and only got louder. One day, he decided the world’s most dramatic fake sobs deserved bottling. When the tears started flowing from corporate Zoom calls and billion-dollar “equity” budgets, they got so thick they crystallized into stone. So he forged the DEI Tear Stone - perfect for keeping your Tears of the Left bourbon cold without ever watering down your spine. Because legends like him know truth, conviction, and bourbon should never be diluted.
October 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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Hard to get the proportions right when you're just a little guy
A tuxedo cat with a blue blanket wrapped around his middle. He is lying on his back with a front paw extended
October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Hard to be the slow eater in the group with these vultures around
A torbie cat sits next to a food dish while two tuxedo cats look on
October 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM