Colin McCormack
@colinmccormack.bsky.social
An attorney in Des Moines, IA. Loves his wife, gaming, and collecting comic books.
What is common knowing your field, but shocks outsiders?
Private attorneys are not mandatory reporters of child abuse.
If you think about this for a second, it makes sense (how would we represent parents in criminal or juvenile court otherwise?), but whenever it comes up, people are stunned.
Private attorneys are not mandatory reporters of child abuse.
If you think about this for a second, it makes sense (how would we represent parents in criminal or juvenile court otherwise?), but whenever it comes up, people are stunned.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
You absolutely can lie via data & math & everything about how you present data is an argument for how to interpret/understand it
Everything we know is founded on best guesses & analogies
All technoscience is enmeshed with human values
You absolutely can lie via data & math & everything about how you present data is an argument for how to interpret/understand it
Everything we know is founded on best guesses & analogies
All technoscience is enmeshed with human values
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
In general, it takes about 1000 years to form 1cm of new soil.
In general, it takes about 1000 years to form 1cm of new soil.
June 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
What is common knowing your field, but shocks outsiders?
Private attorneys are not mandatory reporters of child abuse.
If you think about this for a second, it makes sense (how would we represent parents in criminal or juvenile court otherwise?), but whenever it comes up, people are stunned.
Private attorneys are not mandatory reporters of child abuse.
If you think about this for a second, it makes sense (how would we represent parents in criminal or juvenile court otherwise?), but whenever it comes up, people are stunned.