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Paul Cornish

@paulgcornish.bsky.social

A friend on Facebook has just reminded me of the time I did the maths and worked out that Santa's life is a living hell.

Every 12 months Father Christmas must travel alone through a world of statues for a thousand years.

There are around 2 billion children in the world. If Santa spends 30 seconds leaving presents for each child, he's experiencing about 1903 years in one night. Even if half the kids are naughty, that's still around 952 years. That's not including travel time. It sucks to be Santa.

December 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM

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LFCNev

@thenorthsace.bsky.social

The kind .. you find … in a second hand store

December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

2020 is maybe not the best year to compare given all the pandemic measures but also: !!!

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

> @amysiskind.com

December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM

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'i will strangle a horse' on itch.io

@brainmage.bsky.social

🎵Mitosis brings all the cells to the yard
🎵And they're like o ꝏ oo ꝏꝏ oooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏ oooooooo ꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏꝏ

December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM

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Kelly

@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social

Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.

The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.

They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.

Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air

Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr

December 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM

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Philip Eil

@phileil.bsky.social

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."

December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM

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Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat

@shaidorsai.bsky.social

This should be in a Ken Kesey novel

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 4d

When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

December 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

December 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM

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tacocrepe 🍀

@tacocrepe.bsky.social

Calling all office nerds 😎 the Office Mimics are now available (for free) in my Kofi! These are a set of .ico files to customize your folder/program icons with!

ko-fi.com/s/3683ca94cb

These were super fun to make, hope you have fun customizing your desktop using these!
#pixelart #mimic

December 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick

@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social

🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.

B. No Order of Removal Exists for Abrego Garcia
No such order of removal exists for Abrego Garcia. When Abrego Garcia was first
wrongly expelled to El Salvador, the Court struggled to understand the legal authority for even
seizing him in the first place. At the first hearing in Abrego I, the Court inquired of Respondents’
counsel:
The Court: I want to ask, though, the very specific question, if there is a final order of removal, what . . . document got this process started? There is no warrant for his arrest by an order of removal. There is no statement of probable cause. There’s no charge. There’s no report that says that anyone saw Mr. Abrego Garcia doing anything illegal or criminal. So what is the actual document that gave these officers the authority to start this process?
Counsel: That is not in the record, and the government has not put
that into the record. And that’s the best I can do.
Abrego I, ECF No. 33 at 21:11–22.
The Court continued to press counsel about the existence of a removal order and was told plainly that none can be found:

The Court: Okay. So if there’s a Title 8 removal order, there would be an order of removal that’s being executed, and we don’t have one for Mr. Abrego Garcia, right? . . . Do you have that order? . . . Is it in the record? Counsel: I do not have that order. It is not in the record. Id. at 23:7–24:4. Since that time, Respondents have never produced an order of removal despite Abrego Garcia hinging much of his jurisdictional and legal arguments on its non-existence. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 68–69; ECF No. 32 at 10, 15–17, 27; ECF No. 87 at 11–12. Indeed, Respondents twice sponsored the testimony of ICE officials whose job it is to effectuate removal orders, and who candidly admitted to having never seen one for Abrego Garcia. See ECF No. 107 at 30:16–22 (testimony of Cantú) (“Q: Based upon your many years of experience you described to us, you know what a final order of removal looks like, right, sir? Cantú: I do. Q: And have you seen a final order of removal in regard to Mr. Abrego Garcia? Cantú: I have not.”). See also Abrego I, ECF No. 234 at 46:6–12 (testimony of interim Assistant Director for ICE Removal Operations, Thomas Giles (“Giles”)) (“Q: You have not seen the final order of removal, have you, sir? Giles: What do you mean by that? Q: I mean, you have not seen a piece of paper that represents the final order of removal vis-a-vis Mr. Abrego Garcia, correct? Giles: No, I have not.”).15 Based on this, the Court concludes that no order of removal exists.

December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

"You wouldn't come to this committee and say something you can't prove. I know you wouldn't do that . . . but you did."

lol'd

Also, imagine that. Fascist POTUS has made ANTIFA, antifascists, the number one domestic "terror" focus.
WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing

BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?

GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now

THOMPSON: What does that mean?

December 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM

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Greg Pak

@gregpak.net

this is a test. let's see where we are.

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”

KILMAR ARMANDO
ABREGO GARCIA,
Petitioner,
v.
KRISTINOEM, et al.,
Respondents.
・・・・・
Civil Action No. 8:25-cv-02780-PX
ORDER
For the reasons stated in the foregoing Memorandum Opinion, it is this 1ith day of December, 2025, by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, ORDERED that:
1. Petitioner Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia's Petition for habeas corpus pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 2241 at ECF No. 1 is hereby GRANTED;
2. Respondents SHALL release Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately;
3. Respondents SHALL notify Abrego Garcia's counsel of the exact time and location of his release no fewer than four hours prior to releasing him, and notify the Court of the status of Abrego Garcia's release by email to chambers no later than 5:00 p.m. today,
Thursday, December 11, 2025;
4. A representative of the United States Pretrial Services Office for this District SHALL
separately contact Abrego Garcia's criminal counsel with further instruction for
installation on the release conditions previously imposed in his criminal case, United
States v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.); |
5. Respondents SHALL immediately transmit this Order and the accompanying
Case 8:25-cv-02780-PX|
Document 111
Filed 12/11/25
Page 2 of 2
Memorandum Opinion to all relevant officers, agents, and employees under their
control and who are involved in this matter and the pending criminal case, United States
v. Abrego Garcia, No. 3:25-CR-00115-1 (M.D. Tenn.);
6. Within a week of the date of this Order, by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 18,
2025, the parties SHALL submit a joint status report as to the parties' position regarding resolution of Respondents' pending motion to dissolve at ECF No. 72; and
7. The Clerk is DIRECTED to transmit a copy of this Order to all counsel of record.
December 11, 2025
Date
/s/
Paula Xinis
United States District Judge

December 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

My favorite is setting the reminder with a voice assistant and the reminder showing up later completely misunderstood and without context.

Less Terrifying Andrew @andrewblair.co.uk · 4d

“If you’ve got autism or ADHD just get into the habit of setting loads of reminders for yourself”

The reminders:

The Ewa Outside Is Frightful @ewacat.bsky.social · 4d

Well I've got no fucking idea what this reminder was for

December 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

Planning on reading but question going in is,

How is the reader to know you're reciting the rule verbatim, as opposed to paraphrasing, without the quotation marks?

If they're going to rely on it they should probably check your citation regardless, but in the moment? 🤷‍♀️

Michael Smith @msmith750.bsky.social · 4d

This article by @kgnboling.bsky.social looks interesting!

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

What Is 'The Rule'? Quotation Marks And The Role Of Courts And Lawyers As Performers Of The Common Law
Forthcoming spring 2026 in Duquesne Law Review, volume 64.

59 Pages Posted: 4 Dec 2025 Last revised: 5 Dec 2025
Kathryn Boling
Seattle University School of Law

Date Written: December 01, 2025

Abstract
Must lawyers and judges use quotation marks when they recite legal rules verbatim from a cited source in their legal practice documents? It is a question that lawyering skills faculty hear often when training first-year students to enter the legal writing genre. The advice of many is to use quotation marks to avoid plagiarism, but that advice arises from a conflation of academic and legal writing and a small number of inapplicable cases in which courts have issued reprimands (or worse) to attorneys caught copying large portions of other sources without sufficient "attribution." This Article, therefore, undertakes a rigorous defense of the verbatim recitation of a rule from a cited source without quotation marks in legal practice documents. As this Article shows through a multidisciplinary exploration of linguistics, professional ethics, speech act theory, and neuroscience, that choice is legitimate and often desirable.

What is often forgotten about legal rules (particularly in the common law) is that it is the day-to-day recitations of rules by lawyers and judges in the handling of cases that perpetuate the rules from the past into the present and thereby keep them in force for use in the future. Through an application of J.L. Austin's speech act theory to this activity, the Article explains why the social offense of plagiarism is not applicable, distinguishing the genre of academic writing from legal practice writing in multiple respects. It also explains how, with fear of plagiarism out of the picture, a legal practitioner in certain circumstances can harness rhetorical benefits from reciting a verbatim rule from an authoritative (and cited) source in their own…

December 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

Local coffee shops it is

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 4d

Standing with members of @sbworkersunited.org
in Chicago today, demanding fair pay and dignity on the job.

This holiday season, choose solidarity. Don’t cross the picket line.

December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

Years of work, jumping through hoops, to finally get that appointment
and then you have to decide if you should go, because you might get snatched up after doing everything right
and if you don't go?
I don't know what the consequences are
I can't imagine they're good for attaining citizenship.

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4d

Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.

If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.

December 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

That's a wrongful death suit waiting to happen.

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 4d

ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.

Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.

Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.

December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM

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Yell In a War

@jelenawoehr.bsky.social

fyi the Trump TS post going around is obviously written by Alex Bruesewitz, who runs the TeamTrump accounts when he isn’t fainting on stage at the NY Young Republicans gala

Trump doesn’t say “aura” but Alex sure does, bc he’s terrified of turning 30 and is adopting as much Gen Alpha slang as he can

TeamTrump IG post has the title “aura in the oval”

December 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM

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NPR

@npr.org

Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak. n.pr/48I1reS

Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years

Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak.

n.pr

December 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM

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Timothy Burke

@bubbaprog.xyz

ICE raided a James Beard award winning restaurant & because the chef/owner was prepared, left emptyhanded:

Photo shared by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025 tagging @naomi.marie__, @nathanmiller612, @rubyscher, @holaarepa, @birksg, @chefjholig, and @haihaimpls. May be an image of text that says 'AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, I.C.E. PAID US A VISIT AT AREPA YESTERDAY. OUR GM NAOMI & TEAM MEMBERS FOLLOWED OUR ICE PROTOCOL PERFECTLY, THE AGENTS LEFT & NO ONE WAS DETAINED. tO WHOEVER NEEDS THIS: KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO I.C.E. (1/5)'.

christinanguyenmpls

11h
We had an ICE scare yesterday and even though we’re afraid of the repercussions of being vocal, we feel that it’s also important to inform people that this is right at our front door. ICE is not some far away boogeyman. They are here right now, spreading fear in our community.

We’re so grateful to our entire staff and their bravery. They did the right things and couldn’t have dealt with this situation in a better way. We are grateful to our community activists that came to support us from @miracmn @litosonlake and Monarcha. We hope that if you find yourself in the same situation, that you find these resources helpful. Peace and take care of each other ❤️

Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: UNLESS THE AGENTS HAVE A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT, THEY CANNOT ENTER A PRIVATE AREA LIKE THE KITCHEN WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION EVEN IF THEY LIE AND SAY THY DON'T NEED A WARRANT, STAND YOUR GROUND AND INSIST THAT YOU NEED PAPERWORK (2/5)'.

Photo by Christina Nguyen on December 04, 2025. May be an image of text that says 'IF I.C.E. COMES TO YOUR RESTAURANT: HAVE OTHER STAFF OR PEOPLE PRESENT RECORD THEM AND EVERYTHING THEY ARE SAYING. (PEOPLE DOING UNLAWFUL THINGS HATE BEING CAUGHT IN TH ACT) YOU HAVE THE RIGHT to REFUSE SERVICE & YOU CAN ASK M tO LEAVE YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY IF THY DON'T HAVE A WARRANT. (3/5)'.

WE ARE HEARTBROKEN THAT OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITIES IN THE TWIN CITIES ARE BEING
TARGETED AND TERRORIZED BY THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION. THESE ARE REAL PEOPLE THAT
ARE BEING USED AS POLITICAL PAWNS AND IT'S
APPALLING.

REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS, THERE ARE
SO MANY LATINOS & SOMALIANS WHO ARE AFRAID
OF BEING DETAINED DUE TO MISTAKEN IDENTITY
BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY MIGHT NOT GET DUE
PROCESS & A FAIR TRIAL. THEY WILL JUST END UP IN
DETENTION CENTERS & A LEGAL PROCESS THAT
HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS A BLACK HOLE.

WE STAND IN SUPPORT OF OUR IMMIGRANT
COMMUNITY, WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS
COUNTRY. WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS, AMERICA IS NOT
THE SAME PLACE. STAY SAFE OUT THERE & TAKE
CARE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.

LOVE,
HOLA AREPA & HAI HAI

(5/5)

December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM

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Larian Studios

@larianstudios.com

you will be visited by three spirits.

orin, ketheric, and gortash. they're your friends, maybe.

December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Invi (she/her)

@invicat.bsky.social

"What if people who want insurance just unionized?"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Rand Paul on his healthcare plan: "What if you could join Costco? Costco has 44m members and if one person negotiated for all 44 and they bought a group plan like Toyota or General Motors does, they would be the largest collective entity in the country. They would drive prices down by sheer might."