Jay Handlin
@jayhandlin.bsky.social
Dad. Lawyer: trial guy, IP geek. Words: reading/writing well. Repped by World Builder Entertainment, currently between agents. Queens kid, constant NY state of mind. Formerly tricoastal: NY/CA/HI. Now Brooklyn/Manhattan & Kailua-Kona. Lovingly complicated.
Self-censorship is still censorship.
September 18, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Self-censorship is still censorship.
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Florida brings in over $127 billion a year from tourism, nearly 8% of its economy and it relies on your vacation dollars. Just like the Tesla boycott, withhold your money. Don’t fund cruelty.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Florida brings in over $127 billion a year from tourism, nearly 8% of its economy and it relies on your vacation dollars. Just like the Tesla boycott, withhold your money. Don’t fund cruelty.
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Trump will try to provoke violence. Keep protests peaceful. Look out for instigators.
June 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Trump will try to provoke violence. Keep protests peaceful. Look out for instigators.
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Apparently, the lawyers at Paul Weiss and other firms who caved aren’t aware of the complexities of playground law.
How can anyone hire a law firm that apparently can’t anticipate consequences that even a 7 year old could easily figure out?
How can anyone hire a law firm that apparently can’t anticipate consequences that even a 7 year old could easily figure out?
Logic bites the cowardly Big Law firms like Paul Weiss that kotowed to Trump's bullying -
youtu.be/bKRzDJ5ga_A?...
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June 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Apparently, the lawyers at Paul Weiss and other firms who caved aren’t aware of the complexities of playground law.
How can anyone hire a law firm that apparently can’t anticipate consequences that even a 7 year old could easily figure out?
How can anyone hire a law firm that apparently can’t anticipate consequences that even a 7 year old could easily figure out?
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Elon Musk made a big deal about his being #ActuallyAutistic (though he used the term "Asperger's"). But the cuts he made via DOGE will cause long-lasting damage to disabled students. A thread. 1/
June 2, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Elon Musk made a big deal about his being #ActuallyAutistic (though he used the term "Asperger's"). But the cuts he made via DOGE will cause long-lasting damage to disabled students. A thread. 1/
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In a world full of Dilberts, be a Doonesbury.
May 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
In a world full of Dilberts, be a Doonesbury.
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This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
May 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This Memorial Day weekend, the best way to honor the soldiers who gave the ultimate sacrifice is to honor and protect the freedoms and the democracy they died for.
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Some quotes are too good to cut
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May 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Some quotes are too good to cut
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welp I sent an email
May 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
welp I sent an email
Twelve hours ago, Ras Baraka was just the mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Chances are that if you weren’t from NJ, you had no idea who he was.
Now he’s a national figure. A household name. A hero.
Jimmy Breslin would’ve recognized ICE. Another gang that couldn’t shoot straight. Only much more evil.
Now he’s a national figure. A household name. A hero.
Jimmy Breslin would’ve recognized ICE. Another gang that couldn’t shoot straight. Only much more evil.
The crowd won't let him leave, so Newark Mayor Ras Baraka gets out and starts walking with the people for the crowd to finally start clearing.
May 10, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Twelve hours ago, Ras Baraka was just the mayor of Newark, New Jersey. Chances are that if you weren’t from NJ, you had no idea who he was.
Now he’s a national figure. A household name. A hero.
Jimmy Breslin would’ve recognized ICE. Another gang that couldn’t shoot straight. Only much more evil.
Now he’s a national figure. A household name. A hero.
Jimmy Breslin would’ve recognized ICE. Another gang that couldn’t shoot straight. Only much more evil.
Hey Jersey. Do your thing.
There will be protests about this. There will be escalation. They did this in Jersey.
I say this with all the admiration in the world. Jersey will FUCKING TAKE YOU OUT.
I say this with all the admiration in the world. Jersey will FUCKING TAKE YOU OUT.
May 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Hey Jersey. Do your thing.
Think of it like this.
Amazon is the evil Empire.
Independent bookstores are the rebel bases.
Go out, buy books from your local indie bookseller, and support the rebellion today!
#IndependentBookstoreDay #BrooklynBookstoreCrawl
Amazon is the evil Empire.
Independent bookstores are the rebel bases.
Go out, buy books from your local indie bookseller, and support the rebellion today!
#IndependentBookstoreDay #BrooklynBookstoreCrawl
April 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Think of it like this.
Amazon is the evil Empire.
Independent bookstores are the rebel bases.
Go out, buy books from your local indie bookseller, and support the rebellion today!
#IndependentBookstoreDay #BrooklynBookstoreCrawl
Amazon is the evil Empire.
Independent bookstores are the rebel bases.
Go out, buy books from your local indie bookseller, and support the rebellion today!
#IndependentBookstoreDay #BrooklynBookstoreCrawl
Wow
While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists.
April 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Wow
April 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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"Autism is not a disease, or a tragedy. Autism is one of many unique components that add to the beautiful mosaic called humanity." - Greta Harrison / Image by #BornFabulousPodcast
April 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Autism is not a disease, or a tragedy. Autism is one of many unique components that add to the beautiful mosaic called humanity." - Greta Harrison / Image by #BornFabulousPodcast
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Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.
April 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Don’t look at me, I voted for the black lady who didn’t want to burn down our economy.
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So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
International tourism is worth $200 billion every year to the US economy.
Sorry, *was.
Sorry, *was.
March 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So we could lose $200B in tourism, $100B in immigrants paying taxes, $100B in weapons manufacturing, $500B in lost tax revenue from firing IRS employees… is it sinking in yet?
Stephen Miller wouldn’t know an actual Marxist if Karl bit him on the leg. He just labels anyone who rules against him, speaks against him, or thinks against him a commie. Ironic, given how far up Putin’s анус he and the whole administration are.
Also, Stephen? Even Roy Cohn wouldn’t like you.
Also, Stephen? Even Roy Cohn wouldn’t like you.
Courts willing to follow the Constitution and the law are the only things standing between us and Stephen Miller’s dystopia right now. And he isn’t happy about it.
March 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Stephen Miller wouldn’t know an actual Marxist if Karl bit him on the leg. He just labels anyone who rules against him, speaks against him, or thinks against him a commie. Ironic, given how far up Putin’s анус he and the whole administration are.
Also, Stephen? Even Roy Cohn wouldn’t like you.
Also, Stephen? Even Roy Cohn wouldn’t like you.
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New slogan: “Stick a Fork in It, Baby.”
Scoop: The Washington Post recently—and quietly—removed its "Democracy Dies in Darkness" slogan from the opening sequence of its app, a notable change given Jeff Bezos once insisted it always appear alongside the logo. It also no longer appears atop its mobile site. www.status.news/p/washington...
Democracy Dies in the Light
The Post’s slogan hasn’t died in darkness, but with Jeff Bezos trying to steer the newspaper in a new direction, it is taking a noticeable step back from the spotlight.
www.status.news
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
New slogan: “Stick a Fork in It, Baby.”
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In case anyone was wondering, we are here:
March 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In case anyone was wondering, we are here:
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An inclusive workforce is more productive and innovative. "Inclusive" means all marginalized groups, including people with disabilities. - Greta Harrison / Image by #BornFabulousPodcast
March 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
An inclusive workforce is more productive and innovative. "Inclusive" means all marginalized groups, including people with disabilities. - Greta Harrison / Image by #BornFabulousPodcast
Five years in, I’m still masking. My JD and my 40 years of lawyering say no one is going to stop me.
If you want to help disabled people fight New York's proposed mask ban... wear a mask.
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
If more people would mask up in solidarity, these important accessibility tools would be harder to ban.
Help us normalize masking and protect your health in the process!
March 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Five years in, I’m still masking. My JD and my 40 years of lawyering say no one is going to stop me.
Hey @schatz.bsky.social, here’s a little loving advice from an older (wiser?) constituent. Instead of bashing mask mandates with 20-20 hindsight, maybe get out there and do what AOC and Bernie are doing.
March 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Hey @schatz.bsky.social, here’s a little loving advice from an older (wiser?) constituent. Instead of bashing mask mandates with 20-20 hindsight, maybe get out there and do what AOC and Bernie are doing.
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I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUBJECT: Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court Lawyers
www.whitehouse.gov
March 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy.
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...