Innocent🕷Abroad
@jjgass.bsky.social
US lawyer living in England. Previously lived in 日本, NL, France. Motorbikes, cricket, opera, etc. He/him. Jew.
Pinned
Grateful to the International Bar Association for helping keep my nationality on the DL at the Toronto annual conference
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton:
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
It was a dark and stormy night - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Edward Bulwer-Lytton:
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
Of course he'll continue teaching.
Where else is he going to find his next target?
Where else is he going to find his next target?
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Of course he'll continue teaching.
Where else is he going to find his next target?
Where else is he going to find his next target?
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the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric ex-South Carolina governors who frequent the Appalachian trail
the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric Kennedys with worms-that-aren't-really-worms for brains
November 18, 2025 at 4:14 AM
the dating pool for 30-something straight women is so bleak that some are willing to settle for geriatric ex-South Carolina governors who frequent the Appalachian trail
There was a time when Cowboys-Raiders on Monday Night Football would have been one of the events of the TV season.
MNF was huge. Dallas & Oakland were perhaps the two most glamorous & successful teams in any American sport over a 15- or 20-year period.
Anyway, my childhood was a long time ago.
MNF was huge. Dallas & Oakland were perhaps the two most glamorous & successful teams in any American sport over a 15- or 20-year period.
Anyway, my childhood was a long time ago.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There was a time when Cowboys-Raiders on Monday Night Football would have been one of the events of the TV season.
MNF was huge. Dallas & Oakland were perhaps the two most glamorous & successful teams in any American sport over a 15- or 20-year period.
Anyway, my childhood was a long time ago.
MNF was huge. Dallas & Oakland were perhaps the two most glamorous & successful teams in any American sport over a 15- or 20-year period.
Anyway, my childhood was a long time ago.
Respect
I’m not sure, even under time pressure. I could write a sentence that started: “With respect to Agent-3’s taint….”
And, obviously, thoughts turned immediately to @kenwhite.bsky.social
I’m not sure, even under time pressure. I could write a sentence that started: “With respect to Agent-3’s taint….”
And, obviously, thoughts turned immediately to @kenwhite.bsky.social
Comey already filed his response. That's extremely fast, even for an emergency motion
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Respect
I’m not sure, even under time pressure. I could write a sentence that started: “With respect to Agent-3’s taint….”
And, obviously, thoughts turned immediately to @kenwhite.bsky.social
I’m not sure, even under time pressure. I could write a sentence that started: “With respect to Agent-3’s taint….”
And, obviously, thoughts turned immediately to @kenwhite.bsky.social
As someone who lives outside the United States, I can assure him that they are laughing at us.
Well, not at us, really.
At him.
Well, not at us, really.
At him.
Trump: "They don't laugh at us anymore. They respect us now, again. And that's what we want. We want to be liked. We want to be respected much more so than being liked. And you know in a certain way they like us better now too. Because the world was ripping off our country. Not sustainable."
November 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
As someone who lives outside the United States, I can assure him that they are laughing at us.
Well, not at us, really.
At him.
Well, not at us, really.
At him.
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At this point, letting this bullshit continue is clearly elder abuse.
Trump dances after wrapping up his speech to McDonald's franchise owners
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
At this point, letting this bullshit continue is clearly elder abuse.
I wrote my undergraduate thesis on the ethics of military intervention, including the question of when (if ever) a government can be so terrible that what we now call “regime change” is justified.
In my judgment, this column isn’t up to the standard of my high school newspaper.
In my judgment, this column isn’t up to the standard of my high school newspaper.
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I wrote my undergraduate thesis on the ethics of military intervention, including the question of when (if ever) a government can be so terrible that what we now call “regime change” is justified.
In my judgment, this column isn’t up to the standard of my high school newspaper.
In my judgment, this column isn’t up to the standard of my high school newspaper.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton:
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
It was a dark and stormy night - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Edward Bulwer-Lytton:
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
“Well, well, well, not so easy to find dramatic prose that doesn’t suck shit, huh?”
I’m not sure people remember what a circus the 2016 Republican nomination was even if you ignore Trump. Ben Carson. Carly Fiorina. Mike Huckabee! Yahoos or unqualified dolts with no political experience everywhere you turned. Plus a few normal politicians for variety.
November 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I’m not sure people remember what a circus the 2016 Republican nomination was even if you ignore Trump. Ben Carson. Carly Fiorina. Mike Huckabee! Yahoos or unqualified dolts with no political experience everywhere you turned. Plus a few normal politicians for variety.
Our rules of professional conduct say it’s unethical to take on a matter you’re not competent to handle. I, for instance, wouldn’t agree to submit a client’s trademark registration application. I think I’m a good lawyer, but that’s not my field.
Anyway, about Lindsay Halligan…
Anyway, about Lindsay Halligan…
Pretty clear from context that she told the grand jury that it was Comey's fault she couldn't explain the evidence because Comey refused to talk to investigators about it, which is just outrageous
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Our rules of professional conduct say it’s unethical to take on a matter you’re not competent to handle. I, for instance, wouldn’t agree to submit a client’s trademark registration application. I think I’m a good lawyer, but that’s not my field.
Anyway, about Lindsay Halligan…
Anyway, about Lindsay Halligan…
In hindsight, “willing to indict whoever the president wants indicted” & “good hair” were not the two most important qualities for a US Attorney
November 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In hindsight, “willing to indict whoever the president wants indicted” & “good hair” were not the two most important qualities for a US Attorney
When, earlier this year I visited the Apache reservation where my family once lived, they were mourning/up in arms about a teenage girl who’d been found dead near Phoenix. It’s a “how many before the authorities do something” situation.
These assholes are such…assholes.
These assholes are such…assholes.
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
When, earlier this year I visited the Apache reservation where my family once lived, they were mourning/up in arms about a teenage girl who’d been found dead near Phoenix. It’s a “how many before the authorities do something” situation.
These assholes are such…assholes.
These assholes are such…assholes.
Might as well have decent policy if the public isn’t paying attention anyway.
Labour is seen as pro-immigration by 47%
(including 6/10 people who are sceptical of immigration,
falling to just 1/3 who are pro-immigration themselves)
Labour is seen as anti-immigration by 28%
(this includes half of those who are pro-immigration,
falls to 1/4 of those sceptical of immigration)
(including 6/10 people who are sceptical of immigration,
falling to just 1/3 who are pro-immigration themselves)
Labour is seen as anti-immigration by 28%
(this includes half of those who are pro-immigration,
falls to 1/4 of those sceptical of immigration)
Those who hold more restrictive views on refugees are more likely to see Labour as pro-immigration, while those who hold more liberal views tend to see Labour as anti-immigration
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Might as well have decent policy if the public isn’t paying attention anyway.
Probably 90% of what I know about Rome I learned from Haynes or “I, Claudius,” & most of the rest isn’t true.
You would learn more from a Natalie Haynes stand up show about the Roman Empire, than you'd ever learn from a Tech Bro.
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Probably 90% of what I know about Rome I learned from Haynes or “I, Claudius,” & most of the rest isn’t true.
Having lived in the UK since 2012, when the Tory-Lib Dem coalition was in power, I can’t wait to find out what it would be like to live under a Labour government.
November 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Having lived in the UK since 2012, when the Tory-Lib Dem coalition was in power, I can’t wait to find out what it would be like to live under a Labour government.
Among the various articles of impeachment that should be ready to roll is one detailing all the violations of the emoluments clauses & corrupt deals.
You might even get a Republican or two to vote for those. It’s so blatant.
You might even get a Republican or two to vote for those. It’s so blatant.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Among the various articles of impeachment that should be ready to roll is one detailing all the violations of the emoluments clauses & corrupt deals.
You might even get a Republican or two to vote for those. It’s so blatant.
You might even get a Republican or two to vote for those. It’s so blatant.
Does he think we’re stupid enough to believe this?
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Does he think we’re stupid enough to believe this?
Larry Summers should no longer be welcome in polite company
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Larry Summers should no longer be welcome in polite company
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Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
November 15, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.
My Dutch isn’t as good as I thought it was. I thought this said Mike Pence is thinking about running for president.
De aanhangers van Donald Trump verketterden de voormalige vicepresident als een verrader, maar inmiddels denkt Mike Pence alweer aan een nieuwe gooi naar het presidentschap. „Het Amerikaanse volk is minder verdeeld dan de politici.”
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Mike Pence: ‘Ik was niet bang in het Capitool. Wel heel boos’
Amerikaanse politiek: De aanhangers van Donald Trump verketterden de voormalige vicepresident als een verrader, maar inmiddels denkt Mike Pence alweer aan een nieuwe gooi naar het presidentschap.…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My Dutch isn’t as good as I thought it was. I thought this said Mike Pence is thinking about running for president.
One can scorn the BU Republican Women upon hearing they've disaffiliated from the BU college Republicans until they get rid of the twat* who called ICE on the car wash. "Oh, so now you care" or "What did you think you were joining."
But it's good to know there are boundaries. Not everyone has them.
But it's good to know there are boundaries. Not everyone has them.
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
One can scorn the BU Republican Women upon hearing they've disaffiliated from the BU college Republicans until they get rid of the twat* who called ICE on the car wash. "Oh, so now you care" or "What did you think you were joining."
But it's good to know there are boundaries. Not everyone has them.
But it's good to know there are boundaries. Not everyone has them.
For more than a decade, I’ve kept images from an MRI of my head & neck, because it’s just so cool to see my brain & eyeballs & spinal cord.
The MRI of my shoulder was only a bit less fascinating.
Trump is so incurious. He knows very little & doesn’t want to learn more.
The MRI of my shoulder was only a bit less fascinating.
Trump is so incurious. He knows very little & doesn’t want to learn more.
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
For more than a decade, I’ve kept images from an MRI of my head & neck, because it’s just so cool to see my brain & eyeballs & spinal cord.
The MRI of my shoulder was only a bit less fascinating.
Trump is so incurious. He knows very little & doesn’t want to learn more.
The MRI of my shoulder was only a bit less fascinating.
Trump is so incurious. He knows very little & doesn’t want to learn more.
The great Dizzy Dean said it better after he was struck in in the head by a batted ball:
“The docs took an X-ray of my head. They didn’t find anything.”
“The docs took an X-ray of my head. They didn’t find anything.”
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The great Dizzy Dean said it better after he was struck in in the head by a batted ball:
“The docs took an X-ray of my head. They didn’t find anything.”
“The docs took an X-ray of my head. They didn’t find anything.”