Joshua Libling
@jjl.bsky.social
Feminist. Father. Litigation Funder. Former big law. Totally incoherent brand.
Becoming worrying interested in collecting dice.
Becoming worrying interested in collecting dice.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
So much explanation in one graph.
America's problems: the right-most bulge is who votes in GOP primaries.
America's perceived problems: the left-bulge and right-bulge are the most online.
Dialog about the parties: the GOP bulges are further apart than the Dem ones.
America's problems: the right-most bulge is who votes in GOP primaries.
America's perceived problems: the left-bulge and right-bulge are the most online.
Dialog about the parties: the GOP bulges are further apart than the Dem ones.
Not the point of @gelliottmorris.com piece, but look at this divide among Republicans on social issues. Half of them look like normal people and the other half are way out of step with the rest of the country. There’s a bit of a mirror on the left but much smaller.
November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So much explanation in one graph.
America's problems: the right-most bulge is who votes in GOP primaries.
America's perceived problems: the left-bulge and right-bulge are the most online.
Dialog about the parties: the GOP bulges are further apart than the Dem ones.
America's problems: the right-most bulge is who votes in GOP primaries.
America's perceived problems: the left-bulge and right-bulge are the most online.
Dialog about the parties: the GOP bulges are further apart than the Dem ones.
One of the best moments is when Burnham (Spacey) and Hayes (Suvari) are about to have sex and she tells him she is not as experienced as he thought she was, and he realizes she is a child, and tells her to get dressed.
The *whole point* is that his lust blinded him to the actual person Hayes was.
The *whole point* is that his lust blinded him to the actual person Hayes was.
MAN WHAT?
using kevin spacey for a comparison or example here is definitely… a choice
using kevin spacey for a comparison or example here is definitely… a choice
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One of the best moments is when Burnham (Spacey) and Hayes (Suvari) are about to have sex and she tells him she is not as experienced as he thought she was, and he realizes she is a child, and tells her to get dressed.
The *whole point* is that his lust blinded him to the actual person Hayes was.
The *whole point* is that his lust blinded him to the actual person Hayes was.
Texas politicians said "oh, no, we mustn't gerrymander on partisan grounds, only to create districts with the right racial composition"
while, and this is the key....
SCOTUS has been on a campaign of late to say "you absolutely can gerrymander on partisan grounds, just not on racial ones."
while, and this is the key....
SCOTUS has been on a campaign of late to say "you absolutely can gerrymander on partisan grounds, just not on racial ones."
"But when the Trump Administration reframed its request as a demand to redistrict congressional seats based on their racial makeup, Texas lawmakers immediately jumped on board."
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
— Trump appointee Jeffrey V. Brown, writing for a 3-judge panel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Texas politicians said "oh, no, we mustn't gerrymander on partisan grounds, only to create districts with the right racial composition"
while, and this is the key....
SCOTUS has been on a campaign of late to say "you absolutely can gerrymander on partisan grounds, just not on racial ones."
while, and this is the key....
SCOTUS has been on a campaign of late to say "you absolutely can gerrymander on partisan grounds, just not on racial ones."
So, the funniest thing in the world would be if Texas couldn't use its new map and California did use its new map.
Whoa: A federal court just barred Texas from using its new congressional map, drawn by the GOP to target Dems.
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"Substantial evidence shows that Texas racially gerrymandered the 2025 Map."
Court says the old map must be used in 2026. Appeals are certain. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
So, the funniest thing in the world would be if Texas couldn't use its new map and California did use its new map.
What's a random fun fact about you?
I started collecting dice and now own dozens of sets of what I think of as display dice in addition to the undifferentiated hoard I keep in normal dice bags.
I started collecting dice and now own dozens of sets of what I think of as display dice in addition to the undifferentiated hoard I keep in normal dice bags.
What's a random fun fact about you?
I am truly ambidextrous and can draw/write with either hand.
I am truly ambidextrous and can draw/write with either hand.
What's a random fun fact about you?
Mine is that I can unicycle and juggle...although probably not both at the same time anymore. 😂
Mine is that I can unicycle and juggle...although probably not both at the same time anymore. 😂
November 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What's a random fun fact about you?
I started collecting dice and now own dozens of sets of what I think of as display dice in addition to the undifferentiated hoard I keep in normal dice bags.
I started collecting dice and now own dozens of sets of what I think of as display dice in addition to the undifferentiated hoard I keep in normal dice bags.
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A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
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 10:51 AM
A guy makes ONE tiny mistake (has a years-long friendship with the world's worst sex trafficker; brags about sexually harassing colleagues; is racist; says women are stupid) and his whole LIFE is blown up (does slightly fewer speaking engagements; keeps teaching at #1 university)??!?!?!?!?!
Why @nytgames.bsky.social ? Why? It's a word!
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Why @nytgames.bsky.social ? Why? It's a word!
This should be a thing. RJK Jr should spend the rest of his life being quacked at by strangers wherever he goes.
OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This should be a thing. RJK Jr should spend the rest of his life being quacked at by strangers wherever he goes.
Why is it impossible to do a 10 minute task in the 13 minutes before my next call?
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Why is it impossible to do a 10 minute task in the 13 minutes before my next call?
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Could a quote possibly be more on the nose for Bari, the Ellisons, the Trump movement, or this whole era in American life than "what's the point of standards"? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Could a quote possibly be more on the nose for Bari, the Ellisons, the Trump movement, or this whole era in American life than "what's the point of standards"? www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Having one of those mornings when I want to get every powerful or influential person in the world and scream at them about how they suck at their jobs.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Having one of those mornings when I want to get every powerful or influential person in the world and scream at them about how they suck at their jobs.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
.....These mornings have been becoming more frequent.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Fight don’t fold.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Fight don’t fold.
The 4 Segments of American Polity
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
November 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The 4 Segments of American Polity
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
GOP - Authoritarians
Dems - Fundraisers and consultants hiring each other
Elites - Trained to think in time periods ranging from "the next news cycle" to "the next 3 month financial report" and incapable of anything else
The People - On their own and mad as hell
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
Spineless. Weak. Pathetic.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care:
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Spineless. Weak. Pathetic.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
Democrats like Time Kaine are addicted to losing.
They were *winning* and still caved.
The English language does not contain words strong enough for this level of craven.
Not sure if I agree, but an interesting framing.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
My personal bias is the ideal form of art is middlebrow, meaning it has the accessibility of pop art but the depth and strangeness of high art. Shakespeare, Austen, Twain, etc. It seems like there have been times and places that encouraged this, but they are perhaps rare?
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Not sure if I agree, but an interesting framing.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
I have very little time for inaccessible art. I get that if you study for 5-10 years, you might get a lot out of Ulysses, but it's extraordinarily self indulgent to write only for that audience.
There is absolutely no version of legitimate law enforcement that involved disappearing people.
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There is absolutely no version of legitimate law enforcement that involved disappearing people.
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
This is disgusting.
(Also, people at court hearings are following the rules!)
(Also, even people who don't follow the rules deserve due process; that's actually what the process is for!)
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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I refuse to read this, but to be clear women have been in the workplace forever.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
November 6, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I refuse to read this, but to be clear women have been in the workplace forever.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
It's just that they used to be in subservient roles and it was considered funny (to other men) to sexually harass them.
It's not women being there that is the "problem," it's treating women as equals.
I have friends who have argued before the US Supreme Court and I have never in my life been more envious of another litigator's argument opportunity than I am of this closing.
Defense begins, “This case, ladies and gentlemen, is about a sandwich. A sandwich that according to Agent Lairmore somehow both exploded on his chest in a spray of mustard and onions but also landed intact on the ground still in its Subway wrapper.”
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I have friends who have argued before the US Supreme Court and I have never in my life been more envious of another litigator's argument opportunity than I am of this closing.
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The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The solution to the male loneliness epidemic is attending a local Democratic Party canvassing event.
Men on the right: Deny having feelings. Freak out over the sensation of bread through tactical armor. Call themselves alphas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Men on the right: Deny having feelings. Freak out over the sensation of bread through tactical armor. Call themselves alphas.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.