Mike Godwin
@mnemonic.bsky.social
Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
Dude, fire your stylist!
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Dude, fire your stylist!
C’mon, it’s plainly unfair to label Bovino a Nazi just because his barber and tailor are Nazis.
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
C’mon, it’s plainly unfair to label Bovino a Nazi just because his barber and tailor are Nazis.
Half a century ago, sometime close to my 19th birthday, I decided to, uh, cultivate the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult-film status as a way to avoid too much studying or sleeping.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Half a century ago, sometime close to my 19th birthday, I decided to, uh, cultivate the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult-film status as a way to avoid too much studying or sleeping.
Google Maps captured President Trump’s destruction of the East Wing after he piloted his terroristic ego into it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Google Maps captured President Trump’s destruction of the East Wing after he piloted his terroristic ego into it.
I don't think I projected this bit.
October 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I don't think I projected this bit.
It's probably a sign of the lawyer in me, but I actually do research my jokes as I write them.
October 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It's probably a sign of the lawyer in me, but I actually do research my jokes as I write them.
I still remember a lot from Sunday School (stmarks-houston.org), which can be helpful in assessing pronunciamento cheese on Twitter.
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I still remember a lot from Sunday School (stmarks-houston.org), which can be helpful in assessing pronunciamento cheese on Twitter.
I wanted to make a joke about this, but couldn't bring myself to engage in Homan Trafficking.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wanted to make a joke about this, but couldn't bring myself to engage in Homan Trafficking.
Cerritos and the Three Titans is the name of my new band.
September 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Cerritos and the Three Titans is the name of my new band.
I don't know. It looks more like a bad drawing of the Woolworth Building than like a bad drawing of the Empire State Building.
July 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I don't know. It looks more like a bad drawing of the Woolworth Building than like a bad drawing of the Empire State Building.
So unexpected to come in here just to wash my hands, only to find that the person ahead of me neglected to flush you down.
July 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
So unexpected to come in here just to wash my hands, only to find that the person ahead of me neglected to flush you down.
Netflix didn't dump it.
July 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Netflix didn't dump it.
No, really, this guy wrote a series of skeets to explain to me how social media work. (Well, he says "social media works.") Just preserving this for the refs.
July 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
No, really, this guy wrote a series of skeets to explain to me how social media work. (Well, he says "social media works.") Just preserving this for the refs.
Meant to share this.
June 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Meant to share this.
Literally just read the words I wrote (screenshot). Nothing in the Constitution *requires* that prisoners be used for labor. What this language in the 13th reflects is the expectation (in the 1860s) that if you were lawfully imprisoned you could be required to do involuntary labor.
June 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Literally just read the words I wrote (screenshot). Nothing in the Constitution *requires* that prisoners be used for labor. What this language in the 13th reflects is the expectation (in the 1860s) that if you were lawfully imprisoned you could be required to do involuntary labor.
Apparently this property now has a tenant.
June 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Apparently this property now has a tenant.
Across the boulevard from the Paramount Home Depot.
June 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Across the boulevard from the Paramount Home Depot.
My DMs aren't any better than my public postings.
May 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My DMs aren't any better than my public postings.
Dressed up for the Zoom party.
May 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dressed up for the Zoom party.
I ordered my copy from Amazon. It took a couple of weeks to arrive, but I got it.
May 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I ordered my copy from Amazon. It took a couple of weeks to arrive, but I got it.
The ones who won't cart themselves away from Omelas.
May 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The ones who won't cart themselves away from Omelas.
Worst Streisand Effect prompt ever. By which I mean "Best." @mmasnick.bsky.social do you have thoughts?
April 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Worst Streisand Effect prompt ever. By which I mean "Best." @mmasnick.bsky.social do you have thoughts?
I misread "the woke mind parasite" as "the worm mind parasite," and thought immediately of the Secretary of Health & Human Services.
March 19, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I misread "the woke mind parasite" as "the worm mind parasite," and thought immediately of the Secretary of Health & Human Services.