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.
But the technical term for a billion dances (10 to the ninth) is a cotillion.
October 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
But the technical term for a billion dances (10 to the ninth) is a cotillion.
The Hugo Boss Baby.
October 28, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The Hugo Boss Baby.
You can’t expect the goons to be clear about who gets to be called “auntie” in cultures not their own.
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 PM
You can’t expect the goons to be clear about who gets to be called “auntie” in cultures not their own.
It’s not the Pentagon.
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s not the Pentagon.
Ianucci, for sure.
October 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Ianucci, for sure.
I was not yet deep into my drinking years.
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I was not yet deep into my drinking years.
I predate the props era too. This was fall 1975–all that was known about the film in the media coverage was that RHPS’s initial release had been a flop. In later years, I felt a little sad for people whose first experience of the film had been mediated by others’ mimetic worship of it.
October 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I predate the props era too. This was fall 1975–all that was known about the film in the media coverage was that RHPS’s initial release had been a flop. In later years, I felt a little sad for people whose first experience of the film had been mediated by others’ mimetic worship of it.
I predate the shadow-cast era!
October 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I predate the shadow-cast era!
"It was great when it all began. I was a regular Frankie fan."
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"It was great when it all began. I was a regular Frankie fan."
They are. That’s why this story appearing there is particularly interesting.
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
They are. That’s why this story appearing there is particularly interesting.
Well, the Velvets’ genius didn’t come to me until well after their record releases (when I had enough money to buy more vinyl).
October 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Well, the Velvets’ genius didn’t come to me until well after their record releases (when I had enough money to buy more vinyl).
Just imagine how my week has been.
October 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Just imagine how my week has been.
Sure, on the ground level. But look at the drone footage.
October 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Sure, on the ground level. But look at the drone footage.
Shhhh, don't tell them.
October 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Shhhh, don't tell them.
It's the Darkest Timeline: the timeline that reached 1. youtu.be/POT3plx0vBs?...
The Darkest Timeline: The '1' Timeline | Community
YouTube video by Community
youtu.be
October 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's the Darkest Timeline: the timeline that reached 1. youtu.be/POT3plx0vBs?...
Randy Newman captured the zeitgeist. genius.com/Randy-newman...
Randy Newman – Sail Away
“Sail Away” by Randy Newman appears on his album, Sail Away (1972).
Newman presents “the pitch” of an American slave trader to Africans in Bonny, off the west coast of Nigeria
genius.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Randy Newman captured the zeitgeist. genius.com/Randy-newman...
Just the opposite. See this for the baseline expectation: www.npr.org/2024/10/23/n...
'I need the kind of generals that Hitler had': The reporting behind Trump's comment
Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic talks with NPR's Juana Summers about former President Donald J. Trump's perspective on military personnel.
www.npr.org
October 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Just the opposite. See this for the baseline expectation: www.npr.org/2024/10/23/n...