Worse...

Truth be told, this should be prosecuted as "Assault by pointing":
Which is a felony.

CA finally (FINALLY) replaced all the EBT cards with chip & pin recently, I suspect a lot of states just, well, haven't.

Being able to advocate as a celebrity AND lawyer contributes more weight than just as a celebrity, especially one who would naturally be dismissed as 'vapid and shallow'

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

One of my goals in life is to never be in a position where I can calculate a net benefit in carrying a firearm (except for, eg, punching holes in paper at the range or attempting to hunt)

And don't forget the suicide risk.

A gun for home defense generally strikes me as beyond silly: home invasions, unless there are specific risk factors (usually being in the illicit pharmaceutical trade) don't happen.

I had a student who wondered about home defense. They followed my advice and got an aluminum baseball bat instead.

A gun for home defense generally strikes me as beyond silly: home invasions, unless there are specific risk factors (usually being in the illicit pharmaceutical trade) don't happen.

I had a student who wondered about home defense. They followed my advice and got an aluminum baseball bat instead.

Her ability to advocate and lobby, however, is enhanced should she pass the bar.

I think I may have to set up a 3D-printing whistle factory, because that would suggest the SF Bay Area

/3 Meanwhile, she actually gives a shit about carceral culture and has used fame and influence to try to encourage clemency in actual cases impacting actual lives. I have the bog-standard old man view of Kardashian Kulture, but her heart seems to be in the right place on this.

/2 People who do law apprenticeships like she did have a much lower passage rate, closer to 25%. Karsashian is super fortunate and privileged but people like her often don’t have anyone close to them who will say “this isn’t a realistic idea and you should reconsider.”

if there was a single org with reporters who could pull off hijacking a Russian fighter, you know it'd be Bellingcat 😂

that one I found especially striking because dems are barely acknowledging that issue, and even on bluesky, the supposed deranged leftwing bubble, it is maybe a b-tier issue for people to post about, very much eclipsed by ice raids