opadit
@opadit.bsky.social
she/her | dual-citizen, dual-jurisdiction Philadelphia lawyer in St. John's, NL, Canada | 2SLGBTQIA+🏳️🌈 ally | trans rights are human rights | "[Y]ou do not know anyone as stupid as [the current president]. You just don't." - Fran Lebowitz | go birds
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opadit
@opadit.bsky.social
· Feb 5
my point isn't (merely) doom; my point is that the plaintiffs and lawyers and anybody else opposing the administration needs to be realistic and understand where this is actually going because SCOTUS has almost literally told us that they aren't a co-equal branch against this man
lawyer's corollary: don't put in e-mail (or in a text, or in a voicemail, or on social media) anything you don't want read back to you in court
all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
lawyer's corollary: don't put in e-mail (or in a text, or in a voicemail, or on social media) anything you don't want read back to you in court
yes, THE BLUE LAGOON was problematic & it capped off a whole damn decade of deeply problematic films (e.g., LAST TANGO IN PARIS), & there's a million commentators out here who weren't around in 1980-81 & it's great on the one hand but, damn, we could really use some institutional memory right now
In 1981 the whole country was bad guys I guess.
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
yes, THE BLUE LAGOON was problematic & it capped off a whole damn decade of deeply problematic films (e.g., LAST TANGO IN PARIS), & there's a million commentators out here who weren't around in 1980-81 & it's great on the one hand but, damn, we could really use some institutional memory right now
your wordle and puzzle dollars at work
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
your wordle and puzzle dollars at work
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One time back when I was a prosecutor I was trying a CSAM case and I asked a psychologist if the defendant being a pedophile should factor into his sentencing, in the sense of asking whether paraphilias could be treated.
And this very smart doctor said to me:
And this very smart doctor said to me:
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
One time back when I was a prosecutor I was trying a CSAM case and I asked a psychologist if the defendant being a pedophile should factor into his sentencing, in the sense of asking whether paraphilias could be treated.
And this very smart doctor said to me:
And this very smart doctor said to me:
OMG why won't this brief due tomorrow write its own damn self
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
OMG why won't this brief due tomorrow write its own damn self
TFW you get ratfucked by Brian Tierney in paragraph 132: drive.google.com/file/d/1FSZm...
serious drama at the PMA
serious drama at the PMA
l94CK5O8J.pdf
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
TFW you get ratfucked by Brian Tierney in paragraph 132: drive.google.com/file/d/1FSZm...
serious drama at the PMA
serious drama at the PMA
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sixers win
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
sixers win
TIL "toodle-oo" is a corruption of "à tout à l'heure"
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TIL "toodle-oo" is a corruption of "à tout à l'heure"
OMG
The whole Eagles Defense was yelling “Inside Zone this way!” before the snap
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
OMG
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Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
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Let's be clear: Giuliani lost his Bar licenses because he lied in court and other official settings about the integrity of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania, not because of anything having to do with the electors.
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Let's be clear: Giuliani lost his Bar licenses because he lied in court and other official settings about the integrity of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania, not because of anything having to do with the electors.
1 - accepting pardon = admission of guilt
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
1 - accepting pardon = admission of guilt
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
BREAKING
the "pardon" is meaningless because they were charged, if at all, with state crimes, and/or they face consequences from their law license disciplinary authorities, and/or the statute has run on any federal crimes they might have been charged with before now
the "pardon" is meaningless because they were charged, if at all, with state crimes, and/or they face consequences from their law license disciplinary authorities, and/or the statute has run on any federal crimes they might have been charged with before now
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
BREAKING
the "pardon" is meaningless because they were charged, if at all, with state crimes, and/or they face consequences from their law license disciplinary authorities, and/or the statute has run on any federal crimes they might have been charged with before now
the "pardon" is meaningless because they were charged, if at all, with state crimes, and/or they face consequences from their law license disciplinary authorities, and/or the statute has run on any federal crimes they might have been charged with before now
it's been a long time since I lived south of the Mason-Dixon line and parents kept their kids from me and my sibling because they thought that the parent who took us swimming at the Y was Jewish, so I don't mean to be naive ...
but seriously, do people in Alabama really believe this kind of thing?
but seriously, do people in Alabama really believe this kind of thing?
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
it's been a long time since I lived south of the Mason-Dixon line and parents kept their kids from me and my sibling because they thought that the parent who took us swimming at the Y was Jewish, so I don't mean to be naive ...
but seriously, do people in Alabama really believe this kind of thing?
but seriously, do people in Alabama really believe this kind of thing?
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VJ Edgecombe! Sixers rookie brings hope to Philly.
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
VJ Edgecombe! Sixers rookie brings hope to Philly.
congrats to the voters and non-voters who put the president in office -- not sure when my transgender child will be able to renew their U.S. passport AND VISIT THEIR GRANDPARENTS AGAIN
Must-read report from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today’s SCOTUS order allowing the Trump administration to implement its anti-trans and anti-nonbinary passport policy.
Breaking: SCOTUS lets Trump administration implement anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy
The Democratic appointees, led by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented. The ruling, which applies during litigation, effectively reverses two lower court rulings.
www.lawdork.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
congrats to the voters and non-voters who put the president in office -- not sure when my transgender child will be able to renew their U.S. passport AND VISIT THEIR GRANDPARENTS AGAIN
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Using this logic, schools can't bar students from using racial slurs.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit, in a 10-7 en banc decision, holds that an Ohio school district's anti-bullying policy that requires students to use children's preferred pronouns is likely unconstitutional on these facts.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
Judge Murphy, a Trump appointee, writes the court's decision.
November 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Using this logic, schools can't bar students from using racial slurs.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
Also, the "solution" to this is for any student misgendered to punch the offender and start a fight, proving the use of slurs causes a substantial disruption.
Finally, Fuck you fascists and keep Tinker out of your mouth.
"see manual for format"
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #unix v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
#retrocomputing
November 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"see manual for format"
that's some coffee
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
that's some coffee
TFW the suburbs are sick of Vichy cops on one side of Philadelphia and undertrained keystone kops on the other (N.B. auto-play video): 6abc.com/post/newly-e...
Newly elected sheriffs in Delaware, Bucks counties among youngest in country
Siddiq Kamarasays his victory - along with his friend Danny Ceisler's election as Bucks County Sheriff - reflects voters' desire for change.
6abc.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
TFW the suburbs are sick of Vichy cops on one side of Philadelphia and undertrained keystone kops on the other (N.B. auto-play video): 6abc.com/post/newly-e...
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
new definitions of "neoliberal" and "shill" just dropped
The reason 30 Rock succeeds years later while parks and rec has aged like a toilet full of milk, is that 30 Rock doesnt shy away from portraying Liz Lemon as an obvious villian with a victim/hero complex, whereas Leslie Knope was played just a straight hero character, even tho she is a neolib shill
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
new definitions of "neoliberal" and "shill" just dropped
results in New Jersey's governor race broken down by county making me scratch my head as to how Vineland (Cumberland County) would vote Dem while Salem and Cape May Counties predictably voted GOP
November 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
results in New Jersey's governor race broken down by county making me scratch my head as to how Vineland (Cumberland County) would vote Dem while Salem and Cape May Counties predictably voted GOP