Park Silkenson
@psilk.bsky.social
Progressive. Defense lawyer. Techie. Austin, TX
It’s always a good day when you get a two-word verdict! (Not me, but another lawyer in my office.)
October 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It’s always a good day when you get a two-word verdict! (Not me, but another lawyer in my office.)
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Manchaca.
What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
October 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Manchaca.
Re-pairing an @Apple Watch with a new iPhone is still one of the most frustrating, buggy, and absolutely infuriating things about owning Apple devices. How is this STILL so bad?
October 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Re-pairing an @Apple Watch with a new iPhone is still one of the most frustrating, buggy, and absolutely infuriating things about owning Apple devices. How is this STILL so bad?
This shit where Sinclair is refusing to air @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social tonight reminds me of the propaganda they forced the anchors of their stations to air back in 2018.
September 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This shit where Sinclair is refusing to air @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social tonight reminds me of the propaganda they forced the anchors of their stations to air back in 2018.
I don’t usually watch Kimmel, but I’m DEFINITELY watching tomorrow night. I hope he tells Brendan Carr to fuck off.
#jimmykimmel #FDT
#jimmykimmel #FDT
September 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I don’t usually watch Kimmel, but I’m DEFINITELY watching tomorrow night. I hope he tells Brendan Carr to fuck off.
#jimmykimmel #FDT
#jimmykimmel #FDT
I think @apple is in for a HUGE surprise today/tomorrow when millions of people who have automatic updates turned on see iOS 26 and Liquid Glass on their iPhones. It’s not going to go well, and I hope the inevitable negative feedback forces them to make significant changes.
September 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I think @apple is in for a HUGE surprise today/tomorrow when millions of people who have automatic updates turned on see iOS 26 and Liquid Glass on their iPhones. It’s not going to go well, and I hope the inevitable negative feedback forces them to make significant changes.
I saw Weapons last night, and I’m baffled at all of the good reviews. It was so bad that I wrote a review on @letterboxd.
A ★½ review of Weapons (2025)
I was very disappointed in this movie. It took too long to get to the substance of the plot, there were too many plot holes, and it left me wanting a much better explanation of the backstory. I feel…
boxd.it
September 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I saw Weapons last night, and I’m baffled at all of the good reviews. It was so bad that I wrote a review on @letterboxd.
Nooooo! Don’t ticket the @waymo.bsky.social!
August 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Nooooo! Don’t ticket the @waymo.bsky.social!
Anyone preventing her from leaving should be arrested for unlawful restraint.
Per NBC’s Ryan Chandler: Rep Nicole Collier is locked inside of the Texas House chamber because she refuses to sign a “permission slip” to leave the floor with a DPS escort.
August 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Anyone preventing her from leaving should be arrested for unlawful restraint.
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"You think I showed up with ChatGPT? Mary Shelley used me… gratuitously. Dickinson? Obsessed." "I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not."
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
www.mcsweeneys.net
July 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"You think I showed up with ChatGPT? Mary Shelley used me… gratuitously. Dickinson? Obsessed." "I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not."
Ok, the AT&T download speed at ORD is impressive.
July 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Ok, the AT&T download speed at ORD is impressive.
On Friday, while biking to see fireworks, I crashed and face-planted into the sidewalk. Luckily, my teeth are ok and I didn’t break any bones.
July 8, 2025 at 3:56 AM
On Friday, while biking to see fireworks, I crashed and face-planted into the sidewalk. Luckily, my teeth are ok and I didn’t break any bones.
Happy Independence Day. Here are some fireworks to distract from the fact that the Republicans are hell-bent on destroying this country.
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Happy Independence Day. Here are some fireworks to distract from the fact that the Republicans are hell-bent on destroying this country.
Tandem Ciders (North Michigan).
July 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Tandem Ciders (North Michigan).
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Super fucking embarrassing if this is actually Joe Rogan
But somehow even more embarrassing if it's not
But somehow even more embarrassing if it's not
June 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Super fucking embarrassing if this is actually Joe Rogan
But somehow even more embarrassing if it's not
But somehow even more embarrassing if it's not
In a couple years, Karen Read is going to release an “If I Did It” book.
#KarenRead
#KarenRead
June 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
In a couple years, Karen Read is going to release an “If I Did It” book.
#KarenRead
#KarenRead
These questions from the jury do not look good for Karen Read. I see some guilty verdicts coming. #KarenRead
June 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
These questions from the jury do not look good for Karen Read. I see some guilty verdicts coming. #KarenRead
About to see Pee Wes’s Big Adventure at The Paramount.
June 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
About to see Pee Wes’s Big Adventure at The Paramount.
That the defense is using this video to say that the Read’s Lexus taillight was NOT broken by O’Keefe’s elbow is insane.
June 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
That the defense is using this video to say that the Read’s Lexus taillight was NOT broken by O’Keefe’s elbow is insane.
More evidence that the republican legislators in Texas, and Greg Abbott, are complete morons.
Remember the "litter boxes in school" furries controversy? We all knew it was nonsense, right? Well in Texas, Repubs drafted an actual LAW to ban these fever dreams. Our gov backed it, too, because we live in a direct-to-video sequel to Idiocracy. I wrote about it: thebarbedwire.com/2025/05/16/t...
Texas Tried to Ban Imaginary Furries in Schools. Yes, the Governor Was On Board. No, It’s Not a Joke.
Bill targeting nonexistent cat-children dies in committee, achieving nothing but widespread secondhand embarrassment.
thebarbedwire.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
More evidence that the republican legislators in Texas, and Greg Abbott, are complete morons.
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Apple Turnover: hypercritical.co/2025/05/09/a...
Apple Turnover
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May 9, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Apple Turnover: hypercritical.co/2025/05/09/a...
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This is such a good (and by good I mean deeply unsettling) read:
New at The Watch:
A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
A Texas attorney gave some free legal advice to an undocumented family. Then two law enforcement officers showed up at his door.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
The courage to be decent
The Trump administration wants to make us afraid to look out for one another. Don't let them.
radleybalko.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is such a good (and by good I mean deeply unsettling) read: