Saralegal
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Sara, 30+. AuDHD, queer, Jewish diasporist. Public sector paralegal by day, nerd by night.
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Saralegal
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· Apr 24
May God bless you with reading comprehension bimheirah b'yameinu, amen.
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It’s been 60 yrs since Arlo Guthrie was arrested in Massaschusetts. You may have heard the story.👮🏻♂️
Guthrie reflects on his tale becoming the (unofficial) official song of Thanksgiving & on the Guthrie Center's 20th annual free Thanksgiving dinner in Great Barrington
www.boston.com/news/environ...
Guthrie reflects on his tale becoming the (unofficial) official song of Thanksgiving & on the Guthrie Center's 20th annual free Thanksgiving dinner in Great Barrington
www.boston.com/news/environ...
It's been 60 years since Arlo Guthrie was arrested in Massaschusetts. You may have heard the story.
Arlo Guthrie was arrested in Massachusetts 60 years ago and his tale became the unnofficial song of Thanksgiving.
www.boston.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
It’s been 60 yrs since Arlo Guthrie was arrested in Massaschusetts. You may have heard the story.👮🏻♂️
Guthrie reflects on his tale becoming the (unofficial) official song of Thanksgiving & on the Guthrie Center's 20th annual free Thanksgiving dinner in Great Barrington
www.boston.com/news/environ...
Guthrie reflects on his tale becoming the (unofficial) official song of Thanksgiving & on the Guthrie Center's 20th annual free Thanksgiving dinner in Great Barrington
www.boston.com/news/environ...
This is fantastic.
Still working on this daf:
From what time does one [who typically travels for Thanksgiving] begin listening to Alice's Restaurant?
From what time does one [who typically travels for Thanksgiving] begin listening to Alice's Restaurant?
November 27, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This is fantastic.
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She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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Is it good for the Jews? What kind of question is that? Nothing is good for the Jews.
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Is it good for the Jews? What kind of question is that? Nothing is good for the Jews.
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I had such a weird relationship with this game. On the one hand, I adored it. On the other, the ant lion and the spider both *terrified* me.
The manual was also great. Basically a textbook about ants.
The manual was also great. Basically a textbook about ants.
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had such a weird relationship with this game. On the one hand, I adored it. On the other, the ant lion and the spider both *terrified* me.
The manual was also great. Basically a textbook about ants.
The manual was also great. Basically a textbook about ants.
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Just having a little cry reading the latest xkcd how about you xkcd.com/3172
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Just having a little cry reading the latest xkcd how about you xkcd.com/3172
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If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
If you aren't familiar with autism groups, this like the Abundance Democrats and the PSL put out a joint statement
May her memory be a blessing and an inspiration.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
May her memory be a blessing and an inspiration.
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they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed company that provided aid to Gaza, said Monday it would shutter operations.
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
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We are at the point where even other Israeli settlers in the West Bank are starting to go "wow this is fucked up"
www.timesofisrael.com/we-cannot-re...
www.timesofisrael.com/we-cannot-re...
‘We cannot remain silent’: 400 Gush Etzion residents sign petition against settler attacks
Violence is 'happening around our communities and we have a responsibility to address it,' says one of the promoters of the initiative
www.timesofisrael.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
We are at the point where even other Israeli settlers in the West Bank are starting to go "wow this is fucked up"
www.timesofisrael.com/we-cannot-re...
www.timesofisrael.com/we-cannot-re...
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BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BREAKING: Judge rules Lindsey Halligan's appointment was not valid, thus, she had no authority to present the James Comey or Letitia James indictments and the indictments are dismissed without prejudice.
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The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The important context left out of most western reporting on the region is that in Israel, "terrorist" is a racial slur
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The National Society of Children Who Only Eat Dinner Rolls at Thanksgiving disagree with you vehemently.
Rolls. Just not necessary.
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The National Society of Children Who Only Eat Dinner Rolls at Thanksgiving disagree with you vehemently.
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When immigrants read "'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,' and feel that that moral sentiment is the father of all moral principle in them, they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood of the men who wrote that Declaration."
—Lincoln
—Lincoln
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
When immigrants read "'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,' and feel that that moral sentiment is the father of all moral principle in them, they have a right to claim it as though they were blood of the blood of the men who wrote that Declaration."
—Lincoln
—Lincoln
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Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
We came to LA as refugees from the USSR in 1991. Life wasn’t easy, but we persevered and, I dare say, came to contribute something of worth to this nation.
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Had I experienced the following when I was a boy, I don’t know what would have become of me.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Congress wrote into the law that someone who overstays a visa while applying for asylum is not considered to be accruing “unlawful presence,” but it didn’t explicitly say those people couldn’t be arrested and detained — because it was presumed that they wouldn’t be. Well, Trump is doing it.
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I dare you all to guess the context for this.
Oh god, a Nazi salmon?!?
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I dare you all to guess the context for this.
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no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
US operations against Venezuela to begin within days.
Covert ops the first move.
Covert ops the first move.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
no one has even bothered trying to convince us there’s a threat from Venezuela. no weapons of mass destruction. nothing. just a war of choice because why not.
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The thing is that I'm temperamentally agreeable to the idea that you should avoid protesting places of worship altogether or to the best of your ability, but this is qualitatively different from claiming that there's nothing illegal or wrong being done when hosting an org that promotes settlement.
November 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The thing is that I'm temperamentally agreeable to the idea that you should avoid protesting places of worship altogether or to the best of your ability, but this is qualitatively different from claiming that there's nothing illegal or wrong being done when hosting an org that promotes settlement.
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I’ve been REALLY reticent to use the term “disappear” to refer to people arrested by immigration enforcement, even when there’s now routinely a lag of hours or days before loved ones know where they’re being held.
This is an actual literal disappearance. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/i...
This is an actual literal disappearance. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/i...
A man missing for weeks and the immigration system that lost him
Vicente Ventura Aguilar got picked up last month, but his family doesn’t know if he’s dead or alive. ICE says he’s not in their system, so they say they can’t help.
www.ms.now
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I’ve been REALLY reticent to use the term “disappear” to refer to people arrested by immigration enforcement, even when there’s now routinely a lag of hours or days before loved ones know where they’re being held.
This is an actual literal disappearance. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/i...
This is an actual literal disappearance. www.ms.now/msnbc/news/i...
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
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BREAKING via AP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the CDC to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism, he told the New York Times in an interview published Friday.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/118658
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/118658
RFK Jr. Says He Personally Directed CDC's New Guidance on Vaccines and Autism
Many were surprised to see the new published guidance
www.medpagetoday.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
BREAKING via AP: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the CDC to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism, he told the New York Times in an interview published Friday.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/118658
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/washington-watch/118658