Shan
@shansplaining.bsky.social
DC lawyer who enjoys consumer tech and bad reality shows. Despite the name, I’m here to listen ;)
I’m still laughing at the idea that in 2025 a document production of 20k docs was supposed to overwhelm folks.
November 18, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m still laughing at the idea that in 2025 a document production of 20k docs was supposed to overwhelm folks.
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My view is that if you speak ill of someone in life, you should also speak ill of them in death.
July 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My view is that if you speak ill of someone in life, you should also speak ill of them in death.
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Josh Johnson going on the Daily Show is awesome. It’s what he deserves. Him and that grey hoodie put in well over 1000 hours.
July 21, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Josh Johnson going on the Daily Show is awesome. It’s what he deserves. Him and that grey hoodie put in well over 1000 hours.
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Lawd. Lmfao!
"chief people officer"
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
you mean HR?
you down to the Coldplay concert with HR?
a software ceo got caught in 4k on the jumbotron with the company’s chief people officer at a coldplay concert
July 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Lawd. Lmfao!
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This administration sent 200+ fathers, sons, and husbands to be tortured in a foreign prison for the rest of their lives. 9 in 10 have no criminal record. None received any due process.
If you *aren’t* outraged, you need to check your fucking humanity.
If you *aren’t* outraged, you need to check your fucking humanity.
Trump's press secretary mocked the “Democrat and media outrage” over the deportation of a Maryland father as “nothing short of despicable.”
Karoline Leavitt Melts Down Over Deported ‘Father of the Year’
Trump’s press secretary mocked the Maryland father who the administration mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison.
www.thedailybeast.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This administration sent 200+ fathers, sons, and husbands to be tortured in a foreign prison for the rest of their lives. 9 in 10 have no criminal record. None received any due process.
If you *aren’t* outraged, you need to check your fucking humanity.
If you *aren’t* outraged, you need to check your fucking humanity.
I’ve been trying to articulate this in scattered story posts. This is it.
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I’ve been trying to articulate this in scattered story posts. This is it.
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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
April 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that *you* are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back?
The answer is due process.
The answer is due process.
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i'm watching a group of conservative law professors insist that there is a grand debate over birthright citizenship that somehow escaped generations of scholarship and only popped into existence after a right-wing president announced an effort to nullify the 14th amendment.
April 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
i'm watching a group of conservative law professors insist that there is a grand debate over birthright citizenship that somehow escaped generations of scholarship and only popped into existence after a right-wing president announced an effort to nullify the 14th amendment.
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He is a union apprentice and raising three special needs kids, two of them from his wife's previous relationships so yes he is certainly in the running.
Leavitt describes Abrego Garcia as "hiding in Maryland" and says, "based on the sensationalism of many of the people in this room, you would think we deported a candidate for father of the year"
April 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
He is a union apprentice and raising three special needs kids, two of them from his wife's previous relationships so yes he is certainly in the running.
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DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
Oh dear you’re going to want to read this. Looks like DOGErs were caught exfiltrating NLRB data, likely on unions, for private (seemingly Elony) use. This is must read. What we’ve all suspected. But now details. www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
A whistleblower tells Congress and NPR that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data and hid its tracks. "None of that ... information should ever leave the agency," said a former NLRB official.
www.npr.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 PM
DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States
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Imagine kneeling for a dictator but throwing a fit over pronouns.
April 14, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Imagine kneeling for a dictator but throwing a fit over pronouns.
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I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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April 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe."
But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment.
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They’ll pressure a NATO ally to release a sex trafficker and racketeer but they won’t pressure a tiny dictatorship to return a man it’s holding on our behalf, who they admit they sent there by accident
April 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
They’ll pressure a NATO ally to release a sex trafficker and racketeer but they won’t pressure a tiny dictatorship to return a man it’s holding on our behalf, who they admit they sent there by accident
Brought to you by the Pro-Life* Brigade. Absolutely barbaric.
Lawyers fight to stop South Carolina man’s execution by firing squad
Lawyers fight to stop South Carolina man’s execution by firing squad
Mikal Mahdi, who killed a man in 2004, endured prolonged torture as child and didn’t receive a fair trial, lawyers argue
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Brought to you by the Pro-Life* Brigade. Absolutely barbaric.
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Trump is reportedly targeting the slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture for possible removal. “Black people are not going to stand for this,” says Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the 1619 Project.
Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The museum's slavery facts and substantiating artifacts of the 250 years of the enslavement of Africans in America, curated by historians, are the bull’s-eye for the Trump adm...
blackpressusa.com
April 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Trump is reportedly targeting the slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture for possible removal. “Black people are not going to stand for this,” says Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the 1619 Project.
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You gotta romanticize your errands. Wake up early, put on some make up, grab a little energy drink or iced coffee, blast some tunes with some big shades on.
April 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
You gotta romanticize your errands. Wake up early, put on some make up, grab a little energy drink or iced coffee, blast some tunes with some big shades on.
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“mind you”
“whole time”
“long story short”
— me, filibustering.
“whole time”
“long story short”
— me, filibustering.
April 1, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“mind you”
“whole time”
“long story short”
— me, filibustering.
“whole time”
“long story short”
— me, filibustering.
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what did you expect, you fuckin morons www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
US officials object to European push to buy weapons locally
U.S. officials have told European allies they want them to keep buying American-made arms, amid recent moves by the European Union to limit U.S. manufacturers' participation in weapons tenders, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
what did you expect, you fuckin morons www.reuters.com/world/us-off...
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@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
@booker.senate.gov dismantles a Confederate monument.
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You know things have reached a truly unprecedented level of fucked up when China, Japan, and South Korea are on the same side of ANY international relations issue.
March 31, 2025 at 3:42 PM
You know things have reached a truly unprecedented level of fucked up when China, Japan, and South Korea are on the same side of ANY international relations issue.
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merit is back baby
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Pete Hegseth’s wife reportedly attended meetings with foreign defense officials
Defense secretary, already under fire for chat group blunder, faces new scrutiny for having wife in high-level meetings
www.theguardian.com
March 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
merit is back baby
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IDK what kind of people you hang out with but…
Could you add a “random” to your group chat without anyone noticing?
Could you add a “random” to your group chat without anyone noticing?
March 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
IDK what kind of people you hang out with but…
Could you add a “random” to your group chat without anyone noticing?
Could you add a “random” to your group chat without anyone noticing?
Dogs really earn their keep
Doctors’ best friends: dogs will help sniff out bacteria for cystic fibrosis sufferers
Doctors’ best friends: dogs will help sniff out bacteria for cystic fibrosis sufferers
Imperial College project could lead to less invasive testing and combat increase in antibiotic resistance
Jodie is a canine with special powers, scientists have discovered. The golden labrador can smell and identify particular bacteria and could soon play a key role in helping researchers develop a programme in which dogs could sniff out individuals infected with dangerous microbes.
The project, recently launched by scientists at Imperial College London, could be vital in the battle against antibiotic resistance as well as the treatment of patients with lung disease and other conditions, they say. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Dogs really earn their keep