The Longish Paw of the Law
@twilightstorm.bsky.social
Degree collector. Practicing attorney. Fan of rule of law, cats, plants, travel. 📜🐈⬛🌵🛫 Can define communism and other terms in excruciating detail.
I asked an LLM to depict how T. got his lightsaber.
May 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I asked an LLM to depict how T. got his lightsaber.
Litigation tracker.
Litigation Tracker: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions
A public resource tracking the legal challenges to the Trump administration's executive orders and actions.
www.justsecurity.org
February 8, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Litigation tracker.
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"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?"
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
January 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day today, haven't we?"
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
"Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow though."
- Grant and Sherman after the disaster of the first day of Shiloh, April 1862. They won the next.
Today is one of the bad days in American history. Better days will come.
Wait, people thought Meta was actually fact-checking at any point in time?
Meta has previously struggled to police misinformation on its platform.
A 2022 @propublica.org @washingtonpost.com analysis of Facebook posts and internal documents provided clear evidence that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.
A 2022 @propublica.org @washingtonpost.com analysis of Facebook posts and internal documents provided clear evidence that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading lies that fomented the violence of Jan. 6.
Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Attack, Records Show
A ProPublica/Washington Post analysis of Facebook posts, internal company documents and interviews, provides the clearest evidence yet that the social media giant played a critical role in spreading l...
propub.li
January 8, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Wait, people thought Meta was actually fact-checking at any point in time?
Do not obey in advance.
Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.
November 18, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Do not obey in advance.
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[looking at Bluesky over the past 2 days] So this is what the Cambrian explosion must have felt like
November 11, 2024 at 10:17 PM
[looking at Bluesky over the past 2 days] So this is what the Cambrian explosion must have felt like
Ah, yes, the supposed Department of Government Efficiency/DOGE. Because the best bands choose their punny name before learning to play their instruments. Well-known "fact."
November 14, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Ah, yes, the supposed Department of Government Efficiency/DOGE. Because the best bands choose their punny name before learning to play their instruments. Well-known "fact."
A tourist was feeding the fish frozen peas. The fish appeared within seconds and dispersed just as quickly when the peas ran out.
November 13, 2024 at 10:39 PM
A tourist was feeding the fish frozen peas. The fish appeared within seconds and dispersed just as quickly when the peas ran out.
Thinking of superblooms, how they wait out scorching heat, then spring forth after the storms.
November 13, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Thinking of superblooms, how they wait out scorching heat, then spring forth after the storms.