Jake at Law
@zoinks.bsky.social
Ultra-runner, owl-enthusiast, public defender
My views are my own
My views are my own
It really is magical out tonight
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It really is magical out tonight
We’re one month out from the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund’s first ever Volunteer Night + Social
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We’re one month out from the Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund’s first ever Volunteer Night + Social
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
December 10th 7pm to 9pm at Superfly
Come hang with the crew at Superfly, swap stories of the worst magistrate you’ve ever dealt with, and learn about the Bail Fund
The moon was going off this morning
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The moon was going off this morning
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A bureaucratic wall is being built between Americans and the information they have a right to access
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
Digital Driver’s Licenses Threaten to Create a “Great Internet Lockdown” | ACLU
Two trends threaten the creation of an online identity infrastructure that would transform the internet
www.aclu.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A bureaucratic wall is being built between Americans and the information they have a right to access
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
www.aclu.org/news/privacy...
We could really use your support right now!!!
From Blue Ridge Community Bail Fund, Donate through their paypal @blueridgebail.
October 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We could really use your support right now!!!
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I wrote about Clarence Thomas's anti-intellectual, anti-trans concurrence in United States v. Skrmetti, and what it says about how far the right has fallen into conspiratorialism
The Triumph of the American Moron
Clarence Thomas's anti-trans concurrence is the culmination of right-wing anti-intellectualism
stringinamaze.net
June 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wrote about Clarence Thomas's anti-intellectual, anti-trans concurrence in United States v. Skrmetti, and what it says about how far the right has fallen into conspiratorialism
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Day after tomorrow, y'all.
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
May 29, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Day after tomorrow, y'all.
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
Don't sleep.
A benefit for blueridgebailfund.org.
My 54th birthday. The year I mark 2/3s of my life living in Cville, and 1/2 of my adult life sober.
Stop by early for grilling, music, friends, new friends, art, hugs.
This isn't a metaphor! Goddamn, this is real!
Yes my neighbors always love it when I buy out their kids daycare and then shut it down and leave it vacant lol.
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
If UVA gets FEI instead of CCS, it’ll be the equivalent of taking tens of millions of dollars from the city.
Imagining looking at a camera with a straight face and saying that’s the sort of thing an “incredibly good neighbor” would do.
It’s gaslighting, pure and simple.
Imagining looking at a camera with a straight face and saying that’s the sort of thing an “incredibly good neighbor” would do.
It’s gaslighting, pure and simple.
![Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Wagner Davis said UVA is actively working to have some sort of collaboration with the space, regardless of who the propery
“I think we have been incredibly good neighbors and Jim [Ryan] leading the charge in terms of the win-wins we have found in working with the city and the county on a vast multitude of issues,” UVA’s Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Wagner Davis said.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zjbc5zhc6m6khj2s5gcp6vbi/bafkreiasgsmr26377b5ucafmexoe5ht3jta3z77jfx6no6srxzwaoh2kwq@jpeg)
April 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Yes my neighbors always love it when I buy out their kids daycare and then shut it down and leave it vacant lol.
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
They’re always saying stuff like:
“Jake you’re such a good neighbor”
“Jake you’re both great and good”
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Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
ICE detains 2 men in Charlottesville courthouse raid
Three men who identified themselves as Homeland Security officers raided a courthouse in downtown Charlottesville Tuesday, detaining two men without explanation.
dailyprogress.com
April 23, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Men in plainclothes, one in a balaclava, raided the Charlottesville courthouse today. They abducted a local painter whose case (allegedly fighting with his roommate) was being dismissed, and another who was there paying fines. They took them away in unmarked vans.
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
dailyprogress.com/news/local/c...
The burden of my open browser tabs is weighing on my soul
December 15, 2023 at 5:28 PM
The burden of my open browser tabs is weighing on my soul
My wonderful colleague @iwillleavenow.bsky.social always puts out the best quotes. To see her expletive-ridden response to a OpenAI "safety researcher" claiming that Chat GPT feels like therapy, see": www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-open...
An OpenAI staffer who had 'personal, emotional' conversations with ChatGPT has sparked a massive deb...
OpenAI is rolling out voice control for ChatGPT, but critics have raised concerns that using it for personal discussions or therapy may be harmful.
www.businessinsider.com
September 27, 2023 at 7:25 PM
My wonderful colleague @iwillleavenow.bsky.social always puts out the best quotes. To see her expletive-ridden response to a OpenAI "safety researcher" claiming that Chat GPT feels like therapy, see": www.businessinsider.com/chatgpt-open...
Someone should have told me growing up that approximately 90 percent of being an adult is checking the weather and having opinions about it.
September 25, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Someone should have told me growing up that approximately 90 percent of being an adult is checking the weather and having opinions about it.
According to the spam email offering me a new career running a math tutoring franchise I am a "qualified business leader". Who knew???
September 20, 2023 at 1:10 PM
According to the spam email offering me a new career running a math tutoring franchise I am a "qualified business leader". Who knew???
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Solitary is torture. Because we place people in concrete cells the size of parking spaces without meaningful programming or human contact, often with only a bed, sink, and toilet for company.
July 27, 2023 at 9:53 PM
Solitary is torture. Because we place people in concrete cells the size of parking spaces without meaningful programming or human contact, often with only a bed, sink, and toilet for company.