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LexLudens@lexludens.bsky.social |
384 followers 886 following 1357 posts
He/Him. Family law/legal generalist attorney interested in social justice issues, D.C., anti-racism, OSINT, politics, neurodivergence, board and video games, and the law. Center-left. No TERFs.
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Andrea Grimes
@andreagrimes.bsky.social
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sometimes i block people who say stuff i agree with because i find the way they're saying it to be annoying or off-putting and frankly it really has improved my life
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Mollie Wilson O'Reilly
@mollieoreilly.bsky.social
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I want Biden and all his surrogates out there talking about this. Telling voters "The GOP lied to you about an army of IRS jackboots coming for you because they knew rich people were cheating the government and they wanted to keep it that way."
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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they have spent the last eight years attempting to rehabilitate the ability to say racial slurs in public and within their own social circles they have succeeded a Trump surrogate will call her the n-word within two weeks
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Also as I’m limited by characters in the first post, I’m very much concerned about the misogynoir that Harris would face in particular.
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Democratic chattering class of elites figure their shit out in private challenge.
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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I don’t much care whether it’s Kamala or Biden? I prefer Kamala but at the same time making an electability argument to me either way is kind of a *shrugs*. We’ve had more addled white male presidents than women presidents. I’m tired of hearing or reading an about it like I’m a deciderer here.
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John Jackson
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"For many politicians and pundits today, FDR’s Court-packing controversy stands as a cautionary tale that the Supreme Court must remain off limits. But if we study the tale closely, we can see that’s a serious misreading." kevinmkruse.substack.com/p/unpacking-...
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Bellingcat
@bellingcat.com
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On June 22, the Telegram page of co-organisers Tulenväki published a video from the previous weekend’s event and Bellingcat immediately downloaded the video to analyse it. It was then taken down and reuploaded with structures in the background blurred.
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Indrapramit Das
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It's still the place I see the most Palestinian voices, & is still vital to Indian alternative journalism. I loathe what the clown prince has done to the platform, and he may yet destroy it, but it's annoying when westerners imply anyone staying there is betraying them personally or something.
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b-boy bouiebaisse
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i wrote about this for my column on tuesday but i think we ought to think of policies restricting gender affirming care as explicitly aimed at expelling a disfavored population from the state in question www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/b...
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National Security Counselors 🕵
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So the House Oversight Committee was very busy today falling all over themselves to get lists of agency regs to feed to potential litigants to overthrow. oversight.house.gov/letter/ @lizdye.bsky.social @andrewtorrez.bsky.social
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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“I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.” Will Rogers.
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Yeah, very fair.
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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With your willingness to misrepresent and distort quotes (or “lie”), you only have yourselves to blame for Biden not wanting to sit down for an interview with your paper. Lying some more doesn’t change this but it does alienate any body paying attention. This is a cynical, gutless move.
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LexLudens
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Vanilla Nice sounds potentially passive-aggressive if looked at one way.
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Stephen Schwartz
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And it doesn’t matter if the alert is at 11pm or 11am, it’s the same process. Why? So the staff can fully assess the situation and enable POTUS to make an informed decision. We also know from past experience with nuclear false alarms that this is how the process works. Case in point (from 1980):
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Stephen Schwartz
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
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This is such bullshit, and a perfect example of the politically-driven “gotcha“ agenda of right-wing media. No officials outside of the White House can instantly call the president. Everything goes through the staff, in this case on the National Security Council and the White House Military Office.
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Michael Tae Sweeney
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lmao FUCK THIS. Trump's Project 2025 wants to take money out of your wallet and give it to your boss
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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The single best piece of parenting advice I have ever received: sometimes the baby eats dog food.
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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How did you get duel-classed!!
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stephanie roberts
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dear yt people leave Black people alone re: the election. 98% of Black women voters vote Dem and in spite of recent poles that number is 90% for Black men. we aren't your problem it's your OWN demographic there's plenty of their posts and your own family to harangue.
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Micah
@rincewind.run
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Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids "Dil was realising that there are few things that so shake belief as seeing, clearly and precisely, the object of that belief. Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn’t believing. It’s where belief stops, because it isn’t needed any more."
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Hey now
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Self acceptance.
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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WTF. The electric company in Texas doesn't have a map of outages so people have been using the Whataburger App to figure out who lost power. This is like when Homer was using the Krusty Burger map when they got lost at sea.
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luke
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🎯 This didn’t just attack me, if I was a cat it would’ve taken a life
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Kevin Collins
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Ideally with a comparison to the equivalent numbers for stories on Trump's authoritarian campaign pledges on social media and at rallies
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Welcome to Goblin Mode!
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Frances Danger
@francesdanger.bsky.social
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Y'all do know that when you bring up blood quantum to invalidate people whose citizenship is based on lineal descent that you're doing more damage to Native sovereignty than any amount of harm someone's government certified blood can do, yes?
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Coach Finstock
@coachfinstock.bsky.social
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Influx of BTS Army is because Elon is making everything worse over there. Of course. Welcome, Newskies!
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Unironically we want politicians saying no to donors more often.
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE
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the chair of the CBC came out for biden *this morning*, guys, there’s no replacement happening. if that makes you anxious or settles you is whatever, doesn’t matter, stop spinning the hamster wheels about it, there are other things to worry about.
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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Note to the Blue Sky duelists- my request for us is to create fighting game style win quotes so that win or lose we can add some flair to the dueling pits!
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Pookleblinky
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People in every field probably think the same thing. "Damn, is programming a uniquely good environment for sex pests?" "Damn, why are there so many sex pests in philosophy?" Everyone thinking somehow their specialized field is the outlier in number of sex pests.
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Claire Willett
@clairewillett.bsky.social
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“softened language” = we started to realize this shit was polling badly so we are going to return to doing it quietly instead of loudly in the hopes that you forget
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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴
@knilirabaj.bsky.social
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Finally, some hard truths on this app.
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AkivaMCohen
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BTW, I'm pleased that NR lost in France. But it's pretty tough to celebrate the ascendancy of a guy who called French Jews “an arrogant minority that lectures to the rest” in a 2017 speech.
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Shaenon K. Garrity
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My two weeks of Nancy guest strips start today!
Relatedly, if anyone can get me newspaper clippings of these, PLEASE let me know.
www.gocomics.com/nancy/2024/0...
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Hal 10000
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Here's the thing: the people pulling the fire alarm on Trump v. US are people like Radley, Legal Eagle and @kenwhite.bsky.social , etc. I've followed these guys for years and they are not prone to panic-mongering. They're usually the ones saying, "Take a deep breath". It really is that bad.
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Erin Biba
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A LOT of folks in my mentions now listing animals and monsters asking me if they're OK to compare to a Jewish person and for the love of god y'all. Making fun of our faces and bodies is classic antisemitism. This man has done enough specific evil surely you can find other ways to criticize him?
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LexLudens
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@washingtonpost.com, are you all doing an article on media standards and shameless hit jobs because it seems newsworthy the the NYT is suggesting that the administration is hiding a presidential health condition when he just signed a Parkinson’s bill to law.
If not, why not?
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LexLudens
@lexludens.bsky.social
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As many others have noted Biden signed a bill on July 2nd on this issue. I have let the paper of record who authorized an editorial suggesting voting doesn’t matter on July 4th my thoughts. I encourage you to do so as well. While I try to avoid quote dunking I’ll make an exception here.
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LexLudens
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Why does your headline not reflect that he signed off on a Parkinson’s bill? This reads like innuendo when there’s no sign of Parkinson’s. I haven’t subscribed to you in over a decade and stuff like this is why. We all know you’re running the same Hillary Clinton health attacks line.
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☀️ Starshine
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He signed a bill addressing Parkinson's literally yesterday. Give me your job
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Mark Greene
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This is how they did it last time.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)
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North Carolina: this is the man running for governor on the Republican ticket. Work to keep him the Fuck away from more levers of power, & realize that not a single elected NC Republican has repudiated or denounced him since he won the primary; he's just their quiet parts "this-one-goes-to-11" loud
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Coach Finstock
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If you needed a handy infographic on just how much journalistic malpractice is going on at everyone's favorite publications
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Peter
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i keep seeing videos of people acting shitty in public where a top comment is something like “wonder who they voted for 🙄.” i honestly think a winning message for Dems is just “aren’t you sick of these fucking people”
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Eric Carroll
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You're in a desert. All of a sudden you see a cybertruck on its back. The cybertruck lays on its back, its battery pack baking in the hot sun, spinning its wheels, trying to turn itself over but it can't, not without your help. But you're not helping. Why is that?
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Kaitlin Has Had Enough
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The backlash from base voters who very explicitly demanded a Black woman as VP (and on the Court) as our “seat at the table” in exchange for our electoral organizing…whew, you are not prepared. But almost all of the white alternatives are, and it’s why they keep saying no.
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