Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client.
People have asked me my opinion of President Biden's criticism of "semi-fascism." Well, I can't overstate my disapproval of the inappropriate use of "semi."
The day after I saw #GotGVol3 I came across threads insisting it'd be smart for Marvel to recast Kang w/ the actor who played the High Evolutionary. So many ways this notion is misconceived and dumb that I must leave listing and counting the ways as an exercise for the tweeter.
To all my British friends: I confess that if I ever get arrested on suspicion of wanting to breach the peace, I'm going to have plead guilty. No one suspects I want to breach the peace more than I do.
All the histories of British royalty that I read when I was growing up depicted monarchs who had lots of power but kept running out of money. So it seems odd that it's now the other way around.
One of the few things I missed in an otherwise excellent season of #Schmigadoon / #Schmicago was a show-stopper performance from Ariana DeBose. (She does appear briefly at the start.) And then they gave us a DREAMGIRLS-inspired number, and she was stellar.
Everyone who speaks glibly or dismissively about a presumptively innocent human life in a case in which someone died needlessly is telling you how little value they give to these previously unknown names. Don't trust them on humane values. They want you to be dismissive.
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I hope the Script Doctors Union shows up with their historic battle cry: "Amenders Assemble!" (Seriously, I support the #WGA strike for all the reasons.)
Clarence Thomas Had A Child In Private School. Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/clarence-thomas-had-a-child-in-private-school-harlan-crow-paid-the-tuition…
Look, everyone has moments in which they wish violent consequences for those they disapprove of. But for me it's only been those audience members who text on their iPhones in the middle of the movie.
My 10-year-old inner self has loved each John Wick film, including the 2023 film. But my current self loves this other 2023 movie six times as much, and my 10-year-old self enthusiastically agrees: POLITE SOCIETY (written & directed by Nida Manzoor)
Most people agree that clotheslining some bike rider with the door of one’s parked car is a low-probability. So why are people so upset that I didn’t guess I might do it a second time?
Remember, Paris wasn’t “always this way.”
It wasn’t even this way in late 2019 when I was there last.
Just a few years ago, all of #Paris was choking in car traffic.
This is new. This is leadership.
Cities are a result of choices.
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Members of the Supreme Court:
‼️Accepted payments from billionaires and special interests
‼️who had business before the court
‼️and kept that info from the public
‼️now they are refusing to comply with a Congressional inquiry about it
The Court is de-legitimizing *themselves.*
🚨 huge deal = for the first time ever, the US produced more electricity from wind and solar than coal
15 states now get at least half their electricity from zero-carbon sources
Not everything is bad
This is a weight-activated squirrel-proof feeder. It allows birds to eat and saves seed by keeping squirrels away.Get it https://poxostore.com/bird-feeder
It turns that whenever you select "Increase Contrast" in a Macintosh's Accessibility Settings panel, *you can never turn it off without a session with Apple Support*.