FinchBeak
@finchbeak.bsky.social
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Lover of lemurs, perfume, poetry, travel, ballet, birds, and wine. Trial attorney by trade. AuDHD. BougieAF. Boston you're my home.
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I left the house today and found a place to remote work. Managed to get a lot done!

- Applied for malpractice insurance
- Sent revisions and color palette selection for firm logo/design
- Got a federal EIN
- Requested cert of good standing so I can set up my PLLC
- Joined the BBA as a solo
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Did everyone forget what they learned from Krakauer in Into Thin Air?

Jesus.
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The window to climb Everest to its peak is extremely limited. Like, basically, May. (I am not going to be specific. Fuck off).
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Many things can happen at once: climbing Everest to its peak is a bad thing - and going to the Himalayas to appreciate the grandeur is not a bad thing!
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She wants the mental stimulation!
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I gave up commenting on said videos because people are fucking dumb.
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My new annoyance is people talking about "climbing Everest" in the wake of the recent disaster and not having the basic Everest knowledge that NO ONE IS FUCKING CLIMBING EVEREST IN OCTOBER
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But seriously, she does. She barks at me until I put her treats in her snuffle mat.
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MY CHIHUAHUA GETS ANGRY IF I DON'T HIDE HER TREATS
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So we (me and the guy in Bogota) have been texting for the last half hour.
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So, I absolutely sent a whatsapp message to the guide I had last time I was in Colombia in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Martas.

And, of course, he has a friend in Bogota
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I booked a probably dumb hostel. I originally booked a Marriott but changed my mind 😂

I am spending a few nights in Bogota, then Puerto Boyaca, then a reserve near Puerto Pinzon, then back to Bogota.
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Every time I look just a little bit further into Colombia I am mad I don't have, like, 10 more days there
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Has anyone been to Bogota lately? Would love recommendations.
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I don't even go that long! I try to make it to Thanksgiving
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WHY ARE WE PUTTING THIS INTO THE ETHER? JFC!!!
nytimes.com
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility. The question is whether anyone will be reckless enough to build one,” Stephen Witt writes.
Opinion | The A.I. Prompt That Could End the World
A destructive A.I., like a nuclear bomb, is now a concrete possibility; the question is whether anyone will be reckless enough to build one.
nyti.ms
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I don't come into the proper downtown area as much as I used to, but Jesus, downtown Boston was PACKED today. It felt like pre pandemic levels of folks wandering around.
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I have online friends I still have from the heady, early days of Yelp. 2006.
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The view walking up the stairs to the courtroom
View from the 3rd Floor of the John Adams Courthouse. Ornate, rounded ceilings with marble parquet flooring
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Best part about being local counsel, I get paid to go get dressed up and sit in court while watching everyone else do the hard work.

Still counting this as my first Mass Appellate court case 😂
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My father used to call me a "commie pinko fascist" so I think I'm qualified to host.
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I am late to this, but A Spy Among Friends (currently available on BritBox) is so fucking good.
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Stop. Posting. AI. Slop.