Andrew Kinsey
@andrewkinsey.bsky.social
Nobody special. Just a lawyer with a family. Oxford comma advocate. SFF fan. Hobby woodworker, baker, and gardener. He/Him.
It takes a LOT of guts (and stupidity) to ask Chotiner to do his research on you. That's like inviting a wolverine into your house.
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It takes a LOT of guts (and stupidity) to ask Chotiner to do his research on you. That's like inviting a wolverine into your house.
My new dining room table.
November 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
My new dining room table.
I fear I've made a mistake. I already have no time.
November 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I fear I've made a mistake. I already have no time.
I see there is a film discourse happening and it's fascinating to watch.
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I see there is a film discourse happening and it's fascinating to watch.
Weird that a combat pilot and astronaut can't be easily intimidated.
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Weird that a combat pilot and astronaut can't be easily intimidated.
So do I have it correct that the US peace plan is the Russian peace plan that may be the US peace plan but is definitely the Russian peace plan? And Rubio confirms it's the US peace plan but also not the US peace plan?
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
So do I have it correct that the US peace plan is the Russian peace plan that may be the US peace plan but is definitely the Russian peace plan? And Rubio confirms it's the US peace plan but also not the US peace plan?
I have no lore. Just a dude who wanted to be a lawyer, but got married instead. Then 13 years later became a lawyer.
The real lore is why my kick ass wife married me and how I married so far up.
The real lore is why my kick ass wife married me and how I married so far up.
November 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I have no lore. Just a dude who wanted to be a lawyer, but got married instead. Then 13 years later became a lawyer.
The real lore is why my kick ass wife married me and how I married so far up.
The real lore is why my kick ass wife married me and how I married so far up.
Good.
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Good.
Oh no. I'm getting into both Warhammer 40k and Battletech.
November 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Oh no. I'm getting into both Warhammer 40k and Battletech.
I'm too terminally online because I understand this.
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I'm too terminally online because I understand this.
Doing nerd shit in Philly today
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Doing nerd shit in Philly today
Just in case people didn't already know I'm a nerd, I'll be going to Pax Unplugged this weekend in Philly. Bring on the boardgames.
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Just in case people didn't already know I'm a nerd, I'll be going to Pax Unplugged this weekend in Philly. Bring on the boardgames.
FFS
WAPO SCOOP: U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
FFS
Stupendous.
A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Stupendous.
This is amazing.
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is amazing.
That preliminary statement by Judge Smith is something else.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
That preliminary statement by Judge Smith is something else.
Reposted by Andrew Kinsey
Hey everybody who ever loved a video game: take a moment right now and say a little prayer for Rebecca, to whom you owe much.
I never thought I’d get this wish. Odd seeing eulogies before I expire
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Hey everybody who ever loved a video game: take a moment right now and say a little prayer for Rebecca, to whom you owe much.
When a judge asks for briefing on the implications of "old case" that is code for "this case controls the outcome, you're gonna lose"
Incredible—according to @talkingpointsmemo.com, Judge Nachmanoff in the Comey case found a DC Circuit opinion almost directly on point that seems to prohibit what Halligan did with the indictment all the way back in 1969!
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/due-to-...
November 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
When a judge asks for briefing on the implications of "old case" that is code for "this case controls the outcome, you're gonna lose"
I love how 100% of my criminal law friends are dumbfounded and baffled and flabbergasted.
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I love how 100% of my criminal law friends are dumbfounded and baffled and flabbergasted.
Looks like we won't be getting a BLS October jobs report.
Neat.
Neat.
November 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Looks like we won't be getting a BLS October jobs report.
Neat.
Neat.
Oh.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oh.
Reposted by Andrew Kinsey
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
Details - Assistant Professor - History of Art & Architecture | Human Resources | UMass Amherst
careers.umass.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:19 AM
My department is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in in the visual arts, architecture, and/or material culture of the Islamic world. Please circulate!
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
careers.umass.edu/amherst/en-u...
I'm apparently a rising star, so it's over for you losers. Bow before my greatness.
November 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I'm apparently a rising star, so it's over for you losers. Bow before my greatness.
If I ever meet the person responsible for making Westlaw's login now have mandatory 2FA I will punch them.
What a useless waste of time.
What a useless waste of time.
November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If I ever meet the person responsible for making Westlaw's login now have mandatory 2FA I will punch them.
What a useless waste of time.
What a useless waste of time.
Cloudflare is down. Thoughts and prayers for all my sysadmin friends.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Cloudflare is down. Thoughts and prayers for all my sysadmin friends.