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Cait 🐸
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Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast.
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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spahn711.bsky.social
Solo exploring a 100% pitch black lava tube for over a mile underground. I brought some portable lights to place and set up this shot.
A photo of me standing in the center of the large cavernous room of a lava tube. Two lights illuminate different paths while my headlamp illuminates the ceiling.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
caitesq.bsky.social
This is also the story of my mom's legendary mashed potato recipe
phoenixashes76.bsky.social Ben Freeman 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @phoenixashes76.bsky.social · 1h
I am the only one of my generation privy to my gramma’s legendary mashed potato recipe. No one knows this. If I used my real name on Bsky I would not post this. However.
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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oliviamesser.bsky.social
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.

She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.

“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.

thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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mjwyatt.bsky.social
Another foggy morning in Portland Oregon. Have a beautiful day. 🤍🩶
Foggy morning. Conifers mixed in with lifting fog.
November 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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davejorgenson.bsky.social
Elon’s end-of-year performance review
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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brianjulrich.bsky.social
#MESA2025
An X post from Joshua Landis that Vahid Abedini was seized by ICE while traveling to the Middle East Studies Association
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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loadofolbobbins.bsky.social
Just a heads up that this is actually open to bidders in the US, Australia and Canada as well as UK (listing is now corrected to reflect that) So go forth my international bird friends and bid....

app.galabid.com/creatives4su...

#BirdArt #SciArt #CharityAuction #Creatives4Sudan #Birds
Text says, Bid to have me illustrate your favourite bird! Receive a print of it too! Images show an original illustration by loadofolbobbins of a Barn Owl in flight. The perspective is as if you were looking up underneath the owl as it’s swooping with claws beneath it to catch pray. It’s wings are together behind it caught in the upward flapping motion. The colouring of the owl is a combination of creams and browns with dark speckled markings across the body, underwing and head. The head of the owl is a slightly richer, almost orange brown. One big black eye can be seen looking beyond it’s claws, intensely focused and there’s a trail of brownish feather beneath it which look almost like a stripe that leads to the small pointed yellow beak. The background is inky wash in dark blue. Underneath this is an image of a hand drawing with an apple pencil on an ipad a sketchy illustration of a bird. Creatives for Sudan.
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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sbworkersunited.org
Today, striking baristas are taking the picket line to Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's office.

Instead of investing in workers, Starbucks is on a spending spree - notably, on Niccol’s sky-high compensation, his satellite office away from HQ, & a private jet to commute from California to Seattle.
A crowd of SBWU members and allies hold signs and SBWU balloons.
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
caitesq.bsky.social
This is a great, dignified "fuck you, I've seen real danger, and your weak ass doesn't scare me" of a statement.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 6h
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..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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aedwardslevy.bsky.social
I 100% set Gemini up for failure here but I appreciate LLMs' game willingness to go along when I asked it for details on the musical number I had just entirely made up
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
caitesq.bsky.social
For whom does the statute of limitations toll? NOT FOR YOU (for now)
andrewtorrez.bsky.social P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 7h
6/ Judge Currie has rejected that argument in the context of ratification, because the Comey indictment wasn't "dismissed" when Bondi supposedly ratified it.

That doesn't mean the gov't won't try again now that Comey's indictment HAS been "dismissed."
The Government responds that the Attorney General’s ratification was proper because she could have “personally obtain[ed] a new indictment” on October 31 “using [the] grace period” set forth in 18 U.S.C. § 3288. ECF No. 137 at 29. That statute provides in part: Whenever an indictment or information charging a felony is dismissed for any reason after the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, a new indictment may be returned in the appropriate jurisdiction within six calendar months of the date of the dismissal of the indictment or information. 18 U.S.C. § 3288. “[B]y its own terms,” section 3288 “only applies where an indictment has previously been dismissed.” United States v. Crysopt Corp., 781 F. Supp. 375, 377 (D. Md. 1991). But on October 31, Mr. Comey’s indictment remained pending. Thus, the Attorney General could not have invoked section 3288 “at the time the ratification was made.” NRA Political Victory Fund, 513 U.S. at 98 (emphasis in original) (internal quotation marks omitted).
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
caitesq.bsky.social
Useful thread—read all the way through
andrewtorrez.bsky.social P. Andrew Torrez @andrewtorrez.bsky.social · 7h
BREAKING
1/ Judge Currie rules that Lindsey Halligan was not lawfully appointed as Interim US Attorney for the EDVa & therefore dismisses James Comey's indictment without prejudice.

Much more TK!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT (ECF NO. 60) On September 25, 2025, Lindsey Halligan, a former White House aide with no prior prosecutorial experience, appeared before a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia. Having been appointed Interim U.S. Attorney by the Attorney General just days before, Ms. Halligan secured a two-count indictment charging former FBI Director James B. Comey, Jr. with making false statements to Congress and obstructing a congressional proceeding. Mr. Comey now moves to dismiss the indictment on the ground that Ms. Halligan, the sole prosecutor who presented the case to the grand jury, was unlawfully appointed in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. As explained below, I agree with Mr. Comey that the Attorney General’s attempt to install Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia was invalid. And because Ms. Halligan had no lawful authority to present the indictment, I will grant Mr. Comey’s motion and dismiss the indictment without prejudice.
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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joshuajfriedman.com
Will the govt be able to bring a new indictment against Comey despite the statute of limitations having run?

Ordinarily yes, but Judge Currie argues no in this case, since Halligan's indictment was void from the start. This question will no doubt be litigated!
Footnote 21 in Judge Currie's opinion: Generally, "It]he return of an indictment tolls the statute of limitations on the charges contained in the indictment." United States v. Ojedokun, 16 F.4th 1091, 1109 (4th Cir. 2021). "An invalid indictment," however, "cannot serve to block the door of limitations as it swings closed." United States v. Crysopt Corp., 781 F. Supp. 375, 378 (D. Md. 1991) (emphasis in original); see also United States v. Gillespie, 666 F. Supp. 1137, 1141 (N.D. III. 1987) ("[A] valid indictment insulates from statute-of-limitations problems any refiling of the same charges during the pendency of that valid indictment (that is, the superseding of a valid indictment). But if the earlier dictment is void, there is no legitimate peg on which to hang such a judicial limitations-tolling result." (emphasis in original)). 18 U.S. Code § 3288 - Indictments and information dismissed after period of limitations Whenever an indictment or information charging a felony is dismissed for any reason after the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations has expired, a new indictment may be returned in the appropriate jurisdiction within six calendar months of the date of the dismissal of the indictment or information, or, in the event of an appeal, within 60 days of the date the dismissal of the indictment or information becomes final, or, if no regular grand jury is in session in the appropriate jurisdiction when the indictment or information is dismissed, within six calendar months of the date when the next regular grand jury is convened, which new indictment shall not be barred by any statute of limitations. This section does not permit the filing of a new indictment or information where the reason for the dismissal was the failure to file the indictment or information within the period prescribed by the applicable statute of limitations, or some other reason that would bar a new prosecution.
November 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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chanda.blacksky.app
Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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spahn711.bsky.social
A Fuego sunrise. #photography
A sunrise view of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, shot from camp at 12,000 ft atop Acatenango. Fuego is seen erupting, with an ash cloud being emitted from the summit. Being well above the clouds, there are vibrant blue skies overhead and the cloud/haze layer is seen below.
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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halliepritts.bsky.social
I yelled “ohmygod” so loud after opening the mail, my husband had to come investigate. The new @mcsweeneys.net quarterly is unbelievable. Their design team is *chef’s kiss*
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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andycraig.bsky.social
Uhh... those aren't cartoony black-and-white prisoner stripes. They're concentration camp uniforms, blue vertical stripes. It's muddling the two a bit (of course they're variations on the same idea) but the AI slop is obviously pulling from pictures of the latter, it's a very distinct color palette.
Halloween costume of a traditional cartoony prison stripes uniform. Black and white, horizontal stripes. Auschwitz uniform. Blue and light grey vertical stripes.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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andycraig.bsky.social
On rare occasions something like the poop jet video or Trump Tower Gaza will get picked up a bit, but it's... a choice... to mostly treat it as not even newsworthy that his "Truth" feed is now a constant flood of full-blown manic psychosis.
November 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
The Trump administration arrested and detained two gospel singer brothers from Guatemala who have lived in Memphis for 10 and 20 years. The administration lied and claimed one had an extensive criminal record. Neither does. One has now been deported.

www.psrmemphis.org/christian-si...
Christian Singers Caught In Deportation Net, One Branded 'Worst of Worst' - Institute for Public Service Reporting - Memphis %
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www.psrmemphis.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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SCOTUS tightens the conditions under which minor witnesses can testify virtually (rather than in-person), a controversial exception to the Confrontation Clause. Requires a specific finding of necessity for the child, not general solicitude for kids' wellbeing. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
PER CURIAM. Ordinarily, the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause “guarantees the defendant a face-to-face meeting with witnesses appearing before the trier of fact.” Coy v. Iowa, 487 U. S. 1012, 1016 (1988). In child-abuse cases, however, that rule sometimes gives way. Consistent with the Sixth Amendment, a court may screen a child witness from the defendant when “necessary to protect [the child] from trauma that would be caused by testifying in the physical presence of the defendant, at least where such trauma would impair the child’s ability to communicate.” Maryland v. Craig, 497 U. S. 836, 857 (1990). Still, before invoking this procedure, a court must proceed with care. It must “hear evidence” and make a “casespecific” finding of “[t]he requisite . . . necessity.” Id., at 855. Simply pointing to a state statute that authorizes screening, even one premised on “generalized finding[s]” of necessity, will not suffice. Coy, 487 U. S., at 1021. Because the Mississippi Supreme Court departed from these principles, we reverse
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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radleybalko.bsky.social
Elon's "Rosebud" is posting. His deepest desire is for everyone to tell him what a hilarious and clever poster he is. The problem is that he isn't funny. And it kills him.

It explains why he bought Twitter. It's why Grok is the way it is. And it explains . . . whatever the holy hell this is.
wapplehouse.bsky.social Kristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 12h
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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djsziff.bsky.social
This is good 1L exam advice from Prof. Kerr. But I feel the need to provide an addendum: While this A+ answer is undoubtedly an A+ answer for a timed in-class exam in a doctrinal class, it would *not* receive a high grade in my legal writing class. Timed in-class exam answers are their own thing! 1/
orinkerr.bsky.social Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 2d
Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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internetgeorge.bsky.social
The article is about Nuzzi. It cites Lizza. It’s not about rizz, it’s about RFK. baby gronk isn’t involved. Baby gronk doesn’t use grok. None of this has anything to do with Lizzo. Why it is important at all? Its fuzzy. Not fuzzy like Labubu. I am not going to buy a Lafufu. I am going to kill myself
November 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
caitesq.bsky.social
I have no energy left to work tonight. Should I start the Garfield assassination show or the Claire Danes show?
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 AM