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Corey Rayburn Yung

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Prof at KU Law. Writes about sexual violence, criminal law, courts, judges, and empirical legal studies. He/Him/His.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · May 27

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 4h

The answer has to be Trump's oldest enemy toward whom he has a level of animosity that drives him to complete insanity: Rosie O'Donnell.

Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 4h

The question is who winning the peace prize would piss Trump off the most?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 5h

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 5h

Our plane to Spain is in the air!

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Thank you so much to the countless people supporting us in every way and in particular all of the Rutgers students and faculty who have supported us every step of the way.

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Joanna Grossman @joannagrossman.bsky.social · 5h

Sure, everything is shit but this really cool bear walked through my backyard last night.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 5h

Right? That's what confuses me.

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 5h

* caught IN no-man's land

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 5h

The TD, where he caught it in backfield, seemingly froze in place, was caught and no-man's land, and then found a way to the end zone.

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 5h

I have no idea how that play actually worked.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them.

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19h

Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably won’t.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 7h

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 6h

I understand that. I'm just confused why the court didn't just say that instead of bringing the reasonable listener into the analysis (which seems muddier).

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 6h

I'm still surprised the court feels comfortable saying a "reasonable listener" knows the norms of a diss track such that they don't think any of the assertions are intended to be factual. The song was widely played (in contrast to the tracks it was responding to).

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 6h

Is that derived from "factual matter?" Or, is that a different part of the test?

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 7h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 8h

As the administration goes all in on an alternate reality about portland that bears no resemblance to fact and rule of law, continuing radical (and just plain funny, ridiculing) acts of the imagination along with other ways of getting out the reality on the ground may help curb their momentum.

fake film poster with a sunset and the portland frog protestor with words The Portland War, A Film by Ken Burns

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 8h

Federal judge holds Constitution still in effect

The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 8h

A federal judge in Illinois has ordered the Trump administration to stop beating, shooting at, and generally using violence against journalists and peaceful protesters. trib.al/4ZfMWqA

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Jenny Cohn @jennycohn.bsky.social · 1d

MAGA is freaking out & splintering over a leaked text chain—which TPUSA’s Andrew Kolvet says is real—where Kirk wrote “Just lost another Jewish donor…Jewish donors play into all the stereotypes. I cannot & will not be bullied like this. Leaving me no choice but to leave the pro Israel cause.” 1/

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9h

Huh. That's an interesting idea that I will definitely think more about.

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9h

Is it, though? I know the previous line is about Baka, but isn't "Certified lover boy" a clear reference to Drake (at least a reasonable listener might think so)?

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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9h

That makes more sense to me, as well.

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9h

That last point is the one that really bugs me. The court has created an idealized "reasonable listener" that may be entirely detached from the real world.

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9h

I think I'm on board with that rule. I just find the use of the "reasonable listener" test to get there to be incoherent. Maybe that's the only place it fits, though. 🤷

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9h

I just find that shocking. Maybe my understanding of diss tracks is stunted, but I think much of what they include is intended to be literal and true. I understand why many think diss tracks should not constitute defamation, but I'm skeptical of the use of the "reasonable listener" test here.

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 10h

Thanks. That's really deep in the weeds to assess how a "reasonable listener" would interpret the lyrics. But, this isn't my area. 🤷

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