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Hannah Walser

@hkpmw.bsky.social

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Thinking about people thinking about other people. First Amendment, interpretive methodologies, criminal law, law & philosophy. PhD (English) —> JD —> Furman Fellowship at NYU Law. Philly homer; mayor of the quiet car. she/her. hwalser.wordpress.com

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · Apr 4

“Interpretive Facts: Textualism, Empiricism, and the Law-Fact Divide” is now available on SSRN! The article will be published next spring/summer, so I have lots of time to incorporate suggestions. 😊

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 7h

A fascinating theory! You might yet wind up persuading me

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 11h

Middle-aged white people (i.e. my demographic) need to hear that simply keeping your head down and staying out of trouble won’t work as long as DHS is in your city. They need, imo, to feel like getting ICE out of town is a personal safety issue. I think videos like this help make that case.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 11h

From the standpoint of optics & organizing, it’s really important that the Chicago agents are attacking and brutalizing white people. Not protesting students, either, but middle-aged middle-class white people doing their jobs.

Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 11h

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 12h

This has a certain logic to it

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 12h

It’s cartoon head trauma rules. One bonk with a coconut = amnesia; second bonk with a coconut = memory restored

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 12h

The Cubs won the World Series right before all this started; maybe they need to win it again to …?

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 12h

The Cubs won the World Series right before all this started; maybe they need to win it again to …?

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PAWS (Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society) @phillypaws.bsky.social · 14h

Wishlist request from Moo Moo!

She inspected our supply of Churu treats & Friiskies wet food & issued a stern warning about how low we are.

We can't disappoint this tiny princess, and need your help to restock! 🧵

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 14h

After a gazillion Zoom interviews, I have forgotten how to make facial expressions. Please send help (=an extremely lifelike animatronic mask)

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 14h

Hello!! 👋🏻😊

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 14h

There’s a very good chance you know it already, but I loved Lorraine Daston’s Rules!

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Stephanie DeGooyer @stephaniedegooyer.bsky.social · 15h

Reading request! If you could recommend one text that explored the history of an idea/concept in a riveting and surprising way what would it be? Please re-skeet if you can. I know this is a niche ask.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

I mean both but mostly Phillies at the moment 😭

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Christ.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Man …….

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s go BADERRRRRR

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s go BADERRRRRR

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Spotted Cow is the BEST. Have fun!

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

DuuuuuuRAAAAAANNN

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

U.S. District Judge April Perry says it comes down to a "credibility determination."

"I simply cannot credit [the Trump administration's] declarations to the extent they contradict state and local law enforcement. … DHS' perception of events are simply unreliable."

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

#BREAKING A federal judge say she will grant "in part" a request by the state of Illinois for a temporary restraining order against the deployment of National Guard troops into the state.

U.S. District Judge April Perry is still ruling and has not outlined the details of her order.

Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

Perry: "I'm going to issue an oral ruling."

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 1d

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

legaltheoryblog.com

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Idk how these incidents look to people who live far from the cities where they happen. It’s clear that the president & many of his supporters are profoundly deluded about what’s going on. But if this is what the average nightly news viewer is seeing, I just don’t think ICE can win. I really don’t.

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

They’re describing this ICE attack the way they would ordinarily describe, idk, a carjacking or something. In other words, they are conveying to older suburban viewers like my grandparents that DHS is behaving violently and lawlessly. Which is correct, of course!

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

One significant thing about this video: this is WGN news. This is what my grandparents watched every night when they lived in the northwest suburbs. And although they’re not saying it outright, they are absolutely representing federal law enforcement as the bad guys.

Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · 1d

ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines River youtu.be/aPtEmAwgPRk...

Video: ICE agents clash with Forest Park cemetery workers attempting to help man in Des Plaines Rive

YouTube video by WGN News

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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

Hey, news that makes me uncomplicatedly happy! Krasznahorkai is a great choice

Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 1d

The back legs 🥰

An elderly miniature poodle lies asleep on a couch. The photo is taken from above and we can see that his little back legs are sticking out on either side of his bean-shaped body

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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