Kendyl Hanks
@kendylhanks.bsky.social
Full time biglaw appellate lawyer, PT #FlyFishing angler, orchidophile, native Texan & erstwhile NewYorker, mom to furbabies Molly RIP), Lady Bird, Donna, Dart. Speaking for me not my firm, not your lawyer. #AppellateSky ⚖️ #Orchids #LadyLawyerDiaries
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Kendyl Hanks
@kendylhanks.bsky.social
· Jul 2
I guess it’s time to settle in. Assuming I can even make a thread, I’m restarting my running list of easily missed typos in legal writing:
Statute / statue
Claims / clams
Public / pubic 😬
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Statute / statue
Claims / clams
Public / pubic 😬
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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"The Framers intended for juries—composed of ordinary citizens—to adjudicate disputes between citizens and their gov't. Assessing whether a police officer’s use of force was reasonable under the totality of the circumstances" is precisely the sort of thing they had in mind. [@foxmike90.bsky.social]
The Fifth Circuit v. The Framers: Justice in the Lone Star State
Assessing whether a police officer’s use of force was reasonable under the totality of the circumstances is precisely the type of judgment call the Framers tasked jurors to make.
www.cato.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"The Framers intended for juries—composed of ordinary citizens—to adjudicate disputes between citizens and their gov't. Assessing whether a police officer’s use of force was reasonable under the totality of the circumstances" is precisely the sort of thing they had in mind. [@foxmike90.bsky.social]
I can’t believe this needs to be said, but no, you really don’t have to hand it to J Posobiec
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I can’t believe this needs to be said, but no, you really don’t have to hand it to J Posobiec
Hands
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you
November 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hands
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you
Touchin' hands
Reachin' out
Touching me, touchin' you
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When I see these howler typos, I get nightmares because I'm in the middle of the last round of copy editing my manuscript.
November 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Sign at the US Military Academy at West Point:
When I bought my house, the prior owners had one of those signs in the front demanding people keep their dogs off their yard. I removed it, and replaced it with a little trashcan with dog waste baggies. All of my neighbors use it.
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When I bought my house, the prior owners had one of those signs in the front demanding people keep their dogs off their yard. I removed it, and replaced it with a little trashcan with dog waste baggies. All of my neighbors use it.
I guess they found some of that election fraud they’ve been talking about
Austin Smith, a former Republican state representative and onetime leader within Turning Point Action—the political arm of Turning Point USA—pleaded guilty to forging signatures on nominating petitions for his 2024 reelection bid.
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
open.substack.com/pub/theintel...
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I guess they found some of that election fraud they’ve been talking about
Oh my heart. “Students deserve to learn without rehearsing how to survive.”
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
November 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Oh my heart. “Students deserve to learn without rehearsing how to survive.”
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
I see you, Maddie Cassels in Austin.
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American Airlines ✈️ honored Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license 100 years ago, with a flight operated entirely by Black women, from maintenance crew to the all female crew from Dallas to Phoenix. ❤️
This is special, this is newsworthy.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This is special, this is newsworthy.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
American Airlines ✈️ honored Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license 100 years ago, with a flight operated entirely by Black women, from maintenance crew to the all female crew from Dallas to Phoenix. ❤️
This is special, this is newsworthy.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
This is special, this is newsworthy.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Thanksgiving grocery shopping done! 🤘
a brown and white cow with long horns is standing in a field with trees in the background .
Alt: a brown and white cow with long horns is standing in a field with trees in the background .
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Thanksgiving grocery shopping done! 🤘
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If the next few months don’t bring a statistically significant uptick in the percentage of young American women identifying as lesbians, that will prove that sexual orientation isn’t a choice
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If the next few months don’t bring a statistically significant uptick in the percentage of young American women identifying as lesbians, that will prove that sexual orientation isn’t a choice
I really, really didn’t need that this morning
a woman in a white dress with purple polka dots
Alt: a woman in a white dress with purple polka dots is gagging
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I really, really didn’t need that this morning
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
We are not religious in my household but we, Gen Xers, rlly dig this Pope
You know for a FACT this guy has been to a few raves in the 80s. In Chicago. On the SOUTH side. Where house EDM was born 😎🎶
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
We are not religious in my household but we, Gen Xers, rlly dig this Pope
Ok so is she running for governor or potus or is this a kompromat situation
November 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Ok so is she running for governor or potus or is this a kompromat situation
I cannot keep up with what is happening with MTG, what is the deal?
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I cannot keep up with what is happening with MTG, what is the deal?
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Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Mamdani probably got home, turned to his wife, and let out the longest, loudest “this fucking guy” of all time
This is one of my favorite handles, Exhibit 4424
Marriage A-la-Mode, Plate V: The Death of the Earl, by Simon François Ravenet, after William Hogarth, 1745, 📸 by @evanvucci
November 22, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This is one of my favorite handles, Exhibit 4424
There’s been so many great memes out of this bizarre WH visit
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
There’s been so many great memes out of this bizarre WH visit
Is he trying to leech off good vibes?
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Is he trying to leech off good vibes?
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Y’all, the opinion and order of the Hon. Sara Ellis in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem granting the preliminary injunction is worth a read in its entirety. It’s 233 pages long, because that’s how many pages it took her to fully detail the Defendants’ misconduct.
storage.courtlistener.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Y’all, the opinion and order of the Hon. Sara Ellis in Chicago Headline Club v. Noem granting the preliminary injunction is worth a read in its entirety. It’s 233 pages long, because that’s how many pages it took her to fully detail the Defendants’ misconduct.