Leon English
@leonenglish.bsky.social
Detroit area lawyer. Michigan stan. Personally (as opposed to professionally) interested in China.
Open borders YIMBY.
Open borders YIMBY.
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Leon English
@leonenglish.bsky.social
· Aug 31
Intro post.
I'm a lawyer. My areas of law are not super interesting to a general audience so I don't post about them much. This is not my real name, anymore, because my wife is a fed and I don't want her to be purged. I am a lifelong metro Detroiter. Michigan is great, hands off our lakes.
I'm a lawyer. My areas of law are not super interesting to a general audience so I don't post about them much. This is not my real name, anymore, because my wife is a fed and I don't want her to be purged. I am a lifelong metro Detroiter. Michigan is great, hands off our lakes.
Wife no longer a fed.
I mute my threads when they hit the discover feed.
I do a lot of stream of conscious posting.
Fuck Sam Alito.
I mute my threads when they hit the discover feed.
I do a lot of stream of conscious posting.
Fuck Sam Alito.
I don't know why Jimmy Fallon is trending, but I know it can't possibly be anything good.
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I don't know why Jimmy Fallon is trending, but I know it can't possibly be anything good.
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We need real public transit that connects our communities and expands opportunity for everyone. And when we build that transit, we need to ensure it's built by union workers earning good wages and benefits.
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
We need real public transit that connects our communities and expands opportunity for everyone. And when we build that transit, we need to ensure it's built by union workers earning good wages and benefits.
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If you have ANYTHING going on that might compromise your immune system, you should be able to get it.
If you're going on steroids long term or any other immunosuppressing medication, the recommendation is to get Shingrix before you start treatment, and they shorten the period between the two shots
If you're going on steroids long term or any other immunosuppressing medication, the recommendation is to get Shingrix before you start treatment, and they shorten the period between the two shots
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
If you have ANYTHING going on that might compromise your immune system, you should be able to get it.
If you're going on steroids long term or any other immunosuppressing medication, the recommendation is to get Shingrix before you start treatment, and they shorten the period between the two shots
If you're going on steroids long term or any other immunosuppressing medication, the recommendation is to get Shingrix before you start treatment, and they shorten the period between the two shots
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Also, if you think you might have shingles, go to urgent care/your doctor/whatever asap. I thought "oh it's just dry skin" and missed my opportunity to get the anti-viral, which has a very narrow window from the onset of symptoms.
December 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Also, if you think you might have shingles, go to urgent care/your doctor/whatever asap. I thought "oh it's just dry skin" and missed my opportunity to get the anti-viral, which has a very narrow window from the onset of symptoms.
Was in my mid 30s when I got shingles; worth getting the vaccine if you can. Even if insurance won't cover it, should be able to get a script from your doctor and cover it out of pocket, ~$200. Worth it if you can afford it.
Felt like I was being randomly stabbed with needles for six weeks. Cotton against my skin felt like sandpaper. Couldn't sleep because the pain was so bad. Some of the worst pain I've experienced, do not recommend.
December 9, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Was in my mid 30s when I got shingles; worth getting the vaccine if you can. Even if insurance won't cover it, should be able to get a script from your doctor and cover it out of pocket, ~$200. Worth it if you can afford it.
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"Cookie cutter" housing is good. It's good when cities pre-approve designs, making it easier to add more housing. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/09/t...
This backyard ADU from Type Five is pre-approved by the city
Berkeley's OK means this customizable home — from a local company — can be built quickly and more easily.
www.berkeleyside.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Cookie cutter" housing is good. It's good when cities pre-approve designs, making it easier to add more housing. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/09/t...
Amazing this wouldn't be obvious after he basically left his last vice president to hang.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Amazing this wouldn't be obvious after he basically left his last vice president to hang.
I kind of wish people would stop importing groyper memes from the fed government twitter accounts to here.
It's important to know that's what our government is now, but I feel like we don't need to see all of them? Like these things exist solely to be shitty online propaganda.
It's important to know that's what our government is now, but I feel like we don't need to see all of them? Like these things exist solely to be shitty online propaganda.
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I kind of wish people would stop importing groyper memes from the fed government twitter accounts to here.
It's important to know that's what our government is now, but I feel like we don't need to see all of them? Like these things exist solely to be shitty online propaganda.
It's important to know that's what our government is now, but I feel like we don't need to see all of them? Like these things exist solely to be shitty online propaganda.
Boehner is one of the of the most successful GOP speakers in modern history. He held his caucus together through a far right wing rebellion, realized when the crazy was really taking over, and got out to smoke pot and mow his lawn. Johnson could never.
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Boehner is one of the of the most successful GOP speakers in modern history. He held his caucus together through a far right wing rebellion, realized when the crazy was really taking over, and got out to smoke pot and mow his lawn. Johnson could never.
Really cool that Trump can illegally tax us and then send a check to his supporters but Biden trying to forgive student debt was a bridge too far.
December 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Really cool that Trump can illegally tax us and then send a check to his supporters but Biden trying to forgive student debt was a bridge too far.
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Okay I can't. The news is reporting Paramount is taking its offer directly to shareholders in a hostile bid. That's not exactly correct.
December 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Okay I can't. The news is reporting Paramount is taking its offer directly to shareholders in a hostile bid. That's not exactly correct.
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1/ Public officials, family & faith leaders are urging ICE to immediately release Ernesto Cuevas Enciso, a former DACA recipient, father of a young infant & husband to a US citizen wife on bond pending his immigration hearing. Ernesto was in the legal process & working on his permanent residency.
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1/ Public officials, family & faith leaders are urging ICE to immediately release Ernesto Cuevas Enciso, a former DACA recipient, father of a young infant & husband to a US citizen wife on bond pending his immigration hearing. Ernesto was in the legal process & working on his permanent residency.
I don't know enough about Texas to have an opinion on their senate race. I just hope everyone has fun/crushes the Republicans.
December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I don't know enough about Texas to have an opinion on their senate race. I just hope everyone has fun/crushes the Republicans.
I, too, am resigning as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba says she is resigning as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I, too, am resigning as the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey
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Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)
Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)
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fascinated by the replies insisting that this is just poor people lying to pollsters because they fear getting caught as opposed to what is more likely - that poor people *actually steal less* because they fear getting caught.
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
December 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
fascinated by the replies insisting that this is just poor people lying to pollsters because they fear getting caught as opposed to what is more likely - that poor people *actually steal less* because they fear getting caught.
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
(wealthier people almost certainly think they can talk their way out)
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This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
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This cover is EVERYTHING: thedoguemagazine.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This cover is EVERYTHING: thedoguemagazine.com
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Likely to confuse? www.law360.com/ip/articles/... CC: @lexlanham.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Likely to confuse? www.law360.com/ip/articles/... CC: @lexlanham.bsky.social
Reading a novel with some detectives in London and I keep being caught off guard that they don't have guns, which says some pretty fucked up things about the environment I've spent most of my life, I guess (America)
December 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Reading a novel with some detectives in London and I keep being caught off guard that they don't have guns, which says some pretty fucked up things about the environment I've spent most of my life, I guess (America)
I appreciate the misinformation going around making me look this up, though, it'll come in handy when people inevitably claim he didn't say anything in Rep. Omar's defense (not in this screenshot, see the link in the thread if you want).
Here is what Jeffries said about immigration. This is not a statement that Trump is right on immigration.
December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I appreciate the misinformation going around making me look this up, though, it'll come in handy when people inevitably claim he didn't say anything in Rep. Omar's defense (not in this screenshot, see the link in the thread if you want).
Here is what Jeffries said about immigration. This is not a statement that Trump is right on immigration.
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Here is what Jeffries said about immigration. This is not a statement that Trump is right on immigration.
Costco has a portable sauna and I'm not really a sauna guy but having a box to hide in for some alone time sounds pretty nice
December 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Costco has a portable sauna and I'm not really a sauna guy but having a box to hide in for some alone time sounds pretty nice
It's weird to me to ask whether Senators or Representatives have done something Mamdani is doing - in this case, his ICE video - (yes, though not as prominently) rather than asking whether other mayors and governors have done that (definitely yes).
Exec and leg are different jobs.
Exec and leg are different jobs.
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It's weird to me to ask whether Senators or Representatives have done something Mamdani is doing - in this case, his ICE video - (yes, though not as prominently) rather than asking whether other mayors and governors have done that (definitely yes).
Exec and leg are different jobs.
Exec and leg are different jobs.
Gene Simmons has always been a reactionary piece of shit, unfortunately
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Gene Simmons has always been a reactionary piece of shit, unfortunately