Liz Gil
@lizcgil.bsky.social
founding sr atty @ optimal counsel. lawyer for startups. ex-biglaw. dog momager. @adamstasiw.com’s #1 fan. law jokes for fun, advocate for a healthy legal profession. she/her. prev lizcgil on twitter, not there anymore. views my own, not legal advice, etc.
Me: ah, I love the holidays. Finally some time to rela-
Our well: yeah so imma just spring a leak real quick 🥰 love u
Our well: yeah so imma just spring a leak real quick 🥰 love u
November 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Me: ah, I love the holidays. Finally some time to rela-
Our well: yeah so imma just spring a leak real quick 🥰 love u
Our well: yeah so imma just spring a leak real quick 🥰 love u
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New from me in @talkingpointsmemo.com: The generational divide of our moment isn’t about partisanship or social issues. It’s about how differently each generation experiences what it takes to build a good life.
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Young Candidates Can Speak to the Affordability Crisis Because They’re Living It
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and...
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November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New from me in @talkingpointsmemo.com: The generational divide of our moment isn’t about partisanship or social issues. It’s about how differently each generation experiences what it takes to build a good life.
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/young-c...
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It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
It’d be exciting to think that Bluesky has people pretending to be American like Twitter but I honestly don’t think they could talk about Star Trek Deep Space 9 the way it’s expected here without having watched all the episodes a dozen times
hard to see others living your dream
I don’t want to brag but someone just tweeted at me that I’m getting weirder and weirder and I was kind of honored?
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
hard to see others living your dream
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The man who fired me while I was pregnant and told me I should go back to teaching was wearing a suit.
The man who got caught staring at my backside in court was wearing a suit.
The man who told me to fetch coffee and take notes while the "real lawyers" worked was wearing a suit.
The man who got caught staring at my backside in court was wearing a suit.
The man who told me to fetch coffee and take notes while the "real lawyers" worked was wearing a suit.
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The man who fired me while I was pregnant and told me I should go back to teaching was wearing a suit.
The man who got caught staring at my backside in court was wearing a suit.
The man who told me to fetch coffee and take notes while the "real lawyers" worked was wearing a suit.
The man who got caught staring at my backside in court was wearing a suit.
The man who told me to fetch coffee and take notes while the "real lawyers" worked was wearing a suit.
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I've founded an advisory firm! Syzygy Operating Partners, named after the linear alignment of celestial bodies, uses deep tech expertise to support founders and founders alike.
I'd love to help you fund - and get funded - with confidence.
Check us out! www.syzygyop.com
I'd love to help you fund - and get funded - with confidence.
Check us out! www.syzygyop.com
Syzygy Operating Partners
Syzygy Operating Partners aligns investors and startups through deep tech expertise. With support on ML/AI products, software strategy, and technical due diligence, Syzygy support founders and funders...
www.syzygyop.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I've founded an advisory firm! Syzygy Operating Partners, named after the linear alignment of celestial bodies, uses deep tech expertise to support founders and founders alike.
I'd love to help you fund - and get funded - with confidence.
Check us out! www.syzygyop.com
I'd love to help you fund - and get funded - with confidence.
Check us out! www.syzygyop.com
🚨BIG NEWS!!🚨
@adamstasiw.com has launched Syzygy Operating Partners - a consulting company that uses deep tech expertise to bolster investment outcomes for VCs & angels, and product quality for startups. (1/2)
www.syzygyop.com
@adamstasiw.com has launched Syzygy Operating Partners - a consulting company that uses deep tech expertise to bolster investment outcomes for VCs & angels, and product quality for startups. (1/2)
www.syzygyop.com
Syzygy Operating Partners
Syzygy Operating Partners aligns investors and startups through deep tech expertise. With support on ML/AI products, software strategy, and technical due diligence, Syzygy support founders and funders...
syzygyop.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🚨BIG NEWS!!🚨
@adamstasiw.com has launched Syzygy Operating Partners - a consulting company that uses deep tech expertise to bolster investment outcomes for VCs & angels, and product quality for startups. (1/2)
www.syzygyop.com
@adamstasiw.com has launched Syzygy Operating Partners - a consulting company that uses deep tech expertise to bolster investment outcomes for VCs & angels, and product quality for startups. (1/2)
www.syzygyop.com
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put my book down for a sec to see if anything interesting happened today
a man in a suit is holding three boxes of pizza .
Alt: Community scene where Troy walks in with pizzas and everything's on fire
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November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
put my book down for a sec to see if anything interesting happened today
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always "spam risk" never "friendship opportunity"
November 22, 2025 at 10:11 PM
always "spam risk" never "friendship opportunity"
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This is exciting: A generous @runforsomething.net supporter is matching all donations up to $300,000. If you've been waiting for the right time to give, your support will go twice as far. secure.actblue.com/donate/2025g...
Let's build sustainable power!
Run for Something elects young diverse progressives to local office to help Democrats build permanent power for the long haul — no matter who’s in the White House.
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November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is exciting: A generous @runforsomething.net supporter is matching all donations up to $300,000. If you've been waiting for the right time to give, your support will go twice as far. secure.actblue.com/donate/2025g...
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I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
November 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I’m gonna implore everyone here to take the W if only to experience the feeling again.
Lawyers, keep bragging about being good to your team, we’re making the hardos on LinkedIn get cringily defensive
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Lawyers, keep bragging about being good to your team, we’re making the hardos on LinkedIn get cringily defensive
whenever someone tries to call me out for having a public social media, I think of my parents’ old colleague who tried to tell on my parents at work for “living together” without knowing they were literally married
November 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
whenever someone tries to call me out for having a public social media, I think of my parents’ old colleague who tried to tell on my parents at work for “living together” without knowing they were literally married
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“In a post-election briefing that felt like a call to arms, Run for Something President Amanda Litman delivered a clear message to Democrats nationwide: the next generation isn’t waiting its turn — it’s taking its seat at the table.”
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Read Youthquake: ‘Run for Something’ Unleases a New Democratic Generation now from Blog for Arizona for Politics from a Liberal Viewpoint
In a post-election briefing that felt like a call to arms, Run for Something President Amanda Litman delivered a clear message to Democrats nationwide: the next generation isn’t waiting its turn — …
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November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“In a post-election briefing that felt like a call to arms, Run for Something President Amanda Litman delivered a clear message to Democrats nationwide: the next generation isn’t waiting its turn — it’s taking its seat at the table.”
😈😈😈
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😈😈😈
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I've actually really started to enjoy this site. There are only like eight of you who see my posts but you're all pretty cool
November 20, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I've actually really started to enjoy this site. There are only like eight of you who see my posts but you're all pretty cool
Lawyers: I think if we all work together, we can make the word “revert” mean what we all seem to feel like it *should* mean
November 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lawyers: I think if we all work together, we can make the word “revert” mean what we all seem to feel like it *should* mean
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Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks:
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
“Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”
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I work in a place that’s probably 75% women and have only had women bosses the last 15 years and it’s the best work situation I’ve ever been in.
I wonder how all the women reporters and editors at the Times feel about this headline.
November 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I work in a place that’s probably 75% women and have only had women bosses the last 15 years and it’s the best work situation I’ve ever been in.
asking ChatGPT if it was down as a joke and getting an actual response/summary of the outage was kinda crazy ngl
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
asking ChatGPT if it was down as a joke and getting an actual response/summary of the outage was kinda crazy ngl
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I’m starting to feel some hope again. A better country and world is possible.
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I’m starting to feel some hope again. A better country and world is possible.
I think that the rise of AI demands that we be *radically conscious* of the difference between interacting w it & interacting w actual humans.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
November 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I think that the rise of AI demands that we be *radically conscious* of the difference between interacting w it & interacting w actual humans.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
This sounds basic. But as society gets more accustomed to instant answers, constant availability, & unfailing affirmation, I do worry lines will blur.
this….feels like a horseman of the apocalypse
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
this….feels like a horseman of the apocalypse
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SCOTUS was never going to come for queer rights via a cert petition asking for an Obergefell repeal—they were always going to come for the LGBTQ community by targeting trans people. and they literally are doing that, this session. protect trans people.
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Kim Davis is a Distraction
The real fight for queer rights is already in front of the Court, and people aren’t paying attention.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
SCOTUS was never going to come for queer rights via a cert petition asking for an Obergefell repeal—they were always going to come for the LGBTQ community by targeting trans people. and they literally are doing that, this session. protect trans people.
open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...
open.substack.com/pub/cohen489...
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What a terrible day to know how to read
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What a terrible day to know how to read
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When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.
~ Lewis Howes
~ Lewis Howes
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
When you realize everyone is healing from something, it's a lot easier to just be kind to people.
~ Lewis Howes
~ Lewis Howes