Mike Godwin
@mnemonic.bsky.social
Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
My hot take: it seems imprudent to date either Olivia Nuzzi or Ryan Lizza, but dating either does seem less imprudent than dating Mark Sanford or Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My hot take: it seems imprudent to date either Olivia Nuzzi or Ryan Lizza, but dating either does seem less imprudent than dating Mark Sanford or Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Just so. And I think the penalty for failing the course should not be a poor grade, but rather immediate disconnection from the internet. After retaking the course, another failing grade should be punishable by death.
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just so. And I think the penalty for failing the course should not be a poor grade, but rather immediate disconnection from the internet. After retaking the course, another failing grade should be punishable by death.
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
For sale! Mirror Universe ships, mint in box! ebay.us/m/GvDdI1
Pardon Our Interruption...
ebay.us
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For sale! Mirror Universe ships, mint in box! ebay.us/m/GvDdI1
Dude, fire your stylist!
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Dude, fire your stylist!
C’mon, it’s plainly unfair to label Bovino a Nazi just because his barber and tailor are Nazis.
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
C’mon, it’s plainly unfair to label Bovino a Nazi just because his barber and tailor are Nazis.
Half a century ago, sometime close to my 19th birthday, I decided to, uh, cultivate the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult-film status as a way to avoid too much studying or sleeping.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Half a century ago, sometime close to my 19th birthday, I decided to, uh, cultivate the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult-film status as a way to avoid too much studying or sleeping.
Google Maps captured President Trump’s destruction of the East Wing after he piloted his terroristic ego into it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Google Maps captured President Trump’s destruction of the East Wing after he piloted his terroristic ego into it.
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If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
I know the movie needs to paint it as an artistic crisis that maybe won’t get radio play, but it seemed obvious to me at the time of the record’s release that NEBRASKA is a work of genius.
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I know the movie needs to paint it as an artistic crisis that maybe won’t get radio play, but it seemed obvious to me at the time of the record’s release that NEBRASKA is a work of genius.
At least now I don’t have to wonder any more what it would have looked like if a terrorist had crashed a small passenger jet into the East Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At least now I don’t have to wonder any more what it would have looked like if a terrorist had crashed a small passenger jet into the East Wing.
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
If I used ivermectin, I'd be too sheepish to admit it.
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If I used ivermectin, I'd be too sheepish to admit it.
Siva Vaidhyanathan: "Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down" newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
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October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Siva Vaidhyanathan: "Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down" newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com
If I have not seen further, it is because giants have been standing on my shoulders.
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If I have not seen further, it is because giants have been standing on my shoulders.
I couldn't have guessed that the new season of PEACEMAKER would involve an alternate timeline in which World War II was won by the MAGAzis.
October 3, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I couldn't have guessed that the new season of PEACEMAKER would involve an alternate timeline in which World War II was won by the MAGAzis.
I still remember a lot from Sunday School (stmarks-houston.org), which can be helpful in assessing pronunciamento cheese on Twitter.
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I still remember a lot from Sunday School (stmarks-houston.org), which can be helpful in assessing pronunciamento cheese on Twitter.
You know, if Jor-El and Lara had had a daughter instead of a son, their plan to preserve Kryptonian genes through their offspring's interbreeding with Earth's humans would have seemed rather less threatening.
September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
You know, if Jor-El and Lara had had a daughter instead of a son, their plan to preserve Kryptonian genes through their offspring's interbreeding with Earth's humans would have seemed rather less threatening.
Mike Godwin
I couldn’t have guessed that when they were trumpeting (so to speak) “Community Values” they were referring to the Darkest Timeline.
I couldn’t have guessed that when they were trumpeting (so to speak) “Community Values” they were referring to the Darkest Timeline.
September 25, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Mike Godwin
I couldn’t have guessed that when they were trumpeting (so to speak) “Community Values” they were referring to the Darkest Timeline.
I couldn’t have guessed that when they were trumpeting (so to speak) “Community Values” they were referring to the Darkest Timeline.
The technical term for the disfiguring, swelling dickishness in the administration? "Sycophantiasis."
September 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The technical term for the disfiguring, swelling dickishness in the administration? "Sycophantiasis."
I wanted to make a joke about this, but couldn't bring myself to engage in Homan Trafficking.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I wanted to make a joke about this, but couldn't bring myself to engage in Homan Trafficking.
The Supreme Court has clarified the Administration's theory of checks and balances: a blank check is a kind of check, and a negative balance is a kind of balance.
September 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
The Supreme Court has clarified the Administration's theory of checks and balances: a blank check is a kind of check, and a negative balance is a kind of balance.
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID is available for free at the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/butc...
Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid : George Roy Hill : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
yee haw
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September 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID is available for free at the Internet Archive. archive.org/details/butc...
There's plenty one can criticize about Walt Disney, but one of his virtues was that he wasn't a wimp who'd run away if the FCC chairman said something mean to him.
September 19, 2025 at 12:17 AM
There's plenty one can criticize about Walt Disney, but one of his virtues was that he wasn't a wimp who'd run away if the FCC chairman said something mean to him.