opadit
@opadit.bsky.social
she/her | dual-citizen, dual-jurisdiction Philadelphia lawyer in St. John's, NL, Canada | 2SLGBTQIA+🏳️🌈 ally | trans rights are human rights | "[Y]ou do not know anyone as stupid as [the current president]. You just don't." - Fran Lebowitz | go birds
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opadit
@opadit.bsky.social
· Feb 5
my point isn't (merely) doom; my point is that the plaintiffs and lawyers and anybody else opposing the administration needs to be realistic and understand where this is actually going because SCOTUS has almost literally told us that they aren't a co-equal branch against this man
the short jingle at the end of the Highmark Blue Shield ad is a ripoff of "Ontario-ari-ari-o" ("A Place to Stand, a Place to Grow"), change my mind
December 6, 2025 at 12:10 AM
the short jingle at the end of the Highmark Blue Shield ad is a ripoff of "Ontario-ari-ari-o" ("A Place to Stand, a Place to Grow"), change my mind
I was never able to appreciate Frank Gehry's art, but I've always appreciated whoever it was at The Stranger back in the day who dubbed the Museum of Pop Culture -- then called the Experience Music Project -- "Paul Allen's Technicolor Loogie" at Seattle Center
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I was never able to appreciate Frank Gehry's art, but I've always appreciated whoever it was at The Stranger back in the day who dubbed the Museum of Pop Culture -- then called the Experience Music Project -- "Paul Allen's Technicolor Loogie" at Seattle Center
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The Admiral giving kill orders is so beyond the ethos of naval officers, that I have to explain why.
Ever see Master and Commander? We love that shit; duty, honour, homoerotic tension! Bring it on!
We also consider ourselves "above" other branches' officers; as our goal is never to kill,
Ever see Master and Commander? We love that shit; duty, honour, homoerotic tension! Bring it on!
We also consider ourselves "above" other branches' officers; as our goal is never to kill,
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Admiral giving kill orders is so beyond the ethos of naval officers, that I have to explain why.
Ever see Master and Commander? We love that shit; duty, honour, homoerotic tension! Bring it on!
We also consider ourselves "above" other branches' officers; as our goal is never to kill,
Ever see Master and Commander? We love that shit; duty, honour, homoerotic tension! Bring it on!
We also consider ourselves "above" other branches' officers; as our goal is never to kill,
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I don’t need no pass on skeleton,,, I did them both,!!!
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I don’t need no pass on skeleton,,, I did them both,!!!
a powerpoint presentation of a dozen slides starts with the single step of picking the background of the first slide
December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
a powerpoint presentation of a dozen slides starts with the single step of picking the background of the first slide
trial postponed to next autumn because they've been "unable to retrieve any documents" from def's previous lawyer -- whose office is almost literally across the street from the courthouse, just walk over there & knock on the door, this jurisdiction kills me sometimes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Trial for alleged fraudster Philip Chancey postponed again | CBC News
The trial for a man accused of swindling investors out of more than $350,000 has been delayed again, after his new lawyer struggled to get key documents from his previous counsel.
www.cbc.ca
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
trial postponed to next autumn because they've been "unable to retrieve any documents" from def's previous lawyer -- whose office is almost literally across the street from the courthouse, just walk over there & knock on the door, this jurisdiction kills me sometimes
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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TIL self-storage units are not, actually, cheap
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TIL self-storage units are not, actually, cheap
one parent baking a carrot cake and the other cooking up a pot of minestrone -- together it smells like fried chicken and waffles all up in here
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
one parent baking a carrot cake and the other cooking up a pot of minestrone -- together it smells like fried chicken and waffles all up in here
Star Trek: CTY
🚨 BREAKING - New Star Trek: #StarfleetAcademy Poster!
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
The first season of the new #StarTrek live-action series premieres January 15th on Paramount+
🖖 Will YOU be watching?
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Star Trek: CTY
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Just a reminder...
Drop Spotify
Shun Live Nation venues
Don't buy music on vinyl (it's bad for you and the environment)
Thank you
Drop Spotify
Shun Live Nation venues
Don't buy music on vinyl (it's bad for you and the environment)
Thank you
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just a reminder...
Drop Spotify
Shun Live Nation venues
Don't buy music on vinyl (it's bad for you and the environment)
Thank you
Drop Spotify
Shun Live Nation venues
Don't buy music on vinyl (it's bad for you and the environment)
Thank you
it's only just past 8:45 a.m. and the day's astonishing number of predatory robocalls to my parents' landline has begun
December 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
it's only just past 8:45 a.m. and the day's astonishing number of predatory robocalls to my parents' landline has begun
the second in command of the U.S. armed forces does not know what the term "fog of war" means, and thinks it's literally fog
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
the second in command of the U.S. armed forces does not know what the term "fog of war" means, and thinks it's literally fog
feel like I'm taking crazy pills that I'm the only person who remembers the president fawning over Duterte's program of extrajudicial killings of drug suspects -- somebody held back the boat bombings in the first administration, but not this time around
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/u...
Trump Praises Duterte for Philippine Drug Crackdown in Call Transcript (Published 2017)
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
feel like I'm taking crazy pills that I'm the only person who remembers the president fawning over Duterte's program of extrajudicial killings of drug suspects -- somebody held back the boat bombings in the first administration, but not this time around
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2017/05/23/u...
this bill is a candidate for "I feel that you should be aware that some asshole has been signing your name to stupid bills"
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
this bill is a candidate for "I feel that you should be aware that some asshole has been signing your name to stupid bills"
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I’m sorry to share this fucknut’s fuckery but… is he just dropped in using Photoshop?
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’m sorry to share this fucknut’s fuckery but… is he just dropped in using Photoshop?
"COAT BATH"
December 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"COAT BATH"
mid-century Philadelphia Thanksgiving parade detected
Who needs the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when you have the fever dream of Fun In Balloonland? Please enjoy about ~1 minute of the most insane yet somehow real footage you will ever see.
November 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
mid-century Philadelphia Thanksgiving parade detected
Zoom court: please join the Zoom meeting 10 minutes prior to the time your matter is scheduled to be called
also Zoom court: "Waiting for the host to start the meeting."
also Zoom court: "Waiting for the host to start the meeting."
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Zoom court: please join the Zoom meeting 10 minutes prior to the time your matter is scheduled to be called
also Zoom court: "Waiting for the host to start the meeting."
also Zoom court: "Waiting for the host to start the meeting."
Philly Thanksgiving parade was never non-commercial but it does seem that the ratio of ads and interstitials and Disney promos to actual parade on 6abc gets worse and worse every year
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Philly Thanksgiving parade was never non-commercial but it does seem that the ratio of ads and interstitials and Disney promos to actual parade on 6abc gets worse and worse every year
achievement unlocked: client has sent me AI-generated language for a deed
clients, please don't do this
clients, please don't do this
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
achievement unlocked: client has sent me AI-generated language for a deed
clients, please don't do this
clients, please don't do this
my brain is not able to wrap itself around the fact that I have court tomorrow
it's as if it can deal OK with having to go to the office on Thanksgiving Day and stream "Alice's Restaurant" on XPN at 1:30 NT, but having to suit up for actual court, even if Zoom court, is causing a short-circuit
it's as if it can deal OK with having to go to the office on Thanksgiving Day and stream "Alice's Restaurant" on XPN at 1:30 NT, but having to suit up for actual court, even if Zoom court, is causing a short-circuit
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
my brain is not able to wrap itself around the fact that I have court tomorrow
it's as if it can deal OK with having to go to the office on Thanksgiving Day and stream "Alice's Restaurant" on XPN at 1:30 NT, but having to suit up for actual court, even if Zoom court, is causing a short-circuit
it's as if it can deal OK with having to go to the office on Thanksgiving Day and stream "Alice's Restaurant" on XPN at 1:30 NT, but having to suit up for actual court, even if Zoom court, is causing a short-circuit
TFW the formerly unrepped opposing party finally has a gol-danged lawyer so now I'm not the one stuck drafting the orders that came out of the hearing this morning
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
TFW the formerly unrepped opposing party finally has a gol-danged lawyer so now I'm not the one stuck drafting the orders that came out of the hearing this morning
for years I've been wearing a blazer for my air travel to the U.S., but this year for the holidays I'm going to wear my law school sweatshirt, maybe accidentally drop my bar card on the counter when I hand over my passport
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 8:32 PM
for years I've been wearing a blazer for my air travel to the U.S., but this year for the holidays I'm going to wear my law school sweatshirt, maybe accidentally drop my bar card on the counter when I hand over my passport
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.