@smouritsen.bsky.social
Attorney. Interested in law and language.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1345493
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1345493
Please alert the Typography Crimes Division in The Hague.
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Please alert the Typography Crimes Division in The Hague.
Finding RFK Jr. appealing in any respect makes you Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B material and that is all anyone needs to know. Enjoy your flight. Please place any future profiles or think pieces in the airlock. Thank you.
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Finding RFK Jr. appealing in any respect makes you Golgafrinchan Ark Fleet Ship B material and that is all anyone needs to know. Enjoy your flight. Please place any future profiles or think pieces in the airlock. Thank you.
10yrs in & every M*GA defector continues to remind me of this line from Quiz Show:
“I'm happy that you've made the statement. But I cannot agree with most of my colleagues. See, I don't think an adult of your intelligence should be commended for simply, at long last, telling the truth.”
“I'm happy that you've made the statement. But I cannot agree with most of my colleagues. See, I don't think an adult of your intelligence should be commended for simply, at long last, telling the truth.”
November 22, 2025 at 1:48 AM
10yrs in & every M*GA defector continues to remind me of this line from Quiz Show:
“I'm happy that you've made the statement. But I cannot agree with most of my colleagues. See, I don't think an adult of your intelligence should be commended for simply, at long last, telling the truth.”
“I'm happy that you've made the statement. But I cannot agree with most of my colleagues. See, I don't think an adult of your intelligence should be commended for simply, at long last, telling the truth.”
Can’t believe people are pitching new SCOTUS shows while my spec script for William O. Douglas: Vampire Hunter is just sitting in a pile somewhere, SMH.
What would actually work great is a TV show about the *nineteenth* century supreme court, where (per @rachelshelden.bsky.social's straight FIRE forthcoming book) all this implausible activity by the Justices was just another day in the Capitol basement ballsandstrikes.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi...
A Brief History Of Awful TV Shows About the Supreme Court
The concept of “The West Wing for the Supreme Court” might be the only thing more upsetting than the actual Supreme Court.
ballsandstrikes.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Can’t believe people are pitching new SCOTUS shows while my spec script for William O. Douglas: Vampire Hunter is just sitting in a pile somewhere, SMH.
Cleaning house & listening to SCOTUS tariff argument. So far my biggest take away is that people should not elect a a malevolent & dangerously incompetent sociopath to be the nation’s chief executive.
(Possible confirmation bias here cuz this is one of my priors.)
(Possible confirmation bias here cuz this is one of my priors.)
November 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Cleaning house & listening to SCOTUS tariff argument. So far my biggest take away is that people should not elect a a malevolent & dangerously incompetent sociopath to be the nation’s chief executive.
(Possible confirmation bias here cuz this is one of my priors.)
(Possible confirmation bias here cuz this is one of my priors.)
Sorry, Pluribus. But somebody in the hive would know that the accent is on the last syllable of Guaraní.
November 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Sorry, Pluribus. But somebody in the hive would know that the accent is on the last syllable of Guaraní.
Impeach.
The font would appear to be English 111 Adagio CE, available for the highly presidential sum of just $39.75 USD
Note "The" is not kerned correctly
(see perspective-corrected still for reference)
Note "The" is not kerned correctly
(see perspective-corrected still for reference)
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Impeach.
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time *the United States* decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time *the United States* decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot%E...
Grandma: “What can I get [9yo] for his birthday. I know he likes those *critters.”
*by “critters” she means Pokemon.
*by “critters” she means Pokemon.
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Grandma: “What can I get [9yo] for his birthday. I know he likes those *critters.”
*by “critters” she means Pokemon.
*by “critters” she means Pokemon.
What you have to appreciate, is that a lot of people are just really dense.
Dr. Oz says Americans will lose an average of 397 pounds per person by the midterm elections. So you better get busy!
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
What you have to appreciate, is that a lot of people are just really dense.
Did People Talking to Me in the Elevator Ruin the Workplace?
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Did People Talking to Me in the Elevator Ruin the Workplace?
What if the sandwich case fails cuz they can’t figure out what a sandwich is? If that happens, my work on the internet will be done and I will ascend to the Lords of Kobol.
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
What if the sandwich case fails cuz they can’t figure out what a sandwich is? If that happens, my work on the internet will be done and I will ascend to the Lords of Kobol.
Ain’t no rule says a dog can’t play basketball.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Ain’t no rule says a dog can’t play basketball.
Backyard trail cam caught this unusually large squirrel.
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Backyard trail cam caught this unusually large squirrel.
Me writing my AI evaluation: “I use AI everyday.”
Me using AI at work: “Alexa play Radiohead.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Me using AI at work: “Alexa play Radiohead.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
KPMG Staff to Be Rated on AI Usage in Yearly Performance Reviews
KPMG LLP bosses will start examining how staffers are using the firm’s artificial intelligence tools as part of their annual performance reviews, the latest sign of how the technology is rapidly resha...
www.bloomberg.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Me writing my AI evaluation: “I use AI everyday.”
Me using AI at work: “Alexa play Radiohead.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Me using AI at work: “Alexa play Radiohead.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Swim meet listening take: I wonder what it was like to be a middling rock drummer in 1969 and hearing John Bonham drumming on Good Times Bad (Zeppelins first album track 1) for the first time. Like, what is even going on?
youtu.be/72-lEUalI9c?...
youtu.be/72-lEUalI9c?...
Led Zeppelin / John Bonham - Good Times, Bad Times - Isolated Drum Track
YouTube video by Kick It Like Bonham
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Swim meet listening take: I wonder what it was like to be a middling rock drummer in 1969 and hearing John Bonham drumming on Good Times Bad (Zeppelins first album track 1) for the first time. Like, what is even going on?
youtu.be/72-lEUalI9c?...
youtu.be/72-lEUalI9c?...
Hypothesis: Companies claiming layoffs are driven by newly discovered AI-related efficiencies are mostly using vague claims about AI as cover for layoffs driven by market conditions (or bad management).
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hypothesis: Companies claiming layoffs are driven by newly discovered AI-related efficiencies are mostly using vague claims about AI as cover for layoffs driven by market conditions (or bad management).
“…of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
—Federalist No. 1 (Hamilton)
—Federalist No. 1 (Hamilton)
October 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
“…of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues and ending tyrants.”
—Federalist No. 1 (Hamilton)
—Federalist No. 1 (Hamilton)
The important thing is that, when a disagreement arises, there are clear dispute resolution procedures.
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM
The important thing is that, when a disagreement arises, there are clear dispute resolution procedures.
I dreamt last night that I had to speak at an academic conference, but had accidentally only packed a disco-era wedding tuxedo with a very frilly tuxedo shirt & impractically huge collars. I decided it was less embarrassing to present without a shirt, so that’s what I did. DMs open psychoanalysts.
October 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I dreamt last night that I had to speak at an academic conference, but had accidentally only packed a disco-era wedding tuxedo with a very frilly tuxedo shirt & impractically huge collars. I decided it was less embarrassing to present without a shirt, so that’s what I did. DMs open psychoanalysts.
Saw this masterpiece on F*cebook. Wish they had actually cut an entire Halloween album.
October 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Saw this masterpiece on F*cebook. Wish they had actually cut an entire Halloween album.
I have been trying to read some books on monetary policy. Weirdos really confusing the algorithm. “I see you purchased Prof. Blinder’s Monetary & Fiscal History of the United States. You may also like Skippy McGee’s How the Illuminati Made the Fed to Give the Free Masons Access to Adr*nachrome.”
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I have been trying to read some books on monetary policy. Weirdos really confusing the algorithm. “I see you purchased Prof. Blinder’s Monetary & Fiscal History of the United States. You may also like Skippy McGee’s How the Illuminati Made the Fed to Give the Free Masons Access to Adr*nachrome.”
“…The falcon cannot hear the falconer…”
(And this rough beast ain’t slouching nowhere until it goes potty.)
(And this rough beast ain’t slouching nowhere until it goes potty.)
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“…The falcon cannot hear the falconer…”
(And this rough beast ain’t slouching nowhere until it goes potty.)
(And this rough beast ain’t slouching nowhere until it goes potty.)
No seriously, do NOT tread on this guy.
October 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
No seriously, do NOT tread on this guy.