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deed @staredecisis.bsky.social · 8d

long time no see btw. i'm close to getting my paralegal certificate, which is pretty cool! splatoon is fun but the law will always have my heart. i will continue to attend ny lan events but i will probably not return to posting often.

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deed @staredecisis.bsky.social · 8d

writing an essay for college that is essentially a starter guide to #compsplatoon (yes my prof is a very cool guy). i want to outsource opinions for what beginner resources i should include, preferably stuff that's as easy/concise as possible to explain to an outsider. thank you in advance!

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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Sep 9

Two big #SCOTUS orders (this is what I get for going offline for 30 minutes):

1) Administrative stay from Chief Justice Roberts in foreign aid funding case: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

2) Grant of motion to expedite tariffs case; argument in November: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...

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Inkling Performance Labs @iplabs.ink · Sep 8

As the timer hits 0 for the last time tonight, with an astounding 3-1 win, Voiē Lactee claims the crown as the victors of Riptide 2025!

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Zack @dreamyzack.bsky.social · Sep 7

This is #compsplatoon

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Metro Ink. 🔜 Big Dapple @metroink.bsky.social · Aug 25

The Gridlock 2025 Splatboard 🔥

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Metro Ink. 🔜 Big Dapple @metroink.bsky.social · Aug 25

With Gridlock 2025 over, we'd like to congratulate the following teams:
1st🥇Place: Wilted Rose
2nd🥈Place: Parody
3rd🥉Place: 3 Munchkins + 1 Timbit

Thank you to all the teams who have participated as well. See you in the next one!

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Power @andhy.bsky.social · Aug 27

Some personal thoughts/reflections on Gridlock and looking ahead for @metroink.bsky.social + the Tri-State LAN scene. Ended up typing more than I expected so heres a google doc.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Fill out the feedback form!

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Akira @akiragobrr.bsky.social · Jul 23

Behold! My attempt at a clam blitz guide! Here I cover everything from the basic mechanics, the theory behind powers and pity, general strategy and even how to manipulate clam spawns in your favour so that you can have every advantage in your games
#splatuber

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYDU...

The ULTIMATE Guide To Clam Blitz

YouTube video by OneWingedAkira

www.youtube.com

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星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · Jul 13

[halo] cortana bunny im not finishing cuz lazy

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星空★lone @hoshizoralone.bsky.social · Jul 17

[halo] energy sword girl... not sure which color to use

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Metro Ink. 🔜 Big Dapple @metroink.bsky.social · Jul 3

It’s time to start prepping for GRIDLOCK @collisionseries.bsky.social, the $1,000 starting prize pot is on the line!

Check out the official Gridlock 2025 Splatoon map pool below and start grinding. Who will come out on top?

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Torch @1011lol.bsky.social · Jun 29

So excited for Gridlock this August! Really wanna push myself even further for this. RTs appreciated!

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deed @staredecisis.bsky.social · Jun 29

lrt im so happy the ny scene is getting bigger and bigger :,) we're a big boy major now!! it's gonna be a lot harder for me to go this year, but im gonna see what i can do

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Magic8Ball #FreePalestine @splatbooks.ink · Jun 28

WHAAAAAAAAAATTT

Anyone who was saying how #compsplatoon might’ve been dying has no idea what they’re talking about, the people who are doing the work just aren’t terminally online.

Very glad to see other orgs getting involved with bigger events, it’s a good step.

Metro Ink. 🔜 Big Dapple @metroink.bsky.social · Jun 28

NYC! WHO’S READY TO PEDAL TO THE METAL

Metro Ink is partnering with Collision to proudly introduce:

🦑 Gridlock at Collision!

Multi-Day Splatoon 4v4 LAN Regional & Social Event

August 22nd - 24th 2025
Meadowlands Expo Center
Secaucus New Jersey!
⬇️More details below ⬇️

youtu.be/I1eRaiUeJZc

Gridlock 2025 Trailer

YouTube video by Metro Ink

youtu.be

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Metro Ink. 🔜 Big Dapple @metroink.bsky.social · Jun 28

NYC! WHO’S READY TO PEDAL TO THE METAL

Metro Ink is partnering with Collision to proudly introduce:

🦑 Gridlock at Collision!

Multi-Day Splatoon 4v4 LAN Regional & Social Event

August 22nd - 24th 2025
Meadowlands Expo Center
Secaucus New Jersey!
⬇️More details below ⬇️

youtu.be/I1eRaiUeJZc

Gridlock 2025 Trailer

YouTube video by Metro Ink

youtu.be

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

In her dissent from today's decision—Mahmoud v. Taylor—Justice Sotomayor says that the court's holding "threatens the very essence of public education," and that its "reverberations" will be felt "for generations." This is a very heartfelt and mournful dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Today’s ruling threatens the very essence of public education. The Court, in effect, constitutionalizes a parental
veto power over curricular choices long left to the democratic process and local administrators. That decision guts
our free exercise precedent and strikes at the core premise
of public schools: that children may come together to learn
not the teachings of a particular faith, but a range of concepts and views that reflect our entire society. Exposure to
new ideas has always been a vital part of that project, until
now.
The reverberations of the Court’s error will be felt, I fear,
for generations. Unable to condone that grave misjudgment, I dissent.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 27

If this is the level of subtlety that can lead to a religious liberty violation than, as Sotomayor points out, I don't see how any person can't bring a religious liberty claim to opt out of pretty much anything. Case in point: could Christian Scientists could now opt out of any book with doctors?

Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

Incredibly, Justice Alito continues to misrepresent a book in the case, Uncle Bobby's Wedding, framing it as insidious propaganda designed to brainwash children who oppose same-sex marriage into supporting it. This is just not true, and Sotomayor refutes it. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, the only book that the dissent is
willing to discuss in any detail, conveys the same message
more subtly. The atmosphere is jubilant after Uncle Bobby
and his boyfriend announce their engagement. Id., at 286a
(“Everyone was smiling and talking and crying and laughing” (emphasis added)). The book’s main character, Chloe,
does not share this excitement. “‘I don’t understand!’” she
exclaims, “‘Why is Uncle Bobby getting married?’” Id., at
288a. The book is coy about the precise reason for Chloe’s
question, but the question is used to tee up a direct message
to young readers: “‘Bobby and Jamie love each other,’ said
Mummy. ‘When grown-up people love each other that
much, sometimes they get married.’” Ibid. The book therefore presents a specific, if subtle, message about marriage.
It asserts that two people can get married, regardless of
whether they are of the same or the opposite sex, so long as
they “‘love each other.’” Ibid. That view is now accepted
by a great many Americans, but it is directly contrary to the
religious principles that the parents in this case wish to instill in their children.

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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · Jun 27

Wow that’s broad. Incredibly broad.

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

entitled to a preliminary injunction. A government burdens the religious exercise of parents when it requires them to submit their children to instruction that poses "a very real threat of undermining" the religious beliefs and practices that the parents wish to instill. Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205, 218 (1972). And a government cannot condition

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · Jun 27

Alito's choice to retain scare quotes around "LGBTQ+-inclusive" throughout his opinion in Mahmoud v Taylor, even AFTER he defines the term, pretty clearly gives the game away: He thinks the books are sinister pro-gay agitprop designed to indoctrinate children www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

MAHMOUD v. TAYLOR
Opinion of the Court
Language Arts] curriculum were not representative of
many students and families in Montgomery County be-
cause they did not include LGBTQ characters.” Id., at 603a.
The Board therefore decided to introduce into the curricu-
lum what it described as “‘LGBTQ+-inclusive texts.’”5 Id.,
at 174a. As one email sent by MCPS principals reflects, the
Board selected the books according to a “Critical Selection
Repertoire” that required selectors to review potential texts
and ask questions such as: “Is heteronormativity reinforced
or disrupted?”; “Is cisnormativity reinforced or disrupted?”;
and “Are power hierarchies that uphold the dominant cul-
ture reinforced or disrupted?” Id., at 622a.
In accordance with this “[r]epertoire” and other criteria,
the Board eventually selected 13 “LGBTQ+-inclusive” texts
for use in the English and Language Arts curriculum from
pre-K through 12th grade. Id., at 603a–604a, 622a. At is-
sue in this lawsuit are the five “LGBTQ+-inclusive” story-
books that are approved for students in Kindergarten
through fifth grade—in other words, for children who are
generally between 5 and 11 years old.6
A few short descriptions will serve to illustrate the gen-
eral tenor of the storybooks. Intersection Allies tells the
stories of several children from different backgrounds, in-
cluding Kate, who is apparently a transgender child. One

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Kevin Baum @kevinbaum013.bsky.social · Jun 27

This statement is divorced from reality. Judges aren't dragging people off the street and shuffling them around the country in order to avoid due process. The Trump admin is stonewalling judges already. We're sliding in authoritarianism and the Supreme Court is smiling and enjoying the ride.

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · Jun 27

If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sotomayor, in dissent, correctly says that today's decision in Mahmoud will lead public schools to simply censor books featuring LGBTQ characters and themes, creating "chaos" and stigmatizing children with LGBTQ families. This decision will lead to book bans.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

The result will be chaos for this Nation’s public schools.
Requiring schools to provide advance notice and the chance
to opt out of every lesson plan or story time that might implicate a parent’s religious beliefs will impose impossible
administrative burdens on schools. The harm will not be
borne by educators alone: Children will suffer too. Classroom disruptions and absences may well inflict long-lasting
harm on students’ learning and development.
Worse yet, the majority closes its eyes to the inevitable
chilling effects of its ruling. Many school districts, and particularly the most resource strapped, cannot afford to engage in costly litigation over opt-out rights or to divert resources to tracking and managing student absences.
Schools may instead censor their curricula, stripping material that risks generating religious objections. The Court’s
ruling, in effect, thus hands a subset of parents the right to
veto curricular choices long left to locally elected school
boards. Because I cannot countenance the Court’s contortion of our precedent and the untold harms that will follow,
I dissent.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

Although Alito frames the remedy here as "notice and opt-out," the reality is that school districts cannot manage such a sweeping opt-out system. They are far more likely to simply pull books with LGBTQ characters off classroom shelves altogether rather than face a ruinous, high-profile lawsuit.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 27

🚨In its fourth decision, the Supreme Court holds that parents who object to LGBTQ books in the classroom have a First Amendment right to "opt out" their children from seeing those books. Alito writes for the 6-3 majority, with all three liberals dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

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