Lorraine Poirier
@annateresa.bsky.social
Rural PA
I read a lot.
Former instructor in lit, comp., and languages.
Current informal student of law, history, and photography.
I read a lot.
Former instructor in lit, comp., and languages.
Current informal student of law, history, and photography.
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Tonight in The December Comfort Watches: Starship Troopers. Did you know that, in a wild coincidence, there is also a novel of the same name? I talk about both in the piece! Would you like to know more?
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The December Comfort Watches 2025, Day Eighteen: Starship Troopers
If you should ever want to wind up an old-school Robert Heinlein fan — which, by the way, you shouldn’t do, they’re all clocking seventy-plus years now, and you should respect you…
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December 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Tonight in The December Comfort Watches: Starship Troopers. Did you know that, in a wild coincidence, there is also a novel of the same name? I talk about both in the piece! Would you like to know more?
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/18/t...
whatever.scalzi.com/2025/12/18/t...
I love this analysis.
Good-looking, abusive bullies are overrepresented among popular figures because, surprise surprise, the masses desire such a figure to rule them (see Reich, "The Mass Psychology of Fascism."
the visceral reaction I had to learning about this movie is because GASTON HAS EVERYTHING.
The town LOVES HIM even though he's an abusive bully.
He can have his pick of almost any woman in the town. But he wants Belle. And he throws his whole life away because she said no.
The town LOVES HIM even though he's an abusive bully.
He can have his pick of almost any woman in the town. But he wants Belle. And he throws his whole life away because she said no.
December 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I love this analysis.
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We are so going to lose our eliminated status next month and I cannot begin to tell you how very fucking angry I am, as a nurse and a human being.
December 16, 2025 at 11:56 PM
We are so going to lose our eliminated status next month and I cannot begin to tell you how very fucking angry I am, as a nurse and a human being.
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Just sent this to a reporter. It’s a real shame.
December 15, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just sent this to a reporter. It’s a real shame.
I didn't know about this series until I was an adult. I flew through it. It's a pure delight.
Speaking of Brian Jacques and restoring books, I recently finished cleaning up and covering this set. If anyone is interested, shoot me a DM…
December 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I didn't know about this series until I was an adult. I flew through it. It's a pure delight.
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Reach out to your Jewish friends and check on them. Be willing to listen. Learn about us and our history and story, a tiny 0.2% of the world, w/o making us characters in someone else’s story. Correct people who express antisemitic ideas.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Reach out to your Jewish friends and check on them. Be willing to listen. Learn about us and our history and story, a tiny 0.2% of the world, w/o making us characters in someone else’s story. Correct people who express antisemitic ideas.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
And for the next 8 days, see and enjoy our lit menorahs.
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My friend Nicolle is a middle school choir director at Skyview Middle School in the suburbs of Seattle. Her students have been offered the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall, and she is fundraising to make that possible. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-s...
Donate to Help the Skyview Middle School Choir Sing at Carnegie Hall!, organized by Skyview Music Boosters
The Skyview Middle School Choir has been invited to an incred… Skyview Music Boosters needs your support for Help the Skyview Middle School Choir Sing at Carnegie Hall!
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December 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
My friend Nicolle is a middle school choir director at Skyview Middle School in the suburbs of Seattle. Her students have been offered the opportunity to sing at Carnegie Hall, and she is fundraising to make that possible. www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-s...
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Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Anyway the best I've ever felt about America was me (Jewish) standing in line with my friend and her daughter (Irish and Latina) to pet a baby lamb at the Minnesota State Fair alongside a hijabi Black woman and her daughter, an East Asian family, an African-American family, and some white people.
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OK, internet, from a pretty awesome discussion with someone who has a different view than me, have a question. Is the following hypothetical bullying:
Someone on my block rants to his Facebook friends every Saturday about how he hates seeing the damn kike walking to synagogue
Please comment
Someone on my block rants to his Facebook friends every Saturday about how he hates seeing the damn kike walking to synagogue
Please comment
December 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
OK, internet, from a pretty awesome discussion with someone who has a different view than me, have a question. Is the following hypothetical bullying:
Someone on my block rants to his Facebook friends every Saturday about how he hates seeing the damn kike walking to synagogue
Please comment
Someone on my block rants to his Facebook friends every Saturday about how he hates seeing the damn kike walking to synagogue
Please comment
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As we head into Thanksgiving, I would also like to take a moment and ask — if you're thankful for my work this year and aren't yet a paid subscriber — to consider subscribing or upgrading to a paid subscription. For $60 a year or $6 a month, you can help to make Law Dork possible.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
As we head into Thanksgiving, I would also like to take a moment and ask — if you're thankful for my work this year and aren't yet a paid subscriber — to consider subscribing or upgrading to a paid subscription. For $60 a year or $6 a month, you can help to make Law Dork possible.
<whistling innocently>
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
<whistling innocently>
The son of a friend has been published in expeditionportal.com, and it's a well-written and interesting article. It's not winter-based, but it's timely for upcoming winter travel--and any travel, for that matter.
expeditionportal.com/vehicle-base...
expeditionportal.com/vehicle-base...
Vehicle-Based Self-Reliance :: Your EDC on Wheels - Expedition Portal
Self-reliance comes in many flavors, but for the overlander, it centers around the vehicle - your EDC on wheels.
expeditionportal.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 AM
The son of a friend has been published in expeditionportal.com, and it's a well-written and interesting article. It's not winter-based, but it's timely for upcoming winter travel--and any travel, for that matter.
expeditionportal.com/vehicle-base...
expeditionportal.com/vehicle-base...
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Hey folks I know there's a lot going on out there but a friend just got hit with a massive emergency medical bill if they're going to save her dog's life. If this is the type of thing you give charity dollars to, please help
Donate to Help Save Our Sweet Newfoundland’s Life, organized by Sydney Kochman
Hi, my name is Sydney, Freya’s mom.
Our 18 month old Newfoundland has sudd… Sydney Kochman needs your support for Help Save Our Sweet Newfoundland’s Life
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November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Hey folks I know there's a lot going on out there but a friend just got hit with a massive emergency medical bill if they're going to save her dog's life. If this is the type of thing you give charity dollars to, please help
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***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
***
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
11th ANNUAL
BULL CITY FOODRAISER
FUNDRAISING THREAD
***
It's that time again! 🦃 For the 11th year in a row, we need your help providing groceries to 5,100+ schoolkids!
➡️ GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/11th-annua...
➡️ PPGF: www.paypal.com/US/fundraise...
(Plus other donation options in thread!)
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We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
We're officially live. It's incredibly important to have a real record of how our public servants are behaving and this database will be a powerful tool for researchers, reporters, and ordinary Americans.
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1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
The Government Lawyers Database
glowlaw.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
1/6 A new standard for public accountability is here. GLOW—Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog—is officially launching today to hold government lawyers accountable. We're unveiling The Government Lawyers Database at glowlaw.org. #RuleOfLaw #Accountability
This. "We're society."
When things get tough, there’s always an impulse to hold on to what you have. You get more loss averse. And that’s normal and even smart. Just remember we’re all in this shit together. We’re society.
October 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This. "We're society."
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Wanted to talk about the fact that the ONLY form of communication/transparency the MAGA world seems to believe in is "trolling the libs." And why they're doing that. And why it's so stupid.
Trump’s Government Of Spite: Political Performance Art For Assholes
A couple weeks ago, as hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets in what may have been the largest single day of protest in U.S. history, the President of the United States responded by… posting a video of himself…
A couple weeks ago, as hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets in what may have been the largest single day of protest in U.S. history, the President of the United States responded by… posting a video of himself…
Trump’s Government Of Spite: Political Performance Art For Assholes
A couple weeks ago, as hundreds of thousands of Americans took to the streets in what may have been the largest single day of protest in U.S. history, the President of the United States responded by… posting a video of himself literally dumping shit on citizens. Not a policy response. Not an attempt at dialogue. Not even a coherent defense of whatever decisions prompted the protests.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wanted to talk about the fact that the ONLY form of communication/transparency the MAGA world seems to believe in is "trolling the libs." And why they're doing that. And why it's so stupid.
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"The scary thing about MAGA isn’t that it’s obviously evil—it’s that it’s appealing to people who think they’re good. It offers them a way to feel righteous . . . "
Yes, it's scary, and it's also what's heartbreaking when we see it in people we've known, cared about, and thought we understood.
Yes, it's scary, and it's also what's heartbreaking when we see it in people we've known, cared about, and thought we understood.
October 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
"The scary thing about MAGA isn’t that it’s obviously evil—it’s that it’s appealing to people who think they’re good. It offers them a way to feel righteous . . . "
Yes, it's scary, and it's also what's heartbreaking when we see it in people we've known, cared about, and thought we understood.
Yes, it's scary, and it's also what's heartbreaking when we see it in people we've known, cared about, and thought we understood.
Yes.
My tone is just matter of fact. And I’m not required to have answers for everything. I’m a legal scholar, not an elected official.
I don’t care if people flame me. I answer only to my own conscience to be honest and give my best considered judgment.
I don’t care if people flame me. I answer only to my own conscience to be honest and give my best considered judgment.
I'm back to tell you your tone sucks and that is why you keep getting flamed. You reposted a colleague who said: "CA law is probably unconstitutional, but here are ways to make progress..." Bring that proactive energy and you won't be the "Well, akshually" guy.
September 25, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Yes.
"I am fully aware that my speech can get me fired." Heartbreaking statement from a courageous, principled, fair-minded, dedicated educator.
"I didn't upend my cushy life in California to sit on my hands in the Midwest." And she follows up with an inspiring statement *because* she's all those things.
"I didn't upend my cushy life in California to sit on my hands in the Midwest." And she follows up with an inspiring statement *because* she's all those things.
I am fully aware that my speech can get me fired. Every day I wake up to news about faculty firings over what is so clearly protected academic expression.
It's horrifying. But I didn't upend my cushy life in California to sit on my hands in the Midwest.
It's horrifying. But I didn't upend my cushy life in California to sit on my hands in the Midwest.
September 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"I am fully aware that my speech can get me fired." Heartbreaking statement from a courageous, principled, fair-minded, dedicated educator.
"I didn't upend my cushy life in California to sit on my hands in the Midwest." And she follows up with an inspiring statement *because* she's all those things.
"I didn't upend my cushy life in California to sit on my hands in the Midwest." And she follows up with an inspiring statement *because* she's all those things.
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So um. This is what's been up with me for the last year. I hate hate hate asking but very much appreciate your support. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-me-if...
Donate to GoFundMe If You Like Me: I Got Sued for Tweeting, organized by Detective Pikajew
Two years ago, I made a Twitter thread about a lawsuit I’d come acr… Detective Pikajew needs your support for GoFundMe If You Like Me: I Got Sued for Tweeting
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September 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
So um. This is what's been up with me for the last year. I hate hate hate asking but very much appreciate your support. www.gofundme.com/f/fund-me-if...
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Since this person volunteered to be embarrassed, though I doubt someone this ignorant has any shame over their own stupidity whatsoever, let me explain to you why the firing of Jimmy Kimmel isn’t your standard “canceling” that the Republican’s are all crowing happily about.
September 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Since this person volunteered to be embarrassed, though I doubt someone this ignorant has any shame over their own stupidity whatsoever, let me explain to you why the firing of Jimmy Kimmel isn’t your standard “canceling” that the Republican’s are all crowing happily about.
Timeline cleanse, complete with baby giggles.
Anyway here is smol hooman and giant floof. content warning: unconstitutional cuteness
September 18, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Timeline cleanse, complete with baby giggles.