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@catheredit.bsky.social
Editor/ghostwriter of detective fiction; science fiction; speculative fiction; dystopian fiction; memoirs of first responders/forensic experts, and lawyers; and forensic psych reports.
Krav Maga black belt. Former prosecutor.
Krav Maga black belt. Former prosecutor.
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It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...
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Damn. More of this energy from Democrats in Congress, please
On April 24, ICE agents broke into a home of a family of US citizens in Oklahoma. The family repeatedly said we are citizens, you have the wrong people. ICE terrorized the family, ripped apart the house.
It's not "other people" that this is happening to. It's us. Open your eyes. Wake the hell up.
It's not "other people" that this is happening to. It's us. Open your eyes. Wake the hell up.
May 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Damn. More of this energy from Democrats in Congress, please
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OK, but hear me out ...
Jesus Christ. If you’re not prepared for trial you ask for an adjournment, you don’t MURDER YOUR CLIENT. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Murdered woman's divorce attorney arrested in her 2013 killing
Aliza Sherman was stabbed more than 10 times outside of the attorney’s office in downtown Cleveland.
www.nbcnews.com
May 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
OK, but hear me out ...
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This. This is the thing I don't get about the decisionmaking by some of these biglaw firms.
Forget the morality or principle of the thing, they obviously had tossed that aside. But if your concern is for losing clients, how do clients retain lawyers that didn't anticipate THIS?
Forget the morality or principle of the thing, they obviously had tossed that aside. But if your concern is for losing clients, how do clients retain lawyers that didn't anticipate THIS?
I'm sorry but if you don't have enough fully functional neurons firing in your brain to have seen this coming from the beginning, I refuse to believe you can be trusted with any task or objective that requires more than a third-grade intellect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/w...
May 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This. This is the thing I don't get about the decisionmaking by some of these biglaw firms.
Forget the morality or principle of the thing, they obviously had tossed that aside. But if your concern is for losing clients, how do clients retain lawyers that didn't anticipate THIS?
Forget the morality or principle of the thing, they obviously had tossed that aside. But if your concern is for losing clients, how do clients retain lawyers that didn't anticipate THIS?
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a) we. told. you.
b) Now slice and dice the stats by race. I dare you.
b) Now slice and dice the stats by race. I dare you.
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:08 AM
a) we. told. you.
b) Now slice and dice the stats by race. I dare you.
b) Now slice and dice the stats by race. I dare you.
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The entire approach can be summed up as "my family could save tens of thousands of dollars a year by the one simple trick eliminating our food budget"
Sure, except for that pesky need to eat that's a great plan
Sure, except for that pesky need to eat that's a great plan
what is fascinating to me is the number of people whose “knowledge” of government appears to just be an accumulation of cliches and stereotypes + an inchoate sense that if something is big and costly then it must necessarily be “wasteful”
Interesting piece which reveals a lot of the tech bro ignorance of government: DOGEr comes in, expects to find lots of inefficiency, is at least willing to acknowledge he was wrong unlike the hard core ideologues.
May 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The entire approach can be summed up as "my family could save tens of thousands of dollars a year by the one simple trick eliminating our food budget"
Sure, except for that pesky need to eat that's a great plan
Sure, except for that pesky need to eat that's a great plan
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A+, no notes.
Nothing spurs a successful negotiation quite like demonstrating early on that any claim about how strongly you hold your positions is a bluff
Nothing spurs a successful negotiation quite like demonstrating early on that any claim about how strongly you hold your positions is a bluff
Trump on Weds: “No.”
Trump this am: 80% “seems right!” 🤡
Trump this am: 80% “seems right!” 🤡
Reporter: Are you open to pulling back your 145% tariffs in order to get China to the negotiating table?
Trump: “No.”
Trump: “No.”
May 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A+, no notes.
Nothing spurs a successful negotiation quite like demonstrating early on that any claim about how strongly you hold your positions is a bluff
Nothing spurs a successful negotiation quite like demonstrating early on that any claim about how strongly you hold your positions is a bluff
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Another AI sighting (citing) in the wild
RFK Jr's "MAHA" report is filled with references to studies that literally do not exist, or that completely misinterpret the studies' findings.
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“We did not publish a paper.. on this topic with that co-author group, or with that title,” says one cited researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Another AI sighting (citing) in the wild
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Well, THIS is incredibly encouraging news
With Israeli Intel, Lebanon Is Dismantling Hezbollah in the South
The progress is helping keep a fragile cease-fire intact. The question is how far will it go.
www.wsj.com
May 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Well, THIS is incredibly encouraging news
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Oh for fuck's sake.
"Look, we have a problem taking large numbers. Could you, maybe, structure this transaction so that we get the total, but in batches of lower numbers that don't trigger our problem"
"Look, we have a problem taking large numbers. Could you, maybe, structure this transaction so that we get the total, but in batches of lower numbers that don't trigger our problem"
friend of mine just sent me this, apparently someone is describing what those "receivers" are expected to do for gaza fundraiser accounts. they are wiring the funds in "rounds" under $1500 because there's a "problem" receiving a wire of more than $2000.
jesus christ.
jesus christ.
May 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Oh for fuck's sake.
"Look, we have a problem taking large numbers. Could you, maybe, structure this transaction so that we get the total, but in batches of lower numbers that don't trigger our problem"
"Look, we have a problem taking large numbers. Could you, maybe, structure this transaction so that we get the total, but in batches of lower numbers that don't trigger our problem"
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NEW: Judge Sessions DENIES the govt’s request to keep Rümeysa Öztürk in Louisiana as it appeals the court’s jurisdiction and reiterates that ICE must transfer her to Vermont by May 1. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
NEW: Judge Sessions DENIES the govt’s request to keep Rümeysa Öztürk in Louisiana as it appeals the court’s jurisdiction and reiterates that ICE must transfer her to Vermont by May 1. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Counsel for some of the plaintiff-intervenors, Riders Alliance and Sierra Club, don’t sound totally on board with the permanent sealing request.
They note that the erroneously filed letter has been widely disseminated, request “opportunity for discussion and consideration of how to proceed.”
They note that the erroneously filed letter has been widely disseminated, request “opportunity for discussion and consideration of how to proceed.”
![Dear Judge Liman:
I write on behalf of Plaintiff-Intervenors Riders Alliance and Sierra Club
regarding the Defendants' letter motion for permanent sealing of ECF No. 65.
While counsel for Plaintiff-Intervenors has followed Defendants' request and has not downloaded the document, it is my understanding that the document has already been widely disseminated. Defendants' letter motion likewise confirms that the "contents of the document have been made public in news reporting." ECF
No. 67.
The document's public dissemination and the numerous news articles discussing and publishing its contents create a situation that appears quite unlike the filing error discussed in Mazzocchi v. Windsor Owners Corp., No. 11 Civ.
07913 (RA)(SDA), 2020 WL 4038342, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. July 17, 2020). Instead, the present circumstances more closely resemble those confronted by the Second Circuit in Gambale v. Deutsche Bank AG, 377 F.zd 133, 144 (2d Cir. 2004), where the court considered a reported-upon disclosure and determined that it could not
"make what has thus become public private again." As the court explained, "[t]his is generally so when information that is supposed to be confidential-whether it be settlement terms of a discrimination lawsuit or the secret to making the hydrogen](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreicgpli2rrfbrbxsmu4h5wkqqdnx3colai7pbdul7ehykq6n5mybnm@jpeg)
April 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Counsel for some of the plaintiff-intervenors, Riders Alliance and Sierra Club, don’t sound totally on board with the permanent sealing request.
They note that the erroneously filed letter has been widely disseminated, request “opportunity for discussion and consideration of how to proceed.”
They note that the erroneously filed letter has been widely disseminated, request “opportunity for discussion and consideration of how to proceed.”
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Update: The Justice Department filed a letter acknowledging that it inadvertently uploaded an attorney-client privileged document to the public docket last night.
DOJ seeks to have the document permanently sealed or removed, and asks judge to hold that AC privilege was not waived.
DOJ seeks to have the document permanently sealed or removed, and asks judge to hold that AC privilege was not waived.
April 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Update: The Justice Department filed a letter acknowledging that it inadvertently uploaded an attorney-client privileged document to the public docket last night.
DOJ seeks to have the document permanently sealed or removed, and asks judge to hold that AC privilege was not waived.
DOJ seeks to have the document permanently sealed or removed, and asks judge to hold that AC privilege was not waived.
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Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)
April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Defence Ministry Update: Border surveillance has not detected any abnormal activity. We stand rock-hop-ready to rock, set to defend ourselves against all threats both foreign and domestic (elephant seals mainly)
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Everybody's favourite verbal butterfly sesquiotic.com/2024/03/14/f...
flibbertigibbet
“Daddy told me to tell you that I don’t know what he hired you for and not to tell me. That I’m totally untrustworthy. I’m a flibbertigibbet. Come on, let’s get out of here.” https://youtu.be/IBIQU6_V...
sesquiotic.com
March 15, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Everybody's favourite verbal butterfly sesquiotic.com/2024/03/14/f...
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NEW: Judge Merchan seems unimpressed with Trump's request for adjournment in NY criminal case, noting that "Defendant does not explain the reason for the late filing, a mere two and a half weeks before jury selection is set to begin." No more motions without permission, he says. tinyurl.com/2p8ey47b
March 11, 2024 at 11:40 PM
NEW: Judge Merchan seems unimpressed with Trump's request for adjournment in NY criminal case, noting that "Defendant does not explain the reason for the late filing, a mere two and a half weeks before jury selection is set to begin." No more motions without permission, he says. tinyurl.com/2p8ey47b
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Me too. Every time I see someone post like this it all comes back.
So here's some poetry to cry by.
But I'll always give my heart to a dog to tear.
So here's some poetry to cry by.
But I'll always give my heart to a dog to tear.
March 10, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Me too. Every time I see someone post like this it all comes back.
So here's some poetry to cry by.
But I'll always give my heart to a dog to tear.
So here's some poetry to cry by.
But I'll always give my heart to a dog to tear.
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this made the rounds here when it was first posted in January, but I thought it worth revisiting now that reporting has been entirely consistent with what it presents
March 10, 2024 at 9:58 PM
this made the rounds here when it was first posted in January, but I thought it worth revisiting now that reporting has been entirely consistent with what it presents
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Every detail of this comment by an anonymous, self-described Boeing insider appears to have been borne out by subsequent reporting. right down to "records about the door that should exist don't seem to exist."
leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/u...
leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/u...
March 10, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Every detail of this comment by an anonymous, self-described Boeing insider appears to have been borne out by subsequent reporting. right down to "records about the door that should exist don't seem to exist."
leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/u...
leehamnews.com/2024/01/15/u...
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"In one case, a guardian didn’t notice his ward had died and continued to collect payments for the man’s care even after his death. In another, a guardian told the court in a report that they didn’t know where their ward was for a year. ... Eventually a utility worker discovered the woman’s corpse."
Bedbugs, Rats & No Heat: How One Woman Endured a Decade of Neglect in NY’s Guardianship System
Judith lived in squalor, yet every month, her legally appointed guardian was paid $450 from her bank account. She is one of the thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers left stranded by the system.
Judith lived in squalor, yet every month, her legally appointed guardian was paid $450 from her bank account. She is one of the thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers left stranded by the system.
Bedbugs, Rats and No Heat: How One Woman Endured a Decade of Neglect in New York’s Guardianship System
Judith Zbiegniewicz lived in squalor, yet every month, her legally appointed guardian was paid $450 from her bank account. She is one of the thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers left stranded by a syst...
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March 8, 2024 at 6:13 PM
"In one case, a guardian didn’t notice his ward had died and continued to collect payments for the man’s care even after his death. In another, a guardian told the court in a report that they didn’t know where their ward was for a year. ... Eventually a utility worker discovered the woman’s corpse."
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Also, they never do try to run government like a business.
If they did, they'd shut down many red states for being an unprofitable drain on resources, sell California to Japan for a short-term profit bump, and merge the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho into one state to streamline management.
If they did, they'd shut down many red states for being an unprofitable drain on resources, sell California to Japan for a short-term profit bump, and merge the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho into one state to streamline management.
Funny how Republicans want government run like a business, but in business, the first guy you get rid of is the one who complains constantly while never doing any work. Apparently that is the ideal elected official for them now.
March 8, 2024 at 10:07 PM
Also, they never do try to run government like a business.
If they did, they'd shut down many red states for being an unprofitable drain on resources, sell California to Japan for a short-term profit bump, and merge the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho into one state to streamline management.
If they did, they'd shut down many red states for being an unprofitable drain on resources, sell California to Japan for a short-term profit bump, and merge the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and Idaho into one state to streamline management.