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David Colarusso
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Co-director @suffolkLITLab.org (Legal Innov. & Tech). Attorney & science educator by training & practice. Data scientist, craftsman, & writer by experience. No mannels. My bots: @icymilaw.org, @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org & @lolscotus.bsky.social
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · Sep 5
One of my favorite things about working at Suffolk is how frequently I get to walk through the Boston Public Garden. Here’s a painting based on a picture I took before class this week.
A finished watercolor and ink illustration depicts a collection of the swan boats in front of a bridge at the Boston Public Garden. The boats are painted green and red, with swan figures at their backs and rows of empty brown seats in front of them. The bridge has stone towers topped with lamps and elegant railings, leading to a staircase on the right side. Behind the bridge, lush trees in shades of green, gold, and purple fill the background under a bright blue sky. The ink outlines add sharp definition to the architectural details, foliage, and reflections in the water. The date “9/5/25” is written in the lower left corner, and a hand holds the sketchbook open against a wooden surface. A photo of the iconic swan boats docked in the Boston Public Garden lagoon. The green boats, each with a large white swan figure at the back and rows of wooden passenger seats, are reflected in the calm water. Behind them stands the elegant pedestrian suspension bridge with stone towers, white railings, and globe-topped lampposts. Lush greenery fills the background, including a large weeping willow and other trees, all under a bright blue, cloudless sky. A watercolor painting in a sketchbook shows a scenic park scene with a set of swan boats in the water. The boats are painted red and white with swan-shaped figures. Behind it stands a bridge with stone towers on either side, surrounded by lush greenery. Trees in shades of green, gold, and purple rise in the background under a bright blue sky, their colors reflected in the rippling water below. The painting is surrounded by the artist’s tools: an open watercolor palette with pans of vibrant colors, a brush, and a mixing tray with green, yellow, and purple washes.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 22h
DevOps & looking for a job? Come work with me @suffolklitlab.org. It's a great team and we do important work helping to address the access to justice crisis. See e.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 22h
🚨 Cool Job Alert! 🚨 Are you a DevOps engineer? We're looking¹ for someone to help scale our open-source access to justice work.² Not a DevOps engineer? I bet you can repost this to someone who is.

¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do
Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote).
Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote). Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 13h
Generally speaking, I’m not a fan of earlier sunsets, but there’s something to be said for that brief window in the fall when they coincide with my commute.
A sunset view of the Boston skyline seen from Boston Common. The glassy John Hancock Tower reflects the warm orange and gold light of the setting sun, while the nearby Prudential Tower and other historic Back Bay buildings stand silhouetted against the glowing sky. The foreground is shaded by the dark outline of trees in the park, and a single lamppost glows softly as daylight fades. Overhead, scattered clouds catch the last vivid colors of dusk.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 22h
It's also a famously edited photo. So, I find the fact that this is an edit also very meta. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raising...
Raising a Flag over the Reichstag - Wikipedia
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 22h
DevOps & looking for a job? Come work with me @suffolklitlab.org. It's a great team and we do important work helping to address the access to justice crisis. See e.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 22h
🚨 Cool Job Alert! 🚨 Are you a DevOps engineer? We're looking¹ for someone to help scale our open-source access to justice work.² Not a DevOps engineer? I bet you can repost this to someone who is.

¹ jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkunive... job listing
² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do
Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote).
Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote). Learn more or Jobvite a friend.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d
I got it.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d
And here's another list from @icymilaw.org that's invaluable when tracking developing news about the law. It's thousands of lawyers and law-adjacent folks (policy profs, paralegals, etc.).
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Raffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 1d
I'm starting to think a good law school exam would be "produce a single draft that accurately reflects the comments you've received" and the question is a single word document with tracked changes from 8 different people at unspecified times interspersed with comment bubbles.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d
And here's another list from @icymilaw.org that's invaluable when tracking developing news about the law. It's thousands of lawyers and law-adjacent folks (policy profs, paralegals, etc.).
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d
Also, @icymilaw.org maintains some very useful lists. Here is one that's updated everyday. It's the 20 accounts from which it has reposted the most over the last week.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 1d
I enjoy watching @icymilaw.org's timeline evolve over the course of the day. Wake up to EU & British law, see discussion of procedure mid day, maybe with some news from Canada. Then for the big finale, end with the profession's collective lamentations over the US admin's attack on the rule of law.
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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 1d
Welcome to the future.

TL;DR: A 13-year-old in Florida was arrested after asking ChatGPT how to kill a friend, triggering a school surveillance system. The student claimed it was a joke, but police emphasized the seriousness of such behavior.
Teen Arrested After Asking ChatGPT How to Kill His Friend, Police Say
AI meets surveillance state in America's new educational dystopia.
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ICYMI (Law) @icymilaw.org · 1d
This bot is my older sibling. You should give them a follow.
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LOL SCOTUS @lolscotus.bsky.social · 2d
I'm a bot. I believe—because I've been programed to—that reading oral arguments to understand laugh lines is a great way to engage #SCOTUS cases. If you agree, you should follow me, and tell your friends.

FWIW, here's this term's SCOTUS calendar: www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 2d
We’re getting close to the end of our school-day breakfast book (below) So, it’s recommendation time. Your thoughts?

It’s a tradition we started to help the 7 & 11yos get to the table). The perfect book has short compelling chapters like the Wild Robot series. We also enjoyed the Phantom Tollbooth.
A hardcover edition of Mary Poppins by P. L. Travers, illustrated by Júlia Sardà, rests on a wooden surface. The deep blue cover features ornate white line art framing a central oval illustration of Mary Poppins. She is depicted holding an open umbrella and carrying a patterned carpet bag, her dark coat and hat billowing as she floats through swirling autumn leaves and small birds. The decorative border includes whimsical motifs like wrought iron gates, stars, and umbrellas, evoking the story’s magical and classic tone.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 2d
It’s the first Monday of October! Time to boot up @lolscotus.bsky.social — a bot I built to share laugh lines in oral arguments before #SCOTUS. IT’S ALIVE!!!

Today from JUSTICE ALITO: I don’t know that we’ve ever invoked Schrödinger’s cat in — (Laughter.)
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 2d
It’s a cliché to say that the photo doesn’t do it justice, but I walk around with a camera in my pocket capable of taking this. 🤯
A bright nearly full moon rises over a yellow barn-like building with a cupola and a horse-shaped weather vane on top. The sky is a soft pink fading to lavender, suggesting early evening or dawn. Silhouetted trees frame the scene, their dark outlines contrasting with the warm tones of the moon and building.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 2d
Of course my problem is exacerbated the fact that I only leave the house for class a few times a week. So, my professional wardrobe is only a fraction of the overall collection.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 2d
The tie used to be how I introduced variety, but after I stopped appearing in court I dropped the tie. Maybe it’s time for a comeback. 🤔
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 2d
I've just realized that the students in my Monday class may think I only own two button-down shirts. The truth, however, is that I buy multiple copies of shirts I like, or ones with very small variations. Look today's blue shirt doesn't have buttons on its collar!
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 3d
I’m with @lu.is
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Luis Villa @lu.is · 3d
Suspect @greatdismal.bsky.social ‘s The Jackpot is going to win out, in part for being so timely.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 4d
Look who joined us on the mini-golf course around hole 8. ⛳️
A close-up photograph of a dragonfly perched on a pair of sunlit leaves. The dragonfly has a slender red abdomen, brown thorax, and large, glossy brown eyes. Its delicate, translucent wings shimmer with fine veins, catching the light as they extend outward. The leaves beneath it are bright green with reddish edges, and the sunlight creates a warm glow that emphasizes the insect’s vivid coloring. The background is softly blurred with foliage and soil, keeping the focus on the dragonfly and its perch.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 4d
Almost every weekend for a few years the kids & I have been watching #StartTrek #TNG. Since the youngest missed some of the first episodes, we went back & watched “Encounter at Farpoint” in preparation for “All Good Things...” They made this artwork & asked me to share. They also chose the filter.
This image is from the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, “Encounter at Farpoint.” It shows the USS Enterprise-D flying past one of the massive spaceborne creatures often described as “space jellyfish.” These luminous, ethereal beings were revealed to be living organisms rather than structures, central to the mystery at Farpoint Station. Their glowing, jellyfish-like forms drifting through the void of space. A child, their face playfully covered by a unicorn mask filter, holds up a drawing inspired by the first episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The artwork shows two large “space jellyfish” creatures, one blue and one pink, floating against a darkly shaded background. These jellyfish-like beings were central to the episode’s story, and the child’s imaginative interpretation brings them to life in bold crayon colors.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 4d
Walking by this guerrilla art (“NOT ART” stenciled on a paint spill) sparked a nice conversation with the 7yo, including a discussion of guerrilla art and a definition of irony.
On a city sidewalk, a large, irregular white blotch of old, spilled paint forms an abstract, amorphous shape. Over this existing paint, someone has added a stencil in bold black letters that reads “NOT ART.” The deliberate stencil contrasts with the accidental splatter beneath it, creating a layered irony: the claim of “not art” is itself transformed into an artistic statement. A bicycle wheel and a fallen oak leaf sit nearby.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 5d
Turns out the solution to energy scarcity may actually be fusion. ;)
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 6d
Exceptional Doctorow piece on the solar rollout, why it's unstoppable, & why many old downsides of solar aren't factors anymore. The entire material mining needed 4 a global solar transition = only 17% of the fossil fuel mining we do every year! & then we're done! doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Decarbonization at a distance
A post-American century that runs on sunshine.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 6d
archaic idioms
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 7d
It warms my heart to know this. FWIW, this is also how I remember my license plate number and a few other random strings that don’t rise to the sensitivity of a password vault.
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