Ida Clemens
@idaclemens.bsky.social
a nice person. leftist liberal & liberal leftist. follow me for my correct political takes and then get disappointed when i just shitpost about gender. pseudonym b/c I work at a law firm
milk is a really funny example to choose if you're trying to show you're the real Grocery Knower. Literally one of the few things that can reliably found in convenience stores even in food deserts.
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
milk is a really funny example to choose if you're trying to show you're the real Grocery Knower. Literally one of the few things that can reliably found in convenience stores even in food deserts.
You followed up with complaining about people thinking Nefesh B’Nefesh promotes settlement in the West Bank. I engaged on that point, and then you went to (1) the merits of that don't matter and (2) you were never talking about anyone but the extreme voices. I'll take the W, but sheesh
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
You followed up with complaining about people thinking Nefesh B’Nefesh promotes settlement in the West Bank. I engaged on that point, and then you went to (1) the merits of that don't matter and (2) you were never talking about anyone but the extreme voices. I'll take the W, but sheesh
In book 5. I was completely shocked when the scene did not fade to black but instead progressed all the way until after. Incredibly tame and non-explicit, but way more than he's done before.
and of course I noticed the first ever Sanderson sex scene was from the perspective of the woman 🤭
and of course I noticed the first ever Sanderson sex scene was from the perspective of the woman 🤭
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 PM
In book 5. I was completely shocked when the scene did not fade to black but instead progressed all the way until after. Incredibly tame and non-explicit, but way more than he's done before.
and of course I noticed the first ever Sanderson sex scene was from the perspective of the woman 🤭
and of course I noticed the first ever Sanderson sex scene was from the perspective of the woman 🤭
Yeah, and it uses the non-specific term "people." Overgeneralizing is your error, not mine.
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yeah, and it uses the non-specific term "people." Overgeneralizing is your error, not mine.
I liked them, and particularly enjoy the Raised-Mormon-Still-A-Prude author develop to the point where he writes an honest to god sex scene. And really the amount of superficial and gratuitous gender swap illusion stuff going on is very intereggsting.
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I liked them, and particularly enjoy the Raised-Mormon-Still-A-Prude author develop to the point where he writes an honest to god sex scene. And really the amount of superficial and gratuitous gender swap illusion stuff going on is very intereggsting.
I know this will make you angry, but people just do calls like this while at work. You just have to. If necessary, using up lunch and breaks.
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I know this will make you angry, but people just do calls like this while at work. You just have to. If necessary, using up lunch and breaks.
Wrong twitterism. This is motte-and-bailey, after I criticized your defense of Nefesh B’Nefesh as obviously not promoting settlement in the West Bank, you are pretending the conversation is only about unspecified people who believe very unreasonable things.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Wrong twitterism. This is motte-and-bailey, after I criticized your defense of Nefesh B’Nefesh as obviously not promoting settlement in the West Bank, you are pretending the conversation is only about unspecified people who believe very unreasonable things.
Except it was, because you're engaged in flattening all degrees and reasons for opposition. "Protesting this event for these reasons seems excessive" would have been a milquetoast take, and is not what you wrote.
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Except it was, because you're engaged in flattening all degrees and reasons for opposition. "Protesting this event for these reasons seems excessive" would have been a milquetoast take, and is not what you wrote.
This may shock you but I never did any of those things
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
This may shock you but I never did any of those things
At my first big law firm I definitely noticed every CA attorney we were across from was a massive asshole. I didn't understand it at the time, but the size of the market changing the value of collegiality explains a lot.
The other way to avoid this is to have a very specialized practice area.
The other way to avoid this is to have a very specialized practice area.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
At my first big law firm I definitely noticed every CA attorney we were across from was a massive asshole. I didn't understand it at the time, but the size of the market changing the value of collegiality explains a lot.
The other way to avoid this is to have a very specialized practice area.
The other way to avoid this is to have a very specialized practice area.
A necessary (but not complete) way to address this is muscular anti-SLAPP laws. But a national anti-SLAPP law is going to be a reach even in the US, and it's basically impossible to imagine the UK enacting one.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A necessary (but not complete) way to address this is muscular anti-SLAPP laws. But a national anti-SLAPP law is going to be a reach even in the US, and it's basically impossible to imagine the UK enacting one.
I am also entitled to judge organizations for their decisions and describe what they are doing in my own words. If you need to misrepresent it as me being opposed to all migration to Israel when I am not, it is telling!
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I am also entitled to judge organizations for their decisions and describe what they are doing in my own words. If you need to misrepresent it as me being opposed to all migration to Israel when I am not, it is telling!
Looking at the website, it's way worse than I assumed. I would simply not have gushing profiles of illegal settlements on my Israel migration information website instead of relying on "I never explicitly said anyone should move there"
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Looking at the website, it's way worse than I assumed. I would simply not have gushing profiles of illegal settlements on my Israel migration information website instead of relying on "I never explicitly said anyone should move there"
oh I see, this is a semantic argument over the definition of "promote." usually a bad sign when you're resorting to that sort of thing
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
oh I see, this is a semantic argument over the definition of "promote." usually a bad sign when you're resorting to that sort of thing
The NYT doesn't refer to the website and I would never assume a website contains the entire universe of an organization's advocacy.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The NYT doesn't refer to the website and I would never assume a website contains the entire universe of an organization's advocacy.
it's basically all he does now. Any random leftist or "activist" or organization that says something dumb becomes the face of everyone he disagrees with on that issue. This often involves misrepresenting what was even said or who said it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
it's basically all he does now. Any random leftist or "activist" or organization that says something dumb becomes the face of everyone he disagrees with on that issue. This often involves misrepresenting what was even said or who said it.
Are you saying the NYT's reporting on that is wrong?
November 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Are you saying the NYT's reporting on that is wrong?
Reposted by Ida Clemens
"Unpopular opinion on an issue most people don't really care about one way or another" is a loss leader to strengthen the electorate's trust that you believe in anything at all.
November 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"Unpopular opinion on an issue most people don't really care about one way or another" is a loss leader to strengthen the electorate's trust that you believe in anything at all.
I enjoyed Shadows but it's basically no different than Odyssey (the last one I played) and they all have the problem of abandoning the original commitment to huge cities. I don't see the appeal unless you're interested in the specific period (which I am re classical Greece and the Sengoku Jidai)
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I enjoyed Shadows but it's basically no different than Odyssey (the last one I played) and they all have the problem of abandoning the original commitment to huge cities. I don't see the appeal unless you're interested in the specific period (which I am re classical Greece and the Sengoku Jidai)
oh but it's definitely not a chocobo. it is a camel with a bird beak. a ridable ostrich with unusually plush yellow plumage would have been much more reasonable
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
oh but it's definitely not a chocobo. it is a camel with a bird beak. a ridable ostrich with unusually plush yellow plumage would have been much more reasonable
The Rise of Skywalker's sole achievement is somehow being worse than The Phantom Menace, and I say this as someone who periodically rewatches Mr. Plinkett's Phantom Menace review
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Rise of Skywalker's sole achievement is somehow being worse than The Phantom Menace, and I say this as someone who periodically rewatches Mr. Plinkett's Phantom Menace review
I'm just saying, the English and US Southern whites don't have a whole lot in common besides ancestry, and yet
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I'm just saying, the English and US Southern whites don't have a whole lot in common besides ancestry, and yet
it's fine, it makes sense to clearly tell the general audience that elves didn't sit on their asses in the war against Sauron, and that victory isn't assured even if the elves show up (ultimately men must save themselves).
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
it's fine, it makes sense to clearly tell the general audience that elves didn't sit on their asses in the war against Sauron, and that victory isn't assured even if the elves show up (ultimately men must save themselves).