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Kendra Albert

@kendraserra.bsky.social

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They/them. Public interest tech and media lawyer at albertsellars.law, recovering academic. Proud Philly resident. More at kendraalbert.com "Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings." - Ursula K. LeGuin

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · Aug 9

Look I can’t help that one of my hobbies is “reading PDFs”

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 22h

"certain types of bodies are indicative of moral repugnance" is a fascist logic. i know you fucking know better! shut the fuck up! your jokes arent even good!

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 1d

My mental health is great, you can tell because I started playing Long Dark again.

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AndreaaaHHhHHHHhHHhhh!! Grimes @andreagrimes.com · 1d

Autonomy News is THE publication to read for the most accurate, up-to-date, and straight-talking abortion news just about anywhere on the internet.

Autonomy News @autonomynews.co · 1d

A new Supreme Court term stacked with cases from Christian nationalist law firm Alliance Defending Freedom, an arrest warrant issued for a "shield" law abortion provider, new data on post-Dobbs pregnancy criminalization from @pregnancyjust.bsky.social, and more in this week's news roundup:

Another Generic Abortion Pill, New Supreme Court Term, and More: October 6 News Roundup

Plus, what you missed on Autonomy News last week.

www.autonomynews.co

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 4d

Philly wrote about this post in the dang newspaper

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 4d

It is very good

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Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · 6d

FAA has issued MASSIVE temporary flight restriction which prohibits drones (i.e., photography) over Chicago.

They did similar around federal buildings in Los Angeles since June protests, but really no comparison...

Chicago's TFR covers 900x more area than ones in LA! 🧵👇
tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=d...

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Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 17d

If you know other cases where DHS/ICE and other agencies demanded data about an activist's online accounts, I'm still digging. My Signal is shawnmusgrave.82

Shawn Musgrave @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social · 19d

Scoop: DHS is trying to unmask Instagram accounts that named and shamed federal agents. One activist just filed a motion to quash the subpoena which was sent to Meta in early Sept. theintercept.com/2025/09/18/d...

The Feds Want to Unmask Instagram Accounts That Identified Immigration Agents

StopICE.net filed a motion to quash a subpoena about an Instagram video that identified a Border Patrol agent.

theintercept.com

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Genevieve Lakier @genevievelakier.bsky.social · 6d

The admin’s efforts to get universities to agree to a list of demands in exchange for preferential access to federal funding isn’t just “troubling” as Ted Mitchell, prez of the @aceducation.bsky.social says in this article; it looks blatantly unconstitutional.🧵
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

www.wsj.com

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 6d

Ooooof

Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 6d

…was this the same one with the brace position or do you just have the worst luck?

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 6d

I suspect it’s due to the cyberattack that screwed up the entire boarding pass system at Berlin Brandenburg? But tbh they look stressed enough that I wasn’t asking questions.

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 6d

Watching gate agents literally set up a router at my boarding gate - this flight is going to go great!

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Tyler McBrien @tylermcbrien.com · 8d

hi, federal judge expert here! this is not funny. conservative, Reagan-appointed district judges only use epistolary framing devices in their opinions when they are in extreme distress.

Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 8d

the postcard cited in judge young's ruling isn't just at the top, it's a framing device. the whole opinion is a letter to the postcard writer. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Post card dated June 19, 2025
(On file in Chambers) TRUMP HAS PARDONS AND TANKS ... WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
Dear Mr. or Ms. Anonymous,
Alone, I have nothing but my
sense of duty.
Together, We the People of the
United States –- you and me --
have our magnificent Constitution.
Here’s how that works out in a
specific case –-
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

I hope you found this
helpful. Thanks for writing.
It shows you care. You
should.

Sincerely & respectfully,
Bill Young

P.S. The next time you’re in
Boston [the postmark on the card
is from the Philadelphia area]
stop in at the Courthouse and
watch your fellow citizens, sitting
as jurors, reach out for justice.
It is here, and in courthouses
just like this one, both state and
federal, spread throughout our land
that our Constitution is most vibrantly
alive, for it is well said that “Where a
jury sits, there burns the lamp of
liberty.”

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Michael A. Specter 👻 @mikespecter.com · 9d

Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags.

You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social!
www.wired.com/story/tile-t...

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 9d

Graffiti pier, the superfund site that is carved out of the southwest border, glen foerd on the Delaware were all super cool! But really more about the whole experience than individual locations.

Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 9d

There were a couple folks who had done the great saunter on the walk today!

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 9d

Ah, small world! 😁

Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 9d

There are good things and good people in the world. Some days it is worth having a reminder.

Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 9d

As of today, I have officially finished my first walk around all 100+ miles of Philadelphia’s border.

That’s me and JJ, Walk Around Philadelphia visionary, at the top of the Washington Ave pier stairs.

A white nonbinary person with a buzz cut stands at the top of a spiral staircase in an Eagles shirt, below them is a tall white man in a red shirt. A third person is also on the stairs but their face is blacked out because I don’t have their permission to share.

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 10d

Yuuuup.

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Frankie de la Cretaz @thefrankiedlc.news · 12d

Anyone in Boston know where I could watch tonight’s WNBA games and also get a decent dinner that isn’t like a bar/pub?

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Kendra Albert @kendraserra.bsky.social · 14d

Go birds, fuck ICE, free Palestine.

Rabb for Congress! (PA-03) @chrisrabb.com · 14d

I come from generations of freedom fighters who taught us to fight oppressive forces. Whether it’s fighting for a livable wage, to make housing affordable for all, or stopping the genocide – I’m answering the call of my forbearers. I'm Chris Rabb, and I’m running for Congress.

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Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 14d

There are colleagues, there are friends, and then there’s @cmorten.bsky.social — primus inter pares. 🙌🏾😍🎉

NYU Law @nyulaw.bsky.social · 14d

@cmorten.bsky.social returns to NYU Law this fall. He brings with him the Science, Health, and Information Clinic, which provides legal services to researchers, patients, consumer groups, and others in the health and science space: ow.ly/gcj550X1EkL

Need to Know

Christopher Morten ’15 acknowledges that becoming a law professor wasn’t his original ambition: he first planned to become a research scientist, investigating cures for cancer or infectious diseases—“...

ow.ly

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · 14d

If you are interested in ways the U.S. government is asserting control over online speech, then the Pornhub/Aylo FTC settlement is probably the single most important thing you're not paying attention to.

So grateful to @riana.bsky.social and @berinszoka.bsky.social for staying on top of this one!

Rianamator 🦇🎃👻 @riana.bsky.social · 15d

My podcast with @mmasnick.bsky.social and @berinszoka.bsky.social is up now! Listen to me nerd out about the Fourth Amendment, Berin nerd out about the history of the FTC, and all three of us complain about this terrible, terrible FTC order with Aylo.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 15d

Techdirt Podcast Episode 431: The Many Problems With The FTC’s Pornhub Settlement

Support us on Patreon » Last week, we published three separate posts that looked at the FTC's recent settlement with Aylo, the parent company of multiple adult websites including, most famously, Pornhub. Those posts,…

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Andy Sellars @sellars.bsky.social · 14d

Taney! At The Disco

Jason P. Steed @profsteed.bsky.social · 14d

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice

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Eric Boo-erg 👻 @lawliberg.bsky.social · 14d

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice

Queens of the Harlan Fiske Stone Age

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