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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 2h

Breaking: SCOTUS eagerly hears case about conversion therapy, mistaking it for a doctrine that converts doctrines that support fascism from what were once constitutional rights.

#Satire

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 10h

Wood that they could.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16h

Perhaps it's more like the war prayer from Mark Twain?

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 16h

University: Why haven't you looked at your evaluations? We spy on you and see you haven't opened them up. Open them!

Me: Because they are flawed. Here is a list of articles explaining why. I'm happy to work with you to fix this.

University:

a close up of a cricket crawling on a floor .

ALT: a close up of a cricket crawling on a floor .

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 20h

Breaking: Wood is petrified.

theonion.com/travis-kelce...

Travis Kelce Gets Cold Feet After Listening To New Taylor Swift Album

LEAWOOD, KS—Seeing his fiancée in a whole new light, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was reportedly getting cold feet Monday after listening to Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl. “It’s k...

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Hal Singer @halsinger.bsky.social · 21h

I am on a mission to get the business press to stop blaming consumers for industrywide price hikes, and instead look at the companies actually setting prices. Or in the case of Vegas hotels, companies turning over their pricing decisions to a common pricing agent.

www.thesling.org/why-did-hote...

Why Did Hotel Rates Surge in Vegas? (Hint: It’s Wasn’t the Demand) - The Sling

If I had a dollar for every New York Times business story that attributed an industry-wide price hike in the post-Covid era to an outward shift in demand—that is, a story that blamed consumers for hig...

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 19h

Troubled AI Relief Program or TARP--coming soon.

#Satire

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19h

What could possibly go wrong, you ask? 🤔

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 23h

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 19h

Breaking: State Department issues travel warning for country of Puerto Rico.

#Satire

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Amy Kapczynski @akapczynski.bsky.social · 19h

"I am purposefully “belittling” a “conservative idea.” Or maybe I am not. I’m not really sure what the legal threshold of “belittling” is, and while I have a pretty good idea which ideas should be considered “conservative” ... I am pretty sure McMahon does not."

Mary Anne Franks @maryannefranks.bsky.social · 20h

"Academic freedom policies came from faculties, not the government. Governments are the enemies of academic freedom, not their protectors." Brilliant piece by @sivav.bsky.social about the Trump administrations' latest effort to censor universities newrepublic.com/article/2013...

Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Josh Douglas @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social · 20h

High praise for UK Law Prof Jonathan David Shaub in a new JOTWELL review by Prof. Margaret Kwoka of his recent article: adlaw.jotwell.com/informationa... #UKLawProfResearch

Informational Accountability for the President - Administrative Law

Jonathan David Shaub, White House Inspection, 103 Wash. U. L. Rev. __ (forthcoming 2026) available at SSRN (Feb. 25, 2025).Margaret KwokaAllegations of illegality—sometimes quite serious in nature—are...

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 20h

Breaking: Bad Bunny believed to be shorting Duolingo stock after recognizing MAGA already taking Spanish lessons would stop doing so after he suggested it.

#Satire

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 20h

Breaking: Wood is petrified.

theonion.com/travis-kelce...

Travis Kelce Gets Cold Feet After Listening To New Taylor Swift Album

LEAWOOD, KS—Seeing his fiancée in a whole new light, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce was reportedly getting cold feet Monday after listening to Taylor Swift’s The Life Of A Showgirl. “It’s k...

theonion.com

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Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social · 21h

My heart goes out to all the travelers stuck in this mess. #govt #shutdown 🧳✈️

Aut. Stuart Miller 📖✍️🤓 @authorstuartmiller.bsky.social · 1d

Wow, 70 canceled flights and 5K delays, that's crazy 😲🤯

#travel #Airlines #Passengers #Seattle #Boston #Pittsburgh #Orlando #Minneapolis

Source: Travel And Tour World
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Thousands of Passengers Grounded in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Orlando, Boston, and Minneapolis as US Faces New Travel Disruptions with 70 Flights Canceled and 5000 Delays Affecting Delta, Cape Air, United,...

The US faces significant travel disruptions with 70 flight cancellations and 5,000 delays, affecting passengers in major cities.

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James Andrew Smith @drsmith.bsky.social · 22h

Qualcomm buying Arduino. WTF.

Youtube video stating that qualcomm is buying arduino

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Sonya H @sonyah.bsky.social · 1d

So apparently food pantries really love it when you donate stuffing because WHO DOESNT LOVE STOVETOP STUFFING? So grab a box or 2 when you’re at the grocery store and donate it when you’re able to. 🩷

whet moser @whetmoser.com · 1d

stove top stuffing. i have had lots of stuffings, some made by very good cooks as part of elaborate and loving thanksgiving dinners, some i have made myself from scratch, and i like stove top better than any of them

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

Bad boys
Bad boys
Whatcha gonna do
Whatcha gonna do
when ICE recruits you?

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Ally Whelan @amwhelan.bsky.social · 1d

“They are using our work to minimize the harm of conversion therapy. There are few practices where there is as much demonstrated evidence of harm,” Diamond, a distinguished professor of psychology and gender studies, said. “That’s where I find the misinterpretation to be so profound.”

Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say — Guardian US

Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth

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Jess Miers 🦝 @jmiers230.bsky.social · 1d

Trump just told young people “you owe me” for not banning TikTok.

The President of the United States is literally bartering our First Amendment rights for political loyalty.

H/t @kerry95.bsky.social

fortune.com/2025/10/06/t...

Trump's message to 'the young people of TikTok' and Gen Z: 'You owe me big' | Fortune

Trump endorsed the idea of a TikTok ban all the way back in 2020.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 1d

Ben Ryan has tweeted about me at least 33 times in the past month, often several times a day. This is stalker behavior. Get some god damn help Ben. This is a sick obsession.

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

And cue the new Paramount TV show called ICE in 3....2....1.....

#Satire

www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Trump’s use of Guard may have lasting impact on cities and troops

Historians and experts say the Trump administration’s efforts to deploy National Guard troops across the country could affect troop readiness, training and morale.

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Nick @newsman.bsky.social · 1d

Textbook Putin Hit

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Lawprofblawg @lawprofblawg.bsky.social · 1d

Look, are you suggesting correlation or causation?

a man in a suit stands in front of a microphone with the words i 'm fully kidding behind him

ALT: a man in a suit stands in front of a microphone with the words i 'm fully kidding behind him

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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

John Oliver: "If ICE can bother some guys at a roofing job, bystanders can bother ICE at their state-sanctioned kidnapping job."

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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