LizardBreath
@lizrdbreath.bsky.social
Environmental lawyer, middleaged and tired
Rose is a rose,
And was always a rose,
But the theory now goes,
That the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose —
But were always a rose.
And was always a rose,
But the theory now goes,
That the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose —
But were always a rose.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Rose is a rose,
And was always a rose,
But the theory now goes,
That the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose —
But were always a rose.
And was always a rose,
But the theory now goes,
That the apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose —
But were always a rose.
Here’s hoping he sticks to his guns. My kids got an excellent education in well-integrated NYC public schools, but there aren’t enough of them.
“School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York?
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York?
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Here’s hoping he sticks to his guns. My kids got an excellent education in well-integrated NYC public schools, but there aren’t enough of them.
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“School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York?
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York?
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“School Integration Has Lost Steam. Will Mamdani Revive It in New York?
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has spoken about integrating America’s largest education system in striking terms rarely heard from big city leaders.” — www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/n...
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Well it didn't say "trans" it said "nonbinary", and that's kind of my point: it doesn't really mean "if you're nonbinary you can pick", it means "if you're nonbinary pick the one that won't freak people out please": "men and nonbinary men", etc
November 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Well it didn't say "trans" it said "nonbinary", and that's kind of my point: it doesn't really mean "if you're nonbinary you can pick", it means "if you're nonbinary pick the one that won't freak people out please": "men and nonbinary men", etc
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My most firmly held political belief is that it should be illegal to refer to wet wipes as "flushable" considering the havoc they wreak on our sewer systems. It is entirely coincidental that Marxist-Leninism is the only way to achieve this.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My most firmly held political belief is that it should be illegal to refer to wet wipes as "flushable" considering the havoc they wreak on our sewer systems. It is entirely coincidental that Marxist-Leninism is the only way to achieve this.
This truck just found out that it does not quite fit under the tracks of the 1 train.
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This truck just found out that it does not quite fit under the tracks of the 1 train.
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I have long said people don't be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts as much as they should be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts
“Roberts has been embedding white-dominant authoritarianism into the country’s source code for two decades. It’s impossible to imagine today’s crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy.”
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This all on the leader of the MAGA #scotus ↘️
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I have long said people don't be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts as much as they should be hatin Chief Justice John Roberts
The neat thing about this is that it’s arguably a fourfold violation of the First Amendment: they are prohibiting a exercise of religion, consisting of speech in a peaceable assembly, implicitly petitioning the government. If they only had a mimeograph machine they could run the table.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
The neat thing about this is that it’s arguably a fourfold violation of the First Amendment: they are prohibiting a exercise of religion, consisting of speech in a peaceable assembly, implicitly petitioning the government. If they only had a mimeograph machine they could run the table.
With Sliwa being salient, my daughter was asking about the Guardian Angels. And it occurred to me that as far as I can recall, there weren’t any big stories from the 80s about the GA doing anything awful. For a vigilante organization, that seems pretty impressive.
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With Sliwa being salient, my daughter was asking about the Guardian Angels. And it occurred to me that as far as I can recall, there weren’t any big stories from the 80s about the GA doing anything awful. For a vigilante organization, that seems pretty impressive.
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I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
June 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
I love this man so much.
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I love this man so much.
I couldn’t be home on Friday for trick-or-treating, so I left my pet spider Arnold guarding a bowl of candy. When I got home, Zohran had fliered him.
November 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I couldn’t be home on Friday for trick-or-treating, so I left my pet spider Arnold guarding a bowl of candy. When I got home, Zohran had fliered him.
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i will defend to the death my country, the New York City Subway System 🫡
Happy 121st birthday to the NYC Subway, opened on this day in 1904. Like the city itself, you can’t truly love it until there are days where you hate it. But I will always be grateful for it every one of those days.
October 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
i will defend to the death my country, the New York City Subway System 🫡
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Cuomo: "When I left office ..."
Sliwa: "Andrew, you didn't leave—you fled!"
Sliwa: "Andrew, you didn't leave—you fled!"
October 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Cuomo: "When I left office ..."
Sliwa: "Andrew, you didn't leave—you fled!"
Sliwa: "Andrew, you didn't leave—you fled!"
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These actions by Trump’s ICE don’t make New Yorkers safer. They only undermine public safety, waste our tax dollars, and create chaos in our communities.
This federal overreach and abuse of power by Trump must end. Hands off NYC! www.amny.com/news/ice-age...
This federal overreach and abuse of power by Trump must end. Hands off NYC! www.amny.com/news/ice-age...
ICE conducts raid on Chinatown’s Canal Street, multiple people detained as New Yorkers rage | amNewYork
The operation began at about 3 p.m. in the area of Centre and Canal Streets where ICE agents showed up to question street vendors as part of an alleged
www.amny.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
These actions by Trump’s ICE don’t make New Yorkers safer. They only undermine public safety, waste our tax dollars, and create chaos in our communities.
This federal overreach and abuse of power by Trump must end. Hands off NYC! www.amny.com/news/ice-age...
This federal overreach and abuse of power by Trump must end. Hands off NYC! www.amny.com/news/ice-age...
I am really enjoying Sliwa’s presence in the public eye. Could Mayor Mamdani create an NYC office for Parade Coordination, and appoint Sliwa the ceremonial head?
October 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I am really enjoying Sliwa’s presence in the public eye. Could Mayor Mamdani create an NYC office for Parade Coordination, and appoint Sliwa the ceremonial head?
Life tenure under Article III, and a daily work life where literally everyone you meet defers to you, makes for people who are hard to subtly pressure into anything. There’s literally nothing you can do to a federal judge short of actual interpersonal violence.
District court judges, appointed by presidents from Reagan to Biden (including Trump I), seem to understand the assignment more than most law firms. This is curious because the data shows that lawyers as a whole are more liberal on average than federal judges
Perry asks directly whether the feds started the alleged violence in Chicago.
She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."
Hamilton: "No, your honor."
She asks whether it matters if the inability to execute the law was "caused by the federal agents."
Hamilton: "No, your honor."
October 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Life tenure under Article III, and a daily work life where literally everyone you meet defers to you, makes for people who are hard to subtly pressure into anything. There’s literally nothing you can do to a federal judge short of actual interpersonal violence.
I am proud to be an MIT dropout.
October 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I am proud to be an MIT dropout.
My children introduced me to this video. It’s the best thing Adams has ever done.
In honor of Eric Adams dropping out, I'm now resharing my all-time favorite bit of Eric Adams content
for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive
enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...
for years, this thing was like my video from The Ring, where I had to get other people to watch it in order for me to stay alive
enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk2W...
Sen. Eric Adams: Combating Gun Violence
YouTube video by New York Daily News
www.youtube.com
September 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My children introduced me to this video. It’s the best thing Adams has ever done.
My son suggests that Adams should be given a job for life making PSA videos for the city. No limits, just his unfettered discretion to inform the people of NYC whatever practical facts he thinks we need to know.
Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race amid increasing pressure: ‘I know I cannot continue my campaign’
Eric Adams drops out of NYC mayoral race amid increasing pressure: ‘I know I cannot continue my campaign’
Adams -- who repeatedly vowed to stay in the race despite being in a distant fourth place in the polls -- dropping out now gives Cuomo a boost against his socialist rival.
nypost.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My son suggests that Adams should be given a job for life making PSA videos for the city. No limits, just his unfettered discretion to inform the people of NYC whatever practical facts he thinks we need to know.
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“if you so much as touch one of our federal officers you will go to prison” not really borne out by the DC or LA prosecution records there, slugger
Bondi: "Under President Trump's leadership, there is ZERO TOLERANCE for political violence and domestic terrorism. I am deploying federal agents to ICE facilities around the country. If you so much as touch one of our federal officers, you will go to prison."
September 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“if you so much as touch one of our federal officers you will go to prison” not really borne out by the DC or LA prosecution records there, slugger
I really wish I could disagree, but I think this thread accurately states the situation we’re in.
There is no measured way to say what I am about to say.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.
I do not say this lightly.
If the Supreme Court agrees with the Trump administration to end birthright citizenship, we must end this current Supreme Court.
I do not say this lightly.
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I really wish I could disagree, but I think this thread accurately states the situation we’re in.
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Fortunately for all of us, Ezra Klein learned his lesson about trusting not wisely but too well in 2018, resolved to listen more to more jaundiced voices on the left (like … Krugman), and stopped letting his instinct to construct a better version of his interlocutors carry the day
September 21, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Fortunately for all of us, Ezra Klein learned his lesson about trusting not wisely but too well in 2018, resolved to listen more to more jaundiced voices on the left (like … Krugman), and stopped letting his instinct to construct a better version of his interlocutors carry the day