ljean
@ljean.bsky.social
It is not the user, it is the design. Online safety for all.
My opinions in no way reflect those of my employer.
My opinions in no way reflect those of my employer.
Iranian citizens want peace and stability.
"protesters in Tehran used a classic protest chant: “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life for Iran.” The slogan, popular since 2009, reflects opposition to Iran’s backing for militias such as Hamas and Hezbollah."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"protesters in Tehran used a classic protest chant: “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life for Iran.” The slogan, popular since 2009, reflects opposition to Iran’s backing for militias such as Hamas and Hezbollah."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Iranians Have Had Enough
The demonstrations erupting across the Islamic Republic reflect deep economic and political discontent.
www.theatlantic.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Iranian citizens want peace and stability.
"protesters in Tehran used a classic protest chant: “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life for Iran.” The slogan, popular since 2009, reflects opposition to Iran’s backing for militias such as Hamas and Hezbollah."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
"protesters in Tehran used a classic protest chant: “Neither Gaza, nor Lebanon, I give my life for Iran.” The slogan, popular since 2009, reflects opposition to Iran’s backing for militias such as Hamas and Hezbollah."
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
For 2026 I wish freedom for Iranians.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
yet
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
yet
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Several reported killed in Iran protests over economic woes
Several people were killed during unrest in Iran overnight into Thursday, Iranian media and rights groups reported, as the biggest protests to hit the country for three years over soaring inflation sp...
www.reuters.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
For 2026 I wish freedom for Iranians.
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
yet
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
yet
www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Q: Can you tell us why you thought it was important to make a request for a public hearing?
Jack Smith: The career public servants I worked with, who've been vilified by President Trump and the people who work for him. I think someone needs to speak up for them."
x.com/lifechance29...
Jack Smith: The career public servants I worked with, who've been vilified by President Trump and the people who work for him. I think someone needs to speak up for them."
x.com/lifechance29...
Jane V Carroll 🇬🇧 on X: "Jack Smith 🦸🏻♂️" / X
Jack Smith 🦸🏻♂️
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January 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Q: Can you tell us why you thought it was important to make a request for a public hearing?
Jack Smith: The career public servants I worked with, who've been vilified by President Trump and the people who work for him. I think someone needs to speak up for them."
x.com/lifechance29...
Jack Smith: The career public servants I worked with, who've been vilified by President Trump and the people who work for him. I think someone needs to speak up for them."
x.com/lifechance29...
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EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.
Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.
wapo.st
December 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
EXCLUSIVE: @laurenweberhp.bsky.social & I have spent the last year collecting school+county-level vaccination data from across the US and found that only about 28% of counties now have herd immunity for kindergartners from measles—that leaves about 5.2mn kids unprotected.
Gift link: wapo.st/49zDc43
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no one asked for a sequel to the shitposting fire emblem triangle article but i wrote one anyway www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
no one asked for a sequel to the shitposting fire emblem triangle article but i wrote one anyway www.theverge.com/policy/84960...
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
Ry is calling out desperately for software liability.
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Ry is calling out desperately for software liability.
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Kinda sounds like he's doubling down.
He did post a follow-up to his original where he adds some clarity, but that kinda proves just how bad his take was. Speed instead of quality is harmful.
"Move fast and break things," continues to do nothing but break things.
He did post a follow-up to his original where he adds some clarity, but that kinda proves just how bad his take was. Speed instead of quality is harmful.
"Move fast and break things," continues to do nothing but break things.
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Kinda sounds like he's doubling down.
He did post a follow-up to his original where he adds some clarity, but that kinda proves just how bad his take was. Speed instead of quality is harmful.
"Move fast and break things," continues to do nothing but break things.
He did post a follow-up to his original where he adds some clarity, but that kinda proves just how bad his take was. Speed instead of quality is harmful.
"Move fast and break things," continues to do nothing but break things.
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I can’t wait for my banking information to be leaked on the internet because my bank decided “Vibe Coding” the app was good enough
December 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I can’t wait for my banking information to be leaked on the internet because my bank decided “Vibe Coding” the app was good enough
When the name of Trump is removed from everything, including the Kennedy Center, Reagan's name should be removed from National.
Rename it for Clinton.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
Rename it for Clinton.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
It was called the Kennedy Center, but 3 different presidents shaped it
Washington, D.C.'s performing arts center was named for President Kennedy after his assassination. But his vision for the arts as a cornerstone of democracy was shared by Eisenhower and Johnson.
www.npr.org
December 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
When the name of Trump is removed from everything, including the Kennedy Center, Reagan's name should be removed from National.
Rename it for Clinton.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
Rename it for Clinton.
www.npr.org/2025/12/19/n...
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BREAKING: Buried in the newly released Epstein files is a Justice Department email from January 2020 stating: “I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported.”
December 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
BREAKING: Buried in the newly released Epstein files is a Justice Department email from January 2020 stating: “I wanted to let you know that the flight records we received yesterday reflect that Donald Trump traveled on Epstein’s private jet many more times than previously has been reported.”
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Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
NEW: By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court blocks Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to Chicago to assist immigration agents. A majority holds that he likely lacks authority to do so. Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch dissent. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
![The Government asked this Court to stay the District Court's order. After the response and reply were filed, JUSTICE BARRETT referred the application to the Court. We directed the parties to file supplemental letter briefs on an issue that the District Court had addressed but the parties' initial briefs had not: the meaning of the term "regular forces" in §12406(3). In its supplemental brief, the Government argues that the term refers to civilian law enforcement officers, such as those employed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement or the Federal Protective Service.
Respondents, echoing the District Court, maintain that the term refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary.
We conclude that the term "regular forces" in §12406(3) likely refers to the regular forces of the United States mili-tary. This interpretation means that to call the Guard into active federal service under §12406(3), the President must be "unable" with the regular military "to execute the laws of the United States." Because the statute requires an assessment of the military's ability to execute the laws, it likely applies only where the military could legally execute the laws. Such circumstances are exceptional: Under the Posse Comitatus Act, the military is prohibited from "execut[ing] the laws" "except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of Congress."
18 U. S. C. §1385. So before the President can federalize the Guard under §12406(3), he likely must have statutory or constitutional authority to execute the laws with the regular military and must be "unable" with those forces to perform that function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiftbhzwvn3vgwhqsi7k2paizvdw4t26ailljvovso3chqupnmj364@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Wow. Genuinely shocked, and a hugely consequential decision.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
Importantly, this is a case where @martylederman.bsky.social's amicus brief appears to have made a MAJOR impact. Before he wrote it, courts were sidestepping the "regular forces" issue entirely. And that's what the Trump admin lost on.
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maybe lawsky has discussed this before — but are there any other instances in which a specific scotus justice's name became a term of art, the way it has with "kavanaugh stop"? there are countless examples where a case caption becomes a name ("miranda rights") but justice's name seems uncommon.
December 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
maybe lawsky has discussed this before — but are there any other instances in which a specific scotus justice's name became a term of art, the way it has with "kavanaugh stop"? there are countless examples where a case caption becomes a name ("miranda rights") but justice's name seems uncommon.
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ABA therapy is extremely controversial but one of the reasons these families are so terrified of losing it is ABA centers will provide up to 40 hours of therapy a week. Many of these kids have behaviors that disqualify them from daycare, so ABA placements are the only option for parents with jobs.
Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services. n.pr/496jHPj
It's the 'gold standard' in autism care. Why are states reining it in?
Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.
n.pr
December 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
ABA therapy is extremely controversial but one of the reasons these families are so terrified of losing it is ABA centers will provide up to 40 hours of therapy a week. Many of these kids have behaviors that disqualify them from daycare, so ABA placements are the only option for parents with jobs.
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Recorded live and now available at the link below. #CAwx
At 1pm PT today, I'll offer a brief (30 min) pop-up live update regarding the pair of very strong/high-impact storms which will bring major flash flood risk to SoCal/LA area tomorrow, plus the possibility of severe thunderstorms nearly statewide. #CAwx
Quick update: Major storms to bring major SoCal flood risk and strong to severe thunderstorms - YouTube
The latest in a recurring series of live, virtual, & interactive "office hours" hosted by Dr. Daniel Swain on various topics related to extreme #weather and ...
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December 23, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Recorded live and now available at the link below. #CAwx
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This free online space is offering LGBTQIA+ affirming connection on Christmas Day
This free online space is offering LGBTQIA+ affirming connection on Christmas Day
Queerwell will be opening its Online Sanctuary to provide support and calm for anyone who may be feeling isolated
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December 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This free online space is offering LGBTQIA+ affirming connection on Christmas Day
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Imagine serving in the government under pedophiles and not going to prison for leaking top secret documents
December 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Imagine serving in the government under pedophiles and not going to prison for leaking top secret documents
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EXPOSED: An FBI intake report from July 2020 alleges a woman was trafficked as a child through Jeffrey Epstein’s network. She says her father drugged her, took her to abuse parties in the UK, and that Prince Andrew hit her with a car, later standing over her as she regained consciousness.
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
EXPOSED: An FBI intake report from July 2020 alleges a woman was trafficked as a child through Jeffrey Epstein’s network. She says her father drugged her, took her to abuse parties in the UK, and that Prince Andrew hit her with a car, later standing over her as she regained consciousness.
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There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
There’s a lesson here about writing in the age of weaponized lies: Always precede false claims with giant red text, ideally wrapped in a <blink> tag, that says “THIS IS A LIE I AM REFUTING!!”
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
But also, why is a book that makes this kind of lazy, bad-faith argumentation getting any accolades at all?
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One such refutation appears in my paper under the heading “The FBI went beyond strategic information sharing and made direct moderation demands.” I spend several hundred words explaining that that didn’t happen.
![Receiving and acting on external reports is a core function of plattorm content moderation teams, and the essential nature of this work is an independent evaluation of reported content under the platform's own policies. The fact, cited in Missouri v. Biden, that platforms only acted on approximately half of reports from the FBI shows clearly that the standards platforms applied were not wholly, or even mostly, the government's.
Finally, it does not withstand factual scrutiny that platforms were so petrified of adverse consequences from the FBI that they uncritically accepted and acted on information sent to them by the government. The Twitter Files themselves document clearly at least two instances in which, presented with low-quality information or questionable demands, Twitter pushed back on the FBI's requests. In one case, the FBI passes on a request-seemingly from the NSA-that Twitter "revis[e] its terms of service" to allow an open-source intelligence vendor to collect data from the Twitter APIs to inform the NSA's activities. This request is arguably as close to jawboning as any interaction between Twitter and the FBI gets; yet, in response, I summarily dismissed not only the request for a meeting to discuss the topic, but the entire premise of the request, writing, "The best path for NSA, or any part of government, to request information about Twitter users or their content is in accordance with valid legal process." The question was not raised again.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ka6qwlgc2fec7gkz6cfuuxgx/bafkreibhs7piz367lbv4dfkgv3zw27p2wys2cqsuyn53oecxdnzusu5goq@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
One such refutation appears in my paper under the heading “The FBI went beyond strategic information sharing and made direct moderation demands.” I spend several hundred words explaining that that didn’t happen.
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The authors quote from an article I wrote in 2023, refuting false claims about government jawboning of social media platforms. One of the claims I directly push back against is the persistent lie that the FBI demanded Twitter censor online speech.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/getting...
knightcolumbia.org/blog/getting...
Getting the Facts Straight: Some Observations on the Fifth Circuit Ruling in Missouri v. Biden
knightcolumbia.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The authors quote from an article I wrote in 2023, refuting false claims about government jawboning of social media platforms. One of the claims I directly push back against is the persistent lie that the FBI demanded Twitter censor online speech.
knightcolumbia.org/blog/getting...
knightcolumbia.org/blog/getting...
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Plus: Donald Trump would be in jail.
Minus: Todd, whose entire job is sucker-punching elderly women at bus stops, would need to learn to code.
Minus: Todd, whose entire job is sucker-punching elderly women at bus stops, would need to learn to code.
they should try enforcing laws
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Plus: Donald Trump would be in jail.
Minus: Todd, whose entire job is sucker-punching elderly women at bus stops, would need to learn to code.
Minus: Todd, whose entire job is sucker-punching elderly women at bus stops, would need to learn to code.