Stephen
@stephenthen.bsky.social
Thinking about San Francisco, Law, Art, etc.
Law professor teaching Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Legal Writing.
Musician (The Morning Line, Salem 66, Expando Brain, et al.)
Law professor teaching Constitutional Law, Evidence, and Legal Writing.
Musician (The Morning Line, Salem 66, Expando Brain, et al.)
Instead of spending 20 minutes per NFL game watching the refs do video review and having commentators opine on "the right answer," maybe we just accept that this was all a mistake. We get back to the-call-is-the-call, and the game carries on. Mistakes will be made, but that's the nature of humanity.
December 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Instead of spending 20 minutes per NFL game watching the refs do video review and having commentators opine on "the right answer," maybe we just accept that this was all a mistake. We get back to the-call-is-the-call, and the game carries on. Mistakes will be made, but that's the nature of humanity.
A new song of mine. Currently only on youtube. On all the usual services in February.
youtu.be/1E-uHoPsiCU
youtu.be/1E-uHoPsiCU
90s Pickup
YouTube video by Stephen Smith
youtu.be
December 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A new song of mine. Currently only on youtube. On all the usual services in February.
youtu.be/1E-uHoPsiCU
youtu.be/1E-uHoPsiCU
Bought a few things at the SFMoMA gift shop. The cashier asked if I wanted a bag. I said yes. I feel like she should have mentioned that the bag would cost $2.
December 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bought a few things at the SFMoMA gift shop. The cashier asked if I wanted a bag. I said yes. I feel like she should have mentioned that the bag would cost $2.
New Michigan football coach Biff Poggi celebrates at his local bar.
December 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
New Michigan football coach Biff Poggi celebrates at his local bar.
Maybe that meeting couldn't have been an email, but it could have been a few emails.
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Maybe that meeting couldn't have been an email, but it could have been a few emails.
Jim Harbaugh believes you have his stapler.
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Jim Harbaugh believes you have his stapler.
Santa's Song, by The Morning Line
track by The Morning Line
themorningline.bandcamp.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Curious about how many penalties for Tennessee today. Google AI says they’re not playing.
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Curious about how many penalties for Tennessee today. Google AI says they’re not playing.
Ok, so, let’s say I fuck around. How *likely* is it I’ll find out?
November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Ok, so, let’s say I fuck around. How *likely* is it I’ll find out?
You should definitely talk to NYT about it.
November 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You should definitely talk to NYT about it.
The relentless mediocrity of Cal football
November 23, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The relentless mediocrity of Cal football
Passive shooter drill
November 20, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Passive shooter drill
Trump doesn't know who Andrew Tate is. But the Heritage Foundation functionaries and Hillsdale College interns who have taken over the White House care very much about Andrew Tate and his ilk.
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Trump doesn't know who Andrew Tate is. But the Heritage Foundation functionaries and Hillsdale College interns who have taken over the White House care very much about Andrew Tate and his ilk.
Looking at our finals schedule, I see that a colleague is teaching "Statuary Analysis." I like that we're inserting a little art criticism into our otherwise staid legal curriculum.
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Looking at our finals schedule, I see that a colleague is teaching "Statuary Analysis." I like that we're inserting a little art criticism into our otherwise staid legal curriculum.
I expected del Toro’s Frankenstein monster to be more than Jacob Elordi with Sharpie squiggling all over him.
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I expected del Toro’s Frankenstein monster to be more than Jacob Elordi with Sharpie squiggling all over him.
I don't much care for figurative painting, but this Bernard Cathelin painting works for me.
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I don't much care for figurative painting, but this Bernard Cathelin painting works for me.
Saw that Alabama is playing St. John’s today and thought, “that will be a bloodbath. I didn’t know St. John’s even had a football team.” It doesn’t. It’s a basketball game.
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Saw that Alabama is playing St. John’s today and thought, “that will be a bloodbath. I didn’t know St. John’s even had a football team.” It doesn’t. It’s a basketball game.
Trump disappears the monthly jobs report again, because no news is good news.
November 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Trump disappears the monthly jobs report again, because no news is good news.
Whenever I see a stupid penalty in a football game, I remind myself that these are children, tiny babies.
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Whenever I see a stupid penalty in a football game, I remind myself that these are children, tiny babies.
Really hard to get my students to accept that "because" is preferable to "due to the fact that."
October 31, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Really hard to get my students to accept that "because" is preferable to "due to the fact that."
You may as well get two months out of your store’s window painting.
October 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You may as well get two months out of your store’s window painting.
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Trump doesn't believe that fraud should be a crime. It's just a lifestyle.
www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
President Donald Trump says he has commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft...
www.sfgate.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Trump doesn't believe that fraud should be a crime. It's just a lifestyle.
www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
www.sfgate.com/news/politic...
I saw this paint spill a few weeks ago and it does a good job of representing the Dolphins’ season.
October 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I saw this paint spill a few weeks ago and it does a good job of representing the Dolphins’ season.