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Relapsed lawyer. Pão de queijo fanatic. Prettier than Napoleon. There is no arc.

berkeley, ca
Joined June 2008
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Apart from creating the appearance of bias, this is just bizarre. I feel comfortable saying right now, as a blanket statement, there is no situation in which I would like to hug a judge following the close of a trial.
Judge Scherer hugging the prosecution team following the #ParklandShooter sentencing.
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Wtf is this “cringe lib wine mom” shit? Are folks just wearing their mommy issues on their sleeves now or what? Please stop treating politics like a underground band. Dorks will agree with you and that is GOOD.
Recently I learned about a man who has trained 1,000+ people to block wind and solar projects. I read through all his training materials, presentations, and seminars. Here's what I learned about him and how his students plan to "win the war on clean energy." 🧵
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The two Scrabble types: dictionary memorizers and word empathizers. I get all chuffed to have made some obscure word and then am smashed by 200 points by someone putting the letter A in ZA.
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“I can’t believe twitter is free” it isn’t, there is an inconceivable toll
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When I first started yoga: “I could spontaneously feel waves of strong emotion because of body pretzels? Pssh.” Me, later, with tears streaming down my face: what the fuck
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Fiona Apple has a story for you. And it’s incredible. Asked me to share. She's become an avid, trained Court Watcher. Her observations helped people jailed pretrial file a civil rights lawsuit. Then came the retaliation. Shut off her access to court. A video story in 8 parts:
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Oh no, they have found the lettuce's tweets from 2011.
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Amber Abbasi retweeted
Replying to @demarionunn
BREAKING: King Charles is stuck in the Suez Canal
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At this point, for people who live in Portland, the van abductions feel like a bad memory, a piece of weird local news lost in the mists of the terrible year that was 2020. theverge.com/c/23374765/port…
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Sometimes there’s just no legal remedy for garbage people doing trashy things.
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Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power. n.pr/3s4D5Hu
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Balthazar relevant again
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We are recruiting 30 - yes, that's right, 30! - Chancellor's Fellows to prestigious, tenure-track, research-intensive early/mid-career roles at the University of Edinburgh. Please spread the word!
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I have just made a FANTASTIC discovery which other writers of a certain flavor of fantasy (or, y'know, Regency romance) might find useful to know 👀👀👀
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