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Lawyer in the 'burbs.
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Being a DoJ lawyer in this administration admitted to practice law in a blue state is rolling the dice with one's law career right now. Smart move to resign. (Should be risky everywhere but we know that's just not the case right now.)

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Always worth a reminder in difficult times like this that having principles, respecting procedure, and separating individual politicians from the institutions they temporarily control, really, really, really matters, especially when you're the faction in power.

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I think we're going to get some interesting case law addressing the extent of state authority to enforce federal law against feds when POTUS refuses to do so. The remedy for this should of course be impeachment and removal of POTUS (and then VPOTUS when he follows suit) but where Congress refuses...

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Nope, I'm right about fruit cakes. No Canadian is gonna change my mind.

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during the first big ChatGPT hype wave, a skeptical friend recommended I follow Chollet for well-informed critiques of what GPT 3.5 was actually capable of doing, like this one

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Thank heavens for X, where I can learn about the latest batshit crazy rightwing Q-level nuttery conspiracy theory, "Project Blue Beam."

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Euthanasia perhaps exposing some deeper issues in Canadian society.... www.bbc.com/news/article...

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So do you think Luigi saw this meme and thought, "wait, I'm Italian, and have incoherent anti-establishment populist beliefs, I can be *both* of these guys..."

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Why the hell did insurance deny my treatments, a guide to understanding the American health insurance claims system. In this thread I will explain how the claims system actually works in my experience as a former health insurance employee, what you can do about it, and when you need a lawyer.

submitted 112 days ago • 76 comments

The new Beetlejuice movie is terrible.

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Luigi sounds like a mentally ill, probable RFK Jr. supporter who was more likely to vote for Trump than Harris, so basically, your standard 21st century American leftist.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

You think this is bad, wait until he nominates her for an empty SCOTUS seat to cover his millions in unpaid legal fees.

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(*movie guy voice) "The Purge: Manhattan."

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I love how Trump is a life-long learner.

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It's interesting that so many people with a certain ideological worldview thought a hyper-decentralized social media platform would be great for ensuring no one whose views they didn't like would join.

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