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2L @ Northwestern. Interested in appellate advocacy, civil litigation, infrastructure, and government. Linking to the filings at @linktothefiling.bsky.social.
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I wrote 1,500 words tonight. I'd like to thank the Academy and Hulu for making it (im)possible (to watch the Oscars instead).

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Me, hitting the @bsky.app character limit halfway through a post that demands nuance

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‘The Substance’ Snags Oscar For Best Goo

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Best Actress in a Drama

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Hulu being down right now is pure poetry

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

The hot gossip is in the unreported opinions section

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They have to wait until JULY. The additional time being unemployed is bad enough, but having to study and worry for another four months?! Awful.

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If you don't get at least one snarky "ostensibly" into your paper, did you even write it?

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savage

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I love this opinion because it's so clear how hard the clerk worked on the background sections. We see you, clerk!

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I showed this to my dog and told her she could do something similar if she set her mind to it, and she burped.

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Put her on the currency

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Judges are servants, not kings. Article III independence is a wonderful thing, but this is one of its dark sides, and we should be honest about it and standing up for those subjected to bullies and abusers.

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Well we made it to the fin de semana. Yet the semana never really seems to fin these days does it

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Today's change said the Richardson Waiver was "contrary to the clear text of the APA." Turns out it was adopted in response to a 72-page report and recommendation from the Administrative Conference of the United States which noted that notice and comment improved agency decisionmaking.

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The birds have started coming to the kitchen window to peer in at me when the feeder is empty, as if to say "Service around here is a disgrace."

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The solution to this unwieldy sentence is probably to chop it up into two, or even three, sentences. Give it the old Hemingway. I will not do that, of course. Another set of nested commas is all I need.

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More support for my zealous no-crates position. My dog was in the house with her former owner for several days after he passed, and Animal Control found her in pretty decent health. (I don't know if she ate him; she won't say.)

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The biggest challenge as a first-gen law student (or one without a pre-law/poli sci degree) is getting up to speed on the procedural terminology that so many of your classmates grew up hearing.

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Does anyone know the best approach to finding short-term housing (8-10 weeks) in Houston? I assume Airbnb, but figured I'd ask. Thanks!

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