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My email style is entirely a bimodal distribution: - Peak 1: near-immediate response - Peak 2: literal years later Just found a thread from 5 years ago and very earnestly had to look up whether the person was still alive...

CEO: I think I did a harassment GC: You what CEO: Like one of those harassment sex things you do the really long power points about GC: Okay. Okay. Let’s talk about it CEO: But I think it’s okay GC: I have to ask you why you think that CEO: I did it against an AI GC: you the what CEO: the hot AI

That perfect moment when Pope Francis stopped the car to embrace Sophie Cruz. I cried my fuckin eyes out. After all the pain this country puts migrants through, this moment the little Mexican girl broke through was ... everything (video cred: AP). He was a real one. Obit below.

So proud to be part of the NYU Law faculty

More in No, Other People: New poll: “America would be better off if more people worked in manufacturing.” • 80% of Americans agree • 20% disagree “I would be better off if I worked in a factory.” • 25% of Americans agree • 73% disagree • 2% currently work in a factory

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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.

Life imitates art (Fun with Dick and Jane, 2005)

You can totally see how this mf bankrupted a casino.

Just remembering peak inflation where earnings calls were like "we're raising prices because the consumers expect prices to go up so we'll get away with it".

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory. Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

“I promise you, (John Lewis) that I will do everything possible to make you proud.” —Cory Booker

As an NYU Law alum and career public interest lawyer, I always thought of my law school as one of the most civic-minded among them. Disheartened and embarrassed to see that name missing below. Pick a side, @nyulaw.bsky.social.

"You see sir, it sounds a bit like he's texting our secret war plans to . . . to a journo"

I would not be caught dead there after this showing. I sincerely hope the peer firms are making moves as we speak.

This is a good thread about why due process must apply to alleged undocumented immigrants. One thing to add: due process only works if everybody --EVERYBODY--gets it. You can't say that only those who didn't violate law get due process, because fucking duh.