My personal favorite is that song Titus sings in The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Pinot noir Caviar Myanmar Mid-sized car You don't have to be popu-lar Find out who your true friends are

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Today was a big filing day and even though I’ve been at this for a couple decades now, I still get excited by that unique magic of seeing MY WORDS that I strung together in my head and tapped on my computer, out there in the public record, doing work for a client. Litigation has its upsides.

Never have I regretted my undergrad philosophy degree for a day, and I probably wouldn’t be a lawyer without it. (This chart is admittedly making me feel smug, after 25+ years of enduring people opinionating that my degree is useless…)

Tunip Codish Barrot Halibeet Albachoy Grouber

Nothing to add to this. 10/10

I used to read the UK magazine Country Life at my grandparents’ house growing up, and have subscribed to it myself for more than a decade. In all that time I have never seen it publish anything remotely this political. I salute this editorial and agree with every word.

It’s here!

Done

Every time.

@surfdudeken03.bsky.social did y’all hear the sonic boom down by you?

Shoutout to my Clan MacKinnon ancestor Saucy Mary, whose playbook was so solid that it still works in 21st century global politics

I hadn't seen this before. This is pretty remarkable. Earth and Moon in one NASA photo. ht @astrokatie.com

I had maintained my @nytimes.com digital subscription ever since they launched their paywall in the early 2000s. I cancelled it because of that pernicious headline last year about women ruining the workplace. After all, my work in my workplace was paying for that subscription! And now this… 😑

See especially the final two paragraphs.

I would pick a bunch of diseases and just make them go away forever. Also, endow universal free school breakfasts and lunches for the entire remainder of the American experiment.

I started using law ruled paper in college and had never been able to tolerate anything else since. I basically have no choice but to buy it myself, because this is just how my brain architecture works now.

A colleague of mine had this meme posted on her office door during the foreclosure delay lawsuit surge of the early 2010s. It’s more appropriate than ever in today’s litigation climate, truly

Please please read this from the archbishop of Chicago www.archchicago.org/statement/-/...

Update: @strictscrutiny.bsky.social LIVE in San Francisco was a great show! Pictured here with California Attorney General @robbonta.bsky.social

TFW you are reminded again that Yooty is the coolest person

Getting super-excited for the @strictscrutiny.bsky.social live show in San Francisco on Friday! And I’m bringing along two clients who have never heard of your show before, which proves my trust in you is boundless

Been running through my head today They’re rolling out the guns again But they’ll not take my sons again ‘Cause I think war is a terrible sin Johnny I swear unto you m.youtube.com/watch?v=nwnz...

Roses are red Georgia is brave Times New Roman is meh Century Schoolbook is my fave #appellatevalentines ♥️

The sin of civic “interference” is in fact the saving grace of democracy. @fotoole.bsky.social giving us the right takeaways from the news, as always www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have. - James Baldwin, No Name in the Street

If you’re not already following Pop Syllabus by Christiana Mbakwe Medina on Substack, you definitely should. She’s one of the most insightful, fresh, and funny voices I’ve heard in a very long time. substack.com/@christianam...

Mandatory watch

Waymos on every block and someone is bringing me a pizza on a bicycle… downtown Austin TX feels an awful lot like downtown San Francisco 🤠🌉

Other than the NYT who thinks women are ruining the workplace, and WaPo because Many Reasons, what are the other realistic options for a go-to mainstream news website/app for day-to-day?

Took an evening walk and managed to catch a simultaneous sunset and moonrise. Taken from the same spot, looking opposite directions.

This is my favorite part: “the perfidious lust for unbridled power and the imposition of cruelty in its quest know no bounds and are bereft of human decency.”

we are never getting over this

I live with two Gen Alpha’s and am endlessly fascinated by their tiny person trends. At the moment these miniature resin animals (200 for $10) are suddenly all the rage in the 8 and under toy economy

When The Boss is calling you out BY NAME for all the violent lies you’re telling, it may be time to pause and reexamine your life choices

This declaration should be verbatim in every high school American history book for the next 200 years.

“Dr. Goodman taught us that under any circumstances, there is the possibility of good. That under whatever constraint, there is the possibility of hope. And that in service to others, there is unbelievable compounding returns.”

👍🏻

One of the funny features of working in the San Francisco Financial District is that it can easily take 30 minutes to slog from your office over to the SF courthouses… but you can be in standing in a courtroom across the Bay in Oakland in all of 12 minutes. The magic of BART 🪄🚊

We are already getting excited to drive down the coast and support @elleb.bsky.social in at her regatta in Santa Cruz this spring!

“When the long tally is added up, Britain and the English-speaking world owe more to the vices of King John than to the labors of more virtuous sovereigns." John was so bad that the Magna Carta happened. I hope trends repeat: the current state of affairs should lead to massive constitutional reform.

Nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power.” - Tolkien, FOTR I can’t count how many times I have reflected on this sentence. “Desiring power above all else” explains everything about the current administration that’s otherwise impossible to understand.

In the morning light it was all as raw and frank as the voice of history which tells you not to fool yourself; this can happen to any city, to anyone, to you. —Christopher Isherwood, Down There on a Visit

A painting of what it feels like in America right now

A reminder from last September on who greenlighted the aggressive ICE activities in American cities, foreseeably resulting in the ignition of this powder keg calmatters.org/justice/2025....

That song was at its zenith my freshman year of college. We used to mumble the chorus on repeat during 5 AM crew practice #memories

I know it’s the holiday season when I’m at Davies Symphony Hall two days in a row…. Last night for the SF Girls Chorus performance Esperanza Del Futuro, with guest artist Diana Gameros. If you’re not familiar with her courageous and beautiful music (I wasn’t) you should def go check her out.

Gorgeous performance on Sunday. Peter and the Wolf by the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra

Wow 🤍