Well worth reposting. @patmillsuk.bsky.social

Bravo. “…this soiled and sorry tournament, a grotesque experiment in vulture capitalism and authoritarian overreach…” www.theguardian.com/football/202...

One of my favourite films is ‘Heat’. I just saw ‘Crime 101’ and it’s very much on a par. Strong recommendation!

Oh FFS. AI is absolute nonsense and should go in the bin straightaway.

It’s that time of the year when a grotesque evil-looking fantasy figure, whose far-fetched back story can only partially explain his un-human nature, forces children the world over to crawl around on all fours to find edibles. Also pictured - the Easter Bunny.

This is great but I can’t get over the plural. It’s Attorneys General, not Attorney Generals.

“A spokeswoman for the Gob Squad – what used to be called the Bar Council – said it fully supported the move. “The old way was just so basic,” she said. A Law Society spokesman said: “Why are we never the cool ones?””

In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

“Executions will be carried out by hanging.” I’ve no words.

What is it called when an entire government needs an intervention? Is there a single sane person at the helm? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This could be a storyline for a Grisham novel. www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/...

👀😬 www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Need to find some mates who know history 🤓

We truly live in an era of men whose confidence is undiminished by expertise or experience. To be fair, we’ve probably lived in that era for the last 300,000 years. It just feels especially painful at the moment.

Lord Nelson was 5ft 6in. His statue is 17ft 4in. That’s Horatio of 3:1.

I’m always baffled when utterly unqualified people give exceptionally confident but totally wrong legal advice. His GP must live in abject fear of him sitting in his waiting room long enough to strike up a conversation with anyone. 😬

Incredible achievement, very early in life.

Come, Sir Andrew, there’s no remedy

With apologies for the gavel. www.femtechworld.co.uk/news/fertili...

🥳 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

This has been occupying almost every waking hour of my life for well over a year, not least because of the unexpectedly combative position taken by some of the parties. I‘m pleased that we have managed to obtain this result for the successful applicants. ldmh.partners/high-court-c...

Legal bsky - I keep having LinkedIn posts in my timeline with photos by barristers, clearly taken in the RCJ (corridor rather than court room). I was almost certain that is also prohibited. Am I wrong?

I can totally see what that might look like…

“Doctors won’t tell you this, but you don’t need medication for a tapeworm—all you need is the natural power of friction,” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said as he dropped to the floor, lifted his legs high, and dragged his ass along the White House carpet during a press conference.

Been toying around with Claude Code, and implemented an idea shamelessly lifted from a @annmlipton.bsky.social suggestion. Lots of bugs to iron out. TOS Tracker - Monitor changes to Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and other consumer-facing legal documents. tostracker.app

This is quite a disappointing story.

Fifteen minutes of your time you will not regret using for this rhetorical and political masterclass. One for the ages. youtu.be/izDAOvHz5Wc?...

This image, not entirely unlike that of Alan Kurdi ten years ago, should do something to you if your moral compass is intact. It is a bright cold day in January, and the clocks are striking thirteen.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Another proud day for America.

“It was very important, however, that we ensure the media understood the basis on which we were defending the case.”

It’s sad to see the care staff let an 80 year old confused man embarrass himself like that.

BREAKING: The European Parliament suspended work on a trade deal between the 27-member bloc and the US following Trump's repeated requests to take control over Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory reut.rs/4bbpqGm

When this is over, amoral anti-American law firms like Jones Day will eagerly be running Operation Paperclip for the lawless scum of the Trump DoJ like D. John Sauer, and the profession has to find a way to inflict debilitating harm on those firms and their managers or give up on the rule of law.

This was posted by @mambarlife.bsky.social in the Other Place and it’s too good not to share it.

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned over the Justice Department’s push to investigate the widow of Renee Good, the woman killed by an ICE agent, and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter, according those with knowledge of their decision. nyti.ms/4qUl36Z

We, sadly, have to see those tools on TV and social media the whole time.

To anybody still using X: sexual abuse content is the final straw, it’s time to leave | Marie Le Conte

US Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino (pictured on the right) has opted for a sartorial style that really tells you everything you need to know. [I changed the Bovino photo to monochrome]

👀 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

“The disgraced former barrister”… 🙄

Merz: Rechtliche Einordnung eines solchen Einsatzes sei komplex.

In the immortal words of the philosopher JD Bradfield (only slightly paraphrased): if you tolerate this, Greenland will be next.

Can't help but feel like this is one of the reasons why the Constitution says If a dude in office does an insurrection, don't let that motherfucker hold office again Bc clearly they cannot be trusted with power & control over the levers of government, & they do not care about democratic constraints

And we go live to our roundup of the international response to the US kidnapping a foreign leader…

Watched Back to the Future 1-3 with the kids yesterday as we were waiting for the New Year. The portrayal of Biff Tannen as a grotesque, sexist, criminal millionaire who has taken over America now seems painfully prescient rather than comedic. The parallels (also optically) are mind boggling.