Congratulations to Buc-ee's for pursuing a strategy that will cost them far more customers than just not doing anything. I knew I hated them for a reason. www.daytondailynews.com/local/they-w...

‘They were here first’: Community blasts Buc-ee’s lawsuit against Beaver’s Mini Mart

Buc-ee’s lawsuit against Beaver’s Mini Mart in Beavercreek alleging trademark infringement has outraged some community members, who say they cannot believe a massive chain is going after a small mom-a...

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I love that somebody's brilliant idea was just "Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House" but make it a Rom-Com and Hollywood gave them $20 million.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 2h ago

i'm locked in on this film sorry to anyone else

5:00pm: Here's my ridiculous take specifically communicated in an overbearing & condescending way so I get angry pushback. 7:00pm: Oh my god, why are all these gibbering morons telling me I'm wrong when anybody smarter than an infant would agree with me. 9:00pm: I get so much undeserved hatred.

I recently found the Lawyers Behaving Badly Podcast. Let me tell ya, it makes me feel so much better about my conduct and my professional interactions. Thank you @badlawyerpod.bsky.social. you're doing a valuable service.

One of the funniest things about social media: It has created this weird mindset where people feel entitled to access. The number of people going "How dare (Celebrity) block me just because I called them an asshole and said they should be executed?" Without an ounce of introspection is hilarious.

Shout out to The Founders(tm) who somehow wrote anti-socialism into the Constitution in 1787, nearly 50 years before socialism was any kind of coherent economic policy.

Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d ago

And then there are paragraphs like this in there. What does this even MEAN. Are state-subsidized grocery stores full-fledged socialism? What part of the Constitution forbids state-subsidized grocery stores in the rest of the nation but allows them in New York?

Christians should be banned from playing sports. Jesus provides them with additional strength, which gives them unfair advantage.

English courts are ridiculous. Defamation because of some mean songs that never actually mention the plaintiff? Fuck off. Damages for taking down a post on their own land because a judge found it "unreasonable?" and Fucking nuts.

The Independent@the-independent.com · 2d ago

Couple face huge court bill after losing neighbour fight over ornamental squirrel

Reason 855 why leaving Florida was the right decision: Openly fascist state government.

Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 4d ago

NEW: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, facing ethics inquiries for misconduct, has threatened to strip state scholarships from Catholic schools unless the Church rewrites its vaccine doctrine. It is an unprecedented attack by an American state on the religious liberty of the Catholic Church.

Great thread here from Michael Hobbes, and I'll add my little extra: Politicians and police often try to force people into treatment without understanding that forced treatment generally isn't effective. People like doing drugs because life can suck and an escape can feel nice.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d ago

It was inevitable that reactionary centrists would turn against harm reduction and call for a return to mass incarceration

This is something defense attorneys deal with in a daily basis. Prosecutors charge shit cases all the time and clients get arrested and held in custody. Even a short stay in jail can destroy a person's life, but the system is entirely indifferent to that. Then, six months later, they drop charges.

Matthew Guariglia@mguariglia.bsky.social · 4d ago

I worry that most cynical among us, hopped up on 30 years of law and order rhetoric, will say "this is the system working: he didn't do anything wrong and now he's free." As if the terror and wide-scale publicity of an arrest and federal prosecution is not a horrible punishment in and of itself.

For Rahaeli and @elsieyork.bsky.social, who both asked: My professor was working as an assistant county attorney very early in his career when he got assigned a nuisance abatement case. The owner of property in an unincorporated part of the county was keeping exotic animals without a permit.

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 6d ago

I am asking you about evicting an emu farm as requested!

This is terrible. We need some sort of law that makes it illegal to use the military for regular policing. Some sort of force of the county act.. Somebody who knows more Latin can work it out. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Decorated Army vet files $3M claim alleging National Guard assault

Retired Army Capt. Anna King’s legal team said she was targeted due to “her speech, via the prominent signs in her window, criticizing their presence in the District.”

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Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Man Dancing with Drums in Toy Store

Alt: Fred Astaire Dancing with Drums in Toy Store in Easter Parade.

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Alagai 🇺🇲🇺🇦@alagai.bsky.social · 6d ago

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

In my Maine office, I am by far the most terminally online, so colleagues often come to me to explain things they've heard from their kids. Today another attorney came by to ask me about JK Rowling ("I heard something about threatening Amnesty International") and whoa boy, did I have a lot to say.

The farce of a hearing with Dr. Fauci really makes that Biden pardon look like a brilliant strategy. I hope the fools who were hand wringing about it take a moment to pause and reflect on why, maybe, you need to take fascism seriously and assume the absolute worst of its adherents.

Somebody really had a whale tail fetish.

jordan@jordantyranny.bsky.social · last wk.

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.

A fun article about figures in Black History. m.economictimes.com/news/interna...

Since Greg is sharing, I will regale you all with my worst law school exam story. Some background: I'm the first person in my immediate family to attend law school. Both parents are college grads, so I had support in place.

T. Greg Doucette@gregdoucette.bsky.social · last wk.

Slightly off-topic: this whole discussion reminds me of my "Fundamentals of Taxation" class in law school The only law school class that made me cry (literally) 1/

People are always horrified when I say it, but this is why we need dueling.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Moreno to Fauci: "Who the fuck did you think you were?"

Today in cop culture.... These fucks are so indoctrinated in this warrior cop bullshit, they really think they're part of the military. www.timesunion.com/capitol/arti...

State Police recruit alleges she was fired after being 'strip-searched'

A New York State Police recruit was fired after troopers accused her of concealing an Apple Watch that was never found. She alleges they partially strip-searched her.

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Not that we needed it, but this is the most damning indictment of Beard and Nick. How TF can we be here and the client still doesn't understand what being a public figure is and how it affects defamation? How does your client still not understand why exactly he lost his suit?

Kaylyn Saucedo - MarzGurl@marzgurl.com · last wk.

HE'S STILL TWEETING ABOUT IT MY GOD

Hey hey hey. The Constitution says you the government has to let you petition the government for redress of grievances. It doesn't say shit about letting you clap for others doing the redressing. Can't wait to see this guy arraigned for first degree applauding in a public space.

404 Media@404media.co · last wk.

Police arrested a teacher for clapping during a city council meeting last week. They went to the meeting of Emporia, Kansas City Commission to speak out against a proposed hyperscale data center that would sit on 1,000 acres of rural land. @mjgault.bsky.social reports www.404media.co/person-oppos...

Ah the fun dichotomy of public defense. Client A was gushing about how I'm so great and asking me to take over one it their other cases from another attorney. Client B said I was like a therapist who doesn't do anything and he curses my name. Such is the life. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I thought Stancil was insufferable, but then I met his reply guys.

I thought the AEW PPV started at 8pm tonight and I was busy helping my neighbor install a new garage door, so I'll be a bit behind and trying very hard to avoid spoilers. #AEW #AEWRedemption

Defund Transphobes at the front of the march doing protest chants

Wow. It's almost like it was a terrible idea to break bread and share chuckles with the narcissistic fascist who spews constant gender and racial hatred at his perceived enemies. Why didn't somebody warn them?

White House Watchdog@whitehousewatchdog.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump targets CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins at White House Correspondents' Dinner, sparking backlash with controversial remarks.

"Absolutely vicious insult." Can we get Will a "We Are The World" style celebrity collab for his feelings?

This was always the likely outcome. I'm not caping for Vince McMahon. He's a known scumbag and rapist and the allegations are almost certainly true, but it was a stretch to try and make this a trafficking case and the complaint was more grandstanding than law. www.fightful.com/wrestling/ja...

Janel Grant, Vince McMahon, And WWE File Voluntary Dismissal Of Sex Trafficking Lawsuit - Fightful | WWE News, AEW News, Pro Wrestling Backstage News

Janel Grant, Vince McMahon, and WWE have filed for voluntary dismissal of the sex trafficking lawsuit ahead of private arbitration.

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