Leftist Lawyer

Life really began with #sobriety in 2005. But I like to say I'm a #grateful #alcoholic b/c I had some amazing experiences including #Crabber #Seiner in #Alaska and #WildlandFirefighter in #Montana where I grew up.

Got my B.A. in #ClinicalPsych after sobering up. Then M.S. #BioregionalPlanning. Now, small town rural #Attorney #Litigator with certs. in #WaterLaw #NatRescLaw & #EnvLaw.

#Dad #Husband #Deadhead #Skier #Soccer #Hiker #Biker #Gardener #NoveltySeeker #Luddite #JackOfAllTrades

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Last Notes

2026-03-13 19:10:43 UTC

Anyone else taking perverse pleasure imagining the pain the 8 cylinder "big rig" petro-sexual set must be feeling right now???

2025-07-05 20:27:36 UTC

For all those searching for moral and ethical clarity in what seems a nation gone mad — I may have good news.
Hang with me for a little 🧵 thread about how, for reasons we may never understand, the #BabyBoomers and the late #SilentGeneration are criminally inclined to an abnormal degree.
First, this article from the Atlantic titled “AMERICA’S INCARCERATION RATE IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF A CLIFF.”
Here’s a non-paywalled link from Archive Today: https://archive.ph/mi5Wn
/1

2025-06-27 03:43:50 UTC

They mask because they're afraid of you.
Let's keep it that way.
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2025-06-27 03:10:25 UTC

Nailed it.
#Mamdani #DNC #VoteBlueNoMatterFuckYou
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2025-04-09 13:11:57 UTC

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2025-03-27 00:35:03 UTC

“Surveys confirm that for many workers, #AI tools like #ChatGPT reduce their productivity by increasing the volume of content and steps needed to complete a given task, and by frequently introducing errors that have to be checked and corrected.”
https://prospect.org/power/2025-03-25-bubble-trouble-ai-threat/

2025-03-13 16:31:29 UTC

Umm ... really cool!
#feditips #fediverse #fedi #mastodon #Kagi
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2025-03-10 14:58:32 UTC

This is you.
This is you rejecting #CorporateRule.
Keep it up.
Destroy them.
#uspol #ClassWarUSA #NoWarButClassWar
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2025-03-09 01:04:49 UTC

It occurs to me that, right now, is probably the best time to find #fedi instances that aren’t located in the #4thReich.

2025-03-08 00:21:41 UTC

Just love how everyone has a personal use case for #AI that absolves them of any personal responsibility for the aggregate damage done by AI.
#Assholes

2025-03-07 13:57:01 UTC

So, I’ve pretty much started calling all #AI users eco-terrorists.
I’m not wrong.
When you see AI, say something about AI.

2025-03-01 15:23:46 UTC

To those wondering when the #Democrat pushback will come, it won't.
Their strategy is "we told you so."
The sad thing is it will likely work.
I predict Trump will lose his #House and #Senate majorities after the #midterms ... then they'll successfully impeach him.
Then we'll go back to "fascist lite" business as usual #WallStreet boot licking.
The way to prevent business as usual is to PRIMARY the incumbent democrats.
That is what made the #TeaParty so wildly effective in shifting this country to the so hard to the right.
Primary the business as usual democrats. Take. Them. Out.
#uspol

2025-02-28 14:31:26 UTC

24 hour economic blackout everyone.
This is practice for the real events to come.
Keep your wallet in your pants today.
#uspol

2025-02-28 13:37:01 UTC

Personally, my family is tightening the belt.
Reigning it in.
No nonessential spending.
Zero.
Gonna not party like it's 1929.

2025-02-19 14:08:06 UTC

Witness:
Exhibit 1: The genocidal territorial expansion and settlement of the American west.
Exhibit 2: Zionism
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2025-02-15 19:24:06 UTC

Dante thought being a hypocrite warranted a particularly deep circle of hell.
#uspol
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2025-02-14 03:25:53 UTC

#MemeAtMe #uspol
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2025-02-06 16:04:54 UTC

#Liberals thinking they’re #leftists and #nazis thinking they’re #conservative.
This is #uspol

2025-01-30 17:15:18 UTC

Shamelessly ripped from one of those toxic corporate websites.
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2025-01-26 18:28:51 UTC

h/t @npub13vn…lyu8 … and #JidduKrishnamurti of course.
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2025-01-23 04:02:52 UTC

Don’t like #Xitter, like me?
Want to rip videos posted by people gullible enough to still be on there, and proudly free them into the #fediverse?
Well, what are you waiting for?
#feditips
https://x-downloader.com/

2025-01-21 15:39:04 UTC

#Capitalism would not exist without blind adherence to, at least, three fictions:
1. Legal Fiction: Ownership. Do we *really* own things? Or, are we just tenants as we pass through?
2. Political Fiction: Perfect competition. Capitalism can only perform as expected when monopoly is nonexistent. We ALL know this is never, ever, the case.
3. Scientific Fiction: Infinite Growth. Physics demands finite systems have finite thresholds. We act as if the earth is a perpetual cornucopia machine for the sole purpose of generating #YachtMoney.
We all know these points are axiomatic. And yet we continue to live the fictions.
It’s time we began living in reality.
#uspol #Economics

2025-01-18 20:32:16 UTC

SLAP!!!
Pixelfed creator @npub1xsv…q6he just threw #Zuck over the ropes and smashed him with a chair outside the ring.
#OurSocialMedia
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2025-01-17 16:46:28 UTC

Cool.
Spike the punch.
#AI
https://zadzmo.org/code/nepenthes/

2024-11-24 04:48:10 UTC

Any one planning on hitting the #CrackFriday sales?
https://kolektiva.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/536/105/645/916/827/original/c253a358c6a722d7.jpg

2024-09-14 05:06:19 UTC

What is the only living thing, scientifically verifiable, that humans can’t kill no matter how hard we try?
#Earth
I suggest you make that your #God.
And pray hard for forgiveness.

2024-09-14 03:30:22 UTC

Fuuuuuuck …
I don’t want to believe this, but I know deep in my bones it’s correct.
“Stupidity is a more dangerous enemy of the good than malice. One may protest against evil; it can be exposed and, if need be, prevented by use of force. Evil always carries within itself the germ of its own subversion in that it leaves behind in human beings at least a sense of unease. Against stupidity we are defenseless. Neither protests nor the use of force accomplish anything here; reasons fall on deaf ears; facts that contradict one’s prejudgment simply need not be believed – in such moments the stupid person even becomes critical – and when facts are irrefutable, they are just pushed aside as inconsequential, as incidental. In all this the stupid person, in contrast to the malicious one, is utterly self-satisfied and, being easily irritated, becomes dangerous by going on the attack. For that reason, greater caution is called for when dealing with a stupid person than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer (murdered in prison by nazi’s)
So, how do we combat it? I suggest a firm understanding of Plato’s cave allegory. I was blown back by this article: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/platos-cave-and-the-stubborn-persistence-of-ignorance/
H/T to @npub1u7r…q0sq for the Bonhoeffer quote. I’ll link to that below in the comments.

2024-09-13 04:16:41 UTC

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https://www.wired.com/story/inside-google-mission-to-give-ai-robot-body/

2024-09-12 18:59:48 UTC

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Hey, not ignoring this thread … I just got sick as a dog yesterday and it’s kinda put me on my butt. Lurking though.

2024-09-11 18:49:29 UTC

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Oh shit I def prioritize experience.

2024-09-11 12:58:51 UTC

The only way to shut #ElonMusk up is to turn #twitchan into #truthsocial
#BoycottX

2024-09-11 04:21:51 UTC

Pow.
@npub149r…7zya smacks this one out of the yard.
#communism #capitalism
https://www.ianwelsh.net/has-communism-happened-yet/

2024-09-11 00:02:40 UTC

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I already admitted I agreed with you upthread vex. Not defending it. Just sorting through the reality.
But, I can readily turn the tables and ask: where are you going with this? Identifying problems and posing solutions are two different things. I’ve never seen an anarchist argument that confronts it. It just breaks it down into smaller parts.
Did native American’s (the closest thing I’ve ever seen to anarchism systems in reality) use coercive control to maintain order? Can you name one society that hasn’t employed measures of coercive control?

2024-09-10 21:38:18 UTC

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Not disagreeing. But, I will say law is a massive field. I'd say the argument applies strongly to, let's say, prosecutors. But, weakly to issues such as family law.
Perhaps, the argument's best utility is to serve as a knife to cut law apart and see in what amount coercive power applies along a legal spectrum.

2024-09-10 21:30:29 UTC

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It totally does. I'm a mediator and parenting coordinator when I'm not in the courtroom. Had to do a ton of trauma informed training b/c it drives so much of the dysfunction one sees on family conflict.

2024-09-10 20:02:43 UTC

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I think it would be cool if everyone weighed in with their favorite environmental protest songs.
Thanks for the #JohnPrine suggestion @npub1ue2…9hv4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEy6EuZp9IY

2024-09-10 19:58:20 UTC

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Oh yes. Saw it live. John is right up there with Neil in my list of legends.

2024-09-10 19:50:18 UTC

“Look at #MotherNature on the run in the #1970’s. We’ve got Mother Nature on the run in the 1970’s.”
This song has always haunted me. He foretold this Gen X’ers fate before I was old enough to understand it. It’s brought me to tears more than once.
I’ve been chasing Mother Nature as she recedes further into the distance my entire life.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuI-ZV92sU4

2024-09-10 18:29:21 UTC

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I've always thought about it as CBT with special emphasis on the language we use to converse w/our Jungian shadows.

2024-09-10 17:59:52 UTC

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But, in theory anyway, a "law" is the product of a democratic process in which the public assents to the use of violence to maintain order.

2024-09-10 15:59:49 UTC

There are really only two types of people in the world anymore.
Trackpads & mice.

2024-09-10 15:48:17 UTC

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I think the fundamental philosophical the writers of the constitution made was assuming an adversarial from of democracy, rather than a pluralistic form, was the best way to get to effective governance.
The U.S. was established as an adversarial democracy. The thought being, the constant fight winnows flabby political approaches to problems.
In hindsight, it looks like the theory behind a medieval champion. "Oh, look, you're dead. My side must have been correct."
🙄

2024-09-10 14:27:02 UTC

The existence of #conservative #lawyers will always baffle me.
Why, you ask?
Please allow me a bit to explain.
As foundation, there’s a lot of research out there demonstrating that conservatives, on average, are less cognitively complex than #liberals (now do studies on libs v. #Leftists).
It’s a #tribal thing that we’re all naturally born with. We are hardwired, through heuristic mental adaptations, to see the world in black and white terms.
Education and certain experiences teach us that the world really doesn’t work that way. It’s complex. It’s ambiguous. It’s a million shades of gray.
You don’t necessarily get that though through a STEM education. There, most of the time, there really are right and wrong answers to problems — black vs. white.
The liberal arts, to which the study of law belongs, are a different story. Ambiguity thrives and there are no right or wrong answers … only probabilities based on factual context.
Many law students struggle mightily with this concept. You learn quickly in law that there are no right or wrong answers. The talent lies in being able to cogently analyze the strengths and weaknesses in fact patterns and generate probable outcomes.
So, I wrap all the way back around. Lawyers are trained and judged on their ability to resist black and white thinking and generate nuanced probable outcomes.
I practice with a conservative lawyer. And, it’s amazing to see him do his thing in the court room, and then take his tie off and immediately revert back to his default black and white political thinking.
I guess some people just become inured to cognitive dissonance.

2024-09-10 13:00:50 UTC

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What other people think of me is none of my business.

2024-09-10 12:59:46 UTC

In tonite’s #debate he best #Harris response to any #trump arguments is:
“Was that English? I didn’t understand a word he said.”

2024-09-10 01:10:37 UTC

“If you’re young, learn Mandarin. Maybe even if you’re not young.”
— Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/the-china-cycle-is-mostly-a-thing-of-the-past/

2024-09-09 17:49:48 UTC

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Surely, you jest.

2024-09-09 15:00:34 UTC

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We want Microsoft Recall 🤣
Oh, I'm fucking dying over here 🤢

2024-09-09 12:53:12 UTC

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Oh. That's fucking gold.

2024-09-08 15:17:02 UTC

If we created a #ScientificRationalist party in the United States — what percentage of the electorate do you think would get on board?

2024-09-08 13:23:40 UTC

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Would you please explain why it’s shit to a toddler in terms the toddler can understand?
Or, are you speculating that it’s horse shit?

2024-09-08 02:02:41 UTC

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But, use one as a weapon and you get to the same place.
And, I’d love to read that link if you d it.

2024-09-08 01:52:54 UTC

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As mentioned up thread, we are a whisper away from something exactly like you describe set off a #KesslerEffect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome

2024-09-07 23:24:55 UTC

This could be big.
Paging Dr. #SabineHossenfelder for a lay translation.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927650524001130

2024-09-07 19:56:15 UTC

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Ah yes, good ol’ Mizzou. Alum here.

2024-09-07 19:36:03 UTC

His goal?
#Blackmail
Every one of them has a kill switch only he has the keys to.
https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk-satellites-starlink-spacex-b2606262.html

2024-09-07 19:23:25 UTC

Anyone know of #research into the correlation between hours spent watching #TV, and superfluous personal #spending.
My brief search revealed nothing.
But, there’s a PhD waiting for someone if they do it.

2024-09-07 18:34:15 UTC

Anyone happen to notice that the #Trump plan to #MAGA, is basically an inverse laundry list of things our constitutional founders thought would make #America great.
Things such as:
1. Separation of #Church and #State
2. #Freedom of Assembly
3. Pluralism — you know *E Pluribus Unum* (out of the many one) used to be our national motto until the #christofascists that Trump appeals to started chipping away and changed it to “In God We Trust” (if it’s a christian god).
4. Quartering of Soldiers on domestic land
5. Attempts to undermine due process, and
6. Arguably the 22nd amendment’s 2 term limitation as president.
Did I forget some?
MAGA … Make American Great for Authoritarians.

2024-09-05 16:27:24 UTC

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Watch your 6.

2024-09-05 12:56:08 UTC

The **Overview Effect**???
I’m pretty sure nature didn’t want us blasting into space to realize this.
Which is why she provided us with rye ergot and psilocybin.
You’ll get to the same place.
https://www.good.is/when-nasa-astronaut-realized-a-heartbreaking-lie-after-seeing-earth-from-space

2024-09-05 03:51:13 UTC

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We’re watching in real time how every elite family is established.
Theft.

2024-09-05 03:17:18 UTC

I was born in the Rockies;
Raised in a badgers den.
#GratefulDead

2024-09-04 19:50:18 UTC

#OpenAI is being sued on multiple fronts for #copyright infringement.
I don't know about you, but #lawyers around my neck of the woods call this an *admission.*
When you publicly *admit* the acts that form the basis of the cause of action (here copyright infringement) ... you typically lose.
Hey Sam ... you just lost. #Loser
https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-copyrighted-material-parliament

2024-09-04 18:48:05 UTC

Times of great geopolitical conflict are are coincidentally times to put a great smack-down billionaires.
Never let a crisis go to waste.

2024-09-03 18:23:26 UTC

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Of course it's poor. That's why I posted it. The WaPo is owned by the TechBro in chief ... Bezos. The entire article is posed so as to make the regulators look to like the boogie men ... rather than the real bad actors ... the TechBros.

2024-09-03 15:29:05 UTC

The corporations are the threat.
The internet is only a "threat" because the corporations enshittified it.
Yeah, looking at you ....Bezos. There's a story you'll never see in WaPo.
**“The pendulum has swung from public discourse being all about ‘internet as a tool for freedom’ to ‘internet as a threat,’” said Daphne Keller, director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford University’s Cyber Policy Center and a former Google lawyer.**
Revenge of the regulator my ass. Do your fucking jobs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/31/musk-durov-social-media-crackdown/