Rebecca Turner

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Law talkin gal, data nerd, bookworm.

📍Alexandria, VA

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New addition to the neighborhood spotted on this morning’s dog walk

Lmao at the neighbor who already has a “Childless Cat Lady for Kamala” sign up on JV Vance’s block

I got word this morning that a fellowship I’ve been told for ~11 years wouldn’t count toward PSLF actually will count after all, and I’m so relieved I could cry

I know everyone is watching Paris being bonkers right now, but felt the need to report that I just saw a crunched car with MD tags getting towed out of the Warwick “roundabout”

Anyone else have an experience with getting solar panels installed and then Dominion just like, refusing to come change out the meter so you can turn them on?

I was just told that if I use my medical insurance to pay for a test, my out of pocket will be twenty seven hundred American dollars, but if I just pay them without billing insurance it will be $250. America!

Seems like I picked a good week to be in Italy

Exciting day in our household - solar panel install day! 🥳🎉

Did my civic duty this morning- voted early, coached my husband on the bluesky ballot, got a giant cheez it crunchwrap supreme

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The SSI asset limit is one of the most bullshit, punitive, damaging restrictions in existence.

A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

These disabled people tried to play by the rules. It cost them their federal benefitswww.npr.org A little-known Social Security program was supposed to lift people out of poverty. Sometimes it traps them there instead.

Who else is going to taste of del ray later?

Just had a law firm with billions of dollars in revenue tell me that they won’t pay (~10k) for an expert that their indigent pro bono client needs 🙄😭

The gate agent for my flight home just introduced themselves as “Danger”

I hate to have to agree with the NYT on something, but Ellie Bird is indeed very good. The Vietnamese French onion soup was a standout.

Ok this is interesting and a little surprising to me, along with the ICE question. Anyone have any insight on the reasons for the split here?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Alternatives to policing?

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Very important detail in the miniseries RIPLEY: When Tom Ripley rents an apartment in Rome, he stays in this gorgeous old single-stair building. Between the one staircase and the size of the elevator, there's no way you could legally build it in most of the US.

Sometimes I think about getting rid of my Facebook and then I see an absolute banger post on buy nothing

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This is slightly harsher than the usual punishment for serious prosecutorial misconduct: a judgeship.

Terra Morehead, a long-time Kansas prosecutor who helped police frame an innocent Black man who spent 23 years in prison, has surrendered her law license Morehead threatened to throw a witness in jail if the witness didn’t lie about what she saw

Kansas prosecutor who framed innocent man surrenders law license, will soon be disbarredkansaspublicradio.org Terra Morehead, who retired as a federal prosecutor last August, has agreed to turn over her law license as part of an agreement with a Kansas disciplinary board. As a Wyandotte County prosecutor in t...

Anyone have recommendations for things to see/eat around the Finger Lakes?

My mom’s first order of business after picking me up from Tampa Intl this morning was to go get piña coladas 😂 Currently introducing her to bad bunny and preparing to eat my weight in Cuban food.

A fun thing that happens to me daily is that my dog drags me to go stare at this pole until the squirrel that lives in it comes out and angrily chatters at her

Experienced a FOIA miracle today- complete and helpful records in a timely manner on the first try and no fees 😭

Spent 20 min this morning listening to a salesman tell me that my org’s account isn’t big enough to warrant him spending time on it (he’s so busy!) - about the amount of time it would have taken to draft the contract I need. 🙄

I made a deal with myself that I would only watch the new season of love is blind if I did it on the peloton…currently having a banner workout week 😂

Went from one dog to three for the weekend. Wish me luck with these little gremlins

Mentally preparing myself for having to engage in a time-honored lawyer tradition tomorrow: calling a court clerk and asking them to explain filing requirements to me like I’m a newborn baby

I had to testify in court in rural Alabama this morning, and really had to stop myself from going Mona Lisa Vito on the prosecutor

Incredible moment at the hair salon this morning: two women with the exact same name showed up for the same appointment and both were convinced it was their appointment, neither wanted to concede. Led to a ten minute stand off of pure confusion and everyone on the floor trying to eavesdrop

Big dog, little bed

Had to (barely) hold myself together tonight after a colleague told me she uses an app called “pickle play” to find available pickleball courts. Pickle play.