Ellie Margolis

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Law professor @TempleLaw, suburban gardener, empty nester. Happy to nerd out about legal writing anytime.

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Northwestern's law school faculty is nearly 80 percent white and over 80 percent male Naturally the law school is being sued by some jabronis who think white guys aren't getting a fair shake in faculty hiring I wrote about it! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

Affirmative Action Opponents Are Saying the Racist Part Out Loud Nowballsandstrikes.org A challenge to faculty hiring practices at Northwestern’s law school translates from legalese to “There are Black people on this faculty, Your Honor.”

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Oh, it turns out I figured out what to do with all of my anger! It’s a huge, free essay on whiteness and boundaries and why I spent all of yesterday bopping white liberal racism on the head. www.patreon.com/posts/108254...

I’m actually still very angry about this and I’m not sure how I’m going to deal with it, but absolutely none of my coping strategies will include bullying white marginalized people because I’m actually interested in progress

Racism, Transphobia, and the Bluesky Brigade | Kaitlin Byrd - GothamGirlBluewww.patreon.com Get more from Kaitlin Byrd - GothamGirlBlue on Patreon

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To folks interested in a future other than fascism: Please check out The Originalism Trap, which famed law professor Erwin Chemerinsky called “a magnificent book" that "provides a way forward to reclaim the Constitution and advance freedom and justice” tinyurl.com/originalismtrap

The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookstinyurl.com A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as...

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Courtney Milan

So I ask that maybe you use your brain and realize that I bring my whole self to my romance novels, and so do other authors, and so belittling the genre by saying that romance books are “just romance” and “even twilight is not just romance” is just wildly ignorant.

This is the way

Bye bye New York Times, hello Philly Inquirer. (This is a @willbunch.bsky.social appreciation post.)

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Saw someone’s take is “Bouie not being here won’t make or break” this site. I am happy to say some things about how platform migration works. It’s true, one user never makes or breaks anything, but for U.S. users the presence of young Black folks has driven the popularity of new tech for decades 1/?

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AkivaMCohen

2) Less importantly, but also important: Online harassment squads are a toxic and dangerous weapon and environments that encourage their routine deployment are not good places.

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Rachel Gurvich

Hooray! Welcome back Rachel! Thanks for starting this David. We will be a small but mighty #LWI2024 presence on this platform.

Oops already got the hashtag wrong. Off to a great start.

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Okay, I'm heading to #LWIBiennial2024 tomorrow. I'll be posting about it here, instead of the other place. Join me!

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Lots going on today, so please be aware: Governor Whitmer is fighting for more voter access, and the Trump Campaign is suing to stop her. MI residents, worth calling and voicing support for her actions. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Trump campaign sues Michigan Gov. Whitmer over new voter registration siteswww.nbcnews.com The suit contends the Democratic governor and secretary state are improperly using some federal offices as voter registration sites.

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Linda Holmes

I loved this season and I k is others who did too. It wasn’t about the plot. It was about character development—grief and trauma aren’t linear.

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Donald Trump Is (Still) Unfit to Lead (Even Though He Got Shot In The Ear) NYT Editorial Board NYT Gift Article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Unfit to Leadwww.nytimes.com He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America. Voters must stand up to him in November.

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Milkweed bugs

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Most folks won't notice this and the top-line is kinda similar, but perhaps worth calling out anyway: Vance's anti-abortionism is importantly /different/ to most evangelical anti-abortionism, tho the top-line is the same; it's secular white-nationalist rooted, not to a belief in pre-birth rights

From the JD Vance (Senate) campaign website. JD Vance would ban every single woman (or girl) from receiving an abortion, no matter the circumstances by which she was impregnated or the danger to her health. Maybe (just maybe) if she risks imminent death.

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Tempted to read J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy? Skip it and listen to this instead

‎If Books Could Kill: Hillbilly Elegy on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show If Books Could Kill, Ep Hillbilly Elegy - Mar 23, 2023

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There is never any shame in using the library, and much benefit in doing so. They are the closest thing to an unmitigated social good that we have in these United States, which is why the hard right is gunning so fervently for them these days. A world without libraries and librarians is a poor one.

My book-buying budget is not what it once was, which is precisely why I’m using the library more. It also gives me the opportunity to read books that I’m not sure I want to add to the home library (not that there’s a lot of room to do that anyway).

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I for one don't think it's such a great thing for an ex-POTUS to commit so many crimes that we'll eventually need to refer to SCOTUS and circuit decisions as "Trump I," Trump II…Trump XXIV," but that's just me

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Benjamin Dreyer

I had to read this three times to not see it as “someone else’s” and understand the issue.

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Wyatt Sinclair

Agreed.

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Getting increasingly pissed off by various politicians "distraught" today. This is America, where every day we wonder if this when someone we love gets mowed down by a shooter. Pretending to be shocked just shows you don't get it. Trump has a Secret Service detail to protect him. My kids don't.

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“We know what it is to be lied to, and we know how important it is not to lie to ourselves.” Have your read this recently? I just re-read it & I can’t imagine there is a better way to spend 10 minutes of your day.

(1982) Audre Lorde, "Learning from the 60s" •www.blackpast.org In February, 1982, Audre Lorde delivered the address, “Learning from the 60s” as part of the celebration of the Malcolm X weekend at Harvard University. Her presentation appears below. MALCOLM X is a...

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NYT: Biden’s Age Raises Concerns That Biden Old People Fucking Magazine: Detailed but accessible explanation of Trump’s governing agenda people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

It’s a brutal weekend for Gen X. Very sad news. I always thought she was unfairly treated.

Another famous woman of the ‘90s who deserved a reexamination of how hard people came for her. She was good at what she did. variety.com/2024/tv/news...

Shannen Doherty, ‘Beverly Hills 90210’ and ‘Charmed’ Star, Dies at 53variety.com Shannen Doherty, who played Brenda on 'Beverly Hills 90210' and starred in 'Charmed,' has died.

I mean, what?

I’ve been saying this (mostly muttering to myself, but still)

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Pelosi's Twitter account put out a generous expression of sympathy for Trump this evening, and the top comments are all people mocking the attack on her husband

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AkivaMCohen

She was pretty remarkable.

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Dillon (6 Sided Games)

Sadly. abcnews.go.com/US/fitness-g...

Fitness guru Richard Simmons dead at 76abcnews.go.com Eccentric fitness guru Richard Simmons, known for his unrelenting positivity, has died, according to his representative.

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Also Dr. Ruth and Richard Simmons died. What a day.