New series alert: The Swedes

RT @EliotHiggins@twitter.com

This week, a Russian couple living in Sweden for the past 20 years were arrested, with the husband detained under suspicion of working for the Russian intelligence services. @christogrozev@twitter.com did some digging and made some interesting discoveries about their neighbours in Moscow.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/EliotHiggins/status/1596454164669906949

Andy Ngo is blocking people who point out his close association with and vocal support for known pedophiles. 🤔 https://twitter.com/WizardAFA/status/1595887852088352769

@Maybellromero this behavior has always baffled me. I’m sorry you have to hear it

"The problem is that the same justices who keep blaming their colleagues and the press and the American public for broad declining trust in the institution seem to have no comprehension of what kinds of behaviors appear to be inappropriate because they actually are inappropriate."
h/t @Dahlialith
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/alito-leak-hobby-lobby-real-problem.html

Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) on economics training and the new open access Core textbook:

"How is it possible that a coterie of self-appointed court sorcerers to the world’s governments manage to keep their jobs despite being regularly, predictably, and catastrophically wrong?"

Answer: indoctrination

https://capitalaspower.com/2022/11/at-last-a-new-econ-101-textbook/

alright, so what was the contingency plan for like, 7 of the world's 10 richest men all going fucking goblin-mode at the same time.

at this point, between musk and putin, all it takes is jeff bezos running his next trenbolone cycle a little too hot and shit starts to break down for real

50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR TWITTER

You just pin your last tweet, Pete,
Request your archive, Clive,
You don’t need a blue tick, Vic,
Just get yourself free.

Hop on the tusk, Gus,
You don’t need to delete much,
Except your DMs, Jen,
And get yourself free.

Use Debirdify, Di,
Provide some alt tags, Mags,
Add a content warning, Tim,
To post sensitively.

Remember to boost,Ruth,
You don't need to deny truth,
Just drop off the perch,Dirk,
And get yourself free.
#VerseThursday #TwitterMigration #FediTips

I don't think it's a problem if Post is essentially an evolution of Paygo Media. But it does seem a bit noticeable that

(1) the people promoting it the earliest are *bigger-name* journalists or other writing professionals, and

(2) they're often just casually dropping mentions of and/or referral codes for Post deep in Twitter threads talking about how to archive your Twitter account (Kara Swisher), or how Mastodon is too hard (Max Boot) or "inundated" (Joanne Freeman) by comparison.

@elmunc@mastodon.lawprofs.org @uncpress Important book for U.S. #lawyers and #lawprofs to read as we try to teach, study, and practice law when the Supreme Court is dominated by rogue judges and so many electeds disregard basic rule of law. How to avoid enabling sham law? That’s the question. Another useful book: Legal Sabotage: Ernst Fraenkel in Hitler's Germany. #LawFedi

How do I invite someone to the server?

In the 10th graf we learn the House GOP majority will be constituted around pro-insurrectionism. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/politics/republicans-house-majority-mccarthy.html

With more people likely to be coming over to #Mastodon, I thought it would be useful to highlight the #LawFedi list, with over 700 lawyers, including practitioners and academics from around the world. The list is here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nE8WxgwTFCuVeFA8ZfOW0qonJTSnI_d6EBSJ4E9JqtI/edit

If you would like to join, here’s how https://forms.gle/AKMhScVySmS93LbK9

I keep an eye on the list for spam, trolls, and errors. #law #lawyers #lawProfs

The cops are NOT here to help you, again:

https://www.wrdw.com/2022/11/14/i-team-examining-mental-health-police-calls-crisis-or-crime/

In March 2020 when the courts in Massachusites closed, @qsteenhuis & I put out a call for help building tools to provided access. A bunch of folks from around the world (5 continents & 11 time zones) answered that call. Many were from the bird site, and the potential loss of that community saddens me. The last few weeks here, however, give me hope. If #AccessToJustice or #LegalTech is your thing, say, “hi,” boost, or follow.

To new friends. #LawFedi https://youtu.be/y7Bwk9g8H7g

@jentaub They won't! 😉

We had a similar issue here in the Netherlands where big corps got tax breaks in the fear they where gonna leave if we taxed them full (like me) but in a reply they all said they won't leave lol..

It''s an excuse, nothing more