Andy Trask

Andy Trask

@andytrask.bsky.social

Lawyer, film buff

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Andy Trask
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Philip Gourevitch@pgourevitch.bsky.social

"My colleagues at the airport are used to a lot when it comes to souvenirs in suitcases, but we've never had 37 live venomous snakes and 55 lizards from Mexico before," said Jens Ahland, spokesman for the Cologne Customs office. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.comMan with venomous snakes and lizards stopped at German airportThe man, a Mexican firefighter, looked "nervous" as he tried to leave Cologne Airport, officials say.

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Chris Lindsay
@clindz.bsky.social

Have we learned nothing from the KISS solo albums

DiscussingFilm@discussingfilm.net

Sony is considering releasing all 4 ‘BEATLES’ biopics on the same day in April 2028. Another idea being considered is offering a 4-pack of tickets to encourage fans to buy tickets to all 4 films at once. (Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...)

Andy Trask
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One of those very cool threads that generates a bunch of great film recs.

Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧@selfstyledsiren.bsky.social

What's the most beautiful horror movie you've ever seen? I would say Kwaidan, though I realize that's a pretty basic answer. But given Kwaidan as a benchmark, can you recommend a horror (or horror-adjacent) movie in that league, or even more gorgeous?

Andy Trask
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Squad goals

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

I saw that clip circulating yesterday and thought there could be a completely normal, non-sexist, explanation other than the rage bait one. Grateful for this (really well-written!) peek into a loving family, sad she felt she had to write it. themomoftheyear.substack.com/p/im-the-mom...

themomoftheyear.substack.comI’m the Mom in That Viral Giants Clip. Let Me Tell You About My Husband.You saw me carrying our baby and food. There was more happening in our family that night.
Andy Trask
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Never would have qualified for the internship, but can confirm that Brianne is great to work with.

Brianne Gorod@briannegorod.bsky.social

If you're a law student who wants to spend your summer working in the public interest & is interested in appellate advocacy, apply to join the @myconstitution.bsky.social team this summer! www.theusconstitution.org/legal-intern... 1/2

theusconstitution.orgLegal Internship Summer 2027 | Constitutional Accountability CenterAbout CAC Constitutional Accountability Center (CAC) is a nonprofit law firm and think tank dedicated to fulfilling the inherently progressive promise of the Constitution’s text, history, and values. ...
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Includes WOLF’S HOLE, so good.

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social

From Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In to Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil and beyond, Claira Curtis counts off twenty blood-chilling horror films set in the snow. Read more on Journal: https://boxd.it/3n6

Andy Trask
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Daily cool thing: JOHNNY HAMLET (1968), a Spaghetti Western version of the Shakespeare play that includes a cemetery in a cave, a gold heist, a sinister homerotic Rosencranz and Guildenstern, and a hardened Sheriff Polonius who literally crucifies Johnny on a big X for dumping Ophelia.

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Cool thing of the day: SHE IS A HAUNTING, by Trang Thanh Tran. My daughter recommended this haunted-house YA novel to me. Genuinely creepy, with a strong sense of teenage angst, Vietnamese history, and ghost-story tropes. It took on complex topics, but kept zagging when I thought it would zig.

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Liz Hand
@elizabethhand.bsky.social

My new book is out next month, 3+ years in the writing. Was it worth it??? Now’s your chance to let me know! So far it’s got raves from PW, Kirkus, and Booklisr, whew. It’s on pre-order at 25% off today through Friday.

Andy Trask
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Can confirm.

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social

I like Oxford a lot. Its architecture, and bookshops, and cafes, plus its all-pervading ambience of history and learning, but I think what I most like about it is its commas.

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Julian Davis Mortenson
@jdmortenson.bsky.social

Replying to @jamellebouie.net

This is a cousin of one of the most frequent and consequential errors in separation of powers conversations--emphatically including lawyers and law profs. It's not Congress vs the President. It's *the law* vs the President.

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Micah
@rincewind.run

a remarkably effective life hack: just be nice to people it's incredible how much goodwill people will extend to you if you're pleasant to them

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M. A. Gaylor
@mamagaylor.bsky.social

Here’s to all the unsung workhorse litigators and their work product: Hot docs binders, chrons and deposition outlines. Where would we be without them?

ElieNYC@elienyc.bsky.social

I was *never* a "brilliant litigator" though. I was a workhorse litigator who could produce a hell of a hot docs binder.

Andy Trask
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All boils down to this:

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

I really have only one piece of advice that matters, I think all those talents would have agreed. Do the thing you want to do, and do it as often as you can, every day if possible. If you want to be an artist, draw, if you want to write comics, write. All the time, whenever you can. 5/

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Based on difference in Letterboxd ratings, looks like SOUND OF MUSIC. I will freely concede this may be because of the numbers of times I was forced to watch it as a child.

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Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

Hey, everybody, what am I seeing? I thought this was a PARTY! LET'S DAAAAAAAAAAANCE! Post your audition gif for #FOOTLOOSE3000! It's FOOTLOOSE DAY in Blue Sky Land! EVERYBODY CUT LOOSE!

Andy Trask
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This is either writing amateur history while America burns or a sub rosa justification for the last ten years. Either way, it shows how colossally out of touch this man is with the actual problems facing the American legal system and Constitution.

Lawrence Hurley@lawrencehurley.bsky.social

Chief Justice Roberts on Chief Justice Taft (& published on Substack, which must be a first): inpursuit.substack.com/p/william-ho...

inpursuit.substack.comWilliam Howard Taft by John G. Roberts, Jr.Maintaining your dignity and principles through defeat can pave the road for future success
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Just added a bunch of stuff to my watchlist.

Letterboxd@letterboxd.social

With Blades of the Guardians now on Letterboxd Video Store, here are the top 100 wuxia films on Letterboxd, ranked by average member rating. View the full list and eligibility rules here: https://boxd.it/UZdv4. Curated by Letterboxd member halfoun.

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rahaeli
@rahaeli.bsky.social

Not enough discussion of the performative cruelty of the bar exam mentions its racist and classist history, and it's always good to see an article that does!

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app

I wrote about the hotass mess that hundreds of recent law grads in Washington are going through for no good reason! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

ballsandstrikes.orgWi-Fi Fiasco Transforms Washington Bar Exam Into an Even Bigger Waste of Time Than UsualYet another reason to move beyond the legal profession’s annual hazing ritual.

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Raffi Melkonian
@rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social

Doing something ok now than something perfect later is almost always better, is my version.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

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Lady Topham Catt
@ladytophamcatt.bsky.social

Headstone for Eugene Williams, whose murder was the first in a wave of racialized violence in Chicago in the summer of 1919. 102 years after his death, a group of people determined to see him remembered & honored were successful in getting his grave marked.

Robert Loerzel@robertloerzel.bsky.social

Remembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stone. A bike ride today will celebrate the completion and installation of 38 memorials. chicago.suntimes.com/other-views/...

chicago.suntimes.comRemembering victims of 1919 Chicago race riot: 38 names set in stoneA Saturday bike ride will celebrate the completion and installation of 38 memorials.