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Today would be a great day to abolish courts of limited jurisdiction

Reminds me of one of my top favorite law review articles which should be required reading for anyone in the family policing system

Studies have repeatedly found no evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrent to crime.

This is really sad but settling was probably the right choice from our AG given the state of federal courts. Also the real solution here is just keep as many children as possible out of foster care, especially out of stranger foster care (although kin folk can be very bigoted too)

Washington's only non-profit appellate public defense law firm has historically been tasked with handling around 40% of public defense appeals. But without a new contract agreement, it could have to close its doors at the end of the year. Story: www.theurbanist.org/unfathomable...

I forgot to share this when it came out on Monday! I wrote about Seattle's new community court that comes along with a new repeat offenses system. Remember, these are misdemeanors only and often involve people who are experiencing behavioral health conditions and/or don't have stable housing.

The criminal system can only ever be a tool of fascism.

I tried to do the 9 albums thing but they didn't have Emotion side B as an option so I gave up. I really only need to pick 2 and it's that one and Brand New Eyes by Paramore

It's 9/25 and you know we at SEIU 925 love Dolly's hit song & movie "9 to 5," with it's call for women in the workplace to be treated equally & with respect. Today we honor Dolly Parton and all of her incredible contributions, advocacy & generosity- including The Imagination Library.

Fat Bear Week voter suppression is crazy, the website won't load the polls for me to participate

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

Happy birthday SOPHIE 🥲💖

Some of the judges I appear in front of have been issuing bench warrants for people who are ALREADY deported (some self-deports) but are willing to appear on zoom and try and engage in their (stupid misdemeanor) case still

The “Seattle Freeze” didn’t start with you, but it could end with you! :)

Susan Sontag's 9/16/01 piece in The New Yorker got her crucified but it's one of the few things from that era that aged well. "'Our country is strong,' we are told again and again. I for one don’t find this entirely consoling. Who doubts that America is strong? But that’s not all America has to be."

9/11 gave us the Department of Homeland Security, which gave us ICE. Things got worse after 9/11 and stayed that way

Using an image, show an episode of Star Trek you are sure you’ve seen more than ten times.

My sister is a class member/witness in this trial and her bestie is the named plaintiff. I'm soooo proud of them for fighting this hard

FDR had some great ideas (and some, uh, Korematsus) but if you’re looking for a president who truly understood the white American psyche, you want LBJ

I think we're at the point where we can incredibly comfortably say that your attitude towards Reform, Restore, MAGA, the AfD etc is how you'd have responded to fascism in the 1930s

I was talking about my sister being pregnant to my (all queer) coworkers the other day and was like "she's having a...child who will be assigned male at birth. I'm not trying to be cancelled!" but then I just saw another nonbinary person I know post "we're having a boy!" so idk life is interesting

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

I can't stop listening to the new Carly Rae Jepsen song, I'm doing a whole workout with it on repeat. I don't know she keeps doing this

The thing about all of human history — all of it — is that nothing is “inevitable”

not to be confused with quesadilla

heroic stuff here

Well they gave the children diploma privilege, with some key caveats and dissents

El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Guy on the morning train is playing music loudly on his phone. I have no problem with that because I'm not a cop. But he just played the man version of Fast Car. That I cannot abide

I can't be the only person who thinks @oliveralarkin.bsky.social looks like Legrand Wolf

I saw a sticker at my light rail station saying "The Urbanist ❤️ private equity" and calling it a "corporate rag in a leftist wrapper." Anybody know anything about this? I never saw much of the Urbanist before joining Bluesky but I like it and their endorsements this year lined up 100% with my vote

“We’ve been told that no amount of withholding our labor, no amount of striking is going to change their minds, so we’re here to prove that that’s wrong. We hope that they will actually call us back to the table because it’s their turn." 📰 https://ow.ly/4Xct50ZukKj

First, this is a thread worth reading, and I agree. Second, I want to point out that Dreher’s supposed strength, “AI regulation,” is really Ron Davis’s. If you want a lawyer-technologist who advocates for the humans, Ron has the superior academic, professional, and political qualifications.

A fair, dignified defense is the right of every New Yorker, not just those who can afford it. Congratulations to The Brooklyn Defender Services Union for reaching a tentative agreement and thank you to the public defenders who serve New Yorkers every day.