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Ghoulabriel

@galalefey.bsky.social

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Latina NYC-area biz/corp-lawyer, but not yours. Opinions my own. Dilettante dabbler. Profile pic is me dressed to lead an outdoor mobile silent disco, because joy makes people underestimate me. Banner is a Tiffany stained glass window at NYC’s Met Museum.

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · Aug 10

Tragedy of the commons? No, tragedy of the wannabe-aristocracy

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · Aug 10

It’s not that Libertarians are hard working but rather too lazy and miserly to invest in their communities. It’s a moral rot that is killing America.

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

Still trying to use the word "overmorrow" as much as possible in daily life since finding out it means "the day after tomorrow".

Overmorrow it is likely I will be found walking on a rain-blasted moor, deep in thought, then purchasing lightbulbs from B&Q & shopping around for cheaper car insurance.

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Emyriad @emyriad.bsky.social · 7h

These are up all over my city tonight <3

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 6h

Good pun

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Michael Paarlberg @mpaarlberg.bsky.social · 6h

Argentina has defaulted on its sovereign debt 9 times, more than any country in history

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 17h

BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 6h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Remigration Wikipedia Page.

Not to be confused with Return migration.
Remigration is an originally European far-right proposal of ethnic cleansing via the mass deportation of non-white immigrants and their descendants, sometimes including those born in Europe, to their place of racial ancestry.
It is popular especially within the Identitarian movement. Some proponents of remigration suggest excluding some persons with non-European background from such a mass deportation, based on a varyingly defined degree of assimilation into European culture.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 1d

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 1d

We’re doing free speech zones again like it’s 2003, huh

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere @tylerplariviere.bsky.social · 1d

Broadview police in conjunction with ISP has arrested a protester for not dispersing from the free speech zone after curfew.

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

No. You’re lucky.

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

“Look. Look with your special eyes.”
“My brand!!!”

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

Eeeeeeee so cute

Daily Lockheed @dailylockheed.bsky.social · 2d

Maggie Braddock has a plush Lockheed

X-Men Gold Annual 1

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

a group of people are sitting around a table with the words right this calls for immediate discussion

Alt: In Monty Python’s Life of Brian, a group of people are sitting around a table as one (played by John Cleese) says “right this calls for immediate discussion”

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

Damn autocorrect 😉

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

a video game character named tifa is standing in front of a graffiti wall

Alt: a video game character named tifa is standing in front of a graffiti wall dancing

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

I founded the schism group the people’s front of antifa, sometimes known as antina

Torch Antifa Network @torchantifa.bsky.social · 2d

rt if you are the founder of antifa

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

Is Whitcomb supposed to be Wickham or did you jump to another text?

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

100% true.

Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 15d

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

My husband basically stores a not insubstantial number of things he needs to remember in my brain. (I say this with love, because he does much more for me in return)

rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 2d

Transactive memory! In groups, we don't store 100% of what we need to remember, we store "who has stored the information we need to remember" to ask them for it. There is some fascinating research out there on "Google as transactive memory partner"

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures.

...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 2d

This is pretty much true of a lot of executives

dcthings.bsky.social @dcthings.bsky.social · 2d

Genuinely embarrassing that no senior leaders I interact with actually read anything (yes this also applies to Biden appointees). No one responds to emails, no one reads past two sentences, no one does anything. The rest of the Pentagon follows along.

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 3d

“Because of woke” same vibe

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

“Client-drafted AI filing”

Andrew Spooky Bones MD @apbohn.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

"Nice person, painless jaundice."

Destiny is tired of all the S#!t 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @destinysraven.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a four letter word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

"The FLIPL was rejected"

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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 3d

This is getting directly to the trust issue, and is a demonstration that they understand a bill with their ask isn’t enough for them to believe their ask will be respected.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 3d

Sens. Schumer, Merkley, Murray, and Peters are calling for the resignation of OMB Director Russell Vought.

"By impounding billions of dollars … and aggressively pursuing the illegal use of pocket rescissions, Vought has done everything in his power to gut the federal government piece by piece."

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Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 5d

I want it but not to have to live in Utah

Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 5d

Interesting house in Utah has as its centerpiece a mini-pool surrounding a giant boulder. $2.5M #FridayNightZillow www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

Ghoulabriel @galalefey.bsky.social · 5d

It would be really funny if RFKjr used this as an excuse to finally invoke the 25th Amendment. “He got vaccinated so clearly he’s not in his right mind!” Funny and stupid.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5d

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.