Ansel Halliburton
@anseljh.com
Law technology & technology law. In-house trademark lawyer. Free Law Project (@free.law) board. Building in #LegalTech since 2006. Making derpy from-scratch robots for fun. @Obsidian.md nerd. DM for Signal.
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For everyone keeping track, in the last 24 hours, six attorneys quit in Minnesota and four attorneys quit in DC over how the Trump Adminstration is handling the investigation of Renee Good’s death. You know how many lawyers in the infamous Saturday night massacre: two. What is going on?
January 13, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.
January 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Also lol: religion reporting, 2026.
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All of this shows these ICE thugs for exactly what they are. I know it feels so awful right now to keep seeing them terrorize people, but they have already lost. I don't know how many of them know it. But they have, no matter how many people they kidnap or kill. They have already lost.
A crowd of hundreds gathered at a St. Cloud strip mall parking lot to observe more than two dozen ICE officers near some Somali-owned businesses.
📷️: Jenny Berg
📷️: Jenny Berg
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
All of this shows these ICE thugs for exactly what they are. I know it feels so awful right now to keep seeing them terrorize people, but they have already lost. I don't know how many of them know it. But they have, no matter how many people they kidnap or kill. They have already lost.
Imagine determining whether your product was safe or dangerous *before* launching it 🤔
January 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Imagine determining whether your product was safe or dangerous *before* launching it 🤔
What new information do we expect? Would we draw different conclusions if we had it? They’re recruiting Nazi and Nazi-adjacent thugs who like violence. Plain as day already. Wringing our hands, demanding more information, and writing stern letters ain’t gonna cut it.
We need to know more about the vetting and backgrounds of ICE agents. Coming after a January 6th anniversary where Trump pardoned the attackers as heroes, how many ICE agents are Proud Boys, insurrectionists and extremists getting paid for political violence? And supposedly with “absolute immunity”?
Frey: "I think [Vance] also asserted that because you work at the federal government you somehow have absolutely immunity from committing crimes. That's not true in any law school in America, whether it's Yale or Villanova or anywhere else. That's not true."
January 9, 2026 at 6:23 PM
What new information do we expect? Would we draw different conclusions if we had it? They’re recruiting Nazi and Nazi-adjacent thugs who like violence. Plain as day already. Wringing our hands, demanding more information, and writing stern letters ain’t gonna cut it.
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Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
How Markdown took over the world - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
www.anildash.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Been working on this one for a while — it's a little bit of history of a key foundation of internet technology, and a little bit of an explainer about how people _actually_ invent things. This is the amazing (true!) story of how Markdown took over the world. www.anildash.com/2026/01/09/h...
It’s ok to be unrepentantly smug about leaving Twitter. You were right.
January 9, 2026 at 4:41 PM
It’s ok to be unrepentantly smug about leaving Twitter. You were right.
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Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
January 9, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Lmao apparently people near me are freaking out about a non binary teacher
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
And I am watching the entire community come together to dunk on the much smaller group of transphobic dipshits and it is DELICIOUS
The local newspaper even snarkily wrote about them and I am CRYING
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it’s worth noting that Oreshnik is a terror weapon, basically—there’s not much military value in a marginally accurate conventional MIRV
Russia’s Ministry of Defense confirmed the strike on Lviv with Oreshnik missile, claiming it was a “retaliation” for an attack on Putin’s residence — which actually never occurred.
January 9, 2026 at 6:52 AM
it’s worth noting that Oreshnik is a terror weapon, basically—there’s not much military value in a marginally accurate conventional MIRV
Probably not great that we’re up to IRBMs with MIRVed (conventional) warheads.
Moment of Impact – Lviv, Ukraine 🤬🤬🤬
russia launched an Oreshnik IRBM, carrying Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles against the city.
russia is attempting to intimidate NATO by using such advanced, nuclear-capable missiles just kilometers from its borders!!
russia launched an Oreshnik IRBM, carrying Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicles against the city.
russia is attempting to intimidate NATO by using such advanced, nuclear-capable missiles just kilometers from its borders!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Probably not great that we’re up to IRBMs with MIRVed (conventional) warheads.
Blow a dog whistle, and dogs will show up at your recruiting events
An off-duty ICE agent was just confronted in Minneapolis after people noticed a Nazi SS lightning bolt tattoo on his neck.
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
If you’re proud enough to ink it on your neck, why are you running when people notice?
January 8, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Blow a dog whistle, and dogs will show up at your recruiting events
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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At the end of Saturday, once I had some time to read and think, here was my first look at where we’re at and where we could go: www.lawdork.com/p/venezuela-...
A new, old type of lawlessness as Trump attacks Venezuela — and an opening for a better America
The legal discussion is dark in the wake of the U.S. military taking Nicolás Maduro to the U.S. The path America is on today, however, is not where we need to go.
www.lawdork.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:05 AM
At the end of Saturday, once I had some time to read and think, here was my first look at where we’re at and where we could go: www.lawdork.com/p/venezuela-...
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Oh yes, the FIFA peace prize
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Oh yes, the FIFA peace prize
So I'm considering building a cyberdeck, centered around as beat-up a retro-industrial keyboard as I can find. This is a very strong contender. What a magnificent beast!
www.surplussales.com/items/165668...
www.surplussales.com/items/165668...
December 18, 2025 at 9:32 AM
So I'm considering building a cyberdeck, centered around as beat-up a retro-industrial keyboard as I can find. This is a very strong contender. What a magnificent beast!
www.surplussales.com/items/165668...
www.surplussales.com/items/165668...
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Maybe they just want to be that weird old dude in the Villa Straylight
taking data centres in space at all seriously shows how deep into this bubble we truly are. like they are never happening. what is wrong with people?
What happens if AI data centres slip the ‘surly bonds of earth’? ft.trib.al/Dn8jC1T | opinion
December 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Maybe they just want to be that weird old dude in the Villa Straylight
Real ones are switching to Offpunk
offpunk.net
offpunk.net
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Real ones are switching to Offpunk
offpunk.net
offpunk.net
🎶 You’re so vain 🎶
🎶 I bet you think this [murder] is about you 🎶
🎶 I bet you think this [murder] is about you 🎶
Q: A number of Republicans have denounced your statement on Rob Reiner. Do you stand by it?
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
TRUMP: Well, I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person as far as Trump is concerned.
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
🎶 You’re so vain 🎶
🎶 I bet you think this [murder] is about you 🎶
🎶 I bet you think this [murder] is about you 🎶
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A little bright spot for your day -- @deepstewardship.bsky.social has a collection of incredible deep sea photos collected from partners around the world. Here are a few, and see them all here: www.flickr.com/people/19477...
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December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A little bright spot for your day -- @deepstewardship.bsky.social has a collection of incredible deep sea photos collected from partners around the world. Here are a few, and see them all here: www.flickr.com/people/19477...
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Oh, there’s a new Epstein Files release?
“A drawing of the execution of Prévost outside la Rougette prison 1880”
guillotine.dk/pages/galler...
guillotine.dk/pages/galler...
December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Oh, there’s a new Epstein Files release?
Lawyers: Don’t be such a jerk that your judge tees up a “did I f***ing stutter” moment at your next hearing.
BREAKING: Judge Xinis orders ICE’s release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “immediately.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Lawyers: Don’t be such a jerk that your judge tees up a “did I f***ing stutter” moment at your next hearing.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE