Deborah Ahrens
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Deborah Ahrens
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Crimprof, evidence curmudgeon, former public defender, Seattle University School of Law professor, true crime enthusiast, parent of many, fan of bitter food.
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My “tech-free existence” was answering 10,000 emails from students because our Canvas site was down.
Yes but I will say I teach three big bar-tested courses in which one of my overarching themes is “assume everyone is wired and is either working for the government or publishing everything you say.”
I would email my students to let them know Canvas is down but guess what
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
You’ll be pleased to hear that I am a verified adult in Ohio for Bluesky purposes.
Just went through and blocked all of them. Took under a minute!
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Brown's rejection of the compact would not have been possible without the amazing mobilization of faculty, students and staff last week! When we fight, we win!! Score this as another victory for workers and students!
@aaup.org
Over 100 Brown U students & 20 faculty members gathered outside
the campus today to demand that the university reject Trump’s loyalty oath compact. Professors & students taped their mouths shut to symbolize the compact’s threat to free speech, #academicfreedom & diversity of thought.
#DefendHigherEd
Some good news.
Brown rejects the compact!

President Paxson’s letter references the views of stakeholders - & I know as an alum how activated the Brown community was while the school considered its response - an important reminder of how much organizing matters
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
I’m reading The Unveiling, by Quan Barry. Antarctic disaster with kayaks.
Tell you what, they can have country star Zach Bryan come out and sing “Bad News” to open.
Dusty, taxidermic armadillo in American flag bandana makes case to replace Lee Greenwood.
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To put it another way, I have represented thousands of people. I cannot think of a single instance in which the initial police report was entirely correct. Not one.

Journalists, please stop copying them down as if they were. Or at least give context re credibility!
Whether you're a casual news reader or a breaking news reporter at the NYTimes, I implore you--please, please, please--do not believe or report DHS/ICE/CBP's side of events uncritically. End the state's monopoly on legitimate storytelling. They are not the objective arbiter of what really happened.
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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I love Ruin the Friendship so much I am choosing to listen to that as kitsch but ugh.
Hot take: things are bad, anything they would do now would be likely to make them worse.
I made the Costco pack of pumpkin bread in my house and it as gone in two days because I have three teenaged boys who play sports, I can send them over and you’ll be cleared out in twenty minutes.
I am still dreaming about the food I had from what basically seemed like a supply closet in LA.
This is an odd sentence construction but that is my family’s build-a-bear.
This gratitude motif is really grating. Evidently they work hard for everything they have but not Some People, who should be grateful.
I’m enjoying the new album, not so much enjoying the fascism.
I literally used to moderate a baby-naming board on a national baby website. I will name the baby for $5 and an Avocado smoothie, but I need binding acceptance for the name.
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WE WON: "This case -– perhaps the most important ever to fall w/in..this district court squarely presents the issue whether non-citizens lawfully present here in US..have the same free speech rights as the rest of us. The Court answers this Constitutional question unequivocally “yes, they do.”"
Me every time I am checking out at Trader Joe’s.