It worked! I’m now writing the book!
@legalminimum.bsky.social
No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Kinda retired. Have entered my super villain era. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
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Looks like another person got himself in immigration trouble, which makes me think it might be timely to give some guidance on ways to mitigate this particular risk. The story is cut off but you see at the bottom of the screenshot where it says he had arranged something with his employer 1/
Nick Emmanwori is having a fucking GAME.
December 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Nick Emmanwori is having a fucking GAME.
Falcons kicker Zane Gonzalez has very strong Todd Bonzalez energy.
December 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Falcons kicker Zane Gonzalez has very strong Todd Bonzalez energy.
And that’s why teams let Sam Darnold go.
December 7, 2025 at 6:51 PM
And that’s why teams let Sam Darnold go.
Is it because they’re so fucking smug? Why do all of these people have such punchable faces?
CURTIS: All of us need to wake up every morning & say, 'what am I doing to make immigrants feel welcome' regardless of an individual says
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
BASH: But he's not just an individual. He's the president calling an entire community garbage
C: We knew very well what we were electing. We wanted a disrupter
December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Is it because they’re so fucking smug? Why do all of these people have such punchable faces?
Prof Zimmer always has good observations. Thread.
What is next for MAGA?
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
I wrote about the MAGA civil war, the dynamics shaping this ugly struggle for supremacy on the Right, what Trumpism without Trump might look like, and why MAGA is likely to emerge more ideological and more radical.
Some thoughts from my new piece for @zeit.de:
MAGA: Wie MAGA um die Zeit nach Trump kämpft
Donald Trumps Macht über seine Bewegung wird rissig. Sie streitet schon jetzt, wer nach ihm kommt – und zwar auf ihre Art: Die Rede ist vom MAGA-Bürgerkrieg.
www.zeit.de
December 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Prof Zimmer always has good observations. Thread.
Being a naturalized citizen, I find it interesting that the current attack on birthright citizenship leaves me functionally immune to challenge because I can literally document the date on which I was granted US citizenship.
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Being a naturalized citizen, I find it interesting that the current attack on birthright citizenship leaves me functionally immune to challenge because I can literally document the date on which I was granted US citizenship.
Thanks to @marisakabas.bsky.social for her independent media roundup this week which reminded me I had planned to sign up for @liberalcurrents.com but hadn't gotten myself organized enough to do it. Now done. My only quibble is that Ms Kabas skipped @defector.com and @discourseblog.com.
December 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Thanks to @marisakabas.bsky.social for her independent media roundup this week which reminded me I had planned to sign up for @liberalcurrents.com but hadn't gotten myself organized enough to do it. Now done. My only quibble is that Ms Kabas skipped @defector.com and @discourseblog.com.
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Today, we remember the women murdered at the University of Montreal on December 6, 1989 for having the audacity to be women in an Engineering program. We see and remember their names.
École Polytechnique massacre - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today, we remember the women murdered at the University of Montreal on December 6, 1989 for having the audacity to be women in an Engineering program. We see and remember their names.
I want to give this lady her flowers. She’s a chef making what looks like incredible meals for hundreds using food she gets from her local food bank. Everyday heroes.
Today @ the food bank: CHARRED SCALLION SHAKSHUKA, curry chicken + garlic bread. Was sososososo happy to see scallion, one of my favourite ingredients #cookeat #fyp #volunteer #foodbank #food
TikTok video by maddygoldberg1
www.tiktok.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I want to give this lady her flowers. She’s a chef making what looks like incredible meals for hundreds using food she gets from her local food bank. Everyday heroes.
The first entry, though.
“While he watched over FaceTime, I slowly poured liquid Tylenol all over my naked body. I loved him enough to make myself autistic. He wept.”
More Excerpts from Olivia Nuzzi’s American Canto
“Forget the sex; the real scandal here is the crime against language.” — Brian Phillips, The Ringer, on Olivia Nuzzi’s new memoir, American Canto, ...
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The first entry, though.
Today, we remember the women murdered at the University of Montreal on December 6, 1989 for having the audacity to be women in an Engineering program. We see and remember their names.
École Polytechnique massacre - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Today, we remember the women murdered at the University of Montreal on December 6, 1989 for having the audacity to be women in an Engineering program. We see and remember their names.
I feel for her. She has signed herself up to a life of constant vigilance. They are going to keep doing this, because she had the audacity to be famous and blonde and conventionally attractive and to push back. Because they are meme lords and she hit them where they live, they will never let go.
Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.
December 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I feel for her. She has signed herself up to a life of constant vigilance. They are going to keep doing this, because she had the audacity to be famous and blonde and conventionally attractive and to push back. Because they are meme lords and she hit them where they live, they will never let go.
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@sheaserrano.bsky.social: we need Invictus for a Good Movie week sometime. Watching how you handled Remember The Titans makes me feel you'd do well even with a sport you don't know as well as football. BTW the rugby footage is pretty damn accurate; it captures what it's like to play rugby.
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@sheaserrano.bsky.social: we need Invictus for a Good Movie week sometime. Watching how you handled Remember The Titans makes me feel you'd do well even with a sport you don't know as well as football. BTW the rugby footage is pretty damn accurate; it captures what it's like to play rugby.
Ladies and gentlemen, your inaugural 2025 FIFA Peace Prize winner!
“To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them.”
“Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.”
“Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.”
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Ladies and gentlemen, your inaugural 2025 FIFA Peace Prize winner!
Why on earth would it make any sense for the people who take bribes to give out the rights to a soccer tournament to also award a "Peace Prize"? The article gives no useful info, don't worry that it's behind a paywall.
Fifa to award ‘peace prize’ after Donald Trump pipped to Nobel
Football’s governing body to hand out first such award at glitzy World Cup draw event featuring Village People
www.ft.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why on earth would it make any sense for the people who take bribes to give out the rights to a soccer tournament to also award a "Peace Prize"? The article gives no useful info, don't worry that it's behind a paywall.
I can't be the only one looking at this Netflix - WB news and hoping this might mean someone could convince Netflix to fund a third season of HBO's Rome.
December 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I can't be the only one looking at this Netflix - WB news and hoping this might mean someone could convince Netflix to fund a third season of HBO's Rome.
This is a corollary to my note yesterday that Americans are often amazed that other jurisdictions have their very own laws and expect those to be followed by companies that want to do business there.
Musk’s X Fined €120 Million by EU in First Content Law Penalty
Elon Musk’s X social network was slapped with a lower-than-expected €120 million ($140 million) fine for violating the European Union’s controversial content-moderation law, in a move still set to rai...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is a corollary to my note yesterday that Americans are often amazed that other jurisdictions have their very own laws and expect those to be followed by companies that want to do business there.
My friend Off Here, Maureen Flatley, has produced a very cogent analysis of why the "online safety" bills being discussed in Congress, actually aren't. Unpopularly for Bluesky she makes the correct observation that the real gap isn't platform operators, it's law enforcement funding.
Congress Is Rearranging Deck Chairs While Predators Walk Free – DC Journal - InsideSources
After watching the House Energy & Commerce hearing on “protecting kids online,” I was reminded that Congress is debating the wrong crisis.
dcjournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
My friend Off Here, Maureen Flatley, has produced a very cogent analysis of why the "online safety" bills being discussed in Congress, actually aren't. Unpopularly for Bluesky she makes the correct observation that the real gap isn't platform operators, it's law enforcement funding.
As always, Prof Keller has the correct take.
Don't let anyone tell you that the Commission's DSA enforcement against X is about speech or censorship.
That would, indeed, be interesting. But this is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring laws that would get bipartisan support in the U.S. (I bet similar bills *have* had that support.) 1/
That would, indeed, be interesting. But this is just the EU enforcing some normal, boring laws that would get bipartisan support in the U.S. (I bet similar bills *have* had that support.) 1/
December 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
As always, Prof Keller has the correct take.
This is convenient for the ones who own ranches, I guess?
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This is convenient for the ones who own ranches, I guess?
@mmasnick.bsky.social is cranky that other territories have their very own laws. I kid, but only kind of. He makes the good observation in the article that it's difficult for a platform operator to know whether a user has uploaded PII. He's correct. But that leads to an outcome he doesn't like.
The EU Court of Justice in the Russmedia case ruled that a host of an online ad is a joint controller of the information processed in the ad, making them liable for any data protection violations in the ad. @mmasnick explains. 1/1
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/e...
www.techdirt.com/2025/12/04/e...
EU’s Top Court Just Made It Literally Impossible To Run A User-Generated Content Platform Legally
The Court of Justice of the EU—likely without realizing it—just completely shit the bed and made it effectively impossible to run any website in the entirety of the EU that hosts user-generated con…
www.techdirt.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
@mmasnick.bsky.social is cranky that other territories have their very own laws. I kid, but only kind of. He makes the good observation in the article that it's difficult for a platform operator to know whether a user has uploaded PII. He's correct. But that leads to an outcome he doesn't like.
Any media types who want to write more about this, Prof Klonick's assessment of the effect of this is correct. I bet she'd happily be interviewed but if she doesn't want to attract that level of aggro, you all know the most dangerous place on earth is between me and a microphone.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Any media types who want to write more about this, Prof Klonick's assessment of the effect of this is correct. I bet she'd happily be interviewed but if she doesn't want to attract that level of aggro, you all know the most dangerous place on earth is between me and a microphone.
But... but... but I was reliably informed that all the billionaires would flee New York if this happened!
Manhattan Luxury Apartment Market Surges in Month After Mamdani’s Win
Real estate brokers say there has been no slowdown in demand from wealthy buyers.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
But... but... but I was reliably informed that all the billionaires would flee New York if this happened!
Enshittificafion taken to the logical… end.
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Enshittificafion taken to the logical… end.