Lin Meneguin
@linmeneguin.bsky.social
#AppellateTwitter exile | Lawyer in state gov’t posting in a personal capacity | Immigrant & Latinx feminist | Former NYC BigLaw | NYU Law, SciencesPo Paris, Princeton alumna | Married to @rmcgibbo.bsky.social.
Views my own, not my employer’s.
Views my own, not my employer’s.
On a personal note, I grew up as a Catholic and I am not one now. But I’m reminded of the crucial role of the Church in the fight for human rights in Chile (and, with a mixed record, in my own Argentina). I’m heartened to see the Church standing up for immigrants in the United States.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 2:39 AM
On a personal note, I grew up as a Catholic and I am not one now. But I’m reminded of the crucial role of the Church in the fight for human rights in Chile (and, with a mixed record, in my own Argentina). I’m heartened to see the Church standing up for immigrants in the United States.
TFW you’re having dinner in Brooklyn, and the restaurant decides to use a playlist with You Oughta Know and Zombie back to back. What a moment.
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
TFW you’re having dinner in Brooklyn, and the restaurant decides to use a playlist with You Oughta Know and Zombie back to back. What a moment.
Counterpoint: maybe Watson was a misogynist and a racist from the start and shouldn’t have had any sterling reputation to begin with. This is him, in his own words, on Rosalind Franklin.
(Robert recalled an even worse story involving Franklin, which I haven’t read for myself.)
(Robert recalled an even worse story involving Franklin, which I haven’t read for myself.)
November 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Counterpoint: maybe Watson was a misogynist and a racist from the start and shouldn’t have had any sterling reputation to begin with. This is him, in his own words, on Rosalind Franklin.
(Robert recalled an even worse story involving Franklin, which I haven’t read for myself.)
(Robert recalled an even worse story involving Franklin, which I haven’t read for myself.)
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If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Memos of Blood and Fire | Peter Coviello
So if you ask me about the signature strength of the department where I work, I will tell you. It is world-caliber field-defining research, wedded to a fantastically dynamic practice of instruction, a...
www.nplusonemag.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If you liked that @lithub.com.web.brid.gy essay on not talking to the NYT about Mamdani, read this @nplusonemag.com piece by the same author on working class higher ed and its enemies.
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
We really were trying to give Juniper the presumption of innocence when we saw the first sock downstairs, but then we found a total of seven socks by the time we reached the bedroom. Busy day. I don’t thinks she wants to take this one to trial.
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
We really were trying to give Juniper the presumption of innocence when we saw the first sock downstairs, but then we found a total of seven socks by the time we reached the bedroom. Busy day. I don’t thinks she wants to take this one to trial.
I saw someone posting about NYC children having a “weak” Halloween, and this is my three block radius in spontaneous (bad) pictures.
Yes, there’s a shipwreck with a candy chute around the corner from me and the boulder of doom from Indiana Jones one block away.
Yes, there’s a shipwreck with a candy chute around the corner from me and the boulder of doom from Indiana Jones one block away.
November 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
I saw someone posting about NYC children having a “weak” Halloween, and this is my three block radius in spontaneous (bad) pictures.
Yes, there’s a shipwreck with a candy chute around the corner from me and the boulder of doom from Indiana Jones one block away.
Yes, there’s a shipwreck with a candy chute around the corner from me and the boulder of doom from Indiana Jones one block away.
My phone decided to show me this TBT picture of Juniper, which I didn’t even remember, and I just can’t with the cuteness! Here’s the timeline cleanse you didn’t know you needed.
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 AM
My phone decided to show me this TBT picture of Juniper, which I didn’t even remember, and I just can’t with the cuteness! Here’s the timeline cleanse you didn’t know you needed.
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50 yrs ago, 90% of women in Iceland went on strike. No cooking, cleaning or childcare. Schools closed. Flights grounded. Men stayed home or took kids to work. Today Iceland has smallest gender pay gap in the world & tough equal pay laws. @josiecox.bsky.social
www.thepersistent.com/50-years-ice...
www.thepersistent.com/50-years-ice...
50 Years Ago, Iceland's Women Went on Strike. It Changed Everything.
They stopped cleaning and cooking; they stopped doing laundry and they stopped looking after their children. They’d had enough.
www.thepersistent.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
50 yrs ago, 90% of women in Iceland went on strike. No cooking, cleaning or childcare. Schools closed. Flights grounded. Men stayed home or took kids to work. Today Iceland has smallest gender pay gap in the world & tough equal pay laws. @josiecox.bsky.social
www.thepersistent.com/50-years-ice...
www.thepersistent.com/50-years-ice...
I will soon have the chance to legally change my name to make it shorter/easier (i.e., drop the second last name). But should I? Will it actually make things easier or add confusion*? Opinions welcome.
* Updating all my bar admissions will probably be a pain.
* Updating all my bar admissions will probably be a pain.
October 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I will soon have the chance to legally change my name to make it shorter/easier (i.e., drop the second last name). But should I? Will it actually make things easier or add confusion*? Opinions welcome.
* Updating all my bar admissions will probably be a pain.
* Updating all my bar admissions will probably be a pain.
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absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today:
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today:
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
Big win for our office and for firearm industry accountability today!
Statement from Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin on Glock Decision.
October 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Big win for our office and for firearm industry accountability today!
Hale & Hearty is back! New owners but same recipes, it seems? How did I miss this!
Just in time for hot soup season 🍂🍁
Just in time for hot soup season 🍂🍁
October 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Hale & Hearty is back! New owners but same recipes, it seems? How did I miss this!
Just in time for hot soup season 🍂🍁
Just in time for hot soup season 🍂🍁
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Confirming my uneducated impression that Shoreditch is the Williamsburg of London, within 5 minutes of walking away from our hotel I ran into the London outpost of a Williamsburg restaurant (which I clocked from the font).
September 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Confirming my uneducated impression that Shoreditch is the Williamsburg of London, within 5 minutes of walking away from our hotel I ran into the London outpost of a Williamsburg restaurant (which I clocked from the font).
Robert told me, per the weather forecast, that it wasn’t going to rain all week in London. We were promptly greeted by drizzle upon exiting Heathrow. I knew it. 😬
September 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Robert told me, per the weather forecast, that it wasn’t going to rain all week in London. We were promptly greeted by drizzle upon exiting Heathrow. I knew it. 😬
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NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
From downstairs, I could hear my dog was distraught. Inconsolable whining. Either she had got herself stuck behind a closed door somehow, or a ball had rolled beyond her reach where only a human could get it.
The ball(s): see below.
At least she won’t ever fall down the stairs, I guess?
The ball(s): see below.
At least she won’t ever fall down the stairs, I guess?
September 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
From downstairs, I could hear my dog was distraught. Inconsolable whining. Either she had got herself stuck behind a closed door somehow, or a ball had rolled beyond her reach where only a human could get it.
The ball(s): see below.
At least she won’t ever fall down the stairs, I guess?
The ball(s): see below.
At least she won’t ever fall down the stairs, I guess?
It’s not even 2 PM on Monday and I’m all out of yikes already.
September 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It’s not even 2 PM on Monday and I’m all out of yikes already.
Juniper went to the vet today and was told she should lose 5 pounds. She disagrees and is demanding that I post thirst traps.
August 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Juniper went to the vet today and was told she should lose 5 pounds. She disagrees and is demanding that I post thirst traps.
Slightly diminish a band: The Regional
Slightly diminish a band: Jane's Occasional Habit
Slightly diminish a band:
Corn
Corn
August 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Slightly diminish a band: The Regional
Yesterday, Robert and I went to Queens to buy a car (!!) and stopped for lunch at I Love Paraguay.
I’m just learning my way around the food after discovering my roots there. Everything was tasty & made with love! Here’s a decade-old NYT profile; still going strong.
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/d...
I’m just learning my way around the food after discovering my roots there. Everything was tasty & made with love! Here’s a decade-old NYT profile; still going strong.
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/d...
I Love Paraguay, an Ode to a Homeland (Published 2015)
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Yesterday, Robert and I went to Queens to buy a car (!!) and stopped for lunch at I Love Paraguay.
I’m just learning my way around the food after discovering my roots there. Everything was tasty & made with love! Here’s a decade-old NYT profile; still going strong.
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/d...
I’m just learning my way around the food after discovering my roots there. Everything was tasty & made with love! Here’s a decade-old NYT profile; still going strong.
www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/d...
Some thoughts on the recent heartbreaking incident at the NY bar exam. With thanks to @lizcgil.bsky.social for always speaking out on this topic and standing up for our future lawyer colleagues.
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Liz has long been pointing out the ways in which the bar exam is not fit for purpose—it really doesn’t tell you anything about a lawyer’s future performance or aptitude—but this recent incident in… |...
Liz has long been pointing out the ways in which the bar exam is not fit for purpose—it really doesn’t tell you anything about a lawyer’s future performance or aptitude—but this recent incident in Ne...
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August 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Some thoughts on the recent heartbreaking incident at the NY bar exam. With thanks to @lizcgil.bsky.social for always speaking out on this topic and standing up for our future lawyer colleagues.
www.linkedin.com/posts/melina...
www.linkedin.com/posts/melina...