Mike Godwin
@mnemonic.bsky.social
Lawyer, author, EFF's first hire, Godwin's Law creator (he/him). Retweeting!=endorsing. I tell jokes here, mostly. My opinions here don't necessarily represent any employer or any client. You may have known me as @sfmnemonic on Twitter.
Hegseth and the Fog of War Fighters is the name of my next band.
December 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hegseth and the Fog of War Fighters is the name of my next band.
Another just-wow contribution from Tom Stoppard. RIP. Click the link here: bsky.app/profile/neil...
This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Another just-wow contribution from Tom Stoppard. RIP. Click the link here: bsky.app/profile/neil...
The Post is saying the disquieting part out loud. "Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout" wapo.st/4oyWISF
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Post is saying the disquieting part out loud. "Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout" wapo.st/4oyWISF
“Nosedives” wouldn’t have been my choice of verb for this headline.
The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
Airbus Stock Nosedives As Planemaker Shares Update On Major A320 Glitch
The European planemaker said fixes have been delivered to a “vast majority” of the nearly 6,000 A320 planes that were impacted by a technical glitch caused by “intense solar radiation.”
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
“Nosedives” wouldn’t have been my choice of verb for this headline.
If you think about it, committing a war crime during your first year of holding your first civilian government job is kind of remarkable. Even you-know-who waited a few years after rising to power before sending his military machine to kill foreign nationals.
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you think about it, committing a war crime during your first year of holding your first civilian government job is kind of remarkable. Even you-know-who waited a few years after rising to power before sending his military machine to kill foreign nationals.
I'm plenty chuffed to be followed by @alexwinter.com (I follow him too), but where's Keanu?
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I'm plenty chuffed to be followed by @alexwinter.com (I follow him too), but where's Keanu?
As online journalistic gossip continues, the probability of a comparison to Nuzzi approaches 1.
December 1, 2025 at 3:56 AM
As online journalistic gossip continues, the probability of a comparison to Nuzzi approaches 1.
For breakfast, I ate in Arcata, but no Eggos.
November 30, 2025 at 3:02 AM
For breakfast, I ate in Arcata, but no Eggos.
His pursuit of a trillion-dollar payout makes more sense after you learn of his plan to buy controlling interests in Latveria and Wakanda and purge them of wokeness.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
His pursuit of a trillion-dollar payout makes more sense after you learn of his plan to buy controlling interests in Latveria and Wakanda and purge them of wokeness.
My hot take: it seems imprudent to date either Olivia Nuzzi or Ryan Lizza, but dating either does seem less imprudent than dating Mark Sanford or Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
My hot take: it seems imprudent to date either Olivia Nuzzi or Ryan Lizza, but dating either does seem less imprudent than dating Mark Sanford or Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Reposted by Mike Godwin
Just so. And I think the penalty for failing the course should not be a poor grade, but rather immediate disconnection from the internet. After retaking the course, another failing grade should be punishable by death.
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Just so. And I think the penalty for failing the course should not be a poor grade, but rather immediate disconnection from the internet. After retaking the course, another failing grade should be punishable by death.
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I think "Recognizing Satire" should join Freshman Composition as a universal course requirement for graduation.
For sale! Mirror Universe ships, mint in box! ebay.us/m/GvDdI1
Pardon Our Interruption...
ebay.us
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
For sale! Mirror Universe ships, mint in box! ebay.us/m/GvDdI1
Dude, fire your stylist!
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Dude, fire your stylist!
C’mon, it’s plainly unfair to label Bovino a Nazi just because his barber and tailor are Nazis.
October 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
C’mon, it’s plainly unfair to label Bovino a Nazi just because his barber and tailor are Nazis.
Half a century ago, sometime close to my 19th birthday, I decided to, uh, cultivate the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult-film status as a way to avoid too much studying or sleeping.
October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Half a century ago, sometime close to my 19th birthday, I decided to, uh, cultivate the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" cult-film status as a way to avoid too much studying or sleeping.
Google Maps captured President Trump’s destruction of the East Wing after he piloted his terroristic ego into it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Google Maps captured President Trump’s destruction of the East Wing after he piloted his terroristic ego into it.
Reposted by Mike Godwin
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
I know the movie needs to paint it as an artistic crisis that maybe won’t get radio play, but it seemed obvious to me at the time of the record’s release that NEBRASKA is a work of genius.
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I know the movie needs to paint it as an artistic crisis that maybe won’t get radio play, but it seemed obvious to me at the time of the record’s release that NEBRASKA is a work of genius.
At least now I don’t have to wonder any more what it would have looked like if a terrorist had crashed a small passenger jet into the East Wing.
October 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
At least now I don’t have to wonder any more what it would have looked like if a terrorist had crashed a small passenger jet into the East Wing.
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
October 17, 2025 at 8:53 PM
As an online MAGA discussion continues, the probability of a laudatory reference or comparison to Hitler or to Nazis all-too-briskly approaches 1.
If I used ivermectin, I'd be too sheepish to admit it.
October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If I used ivermectin, I'd be too sheepish to admit it.
Siva Vaidhyanathan: "Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down" newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Siva Vaidhyanathan: "Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down" newrepublic.com/article/2013... via @newrepublic.com
If I have not seen further, it is because giants have been standing on my shoulders.
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If I have not seen further, it is because giants have been standing on my shoulders.