Steve Young
@boringattorney.bsky.social
Not the Steve Young you are thinking of.
Sometimes a corporate lawyer, sometimes an art software developer.
In the process of migrating from Instagram, my Pixelfed account is here:
https://pixelfed.social/Boring_Person
Sometimes a corporate lawyer, sometimes an art software developer.
In the process of migrating from Instagram, my Pixelfed account is here:
https://pixelfed.social/Boring_Person
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So much of what they are doing is so much worse than this, but it is still shocking the degree to which ICE isn't even *pretending* to be more than a roving band of street thugs.
They just stole this kid's phone, I guess because they figure if they can get their hands on it, why not?
They just stole this kid's phone, I guess because they figure if they can get their hands on it, why not?
Yes, immigration agents not only took Arnoldo's phone, the 10th grader had to use Find My Phone to locate it — in a vending machine for used electronics, close to an ICE detention center.
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Read the full story here:
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
So much of what they are doing is so much worse than this, but it is still shocking the degree to which ICE isn't even *pretending* to be more than a roving band of street thugs.
They just stole this kid's phone, I guess because they figure if they can get their hands on it, why not?
They just stole this kid's phone, I guess because they figure if they can get their hands on it, why not?
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He's insane, you know. Perhaps it's dementia. Perhaps it's heavy metal poisoning. But he's absolutely batshit. Pretty wild that Republican lawmakers don't care even a little!
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 AM
He's insane, you know. Perhaps it's dementia. Perhaps it's heavy metal poisoning. But he's absolutely batshit. Pretty wild that Republican lawmakers don't care even a little!
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Oh, I definitely will remember…
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Oh, I definitely will remember…
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The myth: LLMs can replace experts.
The reality: LLMs can create a decent first draft that can then be reviewed by an expert.
Cheap, fast and good. Pick two.
The reality: LLMs can create a decent first draft that can then be reviewed by an expert.
Cheap, fast and good. Pick two.
January 8, 2026 at 8:51 PM
The myth: LLMs can replace experts.
The reality: LLMs can create a decent first draft that can then be reviewed by an expert.
Cheap, fast and good. Pick two.
The reality: LLMs can create a decent first draft that can then be reviewed by an expert.
Cheap, fast and good. Pick two.
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People think America became the Bad Place after Trump got elected when in reality we elected him because this is the Bad Place.
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
People think America became the Bad Place after Trump got elected when in reality we elected him because this is the Bad Place.
What’s wrong with quote posts?
I genuinely do not understand why people feel the need to make up these complicated rules for how others use social media.
I genuinely do not understand why people feel the need to make up these complicated rules for how others use social media.
Except he’s doing quote posts, not replies.
January 8, 2026 at 6:22 PM
What’s wrong with quote posts?
I genuinely do not understand why people feel the need to make up these complicated rules for how others use social media.
I genuinely do not understand why people feel the need to make up these complicated rules for how others use social media.
We should refer to the war on Venezuela as the “Epstein Files War”, since that is the only realistic explanation for it.
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
We should refer to the war on Venezuela as the “Epstein Files War”, since that is the only realistic explanation for it.
What an embarrassing and humiliating time to be an American.
January 3, 2026 at 6:50 PM
What an embarrassing and humiliating time to be an American.
We now have a literal dementia patient conducting actual wars for no reason, and because the GOP is without the tiniest shred of principle they won’t impeach or use the 25th amendment.
A mentally incapacitated head of state and no rule of law is a bad combination (not that either is ok on its own).
A mentally incapacitated head of state and no rule of law is a bad combination (not that either is ok on its own).
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
We now have a literal dementia patient conducting actual wars for no reason, and because the GOP is without the tiniest shred of principle they won’t impeach or use the 25th amendment.
A mentally incapacitated head of state and no rule of law is a bad combination (not that either is ok on its own).
A mentally incapacitated head of state and no rule of law is a bad combination (not that either is ok on its own).
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I try to be empathetic and understanding about how challenging it is to accurately report on AI stuff in 2026 but whoever wrote this headline is small-child-level credulous in the old fashioned way
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I try to be empathetic and understanding about how challenging it is to accurately report on AI stuff in 2026 but whoever wrote this headline is small-child-level credulous in the old fashioned way
I've never seen someone so excited that they correctly identified a giraffe in a picture.
This really is a case of a mentally challenged person being manipulated by people who understand that they can benefit by making him think he is capable.
This really is a case of a mentally challenged person being manipulated by people who understand that they can benefit by making him think he is capable.
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam
January 2, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I've never seen someone so excited that they correctly identified a giraffe in a picture.
This really is a case of a mentally challenged person being manipulated by people who understand that they can benefit by making him think he is capable.
This really is a case of a mentally challenged person being manipulated by people who understand that they can benefit by making him think he is capable.
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"The reason it is important to identify the Court as corrupt is because it is in fact corrupt."
Essential commentary from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, one of the news sites that is doing the journalism we need right now.
Essential commentary from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, one of the news sites that is doing the journalism we need right now.
The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It
Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"The reason it is important to identify the Court as corrupt is because it is in fact corrupt."
Essential commentary from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, one of the news sites that is doing the journalism we need right now.
Essential commentary from Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo, one of the news sites that is doing the journalism we need right now.
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The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.
December 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The President of the United States is very seriously mentally ill, and elected Republicans are so afraid of him that they won’t do or say anything about it.
I don’t know how anyone can talk about power tools being useful with a straight face. I heard about this one guy who managed to cut off a finger because he didn’t bother to learn how to properly use a circular saw. Power tools will never increase productivity.
I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
December 21, 2025 at 6:36 AM
I don’t know how anyone can talk about power tools being useful with a straight face. I heard about this one guy who managed to cut off a finger because he didn’t bother to learn how to properly use a circular saw. Power tools will never increase productivity.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
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Blog Post: Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?–Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?-Ziff Davis v. OpenAI - Technology & Marketing Law Blog
Robots.txt files express a website’s preferences for robot access. Despite their venerability, there are not many cases discussing the legal implications of robots.txt files and robot exclusion header...
blog.ericgoldman.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Blog Post: Are Robots.txt Instructions Legally Binding?–Ziff Davis v. OpenAI
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/202...
"Integrity of the proceedings", as though anyone in charge in our military has any integrity at all, or could even recognize the concept.
December 16, 2025 at 7:43 AM
"Integrity of the proceedings", as though anyone in charge in our military has any integrity at all, or could even recognize the concept.
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For millions of us, this was the first time we ever saw Rob Reiner. …When he became “Meathead” on “All in the Family.”
He was brilliant from Day One.
He was brilliant from Day One.
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 AM
For millions of us, this was the first time we ever saw Rob Reiner. …When he became “Meathead” on “All in the Family.”
He was brilliant from Day One.
He was brilliant from Day One.
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This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.
Trump: "Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is. With her little turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but bitch ... we ought to get her the hell out ... she's here illegally."
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
The crowd in Pennsylvania then starts chanting "send her back!"
December 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
This is a white supremacist rally. Anyone who attends something like this or still supports the leader of this movement should be unwelcome in your home and shunned from civil society. Period. We’re way past the point where this crap should be tolerated from anyone. Cast them out.
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battlestar galactica what do they do with the paper corners
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
battlestar galactica what do they do with the paper corners
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
The word that the @washingtonpost.com is avoiding in this headline is “murder”. Intentional, premeditated murder.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The word that the @washingtonpost.com is avoiding in this headline is “murder”. Intentional, premeditated murder.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
Democracy is dying in darkness here because they won’t say what this is.
OMG, this thread. Having spent many years in law firms and big corporations, this whole thing brings back memories (some of the posts hit so close to home they made my hair stand on end).
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
Hello, please see attached. They want to sign on Monday so we have our work cut out for us before then. I have a prior family engagement this weekend, but I’ll be available for update calls 9pm each night. I’ve put time on your calendars for those. Let’s get started.
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
OMG, this thread. Having spent many years in law firms and big corporations, this whole thing brings back memories (some of the posts hit so close to home they made my hair stand on end).
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
It's nice to be retired from all that, so this can all now be amusing.
I would also like "hold ICE personnel responsible for their crimes."
Abolish ICE is the absolute minimum acceptable policy.
eric swalwell said on msnow that a major goal of a dem majority after the midterms would be for ice masks to come off and badges to come out, this is insufficient
November 24, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I would also like "hold ICE personnel responsible for their crimes."