Cathy Gellis
@cathygellis.bsky.social
Lawyer, writer, all-around-great person
I mostly post about technology, law, and civil liberties (especially free speech), and how they intersect. And mostly at Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/
I also post silly things too.
I mostly post about technology, law, and civil liberties (especially free speech), and how they intersect. And mostly at Techdirt: https://www.techdirt.com/user/cathy/
I also post silly things too.
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.
gosh I wonder why they called her peril www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The undergrads at the Crimson has consistently done a better job at investigating stories--big and small--than some of the legacy papers. Go college journalism.
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If the parties were reversed here, we’d currently be blanketed with ads and speeches detailing all the crimes that were later committed by people who assaulted police but were pardoned by the president.
Think Willie Horton, but true, and a much larger scale and, uh, not racist?
Think Willie Horton, but true, and a much larger scale and, uh, not racist?
The message from Trump is crystal clear - if you beat the hell of out police, if you threaten to kill FBI officers - I will make sure you get away with it if you are breaking the law to keep me in power.
If you don't see it, this is a message about 2028.
If you don't see it, this is a message about 2028.
November 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
If the parties were reversed here, we’d currently be blanketed with ads and speeches detailing all the crimes that were later committed by people who assaulted police but were pardoned by the president.
Think Willie Horton, but true, and a much larger scale and, uh, not racist?
Think Willie Horton, but true, and a much larger scale and, uh, not racist?
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Cal Women’s Basketball has the pleasing backcourt of Lulu and Lolo
November 17, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Cal Women’s Basketball has the pleasing backcourt of Lulu and Lolo
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a notable thing here is that Jin is about as powerful and privileged as you can be - first-tier Chinese aristocracy, basically, super-connected - and that still didn't prevent her from being harassed by Summers
The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
a notable thing here is that Jin is about as powerful and privileged as you can be - first-tier Chinese aristocracy, basically, super-connected - and that still didn't prevent her from being harassed by Summers
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FWIW my undergrad Egyptology prof tried to get me to leave the field, gaslit me all the time... turns out he was fucking another undergraduate and didn't get suspended for it till years later... he hated me because I knew about the affair. He still works there. He ruined countless careers of women.
November 17, 2025 at 4:10 AM
FWIW my undergrad Egyptology prof tried to get me to leave the field, gaslit me all the time... turns out he was fucking another undergraduate and didn't get suspended for it till years later... he hated me because I knew about the affair. He still works there. He ruined countless careers of women.
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Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been getting noticeably less attention and follow-up from authorities, per NYT, as the DHS is overwhelmingly used for Stephen Miller’s immigration crusade
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has been getting noticeably less attention and follow-up from authorities, per NYT, as the DHS is overwhelmingly used for Stephen Miller’s immigration crusade
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...
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Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.
archive.md/2025.11.17-0...
Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.
archive.md/2025.11.17-0...
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations
Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.
archive.md/2025.11.17-0...
Under President Trump, an agency intended to keep Americans safe has diverted resources from combating child abuse, trafficking and terrorism.
archive.md/2025.11.17-0...
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why would releasing the pedophile club files make him a lame duck president, what are you implying here John
Republican Sen. John Barrasso, the majority whip, doesn’t commit to holding a Senate vote on the bill to release the Epstein files if it passes the House. “We’ll have a discussion about it and make a decision from there.”
On @meetthepress.com:
On @meetthepress.com:
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 AM
why would releasing the pedophile club files make him a lame duck president, what are you implying here John
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Unless the president is a Democrat, obviously,
Bessent on tariffs: "This is one of President Trump's signature policies, and traditionally the Supreme Court does not interfere with a president's signature policy."
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Unless the president is a Democrat, obviously,
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"It’s an epidemic of violence against Native women, Native people. If you want to solve a problem, you first have to see it and understand it, and that’s what that work was all about."
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"It’s an epidemic of violence against Native women, Native people. If you want to solve a problem, you first have to see it and understand it, and that’s what that work was all about."
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Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
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The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The Harvard Crimson has ID'ed and published the name of a well-known economist who was the subject of emails between Larry Summers and Epstein.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
Born in China, she did her B.A. – Ph.D. at Harvard.
The code name that Summers and Epstein used in their emails about her was "peril." What a vile pig.
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
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Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' revisits the country's founding.
Ken Burns' 'American Revolution' will make you think differently about U.S. history
Burns' six-part documentary uses voiceover, reenactors and drone footage to tell the story of America's founding. And it reminds viewers that the quest for a more perfect union is far from over.
www.npr.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Ken Burns' 'The American Revolution' revisits the country's founding.
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“It's been almost 20 years without them being tried. That's the real crime.”
Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... #Haditha #WarCrimes
Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... #Haditha #WarCrimes
Haditha: Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC
New evidence raises doubts about the longest US war crimes investigation of the Iraq war and how US forces are held to account.
www.bbc.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“It's been almost 20 years without them being tried. That's the real crime.”
Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... #Haditha #WarCrimes
Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC: www.bbc.com/news/article... #Haditha #WarCrimes
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On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, ICE shot a Hispanic man on Milton Road during citywide enforcement.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, ICE shot a Hispanic man on Milton Road during citywide enforcement.
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(Politico) - An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
(Politico) - An Indiana Senate Republican who President Donald Trump called out in a Truth Social post Sunday for not backing the White House’s plan to draw new congressional maps was later targeted by a swatting, according to local authorities.
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
@politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The $2,000 is the friends we made along the way?
BESSENT: “THE $2,000 DIVIDEND COULD COME IN LOTS OF FORMS… IT COULD BE JUST THE TAX DECREASES. IT COULD BE NO TAX ON TIPS.”
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The $2,000 is the friends we made along the way?
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We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death' reut.rs/4pcH1RR
South Korea's new president, injured as a child labourer, cracks down on 'workplaces of death'
South Korean Kim Yong-ho thought he would die within seconds after a 200-kilogram (441-pound) industrial press at a Hyundai Steel plant sprang to life during maintenance and crushed his legs and back.
reut.rs
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
We love to see it!
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
Lee went to a bread factory where a worker was killed. The next week, they changed to 8-hour shifts from 12.
Labour Ministry will fine companies up to 5% of operating profit if they have 3 three deaths in a year.
New law: employers can get a 1-year jail term for a single death.
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CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
CBS is the network that paid Trump $16m. CBS is the network owned by the Ellisons. CBS is the network that failed to push back in its 60 Minutes interview of Trump.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
Of course, CBS is asking questions like this to House Democrats.
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"There are about a thousand of us"
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:59 PM
"There are about a thousand of us"
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Unique among inmates, Ghislaine Maxwell gets room service in her cell, after-hours access to recreation, a private visitor suite with refreshments and even a service-dog puppy to play with.
Is this a federal prison sentence or a comped stay at a Trump Hotel?
Is this a federal prison sentence or a comped stay at a Trump Hotel?
Ghislaine Maxwell Has Custom Meals and Pet A Puppy Behind Bars: Lawmakers
Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee say a whistleblower revealed that Maxwell has received special treatment in prison.
people.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Unique among inmates, Ghislaine Maxwell gets room service in her cell, after-hours access to recreation, a private visitor suite with refreshments and even a service-dog puppy to play with.
Is this a federal prison sentence or a comped stay at a Trump Hotel?
Is this a federal prison sentence or a comped stay at a Trump Hotel?