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.
Me at 15.
Alt text: goofy kid with braces climbing a tree.
Alt text: goofy kid with braces climbing a tree.
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Me at 15.
Alt text: goofy kid with braces climbing a tree.
Alt text: goofy kid with braces climbing a tree.
My poster. Note to Democrats: I've gotten a lot of compliments...
October 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
My poster. Note to Democrats: I've gotten a lot of compliments...
I have been preparing for this moment for my whole life...*
*Except for Reasons I'm not going to be able to redo the costume right now. But I'm very practiced at dressing as a frog!
*Except for Reasons I'm not going to be able to redo the costume right now. But I'm very practiced at dressing as a frog!
October 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I have been preparing for this moment for my whole life...*
*Except for Reasons I'm not going to be able to redo the costume right now. But I'm very practiced at dressing as a frog!
*Except for Reasons I'm not going to be able to redo the costume right now. But I'm very practiced at dressing as a frog!
Spent the day biking between institutions named for Charles Schulz.
About 18 miles total, there and back.
About 18 miles total, there and back.
October 11, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Spent the day biking between institutions named for Charles Schulz.
About 18 miles total, there and back.
About 18 miles total, there and back.
Daleks have taken to water.
October 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Daleks have taken to water.
The bay is smoking a cigarette.
October 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The bay is smoking a cigarette.
I didn't know this was a sentence that could be said in English. Actually, I'm still not sure.
![The sign reads "Exit and [Subway line 6] when escalator is operating up."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz3p35o2uexpt6l5sngcnu2j/bafkreihdc422p4invlpvmergsvjskas37j6q3op2bp7emtapjiqyqclmm4@jpeg)
October 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I didn't know this was a sentence that could be said in English. Actually, I'm still not sure.
I saw this yesterday. On September 30. WTF...
October 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I saw this yesterday. On September 30. WTF...
Look what we found in my dad's attic... Days when democracy is saved are worth remembering.
Here's to another such day worth remembering, hopefully soon.
Here's to another such day worth remembering, hopefully soon.
September 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Look what we found in my dad's attic... Days when democracy is saved are worth remembering.
Here's to another such day worth remembering, hopefully soon.
Here's to another such day worth remembering, hopefully soon.
I'm going to look and see what it says about shooting people in Oregon.
September 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm going to look and see what it says about shooting people in Oregon.
It's been 30 years since I took a class with Michael Burowoy, but the lessons from those 10 units of social theory have stuck with me, and my work in law and legal advocacy still draws from them.
I laughed at the mention that he's been interred near Karl Marx.
#gonetosoon
I laughed at the mention that he's been interred near Karl Marx.
#gonetosoon
August 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's been 30 years since I took a class with Michael Burowoy, but the lessons from those 10 units of social theory have stuck with me, and my work in law and legal advocacy still draws from them.
I laughed at the mention that he's been interred near Karl Marx.
#gonetosoon
I laughed at the mention that he's been interred near Karl Marx.
#gonetosoon
HA HA HA I went to OCR the D. Md decision against Musk and DOGE today and my software did not like the word "Elon." Couldn't believe it was a real word! Called it a "suspect word" (I'll say...) and made suggestions for what word it thought it should be instead.
My favorite? "ELF."
My favorite? "ELF."
August 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
HA HA HA I went to OCR the D. Md decision against Musk and DOGE today and my software did not like the word "Elon." Couldn't believe it was a real word! Called it a "suspect word" (I'll say...) and made suggestions for what word it thought it should be instead.
My favorite? "ELF."
My favorite? "ELF."
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
August 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hell-hole it is.
I'll be teaching at this event, a session on Legal Ethics and AI.
July 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'll be teaching at this event, a session on Legal Ethics and AI.
No, that happened the normal way...
July 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
No, that happened the normal way...
Patriotic blood draw today.
July 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Patriotic blood draw today.
Good job, New York.
June 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Good job, New York.
Good name for a ferry.
June 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good name for a ferry.
Headed to that political hotbed that is NYC...
June 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Headed to that political hotbed that is NYC...
Here is the obituary that ran in the NY Times.
June 21, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Here is the obituary that ran in the NY Times.
There is a screen saver on this TV that must be AI-generated. Because in this idyllic scene there are birds pecking on the ground nearby--but not at the laid out breakfast that's apparently been abandoned...
(And there are only cute, non-stinging insects, who only sniff the flowers, not the fruit.)
(And there are only cute, non-stinging insects, who only sniff the flowers, not the fruit.)
June 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
There is a screen saver on this TV that must be AI-generated. Because in this idyllic scene there are birds pecking on the ground nearby--but not at the laid out breakfast that's apparently been abandoned...
(And there are only cute, non-stinging insects, who only sniff the flowers, not the fruit.)
(And there are only cute, non-stinging insects, who only sniff the flowers, not the fruit.)
Catching up to let you know that on Thursday me and my team won EFF's Cyberlaw Trivia night AGAIN! (Me and my team also won last year, because that's how awesome me and my team always are.) This year's team name was, "We take YOU down," and we lived up to it...
June 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Catching up to let you know that on Thursday me and my team won EFF's Cyberlaw Trivia night AGAIN! (Me and my team also won last year, because that's how awesome me and my team always are.) This year's team name was, "We take YOU down," and we lived up to it...