Colleen
@colleenbb.bsky.social
Staff Attorney, Appellate. "Moo" to Teen Daughters (AF 15 and LF 13) and an adult 🐻. She/Her 💙. Still struggling to maintain neutral buoyancy.
Lurks at #appellatesky and #SpéirGhorm (trying to learn Gaeilge).
Lurks at #appellatesky and #SpéirGhorm (trying to learn Gaeilge).
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![Image of paused TV screen, cartoon, Big City Greens.
It's a green streaked background. Center is a white chicken that looks like it has been catapulted up and forward, beak open, eyes wide.
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Walked into my living room. This was what the kids had paused on the TV.
This is coincidentally also the energy 2026 has brought so far.
This is coincidentally also the energy 2026 has brought so far.
Late to it, but just concluded first series of The Night Manager.
Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie? Yes, please.
Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie? Yes, please.
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Late to it, but just concluded first series of The Night Manager.
Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie? Yes, please.
Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie? Yes, please.
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For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
Started a Sherlock binge during snowmageddon this weekend -- first time watch for the girls, second for me. We finished season 3.
I kind of want to tell them, that's it. Can we ignore Season 4?
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Gah, why did the Sherlock finale have to be SO DISAPPOINTING.
I kind of want to tell them, that's it. Can we ignore Season 4?
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Gah, why did the Sherlock finale have to be SO DISAPPOINTING.
a man in a suit and tie is screaming internally while standing in a room .
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is screaming internally while standing in a room.
Man = Mycroft Holmes played by Mark Gatniss who is at least half responsible for the DISASTROUS finale to Sherlock.
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January 27, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Started a Sherlock binge during snowmageddon this weekend -- first time watch for the girls, second for me. We finished season 3.
I kind of want to tell them, that's it. Can we ignore Season 4?
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.
.
Gah, why did the Sherlock finale have to be SO DISAPPOINTING.
I kind of want to tell them, that's it. Can we ignore Season 4?
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.
Gah, why did the Sherlock finale have to be SO DISAPPOINTING.
The Mandalorian giving tours in San Francisco:
This is the bay.
This is the bay.
The Mandalorian teaching conversational Yiddish:
This is oy veh.
This is oy veh.
The Mandalorian teaching a pottery class:
This is the clay.
This is the clay.
January 23, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The Mandalorian giving tours in San Francisco:
This is the bay.
This is the bay.
Have to reset the "number of days since i cried at work" sign to zero.
a sign that says it has been since my last incident
Alt: a sign that says it has been BLANK days since my last incident.
There is a 10 and a finger erasing the 1 so it becomes ZERO days
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January 20, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Have to reset the "number of days since i cried at work" sign to zero.
The guys who wrote the NSA speech in Good Will Hunting are in a Netflix copaganda film in the year twenty twenty six.
a man sitting at a table with the words " youre suspect " written on the bottom
Alt: a man sitting at a table with the words " youre suspect " written on the bottom
Ben Affleck from Good Will Hunting
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The guys who wrote the NSA speech in Good Will Hunting are in a Netflix copaganda film in the year twenty twenty six.
To no one in particular:
No matter how calmly you speak in the *twelfth* video you posted to the interwebs about a business deal gone south, and no matter how many "receipts" you bring, you still come off as the problem in that venture.
You should have gotten a lawyer.
No matter how calmly you speak in the *twelfth* video you posted to the interwebs about a business deal gone south, and no matter how many "receipts" you bring, you still come off as the problem in that venture.
You should have gotten a lawyer.
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
To no one in particular:
No matter how calmly you speak in the *twelfth* video you posted to the interwebs about a business deal gone south, and no matter how many "receipts" you bring, you still come off as the problem in that venture.
You should have gotten a lawyer.
No matter how calmly you speak in the *twelfth* video you posted to the interwebs about a business deal gone south, and no matter how many "receipts" you bring, you still come off as the problem in that venture.
You should have gotten a lawyer.
AF has (finally) mostly recovered from her high ankle sprain but has decided to retire from competitive Irish dancing.
LF has taken up basketball and martial arts, but still attends dance class and plans to compete later this spring.
We're coming to the end of my dance mom era. Bittersweet.
LF has taken up basketball and martial arts, but still attends dance class and plans to compete later this spring.
We're coming to the end of my dance mom era. Bittersweet.
Really looking forward to LF competing again at the end of the month. Sadly, now AF has a high ankle sprain and torn ligaments and will be out of commission til basically 2026.
Irish Dance Mom post. LF got to compete in prelim champ today for the first time -- she's been unable to compete since Feb due to injury, just when she earned her promotion.
She fell during her first dance, but bounced up & kept on.
But I was SO DAMN HAPPY AND PROUD to see her dance again.
She fell during her first dance, but bounced up & kept on.
But I was SO DAMN HAPPY AND PROUD to see her dance again.
January 15, 2026 at 3:24 PM
AF has (finally) mostly recovered from her high ankle sprain but has decided to retire from competitive Irish dancing.
LF has taken up basketball and martial arts, but still attends dance class and plans to compete later this spring.
We're coming to the end of my dance mom era. Bittersweet.
LF has taken up basketball and martial arts, but still attends dance class and plans to compete later this spring.
We're coming to the end of my dance mom era. Bittersweet.
1) I wake up in the morning and
2) I step outside and
3) I take a deep breath and
4) I get real high and
5) I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT'S GOING ON?
2) I step outside and
3) I take a deep breath and
4) I get real high and
5) I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT'S GOING ON?
introduce yourself with five facts,
1) I'm a picker
2) I'm a grinner
3) I'm a lover
4) I'm a sinner
5) I play my music in the sun.
1) I'm a picker
2) I'm a grinner
3) I'm a lover
4) I'm a sinner
5) I play my music in the sun.
Introduce yourself with five facts
1) I drinks a whiskey drink
2) I drinks a vodka drink
3) I drinks a lager drink
4) I drinks a cider drink
5) I sings the songs that remind me of the good times
1) I drinks a whiskey drink
2) I drinks a vodka drink
3) I drinks a lager drink
4) I drinks a cider drink
5) I sings the songs that remind me of the good times
January 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
1) I wake up in the morning and
2) I step outside and
3) I take a deep breath and
4) I get real high and
5) I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT'S GOING ON?
2) I step outside and
3) I take a deep breath and
4) I get real high and
5) I scream from the top of my lungs WHAT'S GOING ON?
Walked into my living room. This was what the kids had paused on the TV.
This is coincidentally also the energy 2026 has brought so far.
This is coincidentally also the energy 2026 has brought so far.
January 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Walked into my living room. This was what the kids had paused on the TV.
This is coincidentally also the energy 2026 has brought so far.
This is coincidentally also the energy 2026 has brought so far.
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And what’s the related word for opening the e-filed version and immediately sporting the glaring typo that somehow escaped the repeated review by you and three co-counsel?
/Asking for a friend
/Asking for a friend
January 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
And what’s the related word for opening the e-filed version and immediately sporting the glaring typo that somehow escaped the repeated review by you and three co-counsel?
/Asking for a friend
/Asking for a friend
Reviews are mixed, but I liked Run Away on Netflix. James Nesbit was running a master class on delivering a grieving, conflicted, angry man largely through his face and delivery of mid dialogue. Yeah, there were ridiculous subplots, and Minnie Driver is criminally underused. But it kept moving.
January 11, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Reviews are mixed, but I liked Run Away on Netflix. James Nesbit was running a master class on delivering a grieving, conflicted, angry man largely through his face and delivery of mid dialogue. Yeah, there were ridiculous subplots, and Minnie Driver is criminally underused. But it kept moving.
Irish soda bread with craisins in the oven because ... reasons.
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Irish soda bread with craisins in the oven because ... reasons.
Canned chicken noodle soup is a good lunch in a pinch, but I really wish I had a jar of sambal oelek in the office.
My innocuous take: Sambal oelek is superior to Sriracha in every application that I have tried.
My innocuous take: Sambal oelek is superior to Sriracha in every application that I have tried.
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Canned chicken noodle soup is a good lunch in a pinch, but I really wish I had a jar of sambal oelek in the office.
My innocuous take: Sambal oelek is superior to Sriracha in every application that I have tried.
My innocuous take: Sambal oelek is superior to Sriracha in every application that I have tried.
GOOD THREAD.
disclaimer: I didn't know this about WWI, so I independently verified via wikipedia. I could not quickly verify the WWII stuff, but I appreciate the point and am choosing to share.
disclaimer: I didn't know this about WWI, so I independently verified via wikipedia. I could not quickly verify the WWII stuff, but I appreciate the point and am choosing to share.
Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb.
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
Once upon a time, Europe was at war.
Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/
January 6, 2026 at 11:34 AM
GOOD THREAD.
disclaimer: I didn't know this about WWI, so I independently verified via wikipedia. I could not quickly verify the WWII stuff, but I appreciate the point and am choosing to share.
disclaimer: I didn't know this about WWI, so I independently verified via wikipedia. I could not quickly verify the WWII stuff, but I appreciate the point and am choosing to share.
Some bitch promised a bunch of randos that **I** would "circle back" on all sorts of stuff in the New Year.
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It was me.
I am some bitch.
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It was me.
I am some bitch.
January 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Some bitch promised a bunch of randos that **I** would "circle back" on all sorts of stuff in the New Year.
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It was me.
I am some bitch.
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It was me.
I am some bitch.
I was in Curaçao this time yesterday.
January 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I was in Curaçao this time yesterday.
Thinking of @sailormoondamus.gobirds.online as I wade through this virtual pile of paper terrorism and AI slop on a snowy Tuesday morning...
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Thinking of @sailormoondamus.gobirds.online as I wade through this virtual pile of paper terrorism and AI slop on a snowy Tuesday morning...
This cover of Fairytale of New York by Hozier is my favorite discovery of this holiday season.
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Hozier singing Fairytale of New York by The Pogues tonight on SNL #hozier #live #christmas #christmasmusic #xmas #fyp #hozierofficial #hoziertok #snl #cover #thepogues #fairyofnewyork @Hozier
TikTok video by Hozier's Vocals
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December 21, 2025 at 2:22 AM
This cover of Fairytale of New York by Hozier is my favorite discovery of this holiday season.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrn3KjYd/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZTrn3KjYd/
She's out of the ER. She is in a rehab facility. She is frustrated.
Yesterday was a Bad Day for her recovery -- lung issues worsening, pain was intractable -- but today was Much Better.
Everyone is so mad at mom. She knows she has balance issues and only one functional arm since her stroke, but she decided to take a small step ladder out to the deck to hang some holiday decorations.
She fell, off the ladder, off the deck, onto the concrete driveway 4+ feet below.
She fell, off the ladder, off the deck, onto the concrete driveway 4+ feet below.
December 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
She's out of the ER. She is in a rehab facility. She is frustrated.
Bruises on both my knees for you
Don't say thank you or please
I do what I want when I'm wanting to
My soul? So cynical
Don't say thank you or please
I do what I want when I'm wanting to
My soul? So cynical
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Bruises on both my knees for you
Don't say thank you or please
I do what I want when I'm wanting to
My soul? So cynical
Don't say thank you or please
I do what I want when I'm wanting to
My soul? So cynical
I am bringing "Stephen Colbert dancing to the Mountain Goats singing 'I AM GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEAR IF IT KILLS ME'" energy into this weekend.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I am bringing "Stephen Colbert dancing to the Mountain Goats singing 'I AM GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEAR IF IT KILLS ME'" energy into this weekend.
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
(Knives Out Mystery) is my favorite of the three, I think.
(Knives Out Mystery) is my favorite of the three, I think.
December 15, 2025 at 2:19 AM
WAKE UP DEAD MAN
(Knives Out Mystery) is my favorite of the three, I think.
(Knives Out Mystery) is my favorite of the three, I think.
Yesterday was a Bad Day for her recovery -- lung issues worsening, pain was intractable -- but today was Much Better.
Everyone is so mad at mom. She knows she has balance issues and only one functional arm since her stroke, but she decided to take a small step ladder out to the deck to hang some holiday decorations.
She fell, off the ladder, off the deck, onto the concrete driveway 4+ feet below.
She fell, off the ladder, off the deck, onto the concrete driveway 4+ feet below.
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Yesterday was a Bad Day for her recovery -- lung issues worsening, pain was intractable -- but today was Much Better.
This thread brought me and my 17 years of Catholic school education so much joy.
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This thread brought me and my 17 years of Catholic school education so much joy.