Douglas McDonald-Norman
dougmcdnor.bsky.social
Douglas McDonald-Norman
@dougmcdnor.bsky.social
PhD candidate, UNSW Law & Justice. Trekkie. ARMY. Cheerful.
It is a BOP and I am delighted beyond delight that you liked this

The ostensible origin story is that Suga made the beat and decided "huh, this sounds like a Psy song". And then it was!
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In Australia, most (although not necessarily all) barristers have practised as solicitors first. In England, it is a bit more common for someone to become a barrister without having been a solicitor, although of course many barristers were solicitors first.
November 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I RAN here to message you about That Bit Of The Verse
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Exxy took me several reads to work out. My first thought was "...like from WJSN?"
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reposted by Douglas McDonald-Norman
okay one more thing, if the filibuster was so critical to the interest of small states, why is it that it didn't exist until the middle of the 19th century and wasn't actually used with any regularity until well into the 20th?
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Reposted by Douglas McDonald-Norman
the OTHER thing is that no filibuster defender has yet to articulate why it is that people who happen to live in low density states not only deserve additional representation but also deserve to exercise a veto *on top of that*
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I've written about William Broome, the last British judge in India - who took Indian citizenship and retired from the Allahabad High Court a quarter-century after Indian independence, and whose kids and grandkids still live in India:
scroll.in/magazine/860...
The story of the Englishman who stayed back as a judge in India (and what it tells us about Nehru)
Having come to India in the service of an imperial power, William Broome died an Indian.
scroll.in
October 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Theon Greyjoy should stay away from Bobby Yoghurt's dog.
September 29, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"his own fee will" is excellent
September 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM