The Nerdy Lawyer
@nerdylawyer.bsky.social
Formerly vtaltos on Twitter. She/her. Professional attorney, hobbyist theologian, unrepentant lifelong nerd, belated AuDHD diagnosee. Kicked out of the GOP for having principles. Luke 20:46-47. Mr. Rogers had it right all along.
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I dabbled in divorce law early in my career; never again.
In almost any other legal field, negotiation to a reasonable settlement is more likely than a long, expensive court battle. (1/4)
In almost any other legal field, negotiation to a reasonable settlement is more likely than a long, expensive court battle. (1/4)
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Its insane that AOC is getting slagged for implying US support for Taiwan is weak, a thing that Trump or his advisors say out loud like every day and no one is losing their minds
February 18, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Its insane that AOC is getting slagged for implying US support for Taiwan is weak, a thing that Trump or his advisors say out loud like every day and no one is losing their minds
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There's a group chat and you ain't in it
That kind of coordination you see there is what the Epstein story is actually about at a macro scale
February 18, 2026 at 12:42 PM
There's a group chat and you ain't in it
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That kind of coordination you see there is what the Epstein story is actually about at a macro scale
February 18, 2026 at 12:40 PM
That kind of coordination you see there is what the Epstein story is actually about at a macro scale
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I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
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Vote Blue No Matter Who is not "any Dem is someone we'd be happy to see in office"
It's "any Dem is someone we'd prefer to see in office if the other option is their Republican opponent"
It's "any Dem is someone we'd prefer to see in office if the other option is their Republican opponent"
February 18, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Vote Blue No Matter Who is not "any Dem is someone we'd be happy to see in office"
It's "any Dem is someone we'd prefer to see in office if the other option is their Republican opponent"
It's "any Dem is someone we'd prefer to see in office if the other option is their Republican opponent"
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You'd *still* rather have Fetterman in the Senate than Oz.
You'd WAY rather have Cortez Masto than Adam fucking Laxalt, who's insane.
Corey Booker? Are we pretending he's a problem now?
Newsom is a slime - and still a better governor than Brian Dahle would've been
THINK! CRITICALLY!
You'd WAY rather have Cortez Masto than Adam fucking Laxalt, who's insane.
Corey Booker? Are we pretending he's a problem now?
Newsom is a slime - and still a better governor than Brian Dahle would've been
THINK! CRITICALLY!
No, let’s say the quiet part out loud:
Vote Blue, No Matter Who itself has been a failure of a test. Very clearly, we need to better evaluate politicians we’re supporting blindly.
John Fetterman, Graham Platner & his tattoo, Catherine Cortez Masto, Corey Booker, GAVIN NEWSOM?!?
Think! Critically!
Vote Blue, No Matter Who itself has been a failure of a test. Very clearly, we need to better evaluate politicians we’re supporting blindly.
John Fetterman, Graham Platner & his tattoo, Catherine Cortez Masto, Corey Booker, GAVIN NEWSOM?!?
Think! Critically!
Chuck Schumer spectacularly failed the “vote blue no matter who” test and should be hounded from office
February 18, 2026 at 12:49 PM
You'd *still* rather have Fetterman in the Senate than Oz.
You'd WAY rather have Cortez Masto than Adam fucking Laxalt, who's insane.
Corey Booker? Are we pretending he's a problem now?
Newsom is a slime - and still a better governor than Brian Dahle would've been
THINK! CRITICALLY!
You'd WAY rather have Cortez Masto than Adam fucking Laxalt, who's insane.
Corey Booker? Are we pretending he's a problem now?
Newsom is a slime - and still a better governor than Brian Dahle would've been
THINK! CRITICALLY!
In a civil suit context, a judge can respond to a party repeatedly failure to provide evidence by instructing the jury to assume the evidence is VERY bad for that party.
Doesn't apply to criminal cases when the party is the defense (self-incrimination), but can DEFINITELY apply to impeachment...
Doesn't apply to criminal cases when the party is the defense (self-incrimination), but can DEFINITELY apply to impeachment...
BREAKING: FBI notifies Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension that it won’t provide access to evidence it’s collected on the killing of Alex Pretti by armed and masked federal agents.
Perhaps this would be a good time to note that 187 members of Congress are signed on to Impeach Kristi Noem:
Perhaps this would be a good time to note that 187 members of Congress are signed on to Impeach Kristi Noem:
Kristi Noem Must Be Impeached
Members of Congress have a constitutional duty to remove this gangster from office.
www.thenation.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:44 PM
In a civil suit context, a judge can respond to a party repeatedly failure to provide evidence by instructing the jury to assume the evidence is VERY bad for that party.
Doesn't apply to criminal cases when the party is the defense (self-incrimination), but can DEFINITELY apply to impeachment...
Doesn't apply to criminal cases when the party is the defense (self-incrimination), but can DEFINITELY apply to impeachment...
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Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
February 17, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Every time you speak up - and every time you don't - there are people watching and learning about you and the world you help create.
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It's not "amazing," it's clipart. Animation students playing around with the SFM and Unreal engines have been pulling (better) versions of this nonsense out of their ass online for a decade.
No wonder Hollywood is mad. This is an IP infringement bonanza.
It’s also amazing that you can make things like this with just text prompts.
It’s also amazing that you can make things like this with just text prompts.
February 17, 2026 at 4:33 AM
It's not "amazing," it's clipart. Animation students playing around with the SFM and Unreal engines have been pulling (better) versions of this nonsense out of their ass online for a decade.
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BlueAnon (the putatively liberal version of QAnon) is 100% a thing and it’s important for us to acknowledge that and try to root it out.
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 PM
BlueAnon (the putatively liberal version of QAnon) is 100% a thing and it’s important for us to acknowledge that and try to root it out.
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Papers don’t quote ANYONE like this. Normal human speech is LOUSY with ums, uhs, and doubling short words (a, I, the). You clean that up as a matter of course.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 17, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Papers don’t quote ANYONE like this. Normal human speech is LOUSY with ums, uhs, and doubling short words (a, I, the). You clean that up as a matter of course.
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I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there
gotta do investigations into DHS “waste, fraud and abuse” as pretext for killing the agency
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 AM
I’d love to get every single Democrat on board with “abolish ICE and dismantle DHS” but you’re going to need some votes from folks who don’t want to embrace that particular rhetoric and good news “there’s just too much corruption we’ve got to dismantle it to solve the problem” is sitting right there
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i would like to read a deeply-reported, 10,000-word investigative piece about the procurement process that ends up sourcing a luxury 737 for the head of DHS which only seats 17 people
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:32 AM
i would like to read a deeply-reported, 10,000-word investigative piece about the procurement process that ends up sourcing a luxury 737 for the head of DHS which only seats 17 people
Oh no, what a nightmare...
Rep. Mark Alford: "If you tie a judicial warrant to what ICE is doing, it will never happen"
February 17, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Oh no, what a nightmare...
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the replies come in three categories:
1. go to the food court, save yourselves
2. lmao you fools, here’s an impulse buy suggestion
3.
1. go to the food court, save yourselves
2. lmao you fools, here’s an impulse buy suggestion
3.
You're at costco. Buy a new freezer.
February 15, 2026 at 12:33 AM
the replies come in three categories:
1. go to the food court, save yourselves
2. lmao you fools, here’s an impulse buy suggestion
3.
1. go to the food court, save yourselves
2. lmao you fools, here’s an impulse buy suggestion
3.
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we made the mistake of going to costco while everyone in the family was hungry and I’m not sure we’re getting out of here with our wallets or freezer space intact
February 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
we made the mistake of going to costco while everyone in the family was hungry and I’m not sure we’re getting out of here with our wallets or freezer space intact
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
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The fuck?
Do not, under any circumstances, download Epstein media
Do not, under any circumstances, download Epstein media
Since this is coming up as a topic because the DOJ is a pack of fuckups I wouldn't advise downloading any video or audio material they hosted without some deep soul searching as to the psychic damage and the legality of it.
Seems like a minefield for no reward for over 99 percent of folk here.
Seems like a minefield for no reward for over 99 percent of folk here.
February 13, 2026 at 8:38 PM
The fuck?
Do not, under any circumstances, download Epstein media
Do not, under any circumstances, download Epstein media
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As I see it from a next-day perspective, there are two categories of risk/concern with Discord's age verification rollout. One is data risk (breach and collection), and the other is censorship risk.
I think Discord is doing its best to manage those risks. Which doesn't have to be enough for you.
I think Discord is doing its best to manage those risks. Which doesn't have to be enough for you.
February 10, 2026 at 7:40 PM
As I see it from a next-day perspective, there are two categories of risk/concern with Discord's age verification rollout. One is data risk (breach and collection), and the other is censorship risk.
I think Discord is doing its best to manage those risks. Which doesn't have to be enough for you.
I think Discord is doing its best to manage those risks. Which doesn't have to be enough for you.
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What if we had an entire foreign policy based on the petty resentments and insecurities of mediocre weak men?
Trump: "So I put on a 30% tariff, which is very low. I got an emergency call from I believe the prime minister of Switzerland. She was very aggressive ... I didn't really like the way she talked to us, so instead of giving her a reduction, I raised it to 39%."
February 11, 2026 at 5:42 AM
What if we had an entire foreign policy based on the petty resentments and insecurities of mediocre weak men?
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I was on Paula Poundstone's podcast talking about the First Amendment. Listen for a shout-out to anti-SLAPP laws, an explanation why "can't shout fire in a crowded theater" is NOT the law, and a caution to think twice about overruling Citizens United. (My segment starts ~39ish minutes in.)
What can we say? We have no idea! But 1st Amendment expert Cathy Gellis does! In fact we feel so free that we’re subsequently ready to do another Poundstone Riddle Invitational! Listen wherever you get your pods! @cathygellis.bsky.social
February 10, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I was on Paula Poundstone's podcast talking about the First Amendment. Listen for a shout-out to anti-SLAPP laws, an explanation why "can't shout fire in a crowded theater" is NOT the law, and a caution to think twice about overruling Citizens United. (My segment starts ~39ish minutes in.)
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An Irishman living in the U.S. for over 20 years who has been detained by ICE since last September describes the experience as “torture.”
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
Irishman detained by Ice appeals to Taoiseach to raise case with Trump amid ‘torture’
Seamus Culleton from Kilkenny has been in Texas Ice facility for nearly five months despite holding valid work permit
www.irishtimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:27 AM
An Irishman living in the U.S. for over 20 years who has been detained by ICE since last September describes the experience as “torture.”
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Prime Minister Micheál Martin to raise his case with Trump during his upcoming visit.
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One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
Dr. Oz urges 'take the vaccine, please' amid measles outbreaks
Dr. Mehmet Oz is calling on Americans to get the measles vaccine as cases spread across the U.S.
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 1:30 AM
One of the most miserable things about living in this era is having to watch the stupidest & most arrogant people in the world have to relearn The Why of literally everything good that we collectively do the hard way.
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’
The answer is always ‘Because a bunch of people died, fuckwit.’