niraliberalism
@niral.bsky.social
near illiberalism. I used to be a lawyer. I still am one, but I also used to be one. better things are in fact possible. The most effective liberals have been those forced to compromise with leftists, not those left to compromise with conservatives.
Pleading in the alternative isn’t the best PR:
1. We didn’t do it
2. We did something but it wasn’t that bad
3. We did it but it technically wasn’t illegal
1. We didn’t do it
2. We did something but it wasn’t that bad
3. We did it but it technically wasn’t illegal
December 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Pleading in the alternative isn’t the best PR:
1. We didn’t do it
2. We did something but it wasn’t that bad
3. We did it but it technically wasn’t illegal
1. We didn’t do it
2. We did something but it wasn’t that bad
3. We did it but it technically wasn’t illegal
The obstacles to change are more institutional than cultural
December 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The obstacles to change are more institutional than cultural
in my culture, we have a word for this: disgraziata
December 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
in my culture, we have a word for this: disgraziata
There’s one brilliant gem in that article, and it’s the editors note
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There’s one brilliant gem in that article, and it’s the editors note
This is how I’ll always remember Larry
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This is how I’ll always remember Larry
Alternate timeline where crypto was banned in 2015
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Alternate timeline where crypto was banned in 2015
Can’t be, won’t be (1963)
December 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Can’t be, won’t be (1963)
Brad Lander was doing a press thing at Nitehawk as I was walking out of a movie
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Brad Lander was doing a press thing at Nitehawk as I was walking out of a movie
New Jain temple just dropped
December 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
New Jain temple just dropped
For several reasons, I’d rather we didn’t
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
For several reasons, I’d rather we didn’t
Consider this an opportunity for much deeper reflection. Take an entire 4 hours and 33 minutes to contemplate how you became like this.
December 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Consider this an opportunity for much deeper reflection. Take an entire 4 hours and 33 minutes to contemplate how you became like this.
Do you know how estranged from humanity you are, and how connected they are to the salt of the earth?
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Do you know how estranged from humanity you are, and how connected they are to the salt of the earth?
this is the new Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
this is the new Colorless Green Ideas Sleep Furiously
Amazon’s complaint options do not include a way to flag garbage AI bookslop
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Amazon’s complaint options do not include a way to flag garbage AI bookslop
If you think it’s cheap and lame to mock someone’s appearance, then just appreciate the Exclusive headline below it
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If you think it’s cheap and lame to mock someone’s appearance, then just appreciate the Exclusive headline below it
In gratitude, I will be hanging a large picture of Susan Dell over my baby’s crib.
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In gratitude, I will be hanging a large picture of Susan Dell over my baby’s crib.
They pay corporate litigators a lot. Not as compensation for dirtying their souls this much, but to make them into people who don’t care.
December 3, 2025 at 2:31 AM
They pay corporate litigators a lot. Not as compensation for dirtying their souls this much, but to make them into people who don’t care.
This article about Gentry Beach, the name of a human person, begins in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of
Congo
Congo
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 AM
This article about Gentry Beach, the name of a human person, begins in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of
Congo
Congo
Gentry Beach? His name is fucking Gentry fucking Beach?
December 1, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Gentry Beach? His name is fucking Gentry fucking Beach?
the sub-sentient evangelical girl anti-trans college essay deserved at least 5 points according to the provided grading rubric
December 1, 2025 at 12:44 AM
the sub-sentient evangelical girl anti-trans college essay deserved at least 5 points according to the provided grading rubric
This is minor compared to the sins of modern day headline writers, but this article should have been titled “I Like Clocks: Let me tell you about some clocks”
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is minor compared to the sins of modern day headline writers, but this article should have been titled “I Like Clocks: Let me tell you about some clocks”