opadit
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she/her | dual-citizen, dual-jurisdiction Philadelphia lawyer in St. John's, NL, Canada | 2SLGBTQIA+🏳️🌈 ally | trans rights are human rights | "[Y]ou do not know anyone as stupid as [the current president]. You just don't." - Fran Lebowitz | go birds
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opadit
@opadit.bsky.social
· Feb 5
my point isn't (merely) doom; my point is that the plaintiffs and lawyers and anybody else opposing the administration needs to be realistic and understand where this is actually going because SCOTUS has almost literally told us that they aren't a co-equal branch against this man
for years I've been wearing a blazer for my air travel to the U.S., but this year for the holidays I'm going to wear my law school sweatshirt, maybe accidentally drop my bar card on the counter when I hand over my passport
Sean Duffy: "Dressing with respect -- whether it's a pair of jeans and a decent shirt, I would encourage people to maybe dress a little better which encourages us to maybe behave a little better. Let's try not to wear slippers and pajamas as we come to the airport."
November 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
for years I've been wearing a blazer for my air travel to the U.S., but this year for the holidays I'm going to wear my law school sweatshirt, maybe accidentally drop my bar card on the counter when I hand over my passport
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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Excellent piece
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Excellent piece
"Charlie Brown ... now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time."
“They tried and failed, all of them?”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
“Oh, no.” She shook her head. “They tried and died, Charlie Brown.”
“There is some good in this world, Charlie Brown. And it’s worth fighting for.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Charlie Brown ... now, that's a name I've not heard in a long time."
Philadelphia : meat heist :: Newfoundland : backhoe bandits
🚨 MEAT HEIST! 🚨
This is not a drill: we have another Philly meat heist!
This is not a drill: we have another Philly meat heist!
Thieves break into truck in Northeast Philly, steal frozen meat, police say
November 24, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Philadelphia : meat heist :: Newfoundland : backhoe bandits
material defect of the home seller's character, but not of the house itself, I guess
PA Superior Ct: "Is having a swastika and Nazi eagle tiles in the basement under the rug a 'material defect' which a homeseller must disclose?"
Answer: no, only objective, structural defects matter. This, you could find and can fix. Subjective tests: too messy. 1/2
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Answer: no, only objective, structural defects matter. This, you could find and can fix. Subjective tests: too messy. 1/2
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
material defect of the home seller's character, but not of the house itself, I guess
Street Naming
The City is accepting street names for the Reserved Street Names Inventory.
www.engagestjohns.ca
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
update: this was a terrible idea
likely not helped at all by the fact that the tea bags must have been 5+ years old
likely not helped at all by the fact that the tea bags must have been 5+ years old
office is out of regular black teabags -- if I steep 2 bags of green tea for like 10 minutes, that should get me something useful, right?
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 PM
update: this was a terrible idea
likely not helped at all by the fact that the tea bags must have been 5+ years old
likely not helped at all by the fact that the tea bags must have been 5+ years old
office is out of regular black teabags -- if I steep 2 bags of green tea for like 10 minutes, that should get me something useful, right?
November 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
office is out of regular black teabags -- if I steep 2 bags of green tea for like 10 minutes, that should get me something useful, right?
good heavens
The Washington State University Cougar Marching Band freakin' played Trogdor at their halftime show this weekend! And made ME! My husky head finally gets its due! 50 freakin' yards high man!
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
good heavens
we turned back the clocks 2 weeks ago and since then NL has had a windstorm, a rain+snow+slush night where I had to clean off the car the next morning, & 2 rainstorms -- wind & tide advisories
it's like the weather said, OK, everybody out of the pool, time to start NL's 8-month weather season again
it's like the weather said, OK, everybody out of the pool, time to start NL's 8-month weather season again
November 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
we turned back the clocks 2 weeks ago and since then NL has had a windstorm, a rain+snow+slush night where I had to clean off the car the next morning, & 2 rainstorms -- wind & tide advisories
it's like the weather said, OK, everybody out of the pool, time to start NL's 8-month weather season again
it's like the weather said, OK, everybody out of the pool, time to start NL's 8-month weather season again
there's no drama like the family drama of who gets named in, and who gets omitted from, an obituary
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
there's no drama like the family drama of who gets named in, and who gets omitted from, an obituary
lawyer's corollary: don't put in e-mail (or in a text, or in a voicemail, or on social media) anything you don't want read back to you in court
all I’m gonna say is that I am a life-long slightly edgy poster and I’ve never caught a suspension or a ban anywhere - because it is in fact quite easy to avoid crossing the “this joke could possibly be construed as a violent threat” line on social media
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
lawyer's corollary: don't put in e-mail (or in a text, or in a voicemail, or on social media) anything you don't want read back to you in court
yes, THE BLUE LAGOON was problematic & it capped off a whole damn decade of deeply problematic films (e.g., LAST TANGO IN PARIS), & there's a million commentators out here who weren't around in 1980-81 & it's great on the one hand but, damn, we could really use some institutional memory right now
In 1981 the whole country was bad guys I guess.
November 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
yes, THE BLUE LAGOON was problematic & it capped off a whole damn decade of deeply problematic films (e.g., LAST TANGO IN PARIS), & there's a million commentators out here who weren't around in 1980-81 & it's great on the one hand but, damn, we could really use some institutional memory right now
your wordle and puzzle dollars at work
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
your wordle and puzzle dollars at work
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One time back when I was a prosecutor I was trying a CSAM case and I asked a psychologist if the defendant being a pedophile should factor into his sentencing, in the sense of asking whether paraphilias could be treated.
And this very smart doctor said to me:
And this very smart doctor said to me:
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
One time back when I was a prosecutor I was trying a CSAM case and I asked a psychologist if the defendant being a pedophile should factor into his sentencing, in the sense of asking whether paraphilias could be treated.
And this very smart doctor said to me:
And this very smart doctor said to me:
OMG why won't this brief due tomorrow write its own damn self
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
OMG why won't this brief due tomorrow write its own damn self
TFW you get ratfucked by Brian Tierney in paragraph 132: drive.google.com/file/d/1FSZm...
serious drama at the PMA
serious drama at the PMA
l94CK5O8J.pdf
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
TFW you get ratfucked by Brian Tierney in paragraph 132: drive.google.com/file/d/1FSZm...
serious drama at the PMA
serious drama at the PMA
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sixers win
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 AM
sixers win
TIL "toodle-oo" is a corruption of "à tout à l'heure"
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
TIL "toodle-oo" is a corruption of "à tout à l'heure"
OMG
The whole Eagles Defense was yelling “Inside Zone this way!” before the snap
November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
OMG
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Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
November 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Red Poppies
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
Molly Lamb Bobak
1977
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Let's be clear: Giuliani lost his Bar licenses because he lied in court and other official settings about the integrity of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania, not because of anything having to do with the electors.
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Let's be clear: Giuliani lost his Bar licenses because he lied in court and other official settings about the integrity of the 2020 election in Pennsylvania, not because of anything having to do with the electors.
1 - accepting pardon = admission of guilt
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
1 - accepting pardon = admission of guilt
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...
whatever federal criminal charges that led to losing his bar license(s) are now crimes that he's admitting to
2 - his disbarment was based on violations of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct, not federal law iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorneyserv...