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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 7h

Learning the pitfalls of different jurisdictions is exhausting. I used to be almost exclusively in my local state court, but more recently I’m all over the place. If I ever end up in your backyard, feel free to yell at me if I screw something up.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh I’ve never heard of this. For me it was Poltergeist, specifically the scenes with the clown doll and the lightning. I think I was 7.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don’t do it much, but it’s fun when you can get away with it. I did, however, include references to Monty Python and Britney Spears in a law review article that got published.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My parents got divorced shortly after I went to college in the early 90s, but later became friends once there were grandkids involved. They recently wished each other a happy 56th non-anniversary.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oh yes John, do tell us what women want. 🙄

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not gonna lie, the candy is a big draw.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I can indeed relate. Some days are weirder than others, and I still feel like an infiltrator much of the time.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I dunno - I’m still getting sexy librarian from this. But I’m also a big fan of librarians.

Sounds like a good day all around. My folks taught me to make coffee at age 9, so that it would be ready for them when they woke up, and that’s when I started drinking it too.

We had none of that. No AP classes (one history teacher coached 6 of us after class who wanted to take the AP World test - I got a 2), and nothing business-related. I did take a typing class on an actual IBM Selectric typewriter. I think there was a home-ec class that included balancing a checkbook.

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“You’re not the boss of me, mouth doctor!”

Oh yeah. I was around 12 when it was announced, and I particularly remember everyone flipping out when the new characters were announced. The new captain is bald… and FRENCH?!?!? lol

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Totally agree. All he ever wants is attention, so the best thing we can do is not give it to him.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hoo boy, ain't that the truth. Why am I 100% correct, and then the court denies my motion in a cursory page-and-a-half order with no reasoning? To your other question, my answer is: ANXIETY. I agonize over everything, so nothing inaccurate [hardly] ever goes out the door.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Every time I get an opposition. "Oh no how did I miss that really obvious counter-argument? I'm terrible at this!" Then I check their citations and realize they don't actually say that and they're just making stuff up.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

NYT and others have completely destroyed the meaning of the phrase “Breaking News.”

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I mean, it’s not a *good* movie, but a lot of it sticks with me in a way the others don’t. The junkyard scene is incredible, and I often think of Richard Pryor looking at the unknown ingredient in Kryptonite, then looking at his pack of cigs and typing “TAR”.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Hey gang - My son writes and performs music under the name Jem Wilde. He is releasing his debut EP - two singles so far, and just yesterday released his first MUSIC VIDEO!! If you like this, please share and look up Jem Wilde on IG, TikTok, Spotify, etc. Help me make it go viral! #music #lgbtq

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Jem Wilde - Kitchen Light (Official Video)

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I mean this sincerely: I would buy a book of these. It’s like “Invisible Cities” but cozier.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

ACCAB. (pretty proud of that one if I’m honest)

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I have both a thick skin and a sharp chin. ;)

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Oh I know, but you’re not wrong.

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Actually, this is the best photo from my wedding and I just have to share it. One of the groomsmen was in the Coast Guard and supervised getting everyone into the tree.

lol my chin was particularly sharp that summer because I had been ill and lost 30 pounds in 8 weeks. Could really use that weight-loss strategy now…

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Yup, I was also a literal child.

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I had to cancel a performance that was scheduled for 9/12, and my grandmother called at like 9:30am on 9/11 to ask if she should still come up. Um, no. Then I walked 100 blocks north because we were all certain more was coming.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hm… hard to say. I lived in NY at the time so there were freakouts every day. The ones that stand out are all the anthrax scares and the plane crash in Rockaway in October that made us all think it was happening again.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Yeah, I think Laura Dern tends to have that effect. As do nice sheets.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is honestly the first I’ve heard of this, and it’s utterly disgusting. He’s the MAYOR OF NEW YORK. Of course he should be there. (Also, he was 9 years old on 9/11. If he is somehow responsible for all Muslims forever, I’ve got bad news for Christian mayors.)

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Agreed. I am laser-focused on JD being a contemptible shithead. Thanks for the excellent article.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Aside from the other obvious bullshit in this ad, the AP classes and test are a major money-maker for College Board - there’s no way they would allow their process to be circumvented like this.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Oof - this is basically the setup for Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower, which came out 33 years ago.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Well, the partner who chewed me out today seemed to disagree. And four 11.5-hour days in a row is not helping my mood, but I’ll survive.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Fair enough. I think it's accurate to say that I know what I'm doing in some respects (judging by having to rewrite much of the work product of my associates), but the more senior I get, the less of my job involves that stuff, and more of it is organizational, tactical, or other BS.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#lawsky talk me off the ledge plz. Do you ever get to the point of feeling like you know what you’re doing?

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I always wonder with these sorts of articles whether they just see like three people talking about it online and decide it’s widespread.

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sometimes it hits me just how much we’ve lost as a country in such a short period of time. If any other politician had put his name on something like this in the past, there would have been a massive, career-ending public shaming. But now it’s just another day.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Mine are approaching 80 in a couple years, and my in-laws both turn 80 this fall. This is a hard week.

Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I may have written highly derivative stories about anthropomorphic cat warriors called “Felines on the Brink of Forever.”

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One of my all time favorites! And sadly, it holds up because women’s working conditions have barely improved in 45 years!

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Ben Schu @benschu.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A lot can be said about Dolly Parton, but for now, I will say that she wrote "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You" on the SAME FUCKING DAY. Talent like that is one in a billion.