Reposted by Deb GoldenRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 16hTime for this classic again. 121125924275
Reposted by Deb GoldenJuan C Chavez @inafutureage.bsky.social · 18hWe’re even passive-voicing the police shooting their own dog. 412226
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026His defense was that he took the money, but lied to the briber that he was going to do anything. Seems like there should have been other charges brought, but I am no crim law expert. 041
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Film you've watched more than six times with a GIFstatic.klipy.comHeathers Croquet GameAlt: Heathers Croquet Game 030
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026DC politics time: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...actionnetwork.orgTell Brooke Pinto: No Guard Outside Our SchoolsAs DC parents and caregivers with kids at several different schools we are alarmed by how the National Guard and other heavily-armed federal law enforcement agencies are congregating in large numbers ... 010
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There's so much to cover about the Western Mass lesbian bar, but no one seems to have mentioned the "volunteers" at the for-profit business. FLSA would like a word. 040
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 24/09/2026How does one sleep the night before oral arguments? Just curious 470
Reposted by Deb GoldenCJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 23/09/2026lmao, love reading First Amendment caselaw 212420
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I have to admit that a benefit of the pandemic is that it's now standard to be able to watch a court cattle call from the comfort of my own home, as I wait for the one case I need to observe. 040
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The emotional journey from "I've totally got a winnable legal point" through "OMG I'm so stupid, they opposing party is right that I'm just incapable of understanding law" and back to "no, truth and justice are on my side." 2492
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am not really built for appellate arguments, yet I have one on Thursday. I am reviewing the record until my eyes bleed. 050
Reposted by Deb GoldenMusicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I have not responded to the email that you sent me and which you probably spent awhile writing Forgive me it was so long and my executive functioning is completely shot 1847181
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026By any chance, is this your car parked for the H Street festival? 630
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Neagley is mindlessly enjoyable, but the backstory for the villain is just comical. Laughably insane. 120
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Graphic Design is NOT my passion. But I'm running an ad in Prison Legal News about this problem. PLN isn't flashy, but if you want to get information out to the US prison population, it's about the best. LMK what you all think? 2104
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you've been following the fall out of the sex abuse ring at the federal women's prison, FCI Dublin -- another officer was just charged with abuse of two women: www.ktvu.com/news/11th-fc...ktvu.com11th FCI Dublin officer charged with sex crimes, even though prison closedThe Department of Justice has charged the 11th correctional officer at the now-closed FCI Dublin women's prison with sex crimes, roughly two years after the facility closed and been left vacant. 083
Reposted by Deb GoldenSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 18/09/2026If you want a sense of how integral the Kennedy Center is to the DC skyline, watch this landing video. It’s the first thing people see when crossing the Potomac from Virginia. This is what Trump wants to demolish because he can’t put his name on it. 1121359
Reposted by Deb GoldenThor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Democratic strategists: Ahhh! What's the right message!!?? Where do we moderate!?!? Jon Ossoff: This administration is horrible. I hate these people. We should put them in jail. I'm pissed Voters: This guy is cool Strategists: I can't figure it out!!!!! 354169363019
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 18/09/202620 year old me would be gobsmacked that I am legally married. And that I had adjusted at Georgetown, a law school she wasn't even applying to bc it explicitly discriminated against queer people. And I think impressed with the career I've been able to have. Disappointed that I cut my hair. 1160
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A discredited experiment now used as an example of unethical research design? Let's make it reality TV! No pesky IRB. High probably of psychological or physical injury. Yay! 082
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Happened again today. Got a call from someone double checking below they sent money by Cashapp to someone claiming they could help their imprisoned loved one. I hope no one is falling for this. 150
Reposted by Deb GoldenKJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026"Character development is a wonderful thing therefore it should be present in all books" makes as much sense as "chocolate is a wonderful ingredient therefore it should be present in all dishes". Sushi would disagree. 11175
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026On the suggestion of a friend, I'm listening to a pop culture podcast about a legal case. It's a good window to understanding how normal people understand legal proceedings. Which is not how lawyers understand them. 290
Reposted by Deb GoldenBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 11/09/202625 years later and The Onion’s ParentCorner 9/11 explainer from immediately after the attack is a better understanding of the threat environment than the one produced by the U.S. government. 7258091128
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Got married in 2008. Our caterer told us the formulas they used to estimate how many people would show up based on number invited went up after 2001. We realized life is unfairly short, and so we have to show up and dance. Remember that. 071
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A lightheaded memory, amid the horror. On 9/11, the phone network in the DMV got overloaded. I'm not sure if the mechanical reasons, but you just couldn't get lines out. I was late for work (per usual), so I was at my apartment in Vienna VA. Although later disproven, there were reports of car 111
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The bravery of those people on Flight 93, what a debt we owe them 130
Reposted by Deb GoldenChristopher @cekent.bsky.social · 11/09/2026ParkMobile is the ne plus ultra example of an app that debuted as perfect and has degraded itself with every ‘update.’ 012
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Why is ParkMobile, an app that's basically a necessity for me, determined every day to become worse? 110
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Do I know any experts in the ways of Depop? I am new to the app and very much need a shirt I found to wear for oral arguments 110
Reposted by Deb GoldenJeremy Peel @jeremypeel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Some days you wake up and find a really strong wikipedia page with first-rate clockwise captioning. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_... 211623
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026The US government has a lot of broken promises in it's history, but what we did to people who worked with us in Afghanistan is just evil. This story has me in tears this morning. www.npr.org/2026/09/10/n...npr.org'I'll never trust them again': Some Afghans who helped the U.S. post-9/11 regret itSoon after the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. launched what would become a 20-year war in Afghanistan. Some Afghans who helped the U.S. prosecute that war regret it. 12610
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026It's a cancer vaccine! A literal miracle made by many hands. 212152
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hard to comprehend that half of my post-toddler life has been in the post 9/11 world. I've been thinking about the days immediately after. On the 12th, I told my boss that I didn't understand but I felt like I was walking under water. She told me that was shock. I was in literal shock. 1132
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Can someone tell me what plant just went into bloom in DC? I need to kill it all with for t 130
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One of the greatest advances in modern medicine is phenazopyridone. A definite iykyk. 130
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Is anyone else watching Spooky in Love and do you know where to buy the suits that Chairwoman Baek wears? The show is delightfully silly, and all the fashion blogs are about Park Eun-bin's outfits. But I'm a middle aged lawyer and I want to dress like Ye Soo-jung! 010
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Roll it up. Quilting has been won forever. “My father was an alcoholic and I heard all the time, ‘Can’t you do anything right? What’s the matter with you? Can’t you do anything right?’, so with the ribbons, I was like, ‘Oh, I can do something right.’,” Johnson said. 1195
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I have just returned from Coyote v. Acme and it will enter my personal pantheon on law movies. 1100
Reposted by Deb GoldenGeoffrey Hatchard @imgoph.bsky.social · 04/09/2026***CAN ANYONE USE A SENIOR TICKET FOR THE MARYLAND RENN FAIR TOMORROW???*** (Saturday, September 5) I have an extra ticket and would rather it doesn't go to waste! 037
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Some neighbor kids are trying to do ding dong ditch (well, knock knock ditch), but they are soooo bad at it and it's the funiest thing I've seen so far this week. 060
Reposted by Deb GoldenACOG @acog.org · 02/09/2026We continue to strongly recommend vaccination for COVID-19, RSV and influenza for anyone who is pregnant, postpartum, or contemplating pregnancy during the respiratory virus season. Read the press release: bit.ly/4gykc9J 16030
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Correct. People 19 and under should not have babies. 171
Reposted by Deb GoldenJared Cram @jscram3254.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Once again, your best friend is not the guy who will back you up in a bar fight. Your best friend is the guy who drags you out of the bar because you’re out of pocket and need to sleep it off. 0265
Deb Golden @debgoldendc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My kid (Thing One) wants to be a theoretical physicist. Their high school physics teacher told the whole class not to study physics bc there's no money in it. Ma'am, keep your career disappointments to yourself. 180