evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 6hSo strange. Vance and I are almost the same age, but I’m pretty sure the last time I made a “haha, but I’m not gay” joke was in high school. 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 8hYup. Which, again, isn’t some weird quirk of the CCP. Every US jurisdiction I know of has a similar requirement (but for the US constitution, obviously). For example, here’s the oath one takes upon joining the Bar in Maryland: govt.westlaw.com/mdc/Document...govt.westlaw.com 020
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Less charismatic, and mostly pre-Internet. 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Because we aren’t Marylanders. 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026My pet Bad Idea: Offer to name the new state the Trump Commonwealth, or something similar, and let Trump’s narcissism drive him to support DC statehood. (“Only Washington had a state named after him!”) 010
Reposted by @evilcloneethan.bsky.socialMichael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Yup. 141
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Goddamnit. Kylo was a good boy, and was trying his best. He deserved to have colleagues who were trying their best, too. 011
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Would Trump support DC statehood if we proposed to name it the “Trump Commonwealth?” He could have a state named after him! Not sure he could resist such a thing. 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good grief. How does one draft this letter without becoming crippled by unbearable shame? 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026At the very least, buying her stuff is absolutely indefensible. Orson Scott Card meant a lot to me growing up, too, but if my nephew wants to read his stuff, he’s getting a library card. 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026But he would refuse to be in the same room as the Ring, anyway. Why chance it? 030
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 12/09/2026One can certainly harbor prejudice against white people - but racism is a set of *institutions* and *norms* built to facilitate and enforce prejudice. We don’t have a set of institutions like that directed against white people. 170
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Eh, Putin’s death would be fine. 060
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Also, how much must opposing counsel hate their own friends, family, and hobbies? I mean, instead of doing literally anything that brings them joy outside of work, they’re doing extra work to inject transphobia into their pleadings. Just … why? 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Setting aside the cartoonish evil of this thing, how would one bill for transphobic ranting? I mean, such rants have no connection to the merits or outcome of the case. Is opposing counsel just doing evil for free? If not, how would their bill their client in good conscience? 100
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I worry about a repeat of April Glaspie’s warning to the Iraqis before the Kuwait invasion. She tried to warn them off; they heard a green light. 020
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026No one denies that helmets are a good idea. The point being made here is that an emphasis on helmets is a woefully inadequate and incomplete approach to bicyclist safety, and that bicyclist safety makes cities safer and healthier for all of us. We need policy solutions, not *just* helmets. 050
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Also, the White House social media team weren’t bullied nearly enough in high school. I’m blaming the bullies for failing in their duty to this country. (Though, in fairness, how could they have known?) 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026But current-day Evil Clone Ethan? Hell, fight the fascists in copyright litigation, on the beaches and on the landing-grounds, whatever. We’re in an existential fight against fascism, because this is the stupidest timeline. 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The Evil Clone Ethan of 2010 would probably say something like “well, this is disgusting, it’s almost probably fair use, and if we don’t want copyright law to eat the First Amendment, we should probably let this go. Besides, it’s not like the fascists can actually win in the marketplace of ideas.” 100
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026You probably won’t convince a fascist to abandon fascism by punching them. But you *might* convince them that being an activist for fascism is unacceptably dangerous. And I think that’s worth doing! 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026And Spidey just keeps going after the guy! You love to see it. 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Folks. The question was rhetorical, to emphasize the stupidity of demanding proof of citizenship. We’re all on the same page here. 060
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Um. Citizenship is not a prerequisite for entering a courthouse? 6441
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Wait, so what does the thinking? 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Good grief. I hate when we give our enemies *completely reasonable* talking points. At this point, “you can’t trust the US to protect you after you spy for them” isn’t just good propaganda, it’s genuinely good life advice. 150
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It seems to be a Boomer thing. They love saying clothes or hairstyle are “distracting.” I’m always tempted to say “I dunno, if your attention is that fragile, it seems like a ‘you’ problem. Have you discussed this with your physician?” 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026You can (and must!) be quite firm with opposing counsel on substantive or procedural points that actually matter, but ad hominem nonsense? Pointless. And I’m sorry you see it so often. 030
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Astonishing. Quite aside from the fact that this behavior is disgusting, it’s just plain counterproductive. I’ve never seen any benefit to being even *slightly* rude to opposing counsel. What if you need them to remain unopposed to a motion for extension in future, for example? 130
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026/sings/ Blue canary in the bathhouse by the strigil, who watches over you! Build an ornithone in your soul! 030
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Of course, there’s a good argument that *every* warplane is made of screams, but sometimes that’s fine. For example, German bomber pilots probably died screaming after being shot down by American or British fighter/interceptors - but, well, it sucks to suck, Nazis. /shrugs/ 001
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026What’s the most *unintentionally* disturbing museum exhibit you’ve seen? Not one that was meant to be unsettling, but one where the curators seem to have missed the horrifying point? Mine is the Enola Gay at Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy center. Displayed like a normal warplane, but it’s made of screams. 120
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026These people have moral universes that end at their noses. 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I know *my dog’s* favorite toys. And he’s a dog (the best dog, of course). The idea of a parent being so indifferent to their child’s happiness is just chilling. 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026For example, we probably won’t see MAHA saying “real men eat swollen and dented canned foods” or “good mothers make their own fugu.” 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The whole point of MAHA, so far as I can tell, is to avoid offending its adherents by telling them that any of their health fantasies are wrong. Thus, the only beliefs that would be “too far” for MAHA would be those that it is impossible to hold for any length of time, because they’re fatal. 120
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I literally would never do that to my dog. 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is *exactly* why Federal Rule of Evidence 407 does not permit remedial measures to serve as evidence of fault or negligence in themselves. Seriously, Rule 407 is the Taco Bell Principle. www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/ru...law.cornell.eduRule 407. Subsequent Remedial Measures 150
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 02/08/2026This seems unbelievably creepy and tone-deaf to normal people, with a normal aversion to spousal abuse. But this guy thinks that spousal abuse is normal, and complaining about it is weird. Because he’s scum. So *he* probably thinks this statement is persuasive. 000
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026And, to be clear: I absolutely *do not* think I’m some sort of special exception here. No one should trust me, or you, or anyone, with this kind of violence on tap. 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I’ve never met someone who I would trust to just wander about the city with a gun for a whole day. (Yes, I’ve met cops. I said what I said). 011
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Flip off Heritage first. For all of Cato’s many many faults, they aren’t the worst of the right wing. They aren’t anti-immigration xenophobes, and they acknowledge that foreign policy is hard and complicated. They’re head and shoulders over Heritage. (Of course, you can still flip off both). 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Maybe he was writing some sort of critique of OAN, and didn’t want that rubbish on his own computer? I mean, if I’d needed to do something with OAN in college (say, for a paper on fascism), I’d probably do the same. 131
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Specifically, this doll: youtu.be/sgfklKnOg4w?...youtu.beCreepy Doll - Jonathan CoultonYouTube video by John Ink 010
evilcloneethan.bsky.social @evilcloneethan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I would watch this series with my dog. It sounds wholesome. My dog would like it! 090
