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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 13h

obviously we won't know the final answer until the playoff at the end of the season, but this BYU-Notre Dame game is going to go a long way helping us figure out The One True Religion

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 02/10/2026

When the primaries start for real in 2028, please ask a Californian why we do not want Newsom to be president.

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Steelers are going to finish sub-.500 for the first time in 20+ years while Mike Tomlin posts soothing Minecraft tutorials

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 01/10/2026

I miss Mike Tomlin so much during Steelers games. But it's amazing to see him making the most of post-NFL life.

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Mark Schofield @markschofield.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Mike Tomlin is currently giving a tour of his boutique hotel in Minecraft, which has a multipurpose conference room and an appropriate number of public restroom and I’m losing MY MIND

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Peter Onyisi @peteronyisi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This may be unfair, but I'm morbidly interested in whether certain Cornell faculty are as worked up about this as they were about the encampments

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 26/09/2026

After Marshall and Northern Illinois I'll never take easy wins for granted... But it's hard to even want to watch a game like this ☘️🏈

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 23/09/2026

I got to listen to @chriswarcraft.bsky.social speak at UCLA Law today. I have admired him since he wrote about his blacklisting in retaliation for his support for LQBTQ+ rights for Deadspin back in 2014, and I hope he wins his assembly seat this November. Sometimes, being in law school can be fun.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 14/09/2026

I'm listening to Macklemore for the first time since high school today

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

clock at zero, ball still not touched (hard to make out, I get it)

the clock is at zero on the first Michigan Hail Mary play

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Jim Furbranes @unlox.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“you have to admit he’s doing some interesting stuff! you have to admit he didn’t get a fair shot before! you have to admit he’s popular!” I don’t have to admit anything, I will always be a hater. he’s not sustainably putting anything together

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

not to be confused with quesadilla

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 22/07/2026

It's hard to believe that my summer clerkship is coming to an end next week. I have learned a lot about how to fight vigorously and professionally on behalf of my clients, and I am looking forward to taking the lessons I learned this summer and applying them to my 2L coursework. #EJAFellowUpdate

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 18/07/2026

I felt this. Must've been literally right under me, because a M2.4 quake is nothing.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 06/07/2026

I can't believe my summer with NLSLA is more than halfway over. I am feeling far more comfortable interacting with clients now than I did in May, and I am very grateful to my team for the wide-ranging experience they are offering to me. #EJAFellowUpdate

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I think a valuable lesson for us onlookers on the other coast is that the SF DSA would benefit from being more like the NYC DSA. Mamdani and AOC > Dean Preston

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 24/06/2026

I attended my first hearing yesterday, receiving permission from the SSA ALJ to observe via phone. I was surprised by how quickly the hearing transpired and beyond impressed by the live interpreter communicating everything instantly while on a conference call. #EJAFellowUpdate

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 24/06/2026

Living in Los Angeles and watching election results from NYC: I want what you have. So badly.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 11/06/2026

Does this still count as a #DosACero game?

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 11/06/2026

Why does Depop allow buyers to make non-binding offers. eBay figured this out years ago.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 08/06/2026

Just found out I will be observing my first-ever hearing next week as part of my summer clerkship! It's exciting and a little nerve wracking to move from 1L to actual court proceedings. #EJAFellowUpdate

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 02/06/2026

After ICE deported Wendy Hernandez Reyes, it turned her 3-year-old son Orlin over to her sister’s estranged partner, who tortured Orlin and beat him to death. I can’t say what I think should happen to those responsible without violating this website’s TOS. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Because the service had been arranged last minute, the funeral home on a busy street in Atlanta could only offer them one hour.
Orlin wore a long-sleeved shirt and a tan vest with a striped bow tie and matching pants.
The clothes concealed his injuries. A new teddy bear was tucked beside him.
Embroidered into the satin lining of his casket was "Principito," or "Little Prince."
His full name was embossed on the coffin:
Orlin Josue Hernandez Reyes.
McCaffrey and Hernandez's sister had to hold Hernandez up as she walked trembling toward her son. Once she regained the strength to stand, she stood over him and stroked his face and chest.
"I never wanted to leave you," she whispered repeatedly. "I wanted to bring you with me.
My son."

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 28/05/2026

LA County Supervisors have more constituents than the governors of a dozen-plus states. Mamdani has more than anyone in the House and a lot of the Senate.

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The US officials with the biggest constituencies revealed

A new analysis ranks the elected officials with the largest constituencies, from presidents and governors to county supervisors.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/05/2026

On Reddit, Orange County residents are very justifiably angry that local authorities are posting vital evacuation information on X and Instagram…which both require accounts if you want to be able to view videos easily and completely. How many people use neither? This has got to stop.

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Governments should stop posting stuff only on x. I can't get sound to this video and I'm not making an account or downloading their dumb app. Is there an alternative source?
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you can append an x url with cancel as in xcancel.com/ to view links etc without an account.
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYqO-OpSJyd/?
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It's ridiculous that government bodies are still posting to a platform that at best requires you to make an account to view posts (at worst, all the many reasons X Is awtul).
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Can you please provide a summary detail for those of us that can't access X / sound audio?
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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 22/05/2026

It's unbelievable that attack ads are still using 2020 data and headlines as if they are in any way relevant

An attack mailer against California State Senate candidate Dr. Sion Roy cites two news stories from 2020 to claim car theft and property crime levels are still at record highs

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 16/05/2026

I've never been to the city of Charlotte but I've flown through the airport at least a dozen times, and I look forward to Bojangles every single time

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 10/05/2026

This is only the third Mother's Day since I lost my mom, and it's wild to me how quickly the holiday lost significance. I didn't even realize it was Mother's Day until the announcement on my flight this morning. Miss you Mom 💜

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 08/05/2026

Not exactly stoked about the direction of our country, but damn if I don't love voting

A photo of a California mail ballot with an I Voted sticker

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 07/05/2026

More than 8,000 schools affected by the ShinyHunters Canvas hack, including UCLA

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 05/05/2026

All I could hear on loop in my head for the four hours of my criminal law exam

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Murder on My Mind

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 30/04/2026

what the hell is this framing of Callais by the @nytimes.com?? the ruling has been near-universally condemned because it's racist and illogical, not because of the "liberal tilt" of most law schools.

It has been overwhelmingly negative. Election law scholars called the Supreme Court’s voting rights decision on Wednesday a “disaster,” a “catastrophe” and “the worst ruling in a century.”

I struggled to find a prominent law professor who publicly praised the ruling, which may be a testament to the liberal tilt of most law schools. Republican officials and conservative advocacy groups certainly welcomed the decision, with some saying it ranked with landmark precedents promoting racial equality. The Constitution, they said, does not allow the government to make distinctions based on race, whether in public schools, college admissions or the voting booth.

But Nicholas Stephanopoulos, a law professor at Harvard, wrote in a blog post that the decision “is a disaster for minority representation in America — likely to cause the biggest reduction in the number of minority legislators since at least the end of Reconstruction.”

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 30/04/2026

For the first time since high school, I took a course that banned devices in class. This meant a return to pen and paper for notes, which was a jarring prospect for someone like me with abysmal penmanship. But it also meant a distraction-free classroom, an environment I came to love.

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Doodling vs Scrolling

Is the pen mightier than the keyboard?

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Matt Fortuna @mattfortuna.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Notre Dame has become the first program to have the first two running backs drafted in the same draft: ☘️ Jeremiyah Love (No. 4, Arizona) ☘️ Jadarian Price (No. 32, Seattle)

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 20/03/2026

The frequency at which March Madness manages to have three or even four games cut to commercial break at the same time makes me feel conspiratorial

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Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 02/03/2026

Hannah Hidalgo/Richard Nixon

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 27/02/2026

Notre Dame people like this make me so embarrassed to have gone to school there. Absolute babies.

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BART @bart.gov · 19/02/2026

Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!

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Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine’s Day!! We got you a thread 🧵 of some Valentine cards from a some college football teams. We’ll be adding throughout the day.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 06/02/2026

I had to leave Oakland for school, but I hope to return to the East Bay after UCLA. A Bay Area without BART would be hell for all but the wealthiest. I hope more than anything that this funding measure passes.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 03/02/2026

I did not expect Capital One to be the first for-profit mailer I've ever seen use union-printed envelopes #1u

A photo of the back of an envelope sent by Capital One, where a union bug from the Allied Printing Trades Council is located.

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Ashley Miller @amreports.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

An observer arrested in Suth Minneapolis. Photo by Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune

Several agents hold a person down and sprays them with pepper spray.

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 15/01/2026

I can't believe I have to spend a semester taking Constitutional Law and pretend like the Constitution actually means anything while the federal government instigates a civil war

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Ben Testani @ivebenthinking.co · 03/01/2026

What is the most effective messaging to ensure those who do not remember the invasion of Iraq understand how horrendous the Venezuelan invasion and kidnapping is?

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry had to be held back by players and staff as he was trying to go after one of the officials

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Nicole Auerbach @nauerbach.com · 22/12/2025

Notre Dame first played USC in 1926, and the game has been played almost every year since (except during World War II and in 2020).

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