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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m going with a soundtrack that detracts from what is otherwise a good to great film- Gia.

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Angelina Jolie: Pretty Woman

Alt: Angelina Jolie: Gia

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

[edit] The book Venn I am going to suggest: This is WHO: American Oligarchs by Andrea Bernstein + This is WHY: Caliban & Witch + This is HOW: Capital Is Dead by McKenzie Wark anyone you see missing in that formulation is in: Golden Gulag.

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Cheryl @tembrooke.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Pre-orders are open for the Kindle version of Shieldborn by @tkingfisher.com !!! www.amazon.com/Shieldborn-S...

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Shieldborn (Swordheart Book 3)

Amazon.com: Shieldborn (Swordheart Book 3) eBook : Kingfisher, T.: Kindle Store

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I read the ending and I wanted to koolaid man through a wall!!

Screenshot of article which reads: To restore a functioning and
pluralistic democracy in the United States, reversing over a decade of
democratic backsliding in the world’s oldest democracy, the thing to
“fix” is not polarization. Polarization is the country’s immune response
to an unpopular, antidemocratic, and intentionally divisive faction grabbing for disproportionate power to the detriment of national success,
reputation, and democratic self-government. Tamping down that immune response only allows this minority faction to have greater control.

Screenshot of article which reads: But the fury of the argument shows the importance of the outcome.
When we focus on polarization as the problem, the solution is for ev-
eryone to quiet down and be “civil”—an outcome that benefits those
who are willing to grab as much power as they can without concern
for legality or civility. When we see the problem for what it is, the
solution is to defend the most robust social progress in American his-
tory—progress that has already been codified into law and enjoyed
by everyone alike. U.S. democracy needs leaders who are willing to
defend those rights and voters who are willing to hold accountable the
leaders who will not defend them. It does not need everyone simply to calm down.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Legit lost it laughing. I was already on board, and then I hit that last line. Whew. This Katie agrees, a Katie could never. There are millions of Katies. How many Pontheolla’s are there?

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Counterpoint: It would be great if people read some of the things that have been written about AI surveillance of workers! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hilke... www.cambridge.org/core/books/q... www.ucpress.edu/books/uberla... jacobin.com/2026/09/amaz...

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Data Driven

A behind-the-scenes look at how digital surveillance is affecting the trucking way of life

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is fantastic cultural geography. Very strong lede. Even if you don’t read it all (you should; remember we are working on our brains) the first three paras do the work. Thanks to the person who shared it. www.queergeographies.com/stuck-on-the...

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Why We’re Stuck on the Last Ditch

Why does the public delight in watching lesbian bars unravel?

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The best part is going through life unmedicated and undiagnosed, just starting to realize that I was not regulated, but disconnected (and calm, but not healthy), and then my kids hitting 6 and 9, and ALSO being neurodivergent as f. It’s a party over here.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Because we all know, I was going to spend the time regardless. Lolsob and then as a baby lawyer, the time would get cut, and then we’re back to: billables suck my soul.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I will say, if someone wants a brief written that has all the connective tissue, is deeply researched and accurate AF, and anticipates/firewalls against the other sides arguments, I’m your girl. It just took me 10 years to find an area that someone cared enough for me to spend that kind of time.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

finished the big project, I was completely fried, so couldn’t handle billing much and also billable hours kill my dopamine. And I’d finally figured out how to navigate all that, and then perimenopause hit, and it all just collapsed (until I got medicated for adhd and hormones, but that took a year

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This. So much this. I didn’t understand why I was the only one pulling weird all nighters *and at the same time* struggling to hit billable requirements. *its a combination of so many things- wanting to get it exactly right, and then not being able to stop and just finish, and then once I

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’ve been thinking about this, and how historically being a lawyer was often a way to maintain upper middle class status/ move into the upper class, and that most lawyers are either representing those much richer than them, or working for the state, which is maintaining the status quo (at best)

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

How can you write a character that is cantankerous and out of touch with pop culture if you don’t know what pop culture is? (Currently, I’m in a weird demographic where I’ve tapped out of most adult content (bc children), but have a 7 and 10 yo, so get a whole lotta other content.)

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Even if the worms bit has merit (no idea), mentioning it shows that his social circle is verrrry different than the average person, such that he has no idea that this is strange.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Also, fun facts: lawyers report rates of adhd at like 12% - 3x more than generally. if they parsed the rates among types of lawyers, I’d really be interested to see what percentage of litigators reported adhd vs say, contract lawyers. Litigation feels designed for unmedicated adhd. 🫠

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

And so hyper focused, I dream about pushing all the high stacks of paper off of desks and watching the papers fly.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ooops. I’m on the down cycle. Just spent two weeks getting like 4 hours of sleep a night so I could figure out the flaw in plaintiffs complaint (and write the motion). Times like this also really underscore the impulse control bit. I’ve never acted on this impulse, but when I’m getting no sleep

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"The benefit of the doubt is more than an expression. It is a life philosophy that asks us to be curious before we are certain, to leave room for an explanation, and to remember that the person on our screen has a life beyond the moment we are watching."

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I’m really mad about this… but I was scrolling and only paused because I thought he was a lesbian, and I was excited to read about lesbians. ::full body shudder::

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Let me show you something Boomers were 100% right about:

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

like i am sorry you will never be able to surpass this mercutio and this tybalt

Harold Perrineau as Mercutio in ROMEO + JULIET. He's a handsome Black man. He's in drag, with a huge white afro, long white gloves, a sparkly white skirt and bustier combo and surrounded by men dancing and bowing down to him. Mercutio has his hands lifted and a huge smile on his face.

John Leguizamo as Tybalt in ROMEO + JULIET. He's a handsome latin man. His dark hair is parted severely to the left into a slight pompadour. He has on a gun holster around his shoulders over a sleeveless top with an image of Jesus painted on the front. He has a gun in hand and a holster slung low on his hip.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We have Bermuda grass. It’s terrible, and we’ve lost the battle in the backyard, but are holding ground in the front! We’ve got a native ground cover that can hold its own that I’m planning on planting everywhere once the rains start. (🤞🏻for rains )

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

If they just let the area do its own thing, it wasn’t healthy. But with active management, they were able to get it to start moving towards what old growth looked like. www.nps.gov/redw/learn/n...

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Second-Growth Forests and Restoration Thinning - Redwood National and State Parks (U.S. National Park Service)

Second-Growth Forests and Restoration Thinning information

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

When you destroy the natural order, it doesn’t just bounce back. It took so many forces to get it the way it was. We went to the redwoods a few years ago, and one of the things they were talking about was how to take a patch of forest that had been destroyed/damaged and make it mirror old growth.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I have three eras; -kid era: Quest for Glory 2 -young adult: dragon age origins -parenting era:slay the spire

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Briefly detained” = beat half to death

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 14/09/2026

So Think, Write, Edit, Romance has a lot about prose and a whole section on self-editing. In a moment of wild surmise, I asked the literal Final Boss copyeditor if he'd take a look at it. (When I said I was taking a punt on blurbs...) And he did, and this is some of what @bcdreyer.social said.

Flyer for Think Write Edit Romance. Quote: “...she offers up here the sort of expert advice on the nuts and bolts of prose, from punctuation to grammar, that makes my copyeditorial heart sing. And if that weren't enough, she does it all engagingly and wittily. I can't imagine a writer, of romance or of anything else, who won't find much that's invaluable in these pages.” --—Benjamin Dreyer, New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English and former Random House copy chief. Out 15 Dec in print, e and audio

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I thought that might be the case. Damn them.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ok. What entity is responsible for making people order prescriptions online, and then sends you a 3 month supply, even if you only need a single dose? Asking for a friend.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Whew. Given macklemores complicated history, I can scale back from liking to begrudgingly nodding in his general direction, and move on.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don’t know if I’m a big enough person to do this. I’ve been vaguely annoyed at him since at least 2013.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Vibe, then you can get then make the argument. Same goes for researching other topics. You spend a stupid amount of time reading about any topic, you get a sense for it. At least, that’s how I approach it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Lord this is so true. And they’re like Oprah with X factor tests. Here’s a 5 factor test for you, and a 10 factor test for them… And what’s so hard to communicate to people who don’t spend a lot of time researching, is that it takes reading 10+ cases to get a sense of the law. And once you get the

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

*oops: i think i got unclear above. I meant to say that plaintiff is asking the court to weigh the factors, and order agency A to do it. But agency B is supposed to get first crack at that analysis. Trial court can *eventually* review agency Bs decision, but under the more deferential standard.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Lip sync for your life, winner gets the cush job.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Figure out why. if I used the shortcut of AI, I’d never have been able to develop that skill Of course, I personally love research, & putting the pieces together to understand what the outcome of the case “should be.” Then I can better position myself to win (or tell a client why they should settle

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Its findings. And it was this last bit that clued me into the idea that something was off. I’ve been practicing law for 15+ years, and doing writ law for 5. I do a shit ton of research. All of that research means that I get vibes now- something is just “off” and if I track it long enough, I can

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

But this impermissibly encroaches on a determination that is the exclusive decision of agency B. It matters because agency B is: (1) the expert in this; and (2) once agency B makes that determination, its findings are afforded some deference (finding upheld so long as substantial evidence supports

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

In so many areas, it flattens the process to one dimension, eliminating all depth of understanding and nuance. If anyone cares: the answer I came to: the pleading is asking the trial court to mandate that agency A weigh the factors and decide that they have to get a permit from agency B.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Even if AI could have given me the answer, I wouldn’t have the understanding on the same cellular level that I have now. Now, I can write the brief, prepare to argue the brief, and articulate to the client why we’re making these arguments. I’m sure AI has use cases, but like with its application

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Law is directly on point. It was vibing that they needed to exhaust their administrative remedies, but that wasn’t the answer. I could tell that the trial court shouldn’t be able to grant the relief, and after a week of research, I now understand why.

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I just can’t imagine it being useful. I just researched a novel area of law, and bounced around for about a week. It’s one of those cases where I could tell there was something procedurally wrong with the way they framed their pleading and request for relief, but neither the statutes nor case

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K Lynn Patterson @klpatauthor.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

God speed. I love this series, and would not handle it well if donut didn’t make it (to me, vibes are that the core cast will make it, but we’ll see.) It’s has a lot of imperfections, but damn if I haven’t enjoyed the ride.

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