Reposted by Matt CateRyan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 06/09/2026sincerely, fuck that 1565458
Reposted by Matt CateJason Kirk @jasonkirk.fyi · 06/09/2026Somewhere in Baton Rouge right now is a guy who is drunker than anyone since Noah left the ark 1036932
Reposted by Matt CateJeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.comanyhumanever.comAny Human EverOne life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived. 93461163
Reposted by Matt CateJohn Cusack @johncusack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Governor Newsom needs to sign this bill to bring transparency to private detention facilities. bsky.app/profile/free..., x.com/FreedomofPre...x.comFreedom of the Press Foundation (@FreedomofPress) on XDozens of immigrants have died in private detention facilities. Many suffer medical neglect. There's fear journalist Richard Parias may need his arm amputated after ICE shot him. How bad is it? We d... 217750
Reposted by Matt CateArkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · 02/09/2026Judge denies effort to block Arkansas outlets from publishing details about data center agreement arkansasadvocate.com/2026/09/02/j...arkansasadvocate.comJudge denies effort to block Arkansas outlets from publishing details about data center agreement | Arkansas AdvocateA federal judge rejected an effort Wednesday to block two Arkansas news outlets from publishing details about an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, in a case that alarmed free speech grou... 12515
Reposted by Matt CateFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 02/09/2026It’s a relief the judge got this right, FPF’s @seth-stern.bsky.social told the @arkansasadvocate.com, but it’d be better if judges would “sanction litigants and lawyers who waste the time and resources of both the judiciary and the press with these unconstitutional demands to gag journalists.”arkansasadvocate.comJudge denies effort to block Arkansas outlets from publishing details about data center agreement | Arkansas AdvocateA federal judge rejected an effort Wednesday to block two Arkansas news outlets from publishing details about an agreement regarding a West Memphis data center, in a case that alarmed free speech grou... 04825
Reposted by Matt CateFreedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 02/09/2026This hearing should have been four minutes, not four hours. Of course a court can’t restrain the press from publishing documents the government mistakenly released. Let’s hope the judge was listening in his first-year constitutional law class.arktimes.comIn a panic over mistakenly shared documents, Entergy lawyers ask judge to restrain journalists - Arkansas TimesFederal Judge Lee P. Rudofsky said he will rule Wednesday on a request for a temporary restraining order sought by Entergy relating to stories about its relationship with Google. 23016
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Outrageous all around. (Great coverage, though!) Especially: "The closed-door portion of the hearing included testimony from Kivell . . . [who] was weeping loudly when she left the hearing." 030
Reposted by Matt CateArkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Entergy wants to stop the presses on stories about its secret relationship with Google.arktimes.comIn a panic over mistakenly shared documents, Entergy lawyers ask judge to restrain journalists - Arkansas TimesFederal Judge Lee P. Rudofsky said he will rule Wednesday on a request for a temporary restraining order sought by Entergy relating to stories about its relationship with Google. 12010
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Hey, @rcfp.org and @freedom.press: Unusually, this district judge (Rudofsky) actually has a standing order proactively inviting submission of amicus briefs. 243
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This is also another great example of why we need a federal anti-SLAPP statute. 074
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Love the headline, @arktimes.bsky.social.arktimes.comEntergy blows a fuse over mistakenly shared documents revealing who’s paying data center bills - Arkansas TimesAttorneys for Entergy are making legal threats against journalists and an FOI-wielding citizen over revelations that Google will not be covering all infrastructure upgrade costs for data centers after... 030
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026As a DemGaz alum who now helps fight against these very sort of things, I hope it and the @arktimes.bsky.social fight back hard against this effort to obtain an unconstitutional prior restraint against their coverage of an issue of critical public concern.arkansasonline.comEntergy Arkansas asks federal judge to stop Democrat-Gazette from publishing data center info | Arkansas Democrat GazetteEntergy Arkansas is asking a federal judge to prevent the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, one of its reporters, and the Arkansas Times from publishing details of an agreement with Google about data centers... 272
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Agreed! The surprise is more in seeing political reps responding to people's concerns. Which is refreshing and (over)due for replication all around. 000
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Color me surprised. If this can happen in Knox County, it can happen just about anywhere. 1145
Reposted by Matt CateKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 29/08/2026BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 4940681208
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Proud to have helped @splc.org , other orgs, and--most of all--dozens of student journalists and student-run publications support The Stanford Daily and its team on this and pressing for this win.splc.orgSPLC, coalition amicus brief highlights chilling effectA Student Press Law Center-led coalition filed an amicus brief in a federal lawsuit to highlight the widespread chilling effect on student voices caused by recent immigration enforcement actions. 020
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Judge Wise brings it in conclusion: "free speech, including the freedom to criticize the government and its leaders, is not a sign of our democracy’s fragility.... Zealous protection of our Constitutional right to free speech is a provocative demonstration of our country’s powerful lack of fear." 110
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A lot to digest in this ruling, but this is a great outcome and big 1A win in the Stanford Daily v. Rubio case--where students correctly said our government's retaliatory actions against Rümeysa Öztürk, Mahmoud Khalil, and others was chilling student journalism and related speech.storage.courtlistener.comMemorandum & Opinion – #108 in Stanford Daily Publishing Corporation v. Rubio (N.D. Cal., 5:25-cv-06618) – CourtListener.comMEMORANDUM OF DECISION PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 52(A)(1) signed by Judge Noël Wise on 8/28/2026. (akw, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/28/2026) 100
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Lost the Appledoorns to the transfer portal. Gotta make do. The 6am kickoffs are rough, though.tiktok.com90 seconds of rapid-fire Dutch names to remind you that all episodes of #Shoresy Season 5 are now streaming on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+. TikTok video by hulu 010
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 27/08/2026You should appeal and explain they are bound to follow the law. 0210
Reposted by Matt CateAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The fundraising texts you delete are working on someone. It’s infuriating and heartbreaking. An 85yo in Ohio gave more than double the value of his home. A 91yo in an Indianapolis senior facility gave 25K times. The DCCC/DSCC don’t just tolerate the spammers who exploit seniors. They take part.data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 17845351588
Reposted by Matt CateRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Good riddance to a garbage human being. Unfortunately, our state is also about to be run by Marsha Blackburn. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...nbcnews.comRep. Andy Ogles loses his Republican primary in TennesseeOgles lost despite having President Donald Trump’s endorsement, NBC News projects. Former state Agriculture Commissioner Charlie Hatcher will be the GOP nominee. 461235158
Reposted by Matt CateKristy Greenberg @kristygreenberg.bsky.social · 01/08/2026New rule: if the indictment gets a press conference, the dismissal gets one too 24481001607
Reposted by Matt CateElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/07/2026Join EFF's Cooperating Attorneys List! This mailing list is where we post short case descriptions, and interested attorneys simply drop us a note to get connected with the client. Interested in joining? Send an email to info@eff.org with a subject that says: "Add Me to Cooperating Attorneys." 03415
Reposted by Matt CateAdam Steinbaugh @adamsteinbaugh.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Listen as a New Jersey judge orders a newspaper (New Brunswick Today) to delete a security video the school district wanted deleted from the internet -- and orders the newspaper not to write about it *at all.* This is a prior restraint in violation of the First Amendment. 28876287
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 16/06/2026I mean, for a half gallon of nano-pure? That’s a steal. 110
Reposted by Matt CateSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Reporting on Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire should be done with the same general tone as a lethal virus escaping containment, not as an awesome achievement. 342944629
Reposted by Matt CateGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the creation of a “trillionaire” represents a giant and complete failure of public policy and government. 553753839
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Immediately brings to mind this incredible thread by Chris Jones. threadreaderapp.com/thread/12841...threadreaderapp.comThread by @EnswellJones: I want to say I was 16, maybe. My family went to Florida. I was—and still am—a passionate SCUBA diver. The water is the only place I feel gr…Thread by @EnswellJones: I want to say I was 16, maybe. My family went to Florida. I was—and still am—a passionate SCUBA diver. The water is ace I feel graceful. I went by myself on a dive boat. There... 010
Reposted by Matt CateMike Masnick @masnick.com · 21/05/2026We need every state to have a strong anti-SLAPP law and for there to be a federal anti-SLAPP law. 627442
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 15/05/2026This, and last spring’s ban list, is maddening. I’m increasingly finding that the only thing that exceeds the shame I feel over what has become of the place of my birth and raising is the comfort I find in no longer calling it my home. 000
Reposted by Matt CateJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...404media.coYour AI Use Is Breaking My BrainAI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy. 521772511
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 07/05/2026A few doses of MHz should help: A French Village Spiral Babylon Berlin (I know you’ve seen, but too good not to mention) 000
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Ideally you go in mid- to late October. But hotels anywhere near downtown are stupid expensive on home game weekends. So while it's a fun cultural experience to be downtown on gameday, you'll want to stick with an away-game weekend. (Or stay out on Straw Plains Pike, I guess. But don't do that.) 010
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Grew up there, UTK grad, & return often. Done right, can be a nice trip. Stick mostly w/downtown, Old City and 4th&Gill area. Stay at The Oliver. Eat at JC Holdway, A Dopo, Osteria Stella. Stroll Market Square and check out Ijams, Island Home Park, and South Knox. Go to the Smokies via Maryville. 170
Reposted by Matt CateJohn in the Mountains of Madden @mathletesfoot.bsky.social · 02/05/2026ive watched this part like a dozen times now 91111632295
Reposted by Matt CateGeorge Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Stay in the know, but remember to practice self care and touch grass and seek laughter and whatnot. 312733653
Reposted by Matt CateMark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 25/03/2026This is an affront to the rule of law and everything decent in American society. The Justice Department lawyers should be ashamed of themselves. apnews.com/article/trum...apnews.comJustice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source saysThe Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican’s firs... 42873310
Reposted by Matt CatePatrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 19/03/2026When the president is rude & insane & insulting, he is rude & insane & insulting in our name. All of us. This isn’t a random senile old crank spouting insults. He’s the president of the United States of America. Regardless of your vote, he represents us. And he’s destroying us. All of us. 28912239
Reposted by Matt CateRyan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 25/02/2026what are we doing www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...investigativepost.orgBlind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol dies in Buffalo.A nearly blind refugee abandoned by Border Patrol miles from his home dies in Buffalo after having been missing for nearly a week. 510634
Matt Cate @matthewcate.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Definitely seems to be a new tactic in FOIA cases. I recently faced a similar motion to strike three short paragraphs of important background. The judge thankfully denied the motion quickly. But still such a waste of everyone's time. 000
Reposted by Matt CateAmerican Oversight @americanoversight.org · 24/02/2026DOJ withheld some Epstein files related to accusations against Trump, reports NPR. Trump’s DOJ is also trying to remove basic facts — like information drawn from public statements and reporting — from our lawsuits related to the Epstein files. americanoversight.org/motions-to-s...americanoversight.orgThe Trump Administration Is Using a Rare Legal Trick to Avoid Damaging FactsThe government is asking courts to delete basic facts from our lawsuits. 11712
Reposted by Matt CateChris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 20/02/2026This is such sad news. Wes worked so hard. He always talked so much about his family. Prayers with them. 419228
Reposted by Matt CateThe Gregory Brothers @gregorybrothers.bsky.social · 13/02/2026was Pam Bondi trying to un-hibernate Auto-Tune the News? 18647186
Reposted by Matt CateRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 13/02/2026"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." -- Mark Twain 18757200
Reposted by Matt CateMdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 11/02/2026I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it. I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.” 1/ 8452172636
Reposted by Matt CateT.J. Stiles @tj-stiles.bsky.social · 11/02/2026This is another very important and revealing exchange. Rep. Scanlon is making a crucial point, one well worth listening to. And she does it calmly. But Trump has created a market for obnoxious, childish defiance of Congress. The Attorney General‘s response is outrageous, even impeachment-worthy. 532117575
