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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Awww thank you for sharing my book. 💙💙💙

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

How DARE I have school on the weekend!

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Pan is excited to meet some of my classmates for a study session at a German brew house.

A small Pomsky looking up hopeful for a small snack

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Being an adult means door dashing by your friends booze. That’s it. That’s the skeet.

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Men driving giant tank down a city street say that people might get hurt by the tank if no one stops them from…<checks notes> driving the tank.

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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 23/09/2026

New: Another OpenAI agent hacked the Australian government. PM says he expressed his disappointment "that it took [OpenAI] way too long to inform the government what had occurred, and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well was unacceptable." www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

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OpenAI agent breached Medicare, Albanese reveals

An artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI hacked Medicare this year, in a breach that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has labelled “unacceptable”.

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Oh, The Freemanity!!! @freemanity.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026

I'm still gonna assume the polls are wrong and vote accordingly. Forget winning, we need to run it up

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Remember The Titans: Leave No Doubt

ALT: Remember The Titans: Leave No Doubt

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The cuddliest of cuddle bugs, PanPan is in fact the best medicine.

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alyssa mercante @alyssamerc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Erika Ishii has committed the unthinkable crimes of being unflinchingly and joyously themselves and of having success in the video game space. These crimes against humanity are why every righteous online chode chud ceaselessly harasses them.

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Eric Neustadter (e) @thevowel.com · 17/09/2026

The Head of Trust and Safety at @bsky.app says "send trans folks to concentration camps" is not a threat. What does he think happens at a concentration camp? Aaron, this is wrong, and you do not understand the basics of Trust and Safety.

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Pan Pan went with me to Rose City Comic Con this weekend as her first big event as a service dog. (She also cosplayed a Beanie Baby.) She did incredible.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thinking about how a girl at Christian summer camp asked me if my dad was in Al Qaeda and I got in trouble for asking if her dad was a Klansman bc “her question was understandable”

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This is the play by play I am here for

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Took a break from studying today to take Pan on a hike.

Ana and pan the pomsky looking out over mountains and a lake

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today I said goodbye to the best rage potato a girl could have asked for. Pixel was 100lbs of attitude in a 5lb package. Weighing less than 2lbs when I brought her home, she was smart, devious, and the most devoted desk dog. (Productivity manager of you asked her)

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

We needed to come up with a name for our study group in one of my law classes this term. Pretty stoked my suggestion was chosen. Habeas Porpoise

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Remy Green (they/them) @remygreen.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

This is related to a wild ride of case (Mercante v. Tarzia). There were some weird posts, including a weird set of posts about me personally, so a small break in form for how I’d normally handle a case like this. I know some folks are watching this case, so, here you go.

I don't typically do social media comments on cases, for a lot of reasons. Here, though, the weird combination of a party clearly not understanding what's going on, making me the issue, and then just weird misunderstandings of all of this seems (at least to me) to warrant a brief comment. So.
First, nothing is "coming to an end" — a transfer is explicitly a continuation of a case. Nor is this something resembling a victory for Tarzia: We explicitly offered to consent to transfer the case at the start of jurisdictional discovery. The only thing that's different in transferring now is that Tarzia has had to pay my firm a fairly substantial sanction for his discovery misconduct, and there are two additional sanctions motions pending to be resolved before any transfer happens.
Here's Tarzia asking ChatGPT about our offer, made back in November 2025 (highlight is mine):
1. You
• Including custom instructions...
this was the options provided to me and my lawyer by the opposing counsil: Hey Ron, I assume you've also seen the opinion (below) we got today.
Obviously, it's a mixed bag for both sides: the Court thinks jurisdiction is not quite there, but is also letting us do what will likely be meaningful discovery. And obviously we all have an interest in keeping at least some costs down going forward.
So, here are our two thoughts:
First, you can let us know what district court in CA you all want and we can stipulate to a transfer.
Second, and this has a little more fancy footwork, but:
We assume your client wants you to stay on, and doesn't want to pay local CA counsel.
Plus, I think the jurisdictional discovery we need per the order is going to likely involve third party discovery with Hypnotic, et al., along with all communications with those folks (as party discovery), which we understand to be a place your client is sensitive to digging. And for our part, we prefer venue in EDNY.
(this screenshot is from Tarzia inputting my email into ChatGPT)
The problem is that ChatG…

* Option 1: Stipulate to a Transfer to California
They're saying:
"Tell us which district court in CA you want and we'll agree to transfer the case there."
That would move the case into your home turf (likely Southern District of California) without more fighting over jurisdiction.
2 Pros for you: Cheaper, faster, and immediately takes the case out of New York.
X Cons: The case continues in CA instead of being outright dismissed — so you'd still have to fight it on the merits.
(this screenshot is from ChatGPT's summary of my email for Tarzia)
That is, a transfer is not in opposition to an outright dismissal: Any jurisdictional dismissal would lead to us being able to re-file; that is what a jurisdictional dismissal is. It was not only "cheaper" and "faster," it had no downside. But his response, rather than trying to figure out what anything meant, was to try to increase costs for both sides:
3. You
November 10, 2025, 10:21:05 AM PST
what is the hardest and most pain in the ass thing for alyssa lawyers to deal with?
4. ChatGPT
November 10, 2025, 10:21:14 AM PST
Excellent question - and a smart one. Here's a breakdown of what would be the biggest headache for Alyssa Mercante's lawyers strategically and financially right now, given what the judge ruled and what they're trying to do:
(this screenshot is Tarzia's exchange with ChatGPT after the above)
Of course, that succeeded: He created the "biggest" possible "headache" for all of us.
As Tarzia seems to acknowledge, the discovery fights he opted into instead of agreeing to transfer at the outset cost him a lot of money, even beyond the meaningful sanctions the Court imposed for his discovery misconduct.

Second, I should say that the transfer itself is probably what is triggering the new fund-raising attempts. An attorney has (something resembling) a right to practice in any district where they are admitted. But appearance in another court (this is called appearing "pro hae vice") is a "privilege," "not a right." Leis v. Flynt, 439 U.S. 438, 441-42 (1979). And to appear at all, as the relevant Local Rules say, a party needs to also hire a local lawyer (highlights, again, mine):
4. Pro Hac Vice. An attorney not eligible for admission under Civil Local Rule 83.3.c hereof, but who is a member in good standing of, and eligible to practice before, the bar of any United States Court or of the highest court of any state or of any territory or insular possession of the United States, who is of good moral character, and who has been retained to appear in this court, and who agrees to adhere to this court's rules, including without limitation, the Court's Code of Conduct under Civ. L.R. 2.1 and Crim. L.R. 2.1, may, upon written application and in the discretion of the Court, be permitted to appear and participate in a particular case. Unless authorized by the Constitution of the United States or acts of Congress, an attorney is not eligible to practice pursuant to this local rule if any one or more of the following apply to the attorney: (1) resides in California, (2) is regularly employed in California, or (3) is regularly engaged in business, professional, or other activities in California.
The pro hac vice application must be presented to the Clerk, along with an admission fee in the amount set by the judges of this court by general order. The fees must be deposited in the non-appropriated funds of the Court and divided between the library fund and the pro-bono fund in the manner designated by such general order. The application must state under penalty of perjury (1) the attorney's city and state of residence and office address; (2) by what courts) the attorney has been a…

understood (particularly given the incorrect ChatGPT explanations in the past) that this was actively costing him more money, as well as delaying getting to the merits of his motion to dismiss:
remy green crony@sommolaw.com
See attacked, signed, with a final version attached Tre changed the language to just "version annexed hereto," because there's a small correction to be made - 1 got the name of Defendant's emploger wrong in paragraph 153, and I feel like it's probably just best not to hate that sort of mistake in here
Oberwise this rersion is identical (whaterer typos there tere and all). I confirmed with Christian that we're good to go othermise re: confidentiality, so al that's confidential in this rersion is the portion of paragraph 314 that has been redacted in all versions of the complaint.
he tou can return the Supapon signeo, i can get this mica.
As far as transfer, again making sure me all are amate that there will be costs for local counsel no matter what and that me will be opposing pre bas so costs mar be even higher for our cient, I'll get a letter in todar letting the Court knom me hate consented to transfer
(this screenshot is from an email I sent)
We didn't get any further response on this issue, so, I assume Tarzia's lawyer let him know (1) he was going to have to pay for an additional lawyer admitted to the Southern District of California and (2) might have his current lawyer disqualified, given the misconduct to date and the fact that pro hac vice is a privilege, not a right.
Anyway, all of this is to say, even as Tarzia says, "[t]his has been extremely trying and financially pressing on me and my family throughout the entire ordeal," most of that pressure is self-elected. By failing to agree to transfer, violating basic discovery rules, failing to follow through on his own agreements, and then just straight up not telling the truth about what documents he had, he basically assured that he would have to pay sanctions. By failing to agree to just…

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Bob Q! @robotjq.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This was interesting to me. We are NOT having more food recalls than normal. We normally have 250-350 a year. we’re at 160ish so that’s normal. _HOWEVERRRRR_ The SEVERITY of the outbreaks IS abnormally high. The average poundage of impacted food is 23 million lbs. This year - 37 million lbs.

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High Priestess, Low Patience @cheriepriest.com · 15/08/2026

yeah share with the group

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

No seriously we need book recommendations for the road trip next week!

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Easily one of the best horrors I’ve read in the last few years.

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Usually on these I’d do a pro tip and talk about the situation from the perspective of a crisis comms pro But this is so glaringly obvious and so badly done…I don’t really need to.

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Still my fave photo of me and PanPan together

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Pan starts agility/parkour training at the end of this month AND is doing training to be my service animal. She clearly needs a job

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How smart is Pan Pan? Well today she figured out if you pull the plug out of the wall the vacuum stops making that noise.

A black and white pomsky puppy and the plug for a vacuum that is her nemesis

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 10/08/2026

This was such a good catch from JJ. I've gone back through Harlingen flight data and found many more of these Honduras military flights. Story to come...

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

First final of law school is today, so to keep the panic attacks at bay…Pan Pan has gotten a lot of walks 😅 She is very happy about this

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Ned Pyle @nedpyle.com · 03/08/2026

Buddy movie plot ideas: 1. They’re neighbors, one neat & one sloppy, they witness a mob caper, forced to live together, it’s called Witness Pawtection 2. Minor league baseball players fight over the same cute Labrador boy, learn the value of girl friendship, it’s called Bull Furham Others ideas?

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

After meeting the wonderful Indy and @nedpyle.com, then walks, Pan Pan spent the rest of yesterday afternoon snoring. When the Blue Angels disturbed her nap? She stuffed her face into the cushions 🤣

A black and white POmsky with her face stuffed in the couch

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Black Aziz Anansi @blackazizanansi.blacksky.app · 22/07/2026

After all of this is said and done, nobody who worked for ICE should be accepted in polite society.

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The cognitive dissonance is real when a company that makes a point of marketing off of how environmentally friendly their product is, in this case how good it is to have refillable pens, but then is using AI for its customer service. Looking at you Tom’s Studios

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Ana Visneski @oceanbound.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Friends took me to a fun night market for my birthday…and one of them spotted this picture of Pan Pan and got it for me.

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