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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A very cute thing about human beings is when the sunset is especially beautiful and everyone just stands outside looking and taking photos of the sky

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A few poems in honor of Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
from Openings: Poems (1968)

Questionnaire by Wendell Berry
1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade?
Please name your preferred poisons.
2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do?
Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred.
3. What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization? Please list the monuments, shrines, and works of art you would most willingly destroy.
4. In the name of patriotism and the flag, how much of our beloved land are you willing to desecrate? List in the following spaces the mountains, rivers, towns, farms you could most readily do without.
5. State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes, the energy sources, the kinds of security, for which you would kill a child. Name, please, the children whom you would be willing to kill.

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.
—WENDELL BERRY

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton has passed. A music and entertainment legend, for sure, but I’ll always remember her for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, her non-profit that gives millions of books to children around the world. You can donate to support her legacy here: imaginationlibrary.com

Picture of Dolly holding a book. Text: Celebrating
31 Years
of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
TOTAL BOOKS GIFTED
332,411,218

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

First day of class as a law prof at Southwestern Law School!

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Every time I’m in Germany, I really crave an American mall-style soft pretzel

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

He also had some great comments after his space flight variety.com/2022/tv/news...

Everything I had thought was wrong. Everything I had expected to see was wrong.
I had thought that going into space would be the ultimate catharsis of that connection I had been looking for between all living things-that being up there would be the next beautiful step to understanding the harmony of the universe. In the film "Contact," when Jodie Foster's character goes to space and looks out into the heavens, she lets out an astonished whisper, "They should've sent a poet." I had a different experience, because I discovered that the beauty isn't out there, it's down here, with all of us. Leaving that behind made my connection to our tiny planet even more profound.
It was among the strongest feelings of grief I have ever encountered.
The contrast between the vicious coldness of space and the warm nurturing of Earth below filled me with overwhelming sadness. Every day, we are confronted with the knowledge of further destruction of Earth at our hands: the extinction of animal species, of flora and fauna ...things that took five billion years to evolve, and suddenly we will never see them again because of the interference of mankind. It filled me with dread. My trip to space was supposed to be a celebration; instead, it felt like a funeral.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

My #VeryAsian answer: Chinese salted preserved plums In looking up how to describe them in English, I found out that these candies went from China to the Philippines and then to Mexico, where they became the inspiration for chamoy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_hing...

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The Pope warns against using AI to write sermons, both because it weakens priestly skills and because AI “will never be able to share faith” futurism.com/artificial-i...

"Like all the muscles in the body, if we do not use them, if we do not move them, they die," the Pope reportedly said. "The brain needs to be used, so our intelligence must also be exercised a little so as not to lose this capacity."

The holy father drew a fascinating line in the sand, declaring that despite Al's capabilities now or in the future, a chatbot could never stand-in for a flesh-and-blood priest. "To give a homily is to share faith," he said, and Al
"will never be able to share faith."

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Ultimately, Petitioners may, because of the arcane United States immigration system, return to
their home country, involuntarily or by self-deportation. But that result should occur through a more
orderly and humane policy than currently in place.
Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
7um Jing
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
John 11:35

There is also the photo of the boy from the viral stories included.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Art reflects life, and life reflects art.

This symmetrical composition- the same motif appears at the beginning and at the end- may seem quite 'novelistic' to you, and I am willing to agree, but only on condition that you refrain from reading such notions as 'fictive,' 'fabricated,' and 'untrue to life' into the word 'novelistic.' Because human lives are composed in precisely such a fashion. They are composed like music. Guided by his sense of beauty, an individual transforms a fortuitous occurrence (Beethoven's music, death under a train), into a motif, which then assumes a permanent place in the composition of the individual's life... Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress... The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Entire international community’s reaction to the USA right now:

April from parks and rec saying “so you’ve gone insane! That’s fun”

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Another day, another tragic act of gun violence that will spur absolutely no policy change whatsoever

No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens
— O the ONION

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

You know these actors must have off-the-charts charisma and chemistry because why else am I rooting for actual robber barons in the year 2025

Bertha and George from Gilded Age. Man and woman in turn of century period costume looking at each other passionately

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

My baby is obsessed with this black & white IKEA tray, and whenever she stares at it in wonder, my husband and I say she’s watching her favorite series, “The Rise and Fall of Sanctuary Tray” @marthawells.com

Black and white tray depicting two abstract fuzzy bird-like characters

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Thinking about the “Lie to me” scene from Buffy frequently these days

Buffy and giles converse.

Buffy: Does it ever get easy?

Giles: You mean life?

B: Yeah. Does it get easy?

G: What do you want me to say?

B: Lie to me.

G: Yes, it's terribly Simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true,
the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats,
and we always defeat them and save the day.
No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.

B: Liar.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

New draft from me, “Privacy and Disinformation,” on why privacy law, not speech or economic regulation, is the best path forward for fighting social media disinformation. Read the draft here (and later finalized in UC Law Journal): papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Also note that the color of your swimsuit matters for visibility in emergencies www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/h...

Swimwear safety chart showing different colors of suits vs visibility in water

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Sailor Moon’s uniform is red, white, and blue. Coincidence? I think not.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Congratulate people for being one of today’s lucky 10,000! xkcd.com/1053/

Comic

Box 1: I TRYNOT TO MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE FOR ADMITTING THEY DON'T KNOW THINGS.
BECAUSE FOR EACH THING "EVERYONE KNOWS" BY THE TIME THEY'RE ADULTS, EVERY DAY THERE ARE, ON AVERAGE, 10,000 PEOPLE IN THE US HEARING ABOUT IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
RACTION WHO HAVE = 0°
EARD OF IT AT BIRTH
FRACTION WHO HAVE = 100%
HEARD OF IT BY 30
US BIRTH RATE = 4,000,000/year
NUMBER HEARING
ABOUT FOR THE = 10,000 day
FIRST TIME
IF I MAKE FUN OF PEOPLE, I TRAIN THEM NOT TO TELL ME WHEN THEY HAVE THOSE MOMENTS.
AND I MISS OUT ON THE FUN.

Box 2: 2 stick figures talk.

"DIET COKE AND MENTOS THING"? WHAT'S THAT?
OH MAN! COME ON, WERE GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE.
WHY?
YOURE ONE OF TODAY'S LUCKY
10,000.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My IP law students when it’s almost final exam time

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Under Trump’s leadership, America is bringing the whole world together 🥰

.: Reuters
My News
China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs, Chinese state media says
By Reuters
March 31, 2025 8:17 AM PDT • Updated 5 hours ago

Trump
Administration
The New Hork Times
LIVE Updates Just Now
Major Moves
Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Buildup
Canadas draft deal to participate in Europe's defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

There is arguably no right more rooted in American history and tradition than the right to hand out political pamphlets

THE
FEDERALIST PAPERS
A COLLECTION OF
ESSAYS
WRITTEN IN FAVOUR OF THE
NEW CONSTITUTION
AS AGREED UPON BY THE
FEDERAL CONVENTION
SEPTEMBER 17, 1787
HAMILTON, MADISON, JAY
PRESENTED BY
COVENTRY HOUSE PUBLISHING

COMMON SENSE
ADDRESSED TO THE
INHABITANTS
OF
AMERICA
WRITTEN BY AN
ENGLISHMAN
JANUARY 10, 1776
THOMAS PAINE
PRESENTED BY
COVENTRY HOUSE PUBLISHING

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Look forward to publishing “State Constitutional Rights to Privacy” in the Georgia Law Review!

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO PRIVACY
Tiffany C. Li*
Abstract
This article examines state constitutional rights to privacy, presenting a
comprehensive survey of all states that have explicit rights to privacy enumerated in their constitutions. Understanding state constitutional rights to privacy is particularly critical now, in the wake of the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which significantly restricted the scope of federal constitutional privacy rights. As states have the authority to independently interpret their constitutions, state constitutional law may provide a path forward for privacy.
In lieu of relying on federal rights protection, individuals may now need to turn to state constitutional rights to privacy. While only eleven states have explicit rights to privacy enshrined in their constitutions, these rights can be powerful. This article examines the right to privacy in these eleven states (Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Washington). Understanding the role of explicit rights to privacy in state constitutions is important, because the lack of federal constitutional analogue may allow state courts to interpret their privacy clauses as encompassing a more expansive set of privacy rights than what the U.S. Constitution provides. Federal constitutional protection of privacy may be diminishing, but many states have long-established precedent protecting the right to privacy in forms that are not reliant on lockstep federal interpretation of privacy rights.
This article contributes to both privacy law scholarship and state constitutional law scholarship. There has not been a scholarly survey of state constitutional privacy rights since 1992, and this article is the first to include New Hampshire, which added an explicit privacy right into its constitution in
2018. In addition to analyzing the development of each state's explicit priv…

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Oh yeah, that’ll do it. A densely worded Notepad list in tiny font. This will reach the heartland.

Twitter screenshot. I cannot overemphasize how small the font is and how difficult it is to read The Democrats & @Th...• 23h
Here's what Democrats did in February:
WHAT DEMOCRATS DID IN FEBRUARY
• Every House Democrat voted against Trump's budget that slashes Medicaid
• House Democrats introduced the Taxpayer Data Protection Act to permanently protect the American people's data from Elon Musk and Trump
• Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk from accessing Americans' data
• Arizona Democrats passed legislation to provide funding for free school lunches in the state
• Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer unveiled her $3 billion road funding plan to improve the state's roads, bridges, and transit
• Democrat Ken Jenkins won a special election for Westchester County Executive, soundly defeating his Trump-backed opponent
• Every single Senate Democrat voted against confirming Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence
• The DNC filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit to counter Republican attempts to outlaw most mail and early
• Senator Jon Ossoff successfully pushed the White House to restore HBCU scholarships
• Governor Josh Shapiro successfully took legal action to restore Pennsylvania's funding after the Trump administration freeze
• Democrat Sean Faircloth won the special election for Maine's House District 24, strengthening the Democratic legislative majority in Maine
• Senator Mark Warner and Senate Democrats forced the Trump administration to back down on the hiring freeze for some federal employees
• Every single Senate Democrat voted against confirming Kash Patel as FBI director
• Democratic attorneys general sued the Trump administration for defunding medical and public health research
• Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed Karina's Law to protect survivors of domestic violence and ensure their abusers won't have easy access to firearms
• The DNC won a massive case in Wisconsin, which will allow the state to continue to provide mobi…

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Every time I read a new health policy update from the Trump Administration:

Cat reading paper meme. Text: I should buy more masks

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Democracy dies in darkness :( www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

npr
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The 'Washington Post' in crisis
Jeff Bezos' revamp of
'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
FEBRUARY 26, 2025 • 3:06 PM ET
David Folkenflik

The Washington Post's billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, announced a sweeping new libertarian vision for the paper's opinion sections on Wednesday, just four months after his decision to kill a
presidential endorsement of Kamala Harris triggered hundreds of thousands of subscribers to cancel.

"We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets," Bezos wrote in a memo to staffers announcing the changes. "We'll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others."

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I have a new satire piece out in @mcsweeneys.net: “Let’s Bring Back Traditional Values (No, Not Those Ones)” www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/let...

MCSWEENEY'S
Daily humor almost every day since 1998.
LET'S BRING BACK
TRADITIONAL VALUES (NO, NOT THOSE ONES)
by TIFFANY C. LI
Now that we've elected a president who promises to make America great again, it's time to bring back our traditional American values, including:
• Strict gender roles for men and women
• Christianity (white Jesus only; ignore any passages about the weak or poor)
• Classical architecture
• Growing our own vegetables (after farms collapse without undocumented workers)

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

I enjoyed speaking at the @uclawsf.bsky.social journal symposium “Chronically Online: Social Media Content Moderation’s Struggle with the First Amendment”

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Dating Tip: Women love being told you’re dating them “to advance a sociopolitical strategy.” It’s not creepy or off-putting at all.

The Ethicist
As a White Man, Can I Date Women of Color to Advance My Antiracism?
The magazine's Ethicist columnist on interracial dating as a sociopolitical strategy.

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