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Tom Hentoff

@tomhentoff.bsky.social
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Washington DC lawyer focusing on First Amendment and media law, copyright, other IP litigation, pro bono. Washington DC wildlife. Bike-to-work guy. Close observer of the New York Mets. Blog: Media Law and Copyright Notes, medialaw.substack.com

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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 6h
Washington DC wildlife: Female black-throated green warbler this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
Small yellow and gray bird among leaves.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 12h
Washington DC wildlife: Female American redstart yesterday on Rodman Street. 🪶
Redstart in profile on branch, yellow coloring under wing.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Washington DC wildlife: One of our two neighborhood barred owls just flew up to a high perch on Rodman Street. 🪶 🦉
Barred owl on branch next to tree trunk.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Ruby-crowned kinglet looms ominously this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🪶
Close-up of kinglet looking at camera, one foot on branch.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Magnolia warbler this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🪶
Warbler standing tall on branch.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Juvenile jumping spiders this week on Maine Avenue: Asian wall jumper and male common hentz jumper. 🐞 🕷️
Asian wall jumper, extremely tiny. Hentz.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Monarch butterfly on a butterfly bush yesterday on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🦋
Dark and light orange butterfly with black polka dotted trim at a purple flower.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Same spider a few minutes later, subduing green bottle fly prey. 🐞 🕷️ 🪰
Spider latched on to fly’s back.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Tan jumping spider this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🕷️
Tan spider facing camera, eyes prominent.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Zebra jumping spider this morning by the Potomac River near the Kennedy Center. 🐞 🕷️
Jumping spider facing camera with forelegs raised.
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PoPville @popville.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today* in Hawks*** Around Town – HUGE Coyote!!! - Holy smokes that's a big one: www.popville.com/2026/09/toda...
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Today* in Hawks*** Around Town – HUGE Coyote!!! - PoPville
Whoa. Thanks to Will for sending: "COYOTE SPOTTING: Friday afternoon in the Glover Park woods near Wesley Heights / Berkley. Approximately 70lbs…. Keep your pets and children close when walking!" If y...
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Male downy woodpecker snagging an earwig from a rotted branch this morning in Rock Creek Park by the maintenance yard. 🪶
Close-up of woodpecker with hind part of earwig sticking out of beak.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Double-crested cormorant unimpressed by decoy yesterday at the Wharf. 🪶
Cormorant and decoy fox on dock.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Red-necked phalarope spinning and scooting about in the Capitol Reflecting Pool this afternoon. 🪶
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
And a different immature male rose-breasted grosbeak, also this morning. 🪶
Grosbeak in profile, on feeder. Bigger red patch.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And female rose-breasted grosbeak, also this morning. 🪶
Grosbeak in profile.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Immature male rose-breasted grosbeak this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
Grosbeak in profile, some red coloring on chest.
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David Ramos @imagineterrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Flood barriers are up at Washington Harbour. www.reddit.com/r/washington...
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From the washingtondc community on Reddit: Georgetown waterfront flood barriers
Explore this post and more from the washingtondc community
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Male pileated woodpecker this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
Woodpecker in profile on tree trunk.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Atlantic ghost crab this morning in Corolla, North Carolina. 🦀
Crab in the sand near its hole, eye stalks prominent.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Sanderlings running from the incoming tide this morning in Corolla, North Carolina. 🪶
Sanderlings uniformly running to the left on the beach, tide encroaching.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Forster’s tern dive-bombing for fish this morning in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in Manteo, North Carolina. 🪶
Bird, grass, and water shown, bird is head down and feet up.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Immature American white ibis in tall grass this morning in Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge in Manteo, North Carolina. 🪶
Ibis in profile, slightly obscured in tall grass.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Asian wall jumping spider this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🕷️
Tan spider on window.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Male hentz jumping spider this afternoon on Maine Avenue. 🐞 🕷️
Multi-colored spider on railing facing camera.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Colorful smartweed caterpillar yesterday in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🐞 🐛
Yellow, black, and red caterpillar on green shoot.
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Heidi Kitrosser @heidikitrosser.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This was first published in 2024 by Knight 1st Am. Inst. This republication has a few small edits & one substantive update in 1st footnote. The update: The 11th Circuit Ct. of Appeals recently affirmed that FL's (formerly named) "STOP WOKE" Act is unconstitutional as applied to higher ed. 🥳
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
White-marked tussock moth caterpillar yesterday in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia, two views. 🐞 🐛
Colorful caterpillar, unique back and red head.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Greater yellowlegs yesterday in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🪶
Yellowlegs in profile, wading in shallow water.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
White-banded crab spider blending in with Spanish needles flower yesterday in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🐞 🕷️
Yellow spider on yellow flower.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
American green tree frog looking out from behind a shoot yesterday in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🐸
Green frog on green shoot.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Bold jumping spider this morning in Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia. 🐞 🕷️
Black spider with blue-green chelicerae, on brown shoot.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Red-eyed vireo this morning in Rock Creek Park by the maintenance yard. 🪶
Vireo in profile on branch, surrounded by leaves, red eye prominent.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Eastern wood pewee this morning in Rock Creek Park by the maintenance yard. 🪶
Pewee in profile perched on branch.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Spicebush swallowtail butterfly landing on a hosta flower this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🐞 🦋
Dark butterfly in profile, at white flower.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Buckeye butterfly this morning in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in NYC. 🐞 🦋
Colorful patterned butterfly, wings spread.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mute swans this morning in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in NYC. 🪶 🦢
Two swans at edge of water, underneath tall reeds.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lesser yellowlegs this morning in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in NYC. 🪶
Yellowlegs in profile, wading, with distorted reflection.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Cornerstone on Central Park South.
HAMPSHIRE HOUSE DEDICATED TO YESTERDAYS CHARM AND TOMORROWS CONVENIENCE. 
1931.
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Paul Alan Levy @paulalanlevy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Here I got to think about libel law, and copyright law, and the First Amendment limits on right of publicity claims clpblog.citizen.org/is-public-ra...
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Is public ranting at Daniel DeSouza a sensible response to a CopyCat Legal demand letter? - CLP Blog
This is a tale of excess. It begins with a demand letter from CopyCat Legal over the signature of its only partner, Daniel DeSouza, threatening to sue Charles Peralo for the use of fourteen celebrity ...
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The cat came in on little cat feet.
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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Very proud of the team at @rcfp.org that pried these FBI records on Roy Cohn loose for Kai Bird & Susan Goldmark's new book "American Scoundrel," out today! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/b...
“American Scoundrel” is an elegant retelling of the lurid Cohn story, but it’s also something more. Bird makes ample use of F.B.I. materials that he obtained only after the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a lawsuit on his behalf. Cohn was three times indicted on charges of bribery, perjury and extortion, and in each instance was acquitted. Six weeks before his death, he was disbarred. The F.B.I. files help Bird catch Cohn in numerous lies. In sworn testimony from 1974 (acquired by the R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe, an unexpected collector of Cohn memorabilia), Cohn — who was “audacious about his tax insolence” — claimed he had lost millions of dollars in the stock market. An F.B.I. memo shows that was not true.

“That was not true” turns out to be an underlying theme in the book. Cohn lied when it suited him — which was often, given that lying turned out to be an effective way to bend others to his preferred reality. All that mattered was winning.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Net-winged beetle ready for takeoff this morning by the Rock Creek Park maintenance yard. 🐞 🪲
Beetle with all wings spread, including front black and orange wings.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Dog day cicada this morning on Rodman Street. 🐞
Green, olive, and camo cicada.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Chipmunk this afternoon on Rodman Street. 🦊 🐿️
Chipmunk in profile on back of bench.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Washington DC wildlife: Ruby-throated hummingbird feeding from a hosta flower this morning on Rodman Street. 🪶
Hummingbird hovering over white flower.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lesser goldfinch yesterday near Teotihuacan in Mexico. 🪶
Yellow bird perched on bucket.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Canyon towhee yesterday near Teotihuacan in Mexico. 🪶
Brown and tan bird in profile.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Mallard-domestic duck hybrid this week in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. 🪶 🦆
White duck with mallard bill.
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Tom Hentoff @tomhentoff.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Spiny lizard this afternoon in Teotihuacan in Mexico. 🦎
Brown spiny lizard on brown rock.
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