Nostr notes by Sheryl Weikal

For years I have been told that criticizing Debbie Wasserman ...

2026-05-23T19:28:28Z

For years I have been told that criticizing Debbie Wasserman Schultz is bad because she's a powerful Democrat and Republicans are worse.

So NOW can we talk about how she opposed the CFPB and is a shill for payday lenders? Please?

Since Android users are pointing out that Apple is using a chip ...

2026-05-19T18:43:50Z

Since Android users are pointing out that Apple is using a chip built in apartheid Israel for its new iPhone and Apple users are pointing out that Google, which creates Android, provides cloud computing to the IDF, might I point out both android and iphone also use Congolese child slave labor to make their new devices and you should just buy used or refurbished instead?

It's probably bad that every hundred years or so in this ...

2026-05-18T17:01:57Z

It's probably bad that every hundred years or so in this country, the government decides to pay reparations to white supremacists, but reparations to Black and Indigenous people are consistently deemed a nonstarter or too hard.

Due process is the single most important right you have, because ...

2026-05-13T22:27:02Z

Due process is the single most important right you have, because it's the one that protects all the others.

No one has ever had their civil rights violated, their rights to life and liberty violated, without their right to due process being violated FIRST.

It's why protecting it is so important.

The single largest voting bloc in the United States is cishet ...

2026-05-12T16:37:13Z

The single largest voting bloc in the United States is cishet white people.

There are more cis white women voters than Asian, Black, Jewish, Muslim, and trans people in the United States COMBINED.

Please stop blaming marginalized people for their own oppression.

Here's what I need people to understand: Screaming "but ...

2026-05-12T15:34:49Z

Here's what I need people to understand:

Screaming "but this wasn't Democrats' fault!" won't restore Black people's voting rights or keep trans people from being "neutralized" or prevent immigrants from being shipped to concentration camps.

Marginalized people shouldn't have to coddle politicians.

Trans people: we're about to be genocided by the US ...

2026-05-12T14:19:02Z

Trans people: we're about to be genocided by the US government

GOP: Awesome, can't wait

Centrists: Thoughts and prayers

Liberals: It's your fault because you are a wedge issue and support Palestine

Leftists: It's not a real genocide like Palestine is

Last week, the Trump administration explicitly stated its ...

2026-05-12T14:03:34Z

Last week, the Trump administration explicitly stated its intention to "neutralize" - its word, not mine - US trans people.

Since then I can count on one hand the number of cis people who have even mentioned it. A whole bunch of cis people have talked about trans people demanding too much though.

Turns out I didn't need four years of college and three years ...

2026-05-11T23:43:22Z

Turns out I didn't need four years of college and three years of law school. The rule of law under the Roberts SCOTUS is six white people asking "what would Alexander Stephens and Adolf Hitler do?"

This Mother's Day, please remember that 1 in 5 Black women ...

2026-05-10T21:37:26Z

This Mother's Day, please remember that 1 in 5 Black women will be evicted during her lifetime and 1 in 5 children born to a Black mom will be evicted during their childhood.

Mass eviction is as destructive and evil as mass incarceration. We just don't talk about it.

"Just leave" is simply too facile and immature to be ...

2026-05-09T21:16:23Z

"Just leave" is simply too facile and immature to be taken as serious political analysis.

It's victim blaming.

It centers privileged people, because only the most privileged people can uproot their lives.

And it's cowardice to assume no one wants to fight for their home.

I am legitimately sick and tired of marginalized groups having to ...

2026-05-09T17:01:12Z

I am legitimately sick and tired of marginalized groups having to moderate and compromise their integrity for the comfort of the majority in order to have *some* of their needs met.

Black people need to be "less extreme" about racism. Trans people need to be "less extreme" about transphobia.

Cis people: normalize introducing yourself with your pronouns. If ...

2026-05-09T16:14:20Z

Cis people: normalize introducing yourself with your pronouns.

If only trans and gnc people do it, we're outing ourselves. If we don't, we accept getting misgendered. And when cis people do it, it acclimates other cis people to the practice and makes it safer for trans and gnc people.

Hell, someone told me today I should call the media because they ...

2026-05-08T20:57:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…ev7z
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Hell, someone told me today I should call the media because they legitimately thought they were the first people in US history to have their constitutional rights violated. I swear to G-d they thought it had never happened before.

And I really think this is a big factor in why we're here.

"There's never been a warrantless search. That's ...

2026-05-08T20:57:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…8a5e
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"There's never been a warrantless search. That's impossible. The Fourth Amendment prevents that from happening."

"I don't understand how this isn't stopped because courts aren't allowed to not follow the law."

If we're to have any shot of getting out of this, I really ...

2026-05-08T20:57:21Z

If we're to have any shot of getting out of this, I really need my fellow white people to get past our apparently hardwired belief that something being illegal means it's impossible.

Because I keep having the same conversation over and over again.

Just from today: "I don't believe Trump is doing that ...

2026-05-08T20:57:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…c0mm
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Just from today:

"I don't believe Trump is doing that because it's illegal and that means he can't do that."

"I don't believe what Trump is doing is illegal because if it was, he couldn't do it."

"The only people who can break the law are illegals because they are already illegal." 😵‍💫

Republicans are white supremacists and if you support them so are ...

2026-05-07T21:27:40Z

Republicans are white supremacists and if you support them so are you.

Fuck your white nationalism. Death to whiteness.

We already have the largest incarcerated population in the world ...

2026-05-07T15:35:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…gyxc
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We already have the largest incarcerated population in the world and prisons the UN considers crimes against humanity. "Too many people get away with crimes" is not a legitimate problem in the US.

WE DO NOT HAVE AN UNDERINCARCERATION PROBLEM.

I guarantee you that no matter how deep seated the problems with ...

2026-05-07T15:35:34Z

I guarantee you that no matter how deep seated the problems with the United States that led us here, exactly zero of them will be solved by "we should lock up more people and treat them worse."

I need people to stop treating genocides like a hierarchy. ...

2026-05-06T23:45:45Z

I need people to stop treating genocides like a hierarchy.

"We can't talk about Palestine because it hurts Democrats."
"We can't talk about trans people being genocided because Palestine."
"We can't talk about Black and Indigenous people because trans people."

LEARN TO MULTITASK. People are dying.

Apparently unpopular opinion: it is neither antisemitic nor ...

2026-05-06T14:37:17Z

Apparently unpopular opinion: it is neither antisemitic nor inappropriate to protest a synagogue hosting a sale of land in illegal West Bank settlements.

And what bothers me most is the number of people who oppose these protests but say Israel bombing a mosque is okay because Hamas was inside.

Really not loving the accelerating fascism ...

2026-05-01T22:51:06Z

Really not loving the accelerating fascism

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/well/abortion-drugs-mail-order.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260501&instance_id=174996&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=102624589&segment_id=219182&user_id=aecf66cf3b4d235c23c64bb5b9c92d18

If you're protesting SCOTUS gutting the VRA this weekend: I ...

2026-05-01T16:11:14Z

If you're protesting SCOTUS gutting the VRA this weekend:

I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WON'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT

is the ONLY thing you should say to law enforcement besides identifying yourself in a stop and ID state and asking if you're free to leave.

When you're a trial lawyer, you learn to size up opponents. ...

2026-04-30T02:14:44Z

When you're a trial lawyer, you learn to size up opponents. There are always going to be lawyers better than you and worse than you and you need to know who's who.

For example, if Ketanji Brown Jackson walks in, I know I'm going to lose.

If Samuel Alito walks in, I can probably win with my B game.

This part of Alito's opinion is frankly terrifying. Note the ...

2026-04-29T15:10:23Z

This part of Alito's opinion is frankly terrifying. Note the language of "mere" disparate impact.

For the nonlawyers, "disparate impact" is the type of case you bring for housing or employment discrimination where the defendant does something discriminatory without an overt statement of intent.

Please stop asking AI for legal advice. I got yelled at today by ...

2026-04-28T18:14:09Z

Please stop asking AI for legal advice. I got yelled at today by a person who was convinced their GenAI was right and I was wrong on a legal issue bc "computers can't make mistakes."

Worse, the GenAI assured the person (wrongly) it is covered by the same attorney client privilege that lawyers are.

Periodic reminder that "the Jews" are not your enemy. ...

2026-04-28T13:36:12Z

Periodic reminder that "the Jews" are not your enemy. Yes, fuck Israel and fuck Zionism. But:

1. It's a lie that all Jews are Israeli citizens or are in the IDF;
2. Most of us don't know anyone in the Israeli government; and
3. There are shitty people in every community, and that includes ours.

I'm not saying it was staged. I'm just taking this ...

2026-04-26T18:25:41Z

I'm not saying it was staged. I'm just taking this exactly as seriously as Trump supporters take the political violence he metes out against marginalized people.

You know what I'm really not okay with? People saying that ...

2026-04-26T14:51:01Z

You know what I'm really not okay with?

People saying that being homeless or having no health insurance or being literally raped or murdered is an acceptable consequence for your own actions, but any consequences at all for racism or rape or imperialism is just cancel culture.

You know what else is "political violence"? Every poor ...

2026-04-26T13:33:05Z

You know what else is "political violence"?

Every poor Black person sitting in a cage because they can't afford bail.

Every trans person forced into a men's prison so they can be sexually assaulted.

Every person who dies because they can't afford healthcare.

Every child who goes to bed hungry.

"There's no room in this country for political ...

2026-04-26T03:31:45Z

"There's no room in this country for political violence"

Unless it's ICE wielding the weapon, though, amirite? Then there's PLENTY of room. Or we're bombing Iranian schoolgirls and oil refineries. Then it's fine.

The most precious members of our community are Black and Brown ...

2026-04-26T00:58:06Z

The most precious members of our community are Black and Brown trans kids. They're our future. And they're yours too.

I met an incredibly smart kid today who wants to be governor of their state one day.

I want a world where today's trans kids of color are tomorrow's leaders.

"Trans children have such awful lives, isn't it better ...

2026-04-22T16:09:53Z

"Trans children have such awful lives, isn't it better for them to not suffer?"

Transness is actually really awesome. It's the transphobia that sucks. If everyone responded to trans kids coming out with "thanks for telling me, I love you" and being affirming, trans kids would have GREAT childhoods.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is out with a new (very bad) ...

2026-04-22T01:07:29Z

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is out with a new (very bad) decision, and it's a doozy.

The Fifth Circuit says that Texas can require the Ten Commandments in classrooms. But somehow it gets worse.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084/gov.uscourts.ca5.226084.507945887.1.pdf

SPLC was indicted before anyone in the Epstein files. The purpose ...

2026-04-22T00:37:40Z

SPLC was indicted before anyone in the Epstein files.

The purpose of a system is what it does.

The legal system is, you know, a system.

This is what it does.

Just this month, I have had one judge publicly question my mental ...

2026-04-21T23:48:27Z

Just this month, I have had one judge publicly question my mental fitness to practice law and call me "ma'am" mockingly every other word after I told them my pronouns are she and her, in front of a packed courtroom.

So far this year, I have gotten more calls from people who want ...

2026-04-20T11:49:32Z

So far this year, I have gotten more calls from people who want to sue for the right to marry an AI they're in love with than I have from people arrested for protesting, and I feel like that says a lot about the moment we're in right now. I don't know what it says exactly, but it says a lot.

Transphobia should be opposed simply because it's awful for ...

2026-04-18T02:29:39Z

Transphobia should be opposed simply because it's awful for trans people. But if you need another reason, the way Black and Brown cis women are dehumanized and demeaned by transphobes is absolutely vile.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-pitt-supriya-ganesh-pronouns-gender-dysphoria_n_69e12bb1e4b09c81bf16c48a?origin=home-zone-c-unit

Please I beg you On my hands and knees, I beg you STOP. USING. ...

2026-04-16T22:11:01Z

Please

I beg you

On my hands and knees, I beg you

STOP. USING. GENERATIVE. AI. TO. ANSWER. LEGAL. QUESTIONS. OR. GET. LEGAL. ADVICE.

One thing I'm seeing more on social media is some variation ...

2026-04-16T14:10:00Z

One thing I'm seeing more on social media is some variation of "Israel supports gender affirming care ergo we shouldn't" and (a) Israel is not, in fact, friendly to queer and trans people, (b) queer and trans people exist in every population on earth, and (c) the world is not binary like that.

If you say you support universal healthcare but that it ...

2026-04-16T12:45:38Z

If you say you support universal healthcare but that it shouldn't support gender affirming care for trans people, (a) you don't actually support universal healthcare, and (b) you're a bigot.

Society is more angry at a handful of trans people competing in ...

2026-04-15T22:02:01Z

Society is more angry at a handful of trans people competing in sports or using the bathroom than 62 million cishet men in an online rape academy.

There are more cis men visiting that rape website than there are trans people on this planet.

The worst part of a $1.5 trillion military budget is that if ...

2026-04-15T19:53:38Z

The worst part of a $1.5 trillion military budget is that if anything even close to that gets passed, we're going to end up even after Trump is gone with it as a new baseline because no one will want to be "weak on defense" or "abandon the troops" or whatever and I absolutely despise it.

For the same price as Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion military ...

2026-04-15T19:05:51Z

For the same price as Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion military budget, we could send every Black American $35,000 as reparations and still have money left over.

We could send every Indigenous person $180,000 as reparations and still have money left over.

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis ...

2026-04-15T02:24:09Z

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office.

And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan.

Here's why.

One of the biggest misconceptions around the legal system ...

2026-04-14T17:01:44Z

One of the biggest misconceptions around the legal system surrounds the concept of civil judgments. People ask me all the time why any case settles when you can proceed to trial and receive far more money. Isn't that chickening out?

Here's what they don't tell you: most judgments are never paid.

Apparently if social media existed during the Shoah, what most ...

2026-04-13T01:48:17Z

Apparently if social media existed during the Shoah, what most people would be doing is calling Jews scammers and annoying, saying the Nazis have a point about trans and Romani people, ignoring disabled people entirely, and citing Henry Ford's The International Jew as a legitimate source.

HOLY SHIT ORBAN LOST GOOD RIDDANCE ASSHOLE

2026-04-12T19:23:03Z

HOLY SHIT ORBAN LOST

GOOD RIDDANCE ASSHOLE

Firm photo ...

2026-04-12T19:19:47Z

Firm photo

I once represented a woman charged with obstruction and resisting ...

2026-04-11T23:27:11Z

I once represented a woman charged with obstruction and resisting because she slapped the hand of the officer groping her genitals. The ASA said she should have complied and sued the officer later.

Yes, we won. That's not the fucking point.

I also had a client who an ASA accused of making a false police ...

2026-04-11T23:27:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…e82x
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I also had a client who an ASA accused of making a false police report because she was assaulted by a white man, accurately described him, and was told white men don't assault people the way Black men do.

No, she wasn't charged with anything. Again, not the fucking point.

Trans people: it's unfair for us to be excluded from public ...

2026-04-10T20:04:31Z

Trans people: it's unfair for us to be excluded from public places based on hypothetical harm we've never done

Everyone: No it isn't

Israel: it's unfair for us to not be allowed to do genocide no matter how much real harm is done because other countries do genocide too

Everyone: sounds good to us

You want to know what bothers me? When my clients who are ...

2026-04-09T18:43:09Z

You want to know what bothers me?

When my clients who are arrested for protesting fascism apologize to ME that I have to defend them or are convinced they must have done something wrong.

Actually, you know who should apologize? THE FUCKING FASCISTS.

I cannot believe I have to say this, but no, we should not invade ...

2026-04-09T00:05:33Z

I cannot believe I have to say this, but no, we should not invade the Vatican and coup the Pope, and I don't think we should have a government that wants to do that.

Yes, famously, Iranian military commanders hang out in synagogues ...

2026-04-08T11:48:27Z

Yes, famously, Iranian military commanders hang out in synagogues during Passover services /s

Now - yes now - is a great thing time to do a mutual aid drop. ...

2026-04-07T21:40:41Z

Now - yes now - is a great thing time to do a mutual aid drop.

Yes, I know, everything sucks. But we survive this by taking care of each other.

Drop your mutual aid requests and I'll repost them. And if you have a little extra, especially if you can't protest in person tonight, do this instead.

For people intending this evening to publicly petition our ...

2026-04-07T19:17:15Z

For people intending this evening to publicly petition our government for a redress of grievances:

AM I FREE TO LEAVE?

and

I INVOKE MY RIGHTS TO SILENCE AND COUNSEL AND WILL NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WITHOUT MY ATTORNEY PRESENT.

are the only things you say to police or law enforcement.

If you're in Illinois and you are arrested protesting ...

2026-04-07T13:16:28Z

If you're in Illinois and you are arrested protesting Trump's illegal war and threats of genocide, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

"You can't support abolition/universal ...

2026-04-06T22:06:18Z

"You can't support abolition/universal healthcare/reparations/universal housing/etc without being able to answer every possible hypothetical question about its implementation" is, frankly, horseshit.

The Wright brothers didn't need to be able to design a 747 to build the first airplane.

There's this bizarre myth that prison abolition is an ivory ...

2026-04-06T13:22:01Z

There's this bizarre myth that prison abolition is an ivory tower narrative led by privileged white people who have never interacted with the legal system.

Please, I beg you. Read Angela Davis. Read Mariame Kaba. Read Olayemi Olurin. Prison abolition is led by Black women.

And yes, I support it.

Folks, I transed my gender. My whole gender! And here I am, ...

2026-04-06T01:40:46Z

Folks, I transed my gender. My whole gender! And here I am, running on estrogen with a whole vagina that's mine. Childhood me would think I am MAGIC. Childhood me would be AMAZED.

If that's possible, EVERYTHING is possible.

We will survive them. We will defeat them. We can do MIRACLES.

"Welfare fraud" is such a steaming pile of shit. Oh no, ...

2026-04-05T14:52:47Z

"Welfare fraud" is such a steaming pile of shit. Oh no, not a person getting [checks notes] at most eight dollars a day for food. What a horrible thing. We need that money to [checks notes again] kill innocent people in Iran for only vaguely defined reasons.

I have the solution to climate change. My hatred and loathing for ...

2026-04-05T01:21:43Z

I have the solution to climate change. My hatred and loathing for Stephen Miller could power the world for a thousand years.

And we may not be alive to see it. Hell, I almost certainly ...

2026-04-05T00:40:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…7lvn
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And we may not be alive to see it. Hell, I almost certainly won't. But I talk about it anyway.

Because it *will* come. And the only thing throwing up our hands does is delay its arrival. This is not the way the world is supposed to be.

I don't want our descendants to have to wait.

I talk about a better world because I genuinely believe it's ...

2026-04-05T00:40:00Z

I talk about a better world because I genuinely believe it's inevitable.

A world without imperialism and war and climate change, without income and wealth inequality, without settler-colonialism and ethnonationalism, without racism and cisheteronormativity and ableism and hate, WILL COME.

Israel isn't going to stop. They have to BE stopped. Because ...

2026-04-04T15:02:37Z

Israel isn't going to stop. They have to BE stopped. Because this is a problem way, WAY beyond just Netanyahu.

A 1% annual wealth tax on billionaires in Illinois would, by ...

2026-04-04T01:31:12Z

A 1% annual wealth tax on billionaires in Illinois would, by itself, balance the budget.

A 2% wealth tax on billionaires would pay for universal single payer healthcare for everyone in Illinois.

Tax the billionaires.

Apropos of nothing, it's fascinating how religious extremists ...

2026-04-03T16:31:07Z

Apropos of nothing, it's fascinating how religious extremists of every stripe only ever insist that the harmful stuff has to be taken literally. No one ever says "I am a literalist for my Holy Text. I COMMAND WE FEED THE POOR IMMEDIATELY!"

You're probably hearing a lot from Marco Rubio and the US ...

2026-04-03T14:47:48Z

You're probably hearing a lot from Marco Rubio and the US State Department about international law and the Strait of Hormuz, and that Iran cannot legally close the Strait. Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, that's true!

There's just one problem.

The US never ratified that treaty.

Why is Zionism connected to everything? Before I had my ...

2026-04-02T19:18:54Z

Why is Zionism connected to everything?

Before I had my pay-whatever-you-can law practice, I was a legal director at a free legal aid clinic. The part of the job I loved was the free lawyering for people. The part of the job I hated was the fundraising. Naturally, I had to do that part a lot.

Believe it or not, there's already a mechanism in place for ...

2026-04-02T17:41:40Z

Believe it or not, there's already a mechanism in place for the federal government to seize and appropriate the assets of billionaires and redistribute them for the public good. SCOTUS accidentally created it with one of its worst decisions of the 21st century, Kelo v. New London.

I think we should be a country that builds spaceships instead of ...

2026-04-02T01:36:26Z

I think we should be a country that builds spaceships instead of fighter jets and uses the science knowledge we get to have the best healthcare and food and education that we freely give to everyone in the world who wants and/or needs it.

You know the part of the Seder that says "All who are hungry, ...

2026-04-01T19:25:13Z

You know the part of the Seder that says "All who are hungry, come and eat?"

That's about Palestinians.

Don't forget that. Don't EVER forget that.

Half of Israeli mainstream media is genocide apologia, and the ...

2026-04-01T18:26:37Z

Half of Israeli mainstream media is genocide apologia, and the other half is complaining that Zohran Mamdani exists.

Birthright citizenship is not even remotely ambiguous in the ...

2026-04-01T15:54:26Z

Birthright citizenship is not even remotely ambiguous in the Constitution.

The fact that suddenly conservatives are so obsessed with its drafters' "intent" being different from its plain language is proof textualism and originalism were always bad faith vehicles.

I don't pretend to be a great lawyer. I'll never have a ...

2026-03-31T13:41:11Z

I don't pretend to be a great lawyer. I'll never have a billboard on the side of the highway and I'll never be a household name.

But I've been representing protesters facing charges since 2018 and in that time I've had one conviction and zero time spent incarcerated. And I'm proud of that, I admit.

I just want to point out that under the plain language of this ...

2026-03-30T20:45:28Z

I just want to point out that under the plain language of this bill, if it had been in effect at the time, Itamar ben-Gvir, its primary proponent, would have faced execution when HE was arrested for terrorism.

Ironic, that.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-891688

Yes, Israel has always been an apartheid state. But it's also ...

2026-03-30T20:45:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…qwum
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Yes, Israel has always been an apartheid state. But it's also a sign of just how rightward and genocidal the Israeli state has become that Itamar ben-Gvir has gone from being charged with terrorism to passing laws executing other people as terrorists.

That's what's called impunity.

RWTB: BUT BUT VOYAGER WASN'T WOKE!! Average Voyager Episode: ...

2026-03-30T19:07:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…ppzz
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RWTB: BUT BUT VOYAGER WASN'T WOKE!!

Average Voyager Episode: The Doctor travels to a capitalist society where he teaches the people about the need for universal health care as the Captain is holding a hearing on whether Q has a right to bodily autonomy.

RWTB: Yes but look at all the fighting and war in Deep Space ...

2026-03-30T19:07:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…te38
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RWTB: Yes but look at all the fighting and war in Deep Space Nine! That's not woke!

Average DS9 episode: The Black captain is having visions from the prophets about fighting racism and his canonically trans best friend is talking with the first officer and chief engineer about their polycule.

RWTB: Oh but surely Picard's Enterprise wasn't like this. ...

2026-03-30T19:07:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…x2cx
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RWTB: Oh but surely Picard's Enterprise wasn't like this.

Average TNG Episode: Will Riker is falling for a trans person from an agender society. Meanwhile, the genius Black disabled chief engineer and his autism-coded android best friend just saved another planet through science education.

Right wing tech bros: we love Star Trek but it's too woke ...

2026-03-30T19:07:05Z

Right wing tech bros: we love Star Trek but it's too woke nowadays. Too preachy. Kirk's show wasn't like this.

Average TOS episode: AI is bad and should never be allowed to run a society. Also, make peace because nationalism kills and every life form must be respected equally.

"Joy is resistance" (and I'm paraphrasing) was used ...

2026-03-26T13:39:54Z

"Joy is resistance" (and I'm paraphrasing) was used by Emma Goldman to mean that we should live happily in spite of oppression, not as an excuse to do things that enrich and empower oppressors. The whole point was to dance at the revolution, not pay the oppressors to take dance classes.

In which the Jerusalem Post - in a NEWS piece, mind you, not an ...

2026-03-25T22:29:12Z

In which the Jerusalem Post - in a NEWS piece, mind you, not an opinion column - advocates for annexing ALL of Lebanon.

ALL. OF. IT.

Israel is going to "defend itself" into annexing the whole region.

One question I get a lot is why I'm okay with discrimination ...

2026-03-24T17:53:28Z

One question I get a lot is why I'm okay with discrimination against Zionists when I'm so ardently against discrimination against other groups. I thought I'd explain that here.

First, I want to emphasize that I believe in human rights for all humans. That means I think every human being,

Actual interaction from this week: Me: HOAs in the United States ...

2026-03-21T16:36:34Z

Actual interaction from this week:

Me: HOAs in the United States were largely formed as a way to keep Black people out of neighborhoods.

Person: You're clearly a bad lawyer. Obviously that would have been illegal. Stop pushing DEI.

It's honestly paradigmatic of everything wrong with the legal ...

2026-03-19T23:52:32Z

It's honestly paradigmatic of everything wrong with the legal system in the United States that so many judges insist for reasons of "decorum and appropriate behavior" on in-person attendance for status calls that last five minutes and could have been an email when Zoom court exists.

I think ny problem with the Discourse about "what happens to ...

2026-03-16T22:05:19Z

I think ny problem with the Discourse about "what happens to the Israelis if you free Palestine?" is that it's really just concern trolling that what will hypothetically happen to Israelis is what is actually happening in real life to Palestinians.

Higher gas prices are going to make it significantly more ...

2026-03-09T01:50:35Z

Higher gas prices are going to make it significantly more expensive for me to represent people because it'll cost so much more to drive to courthouses but all I can think about fueling my car is that Iranian women are being forced to BREATHE what I'm putting in my tank.

Six years ago a client came to me. His landlord was trying to ...

2026-03-04T01:58:51Z

Six years ago a client came to me. His landlord was trying to evict him over the last payment of a rent to own contract. The client had remodeled the entire house himself with his own hands, a room at a time.

Today, client won the house.

Some days are good days.

It's so terrifying how Muslim countries are kidnapping world ...

2026-03-01T00:27:10Z

It's so terrifying how Muslim countries are kidnapping world leaders and bombing school kids and starting wars of choice and passing religious based laws banning trans people from driving and existing in public and Jews from praying.

Oh wait no that's the US and Israel doing those things. Weird. 🤔

We don't get to shrug and say "welp, worth it to get rid ...

2026-02-28T23:31:26Z

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We don't get to shrug and say "welp, worth it to get rid of the Ayatollah." These are human beings with lives and families and if you're acting like they're eggs you're breaking to make an omelet, you've lost the plot.

You cannot sacrifice OTHER PEOPLE without their consent.

Iranian people aren't NPCs that we get to just trade for our ...

2026-02-28T23:31:25Z

Iranian people aren't NPCs that we get to just trade for our own convenience.

The whole point of war as a LAST resort is that in war, innocent people die. So even if every civilian death is necessary to accomplish your military aims, even if "collateral damage" is minimal...THAT'S STILL MURDER.

If you have to kill a bunch of children to also kill one ...

2026-02-28T23:19:04Z

If you have to kill a bunch of children to also kill one dictator, you should not kill the dictator.

And if you DON'T have to kill the kids to kill the dictator but kill the kids anyway...the dictator isn't the bad guy in that situation.

Just saying.

I'm blocking anyone who supports this illegal war. Seriously. ...

2026-02-28T23:04:26Z

I'm blocking anyone who supports this illegal war. Seriously. No warnings.

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?" Simple. ...

2026-02-28T22:52:20Z

"How can you oppose war when Khamenei was evil?"

Simple. If you killed Donald Trump by nuking Washington DC, I would not mourn Trump but I'd still say you're an evil war criminal who belongs in the Hague. It's really not hard.

"We have to side with our country during wartime!" ...

2026-02-28T18:35:27Z

"We have to side with our country during wartime!"

Actually no, we don't. That's just government imperialist propaganda.

If you're arrested in Illinois protesting Trump's illegal ...

2026-02-28T17:17:00Z

If you're arrested in Illinois protesting Trump's illegal war against Iran, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at sheryl@weikallaw.com. As always, I will take as many cases as I can.

It's really fucked up actually that if you say ...

2026-02-27T20:33:39Z

It's really fucked up actually that if you say "there's a country in SWANA that uses illegal weapons freely given by the US to commit genocide against children and even though they've killed US citizens we let them keep doing it," you could be describing any of THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.