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“Last month, #PaulWeiss removed a web page that had highlighted its ‘leadership in a court-ordered effort to find parents deported by the #Trump administration & to reunify families.’ Visitors to the page now get an error message, as do users looking for any mention of Paul Weiss's pro bono work on behalf of #LGBTQ people.”

#law #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #immigration #CivilRights #FreeSpeech
nytimes.com/2025/04/02/busines

Skadden is one of two law firms that struck deals with President Trump to reverse executive orders against them.
The New York Times · Elite Law Firms’ Deals With Trump Decried by Their AssociatesBy Matthew Goldstein

Sarah Hagger-Holt - Nothing Ever Happens Here

Girl protagonist, middle child of 3, starting Year 8 along with her exuberant best friend. Something _will_ "happen here" that she doesn't expect! Plot-shape a trifle too neatly contrived for my liking, but with encouraging themes of friendship, family love & being true to yourself.

I started wearing a beanie in all my videos, and completely eliminated one of the only insults I was regularly getting by #maga sheep, who usually just called me bald and told me to go get Rogaine or something.

They use the generic ones, calling me a beta, or calling me gay. Neither of which bothers me, as I have self confidence so the beta one doesn't work, and I am #pansexual so the gay one doesn't work.

I must be very good looking if they don't call me ugly!

For everyone worrying about how they’ll respond to the current US administration — and thinking they may need to flee their home, their state, the country — this is a thoughtful way of doing risk analysis and response. It was posted by @staffsre1138 for Trans Day of Visibility, but nothing about it is specific to the trans community — except those are some of the folks most at risk right now.

I really wish we didn’t need to have such concerns, but here we are.

sysadmin1138.net/mt/blog/2025/

sysadmin1138.netApplied risk managementI've been in the tech industry for an uncomfortable amount of time, but I've been doing resilience planning the whole time. You know, when and how often to take backups, segueing into worrying abou