Mik Pappas

Law talking early 80’s baby from the Steel City. Former judge n’at. 𝑆𝑒𝑒 Make Peace Do Justice✌🏻⚖️ Own My Views 🙈🙉🙊

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Welcome to Pittsburgh Municipal Court, how may I assist you?

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Never gets old. RIP Donatelli’s

[Matt Stoller @matthewstoller]

1. Want some fun news before the Monday inauguration that you won't have heard anywhere else? The antitrust enforcers (Lina Khan et al) went full Tony Montana on big business this week before Trump people took over. Here's just part of what they did.

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You can really tell how much they all love each other despite their differences

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Have hope my friends.

“I do not pretend to understand the moral universe. The arc is a long one… I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by experience of sight. I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.”

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Muscle ups are fun

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This should be a thing from now on!

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@deray That’s good work right there!

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Wake up, kids
We got the dreamers disease.

‘Radical’ comes from a Latin word meaning "root."

Because roots are the deepest part of a plant, ‘radical’ came to describe things understood as fundamental or essential.

‘Radical change’ was a change at the root of a system.

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@MerriamWebster @Spotify Maybe?

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@ElieNYC Fubo

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@jbouvier @ProfMMurray Chef’s kiss!

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@jduffyrice I mean, he kind of is a dangerous criminal, right??

[David Dayen @ddayen]

A new study from the Brennan Center shows no correlation whatsoever between bail reform and increases in the crime rate, at least the 7th such study since 2017. @hassankanu breaks it down:
https://t.co/ehSUj22wx9

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Step 1: arrive in Milan.

Step 2:

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Oh 🙏🏻 thank 🙏🏻 goodness 🙏🏻

[Andrew G. Ferguson @ProfFerguson]

What happens when police body cameras can prewrite draft police reports?  This is what Axon and other companies are now selling.  

After a stop, the audio feed of a police body camera is fed through a ChatGPT Turbo 4 model and out pops a draft report to be edited. 2/10

[Mik Pappas @MikPappas]

Dems when you very respectfully point out that Biden is a fundamentally good person but also quite elderly.

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“Oppression makes a wise man mad”

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Descendants of Frederick Douglass deliver his famous “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech https://t.co/JtEv9LvMq6

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Hey guys I won the 4th of July belly flop contest what a country!

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

1. On Friday, the Supreme Court executed one of the most brazen power grabs in the history of the United States, throwing out 40 years of precedent.

In many cases, instead of deferring to agency experts, federal judges will now decide how federal laws should be implemented

This has been a longstanding priority for right-wing ideologues seeking to dismantle regulations protecting the environment, curbing abuses in financial markets, and ensuring the safety of consumers