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@shaneferro.bsky.social

public defender / privacy lawyer who used to blog

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omg

24.09.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AI this and AI that, the tip of the autocorrect sword can't even tell the difference between possessive and a contraction

05.09.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

What you won't get at Columbia is the ability to use the right its/it's

05.09.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody ever really talks about the law school as the woke part of Columbia, but I came out of it's college a liberal and it's law school significantly to the left of that

05.09.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My 1L Contracts professor introduced contracts with a whole class on surrogacy (bless her) and it was so horrifying I'll never forget

05.09.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams: "I want to be clear with you: Andrew Cuomo is a snake and a liar. I am in this race, and I'm the only one that can beat Mamdani [mispronounced]."

(Full announcement video via Reuters, part 1 of 2)

05.09.2025 21:36 β€” πŸ‘ 262    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 35

Sometimes I think about the Sean McElwee pre covid weekly happy hours, coupled with everything I read about post-2020 Sean McElwee, and feel like it was all a dream

02.09.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

hell yes mood disorder finally good for something

27.08.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A woman in Manhattan reported to police that an Amazon delivery man, 5'6'', exposed himself to her.

Police did a face recognition search, showed her result, arrested the wrong guy, 6'2''.

What did the NYPD not do? Call Amazon.

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

26.08.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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For Betar or Worse | Hannah Gais Under the guise of fighting antisemitism, the Trump administration has turned to groups like Canary Mission and Betar.

In its alleged fight against antisemitism, the Trump administration has relied on two groups with murky fundersβ€”one of which is in Israel.

Here's my deep dive @thebaffler.com into Canary Mission and Betar, two extreme Zionist groups at the heart of Trump's crackdown. thebaffler.com/latest/for-b...

26.08.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 512    πŸ” 260    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 20
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How the N.Y.P.D.’s Facial Recognition Tool Landed the Wrong Man in Jail

The NYPD falsely arrested a man because of a bad facial recognition match www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/n...

26.08.2025 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Smart House - Wikipedia

Anyway sometimes I still think about the Disney Channel Original Movie "Smart House," which was a 1999 release made for children about our AI future en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_H...

26.08.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Does my trash can get sad when I empty it

26.08.2025 12:01 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I love to box my client in to the stupidest possible defense before the investigation is even over

21.08.2025 02:51 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

let your haters become taters in the chip bag of success

21.08.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1472    πŸ” 268    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3
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More Adams Associates and Supporters Are Said to Face Corruption Charges

McGuinness Boulevard rears its head again: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/n...

20.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 7

It's 5pm(ish) which means it's time to log on, review the output, and send @hassankhan.bsky.social individual texts of all the posts I thought were cute today

20.08.2025 21:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The fucking protein powder has a shrink wrap arbitration agreement now? This is like a nightmare law school hypo

19.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1344    πŸ” 266    πŸ’¬ 82    πŸ“Œ 72

Sadly it's my information that these facts are wrong and after the judge made the cop describe why he knew the gun was in the bag for like 10 mins he then opened the bag and pulled out a stapler

18.08.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lol nypost.com/2025/08/17/u...

18.08.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Listen normally I do not recommend speaking to the cops but

14.08.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This should win a Pulitzer www.mvtimes.com/2025/08/06/g...

06.08.2025 22:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Part of the time in the nude!!

31.07.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's not really summer until there's a new Dershowitz vs Martha's Vineyard story

31.07.2025 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s way past time for Mayor Adams to lift the NYPD bans on facial-ID tech New York City’s bans on facial-recognition tech have got to go. The charges that were dropped against against Zuhdi Ahmed prove that.

I bet he's talking about this NYP editorial and dont worry I'll be showing up nypost.com/2025/07/21/o...

22.07.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mandatory Reporting Is Destroying Families | American Civil Liberties Union Keeping kids safe is one of our greatest responsibilities as adults. But what if the main tool we use to protect children is actually preventing everyone from getting the resources they need? Every st...

this is a bad take, the legal privilege between priest and parishioner (not only in the catholic church) has a long history, and there is a lot of evidence mandatory reporting produces horrifically racist outcomes www.aclu.org/podcast/mand...

19.07.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm gonna delete the initial post bc I don't need to be spreading misinformation however it is also not something I can bring myself to care about, I just wanted to make a little sov cit joke

18.07.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

ok so pacer was wrong (or rather hadn't yet been updated) but also lol storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

18.07.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

yes george lmao

18.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

While this is fucked up, this is also the funniest local news video I've ever seen. "The ladies have been charged with 'writhing'" - Harry Boomer, 19NEWS

18.07.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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