Irina Manta

Match, Hinge, OkCupid, and Panera Bread breached by ransomware group ShinyHunters claims to have stolen millions of records from Match Group dating apps and Panera Bread, with very different consequences for users.

From a few weeks ago: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. The decisions amount to a huge legal rebuke, one the administration has ignored.

"In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign."
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Thank you for the kind words!

Czechoslovakia’s Lesson for America: Lawyers are Key to Peacefully Defeating Authoritarianism—Help Them Romania had to kill its tyrant and his supporters to make room for democracy because it had no legal route to oust him

The dictator who destroyed Romania's legal system faced a 55-minute show trial before his execution. Even his own lawyer joined the prosecution. When you kill the rule of law, there's nothing left to protect you.

@irinamanta.bsky.social

Superb, informative, important piece that can help us identify effective means of resistance to peacefully topple our dictator-in-chief:

My debut with @theunpopulist.net - thanks to @shikhadalmia.bsky.social and @bernybelvedere.bsky.social, as well as @berinszoka.bsky.social!

FDA declines to review Moderna's mRNA flu shot Under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration has taken an aggressive stance against mRNA technology.

Sooo much health freedom!

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Federal Officer Accountability Act Petition Join 2,669 legal academics, law students, and organizations in condemning unlawful actions and demanding accountability.

Glad to be among the signatories of a letter of legal academics, law students, and organizations demanding accountability for federal officers. federalaccountabilitynow.org

Man arrested after killing 18-year-old woman he met on social media dating site, police say Detectives said that the two of them met through a social media dating site.

www.wtoc.com/2026/02/07/m...

US date rape survivors file lawsuit accusing Hinge and Tinder of ‘accommodating rapists’ Civil suit, citing the Dating App Reporting Project, argues that dating apps could kick off serial rapists but don’t

A case to follow if you haven’t been. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Match.com sent Jeffrey Epstein dating profiles of 18 women after he registered as sex offender, DOJ files show The email to the dating app user “jeeproject” contained information on multiple matches with women across the US, all of whom were aged 26 or under.

nypost.com/2026/02/05/u...

My article “Tinder Backgrounds” (forthcoming in the Georgia Law Review) is quoted/cited in a letter that @hassan.senate.gov and Sen Blackburn wrote to Match Group about their safety practices back in September. I wonder if they ever got a response. 🤔

www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cach...

I’m quoted, along with other scholars, in this recent Newsweek piece regarding denaturalization. www.newsweek.com/can-trump-re...

When can the U.S. government actually revoke citizenship? Podcast Episode · On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti · 12/10/2025 · 32m

It was great speaking on @npr.org today about denaturalization. I start around 16:30. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/o...

Also available here (12/10 episode): www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

When I post about RFK Jr. undermining vaccines, I’m noticing more and more comments saying things like “I am glad my state is part of a coalition that is not listening to him”.

That’s great, but I ask you to bear in mind the following:

1. Pathogens don’t care about lines on a map

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti Get ready for your aha moment: Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti pierces your news bubble to expose the whole story. Getting answers to the questions that need to be asked, examining our history ...

Tune in today (Wed) if you want to hear me talk about denaturalization on NPR 10-11am EST. I will likely begin speaking around 10:20am, but these things are always in flux. www.npr.org/podcasts/510...

Trump wants to revoke citizenship from some naturalized Americans: what to know President Trump on Sunday said that he would "absolutely" denaturalize certain Americans if he could.

My denaturalization research was mentioned in this @axios.com piece earlier this month. www.axios.com/2025/12/01/t...

Watched “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”. Now on to more light-hearted videos of Americans commenting on living in Japan.

What foods should you eat during flu season?

OMG!

Get your flu vaccine, wear a N95 in high risk situations and clean your air because food doesn’t protect you against a virus.

#🦠

Guest Chat: Beard with Kelly Foster Lundquist | Strangers on the Internet

Absolutely loved the chance to speak with @kfoslundquist.bsky.social about her recently-published book “Beard: A Memoir of a Marriage.” This latest podcast episode is available here, or by looking up “Strangers on the Internet” on any major platform: shows.acast.com/strangers-on...

Both my academic and law firm interviews were like that, though people generally sat at a table (and by that time it wasn’t usually all men)… still strange.

If women are underrepresented in STEM, it's at least partly because men like this offer mentoring, then embarrass themselves by assuming their mentees must be into them, then decide the best solution is to cut ties, which sends the signal to other faculty that the mentee must not be good enough.

Man digging a swimming pool in his garden in France discovers gold worth $800,000 The man informed the local authorities after he made the discovery, and they allowed him to keep the gold.

Property profs, rejoice!

Can the US government strip Mamdani of his citizenship? Some congressional Republicans have called to strip New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani of his U.S. citizenship. Legal experts said the arguments are flimsy.

This @politifact.bsky.social piece quotes @andrarobertson.bsky.social and me.

www.politifact.com/article/2025...

For years now, I've said our official health policy would eventually look like "The Secret," a book that literally advises everyone to wish away illness and abandon their friends who "don't want to get better."

We're pretty much there.

Map of Big Cities Health Coalition Highlighting: Austin, TX Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dallas, TX Denver, CO Detroit, MI El Paso, TX Fort Worth, TX Houston, TX Indianapolis, IN Kansas City, MO Las Vegas, NV Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Memphis, TN Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN New York City, NY Oakland, CA Oklahoma City, OK Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Seattle, WA Tucson, AZ Washington, DC

The Big Cities Health Coalition, which serves over 60 million or 1 in 5 people in the US, has issued a statement condemning the federal government's moves to limit vaccine access and spread disinformation. The cities are working together to ensure people get vaccinated.

'Love Is Blind' Is Entering Its Trad Wife Era If you've found it tough to watch, it may be that the cast's desire for "traditional" values reflects of our winnowing rights.

“There's nothing inherently wrong with aspiring to be a wife or a stay at home mom . . . . But what's alarming is the desire to cede power to men, returning to a lifestyle in which women were historically subjugated and repressed.”
www.teenvogue.com/story/love-i...

Honestly, the "everyone is 12" theory is probably overshooting the age estimate by 3 or 4 years.