Lapsed historian, current lawyer.
Graduate of (chronologically) Montclair High School, Rutgers University, Kyoto University, Cardozo School of Law.
Usually in Brooklyn or Tokyo these days.
Lived in Kyoto for many years, and Taipei for one.
Fan of games, books, cameras, vintage tech, distinctive bars, slow travel.
Going through the L. Jean Carroll docket, I came across this bit from the SDNY jury instructions where the foreperson has to "clutch the envelope [with the completed verdict form] to your heart" when returning it to the courtroom.
(Both sides included the same language in their proposed instructions.)
WHAT—
"According to Sotherby’s press release, the full-sized mahogany coffin with elaborate inlay is rumoured to house the ‘remains of the young Italian lover and secretary of the Countess of Rosslyn.’"
https://burialsandbeyond.com/2023/05/07/the-rocky-horror-coffin-clock/
NYC Schools Handcuff and Haul Away Kids in Emotional Crisis
https://www.propublica.org/article/nyc-schools-students-police-emotional-crisis-nypd
Despite a pledge to stop relying on police to deal with students who have mental health episodes, New York City schools have continued to call 911 on kids in distress thousands of times a year, an investigation by THE CITY and ProPublica found.
This week my podcast is recorded in #Leicester 😀 Come for a stroll through Evington Park with me: https://freshairproduction.co.uk/podcast/stopping-to-notice/
#EvingtonPark #leicester #eastMidlands #midlands #cityParks
#stoppingtonotice #podcast #newPodcast #binaural #binauralRecording #binauralPodcast #3Dsound #walks #walking
The #MTA is off twitter! If you live in NYC or use the service
(including metroNorth, CT friends!)
Please contact the MTA and let them know they would be more than welcome on the fediverse. They could probably have their own instance "@mta.info" just the way it ought to be.
I hope they come here. #nyc #transit #metronorth #lirr
I have been recording a series of little 5 minute podcasts and this week I'm walking along the River Lea: https://freshairproduction.co.uk/podcast/stopping-to-notice/
Recorded in 3D sound, so listen in headphones if you can 😊
#StopToSmellTheFlowers #LifeInTheSlowLane #podcast #NewPodcast #5MinPodcast #StopAndSmellTheRoses #binaural #BinauralPodcast #BinauralAudio #3DSound #walks #walking #RiverLea
"I have to say, though, Americans and Chinese remind me of Israelis and Palestinians in one respect: They are both expert at aggravating the other’s deepest insecurities."
Actually, no, you do not have to say that.
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