Kathryn Tewson @KathrynTewson Twitter profile

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Kathryn Tewson

2 months

Vic Mignogna has lost. Vic Mignogna has paid. But Vic Mignogna, I regret to inform you, is back on his bullshit, reminding his fans who he wants them to blame for his fall from grace. Why? Because Vic Mignogna cannot let it go.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

You can’t overdose on fentanyl just by touching something that contains fentanyl, obviously. But let’s break this tweet down, because it’s a pretty great demonstration of how to lie with the truth.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Good afternoon! I'm taking a moment to highlight a win we got yesterday on behalf of @Bungie , who sprang into action to ensure the safety of an employee who was targeted for racist harassment and threats last year.

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Kathryn Tewson

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2 years

Under ordinary conversation rules, it would be safe to infer all those things from the posted tweet. But ordinary conversation rules presume that the speaker is acting in good faith, and given that it’s impossible to OD on fentanyl from casual skin exposure? Nah, fam.

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Kathryn Tewson

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2 years

This is an extraordinarily effective rhetorical technique, btw. A person is more likely to believe something that they come up with themselves than something they were told. Letting the reader supply all the inferences that lead to a presumption of causation enhances the message.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

This may be the most appalling attorney misconduct I’ve ever heard of.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

TexasDPS makes a number of fact statements in this tweet. (A fact statement, btw, is not “something that is true;” it’s “something that can be proved true or false.” If I say “the atomic number of cobalt is 4,” that’s a fact statement despite being obviously false.)

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

…was transported to the hospital FOR FURTHER NECESSARY TREATMENT, and that THE SUBSTANCE HE WAS EXPOSED TO was FOUND to contain SUFFICIENT fentanyl TO CAUSE HIS SYMPTOMS. But none of the facts in capital letters are actually present in the statement.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Would this be pointlessly nitpicky in an ordinary conversation? Yes, clearly. Don’t treat friends and family this way, it’s dickish. But public statements in support of a clearly counterfactual agenda? The nitpicking isn’t just pointed, it’s essential.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

4. “Special Agents were able to locate a substance in a container that tested + for fentanyl.” Did the substance test positive, or did the container? Was the substance that tested positive the substance the trooper was exposed to? Is the test a reliable one? How much fentanyl?

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@KathrynTewson

2 years

1. “One of our Troopers became ill after being exposed to a substance while conducting a vehicle search in Bexar County.” No specifics about how the trooper was affected, what the method of exposure was, or how much time elapsed between search and illness. Could have been years!

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

For that matter, was this container even present in the car that the trooper was searching? @TexasDPS1 has presented a series of facts in an order that suggests causation.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

2. “EMS administered NARCAN,” No information is given as to what effect the NARCAN had or why it was given. Just that it was administered.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

3. “and the Trooper was transported to a hospital.” No information is given about the trooper’s condition upon being transported to the hospital, whether he was admitted to the hospital, whether he required further treatment, or even how he was transported.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Parsing these fact statements by ordinary rules of conversation would lead one to believe that the trooper CAME INTO CONTACT with the substance, became ill WITH SYMPTOMS OF OPIATE OVERDOSE SHORTLY THEREAFTER, was administered narcan AND THEN STABILIZED …

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

Alice isn’t asking for a windfall. She’s asking for the courts to enjoin her coerced and illegal settlement agreement, to refer Habba for bar discipline, and to order Habba to cover her attorney fees.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

But here, @TexasDPS1 is in possession of all the facts. They chose what to say and what not to say. And the facts they chose to publish do not, without more, support the conclusion they clearly imply.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Despite my parenthetical caveat, I suspect that all the facts in @TexasDPS1 ’s tweet are probably true. But what are they really saying? Do these facts actually support the conclusion that the tweet is clearly implying?

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Maybe the trooper searched a vehicle last February, got COVID in July, had a paramedic buddy give him narcan in August to see what it was like and then caught a ride to the hospital last week to visit his sister in the hospital.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Or, if character limits were an issue, they could have linked to a web page that set out the facts in more detail. But they didn’t. And that choice? That is ALSO a fact from which the reader can draw inferences.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

I am disgusted.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Remember: just because two things are next to each other doesn't mean that positioning is semantically meaningful!

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

@TexasDPS1 has all the facts. They could have said “one of our troopers showed signs of an opiate overdose after coming into contact with a substance during a vehicle search. Narcan was administered on scene, and the trooper tested positive for opiate exposure at the hospital.”

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Maybe the special agents found old coffee in a cup in a completely different car and the outside of the cup gave a presumptive positive for fentanyl via a test with a 30% false positive rate. And maybe not! But @TexasDPS1 ’s tweet would be just as true if that was the story.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

And when I say illegal, I mean SUPER ILLEGAL.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Oh. Because that is a Sirchie 10 drug test showing a presumptive positive for oxycodone. Not fentanyl.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

A play in three acts

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

So, yeah. There is absolutely nothing to suggest that these photographs are related to the story at all, and some pretty solid evidence suggesting that they're NOT related.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

Of course, this was because Habba wasn’t working for Alice at all. She was working for Trump, protecting his reputation by illegally coercing Alice into silence.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

This is objectively nonsense.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

I don’t even have it in me to snark. The plaintiff, Alice Bianco, was employed at the Trump National Gold Club as a server when her boss began sexually harassing her.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Comer didn't show the same enthusiasm for showing up to argue his case as he did for causing the intial harm, lol. Yesterday the Court granted our motion for default judgment, making him liable for the nearly $500K Bungie accrued in investigation, protection, and legal costs.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Like. OUTRAGEOUSLY blurry. Could @TxDPS not operate the focus setting on their camera? Why would they intentionally choose a picture this blurry?

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

After working with MANY outstanding professionals to identify the culprit, a racist shitstain of a human being named Jesse James Comer, we filed a complaint in King County Superior Court to hold him liable for the damages Bungie suffered due to his sociopathic conduct.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

2. Inhalation. I have to say, I find it hard to believe that someone could inhale a water bottle, no matter how hard they tried. 3. Ingestion. This would suggest that the cops are in the habit of just opening opaque containers in search cars and drinking whatever's inside.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

And then, having gotten what she needed to get from her, Habba ghosted Alice, leaving her with unread text messages and an unexpected tax bill.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

I would respectfully submit that if the cops are doing that, the force has greater concerns than incidental fentanyl exposure. so, seems doubtful, frankly. So let's look at that other picture, which is . . . outrageously blurry.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Mind you, they don't SAY that. They just present these pictures next to their text and let you make the inference.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

Habba lied to Alice, manipulating her into signing an NDA and pressuring her to drop her claim.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

No, we understand that. That's why everyone's so horrified.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Hat tip to @lukeweston for calling it.

Luke Weston

@lukeweston

2 years

@KathrynTewson The picture of the presumptive test appears to be (although the photo is bad) a Nark II #10 reagent test (“special opiates reagent”) where the yellow colour indicates a presumptive positive for oxycodone.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

Enter Alina Habba, Esquire, who worked her way into Alice’s confidence.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Second, we got -- as a CONCLUSION OF LAW -- that when an employee is harassed *by reason of their employment,* that harassment damages the employer as well, and the employer can enforce the recovery of those damages in civil court.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

Area Cartoonist Dismayed to Learn that Public Statements Can Be Perceived by Members of the Public

The Washington Post

@washingtonpost

1 year

“Dilbert” creator says his reputation is ‘destroyed’ after racist rant

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

Well, if it was, how would the trooper have gotten exposed? Let's go through the possibilities. 1. Touch. By picking up the water bottle, I guess? but cops wear gloves when doing a search, for obvious reasons. Other people's cars are gross, and you must mind your fingerprints.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

She told her it was tax free, and advised her that it would be a bad idea to tell anyone what had happened. She did not give Alice a copy of the agreement.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

There are two pictures attached to the tweet right? @TxDPS (I tagged the wrong people before) clearly want you to believe that this is what was found positive for fent.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

Habba drafted a severance agreement for Alice to sign and told her it was a great deal.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

After learning that she wasn’t the only one, Alice joined in a complaint to management, and then hired an attorney.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Why is this a brag-worthy win? Well, because the law moves slowly, frankly; much more slowly then either technology or culture. With this win, we helped to close that gap in some significant ways.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

So what are these pictures? Well, the first is a red metal water bottle that apparently weighs just over 700 grams. Does it make sense for this to be our Fentanyl Object?

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Well hi everyone! My previous tweets about the harassment lawsuit we won (on default) for @Bungie got a liiiiittle bit more attention than I expected. I realize this particular suit didn't get a lot of attention as it was going on, so I thought I'd give y'all the nickel tour.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

For example, we got an official judicial recognition of the threat and harm posed by the well-documented pattern of escalating harassment that can culminate in tragedy via swatting and other real-world violence.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

By recognizing a new tort based on the Washington criminal statutes outlawing cyber and telephone harassment, the Court has created a path for those with the resources to identify stochastic terrorists and hold them accountable to do exactly that and recover their costs in court.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Y'all, I love my fucking job.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

4 years

@shaunking @maddow Shaun, at which time stamp does @maddow say that “multiple senior officials within the Democratic Party are interfering with the primaries to stop @BernieSanders ”?

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

We also got a ruling that doxing and harassing an employee with unwanted deliveries by reason of their employment is an unfair trade practice that affects the public interest -- which puts this conduct within the ambit of Washington's Consumer Protection Act.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

4 months

Vic Mignogna has agreed to pay Monica Rial and Ron Toye $376,592.93 in fees, costs, and interest to settle his outstanding obligations to them under the November 25, 2019 Final Fee and Sanctions Order in Mignogna v. Funimation, et al.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

You can read that order here. (Yes, it says Proposed. It's the final order nonetheless -- it's signed.)

1-1-BUNGIE - COMER - Default Judgment and Order_Signed.pdf

drive.google.com

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

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(And, in those last two paragraphs, the Court also found that Washington employers have the duty to protect employees from reasonably foreseeable harm even when employees are working from home, and that protecting their ability to do so is in the public interest.)

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Kathryn Tewson

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1 year

I've been going in pretty hard on @DoNotPay and @jbrowder1 for the past couple of days, and I've had a lot of people defending the service, saying that it could be a real boon to those who can't otherwise afford legal aid.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

But the really exciting news comes in at the end. In addition to finding that Washington employers can recover for damages for harassment of their employees under standard torts like nuisance and invasion of privacy, the Court also held that it would recognize A NEW TORT.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

This one was a really emotional win, y'all. I cried when the order came in. Big ups to @chadcmulligan who drafted the bulk of the motion, @OGoobermunch who polished it off, @questauthority who beat his forehead against tort theory until a work of genius popped out. . .

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Kathryn Tewson

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1 year

To whomever tried to report me for tweeting that @jk_rowling is a Nazi, or at least has views that align with them: ya burnt.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

And as a reminder: no matter how absolutely abortion is banned, it will never be unavailable to the powerful. No Senator’s wife, Governor’s daughter, or SEC quarterback’s girlfriend will be forced to give birth to a child her husband, father, or boyfriend does not want.

Elie Mystal

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2 years

Here's the holding: "The Constitution does not confer a right to abortion; Roe and Casey are overruled; and the authority to regulate abortion is returned to the people and their elected representatives. "

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Kathryn Tewson

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1 year

The biggest of oofs

Dan (BlueSky: izzos.us)

@Eodyne1

1 year

Well...this is...entirely expected

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

OK, I didn't even get to the pictures, but!

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

A tale of fucking around, finding out, and why ethical review is important even if the researcher thinks it isn’t. Come with me on a journey.

Rob Morris

@RobertRMorris

1 year

UPDATE: Looks like there was some large misperceptions about what we did. Some clarifications are here:

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Kathryn Tewson

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2 years

You know what, fuck it, I'll just say it: I graduated from my paralegal program with a 4.0 GPA. Just found out.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

@calebparke I would simply not steal classified documents.

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@KathrynTewson

1 year

Area Man Angry About Existence of Fiction

The Storyteller

@Odyne_LaFee

1 year

Keanu Reeves would totally shit himself if anyone actually tried to kill him, let alone thousands of evil hit men He's just a makeup wearing salesman. And what he's selling are lies. Violence isn't sexy. Death isn't easy. And karma won't get you. Keanu... try selling truth.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

LOL

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

@YosemiteForest Sure are.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

OK, this one's almost too petty to mention, but lbr that never stopped me. Josh, do you actually have a degree from Stanford?

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

. . . and especially to @dmschmeyer , with whom I shared many, many long and late phone calls turning the facts of this case over and over and over until we found the ways they fit together to serve the ends of justice.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

2 years

@ScorpioRoze @ksatnews I'm guessing because the true story is worse than you can possibly imagine.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

And of course, none of it would have been possible if it weren't for @legalminimum and @BungieDgc , who called us for it in the first place, and @AkivaMCohen , who answered that call without hesitation.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

Of all the weird-ass phenomena on this here bird site, one of the very weirdest to me is when people think they can have an extremely public conversation involving dozens of people while being entitled to have everyone else in the world remain utterly silent about it.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

Update: I have been in contact with RIP Medical Debt, and they have confirmed that the donation with the receipt number on the receipt Josh provided was made yesterday, January 29th, at 12:36 AM EST. (I am in PST which is why my timestamp says Jan. 28th at 9:53 PM.)

Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

I have no reason to believe that Josh faked his donation to RIP Medical Debt. But based on this? I don't think he did it on December 2, 2022.

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Kathryn Tewson

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1 year

You know we should have realized that full self driving was not a thing when CAPTCHA technology is based around the notion that robots can’t recognize crosswalks, traffic lights, buses, or bicycles

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

11 months

Also, my gratitude to (and a shared snarl of victory with) Allison Nixon, Steven Guris, and the rest of their terrifyingly elite colleagues at @unit221b . You want to read Allison's expert declaration in this case for SURE, if for the screenshots alone!

42 Declaration of Allison Nixon.pdf

drive.google.com

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

4 years

This seems like it would be against some sort of amendment

🍉 Black 🇭🇹 Aziz 🇳🇬 aNANsi 🍉

@Freeyourmindkid

4 years

I was just sent audio of the Principal of North Paulding High School announcing that there will be "consequences" for anyone who posts video or audio of the school which depicts the school in a negative light. #NorthPauldingHighSchool

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

New list of slurs: Brunette Heterozygous Farsighted Right-handed Displeased Commuter Monoglot Single-jointed

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

See, was that so hard? Good job, Josh.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

4 years

Donald Trump has whined, tantrummed, and pandered, Attacked, defamed, sulked, sneered, and slandered. But the courts just keep yeeting His suits for not meeting The heightened 9(b) pleading standard.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

You literally sued the people who sign your paychecks, friend.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

And just to be CRYSTAL clear: Yes, I am saying that Joshua Browder, @jbrowder1 , the CEO of @donotpay , fraudulently altered the donation date on the receipt for his donation to @RIPMedicalDebt to make it look like he made that donation on 12/2/2022 instead of 1/29/2023.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

Well, it's been a couple of days, and a lot of you may be wondering if I've said all there is to say about Joshua Browder ( @jbrowder1 ) and @donotpay , and if not, what the heck I was waiting for. The answer to the first question is "Hell naw."

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

There's . . . nothing particularly dangerous about citing a fictitious case in court? Have you been drinking bleach?

Randy Watson

@randolphkwatson

1 year

@Chazman1189 @KathrynTewson @Amyrhymeswith @Wolfof53rdSt @notSFMuni @LuisRoman26 @s_carchidi @PromoteJunkie There’s nothing particularly dangerous about that mate. You have to be blinded by personal biases to say that. What’s your angle? Lawyer? This dishonest fearmongering is 100% fueled by the greed of those who benefit from our bloated legal cost structure.

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Kathryn Tewson

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1 year

@questauthority did you see the "cases"? you have GOT to see the cases

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

8 months

Today’s dopamine: watching Trump fans learn about civil procedure in real time

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

3 years

The conditions he describes are sickening, and I have zero doubt that his descriptions are accurate. Why? Because this is how bad conditions are for incarcerated people in the US, everywhere, and have been for years.

Liberty’sLastStand

@BeeLeeLiberty

3 years

Dear fellow Americans: I never thought I'd write a letter like this, but we’re living in very different times. This is my cry for help. My name is Nathan DeGrave, and as a non violent participant at the Jan 6th rally, I’ve spent the last 9 months detained

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

This sort of thing is why I harp on, well, this sort of thing.

emily wilder

@vv1lder

1 year

this is very very bad

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1 year

@kevinrsours i'm so sorry, I don't understand the question

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

6 months

@clarkthehammer That’s what Bianca is asking for.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

@MosesFridman I agree, if you change the words he used to different ones, the statement does in fact read differently.

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

3 years

Gohmert’s case dismissed, apparently!

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Kathryn Tewson

@KathrynTewson

1 year

JOSHUA ELIZABETH BROWDER YOU CANCEL SASHA'S ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW DO YOU HEAR ME

Sasha Perigo

@sashaperigo

1 year

A customer service rep from @donotpay assured me via email that my account with them had been cancelled in July 2022. Turns out? Not so much. I’ve been charged every month since.