Nostr notes by Sheryl Weikal

I have a case right now where a child - a LITERAL CHILD - was ...

2026-05-19T15:04:46Z

I have a case right now where a child - a LITERAL CHILD - was segregated from the other children in their elementary school because the parents of the other children said they didn't feel safe around them.

You know the ONLY reason given? Because this child was Muslim.

The societal myth of a longstanding conflict between Jews and ...

2026-05-19T13:57:59Z

The societal myth of a longstanding conflict between Jews and Muslims is just that - a MYTH. They want you to believe Jews and Muslims have been fighting and hating each other nonstop for centuries. It's a way of whitewashing Christian history and manufacturing consent for Zionism.

It's probably bad that every hundred years or so in this ...

2026-05-18T17:01:57Z

It's probably bad that every hundred years or so in this country, the government decides to pay reparations to white supremacists, but reparations to Black and Indigenous people are consistently deemed a nonstarter or too hard.

Due process is the single most important right you have, because ...

2026-05-13T22:27:02Z

Due process is the single most important right you have, because it's the one that protects all the others.

No one has ever had their civil rights violated, their rights to life and liberty violated, without their right to due process being violated FIRST.

It's why protecting it is so important.

Last week, the Trump administration explicitly stated its ...

2026-05-12T14:03:34Z

Last week, the Trump administration explicitly stated its intention to "neutralize" - its word, not mine - US trans people.

Since then I can count on one hand the number of cis people who have even mentioned it. A whole bunch of cis people have talked about trans people demanding too much though.

Anyway it is an absolutely ahistorical, bonkers thing to put in a ...

2026-05-10T01:59:14Z

Anyway it is an absolutely ahistorical, bonkers thing to put in a government document that white Christians "are the most persecuted people on earth" and put as evidence for this the fact that trans people and Muslims exist.

White Christians genuinely believe that anyone who chooses not to ...

2026-05-10T01:59:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…ejad
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White Christians genuinely believe that anyone who chooses not to be Christian is oppressing them. They genuinely believe their religious liberty requires everyone to be just like them. They're like the Borg, but instead of "resistance is futile," it's "your resistance oppresses us."

I didn't choose to be trans. I just am. But here's the ...

2026-05-09T21:53:50Z

I didn't choose to be trans. I just am.

But here's the thing: whether or not being trans is innate is *completely irrelevant* because bodily autonomy is a human right. Abortion is a human right because everyone has the right to decide what to do with their own body. Same with gender affirming care.

Cis people: normalize introducing yourself with your pronouns. If ...

2026-05-09T16:14:20Z

Cis people: normalize introducing yourself with your pronouns.

If only trans and gnc people do it, we're outing ourselves. If we don't, we accept getting misgendered. And when cis people do it, it acclimates other cis people to the practice and makes it safer for trans and gnc people.

If we're to have any shot of getting out of this, I really ...

2026-05-08T20:57:21Z

If we're to have any shot of getting out of this, I really need my fellow white people to get past our apparently hardwired belief that something being illegal means it's impossible.

Because I keep having the same conversation over and over again.

Also, you know, it would be really great if people could stop ...

2026-05-08T02:29:41Z

Also, you know, it would be really great if people could stop saying I'm a self hating, bad, or fake Jew because I adhere to the evidently still controversial opinion that Palestinian people are no less human than I am, and deserve no fewer rights than I have.

It would really be swell.

I need people to stop treating genocides like a hierarchy. ...

2026-05-06T23:45:45Z

I need people to stop treating genocides like a hierarchy.

"We can't talk about Palestine because it hurts Democrats."
"We can't talk about trans people being genocided because Palestine."
"We can't talk about Black and Indigenous people because trans people."

LEARN TO MULTITASK. People are dying.

Apparently unpopular opinion: it is neither antisemitic nor ...

2026-05-06T14:37:17Z

Apparently unpopular opinion: it is neither antisemitic nor inappropriate to protest a synagogue hosting a sale of land in illegal West Bank settlements.

And what bothers me most is the number of people who oppose these protests but say Israel bombing a mosque is okay because Hamas was inside.

Stop asking ChatGPT for legal advice 🫠 ...

2026-05-02T20:29:06Z

Stop asking ChatGPT for legal advice 🫠

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/02/us/chatgpt-ai-privacy-crime

Really not loving the accelerating fascism ...

2026-05-01T22:51:06Z

Really not loving the accelerating fascism

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/well/abortion-drugs-mail-order.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260501&instance_id=174996&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=102624589&segment_id=219182&user_id=aecf66cf3b4d235c23c64bb5b9c92d18

This part of Alito's opinion is frankly terrifying. Note the ...

2026-04-29T15:10:23Z

This part of Alito's opinion is frankly terrifying. Note the language of "mere" disparate impact.

For the nonlawyers, "disparate impact" is the type of case you bring for housing or employment discrimination where the defendant does something discriminatory without an overt statement of intent.

Please stop asking AI for legal advice. I got yelled at today by ...

2026-04-28T18:14:09Z

Please stop asking AI for legal advice. I got yelled at today by a person who was convinced their GenAI was right and I was wrong on a legal issue bc "computers can't make mistakes."

Worse, the GenAI assured the person (wrongly) it is covered by the same attorney client privilege that lawyers are.

Periodic reminder that "the Jews" are not your enemy. ...

2026-04-28T13:36:12Z

Periodic reminder that "the Jews" are not your enemy. Yes, fuck Israel and fuck Zionism. But:

1. It's a lie that all Jews are Israeli citizens or are in the IDF;
2. Most of us don't know anyone in the Israeli government; and
3. There are shitty people in every community, and that includes ours.

I've gone back and forth about whether I should say anything ...

2026-04-27T22:57:06Z

I've gone back and forth about whether I should say anything about this, because I already get a lot of hate mail and death threats, but I feel like it's important given the moment we're in.

As many of you know, I started tae kwan do last autumn.

Tear gassing college students for opposing genocide is also ...

2026-04-27T17:31:54Z

Tear gassing college students for opposing genocide is also political violence, btw.

"We can't be too upset about Trump killing thousands of ...

2026-04-26T15:29:25Z

"We can't be too upset about Trump killing thousands of people because that might make people want to kill Trump."

- Literally all "respectability politics" people right now

You know what else is "political violence"? Every poor ...

2026-04-26T13:33:05Z

You know what else is "political violence"?

Every poor Black person sitting in a cage because they can't afford bail.

Every trans person forced into a men's prison so they can be sexually assaulted.

Every person who dies because they can't afford healthcare.

Every child who goes to bed hungry.

"There's no room in this country for political ...

2026-04-26T03:31:45Z

"There's no room in this country for political violence"

Unless it's ICE wielding the weapon, though, amirite? Then there's PLENTY of room. Or we're bombing Iranian schoolgirls and oil refineries. Then it's fine.

I want to thank Iowa State Rep. Ken Croken. He is risking his ...

2026-04-25T19:10:33Z

I want to thank Iowa State Rep. Ken Croken.

He is risking his office by consistently and loudly advocating for trans people in a state increasingly hostile to us and getting treated terribly for it.

If you are in his district, please consider supporting him.

I continue to believe that no two people have exactly the same ...

2026-04-23T00:33:08Z

I continue to believe that no two people have exactly the same gender identities so there are actually as many genders as there are people in the world.

(But I don't think people are ready for that conversation.)

Over the past few days, I've received some messages from ...

2026-04-22T18:47:02Z

Over the past few days, I've received some messages from people who think I'm being too positive about the trans experience. They think I should focus more on how much dysphoria sucks, or how much suffering there is and can be as a result of it.

Look, I get it. Dysphoria almost killed me. I GET IT.

"Trans children have such awful lives, isn't it better ...

2026-04-22T16:09:53Z

"Trans children have such awful lives, isn't it better for them to not suffer?"

Transness is actually really awesome. It's the transphobia that sucks. If everyone responded to trans kids coming out with "thanks for telling me, I love you" and being affirming, trans kids would have GREAT childhoods.

SPLC was indicted before anyone in the Epstein files. The purpose ...

2026-04-22T00:37:40Z

SPLC was indicted before anyone in the Epstein files.

The purpose of a system is what it does.

The legal system is, you know, a system.

This is what it does.

So far this year, I have gotten more calls from people who want ...

2026-04-20T11:49:32Z

So far this year, I have gotten more calls from people who want to sue for the right to marry an AI they're in love with than I have from people arrested for protesting, and I feel like that says a lot about the moment we're in right now. I don't know what it says exactly, but it says a lot.

Transphobia should be opposed simply because it's awful for ...

2026-04-18T02:29:39Z

Transphobia should be opposed simply because it's awful for trans people. But if you need another reason, the way Black and Brown cis women are dehumanized and demeaned by transphobes is absolutely vile.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-pitt-supriya-ganesh-pronouns-gender-dysphoria_n_69e12bb1e4b09c81bf16c48a?origin=home-zone-c-unit

But the AI death threats are just bizarre. You're threatening ...

2026-04-17T15:05:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…wkq2
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But the AI death threats are just bizarre. You're threatening to kill me because I don't use your shitty plagiarism machine? Really? You're calling me a "psychopath who deserves to suffer" because I said AI is a bad lawyer?

You need to relax, folks. Your AI friend has no feelings for me to hurt.

I get a lot of death threats. Comes with the territory, I ...

2026-04-17T15:05:46Z

I get a lot of death threats. Comes with the territory, I suppose, though it's still amazing to me that people take the time to tell a random sliding scale lawyer they're going to kill me. Usually it's because I'm trans, or antizionist, or because I'm Jewish, or because Mercy is Black.

Please I beg you On my hands and knees, I beg you STOP. USING. ...

2026-04-16T22:11:01Z

Please

I beg you

On my hands and knees, I beg you

STOP. USING. GENERATIVE. AI. TO. ANSWER. LEGAL. QUESTIONS. OR. GET. LEGAL. ADVICE.

I oppose capitalism because I believe a system based on ...

2026-04-16T16:53:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…kada
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I oppose capitalism because I believe a system based on extractivist racism is irredeemable and unreformable. As long as capitalism exists, there must be a lower caste to exploit. I don't believe that a system which requires exploitation deserves to exist. So my anticapitalism is based on people.

And the same goes for leftists. I've known leftists who are ...

2026-04-16T16:53:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…fper
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And the same goes for leftists. I've known leftists who are genuinely the best people in my life, who are antiracist, anti-imperialist, and anti-capitalist because social justice is who they are. And I've known class reductionists who say that fighting racism and transphobia are liberal idpol.

For the many people who ask what the difference is between ...

2026-04-16T16:53:54Z

For the many people who ask what the difference is between liberals and leftists (because there definitely is a difference):

Liberals support reforming or regulating capitalism. Leftists support abolishing it.

That's really it.

And the reason I think that's important is that neither makes ...

2026-04-16T16:53:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…ppg9
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And the reason I think that's important is that neither makes you automatically a good person. I have known liberals with praxis that puts leftists to shame. I've known liberals who cheer for imperialism because they just love team blue and hate people of the Global Majority.

This crystallizes so perfectly the mythos that defines the state ...

2026-04-16T15:27:33Z

This crystallizes so perfectly the mythos that defines the state at the center of Zionism. The idea that Israel is a savior for Diaspora Jews who never fought persecution but just meekly let things happen to them is offensive, insulting, and ahistorical - and yet accepted as fact by Zionists.

One thing I'm seeing more on social media is some variation ...

2026-04-16T14:10:00Z

One thing I'm seeing more on social media is some variation of "Israel supports gender affirming care ergo we shouldn't" and (a) Israel is not, in fact, friendly to queer and trans people, (b) queer and trans people exist in every population on earth, and (c) the world is not binary like that.

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis ...

2026-04-15T02:24:09Z

One thing I'm seeing proposed more and more as a prophylaxis against another Trump is to ban felons from holding public office.

And this might be an unpopular opinion, but I *hate* that plan.

Here's why.

But I don't understand that concern at all. I'd rather ...

2026-04-13T22:00:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…4evd
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But I don't understand that concern at all.

I'd rather represent ten people for free, only seven of whom actually needed me, than represent no one for free and seven people don't get lawyers at all.

One of the questions I get most often is how I can operate a ...

2026-04-13T22:00:38Z

One of the questions I get most often is how I can operate a name-your-own-price law practice without having a staff to means test my clients. What if I represent someone who doesn't really need a free lawyer? Isn't it better to charge everyone hourly so that doesn't happen?

In which the Jerusalem Post says that it's okay Viktor Orban ...

2026-04-13T21:24:20Z

In which the Jerusalem Post says that it's okay Viktor Orban was a dictator who used antisemitism against George Soros because after all Soros wasn't as Zionist as Orban was and that's all that matters

Apparently if social media existed during the Shoah, what most ...

2026-04-13T01:48:17Z

Apparently if social media existed during the Shoah, what most people would be doing is calling Jews scammers and annoying, saying the Nazis have a point about trans and Romani people, ignoring disabled people entirely, and citing Henry Ford's The International Jew as a legitimate source.

HOLY SHIT ORBAN LOST GOOD RIDDANCE ASSHOLE

2026-04-12T19:23:03Z

HOLY SHIT ORBAN LOST

GOOD RIDDANCE ASSHOLE

Ngl, the "you can't be a real lawyer" and "your ...

2026-04-12T17:52:11Z

Ngl, the "you can't be a real lawyer" and "your only activism is posting" posts are annoying.

I'm posting under my own name. My bar admission is public record, as are my cases. None of it is particularly difficult to find. You can confirm most of my background and case history in an afternoon.

I also had a client who an ASA accused of making a false police ...

2026-04-11T23:27:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…9vwk
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I also had a client who an ASA accused of making a false police report because she was assaulted by a white man, accurately described him, and was told white men don't assault people the way Black men do.

No, she wasn't charged with anything. Again, not the fucking point.

I once represented a woman charged with obstruction and resisting ...

2026-04-11T23:27:11Z

I once represented a woman charged with obstruction and resisting because she slapped the hand of the officer groping her genitals. The ASA said she should have complied and sued the officer later.

Yes, we won. That's not the fucking point.

Anyway I hope everyone is saving some of this energy from ...

2026-04-11T18:51:30Z

Anyway I hope everyone is saving some of this energy from demanding due process for Eric Swalwell to demand due process for the several hundred thousand people in jails in the United States because they can't afford bail for their nonviolent crime charges despite never being convicted of anything.

Istfg there is not a single defense of this genocide that's ...

2026-04-11T16:08:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…yuqj
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Istfg there is not a single defense of this genocide that's in good faith. Not one. The idea that there might be queer and trans Palestinians being murdered by Israeli bombs just never occurs to people.

Someone using the "Chickens for KFC" line asked me why I ...

2026-04-11T16:08:35Z

Someone using the "Chickens for KFC" line asked me why I went no contact with my racist, transphobic parents but support Palestine, and I'll tell you what, when they start genociding western Maryland I'll raise money for them too, hope this helps.

Trans people: it's unfair for us to be excluded from public ...

2026-04-10T20:04:31Z

Trans people: it's unfair for us to be excluded from public places based on hypothetical harm we've never done

Everyone: No it isn't

Israel: it's unfair for us to not be allowed to do genocide no matter how much real harm is done because other countries do genocide too

Everyone: sounds good to us

The fact that some people seem to think Palestinians should say ...

2026-04-10T19:54:30Z

The fact that some people seem to think Palestinians should say "It is an honor to be forcibly removed from our homes or even die for the self determination of the Jewish people" and then grin ear to ear as it happens is just so dystopian to me.

This is where Jewish media not just fails, but becomes outright ...

2026-04-09T21:18:22Z

This is where Jewish media not just fails, but becomes outright complicit in genocide. Failure requires an attempt that falls short. This doesn't even TRY.

No, Israeli brutality as part of the Occupation is not an understandable response to acts committed in response to THAT SAME OCCUPATION.

You want to know what bothers me? When my clients who are ...

2026-04-09T18:43:09Z

You want to know what bothers me?

When my clients who are arrested for protesting fascism apologize to ME that I have to defend them or are convinced they must have done something wrong.

Actually, you know who should apologize? THE FUCKING FASCISTS.