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Factors of safety

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I love posts like this because this is my daily life at work. Constantly looking at safety factors. Some of my coworkers (non-engineers) hate that we insist on applying safety factors or respecting published limits because “we’ve done it this way for years and never had a problem” when the reality is they were just lucky.

I’ve done a lot with Below-the-Hook lifting devices and the standards there are very explicit. The biggest lift I’ve designed for is 438 tons. Lots of thick plate.

A large yellow crane is lifting a heavy steel load in a steel mill, surrounded by dark surroundings and faint smoke.
Image of a heavy-duty crane lifting a large load of metal bars, with a maximum capacity of 438 tons. The setting is a steel mill, with dim lighting and equipment visible in the background.
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@chrishuck It’s funny. For all the crane failures I’ve investigated over the years, very few have been for traveling bridge cranes. Maybe that’s because of people like you taking care of them.
@Chris Huck

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Rabbit says hi
An eastern cottontail rabbit, looking straight at the camera, one ear cocked a little to the side, head slightly tilted, one cheek slightly raised as if in the middle of chewing something (they were), and one paw pulled up off of the ground. Overall they look just slightly askew in an extremely charming way. Their fur is fluffy and plush, in brindled shades of cream, light tan, warm brown, and brown highlights so dark they look almost black. The rabbit blends in very well with the mottled brown forest and leaf litter around them.

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*Nice one with the retrofitted old phone that becomes a poetry recital device. #deadmedia #RaspberryPi #hack #deviceart #poetry

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#poetry #hack #raspberrypi #deadmedia #deviceart

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Nina🐀🌻WTAF America?
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The phone the people who made this imagine when they think of "a vintage old-fashioned phone" vs the phone I think of as "a vintage old-fashioned phone":
A bright orange plastic phone with push button numbers in a rectagulare pattern on a cream face. Phone receiver is also cream and orange.
A black Bakelite 1950 era phone with a rotary dial. The letters and numbers are on a ring outside of the dial. The phone is heavy enough to use as a weapon.

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🧪 February's most-read Biochemistry paper reconstructs the genome of #YerbaMate for the first time, teaching us about the convergent evolution of #caffeine: elifesciences.org/articles/104…

Have a paper people should see? See what our Editors look for: elifesciences.org/about/aims-s…

A person holding a traditional preparation of mate with crushed dried yerba mate leaves steeping in hot water in a cup made of a gourd and a specialised metal straw

Yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome provides new insights into convergent evolution of caffeine biosynthesis

DNA sequencing of the yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) genome reveals convergent genomic changes, biochemical pathways, mutations, and substrate-binding orientations responsible for caffeine biosynthesis when compared to coffee and tea plants.
Federico A Vignale (eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd)
#caffeine #yerbamate

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🧪 The 2025.4.0 Beta for Home Assistant is out now!

Want to test early, catch bugs, or just see what’s new? Join the beta testers this weekend!

It’s easy to get started:

👉 rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2025…

Also, come hang out in our #beta channel on Discord—great place, lovely peeps 💙

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #OpenSource

2025.4 Beta release notes

Beta release notes for Home Assistant 2025.4
Home Assistant
#OpenSource #beta #smarthome #homeassistant

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The Muppets - Lydia The Tattooed Lady - from The Muppet Show vinyl LP

The Muppet Show - PYE - NSPH19 - 1977 - Vinyl LP. Side 1 Track 9, Lydia The Tattooed Lady. http://uk.ebid.net/perl/main.cgi?mo=user-store&title=mystery-viny...
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Nice, but Groucho's version is still better IMO
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#MathMemes
A plot of a self permeating 2-dimensional manifold with the caption: my blanket, when I try to find the long side at 3 am.
#mathmemes

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Sketching new project. Inspired by the lilly of the valley plant, this will be a desk lamp. The green parts will be hand made from copper and then given a patina. The bells of the flower will be made of glass. The base marble and frosted glass that will backlight the marble.
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Here is a view of a real one. They apparently can have from 5 to 15 flowers on the stem.
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Tonight's Low Quality Ad is for Crest Deep Stain Remover Toothpaste, on sale for 24% off.
Consider this: Shrek has white teeth, and he lives in a swamp. So what's your excuse?
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A tube of Crest toothpaste.

Amazon.com: Crest 3DWhite Brilliance Deep Stain Remover Brilliant White Toothpaste - 3.1oz/2pk : Beauty & Personal Care

www.amazon.com
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Shrek used slug slime to brush his teeth and I just can't bring myself to use that...not even for whiter teeth. 🤮
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Elf by Asuka

Source: deviantart.com/asuka111/art/El…

#DnD #DungeonsAndDragons #ttrpg #character #characterart #art #digitalart

A digital portrait features an elf woman with red hair and golden eyes, set against a backdrop of trees and a light blue glow. The woman has pointed ears, a fair complexion, and is wearing a white dress with a ruffled collar. She looks over her shoulder towards the viewer. Her left hand rests on a brown tree branch. The background consists of a hazy purple and blue forest.

Elf by asuka111 on DeviantArt

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#ttrpg #DigitalArt #art #dnd #dungeonsAndDragons #character #characterart
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A federal judge here in NYC orders a halt to the termination of VOA staff pending further legal proceedings. whistleblower.org/wp-content/u…

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Hey YOU!

YES, YOU!

Tomorrow is when WE Takedown Swasticars!

Click the link below to Find Your Local spot!👇 #tesla #teslatakedown #resist #resistance #TeslaProtests

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Tesla Takedown | Take action at Tesla showrooms everywhere.

The stakes couldn’t be higher. No one is coming to save us—not politicians, not the media.
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#resist #Tesla #resistance #teslatakedown #teslaprotests

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screenshot of a console with a duckdb command that is selecting data from multiple parquet files in an s3 bucket across multiple folders. the resulting table has many rows with a timestamp, unique client ID, region, host it was querying, and the results provided by the DNS server that was queried.

GitHub - hachyderm/hachyboop: Boop hachyderm! 👉🐘

Boop hachyderm! 👉🐘. Contribute to hachyderm/hachyboop development by creating an account on GitHub.
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#mastodon #devops #dns #infrastructure #aws #sre #duckdb #hachyderm
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St. Maarten is a popular destination for cruise ships and snowbirds. It has fabulous white sand beaches (some are clothes optional) and unbelievably turquoise waters. What do you like best? backpackandsnorkel.com/St-Maar…

Travel Guide for a cruise to St. Maarten - St. Maarten Purple Travel Guide

This Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide (St. Maarten Purple Travel Guide) provides information about the best things to do on a cruise to St. Maarten and ensures that you will be Making Memorable Moments on a relaxing vacation in St. Maarten.
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides

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Friends: It works! CNC Unimat!!

#CNC #machining #lathe #unimat #linuxcnc

#cnc #machining #lathe #unimat #linuxcnc
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James against the machine
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Oh, oh, AND I plan to also make it work as as a mini CNC mill, and finally machine those “1-2-3 blocks but it’s mm instead of inches” 🤣

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My New!!!! Portable Computer....😜

With a whopping 64kb of Ram/Space.
Well 63kb now I've saved "Hello World!!" Memo Text😂

Old (Retro) Palmtop Computer with a Memo on screen saying Hello World!!
Old (Retro) Palmtop Computer with Lid Closed which is showing the Palmtop Logo and 64 KB of Ram text on the Lid.

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Univ of Minn student taken by ICE. mndaily.com/293237/top-s...

ICE detains UMN student


ICE detains UMN student

A University of Minnesota graduate student was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers Thursday night, according to a statement from University leadership. The international graduate student, who is...
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Pizza Time!
A barbecue chicken pizza.
Another barbecue chicken pizza.

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► FunHouseRadio.com
#meme #memes #rabbit #wildlife

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Novelty Records, Parodies, Weird Covers, Outsider Music, Oddities, Mashups, Comedy, Nonsense & Cringe.
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#meme #wildlife #rabbit #memes

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Nur für den Dienstgebrauch: das neue ZDF MAGAZIN ROYALE ist da!

👊👮🏻‍♂️🔥

Wer ist hier das Sicherheitsrisiko?

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Wer ist hier das Sicherheitsrisiko?

2021 floh die Bundeswehr aus Afghanistan. Gefährdeten Menschen wurde eine sichere Ausreise zugesagt. Dieses Programm soll jetzt beendet werden.
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Hi #Fediverse, ich suche Menschen die sich mit dem P8000 auskennen, ein alter Computer aus der DDR.
Wikipedia: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P8000

:BoostOK:
#fedipower
#p8000
#microcomputer
#8bit
#16bit
#u880
#u8001
#retro
#ddr
#ostrechner


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Autoren der Wikimedia-Projekte (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)
#fediverse #retro #8bit #ddr #fedipower #p8000 #microcomputer #16bit #u880 #u8001 #ostrechner
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Writing Sat 29 Mar Retro 51 Tornado and Diamine Raspberry Rose

Todays tools

Retro 51 Tornado <1.1> + Diamine Raspberry Rose

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#edc #fountainpen #fountainpens #penoftheday #dailypen #Retro51Tornado #Retro51 #Diamine #DiamineRaspberryRose

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Share your videos with friends, family, and the world
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#fountainpen #fountainpens #edc #penoftheday #dailypen #diamine #retro51tornado #retro51 #diamineraspberryrose

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A medievalist offers an appreciation of Pope Francis’ approach to history: embracing scholarship, and encouraging others to do the same – even as book bans and threats to academic freedom mount. buff.ly/2KjrrZi #religion

From censorship to curiosity: Pope Francis’ appreciation for the power of history and books

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.
The Conversation
#religion

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Kermit the Frog tapped as University of Maryland commencement speaker;
‘World’s most famous amphibian’ set to deliver address at Muppets creator Jim Henson’s alma mater in College Park
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

(Mad King Donald may shutter it, as it's clearly a DEI move. 😉)

#news #kermit #muppets #UniversityOfMaryland


Kermit the Frog tapped as University of Maryland commencement speaker

Ramon Antonio Vargas (The Guardian)
#news #muppets #universityofmaryland #kermit
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Saw this parked at a bike rack last week. LOL. #BikeTooter
Bicycle with a stuffed animal mounted and fancy rims. Animals is wearing I think an LA Kings Jersey.
#biketooter
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Submitted without comment. #HamRadio #antennas
An AliExpress listing for "1PCS Short Wave Antenna Ground Anchor..." The photo of the spike has the ground spike mid-ait and pointing up. Small light blue "radio signal" are emanating from the apparatus that it is attached to.
#hamradio #antennas

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Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/nx-s1-5343613/trump-executive-order-smithsonian-monuments?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-npr

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#tech #technology #shitpost #funny #dotnet #programmer #humor
#funny #technology #Humor #Tech #shitpost #programmer #dotnet
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The image is a four-panel meme featuring two individuals in a formal setting, likely an office or meeting room. The first panel shows a man labeled "BOSS" handing a document to another man labeled ".NET DEVELOPER." The second panel focuses on the ".NET DEVELOPER," who is holding the document and looking at it with a concerned expression. The third panel shows a close-up of the document with the text "CAN YOU DEVELOP .COM AND .ORG SITES TOO?" written on it. The fourth panel shows the ".NET DEVELOPER" looking at the camera with a puzzled expression. The background is consistent across all panels, featuring blue curtains and a patterned carpet. The meme humorously depicts a situation where a ".NET DEVELOPER" is asked to develop websites with different domain extensions, highlighting the specificity of their expertise.

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The incredible boring startup secuence of a wind turbine...jump to the 2minutes mark to enjoy the cool sound:

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Vestas V126 3,3 MW Start

Als erstes wird Maschinenhaus / Rotor in Windrichtung gedreht. Nach dem Piepen werden die Rotorblätter in den Wind gedreht. Dann beginnt der Start der Anlage.
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I was lucky to be on such a wind turbine for my job interview at Germany's third-largest wind power plant manufacturing company!

Job application interviews can be amazing!

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@das_menschy I am going to elect believing the interview had nothing to do with wind turbines and it was for something like a cubicle position somewhere else because it makes it 100 times funnier "we did the interview there just for fun"

Jokes apart, you have my complete and full envy.

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the interview was for an apprenticeship as electrician, who would also work at the top there.
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But it was an "excuse" interview, the company f*cked up the first job interview (accidentally sent me a rejection) and wanted to offer a reward / an excuse for that, so they offered me this. 😃
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@das_menschy PLEASE, please, someone photoshop toilet paper rolls in there, because the vortex generators* looks exactly like this:

I'll see myself out.
*I am assuming they are those, altough never seen that shape and could be completely wrong.

@das_menschy

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I'm surprised that so many people don't know this.
Coca-Cola and Pepsi are the exact same beverage.
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There are limits, even in comedy
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"it all depends on which side of the equator the water comes from" - the motion of the ocean

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St. Lucia's main tourist attractions are the Pitons, a drive-in volcano, Sulphur Springs, Botanical Gardens, Pigeon Island National Park, rain forests, and boat trips to several islands. What did you see there? backpackandsnorkel.com/St-Luci…

Travel Guide For A Cruise To St. Lucia - St. Lucia Purple Guide

Our Backpack and Snorkel St. Lucia Travel Guide provides the best things to see on a cruise to St. Lucia so that you can make memorable moments on a relaxing vacation in St. Lucia. The highlights of St.
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Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI
xAI buys X; deal values social network at $33 billion, $11B less than Musk paid.
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Elon Musk’s X has a new owner—Elon Musk’s xAI

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Automation of foreign election interference disinformation likely to proceed rapidly.

al-monitor.com/originals/2024/…

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Saudi Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding put $800M in Musk's xAI

Saudi Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding invests $800M in Musk's xAI and Musk set-up xAI London Ltd as he aligns with far-right Reform party.
Wendy Siegelman (NewsTRACS)

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Bravo! 😂👏🏼 comicsands.com/moskowitz-signa…

Moskowitz Trolls Signal Scandal With Stefon Meme: PHOTO

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Beware of going into strange, unfamiliar inns. You never know who the guests are!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #WildHunt @germany @folklore
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The Night Hunt near Wolfrathshausen: Near the pilgrimage church at the Meadow there is a small forest. Once a woman went on a pilgrimage to the Meadow and wanted to rest at an inn, as it was night. She saw many lights and there was plenty of food on the tables, but all guests were strange to her. Frightened, she exclaimed: “Jesus! Maria! Where am I?” Suddenly she sat high up on a fir tree, and there were horse droppings in front of her instead of food. She had encountered the Night Hunt. Source: Panzer, F. Bayerische Sagen und Bräuche. Beitrag zur deutschen Mythologie. Erster Band, 1848. p. 37.
#germany #folklore #folktale #wildhunt @folklore group @germany group

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🤔 "Flood Emergencey"
Bad spelling video from Fox Weather

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A broken mirror frame on clearance inspired me to make this bronze Gastly decoration. I look forward to hanging it up every October 🎃

The Gastly is made of styrofoam and EVA foam. I was scared of weathering it, but the blue patina washes came out fantastic, despite the heavy-handed dry brushing afterward.

Since I made Haunter and Gastly projects, naturally I should do something with Gengar. But inspiration hasn't struck quite yet.

#pokemon #MastoArt #mixedmedia #halloween

Hanging on a front door is a heavily-weathered bronze replica of Gastly, a ghost Pokemon. It's a simple ball with large ghoulish eyes and a creepy long tongue.
A circular gothic frame on a table with a large styrofoam half-sphere and ring.
A close-up of the project before it was painted. You can see the different colors of EVA foam used for Gastly's facial features.
The project painted bronze before weathering was added.
#MastoArt #pokemon #mixedmedia #halloween

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#beauty #nsfw #nude #love #lingerie #sex #explicit #lust

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Pluto’s ice mountains, frozen plains and layers of atmospheric haze backlit by a distant sun, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

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Thanks for this. Images like this fascinate me. The thought that they can shoot a camera with lots of vibration on launch then navigate it accurately and reliably to a fast moving rock zillions of miles away then take crystal-clear photos despite the low temperature and then get the photos safely back to earth boggles my mind.
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This is so insanely amazing. Such a distance and we can SEE this...

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👏🏻👠

Via Anna Bower:

A Skadden attorney resigned today, citing the firm’s decision to strike a deal with #Trump amid pressure campaign on law firms.

“[I]f my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them,” the former Skadden lawyer, Brenna Trout Frey, wrote on LinkedIn.

Brenna Trout Frey • 3rd+ Former Attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Mea... Skadden Resignation Today the executive partner of my former firm sent us all an "update" that attempted to convince some of the best minds in the legal profession that he did us a solid by capitulating to the Trump administration's demands for fealty and protection money. Fellow Skadden attorneys: If you agree with Jeremy London's position that the firm should not engage in "illegal DEl discrimination," should devote prestigious Skadden Fellows to the Trump administration's pet projects, and should help "politically disenfranchised groups who have not historically received legal representation from major national law firms," (taking into account the robust pro bono work that major national law firms already do), then by all means continue working there. But if that email struck you as a craven attempt to sacrifice the rule of law for self-preservation, I hope you do some soul-searching over the weekend and join me in sending a message that this is unacceptable (in whatever way you can). As one of my more eloquent former colleagues put it: "Do not pretend that what is happening is normal or excusable. It isn't." There is only one acceptable response from attorneys to the Trump administration's demands: The rule of law matters. The rule of law matters. As an attorney, if my employer cannot stand up for the rule of law, then I cannot ethically continue to work for them.
#trump

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