MiroKai

A lot of my friends are federal employees. A few of my friends are federal prosecutors. One of my friends prosecuted January 6th cases.

My group text with my friends from law school is a very bleak place right now. I am sad and angry and scared.

But I don’t intend to change anything about my tumblr. I know a lot of you, like me, come to tumblr for a break from The Horrors. And we come to look at pretty pictures and laugh at shitposts and talk about our blorbos. And then we put down our phones or close the browser tab and go out and do what we can in this rapidly deteriorating hellscape.

I found the beginning of the most recent episode of Vibe Check to have some useful perspective. The hosts were talking about how your outrage has value and how the current president is an outrage-machine who is banking on us burning out to diminish resistance. I recommend this podcast in general but this episode in particular.

So that’s what I’m doing. My blog will continue to not have politics or news on it. It’s not because I’m not following or because I don’t care. I am and I do. I’m just not doing that on tumblr. I have asks open, at least for now, and DMs are always open. You’re welcome to stop by and say hi.

Chin up friends. My blog will be here when you need a break.

One of my project manager colleagues was setting up a meeting between our client and a regulatory body. The regulator wanted to be absolutely certain that we understood that they were not bringing lawyers to the meeting so it was their expectation that no one else would bring lawyers. Fine with us, I’m sending one of my non-lawyer employees. But my colleague reaches out to the client to make sure they know not to bring lawyers. The response?