Palm Tree, Palm Tree, Palm Tree

It's fine. I'm fine. We're fine.

[palmtreepalmtree]

Heading off to an immigration lawyers conference tomorrow. Happy to be with my colleagues, but anticipating a pretty tough vibe.

[palmtreepalmtree]

I just scored a big win for one of my important clients and now I'm too hype to sleep.

[palmtreepalmtree]

I made a typo in an email accidentally saying that a visa will expire in 3037 instead of 2027 and the client very seriously corrected me on it and I'm still mad about it. Like obviously I know your visa is not expiring in a one-thousand-and-one years! YEESH.

[palmtreepalmtree]

Let FISA die.

[palmtreepalmtree]

In the parking lot at work this morning, this cat yelled at me for like 5 solid minutes while we stared each other down.

[harbinger-of-silly]

All gays will go to hellsite

[king-of-oreo]

What if in hellsite but not gay

[punky-beaver-offical]

[king-of-oreo]

NO!

[avhira]

[hellsitegenetics]

String identified: A ga g t t at t t t ga T tag g a Ag agag Acctac ! T tag g a Ag agag Acctac

Closest match: Psylliodes chrysocephala genome assembly, chromosome: 4 Common name: Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle

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[graveexcitement]

[kebbopulos]

[palmtreepalmtree]

I didn't love the Hacks finale. I know what they what they were going for, and I know why they wrote what they wrote, and I know that objectively it was well written and executed. But you know what? I just want to feel good at the end of a show.

[palmtreepalmtree]

I'm desperate to talk about this bad episode of bad TV I watched recently but work is keeping me from leaving the office and I know I'm gonna be so tired when I get home I'm just gonna lay there but this post is so epic in my head omg.

[texnessa]

Watch the fuck out of this of the day.

[90s-kid-sad-adult]

lie to me

[palmtreepalmtree]

A lot of people I talk to keep trying to get me to adopt AI to save time in my work. I've looked into it and spoken extensively with my partner, and even setting aside my personal concerns, AI really just won't meaningfully save me time.

But you know what would save me time? If everyone else would stop using AI in their work. That way, I would not have to fix every document sent to me that was obviously, painfully drafted by AI to make it sound like a human person wrote it. I wouldn't have to respond to people who "did research" on chatgpt before they got on the call with me, forcing me to explain in greater detail, why they are wrong. I wouldn't have to respond to emails with a list of 20 questions written by AI instead of a person who actually thought about what they wanted to ask me.

My job is legitimately harder right now.

[palmtreepalmtree]

It is 6:30pm on Friday night. I have 8 things on my to-do list that must be done before I leave today. I seriously just want to go home. Please send help.

[palmtreepalmtree]

I have been lawyering my ass off today and my brain is so fried and I am losing my voice from talking on the phone without having a cup of water right next to me. I have so much to do. Can someone airlift me an additional assistant. Pls. Thx.

[palmtreepalmtree]

WHO CAST WIDOW'S BAY!? I WANT TO KISS THEM ON THE MOUTH!

[palmtreepalmtree]

Went to the Huntington just to stretch my legs and try to wipe the slate clean after a tough week. I also wanted to see this installation piece from Betye Saar again. It was definitely something to sit with it again. Photos don't do it justice.

Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight:

[heyyoufriendthere]

This new fish species is called Snuffleupagus. You can probably guess why | CBC Radio

S. snuffleupagus, a newly described species of fish, is named after the beloved Sesame Street character, Mr. Snuffleupagus, to which it bear

SNUFFLEUPAGUS REAL

[brightnessrandom]

Fantastic article!! The guys looking for it were fish researchers who saw it one time, knew instantly it was an undescribed species, and then tried for nearly 20 years to find and document it!

It's a type of ghost pipefish, related to seahorses, and it floats around coral reefs looking like a piece of algae and hunting unsuspecting prey

They are, of course, named after Snuffleufagus from Sesame Street!

Later on it the project, they got citizen science involved, and people across the Pacific started reporting sightings of snuffy fish from all over!

Hooray for science and hooray for S. snuffleufagus !

[palmtreepalmtree]

Just FYI, the U.S. government is trying to break the immigration system and end legal immigration:

Trump administration issues directive requiring green card applicants to apply outside the US

The administration has issued a directive requiring most temporary visa holders living in the U.S. to return to their home country to finish

This is a HUGE policy change and reinterpretation of Congressional statute. I believe it will be determined to be illegal, but countless people who have been pursuing legal immigration within the system will be hurt by this policy if they execute as written.