David Colarusso
@davidcolarusso.com
Co-director @suffolkLITLab.org. Attorney & science educator by training & practice. Data scientist, craftsman, & writer by experience.
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David Colarusso
Paintings, photography, and other creations from David Colarusso. David lives with his wife and two children outside Boston where he teaches sand to "think" and law students how to work with, and thin...
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FWIW, I like making things: watercolors, furniture, crosswords, software, games, flowcharts, stories, reasoned arguments… 👋
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I have a joke about Fermat's Last Theorem but it's too long to fit in the margin here.
I have a joke about Zeno’s Paradox but I can’t quite land it
September 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
I have a joke about Fermat's Last Theorem but it's too long to fit in the margin here.
This is one of my favorites. However, I do prefer the recent transcription which fixes "clearing," replacing it with "cleaving."
"I felt a cleaving in my mind..." Now, that's the poem I love.
"I felt a cleaving in my mind..." Now, that's the poem I love.
THE LOST THOUGHT.
I felt a clearing in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it, seam by seam,
But could not make them fit.
I felt a clearing in my mind
As if my brain had split;
I tried to match it, seam by seam,
But could not make them fit.
September 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
This is one of my favorites. However, I do prefer the recent transcription which fixes "clearing," replacing it with "cleaving."
"I felt a cleaving in my mind..." Now, that's the poem I love.
"I felt a cleaving in my mind..." Now, that's the poem I love.
A close relative of discovering a $20 in your pocket, I just found a bonus orange in my bag under my hoodie!
September 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
A close relative of discovering a $20 in your pocket, I just found a bonus orange in my bag under my hoodie!
One good way to have your slide deck waiting for you when delivering a guest lecture, post a link to social media. Then you can just grab it without using a thumb drive or having to log in somewhere and find it.
Incidentally, later today I'll be taking some students back in time to 2012.
Incidentally, later today I'll be taking some students back in time to 2012.
Thinking in Flowcharts (2026)
David Colarusso Bluesky @davidcolarusso.com Thinking in Flowcharts
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September 15, 2026 at 5:12 PM
One good way to have your slide deck waiting for you when delivering a guest lecture, post a link to social media. Then you can just grab it without using a thumb drive or having to log in somewhere and find it.
Incidentally, later today I'll be taking some students back in time to 2012.
Incidentally, later today I'll be taking some students back in time to 2012.
Interest on a loan is the price future you pays to send money back in time.
Interest on your savings is what you charge to fuel someone else’s time machine.
Interest on your savings is what you charge to fuel someone else’s time machine.
September 12, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Interest on a loan is the price future you pays to send money back in time.
Interest on your savings is what you charge to fuel someone else’s time machine.
Interest on your savings is what you charge to fuel someone else’s time machine.
I was an auxiliary police officer (volunteer first responder, like a firefighter but mostly directing traffic) right after 9/11, and I remember how clearly our CO made it that part of our job was watching out for hate crimes and making sure that our Muslim community members felt safe & supported.
For the many criticisms of GW Bush, after 9/11 he stood up and said clearly that Islam was not our enemy.
Could you imagine Trump saying anything like this? Could you imagine how he would fan the flames of hatred?
We have fallen a lot as a country in the 25 years since 9/11.
Could you imagine Trump saying anything like this? Could you imagine how he would fan the flames of hatred?
We have fallen a lot as a country in the 25 years since 9/11.
![[22] I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your faith. It’s practiced freely by many millions of Americans and by millions more in countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah. The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself. The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends; it is not our many Arab friends. Our enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:srlf62yfk3btiwr2qyaxza3g/bafkreietjxpquki75irk6gbqelma5ylk3rmkg2qbtqipq6tvnqu5kgdafe)
September 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I was an auxiliary police officer (volunteer first responder, like a firefighter but mostly directing traffic) right after 9/11, and I remember how clearly our CO made it that part of our job was watching out for hate crimes and making sure that our Muslim community members felt safe & supported.
12yo likes to extend bedtime by starting big discussions. Today's rabbit hole starter, "What do you mean money grows in a bank account?" Talked about loans, deposit insurance, and compound interest! Also touched upon retirement and different places you could put your money.
September 11, 2026 at 1:11 AM
12yo likes to extend bedtime by starting big discussions. Today's rabbit hole starter, "What do you mean money grows in a bank account?" Talked about loans, deposit insurance, and compound interest! Also touched upon retirement and different places you could put your money.
I accidentally opened a package before the kids went to bed, and there was a lot of bubble wrap. Poor timing. :/
The bubble wrap has now been divided among them and nature is running its course.
The bubble wrap has now been divided among them and nature is running its course.
September 10, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I accidentally opened a package before the kids went to bed, and there was a lot of bubble wrap. Poor timing. :/
The bubble wrap has now been divided among them and nature is running its course.
The bubble wrap has now been divided among them and nature is running its course.
Today I attended a faculty luncheon. Picture it, a room full of teachers talking away. Then admin opens a PowerPoint, causing us all to quiet down and me to remark, “PowerPoint the opiate of the classes.” I was very proud of myself. Too proud.
September 10, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Today I attended a faculty luncheon. Picture it, a room full of teachers talking away. Then admin opens a PowerPoint, causing us all to quiet down and me to remark, “PowerPoint the opiate of the classes.” I was very proud of myself. Too proud.
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Lots of devil in the details of course but this seems like a very reasonable way to drive demand for clean power, putting the cost on entities that can certainly bear it.
Interesting: Massachusetts has ordered all new data centers above 25MW to procure clean power.
www.mass.gov
September 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Lots of devil in the details of course but this seems like a very reasonable way to drive demand for clean power, putting the cost on entities that can certainly bear it.
FWIW, I like making things: watercolors, furniture, crosswords, software, games, flowcharts, stories, reasoned arguments… 👋
Art: www.davidcolarusso.com
Bio: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com
Projects: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/projects/
Papers: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/papers/
Art: www.davidcolarusso.com
Bio: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com
Projects: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/projects/
Papers: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/papers/
David Colarusso
Paintings, photography, and other creations from David Colarusso. David lives with his wife and two children outside Boston where he teaches sand to "think" and law students how to work with, and thin...
www.davidcolarusso.com
September 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
FWIW, I like making things: watercolors, furniture, crosswords, software, games, flowcharts, stories, reasoned arguments… 👋
Art: www.davidcolarusso.com
Bio: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com
Projects: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/projects/
Papers: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/papers/
Art: www.davidcolarusso.com
Bio: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com
Projects: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/projects/
Papers: sadlynothavocdinosaur.com/papers/
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Reposting in commemoration of Star Trek Day. 60 years and counting.
One benefit of perpetual reboots: Thanks to #StrangeNewWorlds, the youths still know who Spock is, even if they’re unfamiliar with the work of Ethan Gregory Peck’s grandfather.
September 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Reposting in commemoration of Star Trek Day. 60 years and counting.
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D307,923 - issued to Paramount Pictures in 1990 for a design for a "toy spaceship." #DesignPatents
September 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
D307,923 - issued to Paramount Pictures in 1990 for a design for a "toy spaceship." #DesignPatents
Reposting in commemoration of Star Trek Day. 60 years and counting.
One benefit of perpetual reboots: Thanks to #StrangeNewWorlds, the youths still know who Spock is, even if they’re unfamiliar with the work of Ethan Gregory Peck’s grandfather.
September 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Reposting in commemoration of Star Trek Day. 60 years and counting.
Worth zooming in for our friend the heron.
September 7, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Worth zooming in for our friend the heron.
A middle-aged attorney & pair of longtime Roadrunner & Coyote fans (7 & 12) can confirm this was a fun time. Thankfully, the use of a cartoon gavel at trial means they were operating under cartoon rules of civ pro. So, I don’t have to critique courtroom etiquette, procedure, or nomenclature. ;)
COYOTE v ACME is very very good.
Coyote Vs Acme Tweety Bird
ALT: Coyote Vs Acme Tweety Bird
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September 6, 2026 at 9:03 PM
A middle-aged attorney & pair of longtime Roadrunner & Coyote fans (7 & 12) can confirm this was a fun time. Thankfully, the use of a cartoon gavel at trial means they were operating under cartoon rules of civ pro. So, I don’t have to critique courtroom etiquette, procedure, or nomenclature. ;)
I remember how excited I was as a new lawyer when I was able to use an interrobang in a court filing. I was quoting an oral statement, and it was just what I needed to get their tone across. 👌
From the Shady Characters archive comes the most iconic of all shady characters: the mighty, the maligned, the magnificent interrobang. Go to shadycharacters.co.u... to get the full story.
(Image courtesy of Penny Speckter.)
(Image courtesy of Penny Speckter.)
September 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I remember how excited I was as a new lawyer when I was able to use an interrobang in a court filing. I was quoting an oral statement, and it was just what I needed to get their tone across. 👌
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THE ORIOLE.
One of the ones that Midas touched,
Who failed to touch us all,
Was that confiding prodigal,
The blissful oriole.
One of the ones that Midas touched,
Who failed to touch us all,
Was that confiding prodigal,
The blissful oriole.
September 4, 2026 at 12:56 PM
THE ORIOLE.
One of the ones that Midas touched,
Who failed to touch us all,
Was that confiding prodigal,
The blissful oriole.
One of the ones that Midas touched,
Who failed to touch us all,
Was that confiding prodigal,
The blissful oriole.
Lazy Sunday’s remain the best. We take turns picking music to play each weekend while we read the paper, and today the 7yo chose They Might Be Giants. 🤘
September 6, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Lazy Sunday’s remain the best. We take turns picking music to play each weekend while we read the paper, and today the 7yo chose They Might Be Giants. 🤘
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For reasons beyond my ken, @daniel-solove.bsky.social's starter pack has sent some new followers my way. To Daniel, I say, "Thank you," & to my new followers, I say:
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
September 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
For reasons beyond my ken, @daniel-solove.bsky.social's starter pack has sent some new followers my way. To Daniel, I say, "Thank you," & to my new followers, I say:
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
For reasons beyond my ken, @daniel-solove.bsky.social's starter pack has sent some new followers my way. To Daniel, I say, "Thank you," & to my new followers, I say:
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
September 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
For reasons beyond my ken, @daniel-solove.bsky.social's starter pack has sent some new followers my way. To Daniel, I say, "Thank you," & to my new followers, I say:
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
👋 Hi, you might also like @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org, @icymilaw.org, @lolscotus.bsky.social, & @suffolklitlab.org (not on the list)
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Rough Draft vs Final Draft
September 3, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Rough Draft vs Final Draft
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Sending up the bat signal (literally): Any of you criminal trial lawyers want to help me prep to argue for the suppression of evidence? Specifically, to suppress the giant digital dragnet that Batman made using Wayne Enterprises phones at the end of the Dark Knight?
September 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Sending up the bat signal (literally): Any of you criminal trial lawyers want to help me prep to argue for the suppression of evidence? Specifically, to suppress the giant digital dragnet that Batman made using Wayne Enterprises phones at the end of the Dark Knight?
I'm at a loss for why Congress, "cannot quickly recognize presidentially directed murder, immediately demand that it stop, & pursue appropriate accountability measures." Whenever someone says, "They can't to that," about the outrage of the day," I just observe, "They're literally murdering people."
September 1, 2026 at 5:53 PM
I'm at a loss for why Congress, "cannot quickly recognize presidentially directed murder, immediately demand that it stop, & pursue appropriate accountability measures." Whenever someone says, "They can't to that," about the outrage of the day," I just observe, "They're literally murdering people."