It's been 41 days since the Knicks lost a game and in that time they have won all but one of those games by 10 or more points

The legendary jazz saxophonist, who revolutionized the art of improvisation, died Monday at his home in Woodstock, N.Y. n.pr/3Q2hMWr

This crazy thing has officially shipped. Like the reflection of a star off of a midwinter Nordic icicle, some light yet shines.

1. Number of stories about Trump buying and selling hundreds of millions of dollars in stocks in the first three months of 2026: CBS: 0 CNN: 0 Fox News: 0 NPR: 0 PBS: 0 Politico: 0 Semafor: 0 Business Insider: 0

Oh my. This is spectacular. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Thornell, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning picture of a shotgun-felled James Meredith looking back toward his would-be assassin on a Mississippi highway in 1966 became an enduring image of the Civil Rights Movement, has died. He was 86.https://to.pbs.org/4mXf800

The rise of the shadow docket in 2016 was followed in 2017 by another procedural trick from the Roberts Court, known as "Munsingwear vacatur," which they weaponized to wipe out progressive precedent without having to explain why. Profs. Lisa Tucker (my wife) and Michael Risch (he's not) explain. 1/2

This picture of Astronaut Christina Koch after the Artemis landing is frankly incredible and beautiful.

I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about. Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.

One piece of legislation drafted by a Leonard Leo-supported nonprofit would effectively bar cities and towns from bringing lawsuits against corporations and others when the issue is a broad public harm like climate change.

👏 Congratulations to Sade Adu, the first British black woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. #MusicSky #Sade rockhall.com/sade/

Wait, what? It’s been a busy year and all, but I can’t recall hearing anything about this.

…..WHAT?!?????? www.thelettersfromleo.com/p/the-pentag...

you may be on team anthropic but the fact remains: responsible governments, if they existed, would be regulating these products now, not relying on some hazy potentially ephemeral corporate good faith.

People need to pay close attention to this OLC opinion on the Presidential Records Act. As @joshgerstein.bsky.social points out, nothing less than our own history is at stake. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

The movie Tenet, but it’s me and I’m moving backwards in time for the express purpose of attending Renaud Garcia Fons’ 2013 Marcevol concert.

Jaw dropping

ICE misinformed DOJ prosecutors about its authorization to arrest migrants at immigration courts, according to the Manhattan US Attorney's office—which is withdrawing briefs that relied on bad info and has told a judge he will need to revisit past orders storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

An outstanding single. Distinctly Ethiopian, and their own take on it at that, but I can’t shake echos of Nigerian keys legend Mamman Sani too.

This was a fucking masterclass in interviewing. Crucial for any of us whose work has become fodder for AI churn in this dystopian hellscape but also just a hell of an interview for ANYONE on capitalism and exploitation, and what CEOs really think of you:

Captivated by the new Gong album, Bright Spirit. On paper, it shouldn’t work. It's not the band Daevid Allen founded in the late ’60s, but a later lineup he assembled shortly before his death a decade ago. At his urging, they carried on. Clearly, to spectacular effect. sonicabuse.com/gong-bright-...

40 years. Tempus fugit.

The judges in WV have seen enough. They say that if the ICE continues detaining people in ways they have unanimously deemed illegal they will start issuing civil fines and contempt findings — including against state officials who help them carry it out. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Federal judges say many courthouses are plagued by falling concrete, tainted water & erratic elevators. They blame DOGE-inspired cuts at GSA & ask Congress to shunt it aside www.politico.com/live-updates...

BREAKING: Judge who allowed FBI to search Washington Post reporter’s home rips into Justice Department for not informing him of the law that explicitly bars raids of reporters

JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.

BONUS RULING: Judge Thomas Johnston, a George W. Bush appoiintee in West Virginia, used a recent ruling to warn of the dangers of defying due process for immigrants because of what it could also mean for Americans. It's worth a read. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

“Late Friday night, the Fifth Circuit adopted the extreme minority view—that the government can indefinitely detain without bond millions of non-citizens who have been here for generations; who have never committed a crime; and who pose neither a risk of flight nor any threat to public safety.”

We finally know what happened to DOJ's (frivolous) misconduct complaint against Chief Judge Boasberg: It was transferred by Chief Justice Roberts from the D.C. Circuit to Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Jeff Sutton, and Sutton dismissed it in a ... direct ... memorandum and order just two weeks later:

You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Curiously, the new Tik Tok entity that took over today does not appear to have registered a DMCA Designated Agent with the USCO. No listing in the Agent Directory and none referenced in the new terms.

DHS filed an answer today in the lawsuit Los Angeles Press Club filed against them for violently assaulting journalists, legal observers and protesters. Basically two dozen pages that look like this. Days I'm glad I'm not a lawyer ...

Caleb Williams looks like ass on like 25-35 percent of his throws but he's a dude when the game's on the line. That matters. You can fix the other stuff. Some players are just a guy and some players are dudes. He's a dude.

RIP to a San Francisco legend 🕊️ Founding member of the Grateful Dead and Dead & Company, Bob Weir, has died at the age of 78. Dead & Co’s 3-day 60th anniversary celebration in Golden Gate Park were his final shows.

IT'S CHICAGO, YEAH 🗣️ The Bears erase an 18-point deficit to win their first playoff game since 2010.

@apnews.com: Finnish Children Learn Media Literacy at 3 years old. It’s Protection Against Russian Propaganda

Big Law isn’t just sitting out the fight against DOJ lawsuits. They have virtually disappeared from the fight for voting rights and free and fair elections altogether. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/big-...

I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this. He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot

Bailter Space was one of the two loudest shows I have ever attended in my life. Relentless pummeling. I sure wish that I got a chance to see the Gordons. #RIPBrentMcLachlan

Regarding Reiner, I have known a lot of musicians and been in bands myself. I can’t overstate the importance of This Is Spinal Tap in adjusting the self-importance of musicians. Everyone knows the movie, everyone has identified Spinal Tap moments, everyone is humbler and funnier as a result.

Four-Song Peel Session of Kiwi noise rock band Bailter Space from December 6, 1992. Length: 20:31. #RIPBrentMcLachlan m.youtube.com/watch?v=SiXL...

If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.

A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Chilly, rainy Sunday read: a sharp reflection on the legacy of the inimitable Fellers -- a wave like no other briefly crests before quickly breaking and rolling back.