I also just wrote a spleen venting complaint to my Congressman about the leaked ICE memo. It's Byron Donalds, so I'm sure he won't care, but I feel even better anyway.

Have spent the last 30 minutes compiling a carefully worded but spleen venting letter to the Kissimmee SSA field office and I feel better.

"I'm with the executive branch. This warrant, issued by the executive branch, says I can enter your home"

DM: [Paladin], the monster will try to rend your mind. Warlock: Does it get disadvantage because of the small size of the target?

Judas priest... "Collides with" is some exceptionally gentle journalistic language. This is so directly contradictory to the interpretation of the Fourth Amendment it boggles the mind.

I am having an affair with Kyrsten Sinema

Listening to various recordings of Man of la Mancha and I have to say I think Sophia Loren really nails Aldonza in It's All the Same in a way the Broadway casts do not.

Just got back from my time traveling dinosaur safari and you won’t believe how many butterflies I stepped on! Now to take a big sip of water and check on President Harris’s trip to Davos

Ok, Holman badly fumbles the difference between probable cause and reasonable suspicion and there’s no evidence that they had either to target Mr. Thao, but a lot of people seem to have the takeaway that ICE can’t arrest citizens. If you commit a federal crime in front of them they definitely can.

Ooof.

Visiting office pupper

Bluesky, you're letting me down. How come I had to learn that the weird neo-Confederate Black guy died from Facebook? That should be news here.

Considering there's currently a pending case charging this as a true threat, I'm not as sure as Ken that the administration or its supporters in the legal academy would actually concede obvious protected speech points anymore.

I'm sure FIRE will be all over this, right? Right?

Gave the new Blade Runner TTRPG a try yesterday. Could not resist the pre-gen whose archetype was “doxie.”

Motion to dismiss is finally out on this case. Arguing 1) that you can only threaten a natural person, not ICE as a whole and 2) this obviously doesn't constitute a true threat. The 1A arguments are a little light on citations compared to similar recent cases I've read, but not bad.

Apparently poor people should be left entirely without representation and to the tender mercies of the current “justice system.”

“If there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it is that no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion… If there are any circumstances which permit an exception, its necessary for self-government”

Presumably they would be less than pleased if someone were to supplement this poster by pointing out that also amongst those lawgivers are Maimonides and Suleiman the Magnificent.

For those who want the full press release straight from the source: minneapolisunions.org/system/files...

Pretty much the opposite of touching grass, but always a good break from doom scrolling. The cold front cleared the skies beautifully. Jupiter and the Galilean moons. Much clearer to the eye than to my poor phone camera. Can make out the planetary bands (no spot at the moment).

"But what if Trump cancels elections by literally starting another civil war?" Then we wait to see who comes down on which side of the war and act accordingly. In the meantime, please stop whining about it.

We asked the residents of Hannibal, Missouri what they think of Chicago.

Current view from the recliner. I think Mulligan is telling me it’s time to swap to my book. No more TV tonight.

IYKYK

Still remains baffling to me that no one I've talked to (including support staff, attorney advisors, and ALJs) at SSA's Special Review Cadre, whose job it is to handle basically all of the cases that fall under 20 CFR 416.1453(c)(1) appear to even know that the law even exists

Thank goodness in the 21st century we now have the technology to be able to display someone's name and badge number...

Oh, they've got Stephen Lang to play John Burns in the new Gettysburg movie.

Huh. US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims has created its own e-filing system. No more CM/ECF as of April.

Encountered a new ALJ on Friday who gave me a compliment, which I appreciated, but also should be embarrassing to the profession. He complimented me for being familiar enough with the file to be able to direct him to relevant sections in response to his questions. That should be basic competence!

Slightly diminish a game: Search for Planet Y Draw Iron Solar System Cruise Dead of Autumn

Family/political rant. So I have three half-siblings through my dad. All well grown and out of the house by the time I was born. Sister still lived in town as I grew up. Both brothers in Spokane. Never close with any of them, but stayed Facebook friends with them until 2020.

i don't have any medication left and missed 2 dosages yesterday. please help if you can 🙏🏽 i also don't have shelter from tomorrow night onwards (i'm okay for tonight) i'm reaching out to as many organisations as possible for help. literally anything helps! i've received $166 so far ❤️

I scanned that first word differently on my first read through and was momentarily very confused. @legalminimum.bsky.social

I was not familiar with Chewy’s game. (Yes, this is a real ad I just saw on Facebook)

When SSA can’t be bothered to put a complete certified earnings record in the file we return to the old ways.

If anyone can help out Bex you'd be doing them a lot of good. Homeless and recovering from cancer treatments in the winter is not a place for anybody to have to be. I am absolutely tapped out for the next week or so.

Some Canadians apparently still haven't outgrown their deference to sovereign authority.

All of those pictures of that ICE agent’s face are AI. Here’s the proof.

Except you didn't just share it, you shared it with the caption "gottem" in response to someone saying "Show your face." Clearly *your* intent was to express that now we had an image of his face. You wanted the takeaway to be his face, but instead you're unapologetically spreading misinformation.

This is an AI generated fake image of the shooter and sharing it is deeply irresponsible. It's apparent in all of the footage from the scene that the shooter did not remove his neck gaiter.

is there someone who can send me $30 to get home to pack my belongings please? they're discharging me soon paypal.me/thelongestroad

Via public records request I just got the CV of a psychologist who rendered an unfavorable opinion in a disability claim based entirely on records review. Born '43, residency more than 50 years ago, appears they've basically spent the last 40 years doing nothing but acting as an "expert" for DDS

Comforting the comfortable as they afflict the afflicted.

Have any other two minutes of TV spawned a cinematic universe?

Would just like to point out that US special forces kidnapping foreign leader from their home is the event that gets the ball rolling in Air Force One

We also played a game of Moon Colony Bloodbath and I was reminded of some very pertinent flavor text from one of Dr White’s perk cards.