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"France passed a single law and instantly unlocked 11 gigawatts of #solarenergy — without using new land. In 2023, France's government mandated solar canopies over all car parks larger than 80 spaces. The scale was enormous: There are 400,000 parking areas across France #ActOnClimate #Renewables

I just found a new article in my field on SocArXiv, and I asked Google Gemini to summarize it because I was busy with other things and didn't have time to read it right then. Gemini gave me a nice summary and then added a postscript saying it was fairly certain this was an AI-generated article. 🫩

You guys, the White House accidentally ordered 10x the amount of Porta-Potties that they needed. The lawn is just acres of Porta-Potties. It’s all fenced off and you can’t see, but I took this photo through a hole in the fence netting.

Cuttlefish have rounded W-shaped pupils because they live in a world of high light contrast (bright above, dim below) & this arrangement acts like a cross-shaped sun visor, normalizing brightness. In darker environments, they become fully rounded. (📷: Steve McNicholas, Flickr)

Today I set up my OSF profile and posted one of my law review articles (picked my personal favorite) on @socarxiv.bsky.social as a trial run. We'll see how it goes!

FCC To Investigate TV Shows Where The Mom Has Job https://theonion.com/fcc-to-investigate-tv-shows-where-the-mom-has-job/

I love this catchy opening for the 9th Circuit's opinion yesterday in United States v. DeBorba #2A #GVP

I wonder if administrative law casebooks will replace Jarkesy with this case, or have both, or make both note cases.

We love to see the 5th Circuit get reversed 8–1. But more importantly, we love to see SCOTUS overwhelmingly cabin its (bad) Jarkesy decision and affirm agencies' enforcement authority. Looks like the majority may be taking a step back from Jarkesy's 7th Amendment maximalism. Corporations will be sad

Important point given the SSRN news.

Fifth Circuit, in U.S. v. Squire, yesterday: "This case presents a novel question about whether the Second Amendment protects a convicted drug trafficker from being dispossessed of a firearm inside his home based on our Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation." Answer: Nope. #2A #GVP

A recently published PhD dissertation from Chapel Hill documents you're more likely to be shot and killed if a gun dealer (FFL) OR a police station is nearby. #GVP #2A www.proquest.com/openview/e3e...

Gun dealers who had their licenses revoked for noncompliance are not just allowed to reapply, they are encouraged to reapply. And those noncompliant dealers will face no oversight because a) many ATF agents who work compliance have resigned or been reassigned and b) supervisors got the message.

I'm watching this webinar right now - it's very good. #GVP #2A

Check it out

Why do all of these Tech Titans have a signature outfit they wear all the time? Is it some weird superhero cosplay? Elon really likes his Fonz-style bomber jacket, Nvidia guy is never photographed without his black leather jacket, Altman only has plaid shirts, Zuck has dark shirts like Steve Jobs.

Another heartbreaking mass shooting, this time in Muscatine, Iowa. Six people were killed yesterday in a domestic dispute when a gunman opened fire at a home and nearby business. All victims were related to the gunman.

I did the math: Here's exactly how James Talarico can beat Ken Paxton for the Texas Senate race. (He doesn't need as many Trump voters as conventional wisdom dictates.) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-01-01...

This first-in-the-nation law requires 3D printers sold in New York to identify and block the printing of firearms and gun components. Our New York volunteers were integral in getting this across the finish line. Thank you, @governor.ny.gov, @zellnor.bsky.social, @solagesny.bsky.social!

COMMENTARY: NDAs already exist across the federal workforce. The real question in OPM’s proposal is how far they can go before they blur the line between protection and chilling whistleblowing. That’s the tension no one has defined yet. -- Clearance expert Lindy Kyzer buff.ly/WwYOnaW

Agreed! Sadly, none of the Trump voters I know have any idea who this is. April Trump is all about just patriotism and immigration and using American military power and putting far-left liberals in their place.

#Motivation Lundi... #Art #Photo #Photography

I have a wishlist for tasks hope it will do eventually! 1) Find, retrieve, and analyze/describe legislative history of state statutes (in texas, a lot of these are still untranscribed audio and visual recordings of hearings); 2) reliable home blood tests; 3) generate high-quality choral recordings

Just received my copy of this new book by @princetonupress.bsky.social, in which Dr. Christopher Tollefsen argues that using lethal force in self-defense is never justified, no exceptions.🙂 #gvp #2A

“It’s really hard to get rid of a gun if you don’t want to just sell it or pawn it off.” Guns to Gardens has been turning unwanted firearms into garden tools and art for over a decade. Each event collects anywhere from a handful to hundreds of firearms.

Also I think what they're doing is trying to redefine vice as masculine-coded because that's all Paxton has to offer. Sure he's as charismatic as a tree stump but he lies, cheats and steals and that's alpha.

The article itself is generally fair. There was great variation in effects across sites; but they name the 2 sites with poor outcomes and not the 4 with youth homicide reductions of 60% or more. We need innovation + investments to address the drivers of youth shootings today. 🎩s off to the workers!

New TPOR poll out … mailchi.mp/06e052a423d6...

In the wild, grooming is an important bonding ritual among zebras. Little Notty lost her natal family – but the instinct remains. Here, she directs it towards her best friend: Tytan, an orphaned black rhino. Discover their unlikely friendship: www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/orphans/tytan

Uncanny images from a 19th-century gynaecological text-book, filled with demonstrating figures bizarrely similar to the “Grey Alien” (that wouldn’t hit popular consciousness for another 65 years). More here: http://bit.ly/1OuCXYY

At least by HLA Hart's lights, Ronald Dworkin and Hans Kelsen held oddly similar views on the position of judges, for RD legal rights being those held against judges to the correct legal decision, for HK laws being commands made on judges and directing that they impose sanctions.

Hands up anyone who's a grandparent? So are we. To 92 elephant calves. We've pioneered the rescue and reintegration of orphaned elephants – so successfully, they've been fully accepted by wild herds. Since the door home is always left open, we get to witness playtimes like this all the time.

“Self defense strikes”

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Going after crooked gun dealers stops gun violence much more effectively than making Black youth feel like criminals for existing

Why don't more Trumpist white supremacists simply profess racism? Because they find it useful to condemn even the mildest efforts to combat racism as anti-white racism. Prof Neil Buchanan explains the extremes to which this has gone, focusing on opposition to the Rooney Rule. 👇

Q: What do you make of Ken Paxton calling you a vegan? James Talarico: I’m an eighth-generation Texan. I’ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment. If all they have on me is lying about me being a vegan, I feel pretty good about our chances this November.

This is Nacho. He has big feelings. Every stuffed animal he owns is very aware of this. 14/10 (IG: nacho_thekneadydog)

"Crackpots and fools"

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26% of gun owners with teens only in their home kept 1+ firearm unlocked & loaded vs 17% with only 12 and younger. In 2024, 3,544 teens died by gunfire vs 335 of children under 13. More intentional & effective messaging needed on teen risk of killing themselves or others when gun are accessible.

Lawyers can stop providing services or seek permission to do so if a client doesn’t fulfill basic obligations in the attorney-client relationship, the American Bar Association said in a new ethics opinion.

Spent most of last week in the hospital. Was home for a couple days, but I'm back in the hospital now because all day I felt like I was going to keel over.

Have you ever pondered: "If I were a box, what kind of box would I want to be?" I had not UNTIL I spotted this outside my office, prompting me to pause and reflect on that question.

Last year, there were nearly 700 murder-suicides and family annihilations in the United States — nearly two per day, on average. Our latest dataset, sourced from the Gun Violence Archive:

Like Massie and Crenshaw, Cornyn could easily switch parties next year and become a moderate Dem with lots of connections and name recognition, if he was willing to recant a few of his old conservative culture war tropes.

Grades are for sorting, credentialing, gatekeeping in already unfair competitions, they undermine motivation & self esteem, inflate privilege, and largely value what gets measured instead of measuring what we claim to really value. But none of that seems to matter, so go ahead with your debates...