A great-uncle's account of #Kristallnacht, November 9/10, 1938.

Republican leadership preparing to sign the deal to end the shutdown.

A great-uncle's account of #Kristallnacht, November 9/10, 1938.

Now this is just taking things too far. Whoever did this should be ashamed of themselves.

"hey Mary, are you ever gonna be done in there?" #LincolnBathroom #lincoln #bathroom #WhiteHouse #OhMary #broadway

"hey Mary, are you ever gonna be done in there?" #LincolnBathroom #lincoln #bathroom #WhiteHouse #OhMary #broadway

Staff of #USAID readying #Jamaica #hurricane #Melissa disaster response.

Staff of #USAID readying #Jamaica #hurricane #Melissa disaster response.

In my view, the most significant thing about Bove's dissent—by far—is that it was joined by Judges Hardiman, Bibas, Porter, Matey, and Phipps. I confess that, for me, that's surprising.

A 🧵 on the AI jury: This morning I watched several talented law students mock-try a robbery prosecution to a jury of three generative AI bots: ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude. The “jurors" were fed a real-time transcript of the proceedings and then "deliberated" in front of the audience. #AI #lawsky

At UNC School of Law this morning, three #AI bots are sitting as jurors in a mock trial of a juvenile robbery charge. Intense criticism came from members of a post-trial panel including a law professor and a philosopher with legal training. #lawsky #academicsky #academicchat

Let's face it: oval is a weak shape. Feminine. Rectangles are strong. Masculine energy. It's time. #EastWing #WhiteHouse #Destruction

The title is unintentionally meta.

Let's face it: oval is a weak shape. Feminine. Rectangles are strong. Masculine energy. It's time. #EastWing #WhiteHouse #Destruction

UNC's 2-day conference on #AI later this week includes one (1) (uno) panel on ethics. Nevermind that the conference site depicts a dystopia. Of the 4 panelists, one runs an AI-based company advising companies about AI. Another works on preparing humans for extinction. I'm not making this up.

What we need is *CIVIL DISCOURSE* about the delivery of presidential feces on the heads of citizens exercising their First Amendment rights.

I think we need *civil discourse* about mercy for prevaricating fraudsters.

I think we need *civil discourse* about firing artillery rounds over major highways.

I have the privilege of leading a group of UNC law students to Heart Mountain in Wyoming over fall break. We're looking at roles lawyers played in the WWII imprisonment of Japanese Americans. I can't describe the impact on the students of being where it happened. Huge. #academicsky #skystorians

Winning! #UNC #football #Belichick #AcademicSky #AcademicChat

Winning! #UNC #Belichick

Do back issues exist? Discuss. #philosophy #academicsky

Congratulations to these winners. #UNC faculty should know that we had no involvement in the selection of any of these individuals except Lewis Black. Historically we have, but the Bd of Trustees recently ended the involvement of the faculty's elected Awards Committee. www.unc.edu/posts/2025/0...

DAMN IT!!!! I FIGURED IT WAS SPAM! #academicsky

Radical ties get you suspended at #UNC Chapel Hill—unless they’re to the Confederacy, in which case they get you $2.5 million to build a shrine to a secessionist monument. 🤔 #academicsky

Re: applause Watch the first 50 seconds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSf4...

We regret to announce the cancellation of our 2025 symposium, "Do Cancellations of Public Law School Symposia Addressing Current Grave Threats to the Rule of Law Violate the First Amendment?" #lawsky #academicsky

I was on UNC's Faculty Executive Committee during the controversies over the Confederate statue & the university's COVID-19 response. NEVER ONCE was ANY proposed action or policy debated in open session. This is standard operating procedure. #academicsky www.insidehighered.com/news/governa...

We regret to announce the cancellation of our 2025 symposium, "Do Cancellations of Public Law School Symposia Addressing Current Grave Threats to the Rule of Law Violate the First Amendment?" #lawsky #academicsky

Dismissed UNC provost sues the UNC Board of Trustees, alleging rampant violations of NC's Open meetings and public records laws. #academicsky www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

I literally have to spoon-feed this bot. Copilot is garbage. #academicsky

My oh my, the things those fascists would do!

"𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 17-𝐲𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝...𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐰/𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰: 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞." -𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 10 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 1938

"𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 17-𝐲𝐫-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐉𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐯𝐨𝐦 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐡. 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝...𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐰/𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰: 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞." -𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐮𝐬 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫, 10 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 1938

On camambert and a nice sancerre!

Hey @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social, you do realize, don't you, that Kilmeade is here allowing that there are *some* mentally ill homeless people who don't deserve to be mass-murdered?

INSIDE THE FBI INVESTIGATION Agent: When did Robinson first show interest in trans ideology? Witness: As best I know he never did. A: So you're saying he concealed it from you? W: No, I'm not. A: Wouldn't you expect him to reveal something like that? W: Uhh, no? A: Yet you say you knew him?

INSIDE THE FBI INVESTIGATION Agent: When did Robinson first show interest in trans ideology? Witness: As best I know he never did. A: So you're saying he concealed it from you? W: No, I'm not. A: Wouldn't you expect him to reveal something like that? W: Uhh, no? A: Yet you say you knew him?

The troubles with the "it can't happen here" mantra are (a) that "it" is assumed to be "overnight Auschwitz" and (b) that people come to believe it can't happen here.

Kilmeade expressed his viewpoint civilly, so I guess that means it must be debated. "Doing politics the right way," as @ezraklein.bsky.social might say.

The year-old program fostering "civil discourse" at UNC Chapel Hill is now under investigation after a 10th faculty member's departute by resignation or firing. #academicsky www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

The year-old program fostering "civil discourse" at UNC Chapel Hill is now under investigation after a 10th faculty member's departute by resignation or firing. #academicsky www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

Want a clear explanation from a legit expert of what the Supreme Court did yesterday and why we’re all losing our minds about it? Here it is. Time and again, Professor Litman has been right about what to fear from this Scotus majority when all the now-don’t-be-hysterical dudes are wrong.

The filthy-minded Dumbocrats see a girl's body when OBVIOUSLY it's just a couple of soaring birds seen through the gap between two candlesticks. #TrumpDrawing #Epstein

And poor Joe Greenaway, having to witness this. #IYKYK

Revised design of the headquarters for the space force under Trump's architecture executive order of today.

If the government wants to increase the chances of getting a DC grand jury to indict the guy who whipped a sandwich at a federal agent, I have a proposed tweak.

Could it be any clearer that they're setting up the mechanism for quelling future election-related protests? I mean really. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

A cool surprise at Archives II last week: I'm looking at a 1950s DOJ-run program. It included informal hearings w/applicants. Lo & behold, they experimented w/recording w/a dictaphone--and these 2 belts survive untouched! Has anyone had experience w//these (apart from Richard Nixon 😉)? #skystorians

On the streets of our nation's capital, National Guard troops are hand-feeding squirrels. #dc