Who would have thought that in 2026 the Italy's cricket team would qualify for a 20 team World Cup but their football team wouldn't qualify for a 48 team World Cup #LUFC

Instead of $200 billion for more weeks of war, couldn’t Congress create a $1 million endowment to get Heath psychological & psychiatric care for the rest of his life? It might not work—his psychoses & neuroses are like antibiotic-resistant bacteria—but it’s cheaper, & the war isn’t working, either.

Absolutely two planks of my 2028 platform

I think all of our generational instincts are saying this can’t be Good For The Jews

It probably doesn’t help much, but I remind the people of Britain that, when our Secretary of Chest-Thumping insults the Royal Navy, he’s not talking to you or to the RN. His messaging (if one can so dignify it) is purely for an American audience—& even then, not for all Americans.

The Royal Navy has one and a half aircraft carriers, and at least one of them has to stay no further away than the Bay of Biscay in case the US attacks Britain

This should be fun

Remember when you watch Pete Hegseth AKA Dumb McNamara insult allies, or in this case, flub his words, or yell at Spain, or pray randomly, or babble at strategery, that his “mer-WHAT” based appointment was premised on his communication skills.

This thread 😂

“"This landmark on the water in Miami, Florida will stand as a lasting testament to an amazing man, an amazing developer, and the greatest President our Nation has ever known,” said Eric Trump" who, when shown a map of 20-yr oceanic projections of the area said, "The blue part is land."

My take on the non-cooperation of Spain, France, & Italy. (I know it’s nonsense. I am making a joke.)

A few years ago I made a joke about the US having the world's biggest political shitshow, and a bunch of people from Eastern Europe and South America mocked me. Who's laughing now? 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I’m not sure whether to put this in the Harry Chaplin file or the Shiv Ramdas (@nameshiv.bsky.social) file

"Stringing us along in negotiations," & telling lies while doing so, are not remotely justifications for murder. She is confessing on her master's behalf to crimes. That this is considered a normal thing for her to say, & no one in a position to do anything will notice it, condemn our times.

The story is problematic for a different reason—it vastly overstates the split between conservative law profs. The anti-birthright argument has not gotten traction within legal academia, even on the right.

“Get me the Jesuits on line one. Tell them I want them to do a job. One to make Papa Frankie proud…”

I see we have that challenge again during this (Western) Holy Week: Can Christians oppose this without denying that Hegseth & those like him are part of the Christian world? “He’s not a Christian” elides a lot, including how (actual) non-Christians experience Christian cultural/majority hegemony.

In view of SCOTUS’s immunity decision, another plank of my 2028 platform is extraditing v Trump to The Hague as soon as the ICC prosecutor obtains an indictment.

This Is the sort of thing that happens when a minor British celebrity is fired. It’s another reason I love the country in which I’ve lived for 13 years.

When the birthright citizenship case isn’t 9-0, it will be scandalous

The “greater fool” theory is having a renaissance

Trump dreigt Wall Street te bombarderen als beurzen blijven zakken

Confused about the new dollar bills. Is this image going lengthwise or across?

Really don’t get the urge that “the other parties’ president is historically unpopular, their policies are unpopular, let’s choose a candidate who is most like the other party.”

You are cleaning for Pesach. I am cleaning because I am still afraid of my mother's judgement.

I really enjoy British humor, and I salute Ms Truss‘s years-long commitment to the bit. She hasn’t broken character once so far as I know. Rosie Holt would be jealous.

Who is he talking about? If you follow me, I suspect you’ll guess it right.

Not only do I contextualize 18thc dictionaries and their fallibility but I include John Mikhail's essential article on the emoluments clause, demonstrating the mendacity of the Trump DOJ. The online version has complete citations and contemporaneous images from Colonial texts, showing the lies.

“The conventional reading is encouraging migrants to come & have children” doesn’t sound very originalist. As for “British common law,” Epstein is, as Anglo-Welsh lawyers say, a numpty.

OK, that’s it. I was willing to overlook the $50,000 bribe, the lies, the violence, the racism. But now he’s said “less” when “fewer” was required. Homan must go.

Shortest Tudor reign since Lady Jane Grey

Shortest Tudor reign since Edward VI #spursy

Gotta love a party that believes in the human right of wealthy foreigners to give money to the party but not in the human right of other foreigners to be saved from drowning

I like the "no kings in the USA/no tyrants anywhere." Nice way for the London protest to say, "We don't mean you, King Prince Charles."

No Kings, No Tyrants, No Fascists London, UK

Technically, the judge gave the government an easier task than usual: rather than showing they aren’t violating her injunction, they need only show they’re not blatantly violating it. My expert judgment, informed by decades of experience, is nonetheless that the inclusion of “blatant” is not good.

Unfortunately, I’m out of town, so no thread for me on the third London No Tyrants protest. I’m looking forward to seeing posts of the signs.

"No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State." #NoKings

Barbara Fried is lowering my opinion of Stanford Law School

Impeachable. I’m confident most of the Framers would agree Congress should remove a president who admitted prosecuting a war without a Congressional declaration & claimed the power to do so by calling the war by another name. This video clip alone is sufficient for impeachment.

Saying "you called me MattGPT" on air is a highly avoidable schoolboy error

Wurman’s line Is standard, & it’s wrong. Conservative originalists claim they follow a method with an objectively right answer to each Q, so their results aren’t affected by their preferences, as opposed to liberals whose methods are indeterminative. This ignores a TON of things, not least …

Dear Christians who like to appropriate Judaism: Jesus did NOT have a Passover seder, (that developed after the fall of the 2nd Temple in 70 CE) but he WAS commanded to clean leaven from his house, so if you want the fun! parts of being a Jew, you can enjoy scrubbing your fridge like I am now 💕

If I made a legal AI, it would have the capacity to return, "It won't write"

I'm at a massive international arbitration conference this week. The chitchat during coffee breaks is that business for us "disputes lawyers" is looking up. Yay.

Like, WTF? The king’s not even bothering with tonnage & poundage. He’s just stealing money. [“Tonnage and poundage” isn’t NEARLY as much fun as it sounds.]

Today’s challenge: whoever can get Trump to “Truth” about this tonight wins. Bonus points if he uses the words “treason” or “disloyal.”

A blow to liberty. Aux armes, citoyens !

Speedrunning the Crusades, but this time without papal support, is gonna be so fun.