Pinky toes and sharp corners exist to keep us humble.

With regard to our berobed and beshitted Justice Alito: If the Founders had no capacity to conceive of illegal immigration, then they also had not the imagination to conceptualize automatic weapons. Originalism is and always was a pathetic, desperate lie of miserable, ideological shitheels.

"There is a robust and fast-growing body of interdisciplinary research that comprehensively debunks the claims that tech companies — and those who shill for them — make about these products, and exposes the global corporate power grab that these claims are being used to enable."

This man did far more fighting for the US than anyone in the cabinet or the White House. And he died one day after being taken to an American concentration camp. One day. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

SINNERS stats: • 4 Oscars • 3 BAFTAs • 2 Grammys • 2 Actor Awards • 2 Golden Globes • A on CinemaScore • $370M+ worldwide • 4 Critics Choice Awards • 97% on Rotten Tomatoes • One of the best reviewed wide-release films of the decade

See now, this is why I forget all about that 5:15 AM wake up call #blackskyoutdoors

When a federal judge (finally) put ICE officers under oath, they admitted that they are given daily detention quotas and rely heavily on a Palantir-supplied AI tool to select targets, without warrants and without enough evidence to obtain one. They simply go into neighborhoods and round people up.

Imma look directly at it because EYE find it pleasurable Now… i hope you find it pleasurable as well… But if you don’t … i pray you decolonize your desirability matrix

Yes. Lemme note..the author's a lil out over his skis. To speak of "Christ" as *teaching* Christianity is weird. There's is no indication I know of that Jesus of Nazareth imagined his gospel (good news) was anything other than an extension of the gospel of Isaiah. But yes, Christian Zionism's wild.

If you want to understand why this war with Iran is actually happening, one must understand the weird, pseudo-relgious reasoning upon which U.S. foreign policy rests. uoj.news/man-and-chur...

LA City Council’s City President Marqueece Harris-Dawson says he has been pulled over four times while a member of the council; the most recent was this week. He missed a committee meeting because of the stop, according to him. Among the questions: “how do you have this vehicle,” according to him.

Timothée Chalamet: “I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera…Things where it’s like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive, even though no one cares about this anymore.'” Speaking as if he could work in either discipline? 🙄 Being loud and wrong is a choice. www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/...

A lack of Christians isn’t the problem. The lack of morally serious, decent human beings is. The people in this photo are neither of those things. The Faith Cartel has had its agents in “the halls of power“ for decades. They’re the reason why all of this insane shit *gestures broadly* is happening.

Apparently, there is something called an “album,” which appears to be a cohesive narrative over a period of multiple songs in a row. I can almost feel my attention span increasing with every track.

Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post offering “financial runway." This month it gutted its newsroom—more than 300 layoffs. Whatever you think of legacy news, the hard data shows us that newspaper closures hurt Americans. Here's how: 🧵

If you hear someone saying that they hope lawyers are ready to go to court to protect free and fair elections, I suggest you let them know that my law firm is already litigating more than 80 voting and election cases in 40 states.

This last hike reminded me that you can’t give what you don’t have. Stay grounded. Stay present, open, and awake. #BlackSkyOutdoors

The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.

the arrest of journalists in minneapolis, including don lemon, is more evidence that the only move the administration knows how to make is to use force, and does not know how to respond when that force is met with defiance and indifference.

I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated! www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Two Democratic members of Congress attacked in three days. Maxwell Frost was assaulted on Saturday, Ilan Omar tonight.

That’s true. I shoulda known better than to place before you a “should.” And yes, conscience in context always. Stand where you must stand…be human there.

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities. Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

Baseline moral seriousness demands clarity of thought and language. Anything else is bollocks.

To put it another way: Courageous jurists on the lower courts have held back Trump from inflicting even more damage on civil rights and liberties. This timeline sucks, but the one in which the judiciary doesn't even try to push back is FAR worse. We insult these judges when we dismiss their impact.

IMMORAL… This drawing was made by one of the 5 year old El Gamal twins. It shows children behind bars with the caption, “I’m 5 years old.” An immigration judge denied them bond, citing “insufficient assets.” These children could remain in detention for years while their case is appealed.

It is absolutely by design. Theyr’e tired of white people sympathizing with Black and brown folks. That’s why they’re so mad and confused in Minnesota. All the nice white people yelling at them to get fucked. It’s like their dads are yelling at them in a bathrobe. They can’t cope.

Do whatever you can, however you can.

Every Stephen Miller tantrum and DHS recruitment ad speaks in these existential terms about "defending your culture" to elide the fact that they need people with the courage to wear a mask while interrogating a sixth grader

Was that a wee #earthquake in LA?

Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.

You're paying for this. Trump's Big Ugly Bill gave BILLIONS to ICE and giant corporations—using money meant to lower your health care costs. Instead of helping your mom get cancer treatment, your tax dollars are being used to terrorize communities.

Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

Joy! Joy! And next to Merton! Thank you!

We need more cats like Mister Rogers.

Great question. Leaning into the/my feeling function. Dory gave me a bracelet that reads "Amor Fati." I think of it as taking all the feels (which are like no one else's feels) & giving them the form only I can give. Here's more on "Amor Fati." What do you make of it? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amor_fati

“A need for approval lies behind all efforts of evangelism. If someone else can be convinced, that will show us that we are on the right path. The attempt to convince someone of anything is a mark of insecurity.” ― Ravi Ravindra, The Wisdom of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

Tonight* is the longest night of the year, not tomorrow. We get our powers as soon as the sun sets. This is written in the ancient texts.

TBH, when the nerds said ”AI” would revolutionize the world, this isn‘t what came to mind…

Before reading this, I thought I was fairly familiar with 14th amendment. My immediate conclusion after reading it: the Fourteenth Amendment should be a semester-long class, with follow-up clinics. Thank you, @sifill.bsky.social 🙏🏽 howard-law-journal.scholasticahq.com/article/1539...

Metaphors be with you

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Tapping the sign again.

It seems to me that a pastor being threatened after *checks notes* “walking the walk,“ is what religious persecution looks like. Stay safe, everyone.

Collective, racist punishment.

The number of children who are dead because of POTUS, Rubio, and Musk is estimated to be approximately 400,000. It didn’t have to be this way and the people who voted for Canks tell me they didn’t think this would happen. I don‘t have a response to that nonsense that doesn't include expletive.