It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation. From the Harvard decision today.

A Blokees-heavy August Rodimus Collection update! www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/posts/2025/8/31/august-2025-collection-update

Today, on a weekend with both kids away, Lori and I got up and did stuff. Woodland Art Fair, lunch at Sawyer’s downtown, and then finally visited the Lexington History Museum. 25 points for intentionality! Now, naps.

As a certified Rescue Bots mark, I practically vaulted over a row of chairs to be sure I got a pic of @thatlionwhocos.bsky.social as Doctor Morocco!

Updates to the Rodimus Collection for July - Blokees and Ziplocs and maybe-but-I-don’t-know bootlegs? www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...

This is obvious BS (not only for the political reasons; it just ignores Escobar's materiality requirements). But perhaps this obvious BS will finally force the courts to put limits on an out-of-control relator's bar bringing meritless FCA cases. www.wsj.com/opinion/whis...

And ultimately, Chuck Schumer made a "deal" in which the Dems wouldn't fill the spot. So now, instead, Trump's hush-money lawyer is getting a lifetime appointment to the 3rd circuit afj.org/article/circ...

The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR. Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! It is unthinkable that the Trump admin would not encourage the worst forms of exploitation so long as there’s money to be made. techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/w...

I can now add window glazing to my list of skills to begin leveling up from 1.

New additions to the Rodimus collection for April: a new version of the My Busy Books Hot Rod figure (it's different!), a 2006 repaint of the Heroes of Cybertron mold, and Fans Hobby MB-15E Turbo Punk! www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post... #rodimus #rodimusprime #hotrod #transformers

Given the reality of the Trump admin tearing down agencies and structures that have been built over the last 70 years, where are the plans for how we’re actually going to build back better once adults get back in charge?

Just crimes. Everywhere. All the time. Crimes, crimes, crimes. They keep getting richer, we keep getting poorer, and no one faces any consequences.

He’s bringing sexy back #rodimus #transformers #shatteredglass Not in a wholesome way, though.

at least he just came out and said "we are not going to do anything and are waiting for our constituents to fix our mess by taking to the streets to get killed by police"

I can't tell if the WSJ editorial board is trolling its readership.

I’ve now got my whole Hot Rod/Rodimus collection individually photographed and up on my collection site. Come check it out! #transformers #rodimus #toycollectors www.shadowbot.com

My party is embarrassing. We don’t need a “calvary.” We need a “cavalry.” It’s not just a typo in the email, it’s in the subject line too. Unless you’re suggesting the party is going to sacrifice itself.

It’s terrible that people like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are voting the way Democratic Senate leadership should have.

These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP. Schumer Fetterman Cortez Masto Durbin King Shaheen Gillibrand Schatz Hassan Peters Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.

Hot Rod has been reissued a lot, and there’s something different each time. I’ve written up a definitive guide to all of the variations of my favorite G1 Transformer! www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post... #transformers #hotrod #rodimus #rodimusprime #transformersG1

Sure would be nice if the people in my house that really wanted the bathroom renovated wouldn’t be upset with me because I’m renovating the bathroom.

If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.

“The agreement we came to.” Just two government officials publicly admitting that one sold out his constituents in exchange for not getting prosecuted for his corruption by the other’s colleagues. *This* is why six DOJ lawyers have already resigned: www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...

READ Danielle Sassoon's letter to AG Pam Bondi, via @nytimes.com: "Rather than be rewarded, Adams's advocacy should be called out for what it is: an improper offer of immigration enforcement assistance in exchange for a dismissal of his case." static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

This is, in a word and as a former AUSA, disgusting. The attorneys who are being penalized by Bove, who is a stooge, are the good guys.

I guess they’re saving willful court order defiance for next week. Or maybe tomorrow.

Just finished the overall plotting and had to draw out a little teaser #BeastWars #WhatIf #Season3

We will really need to see the states step up to hold Musk and his lawless cronies to account, as federal law enforcement has been co-opted.

The useful days of social media were murdered by late-stage capitalism. Overreaching government idiots will now do the same to cloud storage. Soon we’ll have eradicated all of the benefits of ubiquitous internet. sixcolors.com/link/2025/02...

See, here’s where they might be successful, on the basis of “it takes one to know one.”

I’m tickled that video game golf is apparently now a televised sport, but I’m fascinated to learn that CAMBOT from MST3K has a new job!

NEWS Hawaii Senator Brian Schatz says he’s putting a blanket hold on all of President Trump’s State Department nominees until USAID is back up and running.

Yes. While there are absolutely things Democrats can and must do to slow, obstruct, etc, GOP hold both House and Senate majorities, severely limiting our options. Johnson and Thune are handing over the own keys and relinquishing their own power. Even for the cynics this should be a shock.

If one thing is obvious from the first week and a half, it’s that our Democratic presidential candidate for 2028 sure shouldn’t be anyone from the Senate.

The governors are correct. Democratic leadership is too old, too white, and too entrenched into rules/norms that don't exist anymore. You can't make the argument, for months, that Trump is a vital threat to democracy and then work with him. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/u...

Apply to the Patterson School! www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/01/appl...

Has anyone gotten anything other than disturbing garbage from Apple’s image playground app?

Concept proved. I cut a short Billy to serve as an extension to my existing short Billy toy shelves, and lit it with a Mittled light strip as my beloved Norrfly strips have been discontinued. The walls in this room slope at the top, and this takes the shelves as high as they can go.

One thing that needs to result in immediate bullying is anybody trying to humanize Mitch McConnell as some bipartisan hero for not confirming an embarassingly unqualified person when he is one of the top reasons this is happening in the first place

Don’t worry, Mitch McConnell, we haven’t forgotten that most of this shit is your fault.

Check out Kentucky on this map. Appears that Biden administration was very, very good to Bluegrass State.

The Transformers subreddit is taking a stronger stance against Elon doing a Nazi salute than the ADL

Blue Sky’s also a bit lonely. I have some pals here, but many of my IRL pals weren’t into Twitter even when it was great, so they aren’t looking for an alternative. I’d love to make some new pals in the Transformers and toy collecting communities. Or, if need be, other lawyers. 🤓

Also, I’m going to plug Mozi again. No one I know except my daughter is on it (only b/c I made her sign up), so it’s lonely. But I’ve already found it useful to keep track of planned trips–some of which are just tentative–outside of a calendar that shows all of my obligations. www.mozi.app

Third: a copy (not the best quality, but finally a copy) of Marvel’s Transformers #67, which I somehow didn’t realize until last year had a cover by Jim Lee (who is just a wonderful person to meet and talk to at a New York Toy Fair in the early 2000s when he’s in the Mattel booth promoting Batman)

Second up: a restocked beer fridge, courtesy of our recent trip to see family in Georgia!