I'm just a small-town political scientist, frightened & confused by the ongoing casual media normalization of the lawless authoritarianism, but it seems that the wild illegality & unconstitutionality of this should be mentioned somewhere in the hed, dek, lede, or main text of this very long article.

"Attacks in which someone kills four or more relatives have risen this year from a 20-yr low, with more incidents in the first half of 2026 than all of last year, according to data from Northeastern University...Family and partner killings now account for 21% of all homicides, up from 15% in 2020."

Tony S: "This is a tremendous women's title match!" Ex: "A tremendous TITLE match." Thanks, Excalibur. #ForbiddenDoor

Photos: Thousands marched from Westlake Park to Seattle Center in the city's 51st celebration of its LGBTQIA+ community.

Here is the "WARNING NOTICE" federal agents hand-delivered. "YOU MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW" It's the second of these notices I am aware of. If you've received one, please get in touch: fire.org/alarm

First time going out in 8 months. After a long time waiting the #PallasCat Kitten came out of hiding at #BanhamZoo I was lucky enough to capture some really amazing photos. I though I would share this one today! I also got to met some amazing people along the way!

The lovely manul kittens from the litter of 6 born to Ariunaa at Zoo Brno in Czechia 😻

So, you take your daughter to an #AEW show dressed as Orange Cassidy and she gets pulled into the ring alongside the Conglomeration. How worried are you when Roddy Strong, who hurls Orange around all the time, picks her up?

#Seattle #PrideFest Today only! the booth of awesome dinosaur stickers/art by Emma LeRae is down in the Seattle Center well, near Fisher Pavilion. Nice folks! Great art! "SURVIVE OUT OF SPITE" is a totally valid feeling in 2026!

Variety writers still got it

Walking into an art store with my mom. Me: 15 minutes, tops. I just need some pencils, an eraser, a sharpener, and one marker. I'll check the sketchbook aisle on my way to the register. Mom: Okay. ~8 minutes later~ Me, running past so fast I'm blurry: EEEEEEEE! Mom: What.

BTW, since the subject has come up on here today: The reason I write on Patreon, and the reason most of my Patreon writing is free, is specifically to avoid Substack. I know it's harder to build an audience this way, but fuck Nazis and transphobes and bigots of all stripes.

JFC! If you’re still bombing Iran after a week into a cease-fire, maybe what you have isn’t a cease-fire at all.

The Leaf Sheep is a 5mm sea slug that steals chloroplasts from algae and keeps them alive in its own tissue, photosynthesizing sunlight into food. Only a handful of animals on Earth can do this.

this legitimately made me tear up. a tremendous public servant!

Imagine if all our local reps were just some guy who wants to fix some stuff

The divide we face is not progressives vs. moderates. It's fighters vs. folders.

after elon musk, mark zuckerberg has done more damage to society at large than any other single non-politician and his empire should be dismantled the same way

New: The U.S. federal judiciary says it is going to hike fees to download documents from its online court records system known as PACER in order to accelerate the development of a new, more secure case management and public ​access system. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Because, dear reader, the Reflecting Pool story couldn't reveal even MORE incompetence than you ever imagined, I present you with this 🎁 Gift Article: Read it with no paywall, but not for free, because American citizens have been arrested to cover up the lousy reason behind this pathetic affair.

According to the article, the food court contained one vendor: “Express Hibachi” who sold Minute Maid in a can, personal size pizzas, and chicken Caesar salads.

#Seattle Reminder: Emma LaRae of the awesome Pride-ful and anti-fascist dinosaur posters/stickers will be at all three Seattle Pride events all this weekend - see her post quote-quoted below! Seattle Center here I come.... "No war but class war" will be my rallying cry.

lololol

Under the district court's underlying Feb 2024 contempt order, the order is stayed "until completion of proceedings on a timely appeal," so Roberts's order staying of the issuance of the D.C. Cir mandate keeps the underlying contempt order stayed for now. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

bless u baltimore

All the @hangmanpage.bsky.social hair talk reminded me of this:

And to think her millionaire media mogul boyfriend got ZERO of those shrimp. It's always socialism for me and not for thee.

I don't post most of the opinions I get bc they're available on PACER and will likely be on Habeas Dockets/Westlaw soon. But I want to share this one, because I got a ruling on what I believe to be a novel issue of law, and it could be helpful to other practitioners drive.google.com/file/d/1nkrq...

BREAKING: Trump has launched strikes against Iran. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Look at this fuzzy face! 🥹 Squirrel of the Day for June 26, 2026 #sqrlpix

For all those wondering what all the buzz is about for Hangman Page this morning. #AEW 🤼

LAW OF POPEYES CONSERVATION For every good Popeyes (1) in every city, said city must have an equal, yet proportionally opposite opposite, dogshit Popeyes (2). Furthermore “the one where all the black folks go to eat” always has the best food BUT while it can either be (1) OR (2), it cannot be both.

"SoftBank Shares Tumble (13%) After Report of OpenAI’s IPO Delay" (Bloomberg) "Bankers advising OpenAI cautioned that the volatility in tech stocks could dent enthusiasm for an offering, the New York Times reported" #$MSFT

Sometimes, the tantrums take the form of a shitty ex-DNC chair throwing analogy after analogy at the wall because he cannot possibly be wrong and “Vote Blue No Matter… No Wait Not You” is still in full effect.

Empress of Forever is $3.99 in ebook today! bookshop.org/p/books/empr...

I am serious when I say this: while it is outright sacrilege for Vance to compare himself to Nixon, he is also not even *Spiro Agnew*

Hey everyone, @hobbesq.bolasgang.com has less than 48 hours to go on his photography Kickstarter if that’s something that interests you

#AltText Russian cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky aka Robert Kuzovkov The Australian Cartoonists Association notes with sadness and dismay the recent murder in Poland of Russian cartoonist in exile, Robert Kuzovkov, known as Semyon Skrepetsky.

BREAKING: Alligator Alcatraz has officially closed. A lot of outlets won’t report on this, but the Miccosukee Tribe played a key role in the fight.

As I discovered, modern hyperscaler, single floor, AI datacenters would make shockingly good roller derby venues (capable of multi track tournaments, with very minimal modification, even). I'm sure the same is true for other indoor sports too. Tldr: make the datacenters community led third spaces

This is an incredibly narrow and strikingly *non-originalist* reading of the meaning of "commerce" but then Justice Thomas isn't an originalist as much as he is an antisocial crank in robes.

I grew up watching Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova – this tale of their friendship wrecked me | Emma Brockes

Seriously?! As if Venezuela hasn't had enough shit happen to them This Fucking Year...

genuinely crazy to watch these people freak out over what is essentially 21st century new dealism

the second video is a full minute of everyone leaving the speech in the middle I’m not kidding people are flooding to the exits mid speech

BREAKING: Federal judge blocks DOJ from seeking NYC trans care information via grand jury subpoena. Judge Failla's temporary restraining order is the first such ruling in DOJ's recent escalation in its effort to go after gender-affirming medical care for minors. Today, at Law Dork:

#seattle Emma of the awesome dinosaur art is at Seattle's Pride Events this weekend, starting with Trans Pride Seattle this Friday night 5-10pm PDT at Volunteer Park. Way easier to get to than San Diego Comic Con. ;)

Newsom sounds like he learned resistance phonetically and that appeals to an unfortunately large audience that did the same.

I have three degrees in music and I have no explanation for the programming order here lol