Obscene, cruel, and scandalous the fees secured charges for contact with the outside world.

The patently unlawful murders continue apace, and no one (e.g., in DoD, in Congress, among other states) appears much to care. And now it's been over 60 days since the military was deployed in anticipation of such strikes--which means ... [1] @justsecurity.org www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

NOTABLE: The judge says the indictment sEssayli presided over are not dismissed bc they were signed by other lawfully appointed prosecutors. That reasoning, if adopted in other courts, bodes poorly for Lindsey Halligan, who was the only person to sign Comey/James indictments.

‘ironic twist’

Opening sentence of the complaint: “1. This is a case about a man who practices a deeply hypocritical form of misogyny.” LMFAO quite the opening twist there 🤣

Shorter Judge Ellis: “You wanna act like a stunt queen then I’ll treat you like a stunt queen”

This was before my time and I had no idea, although I probably learned this at some point— Luke won unanimously 9-0, and the case established the precedent that commercial parody counts as fair use for copyrighted works. Also they appended the full lyrics to the published opinion lmao

Dancing on a Malaysian tarmac as local food banks struggle to meet exploding demand on 27th day of government shutdown

Be smart: the new White House ballroom isn’t an actual museum housing the nuts of many Fortune 500 executives. it’s just a metaphor for that

Completely obsessed with the hair modeling featured in the salon ads. Would absolutely read a long form interview with anyone involved in that Shear Madness ad

Subtle

In case anyone needed further indication of trumps recession—went restaurant/bar hopping around Boston tonight. Upscale-ish places and everywhere was dead 🙃 dead in a way I haven’t seen since Covid times.

I’m not a scientist but this thread was reasonably ingestible even with my limited laypersons understanding—and it all sounds pretty awesome.

we simply cannot afford any more people like this and this is a big part of why platner has to go

Clocked that bitch 🤣

A week’s worth of groceries, 2 people: Just under $300 🥴🫠

The fact that there is NOTHING on sale in the grocery store’s produce section (neither in store nor app based coupons) is upsetting me and my homegirls. Today’s weekly grocery trip receipt is going to be obscene.

Finally some good news

Tiny criminal, photographed this morning. She jumped in the plant and promptly got digging zoomies.

Did that man drop out yet? I’m tired of hearing about him already and that election is over a year away. He’s up to like 17 strikes at this point. Have some decency/ keep your dignity. And spare the rest of us.

Matt Wuerker, Politico

Re-potted a succulent a few months ago—it’s variegated which, for some reason variegated succulents are particularly finicky I’ve found. I’ve killed this plant once before and this one looked like a goner until last week. This week it sprouted an unbelievably fragrant flower. Look at how cute

Remember during the election when republicans fabricated a story about Biden denying disaster relief funds to Republican areas? A peremptory confession, as it were.

NYT has a story up on hard it is for people hurt by government agents to get compensated. They contrast the story of our client George Retes, an Army vet who the feds abducted for three days when he tried to go to work, with President Trump's $230M payout. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

WOW: "Covid-19 vaccines... set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center & the University of Florida."

despite everything else that is bad about the world, nasa is still driving a nuclear robot car on mars and that's pretty cool

It rocks that the Fed is just flying completely blind at this point. “Fuck it, we'll do it live!” as economic policy—a masterful gambit, sir!

A reminder for boots season: a stitch [ahead of] time saves 9 Your boots will stay looking good for longer if you take care of them, and the #1 first thing you should be doing before wearing them is a waterproofing treatment—it’s both inexpensive & extremely cost effective! Don’t forget to test!!

Free Halloween consume idea: the Louvre jewel thief Bonus if the crowns are also available

SCOTUS holding no cause of action for civil rights violations committed by CBP/ICE agents has given them expansive legal cover for the kind of depraved conduct we’re seeing on our city streets. I’m surprised it’s only 50 as of yet—that number will continue to grow as the months tick by.

“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.” Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...

I don't know how I missed this but this is really bad all I can say.

Same energy

Oh that’s awesome

Oh the thing I’ve been putting off for years because of overwhelming dread was about 1% as bad as the years of dread? Typical! A reminder to go do that thing you’ve been dreading—you’ll be relieved once it’s over, and it’s almost never as bad as you’ve convinced yourself it will be!

Here’s a block list: bsky.app/profile/did:...

Gift access link— Pretty interesting read on recent trends in the global drug trade. Apparently Aussies and Europeans also love cocaine. Increasing supply chain specialization with lots of outsourcing along the way, leading to increases in violence in previously safe countries (eg Ecuador).

Got a call from a family friend in NH today—older white guy, typical blue-collar median voter. He wanted advice in case he gets arrested at the No Kings protest in Boston this weekend. If even he is planning to protest I can’t imagine how big the turnout will be. HUGE.

Boston has always been the home of revolution & innovation. To this day, we’re home to the world’s leading minds working to solve our biggest challenges. Boston stands with our scientists & engineers (& the Boston students already hard at work alongside them!) shaping the future of science & tech.

🥴🥴 I’m reasonably self motivated in most areas in my life except working out. I need a buddy. Won’t do shit without a buddy, and grateful my buddy is counting on me to workout this morning. Wouldn’t show up for myself alone but can’t leave her hanging—my fitness cheat code.

It’s cool that Trump decided to implement the Biden peace plan Trump blew up last year

I wrote fancy words about how SCOTUS, by writing no opinions, had left no precedents to bind it when a Dem retakes the White House — and then Justice Barrett just blurted it out.

Attacks on the federal workforce are also attacks on Black workers, who are overrepresented in the public sector. Black unemployment is 7.5%. I'm reminded of Coates' observation that Black Americans regularly experience conditions that would be considered a crisis if whites faced them.

All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen. But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences. Unserious people cause real-world harm. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

This is cinema!

This is the sort of thing you learn through osmosis if you’ve ever once appeared in court—your name, followed by the party you’re there representing. Was this her first time appearing in court?

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Here’s a typical bundle of file papers from the Boston Municipal Court archives. It probably hasn’t been unwrapped since it was docketed in 1822. The organization of the sub-layers is significant, & I always photograph bundles so that I can put them back together as I found them. I love this work! 🗃️

Why is there a tax on groceries in any state? Regressive ass tax policy.