Grappling with the potential realization that 15 minutes of SAD lamp as soon as I get up every day has been legit life changing.

I did. I ate all the mince pies. And they were delicious.

There were two things in the past that made a huge difference: labor unions and the GI Bill. The first provided economic security, the second, economic mobility.

folks, Sean Duffy is very bad but even he knows that we need air traffic control, that’s why they’re canceling flights that is not a real quote, the account even says parody on it

Because of reasons, just remembered Pigeon Street yesterday. youtu.be/v4km0IesNJA?...

I hate that kindness will be used by these people to shut down even more government and social safety net programs

GCU Critics Say

Going to put my hat in the ring and say that I'd be happy to talk to anyone starting an ATProto project about this. I think some sort of content moderation commons would make sense to help projects get off the ground.

An explanation I can understand. Including that the Trump administration could simply decide to release the money without a court order.

so how are the accelerationists feeling

Absolutely no way this could end poorly. Absolutely. No. Way.

KBJ threaded the needle thanks to CA1’s unfinished business. -if she denied the admin stay, the full SCOTUS woulda stepped in to override her. -if she immediately referred the case to the full Court, they coulda dragged feet. -instead she boxed them in to act quickly once she does refer the case.

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*driving past in my RV* yes! yes you can!

wtf did iguanas destroy the workplace as well?!

No government agency has a responsibility "to preserve an environment capable of sustaining human life." (Juliana v. United States, 2018) No government agency (especially not police) has a responsibility to protect you in the face of imminent fatal danger. (Warren v. District of Columbia, 1981)

Grocery store checker: Would you like to donate to a local food bank today? Me (thinking aloud): Do we know if SNAP is actually paying out right now? GSC (brightly): My uncle's came through, not sure about my mom's. You should be able to call and check! You can't tell from looking who's on SNAP.

RIP presumption of regularity or is it but a flesh wound?

A federal judge Friday issued a permanent injunction barring President Donald Trump from deploying National Guard troops from any state to Oregon, finding the president exceeded his authority. www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

The delay to GTA VI is actually because of unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and headwinds that indicate the collapse of society. GTA VI will be released when the economy has recovered to such an extent as it can support the release of the title.

New filing: "Oregon v. Trump (national guard deployment)" Doc #146: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW: For the reasons provided, this Court GRANTS declaratory relief and permanent injunctive relief, as stated herein,… [full entry below 👇] Download PDF | View Full Case #CL71481149

“The village of Qayal…has been razed. Fifteen members of the Huwaitat tribe who protested against their eviction were sent to prison, some for up to 50 years, and three others were sentenced to death” (World’s biggest YIMBY project) ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

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Jeremy Renner

I mean, this is how you get headlines like "Trump Nukes Blue States"

apropos nothing, "the government shouldn't run on debt" and "the government should be run like a company" but also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

That would put OpenAI at #13 on the list of largest corporate quarterly loss in history.

which programming language should Mamdani know

if only mamdani had learned to code as well

Live now!

Hey, we're live! I mean, we're starting at 10:30am PT, but we're also live now. We're super buttoned-up about this. Also don't you want to find out what we mean by minimum viable torment nexus?!

Seeing a lot of folks working at various "fractional" gigs and wondering if I could make that work for my editing services. I am, frankly, extremely good at it, but few places believe they need that kind of assistance full-time. Thoughts welcome.

The 3-body problem expensive consultants promise to solve

Orbital mechanics but translate it to institutional organizational change management

Mad at the Spelling Bee editor again wtf no ZETETIC?!?!!!!??

This one's nearly worth getting framed.

"... third-term musings of questionable constitutionality aside..." Oh, politico www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

"Come with me if you want to, uh..."

I did a good thing this week.

No Way To Prevent This, Says Only Company Where This Happens

is there a Ross Douthat tag on ao3

We have a new timeline up today on our Medical Research Funding page, documenting the onslaught of political, legal, and bureaucratic attacks on medical research since January: unbreaking.org/issues/medic...

oooh

Bringing the WD-40 to your Overton Window party.

Can't help but read today's installment of Building Slack (buildingslack.com/going-public...) as ending with a not-so-subtle dig at now-Trump banner-waver Chamath Palihapitiya

ngggh I am probably going to have to get the Lego Enterprise NCC 1701-D but I wish it looked better :( www.lego.com/en-us/live/b...

GSV Interesting Times with Ross Douthat

Lawyers and profs, what's in your Word quick access toolbar? I have undo, redo, insert footnote, small caps, update, and insert cross-reference. I'm going to teach law students in my seminar advanced tips for Word for lawyers and wanted to know what other people have done.

Personally I would've put the bylines alphabetically, i.e. Chamberlin and then Douthat but maybe that's because I've only been in ruined workplaces