The new Outlook design choice to automatically hide folders when the screen is oriented in portrait mode is driving me bonkers. It seems like a species of web UI design choices that assume everyone looks at everything on a phone. It ought to at least give me an option to restore folders permanently.

Somebody on reddit said that "certiorari" would be a cool name for a car, and now I'm going down that rabbit hole. The Mitsubishi Mandamus The Toyota Scienter The Hyundai Subpoena The Nissan Ultra Vires And, for @smmarotta.bsky.social, the Ford Estoppel

If James Franklin just stayed in Los Angeles and took over as the UCLA coach, I think both teams would take that deal at this point.

Here's a gift link to this story: defector.com/treasury-dep...

The human brain is so strange. I forget a million things a day, but somehow I remember the full name (first, middle, last) of a trial witness in an appeal I worked on as an intern almost 25 years ago. It wasn't even a Key & Peele-level odd name! I'd be happy to forget it! youtu.be/gODZzSOelss?...

Nice story about the founder of Jake's Ice Cream and Jake's Gourmet Popcorn. They're worth a visit if you're in Northern Virginia! wtop.com/virginia/202...

After oral arguments, the Fourth Circuit routinely thanks attorneys who take cases by court appointment. Today, after a case with one FPD and three CJA attorneys, Chief Judge Diaz spent several minutes discussing the Judiciary's dire budget situation (at 1:29:50). www.youtube.com/live/jsoE-rF...

If anyone knows of a way to remove the annoying "Copilot" box from the Microsoft Outlook WEB version, please for the love of all that is holy let me know.

I kind of feel like an announcement for a vacancy for a (trial) federal public defender in Hawai'i is self-recommending for the right person. www.fd.org/sites/defaul...

This gathering of all the top military brass to an in-person meeting on short notice with a secret agenda is probably not going to turn into something like Saddam's Ba'ath Party Purge, but if they were planning something like that, it seems like this is how they'd do it. youtu.be/MohJLPgutKQ?...

Somebody wanted to be my second chair at my oral argument tomorrow.

This was the "sphincter says what" trick first established in the case of Wayne & Garth v. Noway-Way Enterprises. And Judge Bibas ruled, "Not!"

Louis Vanilla Brandeis Powell Jam Also, Bruce Springsteen and the One First Street Band

Woke up this morning, fell back asleep, and then had a dream in which I was driving on the interstate and *woke up in dream* as if I had fallen asleep while driving. I was not especially upset at this development, but realized I needed gas. As I pulled into the station, my alarm went off. Confusing.

Not exactly a "study shows" but we recently had to buy a mini-fridge and the box had a line like "A convenient way to keep food and drinks cold!" I really want to know how many meetings it took to approve that line of copy on the box.

As the story notes, the bill also fails to fund the Defender Services program at an adequate level.

Just mis-read a headline about the Emmys as referring to the award for "Lewd Actor in a Drama Series," and yeah, I'd watch that.

One time I talked to someone about her experience as a juror, and the thing that most heavily swayed her was a witness's expression of confidence in an identification of the accused. I'd wager that's pretty common.

Still thinking about this. I've been both 1st and 2nd chair for a lot of arguments. I'd like to think that the 4th Circuit, with its (deserved) reputation for collegiality, would reschedule under these circumstances. But especially in a criminal case, I would not be afraid to object...

I hope this is a "Succession" parody about Brian Cox trying to pick a new captain.

There is no way that this is going to be confined to Los Angeles, or to ICE agents, or to purportedly limited immigration-enforcement actions. This gives police everywhere, at all levels, license to seize people, claim they were suspicious of an immigration violation, and then see what turns up.

In the upcoming term, whenever the SG's Office has an oral argument in front of the court, Justice Sotomayor should ask the government all her questions in Spanish.

RIP Ken Dryden. His book "The Game" is one of the best books about sports ever written. www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...

You put Tommy Tuberville in government and next thing you know, no more Defense.

Deep in the depths of Wikipedia, I learned about King Zog I of Albania. He was the subject of some 600 blood feuds and survived more than 55 assassination attempts. He reportedly smoked 200 cigarettes a day.

Well, my mom sent me her first "Check this out!" text with a pic of what I'm sure was Facebook a.i. slop. At least it was something innocuous (a new Oreo flavor) and not, like, Sydney Sweeney and the Geico gecko rescuing flood victims, but no doubt she's seeing crap like that all the time too.

If you're up 47-0 at halftime and this kind of storm rolls in, I think it's a sign you should just cancel the rest of the game. (video from KLBK www.everythinglubbock.com)

This is every couple at a restaurant, where Taylor is like "Hmm, that looks good, I wonder what that is," and Travis is like "Oh, they got fajitas!"

I saw Run-DMC once, and the opening act was The Sugarhill Gang

I'm as excited for this college football season as I have been for one in a long time, and this thread got me even more fired up.

And the hits keep coming this week with a little light identity theft!

I promise to be as physically inactive as necessary to qualify for this. And I puffed a cigar at a wedding 25 years ago, so I'm counting that as "former smoker."

Dem officials in 2028: "We should focus on kitchen table issues!" Voters: "Like how the National Police troops who are quartering in my home chopped up my kitchen table for firewood?"

Scanning too quickly and read this headline about a "Glut of Sargassum" as "Gulf of Sarcasm," and thought that's a good name for the difference between what people on here mean and how sensitive readers take it. And my stars, if we could bottle and sell that as fuel! www.wired.com/story/there-...

Saturday: Someone crashes into my parked car while I watched, not 60 seconds before I could have gotten in and pulled away without incident. Wednesday: Literally seven filings due in the Supreme Court. Thursday: Tooth hurting for a day or so, dentist fits me in; surprise root canal!

I read this in the voice of Troy McClure saying "They Came to Burgle Carnegie Hall," and it made me think that the mayor could be that kind of character: "Hi, I'm Eric Adams! You may remember me from such previous scandals as The Turkish Travel Tempest and the Banks Brothers Bribes!"

"Please -- 'Mr. Sundae' is my dad's name; call me 'H.F.'!"

Here's one for everyone who thinks that polling the jury is a waste of time www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/u...

Hear, hear! (not "here, here")

An excellent #Appellatejob has opened up, at the Georgetown Law's @immersionclinic.bsky.social. Really a great job for someone wanting to work in an appellate clinic, it seems to me. perma.cc/CX9E-NSEJ

Not the cheeriest movies, but you could do a lot worse for a double feature than "The Limey" and "The Hit." Stamp is excellent in "The Limey," and while "The Hit" is more of a showcase for John Hurt, Stamp is great in it and his last scene is stellar work. Changes the way you think of the whole film

A car pulling into a space whacked into mine today. The poor girl has only had her license about a week, so at least one of those "student driver" stickers is accurate. My car is a 2025 with 5K miles on it, so I was bummed. But hers was a 2026 BMW SUV, so her parents are probably even more bummed.

Lot of people posting about jury nullification right now. One thing to keep in mind: if you want to be on a jury, where you can hold the government to its burden or nullify when necessary, you have to be able to get on a jury. 1/

Slightly diminish a band: Spin Medical Students

If we have a resurrected country, does that mean we have a living Constitution?

"I'm an apprentice pamphleteer, and yon goody wife enjoys listening to harpsichord recitals. Our budget is an entire herd of cattle and a room full of gold. I want a fixer-upper, by which I mean floors and windows are optional. She frivolously demands a thatched roof rather than dung."

Is Vance able to cite even one actual Democrat who has opposed releasing this information?

I'm not a huge Rush fan, but I do enjoy some of their stuff, and they were the first to come to mind for me.

Dean Cain is Vichy Superman.

This makes me wonder how long it will be before police officers create lineups with a real picture of the suspect and the prompt "create five identical copies of this picture," knowing that they will, at best, look kinda like the real guy.