The Pirates are winning, the Pens are in the playoffs, the Post-Gazette is saved, City Paper is back, and the Blocks are now completely out of Pittsburgh. I think we need to have one of our cute little group hugs 🖤💛
Moderate white voters are like marathon runners. You could be talking about something completely unrelated to politics and suddenly they’re lecturing you about how moderate they are. They proudly tell you they’ve voted for both parties. Like. Ok and I’ve eaten ice cream? Idk what’s less surprising?
The index of consumer sentiment isn't broken; models that try to predict it just don't have the right input variables. I fix that and find that, yes, high nominal price levels explain why the vibes are so off. It's the prices, stupid
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-04-14...
It truly doesn’t matter what time I get up. If my kid realizes I’m enjoying a moment to myself, he will get out of bed and come find me. I know I am supposed to enjoy every moment because I’ll miss it when I’m older but it was 6 am and I was sure he’d snooze for another 30 minutes.
I always appreciate helpful post office workers. My favorite two locations are Bloomfield and Wilkinsburg.
I was very hesitant to start working with AI for the usual ethical reasons. But for a variety of reasons, I started learning how to use it for my purposes. It really is wild how fast this form of a digital divide could grow. All of it is insane but I’m glad I’m learning.
I don’t know if anyone needs to hear this but just in case. If you’re upset about something non-news related, get up and walk away from that computer. Take a walk. Get your steps in. Don’t reply.
I saw a TT with a teacher talking about things adults may not know about schools anymore. It included the fact that some schools don’t have lockers and got rid of textbooks in favor of Chrome books. I don’t want that for my kid!
There is one cardinal rule of the British royal family and it is that you keep your mouth shut and don’t create bad publicity. That is it. In exchange, you live a life of privilege and ease. Andrew did not seem to understand the assignment and the repercussions of failing.
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND Plaintiffs, * * * * * * * * Civil Case No.: SAG-25-628 Defendants. * * MEMORANDUM OPINION On February 14, 2025, the United States Department of Education ("DOE") published a "Dear Colleague Letter" ("the Letter") explaining the new administration's positions with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") principles and federal antidiscrimination law. A few weeks later, DOE issued an announcement that it would require states and school districts to affirmatively certify their compliance with DOE's interpretations of Title VI and Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard ("SFFA"), 600 U.S. 181 (2023), within ten days ("the Certification Requirement"). Those documents, and whether they created new legal obligations or merely restated existing law, have been the focus of this litigation.
This case illustrates why following procedures is so important. The stringent procedures outlined by the APA are not hollow gestures designed to manufacture the appearance of fair and reasoned decisionmaking; they exist to ensure that agencies stay within the bounds of their delegated authority and exercise that authority within the constraints of the law more broadly. See Nat'l Fed'n. of Indep. Bus. v. Dep't of Labor, 595 U.S. 109, 117 (2022) (*Administrative agencies are creatures of statute."). Still here, this Court takes no view as to whether the policies at issue in this case are good or bad, prudent or foolish, fair or unfair. But, at this stage too, it must closely scrutinize whether the government went about creating and implementing them in the manner the law requires. Here, it did not. And by leapfrogging important procedural requirements, the government has unwittingly run headfirst into serious constitutional problems. Plaintiffs have shown that neither challenged agency action was promulgated in accordance with the procedural requirements of the APA, and that both actions run afoul of important constitutional rights. Both challenged actions accordingly must be vacated. The administration is entitled to express its viewpoints and to promulgate policies aligned with those viewpoints. But it must do so within the procedural bounds Congress has outlined. And it may not do so at the expense of constitutional rights.
ORDER OF JUDGMENT For the reasons stated in the accompanying memorandum opinion, it is this 14th day of August, 2025, ordered that: 1. Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment, ECF 66, is granted as to Counts One, Two, Three, Five, and Six and denied as to Count Four; 2. The government's motion, ECF 72, construed as a motion for summary judgment, is granted as to Count Four, and denied as to all other counts; 3. Judgment is entered for Plaintiffs on Counts One, Two, Three, Five, and Six; 4. Judgment is entered for the government on Count Four; 5. The Dear Colleague Letter of February 14, 2025 is VACATED under 5 U.S.C. § 706; and 6. "The Reminder of Legal Obligations Undertaken In Exchange for Receiving Federal Financial Assistance and Request for Certification under Title VI and SFFA v. Harvard" is VACATED under 5 U.S.C. § 706. /s/ Stephanie A. Gallagher United States District Judge
THEREFORE, the Parties do HEREBY STIPULATE AND AGREE as follows: 1. The challenged Agency Actions have been vacated and set aside by the final judgment entered in American Federation of Teachers, et al. v. United States Department of Education, et al., No. 1:25-cv-00628 ("AFT"), and the vacatur and terms of the judgment in AFT apply to Plaintiffs; 2. The challenged Agency Actions will not be relied on in any way by Defendants including by way of seeking to enforce its substance through ED or DOJ civil rights enforcement procedures; 3. The certification demand issued on April 3, 2025 will not be reinstated in substance even if under a different name; 4. The challenged Agency Actions creates no obligation, responsibility, or condition on Plaintiffs in any manner;
NEW: In cases brought by the NEA and AFT, there are now final court orders: Last year's anti-DEI "Dear Colleague" letter is vacated and unenforceable.
DOJ/DOE gave up the fight, dismissing the appeal and case in the Fourth Circuit and subsequently dismissing the the second case with a stipulation.
heads up to the american news media: I do not care what racists thought of the super bowl halftime show
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them. www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
The current regime took a week to abolish USAID, which is three times as old and was not in the news every day for brutalizing children
And it all came toppling down, as every working Mom knows it does.
The AP has a whole series on the front page today about PFAs (forever chemicals) and all the damage they're doing to humans. Among other sources, Scotchgard and its competitors on carpets contaminating the water in all the areas surrounding the factories that make it. 🧵
apnews.com/projects/pfa...
I’m so tired. I feel like I’m failing every day at something 😭
I tried to make an appointment with my PCP to get my blood checked, get checked for diastasis recti, and talk about the possibility of starting a GLP-1 and she didn’t have an opening until May. So May it is until I have it in me to call and ask about a different PCP.
If I could give up and I didn’t know how risky it was, I’d probably give up rn.
Huge numbers of women are being forced out of the workforce due to RTO, lack of flexibility, lack of affordable childcare, and more. I can’t quit my job but I am so tired.
I let my toddler stay in bed until 8:15 am this morning because he seemed exhausted. He even had a huge meltdown after I woke him up. But now it is 10:30 pm and he just fell asleep. Being a parent means paying the price twice when you screw up. My workload has increased & this is hard.
you cant afford childcare so you cant work but the economy is also so bad you and your partner probably need two jobs just to stay afloat.
and they fucking wonder why people arent having kids.
I was making a snack for my kid when I suddenly thought, “Is Maduro still in prison? What’s going on with that?” and then my toddler demanded a different, well, everything, and I couldn’t decide whether this news cycle has been better or worse for the WH since kidnapping Maduro.
Minnesota is grieving. But we’re resolved. The support we’ve received from across the country has energized us, and given us hope.
It’s time for the federal government to draw down their forces and let us get back to allowing freedom, opportunity, and security – for everyone.
I’m on an elliptical at 6:30 am. I’m going to send a gd letter to every morning person who ever lectured me that I should simply get up early and go to the gym. Granted, it’s one we bought years ago and in my house but still. There’s nothing wonderful about this besides the silence.
If I didn't need my job, like my job, and my family was on my health insurance, I may have quit my job today. I couldn't get work done while my toddler was home, I'm barely where I need to be workwise and I feel so anxious.
This seems an important footnote to that online dating visualisation diagram (21M, Nazi)
I know it's ALL been said before but HOLY F*CK. Juggling a kid's school schedule during the winter with work is so freaking hard. It's the focus, the distraction, the cognitive overwhelm. It's both parents trying to keep it together while still meeting deadlines set two months ago.
TikTok changed its algorithm and now my perfect timeline of kind encouragement has changed to SkinnyTok with people telling me to stop eating. I already grew up in the 90s. Wtf did they do to my perfect escape?!?
