Now would be a great time to reconsider that 46% cut to NASA’s science budget for FY2027.

Woo! Have the best time!!

No, totally doesn't seem like you. Although I'm sure someone (other than you) would consider themselves lucky since he is such a cute little guy. 😍

It was the Dunning of tymes. It was the Kruger of tymes.

The only question left is which hits the US first: a massive terror attack, a massive geopolitical crisis, or a massive public health catastrophe. We're totally unprepared for any of them. We have ceded the mantle of global leadership in exchange for trinkets.

21. United States v. Nixon In July 1974, the Supreme Court effectively cleared the way for the ouster of a sitting President—in a ruling that may have ultimately *bolstered* the presidency as an institution

51 years ago today, President Nixon announced that he would resign the presidency after a unanimous Supreme Court (in an opinion by a Chief Justice he appointed) ordered him to turn over tapes on which, as it turns out, he had implicated himself in the Watergate cover-up.

Those were the days...

We human servants have a lot to answer for 😄

A large tuxedo cat with an asymmetrical white blaze on her face regards the camera seriously.

Lilly is always dressed for an occasion!

The majority’s contention that I reject “ ‘pure textualism’ [a]s insuf ficiently pliable to secure the result [I] seek,” ante, at 10, stems from an unfortunate misunderstanding of the judicial role. Our interpretative task is not to seek our own desired results (whatever they may be). And, indeed, it is precisely because of this solemn duty that, in my view, it is imperative that we interpret statutes consistent with all relevant indicia of what Congress wanted, as best we can ascertain its intent. A method ology that includes consideration of Congress’s aims does exactly that— and no more. By contrast, pure textualism’s refusal to try to understand the text of a statute in the larger context of what Congress sought to achieve turns the interpretive task into a potent weapon for advancing judicial policy preferences. By “finding” answers in ambiguous text, and not bothering to consider whether those answers align with other sources of statutory meaning, pure textualists can easily disguise their own pref erences as “textual” inevitabilities. So, really, far from being “insuffi ciently pliable,” I think pure textualism is incessantly malleable—that’s its primary problem—and, indeed, it is certainly somehow always flexi ble enough to secure the majority’s desired outcome.

Whoa. Spicy footnote from Justice Jackson, dissenting in the ADA case. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Any Medievalists want a copy of the newest edition of Debating #Medieval Europe - The central and later Middle Ages - for... free?

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Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.

A pretty tuxedo cat with a white streak on her face lies on a white blanket with a somewhat serious look on her face.

My beautiful Lilly hopes you and everyone else has a wonderful weekend.

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

there has never been a past without trans people and there won’t be a future without them either, no matter what. no law can change that. i refuse to allow them to talk about people i love like that.

Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights.

The Stonewall Riots happened because trans people, particularly of color, rose up against state violence. You can’t even begin to tell the story without our trans ancestors and elders. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/n...

I bought my very shy kitty Lilly a banana toy of her own after seeing these pictures of Flower...it arrived today and she LOVES it. 💖

It sure does but hurray for going home. (So sorry about the DKA, it is an awful way to feel).

Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.

The very first real victims of Trump's EOs on California #water are California farmers and Central Valley congressional districts that reliably vote red.
He's ordered his dam operators to throw away their stored water, just for a photo op and tweet.
www.latimes.com/environment/...

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In the final minutes of It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey gets to see what the world would look like if it was ruled by a malicious megalomaniac with no empathy and no concern beyond increasing his own personal wealth. Thank goodness that'll never happen.

There was a school shooting today.

Protect the oligarchy.
School kids?
Thoughts and prayers.

"I see you were fond of playing the Devil's Advocate," Saint Peter said.

"Er... The name isn't really..."

"No, I know. 'Devil's Advocate' is a specific job, and that is allowed."

"So I'm good?"

"No, because you weren't doing that specific job, you were just being a dick online."

I've both known people having walking pneumonia (including 2 young relatives) and have recently seen several news stories about a rise in cases of walking pneumonia specifically. I don't know about pneumonia cases in general but I am not surprised to hear it.

Black and white tuxedo cat curled up on a heating pad on a carpeted cat tower. She looks a bit dubious of the photographer.

Yeah, I used quite a few starter packs recently and when I see I have someone in my feed who isn't what I'm looking for, I just unfollow them...part of the price for adding follows quickly is paring them down as needed.

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