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(1) Senior lawyers should require appendices of authorities for all draft filings.
(2) Judges should set standing orders requiring appendices of authorities for all filings.
These two steps don’t cost much and would go a long way toward avoiding hallucinated citations.
"April 21, 2016, would be the longest, hardest day in my then-40 years on the music beat in Minneapolis and St. Paul," writes music critic Jon Bream.
Feel like it should be a bigger story that Howard Lutnick's firm (run by his kids) created a financial product to buy up tariff refund claims at a major discount, and will now be cashing in on the higher costs passed onto consumers.
Human League-style eye makeup for everybody, any gender
Say what you will about the worst members of the Roberts Court, but they all make sure their wives are in on the grift.
Jane Roberts, Martha Alito and Ginni Thomas are equal partners with their husbands in the grand project of destroying the United States and enriching themselves in the process.
Homeland Security klogo: More Third World Violence: ICE Requests Texas Not Release Illegal Alien Who Murdered His Co-Worker with a Sledgehammer Release Date: April 20, 2026 If you import the third world, you become the third world WASHINGTON — The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) lodged an arrest detainer requesting local authorities not release Josue Abraham Chirino-Leonice, a 19-year-old criminal illegal alien from Venezuela, who is charged with murdering his co-worker to death with a sledgehammer.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is using official press releases to message that Westerners (they mean white people) are superior to people from the Global South (they mean non-white people). This is a dangerous, backwards position for our government to take.
/also, "murdered .. to death"?
The creeps who make up Trump's paramilitary force (aka 🇺🇸 ICE) will soon be outfitted with the same glasses worn by all the other creeps who wear them, except these creepy glasses will be fused with mass surveillance data
by @kenklippenstein.bsky.social
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The FTC is dropping its appeal in the Media Matters case. They've withdrawn the civil investigative demand that is at the heart of the dispute (and presumably also want to avoid a D.C. Circuit decision). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It’s so funny when the vet writes a prescription for my cat using my last name. Like, what, you thought we were related? Do we look alike? This is just a little guy who lives in my house and eats my food! I call him Mr Banana but that’s not his real name or anything!
Promotional graphic for a live online event titled “Preserving the Web in the Age of AI.” The design features a dark green and teal background with futuristic accents. Event details read: “April 28th, 10am PT / 1pm ET, ONLINE.” Text explains that as publishers block archiving in response to AI, the event will explore what happens to the web’s memory, access, and accountability. Speakers include Mike Masnick (Techdirt), Mark Graham (Internet Archive), and Kendra Albert (Albert Sellars LLP), with headshots of each speaker shown. The right side includes a stylized, retro-futuristic illustration of computers, books, and digital media. The bottom right reads “Future Knowledge Podcast Live Recording,” with Internet Archive and Authors Alliance logos displayed.
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Publishers vs. preservation: what happens when the web can’t be archived? Find out on PRESERVING THE WEB IN THE AGE OF AI, a LIVE Future Knowledge #podcast recording 🎙️
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We can't list everything wrong with this lawsuit but here's one: Patel says The Atlantic should have filed FOIAs before reporting.
The FBI’s average FOIA response time is two years.
Rest assured that Tim will still be around to hand out gold statues to authoritarians around the world in exchange for tariff relief
And one of my five is out! Trump continues his habit of forcing out only his female Cabinet secretaries.
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If it weren't for the corruption, cruelty, and incompetence, this administration would have nothing left.
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PS: One day their needs will exceed what you can do. Research places BEFORE it's urgent. Beware giving your phone/email: those lead gen are $$, they'll spam the shit out of you. If you can, get a consultant: mine showed me around, had valuable inside info; free for me, got $ from the spot I chose.
NEW: I found two "news" websites active on X and other platforms—Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News—that are in fact U.S. government-operated anti-Iranian military propaganda mills. Both appear tied to U.S. Central Command.
theintercept.com/2026/04/20/p...
Lawsuits like this often have a purpose beyond winning in court. They make journalists and outlets think twice before publishing. That's the chilling effect—and it's very real.
The Atlantic isn't backing down. Good.
Your reminder that the House unanimously passed a federal shield bill in January 2024, and then Schumer sat on it - even after the 2024 election - and the Senate just let it die. freedom.press/issues/dems-...
As foretold by prophecy, LAPD used their "first responder" drones to spy on No Kings protests and anti-ICE protests: theintercept.com/2026/04/20/l...
With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.
We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.
Please stand by for more.
kash about to find out the reason trump has had success with this tactic is that everyone he does it to finds settlements a really easy way to bribe him
nobody's got any reason to bribe a failed podcaster who will soon be out of a job
I found On Vanishing helpful in reorienting my attitude: it helped me to accept & engage with “the person in front of me today,“ not just wish for “person they used to be.” (But I ignored her “ugh, too many folks in care homes, everyone should age in place” ideal. Sure, Jan.)
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Bottoms!!!
I pass this place every time I get off the bus to see a movie at the Alamo and every time I wonder what its deal/story is
![In his “most notorious [job] interview,” Karp met Louis Mosley, an Oxford graduate whose grandfather Oswald Mosley was the British fascist leader during World War II and once named “worst Briton of the twentieth century.”
As soon as Mosley sat down, Karp began reciting from memory, for several minutes, one of Oswald’s 1939 speeches demanding Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. When finished, Karp executed tai chi moves and walked out without saying goodbye.
Mosley sat stunned, convinced his family’s past had torpedoed him. Instead, he was hired and now runs Palantir’s UK business.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:viy533g7pvyy7cesicxbqvm3/bafkreic5uyohukwuqdohjyvqmgpzyhsfrxmi54s4m46b3575qg4mkazyvu)
In his “most notorious [job] interview,” Karp met Louis Mosley, an Oxford graduate whose grandfather Oswald Mosley was the British fascist leader during World War II and once named “worst Briton of the twentieth century.” As soon as Mosley sat down, Karp began reciting from memory, for several minutes, one of Oswald’s 1939 speeches demanding Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. When finished, Karp executed tai chi moves and walked out without saying goodbye. Mosley sat stunned, convinced his family’s past had torpedoed him. Instead, he was hired and now runs Palantir’s UK business.
Crazy? Would a crazy guy do this?!?
If anyone has tips on:
1. Living with older parents you have moved in with you;
2. Living with a person with dementia;
I am all ears.
Also, there are digital displays that show the time in big font with the day of the week and date underneath. You can position a couple of those around the house.
