Matilda, a black flat coated retriever, looking perky a few weeks before today's smack in the face from the vet.

My dog has a mass on her spleen. They will need to do a splenectomy to find out if it is cancer (prognosis: bad) or something else.

My other dog and I are home alone at the moment without her and it is weird. Anyway, send good doggie vibes our way please.

I just made a loan through kiva.org to a group of farmers in the Peruvian rainforest!

Work, Study, Pray: The Catholic College Hoping to Save a Generation of Young Men The College of St. Joseph the Worker was founded as a proposition that lost young men shouldn’t be condemned or written off. What if, instead of finding Groypers, these young men found God?

The College of St. Joseph the Worker, a new educational institution in Ohio, currently has 62 students, 60 of them men. Its goal is to restore its students’ sense of their own competence. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/DpSR_e

A black flat-coated retriever passes out next to her beloved tennis ball, too tired after partying hard

Today I held a dog party at my house. We had four dogs running around like a pack in my backyard. My doggos are ZONKED.

Cheez-It?

Thanks for testing it. I love MOMA and the Met so I haven't gotten there yet but now I guess I will pass! I do want to see the Klimts in the Neue Gallerie though...

I love reading novels. I’m always amazed by folks who don’t read fiction. There is nothing better, to me, than being in the middle of a book that you can’t wait to return to. It’s like living two lives at once.

We had a last minute cancellation: does anyone with policy experience working in federal administrative agencies want to come talk to my HKS admin law seminar tomorrow (Friday 4/17) at 1pm ET about the role of policy experts in federal agencies?

Happy to do remote - DM me if interested!

Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination. Discrimination based on sex is expressly prohibited under Montana’s unique Nondiscrimination Clause––“[n]either the state nor any person, firm, corporation, or institution shall discriminate on account of . . . sex . . . .” Thus, Article II, Section 4 is unequivocal in its intolerance for discrimination based on sex. Because sex discrimination involves a fundamental right under Article II, the appropriate level of judicial review is strict scrutiny. Snetsinger, ¶ 17. ¶28 Being transgender is also a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of Article II, Section 4,––“[n]o person shall be denied equal protection of the law.”

MONTANA SUPREME COURT: “Transgender discrimination is, by its very nature, sex discrimination,” and is subject to strict scrutiny under the Montana Constitution.

I didn't worry about that before, but now.... Thanks a lot!!

So delightfully Philly

Matilda the black flat-coated retriever snoozes under an Ohio State blanket on the loveseat

Snoozy dog

Not yet

Core memory unlocked. Also: Noyta CCCP 🤣

NASPA-LearningReconsidered.pdf share.google/Hy4LtYfQ83NK...

It is genuinely surreal to watch both the U.S. and Britain decide to destroy their own world-renowned and extremely profitable university systems at the same time.

Do not lift a large floofy dog and then immediately trip over the other large but less floofy dog.

It is not a good plan and now everything hurts.

Today I am taking a screenwriting class. Because why not?

The organization's Grays Ferry location is next door to the structure, and pets had to be moved to Old City and foster homes.

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4mkJedA

A floofy white pup with floppy ears holds a tennis ball in her mouth

This mah ball

Philly area people:

The CHOP garage collapse in Grays Ferry has (probably) killed 3 people, and all the animals at the Grays Ferry Philly Paws location have been evacuated.

They desperately need cat foster homes until the shelter can reopen. Please help if you can!

phillypaws.org/foster/

Last night, I dreamed I was shadowing my daughter at a brand new high school, but before we could leave, I had to feed the fish.

A snake was in with the fish and tried to attack. It slithered out of the tank and became two lizards, which my husband promptly caught.

No more lasagna before bed.

UCLA, Indiana, and Michigan. Now take a big sip of your drink and I will tell you which team won in which sport.

Satellite image of downtown Boston including Boston Common and Government Center, with Cameron Micheroni & Silvia pinned

OUR BOSTON IMMIGRATION LAW OFFICE NEEDS A SUMMER LAW INTERN

Our 5-attorney Boston office is looking for a summer legal intern. Passion for immigrant justice, strong writing skills, & conversational Spanish preferred.

Perks include a monthly stipend, T pass, weekly lunch, & ongoing mentorship

I sang four masses in sixteen hours, ate enough ham to test my structural capacity, and took a two hour baseball nap. Happy Easter.

Penn Tried to Resist the Trump Administration’s Demands for Employee Data. Other Colleges Have Complied. Over the past year, the government’s employment-fairness agency has asked for the contact information of employees at colleges across the country.

So many thoughts... www.chronicle.com/article/gove...

Nice job by @franciediep.bsky.social at the @chronicle.com

Glad to see good use of our @globalcit.bsky.social data on the regulation of birthright citizenship around the world 🌎

Better title:

US-style automatic birthright citizenship is very common throughout the Americas, but uncommon elsewhere.

I just started listening to that. Seems like they are not in danger of running out of material anytime soon 😭

How... Can people possibly be this stupid? I just can't wrap my brain around it.

Columbus Underground is nailing today 🤣