I am not going to be “Cut the Penis of A Dead Raccoon Hat” and stop asking

Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.

People lose their jobs EVERY DAY for bad behavior. No criminal investigation, charges, or convictions; no statements under oath. Just fired, dismissed, terminated, whatever. This whole “but whatabout due process, presumption of innocence??” Such bullshit. He must leave public life.

US Astronaut Christina Koch using an experiment facility on board the ISS

Here's a picture of Christina Koch using hardware I designed the electronics for and wrote the firmware of

As a trans engineer who left the space industry in order to feel safe enough to transition: oof.

J.D. Vance as Death going down a series of doors marked Pope Francis, Iran negotiations, Viktor Orban’s re-election and U.S. midterms.

I don't feel a need to Have A Conversation In Order To Understand an antisemite who pals around with bona fide homophobic terrorists while making excuses for sex pests, no

Sometimes, it’s also useful when dealing with uniform laws only partially adopted or modified.

Y’all are way deeper in than I am. But the only place I run into leg history as an issue in my practice is figuring out whether case law addressing old version of a statute is still arguably applicable.

W/alt

Fawn color pit bulls sleeping among blankets and pillows with slightly sleep wrinkled faces. One is covered by an orange plaid wool shirt

Namesake Sumo (back) and brother Julius.

Last of our three geriatric good dogs over the rainbow bridge less than a month ago. First time in 40 years dogless. Operative WAS!. Spouse and I process grief differently and we had to reconcile that. The result is new peeps to young, bonded male pair of pound pitties! Shower your love when ready.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE TAGGING ME IN ON THE VATICAN / PENTAGON BEEF HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLY SHIT

Yes. Thank you. What a shit show. 🤡🤡

Still remember years ago experienced state court judge granted mtn for new trial (civil case) on grounds he allowed evidence to be heard that should have been excluded. Trial was many, many weeks, and he granted a do over. I thought it was gutsy and spoke well of the judge.

This week, Brexit finally killed our family business. We cleared out our warehouse, handed back the keys, paid the final bills and said goodbye to our last employee.
What was once a thriving firm died a slow, sad death, all thanks to Farage, Johnson and the gullible idiots they conned. 1/18

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I guess it would be funny except the NYT constantly publishes exactly what this piece supposedly mocks.

What a beautiful sight…Artemis II separating from its booster rocket with a view of the universe in the distance. Best of luck to them!

LISTEN. Thank you, Cecellia Wang.

Beautiful crow against a black background

It seems to me that the time is ripe for a Bluesky thread about how—and maybe even why—to befriend crows.

(1/n)

Not that it should be a choice, but this is perhaps a more widely recognized validation.

Although if she HAD to choose between a Pulitzer and having Laura Dern play her in a biographical series about her life’s work 🤷‍♀️

1/ The US attempted to send several Iran-bound bombers to an Italian air base without prior authorisation and was refused permission by the Italian government while the aircraft were in flight. The news comes a day after Spain disclosed it was refusing US military overflights. ⬇️

The nonsense case against birthright citizenship Meet the conservative legal minds telling the Supreme Court to side with Trump.

I don’t relish this. But, if law profs try to sell the Supreme Court a historical fantasy and change a constitutional rule for 340 million people, which if adopted, destroys the entire constitutional order. Honesty must yield to niceties. We have a higher calling. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I said this in replies elsewhere, but I want to say it loudly here.

Anything other than a fullthroated affirmation of birthright citizenship in this country by SCOTUS is an act of treason. It is grounds for immediate impeachment. It is a violation of every oath they have made.

The nonsense case against birthright citizenship Meet the conservative legal minds telling the Supreme Court to side with Trump.

“If you start looking at the sources he’s citing, they often just don’t say what he says they say, and the underlying logic and principles that he’s trying to convey don’t work.”

The more archival work I do, the more I find what @kewhittington.bsky.social says.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is exclusion, not matching. So potential for much higher certainty. Will ask my resident expert when he wakes up.