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Who came up with “don’t throw out the baby with the bath water”? In terms of discernment in knowing what to throw out and what to keep, seems like a very low bar. Was this a thing people used to struggle with?

submitted 13 hours ago • 0 comments

What a career, what a legacy. “Hell of a damn grave. Wish it were mine.”

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Pedro Pascal responding to transphobia on social media: “I can’t think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist.” (via @charliejane.bsky.social) [capitalfm.com]

submitted 2 days ago • 109 comments

Stand by this: www.politico.com/newsletters/...

submitted 9 days ago • 90 comments

Great letter from my colleagues @sbagen.bsky.social, @mjschlanger.bsky.social and other legal scholars across the country explaining why it is not necessary to start eliminating university programs because Trump

submitted 8 days ago • 6 comments

I’m re-upping this to note: - there is no longer a faculty diversity committee - there is no longer a “law and equality” grad course requirement - there are no more diversity or inclusion offices - Tbd whether students will be able to have supportive affiliation groups - tbd on curricular changes

submitted 3 days ago • 15 comments

“Semi-fired” is not a legal concept I know of. Is it a thing? Like in business?

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

I’m contemplating wallpaper. “Arbitrarily” is a word choice.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

So much Khruangbin! Setting the scene in Thailand straight outta Brenham, Texas!

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Watching White Lotus S3E1 last week was thinking Patrick Schwarzenegger looked more like a Kennedy, but now Terminator is on, and I really see that resemblance too

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

"Pierbattista Pizzaballa" sounds like JK Rowling trying to add an Italian to Hogwart's

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

What Just Happened: Musk-OPM Send Email to Federal Employees Asking for Five Accomplishments Analysis by Professor Nicholas Bednar (@nicholasbednar.bsky.social) Bottom line up front: The threat of termination by implied resignation is legally invalid.

submitted 6 days ago • 57 comments

It may not be cool or hip in some circles, but we legitimately do need a massive amount of people to run for office. Flood the school boards, councils, county seats, state legislatures, Congress, etc. Big changes at the top happen when the ground shifts at the bottom. And that can start now.

submitted 6 days ago • 2219 comments

The resignation of a federal employee must be voluntary. I highly doubt failure to respond to this email---sent on a Saturday---would be understood by any court to be a voluntary resignation.

submitted 6 days ago • 269 comments

those were the days of miracle and wonder

submitted 7 days ago • 12 comments

Alright all - I'm stepping away for this evening. I'll be back in later tonight to see if there's any more updates. Stay safe, if you're trans, stay with us, we are not giving up. And most of all... these EOs are not law, they are not passed by congress, do NOT comply.

submitted 30 days ago • 117 comments

Responding to today’s assaults on public education and on educators and vulnerable kids… we protect our children

submitted 30 days ago • 62 comments

just want to take a step back from the relentless churn of news to recognize how fucking terrifying things are for trans people right now. and i just want to say that i will always fight for you—in my capacity as a journalist and as a human being—and i’m here for whatever the trans community needs.

submitted 30 days ago • 80 comments