WTF-Beta

I would not use the word "critique" to describe A.O. Scott's explanation of why Biery's order is a masterpiece of judicial writing.

When you've lost Ammon Bundy ....

Good God .... agreeing with Ammon Bundy .....

I hope that court order is read by law students 100 years hence as a lesson in how democracy is either won or lost -- we don't yet know which, here in the present.

The court order is worth reading in full. It's short, and in English.

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... interviewed by Isaac Chotiner in the New Yorker.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/q-and-a/what-a-melania-cinematographer-hoped-to-accomplish

I have never read such a delicious ambush. Spinotti probably thought he had nailed it, and Chotiner makes him look like a ridiculous ass (which he seems to be). The stiletto went in one ear and came out the other, and Spinotti never even noticed.

Certainly is good news, but ...

People are getting way out ahead in extrapolating. The turnout in this special election was 90K. The turnout in the last general election was over 3 times that number. Who are the people who didn't turn out, but who might in November when these two refight the same battle? It's probably a group that wasn't as passionate to turn out yesterday.

My first IBM mainframe ...

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mdqpa6ve6k2k

rephrase ... "anybody in the world worth more than $20m ..."

Ah, the director she chose ....

The Michelle Obama comparison is risible.

Time to do the Warsh ...

https://www.rawstory.com/kevin-warsh/

@Axtremus said in I’m glad I’m not young anymore:

@Piano-Dad said in I’m glad I’m not young anymore:

My teaching career is now in the rear view mirror...

Great! You're in prime position to opine on the academia's pedagogical trends and paradigm shifts risk- and responsibility-free! Don't let that go to waste!

Don't worry, I won't ...

My teaching career is now in the rear view mirror...

The memes are great ...

Now, it's just possible that a Democratic administration could use all this influence buying to hang dozens of billionaires in 2029, starting with Bezos. Can't wait.

Who knows, maybe Ohio will kick out some of the MAGA assholes that currently proliferate there.

waiting to see his good ol' boy fans go nuts ...

Some of us are old enough to remember the debut of this:

The fucking PR director (A Trump flunky) says Glass shouldn't be mixing art and politics.

The Kennedy Center is getting desperate. Their finances are going from bad to terrible.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/26/politics/chris-madel-minnesota-governor

Until we indict and try them ...