Nick Smith

The handball rules are incomprehensible

There's no declaration of war, and no AUMF that covers this. Entering this war is wrong on the merits; we had a perfectly peaceful way to address Iran's nuclear program. It's also unlawful. A democratic republic should not be able to enter a war of choice on one man's say-so.

It’s a never ending source of pain to be a supporter of the USMNT.

The view of the Tennessee river from the back deck of a houseboat. The water is a little murky. The sky is cloudy. But it’s a beautiful morning.

Good morning Knoxville

Look I know buccees doesn’t seem like a great place for vegetarians to find food. But the one one I75 north of Atlanta has a veggie burrito with chipotle pimento cheese. It’s delicious.

What the fuck was Miranchuk thinking

About six months ago I, tragically, broke a bottle of garam masala. The vacuum that I used to clean up my mess to this day smells like masala every time I use it. Follow me for more housekeeping hacks.

This is straight authoritarianism!

I do it to myself every spring semester, but the absolute pile of things to grade before the semester is over might just be the death of me.

Nearly a 1,000 student visas invoked by Sec. of State Rubio and counting.

The American President pardons guilty insurrectionists but allows innocent men to rot in foreign prisons.

Has the Supreme Court really become so woke that it's demanding an innocent man be returned from an El Salvador torture prison?

If you happen to see a headline soon that says “five idiots struck by lighting and then completely frozen to death” it’s because me and my friends are the world’s worst at picking weekends to go camping.

Wow. This is the full document submitted by Rubio against Mr. Khalil invoking INA 237(a)(4)(C).

The standard in immigration court is extremely deferential; a judge must accept this so long as it is “facially reasonable and bona fide.” But this is so threadbare that it might not even satisfy that.

My wife and I standing just outside liberty park in Atlanta. She’s holding a sign that reads “Education Not Deportation” and I’m wearing a T-Shirt that gives instructions for what to say to the police if you are arrested, which is nothing. There are several people holding political signs in the background.

An estimated 30,000 people marched to the Georgia capitol today.

They have been building this snitch culture - report on women getting an abortion, professors engaged in wrongthink, federal employees working on DEI - for years.

Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.

Agendum sounds ozian

It’s a little embarrassing how empty SoFi is tonight.

The death penalty in any form is a crime against humanity and I don’t care how far we get down the this brutality is normal road I will never stop saying it

Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Trump and Musk Would Love a Shutdown. We Must Not Give Them One. A government shutdown would lead to real pain for the American people.

This is not an impressive defense. Literally every “consequence” of a government shutdown is a description of things Trump and Musk are already doing

The republicans control the majority in every part of the federal government. If they need dem votes to pass a budget they should earn them.

Schumer and any other dem who bends the knee and votes for this CR should be primaried.

If a Democratic president said this we would be buried in an *avalanche* of takes about how out of touch they are. People got mad at Pelosi for having too much ice cream!!!!

A screenshot of a missed call notification and a voicemail notification from my Nan. According to apple Nan’s voicemail says “Just wanted to say lesbians very much in my pet pee too.” What she actually said is “Just wanted to say love yuns very much and my puppies too.”

My iPhone’s AI does a pretty bad job transcribing my Appalachian grandmother.

VAR hates the cherries.

I think the best part of the 1L class I teach in the spring is that students get three formative exams before the final.

And the worst part is that I have to grade and provide feedback for three formative exams before the final.

My dog Mumford laying on a bed. He’s looking into the camera a little bit sideways. He’s very cute.

Anyone else ever woken up in the middle of the night because your dog is whining only to find that your dog is sound asleep and the whining was in your dream?

Here’s a picture of the puppy with inception powers.

hey everything is super crazy right now so i think it’s a great time to remind everyone that a bluesky post is called a “skeet”

A tri color corgi named Mumford sitting on an ottoman looking into the camera.

Hello Flashes, this is Mumford.