Beth Thornburg

And here I thought that Ian McEwan’s “What We Can Know” plot device of militarized AI bringing on the apocalypse was too cute a plot device . . .

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This thread is the best. Giving me PTSD while laughing hysterically

As a footnote, feeling proud that Judge Biery got his law degree from SMU School of Law

Order – #9 in Conejo Arias v. Noem (W.D. Tex., 5:26-cv-00415) – CourtListener.com OPINION AND ORDER OF THE COURT--The Court finds that the Constitution of these United States trumps this administration's detention of petitioner Adrian Conejo Arias and his minor son, L.C.R. The Grea...

NEWS: Judge Biery has ordered the release of 5-year-old Liam Ramos. A thunderous rebuke against ICE’s violent campaign in Minnesota. Read the order below.

Link:
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Including the US Chamber of Commerce and ATRA and the “judicial hellhole” campaigns. researchrepository.wvu.edu/wvlr/vol110/...

🤯

Guess they would really be undone by Lincoln era chamber pots.

So I guess we would also go back to the pre-Erie understanding of the role of federal courts in applying state law. 🤔

Actually, they would have needed an opportunity to respond, but will be interesting to see what they file if they re-plead.

Sanctions for filing a legally frivolous and/or factually unsupportable pleading (oversimplified somewhat)

Rule 11 sanctions to follow?

Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III to step down after a week of turmoil over viral classroom video Calls for Welsh’s ousting intensified over his handling of a student’s complaints about gender identity discussions in a children’s literature class.

We live in dark times. University president forced to resign after not immediately firing an adjunct children’s literature professor who mentioned transgender issues. www.texastribune.org/2025/09/18/t...

Todd Crespi Supreme COURT OF THE United States

Todd Crespi’s brother is SMU law professor Greg Crespi. Todd has covered the Supreme Court for years. toddcrespi.com

Boy oh boy, definitely some prominent Rs in there

Home MUSEUMS IN TEXAS ARE AT A TIPPING POINT.

Hey all you #museums under siege and losing funding. Here is a great toolkit for building support and honing your message that #museumsmatter. It was created for Texas, but would work anywhere. www.texasmuseumstogether.com

And how shitty to sue student editors individually

5th Circuit ruling denies Texas library patrons First Amendment right Seventeen books addressing racism and transgender topics were removed from Llano County libraries in 2021 after residents deemed them “obscene” and “pornographic.”

Woe (again) to residents of the Fifth Circuit. En banc court says public libraries may remove books because they disagree with content. Bye bye books about racism and even In the Night Kitchen. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

Same. And especially given that my Senators are Cruz and Cornyn so I get the polite “although we disagree I thank you for writing.”

Art of the Deal

I bet you still need to bake something delicious. How about something Canadian? www.canadianliving.com/food/baking-...

I turned off Copilot in two places and Word is still trying to get me to save documents that they have “improved.”

And season 2 of Andor is a chilling reminder of the evil of bureaucracy and the cost of resistance.

Ditto. And even if you do it to see some specific show, just pay by the month so you can cancel fast.

Has anybody figured out how to REALLY turn off Copilot in Word for Mac. I have deselected it but it keeps offering me “improved” drafts that seem to incorporate their editing changes that I don’t want.
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Female cardinal looking at Bird Buddy camera

Interesting. In our yard it’s almost always the female.

And their decisions about which Spanish words work and which do not are baffling.

This thread is so heartening.

#HandsOff

Have you watched The Residence on Netflix?