@lquilter.bsky.social
Public interest copyright & information policy lawyer & librarian. Anti-fascist, queer, tree-hugger. No gods, no masters. SF fannish wanna-be crafty catlady. Southern ex-pat in Western MA. Mom. wikipedia User:Lquilter, UMass Library, https://lquilter.net/
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"The inflation of executive power is, to a large degree, a consequence of legislative dysfunction."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...
re Congressional abdication of tax-&-spend powers, but applies more broadly--The Article I branch of govt left a power vacuum & the Exec filled it long before Trump.
banger:
ICE, FUCK YOU - A Protest Song for Minneapolis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PUO...
impeach noem.
head exploding by the non-contradicted statements of a republican apparatchik on cnn discussing venezuelan oil compared with iraq invasion. my silent fellow observer obligingly changed the channel when i found myself unable to stop myself from yelling -- literally yelling -- at the tv.... wtf cnn
I have not previously seen Homeopathic Battleship: www.monkeon.co.uk/homeopathicb...
... brilliant
#homeopathy
#science
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
it's almost as if the supreme court's leading us down the "history" rabbit hole is ... not helpful
yeah.
and, let's reconsider what "up" means in these contexts, given the reputational collapse association with Trump & RFK will carry.
I saw on www.thefarce.org/call-them-nu... the idea to call measles "Nuzzi Pox", but I have a better idea: "K-Pox".
Sen John Kennedy knew exactly who RFK Jr was, and fig-leafed some BS to provide cover for his anti-medical ethics decision to vote for RFK Jr anyway.
"K-Pox" honors both Kennedys.
The death of Michele Singer Reiner and her husband, allegedly at the hands of her son, is a tragedy.
It would be nice if news would stop saying "Rob Reiner & his wife" & "his son" -- b/c Nick is also *her* son. Maybe consider "their"?
srsly writers, this is not a novel or new problem.
"No Secret Police Act" is taking effect in California as of January 1.
Looking forward to hearing how NY, NJ, and MA move their bills forward!
MA H.4684 malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4... . Hearing on H.4684 on 11/25 -- virtual & in person: malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H4...
My 2c: Penalties!
not sure why the trump people want to destroy tourism to this country by making visiting both burdensome and intrusive.
Very enjoyable reading about 89 ways the government fucked up: www.muellershewrote.com/p/plaintiffs...
#KavanaughStop
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
.... because an ideology ... files taxes?
these people are not just stupid, they are performatively stupid, and they think everyone else is stupid, too
Terrific, detailed report by Block Club Chicago about how Homeland Security has lied its ass off about its immigration crackdown in Chicago.
Nothing that Homeland Security says should be believed.
I've been tinkering with chatgpt, Claude, & similar, for the past couple of years, mostly for self-education -- how do they work, what are they good for? -- and occasionally to actually try to get something out of one of them, also in a partially self-educational mode.
lquilter.net/2025/12/01/a...
My friend Freddie Baer died on November 12 of this year -- two Wednesdays ago.
I've been processing it ever since, in various ways. Helping organize some of the stuff in her house.
lquilter.net/2025/11/28/f...
This is more of a placeholder than a thought-out note, but reading about
- (a) today's Supreme Court oral arguments in First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. #FirstAmendment #law #SF
lquilter.net/2025/12/02/m...
They're investing their $$ in litigation.
And criminal charges and professional discipline, where appropriate.
has everything to do w/ the gullibility of human beings to snake oil salesmen ... and nothing to do with actual economic populism.
not to take anything away from the nativism / racism / xenophobia that trump *actually* believes and is all too commonly is tied with rightwing economic populism.
the fact that a lot of people were hoodwinked into taking his statements as "policy preferences" instead of inarticulate, shallow, kneejerk, impulse ideas based on the shallowest of takes picked up from off-hand conversations or fox news commentators' rants, ...
jfc, trump is not & never has been economically populist. he is rhetorically populist, actually ignorant & politically naive, & basically just a bullshit artist / grifter.
Things I am really ready to be over:
* the AI bubble
* white people moaning about how antiracism is racism or whatever
* billionaires
Now that’s a lede.
Story by @taracopp.bsky.social and @michelleboorstein.bsky.social.
Read here: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
