Gary Longsine 📱

The only legitimate judicial response to challenges to birthright citizenship is “what, are you kidding, it’s in the Constitution.”

Though that also was the only possible legitimate response to claims that the president is above the law and cannot face punishment for crimes he definitely committed.

If Trump and Musk had a falling out, and if Musk is no longer involved in politics, why is the Trump admin using levers of US foreign policy to get Musk’s company out of well deserved fines?

This is the moment, Europe. Stand up for yourself, your laws, your freedom against foreign interference.

Dan Bongino Must Be So Sad: Pipe Bomb Suspect Is A Trump Fan Cry it out, Dan. Cry it out.

Maybe?

crooksandliars.com/2025/12/dan-...

He's not white and he's not a Bitcoin millionaire, so, just a hunch, no.

Summary of what happened at Temu ACIP this morning:

As expected, they overturned the 30+ year recommendation for the birth dose of HepB vaccine, which has reduced the incidence of pediatric HepB by 99%.

They provided no credible evidence to support this decision.

GEORGE WILL: “.. The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself.”

@postopinions.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Tom Cotton is a classic Neo Confederate. What he says about "the constitution" is always correct if you assume he is referring to the Constitution of the Confederate State of America. Not, however, the US Constitution.

Chip in! Show your support with a contribution.

📣 KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING: Help flip the House blue by donating TODAY! #Blue26

(updated w/new TX & CA districts)

("TBD" donations go to the eventual Dem nominee.)

secure.actblue.com/donate/house...

Obligatory: “Crack is a helluva drug.”

YouTube video by József Csáth Kate Bush - Sam Lowry's 1st Dream (Scene From Brazil)

Has anybody seen Sam Lowry?

youtu.be/MiKUOqdpnyE

New Medieval Books: The Latin Continuation of William of Tyre - Medievalists.net As part of the Crusade Texts in Translation series, this account chronicles events in the Near East from 1184 through the conclusion of the Third Crusade. Written by an anonymous author reflecting on…

New Medieval Books: The Latin Continuation of William of Tyre www.medievalists.net/2024/12/new-... #books

These polling figures are terrible but…America you can do better than this.

How are they still so high overall. They should be completely in the gutter by now.

It's difficult to imagine a universe in which I would return to the Facebook information ecosystem.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faceboo...

Contractors with hacking records accused of wiping 96 govt databases U.S. prosecutors have charged two Virginia brothers arrested on Wednesday with allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive information and destroy government databases after being fired from their jobs as...

Pro tip: Don't hire cyber criminals to run your information technology systems; verily, non-criminals are able and willing to work for you.

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability

lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...

"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"

Name: Jeff Email: jeffersonzonon@proton.me Subject: Found your work on file sharing channels Message: Hey Michelle, how are you? So here’s something interesting—I found your work floating around online. Full PDFs. Multiple sites. No paywall, no control, no credit. Just… there. And it hit me: if it’s already leaking like that, your value is slipping faster than you think. And then I realized something else. I can push it even further. I can run your entire catalog through my translation app—takes about thirty minutes per language—and release your work across ten different markets without breaking a sweat. No permission, no courtesy, just pure distribution. Imagine your creations scattered everywhere, read by thousands… yet worth absolutely nothing to you. And honestly? I don’t want that. I’d rather not be the reason your career drops through the floor. That doesn’t help either of us. So here’s my offer: get in touch with me. Talk to me. Stop me from releasing these translations before they hit every file-sharing site and social feed out there. It’s simple. Reach out. Have 500$ —yes, that’s all. A small price to keep the value of your life’s work from dissolving overnight. But don’t wait too long. Silence from you just means I keep translating. And once they’re out, they’re out forever. You have 5 days. Your move

New extortion scam email going round (this was received via a writer's website contact form). I've seen a number of these recently but without the money demand; the translation angle is also a new one

Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map

Lots of news coverage this morning about £28 billion investment approved to upgrade the UK's energy network.

BUT: The majority of the spending – £17.8 billion - announced today is to maintain Britain’s gas networks rather than build new transmission lines.

🧵
The #JWST has recently given us one of the most beautiful images of late years: the stellar system Apep, a trio of massive stars surrounded by four perfect dust spirals that look almost drawn by hand.

➡️ science.nasa.gov/missions/web...

🔭 🧪 #science #stellarastro #astro

1/9

Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds - how did they get her details? Sue Shore told the BBC how scammers targeted her - and we found her information had been leaked online.

Scammers hacked her phone and hijacked her digital life - so how did they get her details? We tried to work out how 3 victims of scams were targeted and which data breaches criminals used. The results once again highlight how data breaches cause real harm to individuals
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thread of the Day 🥇

2/2

Sen Bill Cassidy, a liver-disease MD, complains about this ruling, as I am doing.

Here's the difference: He, personally, could have prevented all the resulting casualties, by casting the swing vote against RFK Jr. That's a power the other 330+ million of us lacked.

Don't let him forget it.

Our kids were little, and we lived in Malaysia, when current HepB vax approved in 1986. Our doctor in KL told us how great it was for our kids to get this protection so early in life. I got my shot too. Deb was then very sick w HepA, from trip through China. Got her shot later

This ruling is evil

It's awkward when both the bomber and the president believe the same conspiracy theories.

Is this a beautiful, fascinating, nuanced essay on food, immigration, history and historiography? Yes.

Will I now start telling everyone who will listen that the Armenians invented pastrami? Also yes.

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

a man with a beard wearing a hooded robe is sitting next to a robot ALT: a man with a beard wearing a hooded robe is sitting next to a robot

These are not the droids you’re looking for. 🧐🤔🤣

Looks like it was just a typo; they fixed it. 🧐🤣

Thread of the Day 🥇

Tip of the hat to @clivethompson.bsky.social and @astrokatie.com for leading me to it. 🎩