sjalt

You’re not tricking me that easily; we need to see you shirtless first

Isn't that just don garber?

a small dogged swaddled in blankets, looking pathetically at the camera because she has no brain

yes, her name is Athena, and she got lost in the blankets this morning. she is very dumb but brings me much joy

"Anna, Lindsey Halligan Here." Anna Bower Monday, October 20, 2025, 5:40 PM Share On: f X inK My Signal exchange with the interim U.S. attorney about the Letitia James grand jury.

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

they found a way to make the analogy literal

looks like the rest of the Ninth wants a word about it. they may yet redeem themselves

Transit solutions aren’t viable in low density places because we’ve socialized away a huge cost (roads) while still demanding that transit operate funded by fares. Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Edens Expressways were opened in the decade prior to that rail shutting down.

Right, this is what the actual issue is. It's not the density.

And I think urbanists who are stuck on making density arguments don't realize they are making the problem worse by starting from a self-defeating place

"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

"Clean on OpSec"

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/10/national-security-presidential-memorandum-nspm-8/

Trump's mechanism to pay the troops during the shutdown is by far the most illegal budgetary action he's taken as POTUS, potentially setting the stage to break everything.

It's also needless because Congress would easily pass a troop pay bill if Johnson were willing to gavel in.

Long thread.

YouTube video by Hank Green I Need 1% of Georgia to Watch This Video

Absolutely incredible work here from @hankgreen.bsky.social:

*shakes magic 8 ball*: Signs point to. . yes?

its just some kid asking "why?" forever and the robot is overwhelmed

cat

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

man, how embarrassing

its so rude of him

Rossman: they're holding him for purpose of punishing him for exercising his legal rights or for political purposes. if govt legitimately wanted to remove him, they had a clear pathway in Costa Rica. That's not govt's aim. aim instead is to ID series of countries that have no connection to

/175

hes in the "pound the table" situation atm

R: may i be heard?
J: yes
sidebar

[so DOJ invoking presidential communication privilege suggests this decision about where to send Abrego is getting pretty high up]

/120

Weird, I thought the defense had been saying it was all up to DHS field officers for how to manage the removal. My memory must be slipping.

What programs are immigrants eligible for!

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

“Non-violence is a weapon of the strong”
#WarRavagedPortland #RCTID

gorgeous beast

The Chrysler in the Rye