I'm not a lawyer, so somebody tell me how Marbury vs Madison plays into this.

Just seems to me that the Supreme Court has been unilaterally claiming authority for a couple hundred years now. At their convenience, of course, and this one especially uses it to further partisan ends.

Murder on demand. He's parading his impunity for engagement.

I'd actually love a robust conservative movement in this country if it manifested something like Eisenhower as a starting point. That there aren't enough republicans to oppose this shit makes them all complicit in war crimes.

It's undoubtedly a gross oversimplification, but a lot of the problem with these incel types is a burden of high expectations from typical conservative hierarchy. Sometimes they actually underestimate themselves, and if they just got the "don't be a dick" part the in and cel parts would go away.

The role from my partner, who happens to be a woman, includes financial and emotional stability (and she's awesome btw). Assessments in good faith should be welcome in any relationship even if hard to accept. If the goal is "shredding" on either side, you're doing it wrong.

Silly late reply to myself: Rewatching a bit of Devs and realized there's a chance Alex Garland could be able to pull it off. The structure and themes of prescience are even similar.

Heck, cast @nickofferman.bsky.social cause he's awesome. Even Leto II wouldn't be a teenager after 3k years.

I know little about AI prompts, but pretty sure this was it: @grok please give me a children's book cover that turns them into adult sociopaths.

Killing terrorists? They kill brown people on blue water. Trump just hosted a former al qaeda leader. And instead of negotiating the Afghan withdrawal with the government we were supporting he did it with the Taliban.

Shameless projection all around.

That's of course all terrible, but obviously don't forget the two massive tax cuts for rich people that screwed the federal budget. Reagan did it too. Gives the GOP a lovely excuse to say deficits are a problem when it suits their needs.

Or for fuck's sake, is there any possibility of a "Have you no sense of decency" moment anymore? That shit ended Mccarthy in one line.

Feeling bountiful lately and today especially. Point of the day I suppose so did some extra credit. Went with Trans Lifeline.

That the current admin both denies the existence of trans people and uses the term to deny them public benefits is a disgusting inversion of civil rights.

Also, io9 4eva.

That anybody in the white house press corps aside from Tim Pool and his dumb fucking hat don't just drop their notebooks and instantly walk away is completely baffling to me.

Legit question for anyone who gets mathmatical formalisms. Why are imaginary numbers that don't exist in nature okay to use in equations and divide by zero isn't? They both look like placeholders on paper. Black holes and singularities even seem to exist and imply the latter is more real than i.

This is also the correct answer.

Nobody including Villeneuve will ever get there, so for me it's God Emperor of Dune.

And it has to be unfilmable, right? A giant worm dude just talking for like 3 hours who melts at the end like the Wicked Witch? Come on.

I try not to think about Mel Brooks whenever I can.

Value added taxes are inherently regressive so admittedly not a fan. The thing is nominal vs effective tax rates. Capital gains are a joke at this point. Even Warren Buffett noted years ago that his secretary paid half the taxes he did. It can all be deferred until the heat death of the universe.

You just described my week.

No, I haven't read it.

I really don't need to. The cover says "science". That dumb fucker is holding rosary beads. It's ridiculous on its face even without that asshole behind it. I like the Atlantic a fair bit, but no. Just, no. Don't give them any credibility.

Her standard is "less requirements". That's a great way to keep people dumb, which is obviously the point. State rights, block grants. They just want to funnel money to private schools that make money and some churches that run them to enforce their ideology.

"We have failed our students"

Yes, you have.

Do these people really think that dismantling the Department of Education will improve things? <Spoiler alert: Yes>

The US is unfortunately a country that prioritizes individuals hoarding money over comfort and security for everyone else. Thanks, Reagan.

It all trickles down from Trump though, right?

It's not recognized enough how much the silly and fake reality show premise from Mark Burnett of "Trump is a competent leader and successful businessman" has fucked over the entire country.

The complete lack of self awareness is shocking sometimes. It's also why they're so susceptible to psychological projection. Didn't she have some line of yoga pants that were designed to conceal guns?

This is what in some erudite circles they would call a tautology. Leavitt wouldn't even recognize the term or know Nixon tried to pull it off long ago. Unfortunately the checks back then don't exist anymore, especially under the current SCOTUS so now that dumb premise is operative in the US.

Depends on what he comes back as. Conservatives generally think JC was a white Anglo-Saxon instead of what he actually was, so if it's that they'll let him go on his way.

And every time I see someone try to shove that shit down our throats I think of Clippy from MS Word. People fucking loved that guy, right?!

He's working on it. Full Self Walking on Water is rolling out in early 2026. Then late 2026. Then early 2027. Then late 2027. Then early 2028. Then late 2028....

Even if they're not trying to be Trump propaganda outlets, the complete lack of context by media is the only reason Trump is still around. Does CNN really think this case is any different?

Not even gonna link to the shitty framing of this CNN piece.

"Hasn't been accused of wrongdoing"? Except by dozens of women, one proven in court. Multiple federal and state prosecutors with one felony conviction. Countless people who've ever done business with him.

It's amazing to me nowadays when I remember that we had a cool black president for 8 years in this country of all places. Too bad the backlash from the right drove them fucking insane.