Please read this article to the end. Even before ICE got involved, this started because this *blind man who speaks no English and uses a curtain rod as a walking stick* got lost on a walk and some Karen called the police on him and they tasered and beat him bc he didn’t drop the rod. WTF
Why does Ted Cruz use a slur against gay men at 1:22?
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What’s a Registered Agent?
I wrote a blog post / FAQ about what they are and whether your business really needs one (it does). #startups #nonprofits #Virginia www.shurulaw.com/updates/2026...
My whole life, fascism was defined as being stopped by armed, masked agents of the national government who demand your papers, on pain of arrest, injury, or death.
That’s now here, and the group of people who warned about that the most are either silent or in favor of it,
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Screenshot of a Washington Post article that says: LaMalfa’s absence will shrink the GOP majority to 218, after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) officially vacates her seat Tuesday. Democrats will soon have 212 members, once Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) is sworn in as Virginia’s governor next week, meaning that Republicans can only lose two votes to pass partisan bills if all Democrats are present and voting.
Looks like the @washingtonpost.com has put @abigailspanberger.com back in office for a few more days.
I see that, but using the same words in a different order seems unlikely to reduce confusion. 🤷🏽♂️
Why not ‘this Friday’ and ‘next Friday’?
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
Unfortunately not
Should the line be bigger or smaller?
I wrote a thing. As someone who survived the 1970s and kept the receipts.
Screenshot of the cover page of a federal court filing. At the top, it reads: “IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION.” Below, a case caption box lists the plaintiffs as “X Corp. and X.AI LLC” and the defendants as “Apple Inc.; OpenAI, Inc.; OpenAI, L.L.C.; and OpenAI OpCo, LLC.” To the right, the document identifies itself as a “COMPLAINT” with “JURY TRIAL DEMANDED,” and leaves a blank line for the civil action number.
Elon Musk (through xAI) filed a 61-page lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI today. As a technologist with a lot of clients relying on clarity about what's happening in the fast-moving generative AI space, I try to pay close attention to this stuff.
Here's a thread of some of the interesting tidbits:
UVA Police have sent out an alert for the UVA area urging people to shelter in place because they are looking for a suspect. This is after an earlier text alert stating that there's "Fire/Police activity in the area of Alderman Road. Avoid the area."
