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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof

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Associate Prof at Northern Illinois University College of Law. Constitutional law, criminal law, abolition, philosophy, hoops, video games, puppies (esp. Argo the Floof). Probably nicer than you’ve heard. He/him.

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Amicus Brief in <i>Trump v. Barbara</i>: An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship <p>For nearly all of the first 235 years under the Constitution, the citizenship of every child born in the United States to alien parents, with immaterial exce

4/ @evanbernick.bsky.social and I have posted our amicus brief, "An Originalist Defense of Birthright Citizenship" on SSRN, with our deepest gratitiude to @brendanbenedict.bsky.social & @mike-altebrando.bsky.social as our counsel who added so much substance:
papers.ssrn.com/abstract=635...

06.03.2026 16:10 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
TOM CRUISE Dance Scene | TROPIC THUNDER
TOM CRUISE Dance Scene | TROPIC THUNDER YouTube video by FilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone

Because everyone needs it in their lives www.youtube.com/watch?v=vELW...

06.03.2026 16:04 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Even by that standard this is pretty bizarre

06.03.2026 16:03 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Regardless I refuse to let this ruin Tom Cruise‘s redemption role

06.03.2026 16:00 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Why is Tropic Thunder in there

06.03.2026 15:58 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Impossibly large Bernese mountain dog lounging on an ottoman with paws dangling off edge

Impossibly large Bernese mountain dog lounging on an ottoman with paws dangling off edge

YES HENLO I NEEDS LORGER PAWTTOMAN

06.03.2026 11:45 👍 84 🔁 5 💬 6 📌 1
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aint nothing but a doggo party

06.03.2026 12:27 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

i’ll always remember that Homer unaccountably knows who Philip Glass is and thinks that Marge will be impressed with his tickets to “an evening with philip glass“

06.03.2026 12:55 👍 64 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
Dr Manhattan I AM TIRED OF EARTH. THESE PEOPLE. I AM TIRED OF BEING CAUGHT IN
THE TANGLE OF THEIR LIVES.

Dr Manhattan I AM TIRED OF EARTH. THESE PEOPLE. I AM TIRED OF BEING CAUGHT IN THE TANGLE OF THEIR LIVES.

06.03.2026 13:50 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Our long national nightmare is

ok it’s not but this is good let’s enjoy it

06.03.2026 13:47 👍 48 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0

I love how every defense sounds like "May he who did not get a Nazi tattoo while drunk in his 20s throw the first stone?" because that is truly an insane position.

06.03.2026 13:11 👍 287 🔁 20 💬 4 📌 1

He‘s something of an expert in distinguishing Nazi tattoos and that raises no questions whatsoever

06.03.2026 13:09 👍 48 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That last sentence

06.03.2026 13:06 👍 42 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

“If you’re going to put your hand in your pocket during trial do it elegantly like Cary Grant would” I told my law students.

“Cary Grant” I repeated. Blank stares.

“George Clooney?” Stares.

Arthritis can’t compete with this pain.

06.03.2026 12:42 👍 106 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0

It’s “A Milhouse Divided,“ a timelessly quotable classic

06.03.2026 12:56 👍 17 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

i’ll always remember that Homer unaccountably knows who Philip Glass is and thinks that Marge will be impressed with his tickets to “an evening with philip glass“

06.03.2026 12:55 👍 64 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0

So Philip Glass just joined TikTok. He only has like 4 posts and they’re simply him in what I assume is his living room playing the piano. First comment on one I saw was “your piano is too close to the fireplace, you’ll dry it out” and if that’s not the internet in a nutshell I don’t know what is.

06.03.2026 03:10 👍 3410 🔁 700 💬 42 📌 43

Genuinely one of the best-looking games I’ve played.

06.03.2026 12:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

having played resident evil since the days of pre-rendered backgrounds that were not affected by gory violence at all, I cannot stress how shocking it is that zombie blood not only sprays onto walls but puzzle items and notes in REquiem. And stays there. Great, macabre touch.

06.03.2026 12:41 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

ALT: a gargantuan Bernese mountain dog chases a large tall skinny black doggo and is chase in turn by a husky. A norwegian elk hound observes. Some humans are visible.

06.03.2026 12:29 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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aint nothing but a doggo party

06.03.2026 12:27 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0

Ha thanks! I was actually more proud of the title for the episode on the Counter-Reformation: "Don't Give Up Pope"

05.03.2026 15:49 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Preview
Spiral galaxy is a stunning cosmic wheel in head-turning image | Space photo of the day for March 3, 2026 The galaxy NGC 941 was imaged by the Subaru Telescope at the summit of Maunakea, Hawai'i.

Also look at the cosmic wheel www.space.com/astronomy/ga...

06.03.2026 12:11 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The galaxy in question is NGC 941, located around 55 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation
Cetus. NGC 941 is considered an "intermediate spiral galaxy," which means that, in terms of morphology, it is somewhere between a barred spiral galaxy and an unbarred
spiral galaxy.

The galaxy in question is NGC 941, located around 55 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation Cetus. NGC 941 is considered an "intermediate spiral galaxy," which means that, in terms of morphology, it is somewhere between a barred spiral galaxy and an unbarred spiral galaxy.

Notoriously, the Cetus bar exam has a higher fail rate than California‘s

06.03.2026 12:08 👍 15 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Big & tall? Never heard of it

06.03.2026 11:59 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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He feels your pain. Where is the big & tall store for dog lounging?

06.03.2026 11:54 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Angry barking Bernese mountain dog

Angry barking Bernese mountain dog

BYE DOGGO KILLER

05.03.2026 19:31 👍 113 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 0
Huge Bernese mountain dog under table with head on shoe

Huge Bernese mountain dog under table with head on shoe

UNTIL THEN I SULK WITH SHOO

06.03.2026 11:48 👍 21 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Impossibly large Bernese mountain dog lounging on an ottoman with paws dangling off edge

Impossibly large Bernese mountain dog lounging on an ottoman with paws dangling off edge

YES HENLO I NEEDS LORGER PAWTTOMAN

06.03.2026 11:45 👍 84 🔁 5 💬 6 📌 1

Noem is out largely due to massive public activism, especially in MN, Democrats expressing increasing interest in impeachment and investigations, and resulting media coverage.

Keep pushing. These people are not invincible or immune from public opinion.

05.03.2026 23:53 👍 2259 🔁 450 💬 41 📌 19