A name I’ve been called many times
09.03.2026 18:54
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A name I’ve been called many times
I feel if I posted this as a Hinge prompt, I'd get few but high-quality matches
In TIL (linguistic fun edition):
1. "Disparition" (which also means "disappearance") is the French euphemism for death (equivalent to English's "passing"),
2. "Nécrologie" is the French for "obituary," and
3. There's an English word, "necrology," that also means obituary.
N.B. I’m consistently mid in my Rundle and life.
Yes—but I’m at the bottom of my Rundle, so everyone else is doing well?
Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/...
Noted, @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
Have the Brits taken over the MTA?
The Legal Aid Society told a judge that police and Brooklyn prosecutors were holding people past the 24-hour legal limit — including someone arrested for double-parking.
www.thecity.nyc/2026/02/23/c...
Rare W (at least recently) for a NYT column. We also need to accept the fact of low turnout and rethink how primaries are structured.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/23/o...
bsky.app/profile/stev...
lol how many editors ok’ed this metaphor?
He def gave “one-man gadfly impervious to evidence or reason” vibes when he was arguing against the ballot initiatives: www.wnyc.org/story/the-ho...
Normalize gavels when chairing meetings, as they make excellent pointers when wielded backwards.
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Nicolás Maduro Charged With Felony Oil Possession
Give him the Nobel, but make him share it with Biden.
@nytimes.com America's two top news stories
Argentina issued a warrant for his arrest (for crimes against humanity) last year, and we have an extradition treaty with Argentina.
www.vozdeamerica.com/a/justicia-d...
My guess is that "I’ll pay $1m to any mother if a paternity test shows her child is mine" probably wouldn't, but I never faced that scenario in my public defender days.
Tbf, "if I have kids with this person, I'll be set for life" is a thought I've had on occasion.
At least he’s not offering it the non-IVF way…
Yet law schools regularly offer fifteen classes on the Fed constitution and zero on state constitutions.
And legal scholarship is, in general, no better.
States exist. And they matter.
When the Feds are captured by the Redeemers, “States’ Rights” is where Reconstruction starts.
Unacceptable unless followed by, “Keep the change, ya filthy animals.”
this Epstein stuff could be the end for Michael Jackson
This is what happens when Kathy shows strength
NEW: Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to veto a controversial bill that would have required two operators aboard every subway train with more than two cars, sources told Streetsblog. buff.ly/yQ10MvK
look it's very simple we have this antisemitism problem because our society is too cosmopolitan and lacks proper roots
de Blasio v. Conflict of Interest Board, 86 Misc.3d 895 (2025)
For the correct standard of review, here's a court rejecting de Blasio's lawsuit against the Conflict of Interest Board for making him pay back the public funds used for his NYPD security detail during his failed presidential bid
Plot twist: All the petitioning businesses are run by the same extended Greek family
