Caleb O. Brown

I think you just triggered a cease and desist letter.

Literally sold propane.

Protect Conscience — But Fix What’s Really Driving Kentucky’s Doctor Shortage Physicians are not interchangeable technicians. They are moral agents. In a free society, the government should not force a doctor to participate in a non-emergency procedure that violates deeply held...

Protect Conscience — But Fix What’s Really Driving Kentucky’s Doctor Shortage www.bluegrassinstitute.org/protect-cons...

As a long time fan of @economist.com going back to the last century, when James Callahan was PM (yes, that old!), it's a thrill to appear in print on their pages. Revised version of a web essay on the Supreme Court decision.

Like how the intel agencies “collect” data only *after* they’ve already stored it in a big ol’ warehouse.

“Senator, if you had been born black, and poor, you would now be a Panther or I seriously misjudge the strength of your character and convictions.” -Karl Hess to Barry Goldwater in Ramparts magazine, October 1969.

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MST3K and Concrete are both back. If a new Ween album drops, it’s official: I’m back in college.

Getting shown up in the arena of elite impunity by *the British monarchy* is an incredible “America at 250!” achievement

"Put not your trust in princes"

Psalm 146:3-5

Help me understand if this is perjury or contempt of Congress?

This is an important thing to keep in mind: If you are using ChatGPT on an employer-provided account, your employer can read all your chats any time they want to, and without you being aware that they have.

In Iowa, Prosecutors Want to Bring Back Court Fees as Bargaining Chips The state’s high court recently ended the practice of making defendants pay fees for charges that get dismissed. Prosecutors are backing legislation to undo the court’s ruling so they can keep using fees as leverage for plea deals.

A subcommittee of Iowa lawmakers has recommended passage of a bill that would once again allow judges and prosecutors to charge defendants court fees in dismissed cases. The practice was ended by a state Supreme Court ruling last month.

"For when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a Government, which we might expect in a country without Government, our calamity is heightened by reflecting that we furnish the means by which we suffer."

- Thomas Paine, Common Sense, February 14, 1776

I love this guy.

250 years ago today, Thomas Paine published Common Sense:

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one."

I mean, look, James Mason, Joe Don Baker, and Edward Hermann were right there ...

I'm going to go ahead and say it. Paul Lynde was terribly miscast as Templeton the rat in Charlotte's Web.

Louisville Metro Council declines to revive ICE mask ban measure after killings in Minneapolis Louisville Metro Council voted to block revisiting a proposed ban on federal agents wearing masks during operations. The ordinance sponsor says he’ll try again in a couple weeks.

Louisville Metro Council voted to block revisiting a proposed ban on federal agents wearing masks during operations. The ordinance sponsor says he’ll try again in a couple weeks. From @byrobertor.lpm.org

"In this essay, I'll explain why qualified immunity should extend to perjury ... "

Let's just say I'm putting a visit here on my Bucket List.

A photo that appears to have a "gettyimages" watermark but the watermark is actually painted directly on the bridge.

This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.

Freedom With a Side of Guilt: How Food Delivery Is Reshaping Mealtime

Burrito taxi discourse is BACK, baby!! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/d...

i can confirm the chats I’m in which include renowned security specialists - people who actually advise on how to protect your comms from authoritarian dictators for a living - also think this outburst of paranoia about Signal is really weird and unwarranted

It can be.

Live Updates: Bovino Set to Leave Minnesota as Trump Shakes Up Crackdown Leadership Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official who became a target of fierce criticism, is set to depart as President Trump moves to deflect anger over a second fatal shooting. Mr. Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, will now direct ICE operations in the state.

Quick question: Is it generally cool for someone to flee the state after they say on television that they have information highly relevant to a current homicide investigation?

Naming someone is not doxxing. They aren’t undercover. They aren’t intelligence agents overseas. This is outrageous - we are supposed to be a free Republic and these people want an authoritarian police state. Lawsuits should be filed & ranking Dems in Congress should act.

CBP Boss Says He Moved Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti to Avoid “Doxxing” Gregory Bovino claimed he did it for his agents’ safety.

An accessory after the fact is someone who knowingly helps a felon avoid capture, trial, or punishment after the felony is completed, such as by hiding them, giving them a false alibi, or destroying evidence ...

If they’re playing IU, I don’t like their odds.