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By day: Professoring; social work/social policy/complex systems; PhD/JD. By night: Food/drinks; burritos; vapid entertainment; sport. 24/7: Epistemic humility; Corolla-sized vermin; fact-based feelings; personal account.

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I’m increasingly coming around to the idea that we should commit to extraditing non-military decision makers to the countries where these crimes are being committed to face local justice.

06.03.2026 12:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It seems that I overestimated the legal/bureaucratic capacity to deal with the logistical (and economic!) realities of refunding the illegal tariffs at the *corporate* level.

Which, and I know I’ve used this word a lot but we really need to underscore it here, is BONKERS.

06.03.2026 12:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know how to explain this but Casablanca is a movie for adults.

There are lots of movies built on an element of fantasy about being young or brave or defying the odds.

Casablanca is not that. Everyone in that movie has back pain and they have all just accepted it.

06.03.2026 10:38 πŸ‘ 250 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Cold take: Rick from Casablanca is a beautiful example of non-toxic masculinity, both in his unshowy yet inherent self-confidence, and the way he eventually gets out of his emotional turmoil over Ilsa and Does The Right Thing

06.03.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

LOL. Co-sign.

06.03.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Time After Time YouTube video by Tuck & Patti - Topic
06.03.2026 04:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That really ups the stakes for the Tottenham/Nottingham Forest fixture in a couple of weeks, doesn't it?

05.03.2026 21:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Greaves of the Americas.

05.03.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yikes on bikes.

05.03.2026 20:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

RIP Patroclus.

05.03.2026 20:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I wouldn't be happy about it. But I would eat it.

Also, that's like the 10yo's dream beverage.

05.03.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, Professor HΓΆrst, you're going to want to take a minute to dig into the details of this one.

05.03.2026 20:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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a black and white cartoon of a man holding a sign that says ' sickos ' . Alt: Sickos .gif
05.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These things are making me want to watch this show.

05.03.2026 18:52 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My sincere hope is that Kristi Noem receives everything in life that she so richly deserves.

05.03.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And, yeah, like what is happening on the ground matters. From that perspective it's clearly war.

But I think that clear (and meaningful) authority should be required for the US to engage in combat operations. So, like, the process does matter...

04.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the problems with the War Powers Resolution is exactly the ambiguity generated by what has happened here.

What is this now? War hasn't been declared by Congress. But war hasn't not been endorsed by the Senate. So ... where are we?

04.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also: Is it possible that McDonald's bread is better in Europe?

That is a cursed sentence.

04.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm willing to take that chance, Corey.

04.03.2026 19:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Would.

04.03.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Also, it's also useful to remember thatβ€”while you absolutely don't have to give it to the institutional Catholic Churchβ€”the Church has, for over two decades, attempted to implement a pretty comprehensive prevention strategyβ€”something many child-serving organizations haven't bothered with.

04.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As these state-level reports detailing decades-long patterns of abuse and coverup continue to trickle out, it underscores the importance of the prompt creation of diocese-level lay-led truth and reconciliation commissions to address the continuing effects of clergy sexual abuse.

04.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
USA vs. Latvia in playing wheelchair curling. A curler in a wheelchair is pushing a stone with a big stick. They're on ice so there's an assistant holding his wheelchair in place

USA vs. Latvia in playing wheelchair curling. A curler in a wheelchair is pushing a stone with a big stick. They're on ice so there's an assistant holding his wheelchair in place

2 Team USA athletes in wheelchairs holding hands, having a pep talk in front of a crowd. they've got big sticks sticking out of the front of their chairs which they use for pushing the stones

2 Team USA athletes in wheelchairs holding hands, having a pep talk in front of a crowd. they've got big sticks sticking out of the front of their chairs which they use for pushing the stones

πŸ—£οΈTHE WINTER PARALYMPICS ARE UNDERWAY

We're starting off with doubles curling, Team USA in the very first event of the games

04.03.2026 18:18 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 7

Do you guys remember when I encouraged you all to play the Beer Game?

Have you played it yet?

04.03.2026 16:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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04.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Marco Rubio/Chiang Kai-shek toxic yaoi

04.03.2026 00:34 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Twe're gonna unleash Chianglon these people in the next few hours and days," Rubio said. The phrase, which is often used as a euphemism to indicate that one is about to use overwhelming force, dates to the Cold War, when it was a rallying cry for those who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek to retake China from the Communists.

Twe're gonna unleash Chianglon these people in the next few hours and days," Rubio said. The phrase, which is often used as a euphemism to indicate that one is about to use overwhelming force, dates to the Cold War, when it was a rallying cry for those who urged the United States to arm Chiang Kai-shek to retake China from the Communists.

Whoa, this phrase.

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

03.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 274 πŸ” 63 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 79
a photo of Chiang Kai Shek edited to look like Shrek

a photo of Chiang Kai Shek edited to look like Shrek

Chiang Kai-shrek isn't real he can't hurt you.

Chiang Kai-shrek:

22.02.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 605 πŸ” 82 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 2

I mean, we’re in a constitutional crisis anyway, so the New York Court of Appeals might as well just say, β€œThe Supreme Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to enter a stay on this redistricting case until we have ruled.”

Let’s party.

03.03.2026 22:59 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.

"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

03.03.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 6453 πŸ” 2406 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 132