too many people with no background in either philosophy or cognitive neuroscience have strongly-held beliefs about consciousness
08.03.2026 21:20
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too many people with no background in either philosophy or cognitive neuroscience have strongly-held beliefs about consciousness
AOC: This is about actual crimes happening in front of us. This is about shredding the Constitution and plunging us into war. This is about taking crypto money and money laundering… So if you’re asking me if I’d support impeachment, I do
A man with the government has been at the last two hearings relating to the contempt claim. Both times, he sat in the section of the courtroom open only to parties and counsel. Although not at counsel’s table, Littman and Jean Lin, the other Justice Department lawyer present at both hearings, has repeatedly consulted with him during both hearings. After today’s hearing — and after not being able to figure out for myself who he was after the last hearing — I asked him who he was. I had my press pass visibly displayed and identified myself as a reporter. He said he didn’t want to do that. I suggested that he must be a government official or employee, sitting where he was, and, if so, I asked incredulously if he really was not going to tell a reporter at a hearing who he was. He said no. Then, the people leaving — myself included — got to the elevator. Littman, Lin, mystery man, and two other people sitting with mystery man on the government side of the courtroom during the hearing on Wednesday were getting into the elevator. Some of them were already in the elevator. When I stepped in, mystery man said he would wait for the next elevator. Everyone else then got out of the elevator. Left in the elevator alone, I looked at these five adults — all of whom I believe have to be government employees, hence, paid by the public and allegedly working for the public — and was some combination of bemused and appalled. “You are all ridiculous,” I simply said. The door closed.
And, the story of the mystery man.
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I am beyond proud to be a part of the team that drafted this amicus for the Korematsu Ctr & other nonprofits/race & law ctrs in the birthright citizenship case. In it, we tell the stories of the concrete harms when the government has stripped citizenship in the past and the retroactive risks now.
if i ever get fuck-off rich my hobby is going to be running for state legislatures that pay legislators $30,000 a year. top agenda item will be raising pay for legislators so normal people can afford to serve. as soon as i achieve that i will resign to live with my model wives on a yacht
The Doomers like to say “there’s no rule of law any more, Trump does whatever he wants.”
And yeah, ICE/CBP in particular view many—not all!—court orders as minor speed bumps at best.
But sometimes Trump and MAGA DO grudgingly concede.
And I’d be curious what predicts where court orders work.
Congratulations to @uofoklahomalaw.bsky.social Professor Brooke Jackson, whose article "Eugenics in a Trojan Horse of Compassion" was accepted for publication by the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law!
Only in Texas?
🚨BREAKING: In a decisive win for voters, the Utah Supreme Court dismissed the GOP legislature’s appeal in the state’s landmark redistricting case — clearing the way for a fairer congressional map to be used in the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pritzker demands a $1,700 refund per family for the people of Illinois after Trump's tariffs were ruled unconstitutional.
Dems, pay attention. This is your midterms message.
How any attorney with a shred of dignity or integrity could walk under that banner and into work every day is completely beyond me.
Many (most?) lawyers of character have already left the Department. But this should prompt another wave of defections.
We spent the bulk of this episode on a case where detainees & their lawyers detailed systematic legal/human rights abuses by DHS. Today, the court GRANTED the plaintiffs’ motion for a temporary restraining order. The order is extensive and worth your read.
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Facing bipartisan anger over the Epstein files, Attorney General Pam Bondi went on the attack in a House hearing on Wednesday, refusing to apologize to survivors who were in the room and instead demanding that Democrats apologize to President Trump. See the key moments. trib.al/ak3sSOH
Also, new ep out probably this afternoon.
Just realized this was posted 11 days ago. Clearly I’m touching too much grass
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Semis in all three lanes blocking me in
And this would be a thing today
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The fact that they are wearing tattered jeans in an official capacity kind of says it all… embarrassing
Wild that a federal agency with thousands of armed men and a budget in the billions is @-ing corporations as if it were a random stranded passenger at an airport trying to get better customer service by publicly shaming United.
Just the most juvenile too-online admin of all time.
Just woke up even angrier. Impeach, convict, remove. Draft articles now. Either we have a representative government or we don’t. Do not shut up about this until there’s a vote.
Woke up, walked the puppy, checked the news, and I think I’ll go back to bed
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
A cow staring into the ocean with floating text to imitate inner dialogue that says, “I don’t need 30% off a TV. I need oil executives to be punished for their crimes.”
Columbia and Northwestern are the academic homes to the most prestigious journalism schools in the country and they are the two universities that caved to the Trump administration’s extortion demands that are directly connected to the First Amendment. Just gonna sit with that for a while.
