And one more time, prescient JP Stevens dissent: “Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law”

Even some longtime friends who would not dream of joining the kayakers said they have been drawing back socially because of their distress over his decisions. He is now ringed by far more security than in the past, residents say, adding to his isolation.

Neighbors have taken to the water to protest him. Calling themselves “kayak-tivists,” they form flotillas facing his island home, holding waterproof signs conveying their disappointment. A local newspaper columnist recommended that people in town give him the finger.

Public anger comes for John Roberts The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.” Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...

John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)

After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.

nytimes.com

Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)

g.h. kirsch@gh-kirsch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Let me see if I've got this right. The team of lawyers who stole an election in Florida, and gave W the presidency, are now the Scotus team at the center of the GOP theft of our democracy.

Just doing an interest check, no concrete times yet BLACK PEOPLE: ya'll down to playtest my folklore game? We're playing tonk 😏

For the THIRD YEAR in a Row, Native honorees are among the MacArthur Fellows. Congrats to poet Layli Long Soldier (Oglala Lakota) and historian Elizabeth Ellis (Peoria), two of this year's MacArthur Fellows! redpopnews.com/layli-long-s...

Layli Long Soldier and Elizabeth Ellis Among the 2026 MacArthur Fellows

When the MacArthur Foundation unveiled its 2026 class of fellows this week, two of the names belonged to Native women who work with old documents to say something urgent about the present. Layli Long ...

redpopnews.com

If you see laid-off Paizo staff fundraising, I can tell you that these are URGENT needs. Severance pay was limited, and the job market is a dumpster fire. My friends are really struggling. Any help you can give is huge.

100+ people were arrested outside the U.N. amid mass protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Protesters demanded Netanyahu’s arrest, referencing his ICC warrant for war crimes & called on U.S. leaders to cut off funding & arms shipments to Israel.

Over 100 arrested outside U.N. amid protest of Netanyahu’s speech

Some activists criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani whose police department detained protesters despite his previous pledge to arrest the Israeli prime minister

prismreports.org

This (superb) reporting reveals ASU has basically attempted a full cover-up and the only reason they aren’t going to get away with it is the genuine courage and solidarity of his teammates. Very rare in college sport.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 7d ago

Exceptional solidarity from ASU hockey players who have demanded their coach be placed on leave for essentially overseeing the murder of their teammate and have disputed the university’s findings. www.nytimes.com/athletic/764...

But if trans girls are "cheating" by playing women's sports, what else are the sneaky trans people cheating about. They're also coming for Title IX. They don't care about women in sports. They want women out of sports. Please, I am begging you, stop falling for this shit.

What's happening is that Republicans are priming Democrats and Democratic voters for more violent forms of transphobia. They're manipulating people into caring about something that is most likely never going to affect them.

fucking really

Education Department formally rescinds Title IX protections for LGBTQ students

The Education Department announced Monday it has formally rescinded the Biden-era Title IX interpretation that gave sex-based discrimination protections to students on the basis of sexual orientati…

thehill.com

The Texas Tribune, one of the most reliable news outlets in Texas, just named the ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. Gregory Feathers www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/h...

Also, not for nothing, I don’t have the system thinking bandwidth to organize my digital photo storage. These people think I have the time to train an agent on my life? Lord help me. If I have that much free time I will spend it with my girls not a screen.

Most people’s work lives are not that structured. And almost no normal person’s personal life can be that structured. The “gee whiz” of it all cant manufacture the market it needs.

I guess it’s just radical to suggest that a lot people don’t have a list of food parameters, macros and don’t really want to just so that a robot can plan their meals. This is the type of problem people faced In class. It’s probably not just them.

I literally don't understand the appeal of generative AI. I don't use it, I don't long for it, I don't feel impoverished for not having it in my life. It is contemptible and pointless and dangerous while offering no benefits.

Pope Leo XIV has been gifted a massive green orb and honestly not now massive green orb

oh hey it's that thing I said Seriously tho print this article out and take it to your next city council meeting and ask them if they're willing to invest in air defense systems for your town too.

AWS Says It Can’t Restore Some Data From Mideast Facilities Struck by Iran

Amazon’s announcement is the first indication that some data stored exclusively in Bahrain and the U.A.E could be gone forever.

wsj.com

borderless@borderless.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Need another reason to oppose AI data centers in your hometown? If the company running them has DoD contracts, they are legitimate targets of war. So is the local power and water infrastructure feeding them. So are the employees (defense contractors) working there and living in your neighborhood.

Several people at work and in my personal life are sick right now. There's a COVID surge. Repeat infections have cumulative impact. Great time to mask up again if you stopped.

Zionists: Palestinians would throw you off a roof The Jerusalem Post: the enemies of Judaism are either "gay or Islamist"

Like on a day to day basis, the stock market doing fine doesn't affect me at all while the fact that somehow the groceries that used to cost me $800/mo now cost me $1400/mo is a big problem

A lot of these "the economy is fine!" people don't seem to understand that normal people interact directly with their housing, utility, and grocery expenses, so we all *know* that the cost of living has in fact gone up faster than our wages.

Apparently 5 killed today: "An Israeli strike on Tuesday evening killed a Palestinian & injured several others in the Sheikh Ajleen neighborhood, W of Gaza City. An Israeli combat drone targeted the vicinity of Haidar Roundabout, claiming the life of a civilian..." english.wafa.ps/Pages/Detail...

And now, for the TRUE procrastinators:

Daniel Delgado #CeasefireNow@ddelgadovive.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Jewish and looking for a prayer community these Days of Awe that will support rather than suppress your work and yearning for liberation? @rabbis4ceasefire.bsky.social has a directory of communities eager to welcome you just as you are opencommunities.info

This wonderful piece by @ddelgadovive.bsky.social will stun you, as it did me when I first read it. You'll want to read the whole thing. This and more in AGAIN AT A CROSSROADS: NEW JEWISH THOUGHT FOR A BETTER WORLD! Back the Kickstarter now: www.kickstarter.com/projects/ben...