Talking about Alito's opinion in Dobbs in class today, a student had the best line about him. She said, "Has he ever talked to a woman before?!"
David S. Cohen
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feminist "law" professor, reproductive rights scholar/activist, avid cyclist, husband, dad, indie rock enthusiast, Vermont lover, Phillies fan, he/him
BRETT KAVANAUGH: "Can you explain exactly how the consent would work?" Just saying... if *I* were Brett Kavanaugh, *I* WOULDN'T ASK A QUESTION SHOWING THAT I WAS CONFUSED HOW CONSENT WORKS! But maybe that's just me.
Bullshit. If he wins in three weeks by more than 5%, he will absolutely run for President. And if he wins by 10%, we should anoint him the nominee on the spot.
Politico@politico.com · 23h agoSen. Jon Ossoff: ‘I’m not running for president’ politi.co/3TRi6cE
Is J.D. Vance in the Epstein files? He sure sounds creepy.
David S. Cohen@dsc250.bsky.social · yesterdayAll the 8 year olds in the audience giggled.
The NFL really logo music for today should be Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the UK” rather than a dumb Phil Collins song.
The Eagles really do have the worst offense in football. Bring back Patullo?
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and swapped out all historical documentation (print, photo, video) of the Yankees winning 27 World Series to show the Phillies winning them, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
Roxanne Darling 🍁@roxannedarling.bsky.social · 4d agoIf I built an AI lab and it went rogue and released ALL of the Epstein files, I’m betting they’d suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
And to think AI is just getting warmed up. This whole thing going to get much worse before it gets better.
David S. Cohen@dsc250.bsky.social · 5d agoWhat the actual fuck?!?!
Looks like Trump's bold strategy of committing war crimes has once again failed to win over the Nobel Peace Prize committee. Tough crowd.
So sad that Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize. What a ripoff!
I am so grossed out by this. wtf has this country become
Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says — The Washington Post
“We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad execution of convicted Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan.
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"I know where Jimmy Hoffa...."
Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · 6d ago"What's a 'real estate novelist'?"
Same question as before - which major newspaper or media outlet starts changing from AI to SI first?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 6d agoTrump: "The White House considers anyone that uses the term, 'Artificial Intelligence,' as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, 'Super Intelligence,' THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Right - it's nonsense. In what future world will these billionaires and the corrupt politicians who support them suddenly become generous and focused on social justice for all? I mean, come on!
The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d agoThey think we’re all idiots As Jon Stewart says — if the goal is guaranteed income and jobs, why wait? Why is it only “socialism” if we don’t hand them trillions of dollars first?
Delay delay delay. It’s clear Trump wants nothing to do with this.
Alice Miranda Ollstein@alicemiranda.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: The filing is in. Little detail but the Trump admin says it it will issue a report on the safety of the abortion medication "not later than March 2027."
Former @bardcollege.bsky.social President and friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Botstein, has finally resigned all his college positions after emails emerge in which he asked Epstein if a trafficked woman was “for me.” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/u...
Leon Botstein, Former Bard President With Epstein Ties, Resigns From College Positions
Leon Botstein had already retired from the presidency of the liberal arts college this spring, after emails showed he had maintained a longtime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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the supreme court: "stop saying we declared trump a god-king, presidential immunity was a limited and reasonable ruling" trump, constantly: "I am absolutely a god-king and I can do anything I want at any time"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.Trump: "I could've done very bad things to Hillary Clinton. I could've done very very bad things to Joe Biden. I could've done very bad things to Barack Hussein Obama ... I can do whatever I want, if I want."
Horrifying: Arizona Democratic congressional candidate Bernadette Greene-Placentia was raped by a man after he knocked her out. Another man approached her to do the same. “She began swinging her foot at him. ‘Not even worth it,’ she heard the man say as he moved away.”
Congressional candidate is raped while repairing her campaign signs
Embarrassed, she initially didn’t want to report attack. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office's investigation is ongoing.
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But, hey, Muse is free and the avataris cute and cuddly. All I have to do is hand over all my personal information to Meta. What could go wrong?
David S. Cohen@dsc250.bsky.social · last wk.So if I give Meta all my financial information, access to all my money, and the passwords to my work and personal email accounts, its agent can make reservations for me and order me food? That’s the bargain here?
So if I give Meta all my financial information, access to all my money, and the passwords to my work and personal email accounts, its agent can make reservations for me and order me food? That’s the bargain here?
