Abbott has no plausible legal basis for opposing Minnesota's demand. The bigger issue is the timing—"the distinct possibility that Abbott ... is not trying to win, but rather is trying to run out the clock, which may expire as soon as next Wednesday." Me on the Minnesota/Texas ICE extradition mess:

Bonus 244: Minnesota v. Abbott

Governor Abbott is ignoring his duty to extradite an ICE officer indicted in Minnesota. He has no viable legal claim, but may be trying to run out the clock.

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oh is prince harry returning to england? the same year we've got a tyrant beefing with the Pope? STOP MAKING MEDIEVALISTS RELEVANT

Today in Great Meanness to Cats: I did not let Maeve have even one (1) artichoke heart, even though it clearly emerged from the same kind of can that often contains tuna, salmon, or even soft foods for cats.

Kevin passed about an hour ago. The time to find his cats a home IS now, and I'm not one step closer to finding it. Please, friends.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · last wk.

FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,

SCAM ALERT: Do not order from www.fantagraphics-us.com, it is not a legitimate website! They have cloned our real website and are stealing people’s credit card information. If you want to order directly from us, please do so at www.fantagraphics.com.

Please appreciate the most elegant and perfect Maeve on Black Cat Appreciation Day. She is the best darling, and queen of all the apartment.

One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy

This is good, easy to make, and holds up as leftovers: cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/7861...

Hot-Smoked Salmon Couscous Salad

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no one called it 'cutting off family' when these same parents threw their gay kids out of the house. wild how that works.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d ago

lol come the fuck on

This book is so, so good, friends.

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 3d ago

We're THRILLED to announce a four-part serialization of @freyamarske.bsky.social's upcoming novel BODIES OF MAGIC! Five scholars. Five secrets. Five days in which to solve a murder, pass the most important exam of their lives, and uncover a secret larger than all of their own combined. 💉📖🪶

He's back in the ICU with "low blood pressure" now, and frankly, this is looking like it might be it. Please, friends, if you or someone you know has a safe, comfortable, loving landing zone for his two cats, please please *please* speak up ASAP.

Shecky@shecky.bsky.social · last wk.

FRIENDS IN THE NYC AREA: Okay, this is a tough one, but please bear with me. My wife's lifelong friend has stage 4 pancreatic cancer and is desperately seeking a home for his two cats when that time comes. The elder, Wally, is something like 13 years old and DELIGHTFULLY dim. The younger, Doris,

Read an article yesterday by a freelance editor talking about how they had added a premium for editing AI fiction. Editors, please don’t do this! Do not be a part of humanwashing AI slop.

It extends to a sort of voluntary relinquishment of intellectual independence. Once on the old site I mentioned that I found some recent film sub par and someone said ‘oh wow, I had this on my watchlist but I’ll avoid it now.’ *Why?* You might watch it and decide I’m full of sh^t. You might love it!

The fact that nearly every online debate or controversy results in some kind of brigading—people can’t just have opinions; they have to review-bomb and harass and call for books to be pulled from shelves—makes it impossible to have normal conversations on social media. Everything is a referendum.

An undercover federal agent infiltrated a Minneapolis church despite a court order barring immigration enforcement at churches in its network. Newly released documents also show federal agents surveilled the church several times this spring.

Feds spying in Minneapolis church may have violated court order

Homeland Security spied on a Minneapolis church in May as part of an investigation into alleged anti-ICE activities, potentially violating a court order barring federal agents from enforcing civil imm...

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I was trying to look up Pety Job, a fifteenth century exposition on verses from the book of Job included in the Office for the Dead, very different medieval vibe!

Megan L. Cook@meganlcook.bsky.social · 5d ago

Search functionality is going great, guys

Abolishing ICE is now the official position of the Democratic Party

Dante Atkins@danteatkins.bsky.social · 5d ago

Here are things that happened at the DNC today: 1) Resolution calling to abolish ICE unanimously adopted 2) Brand-new early state calendar that reflects the full diversity of the Democratic base 3) Rejection of insider efforts to ban RCV from being used in presidential primaries Great results here

I'm pretty sure I've reposted these before, but I just really love these cat night-lights. The eyebrows on this one!

Michael Lobel@mlobelart.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I love these cat night-lights, each with its own distinct personality. This one, dating to the Qing dynasty, is from the British Museum's collection #caturday www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Pritesh Walia acclaimed Indian jazz guitarist, composer, and educator On August 2, 2026, Walia was taken into custody by ICE agents upon returning to Los Angeles.

One of the medieval effigies set upright into niches in the old town wall of Cashel, Tipperary. Known as the Hackett Effigies, they once adorned the 13th—14th century tombs of members of the Hackett family in the Franciscan Abbey. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Oh hey, look what is up for pre-order: it’s a Prohibition-set romance in a monster speakeasy in 1931 Seattle! #Romancelandia

Moonshine Becomes You

The Golem and the Jinni meets A Discovery of Witches in this historical romantasy set in Prohibition Era Seattle where monsters live alongside humans.It’s ...

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I was really impressed by Taiwan Travelogue, by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ (Lin King, trans.) Subtle and complex and very compelling.

The amount of cloutrage directed at Tillie on here--largely from people who had not read either book--was pretty stunning, and, unfortunately, illustrative of a fundamental flaw in Bsky culture.

thene@thene.bsky.social · last wk.

out it goes: my long post about Rachel Hope Cleves's claim that Tillie Walden plagiarised her book. It's long because Cleves's claim is much, much more bizarre than it looked on first reading. I'm not going to bury the lede here. Cleves's claim does not hold up. buttondown.com/thene/archiv...

TOMORROW FRIDAY ONE DAY ONLY 50% OFF SALE ON LITERALLY ALL THESE JEWELS there is an absurd amount of semiprecious stone and uranium glass that can be yours for much less money than usual because would YOU want to move rocks across the country, no, no, that's the postal service's job

Vivian Shaw@ceruleancynic.bsky.social · 7d ago

EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! ONE DAY ONLY! 50% OFF SALE ON ALL BLEEDING HART STUDIO ITEMS! We're moving, so now's your chance to snag a piece for 50% off its original price, FRIDAY ONLY. Tell your friends! Shout it in exuberance from the top of something very high! www.etsy.com/shop/Bleedin...

Reverse jacket cover illustration for 'The Odyssey' by Homer that I painted for @wraithmarked.bsky.social 's Special Limited Edition 🏺

Here is the defense motion that this astonishing NYT article is about. And lots that the NYT left out, like: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Still looking for the exhibits.

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque.bsky.social · 7d ago

A jaw-dropping report of weaponized political surveillance. The government grabbed years of sensitive records from major progressive groups and unions, baselessly claiming they were needed to address threats of "domestic terrorism" It's a near perfect mirror of the J Edgar Hoover COINTELPRO abuse

The White House normally gets $2.5 million a year for maintenance. Trump’s team has allocated $875 million.   That’s 350 years’ worth of the usual budget spent by a single administration.

listen when you write a regular(ish) column, you get a certain allotment of grumpy old-man-yells-at-cloud slots! and I used one of mine this week!!!!

Reactor Magazine@reactorsff.bsky.social · 7d ago

We've talked about DNFing. And audiobooks. And "The Classics." And performative reading. @mollytempleton.com suggests we find something new:

Fair play to Danny León, the Spanish Olympic skateboarder. This shot may never be eclipsed.

Insane that AOC is being quoted as saying "Woke 1 was crazy" when this is what she actually said. youtu.be/SFwAnMLBSOw?...