Scott Cory
@jscottcory.bsky.social
Sometimes funny, sometimes thoughtful, makes mistakes. Husband, father, animal friend. Grumpy, old, gay, and many other things: proud of all of 'em. Like and follow, 'k? @jscottcory in the Meta ecosystem. scory.blogspot.com
Wrote about the border search exception: a massive loophole in the Fourth Amendment that allows border officials to search through your phone without a warrant, the exception provides an easy pretext for the Trump administration to target its political enemies. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump Should Need a Warrant to See Your Phone
Federal officers can too easily comb through the most intimate details of your life.
theatlantic.com
If the FiFA scandal starts a global backlash against men acting unaccountably and with impunity, it would be an appropriate use of a crisis. I can offer a list of malignant leaders and their claques to apply it to next.
Read the entire thread. The team investigating Epstein have done the work. This hopefully will lead to hearings, indictments, prosecutions, and convictions. Thanks you @wyden.senate.gov and team.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · yesterdayBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
You know what sucks? There's money readily available for the rapid construction of data centers in the US. But we can't find resources for good rail systems, rebuilding and upgrading water systems, and renewable and sustainable energy generation and efficient transmission. I wonder why? /snark
If you're keeping track, the destruction by fire of hundreds of structures in Spokane follows the 2025 fires in Southern California in which fires, enhanced by climate change, affected and disrupted the lives of millions of people. This is the beginning and not the end of urban wildfires.
This is not radical. This is good governance protecting the interests of a community and its members from all types of risks and addressing issues causing harm.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · yesterday
It was only a matter of time. Jerusalem has always been the logical flashpoint for religious conflict between Israeli Jews and Muslims from the Arab nations and beyond. If there are steady hands and cool heads this can be mitigated if not resolved. If not, well, good luck to all of us.
Jerusalem’s most important Muslim religious site facing ‘imminent’ threat of Israeli takeover, says Jordan
Country convenes emergency meeting of ministers from Arab and Islamic world, fearing such a move could ‘trigger a religious conflict’
theguardian.com
Just a reminder that "Poors" and "Non-Playing Characters" are modern forms of abusive and prejudicial language that we've worked to make unacceptable.
The majority of benefit fraud is perpetrated by the payers, not the recipients of the benefits. This is intentional cruelty and abuse against people without power and influence who already are vulnerable.
Melody Schreiber@melodyschreiber.com · 2d ago“Without this, people become homeless. They lose their income. They lose their stability. Whatever tiny safety net they had is gone,” @shannonrosa.bsky.social said. “It’s just cruel.” My latest: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
When did public education stop teaching "The Emperor's New Clothes?" Because credulity and fealty are an ugly combination when you're dealing with abusive, malignant narcissists.
Regardless of how this "crisis" originated, the far right' use of it as agitprop is egregious and won't stop.
Anne Applebaum@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 3d agoVance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Believe the women.
Dittie@dittie.sheshed.rocks · 3d agoMax Miller’s livestream was all about denying his ex-wife’s allegations. Abusers often blame the victim. Do you know what he didn’t address? 2000 pages of police reports, a high school girlfriend pushed down the steps, Trump‘s former press secretary’s confirmation of abuse. A pattern. #SheShed
'Never seen it this bad': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city www.spokesman.com/stories/2026...
'When the sun rises, we are going to be in shock': Thousands evacuated in north Spokane as wildfire crosses river into city
A wildfire driven by high winds jumped the Spokane River Saturday afternoon and burned into city neighborhoods on the bluffs above the river.
spokesman.com
Thirty-four-time convicted fraudster and rapist Donald Trump tripped a massive bank's anti-money laundering controls.
Capital One says it closed Trump Organization's accounts after anti-money laundering probe
The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to Trump's family business.
reuters.com
My list of "Now do <insert name here>" is long and spans a number of countries and sectors.
Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d agoUEFA has given FIFA President Gianni Infantino an ultimatum: resign or face a no-confidence vote, The Telegraph reports . It says all 55 members would back it. Only 43 votes are needed.
I'm an hour into roasting this. Every time I make this the smell of the marinated roast pork makes me start to salivate hours before it's done. It really is meat candy. Tim Chin's recipe development and instructions are fantastic.
How to Make the Best Char Siu
YouTube video by ChefSteps
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I can't help thinking that the global furor about FIFA's privatization plan *and* the bizarre and tragic situation involving people moving across a national border between Morocco and Spain are both reflections of people and organizations acting without thought and due diligence, and in bad faith.
We should all aspire to write as well, and with as much consideration as @espiers.bsky.social demonstrates here.
What Has Elon Musk Cost Us?
I wrote about Elon Musk and the SpaceX IPO for The Nation. One of the screwed up things about our society is that we venerate the wealthy solely for being wealthy and allow them to get away with thing...
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Please do this for me and the other 800,000 residents of DC who have no representation in either house of the Legislative Branch.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 5d agoLast week, the House narrowly passed the NDAA with provisions that would hand over US military decisions and data to Netanyahu. Your senators need to hear from you — send an email and urge the Senate to reject the Trump-Netanyahu military partnership.
That Google is complicit in the snowballing epistemic crisis is both terrifying and completely predictable.
Jeffrey Vagle@jvagle.me · 5d agoepistemology (noun): the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity
Another example of why I let my subscription to the Atlantic lapse.
Ana Marie Cox@anamariecox.com · 6d agoOne question a writer could ask themselves upon seeing all these groups signing onto a letter about harm reduction would be, "Why might this issue be of concern to this broad a cross-section? Is it just blanket coalition support or some other shared concern?"
Carr has emerged as one of the most successful sycophants of Trump II when it comes to carrying out Trump's revenge on his perceived enemies.
ABC Unleashes: Carr Wants a ‘Media Industry Too Fearful of Official Reprisal to Report the News Freely’
Get in Line or ‘Pay the Price’ In a scathingly-written regulatory filing...
talkingpointsmemo.com
OUTRAGEOUS! DHS officers in Portland detained an Indigenous activist wearing the MMIW handprint outside the ICE facility. Suppressing peaceful demonstrators exposes the deep disregard for native lives. Indigenous sovereignty and human rights cannot be silenced.
"Retired in Place" needs to stop for elected officials, regardless of party or age. This applies to members of both parties, and varies by example from Diane Feinstein to Mitch McConnell.
Dianne Feinstein’s historic career began in tragedy and ended in controversy
She became San Francisco mayor after an assassination but her last days in the Senate brought questions about age and infirmity
theguardian.com
Maybe it's time we own up that our country condones and admires violence, abuse, and subjugation of others and start the work to fix it.
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last wk.Truly shocking behavior. At the same time, basically how you make your bones in the Trump/MAGA syndicate.
This would be a good question for Sen. Moreno and the other Republicans ignoring this scandal: "Is spousal abuse and child abuse a *requirement* for Republican members of Congress? Was this like a hazing thing? Is that why you can't comment?"
Josh Marshall@joshtpm.bsky.social · last wk.Truly shocking behavior. At the same time, basically how you make your bones in the Trump/MAGA syndicate.
This is the asymmetry of politics and society in America in 2026.
Squeaky Squirrel🐿️🌏🇪🇺🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🐈@squeakysquirrel.bsky.social · last wk.I have observed... Democrats can attack Republicans by telling the truth about them. Republicans must attack Democrats by lying about them.
True story: I wanted to be a US Senator. It's a great platform to demonstrate good governance, which I'm passionate about. You have to do a lot that I wasn't willing to do to get to the Senate. I also abhor interpersonal violence. As a Senator, I would have beaten the shit out of this fucker.
Bradley P. Moss@bradmossesq.bsky.social · last wk.Oh is this the language we are using now? Sweet, I have so many ideas for 2027.
