The whole point of the Bill of Rights is to protect the only true minority - the individual. It limits the governments power to harm the individual. The whole constitution is designed to limit the governments power.
Two of the greatest poets of my generation - Henry Rollins @henryrollins21361.bsky.social and Chuck D @chuckdpe.bsky.social
Increasingly, Soylent Green serves as one of the best metaphors for AI -- it's taking all that we are, as people, chumming it up, and feeding the slurry back to us. We're told that we need it, it's nutritious, it'll save the world, even as it damns it and us.
Right now, everyone faces a hard binary choice between authoritarianism and democracy. If you don’t think it’s a binary choice and that because of your issue or issues that both sides are the same, then you’re part of the problem.
✨queer commie terrorist✨@britculpsapp.bsky.social · last wk.you need a better strategy than “vote for ____ because they’re not that other guy” as well (the canadian flag poster is correct here) because it’s not so much about “vote who makes me happy” as it is about “vote who understands that none of us or our rights are bargaining chips”
The UK countryside is full of interdimensional portals. You just have to know where to look. I've decided to make a thread here of some of the best ones I've found on walks. 1. JRR Tolkien's Psychedelic Lime Kiln.
As a non-lawyer I read a lot of legal opinions in my local government work, and this is a good explainer not just for law students. Everyone can benefit from this, and everyone should read past the headline on the news article.
Orin Kerr@orinkerr.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you're starting law school this fall, you might be interested in my short essay, "How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students." You can download it for free here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct.
No, this really really really is rape
Amanda Marcotte@amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 3w ago“'Most every guy I know did what he’s being accused of at one point or another with their girlfriend at some point after a night of drinking,' complained the Donald Trump-loving comedian Adam Carolla." www.salon.com/2026/07/15/m...
About to make my announcement about how The Buffalo Bills actually won all 4 super bowls.
Pingu and Pinga, spotted at the Yurakucho Museum in Tokyo today
12 July 1921 | A Polish Jew, Heinrich Mendlinger, was born in Krakow. An accountant. In #Auschwitz from 5 March 1942. No. 26409 He perished in the camp on 21 March 1942.
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
I’m a progressive but not especially radical about many things. One thing I am extremely radical about is political threats against young children. Nothing more intrinsically human than protecting little kids, nothing more vile and inhuman than attacking them. Unforgivable
Cape Verdeans are now honorary Philadelphians because that was basically ROCKY. They weren't "supposed" to be there, much less going the distance with the champions and the GOAT, who had to give it everything they've got just to eek out a win in overtime. Bravo.
There’s a special kind of irony in watching the “shall not be infringed” crowd twist themselves into knots insisting birthright citizenship shouldn’t exist. It’s amazing how flexible “absolute” rights become when they’re someone else’s.
A shockingly close call on how to read plain English in the first sentence of a constitutional amendment.
We call balls and strikes other than when we randomly decide the player isn't allowed to be on the field.
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Mel Brooks, the 2000-year-old man, turns 100 next week, and I think a week-long celebration is what America needs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cXk...
Advice from the 2000 Year Old Man | COLGATE COMEDY HOUR (1967)
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19 June 1914 | A Polish man, Leon Szrama, was born in Krakow. A railway worker. In #Auschwitz from 10 January 1941. No. 9226 He perished in the camp on 29 June 1942.
17 June 1942 | SS men shot 120 Polish prisoners at the Death Wall in Auschwitz I. They were selected from those deported to the camp from Warsaw, Krakow, Tarnów, Radom, and Lublin. One of them was a brickmaker from Marki Edward Rabczyński (np. 22869). He was 29 years old.
None of this makes any sense, except as desperate rationalizations from a man who cannot face facts and admit defeat. On the most important questions of war and peace, the president of the United States seems to be losing his grip on reality itself. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Trump Does Not Understand the War He Lost
The president’s comments at the G7 summit revealed that he doesn’t understand the war he started—or the words that come out of his own mouth.
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