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I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
We applaud the founders for having created a constitutional framework that has lasted this long. But we’ve changed. My old college professor, who taught an excellent principles of constitutional design class during the USSR breakup, would probably agree that USofA is in need of an update.
#ICYMI: Yesterday’s bonus “One First” took a deep dive into Justice Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion in the ICE raids case—and how its … casual … relationship with the facts and relevant law may be a broader indictment of how #SCOTUS is approaching *all* of the Trump-related emergency applications:
Bonus 177: A Closer Look at Justice Kavanaugh's ICE Raids Opinion
Walking through the only opinion written in support of Monday's Supreme Court stay in the ICE roving arrests case helps to highlight *how* the Court may be stacking the deck in Trump-related cases.
www.stevevladeck.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We applaud the founders for having created a constitutional framework that has lasted this long. But we’ve changed. My old college professor, who taught an excellent principles of constitutional design class during the USSR breakup, would probably agree that USofA is in need of an update.
Open primaries violate 1A rights of whom? Well my fellow Texans, we are headed down even stranger legal paths.
September 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Open primaries violate 1A rights of whom? Well my fellow Texans, we are headed down even stranger legal paths.
Prediction: The announcement will be brief. He will be in a suit, no tie, as will every other man in the background. He will be wearing a white cap, not red. He will take 3 questions from pre-selected individuals.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Trump will make "an announcement" from the Oval Office at 2 p.m., according to the daily guidance and press schedule issued by the White House on Monday night.
After days of rumors about his health.
Trump will make "an announcement" from the Oval Office at 2 p.m., according to the daily guidance and press schedule issued by the White House on Monday night.
After days of rumors about his health.
Donald Trump to make televised announcement at White House
The president is set to make an announcement from the Oval Office.
www.newsweek.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Prediction: The announcement will be brief. He will be in a suit, no tie, as will every other man in the background. He will be wearing a white cap, not red. He will take 3 questions from pre-selected individuals.
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In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
I always loved Paul Fussell’s Class.
August 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I always loved Paul Fussell’s Class.
Mini nuclear reactors that fit on a flatbed. What could go wrong?
August 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Mini nuclear reactors that fit on a flatbed. What could go wrong?
Much like Chevy Trucks, Trane, et al could benefit from gimmicky marketing like “Texas Tough” and slap a badge on it.
July 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Much like Chevy Trucks, Trane, et al could benefit from gimmicky marketing like “Texas Tough” and slap a badge on it.
Remember when we owned cars that didn’t have over the air updates? Those were good times.
July 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Remember when we owned cars that didn’t have over the air updates? Those were good times.
I read this with great interest. Are women better at navigating the attention economy was one of the many questions I asked myself. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I read this with great interest. Are women better at navigating the attention economy was one of the many questions I asked myself. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
I’ll take the four in hand over the Windsor if it comes with my grandfather’s suit.
June 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’ll take the four in hand over the Windsor if it comes with my grandfather’s suit.
I think we could all use a stack of these right now. And remember, no change will be given.
June 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I think we could all use a stack of these right now. And remember, no change will be given.
To all of my Pittsburgh Steelers fans: I’m truly sorry.
June 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
To all of my Pittsburgh Steelers fans: I’m truly sorry.
Niche complaint: Publishers pivoting to authors with their own social media following to compensate for little to no marketing spend.
May 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Niche complaint: Publishers pivoting to authors with their own social media following to compensate for little to no marketing spend.
“Excuse me. Do you have something similar to my old Wilson T2000?”
May 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“Excuse me. Do you have something similar to my old Wilson T2000?”
It’s a beautiful day here.
April 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It’s a beautiful day here.
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There are a lot of uses for machine learning but "LLMs for general use across industries"—which get the bulk of the hype and money—isn't even at the level of a prototype, it's just an expensive toy. Even plausible uses for them are limited by the market being oversaturated with snake oil.
Notable that AI is getting a *lot* less priority from management teams when they talk to investors.
April 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
There are a lot of uses for machine learning but "LLMs for general use across industries"—which get the bulk of the hype and money—isn't even at the level of a prototype, it's just an expensive toy. Even plausible uses for them are limited by the market being oversaturated with snake oil.