"Nothing exists."
"Even if something exists, nothing can be known about it."
"Even if something can be known about it, that knowledge cannot be transmitted to others."
"Even if it can be communicated, it cannot be understood."
"Even if something exists, nothing can be known about it."
"Even if something can be known about it, that knowledge cannot be transmitted to others."
"Even if it can be communicated, it cannot be understood."
October 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
"Nothing exists."
"Even if something exists, nothing can be known about it."
"Even if something can be known about it, that knowledge cannot be transmitted to others."
"Even if it can be communicated, it cannot be understood."
"Even if something exists, nothing can be known about it."
"Even if something can be known about it, that knowledge cannot be transmitted to others."
"Even if it can be communicated, it cannot be understood."
My new absolute favorite heading (from a First Amendment brief) @kenwhite.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
My new absolute favorite heading (from a First Amendment brief) @kenwhite.bsky.social
Me every day after being on here for 10 seconds
July 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Me every day after being on here for 10 seconds
Everything is still terrible, except my kitty
May 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Everything is still terrible, except my kitty
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"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
April 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"The Executive may succeed for a time in weakening the courts, but over time history will script the tragic gap between what was and all that might have been, and law in time will sign its epitaph."
we should all just stop asking each other "how are you?" at club fed and the energy we would save pasting on smiles and brightening our voices to distract from our empty dead eyes would be like mutual debt cancellation
April 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
we should all just stop asking each other "how are you?" at club fed and the energy we would save pasting on smiles and brightening our voices to distract from our empty dead eyes would be like mutual debt cancellation
So it's cool to kidnap & disappear ppl now & kids are dying of measles & we have thoughtcrime & the economy is in freefall but at least NYT has sent me tips on how to eat fewer processed foods
April 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
So it's cool to kidnap & disappear ppl now & kids are dying of measles & we have thoughtcrime & the economy is in freefall but at least NYT has sent me tips on how to eat fewer processed foods
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Proud that the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and my old Boston congregation, Dorshei Tzedek, signed on.
Proud that my synagogue signed onto this excellent amicus brief in support of Rümeysa Öztürk. The intro is especially worth your time.
www.templemicah.org/wp-content/u...
#NotInOurName
www.templemicah.org/wp-content/u...
#NotInOurName
April 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Proud that the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association and my old Boston congregation, Dorshei Tzedek, signed on.
Kaldor-Hicks efficiency seemed really bad until we were living in the school of Dunning-Kruger efficiency
April 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Kaldor-Hicks efficiency seemed really bad until we were living in the school of Dunning-Kruger efficiency
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🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
Legal Industry Responses to Fascist Attacks Tracker (Public)
docs.google.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 AM
🚨Georgetown University Law Center students are detailing which law firms have caved and which have stood up to the Trump regime. They have created this spreadsheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... Please share widely.
gonna eat exclusively cheese today in honor of Wisconsin
April 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
gonna eat exclusively cheese today in honor of Wisconsin
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Honestly a speech where the ultimate point is "fuck Strom Thurmond" is probably a good thing to have on the marks right now, for a lot of reasons.
April 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Honestly a speech where the ultimate point is "fuck Strom Thurmond" is probably a good thing to have on the marks right now, for a lot of reasons.
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today's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS is a conversation with a civil rights attorney who helps you, the worker, get what you are owed and deserve out of employers who would deny you it.
Fighting for the Worker
Congress effectively gave us this job: fighting for people who are treated poorly at work. We make work fairer and safer, and we do it without charging a cent.
golikehellmachine.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
today's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS is a conversation with a civil rights attorney who helps you, the worker, get what you are owed and deserve out of employers who would deny you it.
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here's a preview for tomorrow's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS
March 18, 2025 at 3:44 AM
here's a preview for tomorrow's DOGE IS FOUR LETTERS
Absolutely no notes whatsoever
With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter:
March 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Absolutely no notes whatsoever
Gaslighting Services Administration
March 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Gaslighting Services Administration
"Stop doomscrolling! Close this window right now!"
February 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Stop doomscrolling! Close this window right now!"
Everything is terrible; however, my cat's face looks like this
January 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Everything is terrible; however, my cat's face looks like this
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Being nihilistic about the courts and legal institutions *helps* authoritarians. They want you to lose faith in the rule of law and stop holding power to account. As much as you can, don’t let them.
There’s a difference between being *realistic* about how the federal courts, including #SCOTUS, are going to respond to the abuses of the second Trump administration and being *nihilistic.*
I certainly don’t think courts will block all that they should. But they’ll block more than you might expect.
I certainly don’t think courts will block all that they should. But they’ll block more than you might expect.
January 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Being nihilistic about the courts and legal institutions *helps* authoritarians. They want you to lose faith in the rule of law and stop holding power to account. As much as you can, don’t let them.
HELLO AND GOOD NIGHT
January 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
HELLO AND GOOD NIGHT
Happy Holidays to all, and may your existential crisis be less intense than Mab's
December 22, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Happy Holidays to all, and may your existential crisis be less intense than Mab's
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Fatalism about "law lol" is self-fulfilling.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
This is ground I will not concede. The law matters, and the way we talk about it matters, too.
Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.
November 18, 2024 at 4:53 AM
Fatalism about "law lol" is self-fulfilling.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.
The law and institutions generally are not self-implementing, but require people to take their constitutional, professional, and civic responsibilities seriously.