The best to ever do it. May his memory be a blessing.

Re-reading Abrams v. United States for the gazillionth time to prep for class tomorrow and I had overlooked this before, or forgotten it: perhaps the most famous free speech opinion ever, the birth of the "marketplace of ideas" metaphor was... written about non-citizens.

Traditional New Orleans architecture under the snow. #sneauxday

London tube mouse rumble photo = most deserving award winner of all time imo

You know you’ve gotten lucky when you get to work with people who have your back the way Mel Brooks had David Lynch’s when they worked together on THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980).

As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).

clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right, here i am, graduating from clown college. this is the happiest day of my life

I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless.

🎵 it's the i of the tiger, with a g to the right
Risin' up to the challenge of a vowel
And the last two letters are an e and an r
And a t is in the front of the iiiiii
of the tiger🎵

Forget about becoming the person you want to be: successful, lauded, confident, assertive, talented, rewarded, etc.

Instead, work on being the kind of person you actually like to *be with:* kind, thoughtful, generous, easy-going, joyful.

Me: “The task of drafting a single document that appeals to multiple people with widely divergent judicial philosophies, at least some of whom will not familiarize themselves with the underlying case record before ruling.”

[Doctor, nodding]: “I meant is anything bothering you physically”

friend: why are you crying?

me: I'm having trouble dealing with my grandma's passing

grandma: *slinging a football at my head* just catch it, nerd