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Matt Groening, "Work Is Hell," 1982
September 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Matt Groening, "Work Is Hell," 1982
Anna Bower's Lawfare liveblog on the hearing is excellent. She includes a statement by one of the children (I expect all of them have similarly heartbreaking situations):
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
![Declaration of [Redacted Child's Name]
I, ---, declare under penalty of perjury as follows:
1. My name is ---. I am 10 years old and I am from Guatemala.
2. I am currently detained at the Urban Strategies San Benito children's shelter in San Benito, Texas.
3. I am in removal proceedings before the Immigration Court. My case has not been decided yet, and I still have the right to continue fighting for protection.
4. I recently learned that I may be at risk of being removed from the United States before my case is fully heard. I am very afraid that I could be deported even though I am still waiting for the Court to decide my case.
5. I do not have any family in Guatemala that can take good care of me. My father does not take good care of me. My mother is dead.
6. I came to the United States after experiencing abuse, neglect and family violence. If I am sent back, I will not be able to live safely. I won't have anyone to protect me.
7. I understand that there is a prospect of release to a safe sponsor here in the United States, and I want to be somewhere safe with family who can provide me with safety and give me a safe home.
8. I want to remain in the United States and continue to fight my case in Immigration Court and have a fair opportunity to be heard.
9. I respectfully ask the Court to allow me to remain in the United States while my case is pending and to protect me from being removed before I have had a full day in court.
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Executed on August 30, 2025, in San Benito, Texas.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:njdip6u3og3mp54cnatrnphp/bafkreigryqazgswj2m7nyolud43bvoycoakwm2f4y2smx6eygcynuxnrze@jpeg)
August 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Anna Bower's Lawfare liveblog on the hearing is excellent. She includes a statement by one of the children (I expect all of them have similarly heartbreaking situations):
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
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www.lawfaremedia.org/article/emer...
Gramsci on my block:
August 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Gramsci on my block:
More Trump's speed:
August 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
More Trump's speed:
This garbage (below) popped up on a new Word document I created last night. I use Word all the time; maybe I hadn't created a new doc in a week (just worked on existing ones in the meantime)? There had been no update I was aware of, but now there's this:
July 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This garbage (below) popped up on a new Word document I created last night. I use Word all the time; maybe I hadn't created a new doc in a week (just worked on existing ones in the meantime)? There had been no update I was aware of, but now there's this:
All of these individuals should have to testify to Congress what they put their names on -- did any one of them, or others, vet what was in the final report? Makary, Bhattacharya? (When I looked, I found only this committee.)
The report must be retracted, at the very least.
The report must be retracted, at the very least.
May 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
All of these individuals should have to testify to Congress what they put their names on -- did any one of them, or others, vet what was in the final report? Makary, Bhattacharya? (When I looked, I found only this committee.)
The report must be retracted, at the very least.
The report must be retracted, at the very least.
I lost the will to live right along with you but regained it, thinking of Calvin and Hobbes:
May 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I lost the will to live right along with you but regained it, thinking of Calvin and Hobbes:
I won’t! You neither. Here is a random shot from the start of today’s Tesla/billionaire takedown in NYC (just sharing to share):
May 4, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I won’t! You neither. Here is a random shot from the start of today’s Tesla/billionaire takedown in NYC (just sharing to share):
This seems the best place to drop the video I shot about an hour ago (NYC, 47th Street): the contrast between the sleek, head-turning design of the Mclaren and the, uh, bizarro-world clunkiness of the Cybertruck (with "Ultimate" painted in red on the side) was too perfect to pass by:
April 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This seems the best place to drop the video I shot about an hour ago (NYC, 47th Street): the contrast between the sleek, head-turning design of the Mclaren and the, uh, bizarro-world clunkiness of the Cybertruck (with "Ultimate" painted in red on the side) was too perfect to pass by:
"Breaking Away"; I went to the opening in Indianapolis as a kid. (As an aside, too bad Dennis Quaid has gone off the deep end in the meantime.)
April 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"Breaking Away"; I went to the opening in Indianapolis as a kid. (As an aside, too bad Dennis Quaid has gone off the deep end in the meantime.)
Me in the national security group chat
March 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Me in the national security group chat
His nose is also much broader and his face has that telltale, coarse, mask-like 'roid quality. I would not looks-shame except that he is a dangerous madman. (Compare with the photo below, from 2016)
March 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
His nose is also much broader and his face has that telltale, coarse, mask-like 'roid quality. I would not looks-shame except that he is a dangerous madman. (Compare with the photo below, from 2016)
This Grosz work, "Pillars of Society" (1926), is also apt (as is most of his work):
March 5, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This Grosz work, "Pillars of Society" (1926), is also apt (as is most of his work):