Jim Katz
@ergulon.bsky.social
Former programmer, now Buddhist digital archivist. True Blue. Loves fast talkers.
I was so tickled to hear about this DC Bar resolution. Low down with cats, wake up in the litter box.
Put bluntly, can a law firm really represent a client zealously against the Trump’s administration when, at the same time, it is seeking to stay on Trump’s good side through an settlement agreement? www.thebulwark.com/p/big-law-bi...
Big Law’s Big Choice
A D.C. Bar opinion shows why it would be ethical for the nine Big Law firms to rescind their settlement agreements with Trump. But to do so would invite his wrath.
www.thebulwark.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I was so tickled to hear about this DC Bar resolution. Low down with cats, wake up in the litter box.
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Headline writers all! Thanks for these.
The replies write themselves
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Headline writers all! Thanks for these.
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America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
Sharing this 102 year old WW2 Vet who is fighting fascism a second time.
October 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
America-hating Antifa showing up for a *second* time today.
Are they heckling Atty Gen Cambpell at #NoKingsBoston?
October 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Are they heckling Atty Gen Cambpell at #NoKingsBoston?
Good for you, Vermont! Not only Phil Scott, but the State Senate Minority leader (R-Maple Syrup) also called for him, and his wife, to step down. Bipartisanship @ work! thehill.com/homenews/sta...
thehill.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Good for you, Vermont! Not only Phil Scott, but the State Senate Minority leader (R-Maple Syrup) also called for him, and his wife, to step down. Bipartisanship @ work! thehill.com/homenews/sta...
@perplexityai.bsky.social @perplexitycomet.bsky.social fail. Big hoohah about perplexity and Comet, no mention that the extension appears only offered on Mac Os. No other platform avail. AFAICT. #lessusefulthanmeetsyheeye
September 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
@perplexityai.bsky.social @perplexitycomet.bsky.social fail. Big hoohah about perplexity and Comet, no mention that the extension appears only offered on Mac Os. No other platform avail. AFAICT. #lessusefulthanmeetsyheeye
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Former White House Chief of Staff to President Biden, Ronald Klain. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s why more and more people like Ron are standing up and stating the obvious. They know how close to the end of democracy…and freedom…we are.
August 14, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Former White House Chief of Staff to President Biden, Ronald Klain. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s why more and more people like Ron are standing up and stating the obvious. They know how close to the end of democracy…and freedom…we are.
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We need more of this!
August 15, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We need more of this!
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Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
"How bad slavery was" is worse. Much worse. Much worse than you think, much worse than you're taught, much worse than museums depict. Worse.
August 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Chattel slavery was so bad that when we tell you how bad it in fact was most of y'all shut down and tell us we're making it up and pass laws against us ever telling you how bad it was again because your brains literally cannot handle how bad it in fact was.
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Well said.
Chicago Mayor Offers Perfect Clapback Response After Trump Calls Him 'Incompetent'
🔥🔥🔥
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August 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Well said.
yet again, ProPublica shows why it’s needed. I wish we were part of the ICC so that Trump and Miller coud be charged with crimes against humanity.
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.
Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.
www.propublica.org
July 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
yet again, ProPublica shows why it’s needed. I wish we were part of the ICC so that Trump and Miller coud be charged with crimes against humanity.
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
www.propublica.org/article/vene...
Unglaubische dummheit. My uncle recalls when, in the ‘60s, you could spend a fotrune on radial tires, which lasted 5x longer than the existing bias ply tires, but cost about 5x more - only rich people could afford them. See first reply for continuation.
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Should You Get a Heat Pump? Take Our 2-Question Quiz.
They’re typically far more efficient than other systems and may save you some dollars.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Unglaubische dummheit. My uncle recalls when, in the ‘60s, you could spend a fotrune on radial tires, which lasted 5x longer than the existing bias ply tires, but cost about 5x more - only rich people could afford them. See first reply for continuation.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Tell Congress: Unmask ICE!
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re...
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July 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
We need to recognize that concentration camps are here. Now. “The only way out is through.” — Harriet Tubman youtube.com/shorts/r2yLk...
Everyone Needs to Recognize What's Happening Right Now in America
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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July 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We need to recognize that concentration camps are here. Now. “The only way out is through.” — Harriet Tubman youtube.com/shorts/r2yLk...
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Nope. name calling and subjective rants have no place in headlines. The independent can identify itself as a partisan rag, NYTimes doesn’t want to. There’s plenty of judgement in the article, it’s just not in the headline. NYTimes panders to the reasonable.
May 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Nope. name calling and subjective rants have no place in headlines. The independent can identify itself as a partisan rag, NYTimes doesn’t want to. There’s plenty of judgement in the article, it’s just not in the headline. NYTimes panders to the reasonable.
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"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours, to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of Freedom."
- Abraham Lincoln
- Abraham Lincoln
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car locks would kill the auto theft industry
May 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
car locks would kill the auto theft industry
Nick Clegg makes killing the ai industry overnight sound like a bad thing. It’s a good thing!
the view from a former Meta board member:
Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight,” Sir Nick Clegg has said. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
Making technology companies ask artists’ permission before they scrape copyrighted content will “basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight,” Sir Nick Clegg has said. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...
Nick Clegg: Artists’ demands over copyright are unworkable
The former Meta executive claims that a law requiring tech companies to ask permission to train AI on copyrighted work would ‘kill’ the industry
www.thetimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Nick Clegg makes killing the ai industry overnight sound like a bad thing. It’s a good thing!
And I think they failed. See 8 CFR 214.4 www.ice.gov/sevis/school...
May 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
And I think they failed. See 8 CFR 214.4 www.ice.gov/sevis/school...
Yup. It’s all in 8 CFR 214.4 www.ice.gov/sevis/school...
May 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Yup. It’s all in 8 CFR 214.4 www.ice.gov/sevis/school...
Not in CRR 8 214.4 www.ice.gov/sevis/school...
May 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Not in CRR 8 214.4 www.ice.gov/sevis/school...
Such bullshit harassment. 8 CR 214.4 (www.ice.gov/sevis/school...) gives the process and reasons for SEVP revocation, and none of them are in Noem’s letter.
May 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Such bullshit harassment. 8 CR 214.4 (www.ice.gov/sevis/school...) gives the process and reasons for SEVP revocation, and none of them are in Noem’s letter.
In a video statement, Netanyahu said Israel’s “greatest friends in the world’’ had told him, “We cannot accept images of hunger, mass hunger. We cannot stand that. We will not be able to support you.’’
Translation: We’d really rather not, but since you insist
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Translation: We’d really rather not, but since you insist
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First few aid trucks enter Gaza - The Boston Globe
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May 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
In a video statement, Netanyahu said Israel’s “greatest friends in the world’’ had told him, “We cannot accept images of hunger, mass hunger. We cannot stand that. We will not be able to support you.’’
Translation: We’d really rather not, but since you insist
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Translation: We’d really rather not, but since you insist
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