We stayed at the most charming little Airbnb in Haarlem the first time we visited Amsterdam and I’ve been chasing the vibes we got from that stay everywhere else we’ve gone in Europe (without fully matching them yet).

True, but still seems a quite accurate description of how she views herself.

Put it this way: the instinct to show professional courtesy to Ilan is all part of the same institutional norms that allows him to be a law professor in the first place. His views on birthright citizenship are fully disqualifying, like an evolutionary biologist who doesn't believe in evolution.

Not worth asking him these questions even though they’re great questions—he’s flagrantly strawmanning. But he’s both hypersensitive and has an ego that’s off the charts (particularly considering he’s never had to publish a peer reviewed piece in his entire “scholarly” career). So he’ll never answer.

Poll chasing in this political environment is such soulless behavior. Politicians should (especially at this moment) lead and advocate and work to CHANGE opinions. And of course your response to that criticism was to…ignore it entirely because the invective hurt your feelings.

Morning, Sally girl. I’m still waiting for you to respond to this, so how bout it. Got anything to say? Cat got your tongue?

I've written my analysis of today's grim Supreme Court oral argument in the conversion therapy case:

As far as the Court's concerned, imaginary medical uncertainty gives states the authority to hurt queer kids, and takes away states' authority to protect them

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/chile...

Literally the only thing the majority of us want to hear from you is when Link is going to be back. So, please, if it’s not about that, how bout you shut the fuck up?

This is the Bluesky I signed up for, not all that political shit.