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Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.
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I get — and love — that people are interested in these issues — we all must be, it's a big part of why I write Law Dork — but I am seeing a good amount of rampant speculation posed as informed commentary by people who *clearly* are not versed in district court, appellate, or Supreme Court practice.
April 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I get — and love — that people are interested in these issues — we all must be, it's a big part of why I write Law Dork — but I am seeing a good amount of rampant speculation posed as informed commentary by people who *clearly* are not versed in district court, appellate, or Supreme Court practice.
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Thank you!
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With Harvard, U Mass faculty, Princeton, Wesleyan, Rutgers faculty and others leading the way, academics are standing up to this lawless administration. Here is a pack of academics, former academics, and organizations worth following on Bluesky who are in this opposition
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April 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Thank you!
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Worth being aware, if you aren't already, of the 100-mile border zone loophole that allows that federal government to stop and interrogate anyone, without probable cause.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
April 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Worth being aware, if you aren't already, of the 100-mile border zone loophole that allows that federal government to stop and interrogate anyone, without probable cause.
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
www.aclu.org/know-your-ri...
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4/ For now, reporters like myself and my team can still do this sort of work.
But our industry has been decimated.
And if you think the constitutional challenges the country is facing won't impact a free and fair media (or haven't already) I'd ask you to think long and hard about that.
But our industry has been decimated.
And if you think the constitutional challenges the country is facing won't impact a free and fair media (or haven't already) I'd ask you to think long and hard about that.
April 18, 2025 at 4:33 AM
4/ For now, reporters like myself and my team can still do this sort of work.
But our industry has been decimated.
And if you think the constitutional challenges the country is facing won't impact a free and fair media (or haven't already) I'd ask you to think long and hard about that.
But our industry has been decimated.
And if you think the constitutional challenges the country is facing won't impact a free and fair media (or haven't already) I'd ask you to think long and hard about that.
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We are nearing the end.
April 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We are nearing the end.
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The notion that DOGE can indulge in poorly considered mass firings and the government can function smoothly is absurd and dangerous.
apple.news/AmTEPpe-FRkS...
apple.news/AmTEPpe-FRkS...
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it — NBC News
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
apple.news
April 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The notion that DOGE can indulge in poorly considered mass firings and the government can function smoothly is absurd and dangerous.
apple.news/AmTEPpe-FRkS...
apple.news/AmTEPpe-FRkS...
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Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side
April 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Nation Can’t Believe It On Harvard’s Side
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Judge Wilkinson: "If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will
not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Judge Wilkinson: "If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will
not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?" storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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When people cannot afford to pay for rent or groceries, asking them to help fight against fascism is not going to connect.
We must be telling people how we plan on fighting for them and show them who is standing in the way.
We must be telling people how we plan on fighting for them and show them who is standing in the way.
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
When people cannot afford to pay for rent or groceries, asking them to help fight against fascism is not going to connect.
We must be telling people how we plan on fighting for them and show them who is standing in the way.
We must be telling people how we plan on fighting for them and show them who is standing in the way.
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Anyway, speaking of physicists who actually are trying to make the case to the general public for why physics is worth funding, my latest @newscientist.com column is a love note to General Relativity and the Quantum Gravity Problem 😍
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Why I still love reckoning with the quantum gravity problem
General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
www.newscientist.com
April 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Anyway, speaking of physicists who actually are trying to make the case to the general public for why physics is worth funding, my latest @newscientist.com column is a love note to General Relativity and the Quantum Gravity Problem 😍
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"...Representative Ryan had declared that his mission was to find out “whether or not Jonestown is a jail.” He said he had received reports that Americans in the commune were “working from dawn to nightfall with terrible mental and physical punishments if they don't work hard enough.”
bit.ly/3Gacwe9
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April 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"...Representative Ryan had declared that his mission was to find out “whether or not Jonestown is a jail.” He said he had received reports that Americans in the commune were “working from dawn to nightfall with terrible mental and physical punishments if they don't work hard enough.”
bit.ly/3Gacwe9
bit.ly/3Gacwe9
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Often when people with large platforms and lots of coverage complain of ‘censorship’ - whether for COVID or something else - I suspect what they’re really complaining about is scrutiny.
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April 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Often when people with large platforms and lots of coverage complain of ‘censorship’ - whether for COVID or something else - I suspect what they’re really complaining about is scrutiny.
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“Nobody in Europe has spent the past week looking at their stock portfolio, wondering if they could still afford to send their kids to university.”
“It is a place blessed with walkable cities, long life expectancies and vaccinated kids who do not need to be trained to dodge school shooters.”
“It is a place blessed with walkable cities, long life expectancies and vaccinated kids who do not need to be trained to dodge school shooters.”
The thing about Europe: it’s the actual land of the free now
Europe’s very real problems don’t look so bad by comparison
economist.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
“Nobody in Europe has spent the past week looking at their stock portfolio, wondering if they could still afford to send their kids to university.”
“It is a place blessed with walkable cities, long life expectancies and vaccinated kids who do not need to be trained to dodge school shooters.”
“It is a place blessed with walkable cities, long life expectancies and vaccinated kids who do not need to be trained to dodge school shooters.”
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BREAKING: Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate, dies at 89
Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.
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April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
BREAKING: Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has died, his son said Sunday. He was 89.
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Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
April 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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Here is an up to date list of Big Law collaborators along with how much in free legal services they have pledged to Trump's causes.
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
April 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Here is an up to date list of Big Law collaborators along with how much in free legal services they have pledged to Trump's causes.
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M
Paul Weiss 40M
Cadwalader 100M
Milbank 100M
Skadden Arps 100M
Willkie Farr 100M
A&O Shearman 125M
Kirkland & Ellis 125M
Latham & Watkins 125M
Simpson Thacher 125M