The NYT has invented a new thing for you to feel bad about: “fast furniture,” which is mass produced and therefore bad. (Even pretty expensive stuff like Crate & Barrel.) Want to be a good citizen? Build your own furniture. nytimes.com/2022/10/31/rea…

Elon Musk has dissolved Twitter’s board and made himself the “sole director” of the company independent.co.uk/tech/elon-musk…

I am not notable enough to have a blue check but would, I gather, be notable enough if I paid $20 per month. Someone should tell them being a fool in America is not notable.

Ninth Circuit Fast Tracks John Eastman’s Stay Request Over Judge’s Email Order, But Jan. 6 Committee Got the Emails Over the Weekend Anyway

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“The particularly chilling aspect of the actions against ⁦DA Larry Krasner⁩ & ⁦Andrew Warren⁩ is that they strip voters of…power to set criminal justice agendas for their communities.” Read more about this troubling trend ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ latimes.com/opinion/story/…

To a sufficiently regressed personality, law is indistinguishable from magic.

Some of you have truly lost the plot.

Also, you can’t gain access to someone else’s immigration records without their written consent.

“As a lawyer…”

If you think this dude is going to save the world, remember that he couldn’t even cure the tsarevich’s hemophilia.

Inbox: You follow [redacted]. She's secretly a major [redacted]. She has a an alt where she [redacted] and here's a link to her OF.
Me: That's cool, but not really my thing.
Inbox: I'm not [redacted] advertising for her.
Me: Oh what are you doing then?
Inbox: *Blocks me*

He thinks his Jewish doctor who diagnosed him was really trying to make sure he was getting pills so the doctor could swap out pills to control his brain and not allow him to speak against Jews

A lot of things to digest here, but first of all, WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT OUR PROJEW PILLS

SCOTUS is about to hear arguments on the legality of affirmative action. The court will likely outlaw race-conscious admissions.

Elite universities' first response should be abolishing their affirmative action programs for ultra-privileged white kids. slate.com/news-and-polit…

The organizer of Trump’s DC rally on J6 has thoughts on Brazil.

Michelle is doing great work on a brutal story, help her tell it if you can

Ultimately Bolsanaro’s good policies, like censoring and jailing shitlibs, could not outweigh his bad policies, like trying to jail and censor me.

—Glenn Greenwald

This evening spare a thought for Glenn Greenwald and how bad he must feel at Bolsonaro’s loss, and just fucking luxuriate in the thought of Greenwald being genuinely miserable. It’s a fun thought.

Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for karma.

I mean if had $45 billion, I cannot completely exclude the possibility that on a bad day around here I wouldn’t use it to buy this site and then absolutely fly it straight into the ground

Given that it’s the Band and the Tree, this is either (1) something stupid and bureaucratic by Stanford they’re upset about, or (2) pitching a fit because they were told they can’t do heroin on the field while railing a junior-high-school student