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Executive order establishing "Prank Team Six" with full immunity for all operatives engaged in "executive-approved pranks, japes, larks, follies or frolics."

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Executive order establishing "Prank Team Six" with full immunity for all operatives engaged in "executive-approved pranks, japes, larks, follies or frolics."

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If you've never heard this before, there's no better day than today www.democracynow.org/2024/7/4/wha...

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speechwww.democracynow.org We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester...

Never mind assassinations ordered by Seal Team Six. Let’s have Biden order special forces to short-sheet Trump’s bed and then video the result for all to see. Very very bad. Very clearly immune from prosecution. And very funny. It can be live on the new Twitch channel: Dark Brandon Criming.

Today, let’s celebrate our independence from the king of England and rededicate ourselves to independence from the kingpin of Mar-a-Lago.

While driving 40-60 miles a day between home and hospital, I've distracted myself with some audiobooks, a sprinkling of mostly-non-news podcasts, and thinking about the nature of scholarship. I'm PhD-trained as an historian, MA-and-osmosis trained in quant fields, and in a college of ed.

Minor update, as a prelude to a desultory thread: ambiguous culture resolved. Spouse has three lung infections, two of which require longer-term treatment than the fortunately-non-MRSA staph. We are anticipating discharge home on [redacted date], which is redacted because I am superstitious.

Having one's spouse in the ER and then admitted is one level of suck. Having one's spouse diagnosed, stable, and stuck in hospital because of an ambiguous culture result is another level of suck. Can we please stop leveling up in this game? I can do without more achievements in this area.

Steve Bannon is now ending his first full day in prison for contempt of Congress. 💅

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Don't forget the Sharpie.

This old bit from The Mash Report seems newly relevant to the U.S.

The Final Season of the UK!youtu.be The Mash Report starring Nish Kumar and Ahir Shah.

When they blame “X”, assume that’s a partial and incomplete explanation

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AI.

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Rebroadcasting a game without the express written consent of Major League Baseball, obviously.

Okay, folks, who is putting together the list of the funniest crimes that Biden should be committing between now and election day to highlight the absurdity of today's immunity ruling? Not the stuff like assassinations. Just stuff to make a point.

I had waited several years for someone with an audience to do what @chrislhayes.bsky.social and team did last week. Today’s immunity opinion is awful, and I also have faith that Americans care about corruption and can learn to see the Corruption Court clearly

‘Pro-corruption’: Hayes goes off on Supreme Court ruling $13k gift is not a bribeyoutu.be “They really do seem to—in the aggregate—want to get rid of the criminalization of corruption and bribery. They want to make corruption legal and acceptable ...

Hi, @darthbluesky.bsky.social. Simon is here to remind everyone that rubbing a dog's belly brings good luck, and renewed energy for the fight.

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john roberts currently neck and neck with roger taney for worst chief justice in american history

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If you're looking for a founder who wanted an "energetic" executive, Hamilton's your guy. Many called him a monarchist. But even Hamilton believed in the vital importance of a president's "vulnerability to prosecution in the course of law." Read the last paragraph of Justice Sotomayor's dissent.

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For historians, the retrospective legitimation of essentially every criminal act Nixon committed while in office is quite mind-boggling. Ford’s pardon was utterly unnecessary.

RICHARD NIXON: Listen, you all laughed when I said that if the president does it, that means that it is not illegal, BUT WHO’S LAUGHING NOW

“Im sorry I cheated on you and murdered our children. But”

The GOP SCOTUS ruling on Presidential immunity, summed up.

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In the wake of the collapse of AllHere, maker of LAUSD's Ed chatbot, it's a good time for school districts to remember there's no need to rush into AI too soon. www.future-ed.org/navigating-t...

Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Revolution in Schoolswww.future-ed.org A report highlighting AI’s role as a supportive tool in education

Make a band bready Rolling Millstones

Make a band ready Stone Sourdough

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Happy Pauli Murray Day! www.paulimurraycenter.com/who-is-pauli

Who Is Pauli Murray? — Pauli Murray Centerwww.paulimurraycenter.com

From the history of ed tech, this was not predictable at all. Can someone hand me a tissue? I appear to be coughing

“ai” edtech company collapses after taking six million dollars from the Los Angeles school district to develop an “educational friend” platform.

A.I. ‘Friend’ for Public School Students Falls Flatwww.nytimes.com Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

The last 6 wks have been awesome and also awful. A PhD student of mine passed comps. My daughter finished her dissertation (defended, submitted), and a nephew graduated with an econ PhD. Another nephew died suddenly, and then a friend, now a recent ASU doctoral alum. Take care out there, everyone.

I think I was onto something. Double haters gonna double hate.

Wild thought: double haters gonna double hate. That is, there’s a certain likelihood that the polls are not going to move as much in the next week as some Democrats fear.

Who Won The First Biden-Trump Presidential Debate?projects.fivethirtyeight.com We’re partnering with Ipsos to poll voters before and after the candidates take the stage.

What is your favorite black and white movie?

what is your favorite black and white movie?