Ms. Lis
@mslis.bsky.social
Reads what she likes. Likes what she reads. Doesnt write much. Often under a cat. (she/her/Ms.)
@prokopetz.bsky.social - this seems like the kind of game-design pilpul you would enjoy
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
@prokopetz.bsky.social - this seems like the kind of game-design pilpul you would enjoy
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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Chag Sukkot sameach,
May all who need shelter find it, may everyone find peace under the branches, leaves, and stars 🌿🍂✨
May all who need shelter find it, may everyone find peace under the branches, leaves, and stars 🌿🍂✨
October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Chag Sukkot sameach,
May all who need shelter find it, may everyone find peace under the branches, leaves, and stars 🌿🍂✨
May all who need shelter find it, may everyone find peace under the branches, leaves, and stars 🌿🍂✨
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The Supreme Court’s majority has — in a total of five paragraphs over two orders — allowed Noem’s effort to end TPS for Venezuelans to proceed in opposition to seven rulings from seven judges, amounting to 227 pages of opinions.
No, numbers and pages aren’t ultimately what matters. But ...
No, numbers and pages aren’t ultimately what matters. But ...
Supreme Court lets Noem end legal status for many Venezuelans in the U.S.
The majority gave virtually no reasoning. The Democratic appointees objected, but only Justice Jackson wrote: "[Y]et another grave misuse of our emergency docket."
www.lawdork.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The Supreme Court’s majority has — in a total of five paragraphs over two orders — allowed Noem’s effort to end TPS for Venezuelans to proceed in opposition to seven rulings from seven judges, amounting to 227 pages of opinions.
No, numbers and pages aren’t ultimately what matters. But ...
No, numbers and pages aren’t ultimately what matters. But ...
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It’s funny to consider that Hegseth is precisely the sort of person for whom Sun-Tzu actually wrote The Art of War, and is thus the kind of person who fundamentally cannot understand it
September 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s funny to consider that Hegseth is precisely the sort of person for whom Sun-Tzu actually wrote The Art of War, and is thus the kind of person who fundamentally cannot understand it
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It's not just bribery. He's now using personal litigation, backed by state extortion, to extract "settlements" which he then puts into an account he created to spend on government work, all entirely outside of Congress taxing or appropriating. It's full Charles I illegal taxation and spending.
BREAKING
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle the lawsuit brought by President Trump against the company for suspending his account.
Most of the funds will go towards the fund the president setup for the White House ballroom.
Full Story: on.wsj.com/46IT4P1
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle the lawsuit brought by President Trump against the company for suspending his account.
Most of the funds will go towards the fund the president setup for the White House ballroom.
Full Story: on.wsj.com/46IT4P1
September 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's not just bribery. He's now using personal litigation, backed by state extortion, to extract "settlements" which he then puts into an account he created to spend on government work, all entirely outside of Congress taxing or appropriating. It's full Charles I illegal taxation and spending.
This feels like something out of @chucktingle.bsky.social's tinglers
September 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This feels like something out of @chucktingle.bsky.social's tinglers
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BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
I've rarely seen a more perfect description of the modern media environment (including social media)
Hoo boy. Seems to be a real uptick in people cruising the internet looking for fights, almost like if real life were imitating 1979 American movie "The Warriors". Except instead of being good at street fighting the gangs are really bad at reading comprehension.
September 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I've rarely seen a more perfect description of the modern media environment (including social media)
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the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator - Craft Industry Alliance
The legacy sewing pattern brands Simplicity, Butterick, McCalls, and Vogue, commonly referred to as the Big 4, have been sold to a liquidator.
craftindustryalliance.org
September 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the big 4 sewing pattern brands are being sold off for parts. if you want patterns, get them *now*.
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
(if you're secretly a zillionaire who likes sewing patterns, call the liquidator immediately with your chequebook)
craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...
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This isn't an "administrative error." Every single federal employee receives record keeping training.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
The US Administration is now deleting its internal communications, in brazen violation of the Federal Records Act, in order to conceal its other illegal acts.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Those entrusted to enforce our Congress’s laws sit, simply watching this happen, flaccid and impotent.
Homeland Security Dept. Says It Hasn’t Kept Text Message Data Since April
www.nytimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This isn't an "administrative error." Every single federal employee receives record keeping training.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
The next administration needs to prosecute everyone responsible for this. Yes, there are bigger abuses we'll need to prosecute too, but records are paramount.
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Handy information for #BOSTON:
LUCE DEFENSE HOTLINE
THINK YOU SEE I.C.E. IN YOUR AREA?
CALL: 617-370-5023
The hotline operates from 5am - 9pm every day of the week across multiple languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, and more to be added!
www.lucemass.org
LUCE DEFENSE HOTLINE
THINK YOU SEE I.C.E. IN YOUR AREA?
CALL: 617-370-5023
The hotline operates from 5am - 9pm every day of the week across multiple languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, and more to be added!
www.lucemass.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Handy information for #BOSTON:
LUCE DEFENSE HOTLINE
THINK YOU SEE I.C.E. IN YOUR AREA?
CALL: 617-370-5023
The hotline operates from 5am - 9pm every day of the week across multiple languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, and more to be added!
www.lucemass.org
LUCE DEFENSE HOTLINE
THINK YOU SEE I.C.E. IN YOUR AREA?
CALL: 617-370-5023
The hotline operates from 5am - 9pm every day of the week across multiple languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, and more to be added!
www.lucemass.org
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Biomedical research isn't a YouTube video, you cannot hit pause for an indefinite period of time and then hit play whenever the regime wants.
Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
Here's what this means: it's probably unlawful forPOTUS to stop NIH funds from going to medical research, but POTUS can stop that medical research for a lengthy period of time while the Court of Federal Claims hears lawsuits
This, essentially, destroys the capacity for medical research in the US
This, essentially, destroys the capacity for medical research in the US
Splitting 5-4 (with Chief Justice Roberts joining the three Democratic appointees in dissent), #SCOTUS grants *partial* stay to Trump administration in NIH funding case; holds that challenges to grant terminations (but *not* the underlying guidance) need to be filed in the Court of Federal Claims:
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Biomedical research isn't a YouTube video, you cannot hit pause for an indefinite period of time and then hit play whenever the regime wants.
Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
Samples are destroyed, labs dismantled, scientists leave...
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Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
August 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident"
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w...
#Worldcon
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The perfect employee is a lazy perfectionist
The combination of “I refuse to keep having to do this more than once” with “I need it to be done well” is how you get genuine efficiency improvements and not consultant performative efficiency BS
The combination of “I refuse to keep having to do this more than once” with “I need it to be done well” is how you get genuine efficiency improvements and not consultant performative efficiency BS
The hackers of yesteryear accomplished actual magic, true sci-fi shit, by refusing to do the same task manually more than once.
This stubborn laziness is why Grace Hopper made the goddamn compiler for fuck's sake.
This stubborn laziness is why Grace Hopper made the goddamn compiler for fuck's sake.
August 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The perfect employee is a lazy perfectionist
The combination of “I refuse to keep having to do this more than once” with “I need it to be done well” is how you get genuine efficiency improvements and not consultant performative efficiency BS
The combination of “I refuse to keep having to do this more than once” with “I need it to be done well” is how you get genuine efficiency improvements and not consultant performative efficiency BS
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Social media peaked with early aughts LiveJournal
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Social media peaked with early aughts LiveJournal
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See you can't just say "America has fallen." You have to ease people into it, kindly. So when people ask how things are going you start out like "well, Trump went up on the roof today but I'm sure it will be okay. ".
August 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
See you can't just say "America has fallen." You have to ease people into it, kindly. So when people ask how things are going you start out like "well, Trump went up on the roof today but I'm sure it will be okay. ".
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W/alt. I never thought the most accurate and prescient Isaac Asimov story would be “Liar”.
August 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
W/alt. I never thought the most accurate and prescient Isaac Asimov story would be “Liar”.
This announcement has been brought to you by the letters G, O, and P:
"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
cpb.org/pressroom/Co...
August 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This announcement has been brought to you by the letters G, O, and P:
@alexandraerin.com
More like Future Home of Spirit Halloween
More like Future Home of Spirit Halloween
Spirit of 1814
Trump is building a White House ballroom.
It kind of looks like a Home Depot without the aisles and a sale on gold chairs.
It kind of looks like a Home Depot without the aisles and a sale on gold chairs.
August 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
@alexandraerin.com
More like Future Home of Spirit Halloween
More like Future Home of Spirit Halloween
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It's going to quickly become clear that controlling the treasury is like controlling the military. It won't matter what Congress says or does if the Executive Branch goes rogue and challenges them to enforce the law. The White House physically controls the guns and the money.
NEW: Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the budget, Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to defund programs they dislike.
How Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress
The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within the branches. If successful, he could wield the…
propub.li
November 26, 2024 at 6:56 PM
It's going to quickly become clear that controlling the treasury is like controlling the military. It won't matter what Congress says or does if the Executive Branch goes rogue and challenges them to enforce the law. The White House physically controls the guns and the money.
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It’s so surreal watching every single piece of progress we’ve made as a country in my lifetime, and even my parents lifetimes, get undermined or fully rolled back live. It feels like being trapped in a dystopian movie.
July 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It’s so surreal watching every single piece of progress we’ve made as a country in my lifetime, and even my parents lifetimes, get undermined or fully rolled back live. It feels like being trapped in a dystopian movie.
Age verification?
My first concert was Chicago 17.
I *think* the Fixx opened for them.
My first concert was Chicago 17.
I *think* the Fixx opened for them.
Age verification? My first concert was the Stray Cats on the Built for Speed tour, at the Orpheum in Boston.
age verification? my first concert was REM on their Monster tour, with Luscious Jackson opening in at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles
July 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Age verification?
My first concert was Chicago 17.
I *think* the Fixx opened for them.
My first concert was Chicago 17.
I *think* the Fixx opened for them.