James Mitchell
@plainfeather.bsky.social
Retired book publisher and author, medievalist, photographer, Soto Zen student, early musician, San Francisco resident since 1967, unrepentant hippie. Like Bluesky, life is plenitudinous.
Reading this NYT article is a bit of a long slog, but is ample evidence how federal lower court federal judges have taken over defending the Constitution in place of the Supreme Court, which has apparently abandoned it.
#Ice #IceOut #LiamConejoRamos
#Ice #IceOut #LiamConejoRamos
Annotating the Judge’s Decision in the Case of Liam Conejo Ramos, a 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
Our critic annotates the barbed wordplay of a decision challenging the Trump administration’s theory of executive power.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Reading this NYT article is a bit of a long slog, but is ample evidence how federal lower court federal judges have taken over defending the Constitution in place of the Supreme Court, which has apparently abandoned it.
#Ice #IceOut #LiamConejoRamos
#Ice #IceOut #LiamConejoRamos
Sorry, Zhou Dynasty was 11th to 3rd century BC.
February 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Sorry, Zhou Dynasty was 11th to 3rd century BC.
At first glance I thought this must be some exotic species of insect, but it turned out to be a wine vessel from the Western Zhou Dynasty 12th-11th c. BC. Don't ask me how it wound up in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I would use it to store my THC edibles.
#archaeology #Sinaica
#archaeology #Sinaica
February 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
At first glance I thought this must be some exotic species of insect, but it turned out to be a wine vessel from the Western Zhou Dynasty 12th-11th c. BC. Don't ask me how it wound up in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. I would use it to store my THC edibles.
#archaeology #Sinaica
#archaeology #Sinaica
ICE agents firing tear gas cannisters at protesters in Minneapolis, ferociously costumed for the event, as if embattled with murderous invaders from outer space. You can't help but wonder what kind of ridiculous phantasy they've found themselves hired to perform. Photo: Craig Laissig. #minneapolis
January 31, 2026 at 5:09 PM
ICE agents firing tear gas cannisters at protesters in Minneapolis, ferociously costumed for the event, as if embattled with murderous invaders from outer space. You can't help but wonder what kind of ridiculous phantasy they've found themselves hired to perform. Photo: Craig Laissig. #minneapolis
16 Cheyne Walk, London
January 29, 2026 at 8:09 PM
16 Cheyne Walk, London
Dante Gabriel Rossetti is shown reviewing proofs in 1882 in the drawing room of his house at 16 Cheyne Walk, London SW3, built in 1817. Note the cool carpet and tiled fireplace. Painting by Henry Treffry Dunn, 1882.
#oilpainting
#oilpainting
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Dante Gabriel Rossetti is shown reviewing proofs in 1882 in the drawing room of his house at 16 Cheyne Walk, London SW3, built in 1817. Note the cool carpet and tiled fireplace. Painting by Henry Treffry Dunn, 1882.
#oilpainting
#oilpainting
Nasturtiums, by Jeremy Lipking.
#oilpainting
#oilpainting
January 28, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Nasturtiums, by Jeremy Lipking.
#oilpainting
#oilpainting
I think Mozart would have liked this update of the dalla Croce portrait (age 16) by Royalty Now, being something of a smart-ass in his teen years, and the only German composer I can think of with a lively sense of humor. His birthdate is January 27th, 1756.
#Mozart
#Mozart
January 27, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I think Mozart would have liked this update of the dalla Croce portrait (age 16) by Royalty Now, being something of a smart-ass in his teen years, and the only German composer I can think of with a lively sense of humor. His birthdate is January 27th, 1756.
#Mozart
#Mozart
Ladybug on clover bossom, Lucy Green.
January 26, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Ladybug on clover bossom, Lucy Green.
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 PM
North American Baroque - Cairo, Illinois.
Nick Nichols.
Nick Nichols.
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
North American Baroque - Cairo, Illinois.
Nick Nichols.
Nick Nichols.
January 17, 2026 at 8:29 PM
January 16, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Bowl with human feet, Pre-Dynastic Egypt, ca. 3900 BCE, Metropolitan Museum, NYC.
#archaeology #egyptology
#archaeology #egyptology
January 15, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Bowl with human feet, Pre-Dynastic Egypt, ca. 3900 BCE, Metropolitan Museum, NYC.
#archaeology #egyptology
#archaeology #egyptology
It is fortunate for us that psychiatric treatment has made significant progress since 1600.
[Mathhaeus Greuter: A Surgery where All Fantasy and Follies Are Purged," ca. 1600. Thx @archaeology art.]
#medicine #psychiatry #Baroque
[Mathhaeus Greuter: A Surgery where All Fantasy and Follies Are Purged," ca. 1600. Thx @archaeology art.]
#medicine #psychiatry #Baroque
January 14, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It is fortunate for us that psychiatric treatment has made significant progress since 1600.
[Mathhaeus Greuter: A Surgery where All Fantasy and Follies Are Purged," ca. 1600. Thx @archaeology art.]
#medicine #psychiatry #Baroque
[Mathhaeus Greuter: A Surgery where All Fantasy and Follies Are Purged," ca. 1600. Thx @archaeology art.]
#medicine #psychiatry #Baroque
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
