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Oh god sure let’s have your piracy debate again
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Oh god sure let’s have your piracy debate again
“No Good Deed” and “Heel Turn 2” are in essence the same song. In this essay I will
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“No Good Deed” and “Heel Turn 2” are in essence the same song. In this essay I will
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Major police action involving St Paul Police Department & feds around Eastside Rose Ave / Payne / Phalen / Maryland reported in last 2 hours with a lot of gas canisters unleashed on community. Reports latest that police withdrew.
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Major police action involving St Paul Police Department & feds around Eastside Rose Ave / Payne / Phalen / Maryland reported in last 2 hours with a lot of gas canisters unleashed on community. Reports latest that police withdrew.
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
Content advisory: Video shows gas canisters deployed & detainments
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the BBC when it has a chance to punch up: yes sir sorry sir we’ll be sure to flatter you sir
the BBC when it’s time to cover trans people and immigrants: you people have had an easy ride for far too long
the BBC when it’s time to cover trans people and immigrants: you people have had an easy ride for far too long
NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history."
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump’s Fury at BBC Gets Unnerving Results with Pro-MAGA Edit Stunner
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
the BBC when it has a chance to punch up: yes sir sorry sir we’ll be sure to flatter you sir
the BBC when it’s time to cover trans people and immigrants: you people have had an easy ride for far too long
the BBC when it’s time to cover trans people and immigrants: you people have had an easy ride for far too long
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me in mixed company: treating addiction like a moral failing is a big part of how we got here, with only punitive measures to combat drug related deaths. rethink the way you use the language of addiction
me to a fellow person in recovery: mike quit being such a cokehead and gimme the remote
me to a fellow person in recovery: mike quit being such a cokehead and gimme the remote
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
me in mixed company: treating addiction like a moral failing is a big part of how we got here, with only punitive measures to combat drug related deaths. rethink the way you use the language of addiction
me to a fellow person in recovery: mike quit being such a cokehead and gimme the remote
me to a fellow person in recovery: mike quit being such a cokehead and gimme the remote
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I still think the state should cut all power lines to the Broadview facility immediately, while there are no victims imprisoned there
a lot of interesting tidbits in this story about rep. lauren underwood’s visit to the broadview ice jail.
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
as always, take everything dhs says with a grain of salt. but it sounds like the feds’ terror in chicago is far from over.
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I still think the state should cut all power lines to the Broadview facility immediately, while there are no victims imprisoned there
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I can not emphasise how rigged against trans people the application of law is within the UK.
There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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It feels worth mentioning that Graham Linehan’s harassment literally continued in the courtroom, as he repeatedly misgendered Sophia, and referred to her as “Tarquin”, a fictional deadname he made up for her as part of his harassment campaign. The judge was complicit in this harassment happening.
I wonder if I spent all day, every day, for years, calling Graham Linehan - or the judge - a nonce and then, when I saw him in the street screamed it in his face and smashed his phone, would a judge find I had done no harassing?
And that's not even factoring in the age of his victim
And that's not even factoring in the age of his victim
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I can not emphasise how rigged against trans people the application of law is within the UK.
There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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There are clear evidence of sympathies throughout the police and judiciary with what are essentially far-right vehicles for civil unrest and division.
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It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It is genuinely insane to see a judge describe Graham Linehan as a “generally credible witness” in a trial where he claimed Sophia Brooks has been engaged in “trans activism” since 2013 (when she would’ve been 6 years old), then, when challenged, claimed her drivers license lied about her age.
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You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
You can literally say what you want about trans people and the UK courts are fine with it.
This was a *child*
This was a *child*
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One of those rare questions in a headline to which the answer is “yes”
Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular? reut.rs/48xQihH
Will the UK Labour Party have the courage to become even more unpopular?
British finance minister Rachel Reeves, who faces a make-or-break budget this week, should view her Labour government’s deep unpopularity as a gift. With more than three years remaining before the party must hold an election, there may be little to lose by acting boldly now – and potentially much to gain.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 2:47 PM
One of those rare questions in a headline to which the answer is “yes”
The marketing for this movie completely misrepresented it as one of those 90s "erotic thrillers" of dubious and varying quality. However, honestly, watching it with that misapprehension makes what the movie actually is about hit about 100 times harder. Just stunning.
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The marketing for this movie completely misrepresented it as one of those 90s "erotic thrillers" of dubious and varying quality. However, honestly, watching it with that misapprehension makes what the movie actually is about hit about 100 times harder. Just stunning.
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TEEN: you’re the only one who understands me danny. my stupid dad won’t let me go see billie eilish with gretchen
AI CHATBOT DANIEL PLAINVIEW FROM THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Your father is a bastard. Fit for a hole in the ground. You will go with Gretchen. Even if your father must die, as a bastard dies
AI CHATBOT DANIEL PLAINVIEW FROM THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Your father is a bastard. Fit for a hole in the ground. You will go with Gretchen. Even if your father must die, as a bastard dies
December 30, 2024 at 10:46 PM
TEEN: you’re the only one who understands me danny. my stupid dad won’t let me go see billie eilish with gretchen
AI CHATBOT DANIEL PLAINVIEW FROM THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Your father is a bastard. Fit for a hole in the ground. You will go with Gretchen. Even if your father must die, as a bastard dies
AI CHATBOT DANIEL PLAINVIEW FROM THERE WILL BE BLOOD: Your father is a bastard. Fit for a hole in the ground. You will go with Gretchen. Even if your father must die, as a bastard dies
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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UPDATE: Another judge just dinged DOJ in another trans care subpoena case, with Judge Joun finding that DOJ missed a deadline, and, accordingly, their motion to alter the judgment in the Boston Children's Hospital case was "untimely." And, because DOJ also appealed, Joun has no further jurisdiction.
![Judge Myong J. Joun: ELECTRONIC ORDER entered re 35
Motion to Alter Judgment.
On September 9, 2025, I entered an order granting Boston Children Hospital's ("BCH") Motion to Quash. [Doc. No. 33 4 1. On October 7, 2025, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") filed a Motion to Alter (the "Motion"). [Doc. No. 35 A]. On November 7, 2025, the DOJ filed a Notice of Appeal of my September 9 Order. [Doc. No. 46 4 ]. That appeal has been assigned USCA Case Number 25-2092.
[Doc. No. 48 ]. The parties have completed briefing of the merits of the Motion, however, after DOJ filed its Notice of Appeal, BCH filed a Notice indicating that this court no longer has jurisdiction to decide the Motion. [See Doc. No. 50
"The filing of a notice of appeal is an event of jurisdictional significance — it confers jurisdiction on the court of appeals and divests the district court of its control over those aspects of the case involved in the appeal." Griggs v. Provident Consumer Disc. Co., 459 U.S. 56, 58 (1982). However, "in order to prevent unnecessary appellate review, the district court was given express authority to entertain a timely motion to alter or amend the judgment under Rule 59, even after a notice of appeal had been filed." Id.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreifq6fozblxq5uz7vczjqf7rlnysombau2eo65u4s4yizeim57t5xm@jpeg)
![As such, Rule 4(A)(iv) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that "[ilf a party files in the district court" a motion "to alter or amend the judgment under Rule 59" and
"does so within the time allowed by those rules--the time to file an appeal runs for all parties from the entry of the order disposing of the last such remaining motion." Fed. Rule App. Proc. 4(A)(iv). Rule 59(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that "[a] motion to alter or amend a judgment must be filed no later than 28 days after the entry of the judgment." Here, DOJ filed the Motion around
10:30 P.M. on October 7, 2025, or the 28th day following the entry of the judgment on September 9. However, an electronic filing made on the last day is timely if filed by midnight in the court's time zone, "[unless a different time is set by a... local rule." Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)(4). Our district's local rules state that, "[a]ll electronic transmissions of documents must be completed prior to 6:00 p.m. to be considered timely filed that day." L.R. 5.4(d). Accordingly, to have timely filed a Motion to Alter in this district, DOJ was required to file its Motion by 6:00 P.M. on October 7, 2025, but did not do so until about 10:30 P.M. [Doc. No. 44 4 at 4]. Contrary to DOJ's suggestion that our local rules may not apply to a "miscellaneous proceeding to quash an administrative subpoena," [Doc. No. 44 A n.2], the local rules clarify that they "apply to all proceedings in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts." L.R. 1.2(a). As such, the Motion is untimely. See, e.g., Sneade v. Rojas, 11-cv-40061, 2014 WL 949635, at *2 n.2 (D. Mass. Mar. 10, 2014) ("[T]he motion to impound was filed after the 6:00 p.m. deadline and therefore, is deemed filed the next business day, i.e., it was untimely");
Romero v. McCormick & Schmick Rest. Corp., No. 18-cv-10324, 2020 WL 1430530, at *1 (D. Mass. Mar. 24, 2020) ....](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiajuyjmijndvebfdxnxd6vcregnwlvrlab7vfohli53ul44n7hm4q@jpeg)
!["District courts enjoy broad latitude in administering local rules." Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Precision Valley Aviation, Inc., 26 F.3d 220, 224 (1st Cir. 1994). DOJ asks that I exercise such discretion here to find that the four-hour delay be deemed timely because BCH does not identify any prejudice from the late filing, and other courts in this district have excused similar delays. See, e.g., Soo v. Bone Biologics Corp., No. 19-cv-11520, 2021 WL 1391458, at *4 (D. Mass. Apr. 13, 2021) (excusing four-hour delay in filing an amended complaint and citing cases). However, DOJ has not pointed to any case finding such a motion timely where a subsequent notice of appeal has also been filed, divesting the court of its jurisdiction. "To deviate from a local rule, the district court (1) must have a sound reason for doing so, and (2) must ensure that no party's substantial rights are unfairly jeopardized." Belanger v. BNY Mellon Asset Mgmt., LLC, No. 15-cv-10198, 2017 WL 1160570, at *6 (D. Mass. Mar. 28, 2017) (cleaned up).
DOJ has not provided any "sound reason" for its late filing or for deviating from the local rules.
Carpenter v. Rivera, 10-cv-40233, 2014 WL 4928963, at *2 n.2 (D. Mass. Sept. 30, 2014)
("Accordingly, even if the Court had the power to extend the deadline, I would not find that Plaintiff has established cause for doing so."). Because the Motion was untimely and the notice of appeal has not been tolled, jurisdiction is now vested with the First Circuit Court of Appeals. As such, I do not have jurisdiction to rule on the merits of the Motion to Alter. See Malek v. Feigenbaum, 116 F.4th 118, 127-128 (2d Cir. 2024) (finding appeal untimely where Rule 59(e) motion was filed late and did not toll the deadline for appeal). The Motion to Alter, [Doc. No. 35 4 ], is thus DENIED.
(SKY) (Entered: 11/24/2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihzoo745gjwg3eszwqelpb4c7zwr2jmjxh6hgvrvejqa76myhufgu@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
UPDATE: Another judge just dinged DOJ in another trans care subpoena case, with Judge Joun finding that DOJ missed a deadline, and, accordingly, their motion to alter the judgment in the Boston Children's Hospital case was "untimely." And, because DOJ also appealed, Joun has no further jurisdiction.
I’m not saying WICKED: FOR GOOD is a great movie (Michelle Yeoh, an extremely talent actor, stinks in these films and I have to conclude it’s just bad casting). It certainly relies on you bringing in your emotional response to the first one. But the critics slamming it have missed the mark imho.
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I’m not saying WICKED: FOR GOOD is a great movie (Michelle Yeoh, an extremely talent actor, stinks in these films and I have to conclude it’s just bad casting). It certainly relies on you bringing in your emotional response to the first one. But the critics slamming it have missed the mark imho.
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And those 5% still shouldn’t be detained and deported
NEW data I've received: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since October 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
And those 5% still shouldn’t be detained and deported
The look to camera after “in certain forums… I’m not in them” is really something.
Mum and Dad DO know about Ao3… 👀
Episode 2 of It Takes a Village is coming this week! I chat with @davejones.actor about how he got his start in games, almost quit acting, and (of course) Halsin fanfics… yes… we are aware.
Coming to my YouTube channel this Thursday!
Episode 2 of It Takes a Village is coming this week! I chat with @davejones.actor about how he got his start in games, almost quit acting, and (of course) Halsin fanfics… yes… we are aware.
Coming to my YouTube channel this Thursday!
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The look to camera after “in certain forums… I’m not in them” is really something.
I want to know if the downstairs neighbor who's been singing "Defying Gravity" consistently for a year is going to pivot to a song from the second movie now.
November 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I want to know if the downstairs neighbor who's been singing "Defying Gravity" consistently for a year is going to pivot to a song from the second movie now.
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I was out there early this morning as well. It was gorgeous.
November 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I was out there early this morning as well. It was gorgeous.
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Pretty in Pink. Monday's sunrise in Chicago.
November 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Pretty in Pink. Monday's sunrise in Chicago.
This is a great way to subtweet because nobody will ever think “I’m the best person you know!” AND “I’ve just posted an awful take.”
HEARTBREAKING: The best person you know just posted an awful take.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is a great way to subtweet because nobody will ever think “I’m the best person you know!” AND “I’ve just posted an awful take.”
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Like this isn't even "oh his jamaican releases are impossible to find" this is "an album recorded for a british label is impossible to find. btw it's the album with sitting in limbo on it"
November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Like this isn't even "oh his jamaican releases are impossible to find" this is "an album recorded for a british label is impossible to find. btw it's the album with sitting in limbo on it"
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It's worth saying that Jimmy Cliff, despite his global fame, has not escaped the fate of many classic reggae artists in having his back catalog neglected and mistreated
For example, his 1971 album for Island, Another Cycle, recorded at Muscle Shoals, has never been properly reissued
For example, his 1971 album for Island, Another Cycle, recorded at Muscle Shoals, has never been properly reissued
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It's worth saying that Jimmy Cliff, despite his global fame, has not escaped the fate of many classic reggae artists in having his back catalog neglected and mistreated
For example, his 1971 album for Island, Another Cycle, recorded at Muscle Shoals, has never been properly reissued
For example, his 1971 album for Island, Another Cycle, recorded at Muscle Shoals, has never been properly reissued
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Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
“Rey Wences, senior director of deportation defense at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, noted that “abductions” continue happening “every day in both the city and the suburbs.”
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Since Bovino left it seems every day or every other day I hear of someone abducted by ICE agents. It’s slower, less flashy, but still happening.
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A federal judge has dismissed the charges against former FBI director James Comey, ruling that the former Trump attorney who brought the charges was not legally serving as the U.S. attorney.
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
A federal judge has dismissed the charges against former FBI director James Comey, ruling that the former Trump attorney who brought the charges was not legally serving as the U.S. attorney.