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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 12h

the most delightful version of logging on to see what news you've missed

Dr Ramsdell, whose phone had been on airplane mode when the Nobel committee tried to call him, told the BBC's Newshour Programme that his first response when his wife said, "You've won the Nobel prize" was: "I did not."

To which Ms O'Neill replied that she had 200 text messages that suggested he had.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 4h

Oof 😅

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 5h

Bookshop has free shipping now! So imma recommend some books for you!

A thread. 1/x 🧵

First of all, this came out yesterday literally by the wonderful @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social

Everything Is a Story: Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives

Reclaiming the Power of Stories to Heal and Shape Our Lives

bookshop.org

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Ari Cohn @aricohn.com · 20h

Reminder: Never travel out of the country with your main cell phone (or without backing it up and then doing a factory reset) or laptop.

CBP agents are effectively Redcoats and they WILL delight in reminding you that they owe you no rights.

Eric Brakey
@Eric8rekey
I was detained by Border Patrol and Customs for 90 minutes coming
back from a @RoyalCa ribbean cruise today in Florida.
After they rifled through all my belongings, read my personal joumal, and
confiscated rny phone and computer, I had to explain to them that the
aFreeStateNH is a non-violent, peaceful libertarian movernent that
builds community, culture and political change.
We were invited to New Hampshire in the early 2000s bythe Govemor
of the state. We reject violence as a path to creating change.
In detail, I had to explain the nature of the Defend the Guard rnovernent
and assure them that I was not part of a violent extremist group seeking
to raise a militia for insurrection against the government.
At one point during my detention, I asked for clarification on what rights I
had here as a US. citizen and was told that they did not næd a warrant
for anything in my possession, including all my elæ•tronic devices.
They eventually let me gu
Truth be told, I am shaken up and in shock right now.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

very cool that if you are working on behalf of right-wing culture warriors, you no longer need standing to have your claim adjudicated by the supreme court

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 1d

More on that great win in the Third Circuit last week.

Temple University Beasley School of Law @templelaw.bsky.social · 1d

Students in Professor Mary E. Levy's Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic argued and won a precedential decision in an immigration appeal before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Read here: https://bit.ly/46UHil0

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Ben Heath @jbentonheath.bsky.social · 1d

This is gold-standard reporting. Chilling stuff. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Dara Purvis @darapurvis.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot bring myself to give much attention to SCOTUS. They're going to say that prohibiting "counselors" from torturing LGBTQ kids with "conversion therapy" violates the Constitution, because the SCOTUS majority doesn't interpret law, they enact white Christian nationalist policy preferences.

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 1d

Mourning those murdered by Hamas isn't incompatible with mourning those murdered by the Israeli state.

Demanding that the hostages return isn't incompatible with naming & demanding an end to genocide.

Naming the power imbalance & impact thereof doesn't desecrate those murdered two years ago today.

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Prof Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 1d

Hello!

I am your friendly neighborhood First Amendment professor here to provide some background on Chiles v. Salazar, to be argued in Supreme Court this morning.

At issue is whether Colorado can ban licensed therapists from inflicting the discredited practice of “conversion therapy” on minors

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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 1d

Tragic news from Canada where the Canadian Supreme Court has gone from the official dress on the left to the one on the right

Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in bright red wooly gowns, with a beige trim. It looks sort of like a Santa robe

The Canadian Supreme court. Everyone is dressed in black gowns with a bright white kravat, and two thin red vertical lines on the side of the robe

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

The Supreme Court isn't sure how serious the Constitution is about that whole Sixth Amendment right to counsel thing

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/villa...

The Supreme Court Is Getting Back to Basics (Not Caring About Criminal Defendants’ Rights)

After a summer of giving Donald Trump everything he wants, the justices opened their new term with a case that could further limit the Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

ballsandstrikes.org

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1d

Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”

Gov. JB Pritzker’s letter to the National Governors Association

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sorry but how does this person have standing to challenge Colorado's ban on LGBTQ conversion therapy when she has explicitly disclaimed any desire to change a patient's sexual orientation or gender identity? How is this a real case? slate.com/news-and-pol...

The Supreme Court’s First Blockbuster Case This Term Looks Pretty Fake

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that seeks to undo a major triumph of the LGBTQ+ movement.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 1d

"Body-camera video of a Border Patrol agent involved in the shooting of a woman who was allegedly chasing agents in Brighton Park over the weekend shows an officer saying, “Do something, bitch” before pulling over and shooting the woman 5 times, the woman’s attorney said in federal court Monday" omg

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

The only thing anyone needs to know about Bari Weiss is that she first came to national attention trying to get a Middle East Studies professor at Columbia fired for anti-Israel views, and yet somehow huge amounts of the US media elite think she is committed to "free speech" and "heterodoxy."

Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 2d

The NYT's Michael Grynbaum reported that this is the note that Bari Weiss sent to CBS News staffers this morning (1/2)

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 1d

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 1d

That looks amazing

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like they took the opposite of what you said.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 1d

Same thing happened in LA, same thing happened in DC: prosecutors charged people with assaulting a federal officer and then furiously backpedaled when the evidence didn’t support it

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Plenary Popehat Power @kenwhite.bsky.social · 1d

It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it.

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Dara Purvis @darapurvis.bsky.social · 2d

From @erininthemorning.com's excellent newsletter, after Mahmoud v. Taylor only 43 families in Montgomery County requested that their kids not be allowed to see books with LGBTQ characters. That would be about 0.03% of kids. Parents don't want this. www.erininthemorning.com/p/only-003-o...

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To

After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Ben Heath @jbentonheath.bsky.social · 1d

This post is excellent, and the best coverage of the "compact" that I've seen so far. @fishkin.bsky.social is the only person I've read so far who understands that the most important part of the compact is this (final) paragraph, which is mostly ignored in the reporting & in the takes.

Adherence to this agreement shall be subject to review by the Department of Justice. Universities
found to have willfully or negligently violated this agreement shall lose access to the benefits of this
agreement for a period of no less than 1 year. Subsequent violations of this agreement shall result in a loss
of access to the benefits of this agreement for no less than 2 years. Further, upon determination of any
violations, all monies advanced by the U.S. government during the year of any violation shall be returned
to the U.S. government. Finally, any private contributions to the university during the year(s) in which such
violation occurred shall be returned to the grantor upon the request of the grantor.

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Nate Ela @nateela.bsky.social · 1d

A *lot* could happen between now and Thursday morning, when the court has set its hearing.

We may learn what Pritzker means by Illinois using every lever at its disposal to fight back…

Updates from NYTimes reporters:

10 minutes ago
Julie Bosman:
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said the state would use every lever at its disposal to fight back against the Trump administration's deployment of the Texas National Guard to Illinois, which the governor at a news conference called an "unconstitutional invasion of Illinois by the federal government."

16 minutes ago
Mitch Smith:
In an emergency hearing, a federal judge declined to immediately block President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago, as state and local officials had requested in a lawsuit filed this morning. She set a hearing for the issue on Thursday. Troops from Texas are on their way, according to a military official.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 1d

I worked with Hank Richardson for many years. He was warm, generous, passionate about justice and equality, and the master of the seven-part question. He will be missed.

Temple University Beasley School of Law @templelaw.bsky.social · 1d

Temple Law mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus Henry J. Richardson III, whose decades of scholarship and service advanced racial and global justice through international law. His teaching, mentorship, and leadership at Temple Law leave an enduring legacy.

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