Dan Hancock
@shadowbot.com
Let’s talk about Transformers! Or we could talk about law stuff, I guess. If you really want to.
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It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.
From the Harvard decision today.
From the Harvard decision today.
![A screenshot of page 28 of a legal document discussing the difficulty lower courts face when interpreting unclear or rapidly evolving guidance from the Supreme Court.
The following phrases and sentences are highlighted in yellow:
* "That said, the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket rulings regarding grant terminations have not been models of clarity, and have left many issues unresolved."
* "California was a four-paragraph per curiam decision issued in the context of a stay application."
* "The outcome, which no party had requested, was, thus, inconsistent with the views of eight justices"
* "the issues are complex and evolving."
* "this Court, not the district courts or courts of appeals, will often still be the ultimate decisionmaker as to the interim legal status of major new federal statutes and executive actions."
* "...it is unhelpful and unnecessary to criticize district courts for “defy[ing]” the Supreme Court when they are working to find the right answer in a rapidly evolving doctrinal landscape, where they must grapple with both existing precedent and interim guidance from the Supreme Court that appears to set that precedent aside without much explanation or consensus."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sefgphqp2xqwh2hawaixykwz/bafkreigccsnzzzeeozgxugdllvfylmdjlrmifsf34rgsubkhl5f2viivzu@jpeg)
September 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It seems like federal district courts are in full revolt against SCOTUS. I've never seen such direct scathing criticism of SCOTUS like this from the bench over their shadow docket rulings quietly overturning precedent without explanation.
From the Harvard decision today.
From the Harvard decision today.
A Blokees-heavy August Rodimus Collection update!
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/posts/2025/8/31/august-2025-collection-update
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/posts/2025/8/31/august-2025-collection-update
August 2025 Rodimus Collection Update — Shadowbot
This month also saw the Ages 3 And Up exclusive version of the MDLX Rodimus figure from Threezero in Lost Light colors. Between this and Shattered Glass, we’re reaching almost seeker-level mold reuse ...
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August 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A Blokees-heavy August Rodimus Collection update!
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/posts/2025/8/31/august-2025-collection-update
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/posts/2025/8/31/august-2025-collection-update
Today, on a weekend with both kids away, Lori and I got up and did stuff. Woodland Art Fair, lunch at Sawyer’s downtown, and then finally visited the Lexington History Museum. 25 points for intentionality!
Now, naps.
Now, naps.
August 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Today, on a weekend with both kids away, Lori and I got up and did stuff. Woodland Art Fair, lunch at Sawyer’s downtown, and then finally visited the Lexington History Museum. 25 points for intentionality!
Now, naps.
Now, naps.
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As a certified Rescue Bots mark, I practically vaulted over a row of chairs to be sure I got a pic of @thatlionwhocos.bsky.social as Doctor Morocco!
August 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As a certified Rescue Bots mark, I practically vaulted over a row of chairs to be sure I got a pic of @thatlionwhocos.bsky.social as Doctor Morocco!
Updates to the Rodimus Collection for July - Blokees and Ziplocs and maybe-but-I-don’t-know bootlegs?
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
July 2025 Collection Update — Shadowbot
There’s a new plush keychain from Reesee , the first Hot Rod Blokees figure (which resulted in me buying all of the Defender figures so I could also get all of the pieces for Devastator), and the n...
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July 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Updates to the Rodimus Collection for July - Blokees and Ziplocs and maybe-but-I-don’t-know bootlegs?
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
This is obvious BS (not only for the political reasons; it just ignores Escobar's materiality requirements). But perhaps this obvious BS will finally force the courts to put limits on an out-of-control relator's bar bringing meritless FCA cases.
www.wsj.com/opinion/whis...
www.wsj.com/opinion/whis...
Opinion | Whistleblowers Can Stop Illegal DEI
The Justice Department expands its effort against discrimination by invoking the False Claims Act.
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May 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
This is obvious BS (not only for the political reasons; it just ignores Escobar's materiality requirements). But perhaps this obvious BS will finally force the courts to put limits on an out-of-control relator's bar bringing meritless FCA cases.
www.wsj.com/opinion/whis...
www.wsj.com/opinion/whis...
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And ultimately, Chuck Schumer made a "deal" in which the Dems wouldn't fill the spot. So now, instead, Trump's hush-money lawyer is getting a lifetime appointment to the 3rd circuit afj.org/article/circ...
Circuit Courts Face Political Flips if Senate Democrats Follow Through on Confirmation 'Deal' - Alliance for Justice
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May 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And ultimately, Chuck Schumer made a "deal" in which the Dems wouldn't fill the spot. So now, instead, Trump's hush-money lawyer is getting a lifetime appointment to the 3rd circuit afj.org/article/circ...
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The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR.
Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.
Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.
May 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The current budget bill is an atrocity and out-of-touch leaders like Chuck Schumer laid the groundwork by voting for the CR.
Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.
Appeasement and complicity do not work. When you bend the knee, they’ll break your leg.
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! It is unthinkable that the Trump admin would not encourage the worst forms of exploitation so long as there’s money to be made.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/w...
techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/w...
White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans' sensitive data | TechCrunch
The decision to reverse course comes after an industry lobby group called for the rule change to be withdrawn.
techcrunch.com
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal! It is unthinkable that the Trump admin would not encourage the worst forms of exploitation so long as there’s money to be made.
techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/w...
techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/w...
I can now add window glazing to my list of skills to begin leveling up from 1.
May 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I can now add window glazing to my list of skills to begin leveling up from 1.
New additions to the Rodimus collection for April: a new version of the My Busy Books Hot Rod figure (it's different!), a 2006 repaint of the Heroes of Cybertron mold, and Fans Hobby MB-15E Turbo Punk!
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#rodimus #rodimusprime #hotrod #transformers
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#rodimus #rodimusprime #hotrod #transformers
April 2025 Collection Update — Shadowbot
New additions to the Rodimus collection: a new version of the My Busy Books Hot Rod figure, a 2006 repaint of the Heroes of Cybertron mold, and Fans Hobby MB-15E Turbo Punk!
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April 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
New additions to the Rodimus collection for April: a new version of the My Busy Books Hot Rod figure (it's different!), a 2006 repaint of the Heroes of Cybertron mold, and Fans Hobby MB-15E Turbo Punk!
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
#rodimus #rodimusprime #hotrod #transformers
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#rodimus #rodimusprime #hotrod #transformers
Given the reality of the Trump admin tearing down agencies and structures that have been built over the last 70 years, where are the plans for how we’re actually going to build back better once adults get back in charge?
April 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Given the reality of the Trump admin tearing down agencies and structures that have been built over the last 70 years, where are the plans for how we’re actually going to build back better once adults get back in charge?
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Just crimes. Everywhere. All the time. Crimes, crimes, crimes. They keep getting richer, we keep getting poorer, and no one faces any consequences.
April 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just crimes. Everywhere. All the time. Crimes, crimes, crimes. They keep getting richer, we keep getting poorer, and no one faces any consequences.
March 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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at least he just came out and said "we are not going to do anything and are waiting for our constituents to fix our mess by taking to the streets to get killed by police"
Schumer: "If he defies the Supreme Court, then we are in uncharted territory ... our entire democracy is at risk. I believe that if Donald Trump should defy the courts, the public will rise up. Democrats will fight it in every single way ... autocrats only succeed if the public lets them."
March 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
at least he just came out and said "we are not going to do anything and are waiting for our constituents to fix our mess by taking to the streets to get killed by police"
I can't tell if the WSJ editorial board is trolling its readership.
March 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I can't tell if the WSJ editorial board is trolling its readership.
I’ve now got my whole Hot Rod/Rodimus collection individually photographed and up on my collection site. Come check it out!
#transformers #rodimus #toycollectors
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#transformers #rodimus #toycollectors
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Dan Hancock collects Rodimus and Hot Rod Transformers toys - this site is the catalog for that collection.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ve now got my whole Hot Rod/Rodimus collection individually photographed and up on my collection site. Come check it out!
#transformers #rodimus #toycollectors
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#transformers #rodimus #toycollectors
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My party is embarrassing. We don’t need a “calvary.” We need a “cavalry.” It’s not just a typo in the email, it’s in the subject line too.
Unless you’re suggesting the party is going to sacrifice itself.
Unless you’re suggesting the party is going to sacrifice itself.
March 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My party is embarrassing. We don’t need a “calvary.” We need a “cavalry.” It’s not just a typo in the email, it’s in the subject line too.
Unless you’re suggesting the party is going to sacrifice itself.
Unless you’re suggesting the party is going to sacrifice itself.
It’s terrible that people like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are voting the way Democratic Senate leadership should have.
March 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
It’s terrible that people like Rand Paul and Thomas Massie are voting the way Democratic Senate leadership should have.
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These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
March 14, 2025 at 8:57 PM
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Hot Rod has been reissued a lot, and there’s something different each time. I’ve written up a definitive guide to all of the variations of my favorite G1 Transformer!
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
#transformers #hotrod #rodimus #rodimusprime #transformersG1
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
#transformers #hotrod #rodimus #rodimusprime #transformersG1
The 1986 Hot Rod Mold and its Reissues — Shadowbot
A guide to the major and minor variations between the various issues and reissues of the Transformers Hot Rod action figure.
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March 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Hot Rod has been reissued a lot, and there’s something different each time. I’ve written up a definitive guide to all of the variations of my favorite G1 Transformer!
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
#transformers #hotrod #rodimus #rodimusprime #transformersG1
www.shadowbot.com/rodimus/post...
#transformers #hotrod #rodimus #rodimusprime #transformersG1
these people swore an oath to defend the constitution but i guess that’s just too hard
Schumer tells me Republicans might try to jam Democrats again in September, but thinks Trump will be less popular then and Republican appropriators might be more willing to stand up to him. He said they refused to do so now.
March 14, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sure would be nice if the people in my house that really wanted the bathroom renovated wouldn’t be upset with me because I’m renovating the bathroom.
February 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Sure would be nice if the people in my house that really wanted the bathroom renovated wouldn’t be upset with me because I’m renovating the bathroom.
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If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.
SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings
YouTube video by tennesseejed93
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February 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If I had a band or a label, I would do a punk cover of "No More Kings" from Schoolhouse Rock. And then I would gather a bunch of people to write a whole album of next-generation Schoolhouse Rock songs, with songs about Social Security and Medicaid and NOAA. I am not kidding in the least.
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“The agreement we came to.”
Just two government officials publicly admitting that one sold out his constituents in exchange for not getting prosecuted for his corruption by the other’s colleagues.
*This* is why six DOJ lawyers have already resigned:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
Just two government officials publicly admitting that one sold out his constituents in exchange for not getting prosecuted for his corruption by the other’s colleagues.
*This* is why six DOJ lawyers have already resigned:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
February 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“The agreement we came to.”
Just two government officials publicly admitting that one sold out his constituents in exchange for not getting prosecuted for his corruption by the other’s colleagues.
*This* is why six DOJ lawyers have already resigned:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...
Just two government officials publicly admitting that one sold out his constituents in exchange for not getting prosecuted for his corruption by the other’s colleagues.
*This* is why six DOJ lawyers have already resigned:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/124-the-th...