Indiscreet Function
@homotopic.bsky.social
Jew. Mostly leftist. Queer. Most people refer to me with the pronouns "he/him" and I acquiesce in this.
wtf
NEW: Police say they're releasing the "person of interest" held in Brown University shooting; they say the evidence now points "in another direction." www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
December 15, 2025 at 4:18 AM
wtf
(Bostic did not create the circuit split. The Sixth Circuit decision in DeBoer v. Snyder did. By the time of DeBoer, four other circuits had already ruled for marriage--Bostic in the Fourth Circuit was one of those.)
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
(Bostic did not create the circuit split. The Sixth Circuit decision in DeBoer v. Snyder did. By the time of DeBoer, four other circuits had already ruled for marriage--Bostic in the Fourth Circuit was one of those.)
And we're right to celebrate it too
Happy Hanukkah, the holiday where we celebrate the defeat of a large cosmpolitan empire by a small determined group of militant religious fanatics
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
And we're right to celebrate it too
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14 victims dead including two rabbis and a 10-year-old child. 42 injured. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
And it could have been worse but for Ahmed's heroism and our gun control laws that meant the deceased shooter only had the 6 non-automatic firearms he had been able to acquire legally.
And it could have been worse but for Ahmed's heroism and our gun control laws that meant the deceased shooter only had the 6 non-automatic firearms he had been able to acquire legally.
Live: Five victims identified as PM visits scene of Jewish festival massacre
Fifteen victims have died, including a 10-year-old girl. One of two alleged gunmen has also died, while a further 42 people were taken to hospital.
www.abc.net.au
December 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
14 victims dead including two rabbis and a 10-year-old child. 42 injured. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
And it could have been worse but for Ahmed's heroism and our gun control laws that meant the deceased shooter only had the 6 non-automatic firearms he had been able to acquire legally.
And it could have been worse but for Ahmed's heroism and our gun control laws that meant the deceased shooter only had the 6 non-automatic firearms he had been able to acquire legally.
The first principle of the Fourteenth Amendment is equal citizenship, and the Trump Administration is at war with it
The ACLU of Minnesota said it has heard of “at least a dozen” U.S. citizens of Somali descent being detained during recent ICE operations — a pattern attorney Ian Bratlie described as unlawful racial profiling that fails to meet the legal standard of reasonable suspicion.
As ICE activity intensifies, some Somali students lower their profile
Fear on Twin Cities campuses has grown following recent detentions, leaving students to reconsider their daily activities
bit.ly
December 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The first principle of the Fourteenth Amendment is equal citizenship, and the Trump Administration is at war with it
I think gay romance authors like hockey because it's coded masc but it doesn't have some of the specific hostile-masc associations of e.g. football
December 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I think gay romance authors like hockey because it's coded masc but it doesn't have some of the specific hostile-masc associations of e.g. football
He is probably going to ultimately be deported to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him. But they don't want to send him there because they'd rather refoul him
Bovino on Abrego Garcia: "When he becomes deportable, he is going to get deported. And he needs to be deported now."
December 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
He is probably going to ultimately be deported to Costa Rica, which has agreed to accept him. But they don't want to send him there because they'd rather refoul him
This is a really good statement. Couldn't ask for better. bsky.app/profile/zohr...
December 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
This is a really good statement. Couldn't ask for better. bsky.app/profile/zohr...
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It's depressing that I was sure the Israeli government's reaction would be awful and sure enough
December 14, 2025 at 3:22 PM
It's depressing that I was sure the Israeli government's reaction would be awful and sure enough
One reason I think more Jews should take up Tisha B'Av observance is because I think it helps with being able to do this--it's sort of like the CBT technique of scheduled worrying
One of the things about being Jewish is that the calendar ritually mandates that you be sad some days and joyful other days regardless of what is happening in the world, and I think about that every time Jews get slaughtered on a ritually joyful day.
December 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
One reason I think more Jews should take up Tisha B'Av observance is because I think it helps with being able to do this--it's sort of like the CBT technique of scheduled worrying
I don't know how to stop antisemitic attacks. But I know that I can give to charity and be Jewish harder and that's what I'll do.
December 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I don't know how to stop antisemitic attacks. But I know that I can give to charity and be Jewish harder and that's what I'll do.
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Say his name as many times as you can
oh, one more thing, news com au reports the hero is Ahmed El-Ahmed, owner of a fruit stall.
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au/national/nsw...
www.news.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Say his name as many times as you can
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December 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Hello friends, I recently lost my health insurance + benefits & am currently looking at a bill of over $16,000 for which I cannot pay. This would not necessarily be an issue if I were not visually impaired and currently out of full time work, but I am humbly asking for assistance now. Any bit helps.
Just block people who say ridiculous nonsense about Israel and the antisemitic attack in Sydney. Please don't repost them into our feeds even to refute--just disengage and block.
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just block people who say ridiculous nonsense about Israel and the antisemitic attack in Sydney. Please don't repost them into our feeds even to refute--just disengage and block.
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"This was a targeted act on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be day of joy, a celebration of faith. An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian. There is no place for this hate, violence, and terrorism in our nation. This is a dark moment for us."
December 14, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"This was a targeted act on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be day of joy, a celebration of faith. An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian. There is no place for this hate, violence, and terrorism in our nation. This is a dark moment for us."
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Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Appreciate this letter from MN State Sen Jim Abler (R-Anoka) to POTUS
The Xinis order from yesterday gives two independent grounds for releasing Abrego Garcia--not just the technical error of lacking a removal order but also that he can't be validly detained while the government is not sufficiently trying to remove him. Even a valid order doesn't cure the second issue
December 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The Xinis order from yesterday gives two independent grounds for releasing Abrego Garcia--not just the technical error of lacking a removal order but also that he can't be validly detained while the government is not sufficiently trying to remove him. Even a valid order doesn't cure the second issue
SCOTUSblog has always been like this (it was founded by Supreme Court practitioners who have reasons to not alienate the justices) but I'd believe it's gotten worse. And I find the liveblogs intolerable now
Even for me, this is pretty in the weeds, but the shift in tone in SCOTUSblog's coverage since Sarah Isgur and The Dispatch took over—more deferential to the Court, more reverential of the justices as celebrities, more credulous and stenographic across the board—has been...notable
Maybe this new blog can respond, in one of its first posts, to the argument that the term “interim docket” is a deliberately misleading attempt to minimize the (very permanent) doctrinal and real-world consequences of #SCOTUS’s rulings on emergency applications?
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/177-the-no...
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
SCOTUSblog has always been like this (it was founded by Supreme Court practitioners who have reasons to not alienate the justices) but I'd believe it's gotten worse. And I find the liveblogs intolerable now
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so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him.
I don’t know how else to say it…
I don’t know how else to say it…
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
so, this right here? this is one of the absolutely most lawless, brazenly unconstitutional impeachable offenses ever committed by any president other than trump in the history of our country.
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
like, this is an open and shut case. and it's a case which targeted *republicans.*
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Nina Varsava (@ninavarsava.bsky.social) and I just posted our paper "Originalism's General-Law Turn" to SSRN. The paper is still a work in progress, and comments and criticisms are very welcome. papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=...
December 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Nina Varsava (@ninavarsava.bsky.social) and I just posted our paper "Originalism's General-Law Turn" to SSRN. The paper is still a work in progress, and comments and criticisms are very welcome. papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=...
I am sincerely curious about the story behind the Heritage Action tweet.
- Did Trump actually say this?
- Who made the decision to say this publicly?
- What were they thinking? Did they think this would work?
- Did Trump actually say this?
- Who made the decision to say this publicly?
- What were they thinking? Did they think this would work?
Probably endogenous. You don’t throw a stupid fit like this unless you sense what’s coming, but whatever gets people to pile on is great.
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I am sincerely curious about the story behind the Heritage Action tweet.
- Did Trump actually say this?
- Who made the decision to say this publicly?
- What were they thinking? Did they think this would work?
- Did Trump actually say this?
- Who made the decision to say this publicly?
- What were they thinking? Did they think this would work?
When Article II says "the executive power" is vested in the president, it means *all* the executive power--including the powers of all the state executives
So when can we expect the Wurman article in defense of the president having state-level pardon powers?
December 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
When Article II says "the executive power" is vested in the president, it means *all* the executive power--including the powers of all the state executives
I keep worrying that Jared Polis is going to pardon Tina Peters in the name of National Reconciliation or to keep Trump from making his life harder or something and that's probably the real purpose of all this stuff
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I keep worrying that Jared Polis is going to pardon Tina Peters in the name of National Reconciliation or to keep Trump from making his life harder or something and that's probably the real purpose of all this stuff