Cyneheard
@cyneheard.bsky.social
Maryland Wesleyan Agnostic liberal with a background in K-12 education. Sewer socialist. He/him.
“Also, their masters are all teenagers for some reason, because what are the adults doing is not a question we are going to answer”
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“Also, their masters are all teenagers for some reason, because what are the adults doing is not a question we are going to answer”
This is not the kind of thing that gets undone easily. Because the issue isn’t really the existence of a jury per se, it’s that due process would require spending money and “we’d rather just not do that”.
November 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is not the kind of thing that gets undone easily. Because the issue isn’t really the existence of a jury per se, it’s that due process would require spending money and “we’d rather just not do that”.
An actual situation where the US is an exceptional nation.
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An actual situation where the US is an exceptional nation.
And Pelia very clearly went gallivanting across the universe with Doctor Who.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And Pelia very clearly went gallivanting across the universe with Doctor Who.
The search firm's job is partly to manage the confidentiality of the process, which makes the issue you point out worse.
Large school districts do the same thing, and it's pretty common to have a lot of senior leadership turnover in those spots which creates different issues with continuity.
Large school districts do the same thing, and it's pretty common to have a lot of senior leadership turnover in those spots which creates different issues with continuity.
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The search firm's job is partly to manage the confidentiality of the process, which makes the issue you point out worse.
Large school districts do the same thing, and it's pretty common to have a lot of senior leadership turnover in those spots which creates different issues with continuity.
Large school districts do the same thing, and it's pretty common to have a lot of senior leadership turnover in those spots which creates different issues with continuity.
Mr. "You're Fired" has been incredibly bad at firing people.
He's good at making the job awful and so you quit, but he really doesn't fire people. Confrontation's hard for the old man.
He's good at making the job awful and so you quit, but he really doesn't fire people. Confrontation's hard for the old man.
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Mr. "You're Fired" has been incredibly bad at firing people.
He's good at making the job awful and so you quit, but he really doesn't fire people. Confrontation's hard for the old man.
He's good at making the job awful and so you quit, but he really doesn't fire people. Confrontation's hard for the old man.
Saddam was an enemy of Clinton too (the no-fly zone was enforced through air strikes), and that didn't justify Bush's invasion.
November 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Saddam was an enemy of Clinton too (the no-fly zone was enforced through air strikes), and that didn't justify Bush's invasion.
Star Trek feels the weight of its canon.
I do like Ethan Peck’s Spock, but it’s very hard to be the third actor playing one of the most iconic characters ever.
I do like Ethan Peck’s Spock, but it’s very hard to be the third actor playing one of the most iconic characters ever.
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Star Trek feels the weight of its canon.
I do like Ethan Peck’s Spock, but it’s very hard to be the third actor playing one of the most iconic characters ever.
I do like Ethan Peck’s Spock, but it’s very hard to be the third actor playing one of the most iconic characters ever.
No, the six month extension includes when the SoL has run.
But the district court gets to appoint Halligan’s replacement, not Bondi, so they’re going to pick someone sensible who won’t pursue these obviously bogus indictments.
But the district court gets to appoint Halligan’s replacement, not Bondi, so they’re going to pick someone sensible who won’t pursue these obviously bogus indictments.
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
No, the six month extension includes when the SoL has run.
But the district court gets to appoint Halligan’s replacement, not Bondi, so they’re going to pick someone sensible who won’t pursue these obviously bogus indictments.
But the district court gets to appoint Halligan’s replacement, not Bondi, so they’re going to pick someone sensible who won’t pursue these obviously bogus indictments.
But Bondi doesn’t get to pick the new interim DA. These two indictments are so flagrantly unjustified that I doubt the district court is going to pick someone who will go forward.
November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
But Bondi doesn’t get to pick the new interim DA. These two indictments are so flagrantly unjustified that I doubt the district court is going to pick someone who will go forward.
Except that this also prevents Bondi from appointing the replacement - the district court has to do so, and they’re going to pick someone sensible.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Except that this also prevents Bondi from appointing the replacement - the district court has to do so, and they’re going to pick someone sensible.
They’re not getting anything for themselves because Trump and the admin are too greedy and incompetent to help them out.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
They’re not getting anything for themselves because Trump and the admin are too greedy and incompetent to help them out.
There can be density maxima for specific infrastructure reasons, but that’s not what most urban density requirements are about.
Like the parts of suburbia on septic systems, you’re enforcing engineering requirements via zoning because there’s just a minimum lot size for the septic field.
Like the parts of suburbia on septic systems, you’re enforcing engineering requirements via zoning because there’s just a minimum lot size for the septic field.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There can be density maxima for specific infrastructure reasons, but that’s not what most urban density requirements are about.
Like the parts of suburbia on septic systems, you’re enforcing engineering requirements via zoning because there’s just a minimum lot size for the septic field.
Like the parts of suburbia on septic systems, you’re enforcing engineering requirements via zoning because there’s just a minimum lot size for the septic field.
2024 had: Iowa, Hawaii, Alaska, Wyoming, Idaho, and 4 (non-PR) territories. Diminished, but those were 3.5% of the total delegate haul.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
2024 had: Iowa, Hawaii, Alaska, Wyoming, Idaho, and 4 (non-PR) territories. Diminished, but those were 3.5% of the total delegate haul.
You probably also need to officially do away with multi-step caucuses as well. I'm not sure how much the 2024 rules changes help.
Like in Iowa in 2008:
On Election Night, the delegates were 16-15-14 (Obama, Clinton, Edwards), but Obama organized for the county caucuses and ended up 28-14-3.
Like in Iowa in 2008:
On Election Night, the delegates were 16-15-14 (Obama, Clinton, Edwards), but Obama organized for the county caucuses and ended up 28-14-3.
November 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
You probably also need to officially do away with multi-step caucuses as well. I'm not sure how much the 2024 rules changes help.
Like in Iowa in 2008:
On Election Night, the delegates were 16-15-14 (Obama, Clinton, Edwards), but Obama organized for the county caucuses and ended up 28-14-3.
Like in Iowa in 2008:
On Election Night, the delegates were 16-15-14 (Obama, Clinton, Edwards), but Obama organized for the county caucuses and ended up 28-14-3.
It probably depends on who wins instead. Like if it's Pritzker or Van Hollen or Beshear? They're probably fine with it.
A lot of establishment inside-the-Beltway types would lose their minds if it's AOC.
A lot of establishment inside-the-Beltway types would lose their minds if it's AOC.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It probably depends on who wins instead. Like if it's Pritzker or Van Hollen or Beshear? They're probably fine with it.
A lot of establishment inside-the-Beltway types would lose their minds if it's AOC.
A lot of establishment inside-the-Beltway types would lose their minds if it's AOC.
*National RCV. State-level RCV is a disaster because most states won't want to do it.
November 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
*National RCV. State-level RCV is a disaster because most states won't want to do it.
RCV is less likely to create a contested convention. Proportional delegates but needing 50%+1 means that unless the race rapidly consolidates to 2 candidates it's very likely to be contested.
That was the theory of Bernie's 2020 plan.
That was the theory of Bernie's 2020 plan.
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
RCV is less likely to create a contested convention. Proportional delegates but needing 50%+1 means that unless the race rapidly consolidates to 2 candidates it's very likely to be contested.
That was the theory of Bernie's 2020 plan.
That was the theory of Bernie's 2020 plan.
Also, Huntsville would be like the second place to know if it did.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Also, Huntsville would be like the second place to know if it did.
Rice Truck Saga is a Christmas story
November 23, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Rice Truck Saga is a Christmas story
That largely was the postwar consensus - lots of veterans both in the White House and in senior roles both there and in Capitol Hill.
November 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
That largely was the postwar consensus - lots of veterans both in the White House and in senior roles both there and in Capitol Hill.
This isn’t the first time - look how she stood up for congestion pricing months ago - but it shows how the mod/liberal dichotomy isn’t fully explaining 2025 politics.
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This isn’t the first time - look how she stood up for congestion pricing months ago - but it shows how the mod/liberal dichotomy isn’t fully explaining 2025 politics.
Round 2 of RFK and Nuzzi and Lizza. Have the brain bleach ready.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Round 2 of RFK and Nuzzi and Lizza. Have the brain bleach ready.
I would also have a ready supply of brain bleach if you go seeking The Horror.
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I would also have a ready supply of brain bleach if you go seeking The Horror.