The fact they even granted cert instead of immediately issuing a ruling striking down the EO shows how illegitimate this court has become.

Another solid recommendation. Thx!

"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time."

Thank you! Hope you are well friend.

Serious question: is this account run by a bot? If not, it may as well be. As a constituent of yours I’ve got to say I’m consistently disappointed in your ability to meet the moment. And as a former supporter it pains me to say I’ve lost faith in you.

You’re describing Pence not Trump.

And the contemporary left isn’t much better as it also can’t imagine a genuine “we.” Mamdani’s line matters because it names what we’ve lost: the capacity to experience ourselves as a collective at all.

Yeah I dunno. Seems to me Trumpism isn’t collectivism and it isn’t authoritarian idealism. It’s aggrieved individualism in a zero-sum world: “the game is rigged, so grab what you can and punish who you can.” The obedience is tactical, not moral. There is no “us,” only resentment.

I think Melville used the plot the way Coltrane used My Favorite Things.

Once you see that, the idea of an AI prompt stops making sense, because it assumes the work was optional rather than necessary.

I’m confused by the framing here. It assumes Moby-Dick began as a conventional genre project that somehow escaped control. I don’t think that’s right. The book didn’t get away from Melville. It is the pursuit it describes, and it took the form it had to take.

Such a great book. Utterly crazy in the best way.