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trying to get the hell out of Omelas

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Something else I read said that the Chief Justice usually announces on the penultimate opinion day that the next opinion day will be the final one. Roberts didn’t do that today, so maybe that was what Chris was going off of.

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The SC website says: “The Court may announce opinions on Friday, June 28, and Monday, July 1. Opinions will be posted on the homepage after announcement from the Bench.”

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Didn’t see this year but this would have been my top rec.

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I wish you a quick recovery! Thank you for using the opportunity to advocate for continued vaccinations and masking.

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N. K. Jemisin's avatar N. K. Jemisin @nkjemisin.bsky.social
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Well, fucked around and got complacent re covid, and just caught it for the first time. Yesterday was miserable; today is better, tho I'm still weak. Keep wearing your masks, people, and get vaxxed when you can. The pandemic ain't over.

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Jonathan Cohn 's avatar Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social
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If you can secure the release of hostages via a ceasefire deal but you prefer military attacks as a strategy instead, it is because you affirmatively want to kill people.

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A bonus with book form is notes and bibliographies and all the wonderful research laid out. I love going down those rabbit holes sometimes, especially with primary sources.

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The KFL situation was a preemptive ban, as the player wasn’t part of that league, but was banned because the head of KFL suspected him of cheating in OQL and other quiz formats. Then OQL conducted their own investigation and decided to impose a year ban. It’s been very controversial in the FB group

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Osita Nwanevu's avatar Osita Nwanevu @ositanwanevu.bsky.social
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The only people who've ever held Trump meaningfully accountable over the last nine years have been ordinary Americans and they've spent that entire time being lectured to and berated by elites who've failed to do anything.

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Joshua J. Friedman's avatar Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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*****JURY FINDS TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS***** (via Kyle Cheney)

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Jessica, Kait's Wife 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈's avatar Jessica, Kait's Wife 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @pairofclaws.bsky.social
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What's that? Bluesky DMs don't support media? You can't send lewds? WELL LOOKS LIKE YOU SHOULD HAVE PRACTICED DESCRIBING THINGS REAL GOOD WHILE WRITING ALT TEXT, HUH?

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April Daniels's avatar April Daniels @aprildaniels.bsky.social
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Pretending that people who vote for Biden are doing so to protect mere comfort and not our very survival is sophistry of the most vile sort. Voting is not about making a moral endorsement. It's about trying to shape the world we will have to face next January. /end

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I feel like a mix of regular vax updates and masking in high risk situations, especially my regular public transit commute, has done the same. Been a while since I’ve played the “am I coming down with something?” game.

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Courtney Love Actually's avatar Courtney Love Actually @hexadecibelle.bsky.social
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reminder: Harry Potter tattoos have a higher regret rate than trans surgeries and that's very funny actually

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Phantom of the Apes sounds like it would be an amazing film

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I’m going to keep reposting this as a reminder to myself and others about the blunt reality of the election this November. It really is this simple.

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Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent, according to a case study published last week.

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This is exactly how I felt about The Dispossessed, as well. Just an incredible writer with actually amazing ideas on every level.

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Only 35 minutes? But does that mean you didn’t get to the riveting wheat harvesting sequence?

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Chris W 's avatar Chris W @chriswordnerd.bsky.social
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So does Professor Dewitt’s time machine only take you back to earlier that same day? I don’t see anywhere to program in a date.

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Pwnallthethings's avatar Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social
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Right. If someone thinks hitler is great they have the freedom of speech to say so, and we all have the freedom of speech to say "you are a fucking piece of shit nazi we want nothing to do with you, gtfo". A freedom to speak without being shamed is a denial of the freedom of speech to respond

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It’s beside the point, but that automatically generated spiel in the alt-text from copy pasting from the article is so on brand for the Financial Times.

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The county next to my home county! Really dispiriting. A place where a non-binding referendum to remove a confederate monument from in front of the courthouse failed 76/33 in 2020.

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I grew up in the county next door, and they never removed their statues to begin with. There’s a Confederate monument in front of the courthouse. The referendum to remove it in Nov 2020 failed 76/23. Embarrassing, frankly.

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This is the county next to one in which I grew up. I lived on a street named for a Confederate general, which intersected a street named for a different Confederate general, which intersected a highway…you get it. We also took school trips to a cottage honoring a Confederate spy. Shit is fucked.

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love it when one of the villains from an earlier season makes a triumphant return to the show.

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Dr. Lucky Tran's avatar Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.bsky.social
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Last week, the requirement for US hospitals to report key COVID data to the federal government ended. But there's a proposed HHS/CMS rule that would change this, and require hospitals to report key COVID, flu, and RSV hospitalization data *outside* of public health emergencies.

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Plus: exciting ride, thrilling views Minus: sometimes the thrilling view is because one of the doors fell off

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Joshua J. Friedman's avatar Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com
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Good news for Trump trial watchers! Law360 is teaming up with NYT to post full, searchable PDF transcripts of the NY criminal trial to its invaluable digital docket. (The courts have been posting them in an annoying one-page-at-a-time unsearchable format.) www.law360.com/newyork-vs-t...

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Marisa Kabas's avatar Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social
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It would be excellent if all 781 of you who reposted the above shared my follow-up reporting:

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Chris W 's avatar Chris W @chriswordnerd.bsky.social
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I feel really dumb for the iota of pride I mustered for Bowser when she initially refused to send MDP in. Should have known she would cave as soon as Congress applied the slightest pressure.

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Born in Flames El Norte Mountaintop Motel Massacre Sans Soleil Nostalgia

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Quinta Jurecic's avatar Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social
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Daniels's testimony yesterday about what happened to her was sickening and yet there are still a ton of headlines out there calling the trial "titillating," "salacious," etc

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He was a speaker at the November 4th March for Gaza in DC. Usually I tune out when celebs speak at protests, but I was surprised and moved by his passion.

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Exactly, and in this case the nurse and her pediatrician husband are their neighbors and friends, so I’m pretty sure I have no chance.

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