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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 07/08/2026

Attention font fiends! Legendary sign painter and font designer John Downer has a new beauty out from Emigre: "Franglais" www.emigre.com/News#Franglais

Type specimen of Franglais, with text reading "C'est un walk-over." Franglais is a cheeky quasi-script (with some humanist sans serif aspects), in clean painter-like strokes. It has lots of charming quirks, but not so many that it's painful.

Type specimen of Franglais, with text reading "Franglais. Quel Design! SUPER!" Franglais is a cheeky quasi-script (with some humanist sans serif aspects), in clean painter-like strokes. It has lots of charming quirks, but not so many that it's painful.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

"We are aware of no instance in American history in which a President unilaterally and using privately collected funds demolished substantial portions of the White House that Congress authorized to be built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now." www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

documentcloud.org

OPINIONS 26-5123-2187096

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

As Judge Todd Edelman hints that he'll seek more information in the Davey Hearn case, Politico reveals that Doug Burgum is "terrified of written records." [The entire story is damning, but I'm particularly interested in the focus on SCIFs.] www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

And officials at Interior decry what they view as a culture of secrecy. Burgum asked colleagues early on about trying to add a sensitive compartmented information facility, or SCIF, on the department’s sixth floor even though one exists just three floors below, according to a person who heard the comment. According to three staffers who witnessed it, officials have routinely shredded official documents and use disappearing Signal messages — even for mundane scheduling matters — to avoid communications being preserved, as is required by the Federal Records Act.

“They’re terrified of written records,” said one former official.

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

EVERY TIME I see something like this my brain says something along the lines of this: “You know this is the tip of an immense iceberg—imagine what racist, misogynist, sexist, gendering, unethical, illegal, immoral (by any standard) bullshit these assholes are up to that we do not know/hear abt!”

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Trying to decide how I feel about my realization just now that when I read a major-ish publication w/misuse of the words “affect” and “effect” my brain mentally notes & downgrades the source—usually just the publication, but also the author if they are prominent enough. I realized this while —>

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Feels like the inevitable product of Ronnie Raygun declaring ketchup a vegetable for the school lunch program back in the 80’s.

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Mitchell Epner @mitchellepner.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

For a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolutely mandatory item it must include? An Allen wrench from a long-ago IKEA project, which you could not throw out because "I might need this some day."

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

for a junk drawer to legally qualify as a real junk drawer, what is the ONE absolute mandatory item it must include? a mysterious key that does not unlock any thing

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

In @katiephang.bsky.social v Todd Blanche, after in camera review, Judge Sullivan sets a hearing for Aug 13 where defendant must provide more detailed explanations & backup for his redactions of Jeffrey Epstein related documents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Defendant did not provide such documentation;
rather, he asserted that certain redacted text
contains the identities of victims or potential
victims whose counsel have contacted the government
and requested that the persons be treated as victims.
See Def.'s Notice of Compliance with Court Order, ECF
No. 25 at 2-3. The Defendant's assertions do not
comply with the Court's Order, which requires
documentation to support the assertions. The Defendant
shall be prepared to discuss what documentation he
will provide to support his assertions.

In response, the Defendant
stated that he did not produce the notes for two
reasons: they are "substantially similar to" and
therefore duplicative of the typewritten reports, and
there is a risk of inadvertent disclosure of victim
information because the notes are handwritten. Def.'s
Resp., ECF No. 19 at 14. The Defendant does not point
to a provision in the Epstein Act that contains an
exception for "substantially similar" or duplicative
documents, see id.; and the Defendant has acknowledged publishing "substantially similar" draft indictments.
See id. at 13. The Defendant shall be prepared to
explain why the handwritten notes cannot be redacted
manually, or why the redactions cannot be accomplished
in another way•

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I detest Bari Weiss, so I thought I’d catch up on the BS I haven’t been following when I saw this article in @theguardian.com. The last 3 grafs are particularly amusing/sassy. Really like the way they ended this story. but perhaps just me.

theguardian.com

Bari Weiss’ overhaul of CBS News has been rocky. But her 60 Minutes revamp will be the ultimate test

Ten months into her tenure as editor in chief, Weiss’ biggest – and riskiest – bet is getting closer to taking flight

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

No other Justice Department has screwed up so much, so badly & been forced to dismiss its own cases before a Judge bashed them. Oh, and this happened on Todd Blanche’s watch.

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Doug Smith @genejockey57.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Yeah, and I'm sure Vance told Usha it's okay because she's "One of the good ones." But, you know, whether we know what's in his heart, we know what he has said, and that's that his wife and by extension his kids are less "American" than he is.

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Dave Conrad @dconrad.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

If only the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia could have known what everyone else in this country knew.

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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Juicebox Jeanine files a 20-page Motion to Dismiss the case against Davey Hearn that ... claims to have been helpless before DOI told them how Trump's incompetence ruined the pool. Not sure when I've seen this Olympic class ass-covering before. legacy.www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

only with DO's representations that defendant caused more than $1000 of damage to the Reflecting Pool, USAO-DC presented evidence to a District of Columbia Superior Court grand jury, which on July 2, 2026, returned an indictment charging the defendant with one count of felony destruction of property in violation of D.C. Code § 22-303, Notably, USAO-DC was not in possession of any information from DOI indicating that any damage to the Reflecting Pool was caused by anything other than the actions of the defendant and other vandals who damaged the poo!’s lining.

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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 31/07/2026

Bellingcat's @godin.bsky.social spoke with NPR about Google's now paused new feature that allowed users to create AI-generated satellite images.

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

It is as though the current occupant of the Oval Office were demanding to be both the inspiration & chief evidentiary resource/set of examples for a federal anti-SLAPP law—perhaps one specifically tailored around the executive branch. May it come into existence and bear his name in eternal infamy.

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Charlie Fillenwarth @illinifan1280.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Also “any other relief the Court deems necessary”. This mf’er is not only trying to get his money back, but also TURN A PROFIT ON RAPING HER!!

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

ICYMI, abusive-litigant Donald Trump has been asking the 2d Circuit to order clawback of the $5.62M disbursed to E Jean Carroll on 7/14 after SCOTUS denied cert with no dissents on 6/29. On Monday he filed this. (CRIS = court registry investment system) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

For the foregoing reasons, the Court should grant President Trump's Motion
and enter an injunction pending appeal, requiring Plaintiff to return to CRIS all funds disbursed to her from the custody of the district court, as well as any other relief the
Court views as necessary and proper, including to address any misrepresentations
made to this Court.

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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Reflecting pool was leaking 1M gallons of water per week before Davey Hearn ever touched it, witness admitted.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

NEW: Will Trump give Blanche the green-light to put this down onto paper? And more importantly what are the terms to bind Trump et al. to what Blanche puts on this paper?

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

When my child was young I often ordered their burger but asked the person taking the order to “86 the garden.” I was not, friends, asking them to take the lettuce, tomato, & onion out back and murder it. I’m still on a partial social media break, but had to catch up on this.

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Masshole-in-Exile 🇨🇦🇺🇸 @masshole-in-exile.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

FFS. Before I knew her, my wife was a bartender. One of her favorite stories, which she related during our dating relationship, was how she “86’d” rocker Gregg Allman after he got drunk and obnoxious in the bar where she worked. She didn’t have him killed. She had the bouncer escort him out.

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Facts Matter @ai7gu-wkh45.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My SIL worked as an attorney in the Justice Department in the Office of Professional Responsibility for 22 yrs. When Bondi came in she was told to do the investigations they wanted or leave. She left the end of Jan. 2025. She stated “I will not do illegal investigations”. Oh how right she was.

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Salviati @salviati.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Nope, in this country we have to let the stupid people rule for at least two years, so that we learn the lesson to never put them back in charge again. (we never learn that lesson)

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 29/07/2026

In which defense attorneys for the Olympic canoeist facing felony Reflecting Pool charges has to explain to newbie assistant U.S. attorney how 6(e) grand jury rules work!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, 📸 by Dan Mullan

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Trump and Infantino are loudly jeered as they walk out to present the World Cup trophy.

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Infantino to award Argentina the FIFA Peace Prize

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Ben @gridlock.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Everything trump touches dies, world cup final edition

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I am delighted that I started watching the World Cup final on Telemundo just before the start of the match and, so far (as of ~50:03), the 🍊 💩gibbon has not appeared on my screen.

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 19/07/2026

Mamdani's critics in one screenshot, lol

Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
· 19h
I met up with a friend of mine who lives in NYC and got fucked over a reasonable amount by his policies but it’s hard to deny the guy loves the city and its people

A.R. Moxon
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
· 19h
Curious to know what policy and fucked over how?

Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
· 19h
They’re an art instructor and most of their clients are in various places around the city, Long Island, Staten Island, their commute got an extra hour a day added on due to increased traffic. (1/2)

A.R. Moxon
@juliusgoat.bsky.social
· 18h
Increased traffic due to policy?

Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
· 18h
yeah lane changes for rapid buses

Zach Rabiroff
@zachrabiroff.com
· 18h
Didn’t he just announce his bus lane policy last week? It hasn’t even been rolled out yet.

Eternal Cat War
@eternalcatwar.bsky.social
· 18h
I don’t have the details, I do not live in NYC

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The Tate arrests are for an extradition to the UK for rape and sex trafficking charges. So Donald will have no ability to pardon his fellow rapists.

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This reminds me the writings of Sherwood Anderson for some reason? 🤔 I’m Having a hard time verbalizing my disgust about this. Just. Ugh.

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

So, I am now really interested in the intersection of the MIT discoveries/theories about self-healing Roman concrete already published in 2023 and these newer ones. Does anyone have a link or ref for the full Berkeley publications?

news.mit.edu

Riddle solved: Why was Roman concrete so durable?

Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the material’s...

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Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

BREAKING: Trump’s pick to lead U.S. intelligence couldn’t bring himself to admit the basic fact that Joe Biden won the 2020 election. Jay Clayton has no intelligence agency experience—and apparently no spine either.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

🚨BREAKING: Jay Clayton, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan who President Donald Trump tapped for director of national intelligence (DNI), repeatedly declined to clearly state who won the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing Wednesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

democracydocket.com

Trump’s pick for intel chief refuses to say who won 2020 election

"You told us you’re going to tell the truth to power and you won’t even answer a simple question?" one senator asked.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Todd Blanche about Judge Kathleen Williams in Florida: She didn’t refer me [to the state bar] Read full details in the Judge’s order here, context is everything: joycevance.substack.com/p/judge-is-a...

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

When asked by Sen. Coons if the DOJ is independent, Blanche FAILS TO ANSWER "yes".

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Blanche just admitted under oath that Trump is not eligible to run for a third term in 2028.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Sen Blackburn complains that during the Biden admin, she couldn't subpoena Epstein files. The difference? DOJ was involved in ongoing prosecution/appeals of Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell & the records could not be released until her appeal was finalized. It's disingenuous, at best.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 12/07/2026

i know you’re looking for it. here she is, girls. here she is, world

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ClavdiaMinor @clavdiaminor.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Is it just me, or is this giving the strongest Franklin the Turtle energy that you've ever seen!?!

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Mitch must’ve done a deal with the devil and offered up Lindsay instead.

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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

What’s they do put makeup on him and infuse him with baby blood? He’s smiling bc Graham is dead and he isn’t.

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