Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We have friends who own an apple orchard with many lovingly written descriptions of each heirloom variety’s quirks and delights. The sorry box of Red Delicious they put out has a description that’s just eye rolling and a listing of grievances. Finishes with “At least they look nice in a bowl?” 010
Reposted by Quality BazEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026GEFILTE PHISHING 10568981209
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026static.klipy.comBuckaroo Banzai Peter WellerAlt: Buckaroo Banzai closing credits. 110
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 02/08/2026We have them near us and they are gawky and adorable in equal measure. 010
Reposted by Quality BazDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 13/07/2026Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs. 63107503680
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 20/06/2026I am on a too-thin futon in Kyoto, Japan, wondering what the impulse purchased “Lemon Tea Popcorn” will taste like, later today. Polymeric sand is odd stuff, though: no argument there. 240
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This is a cat check point. Relinquish the most recent cat picture on your phone. 040
Reposted by Quality BazDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 16/05/2026I love and respect this scientist. Carl Sagan answers a question about creation vs evolution. 36398323318
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Although my family has been playing Raye’s “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” repeatedly and for very good reason, and the amount of singing along might put it in the #1 spot 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026youtu.be/Kn1vsMJk260?...youtu.beDavid Byrne - Life During Wartime - Live at Coachella 2026YouTube video by Coachella 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The article is intriguing and the irony piquant. Probably the least important response I had but one I’m still enjoying: “Hoosier Jews for Choice” my friends, “Joosiers” was right there 040
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Something about an angry ginger? I’m still waiting on that one. 011
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026A) good empanadas can be transcendent and B) with surprisingly few exceptions most countries in the Americas will insist, sometimes at great volume and intensity, that their empanadas are the original and best and others are garbage 020
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I wish this project had taken off, honestly: www.npr.org/2019/03/21/7...npr.orgMeet Q, The Gender-Neutral Voice AssistantMost digital personal assistants such as Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa have the option to sound either male or female. The team behind Q aims to break through gender binary. 000
Reposted by Quality BazIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 08/03/2026Give me my hour back you goddamn animals 1531437
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 05/03/2026One was an OB/GYN, one helped Oppenheimer develop The Bomb. 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Day 10 of My Flu Story: back to feeling like hammered crap and at 99.5F. Enough already with the mirage recoveries. 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 27/02/2026I got a TRYING hat from @dansinker.com and then it vanished like two minutes later, much to my annoyance … so my younger took it upon themself to make me a replacement. ❤️ 040
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Younger child and I have taken to The Sick Couch, where they have a 100.4F temp and I have a sore throat one could sand boards on. Olympic replays, novels, and a little scrolling interspersed with strange half-naps seems about all the day will handle. Adios, plans! Adieu, intentions! 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The truth can be uncomfortable, but I couldn’t agree with you more. 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 12/02/2026yes, the "squeeze the phone in your hand" method (which works with a simultaneous press of both power and either volume button) works and is easier than 5x clicking in my experience. 160
Reposted by Quality BazSleepaKaye Camp @kaye.zone · 11/02/2026I drew a face on a paper plate. Who could even begin to understand how it perceives the world or what it dreams of? 401917416
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026It turns out money makes people less poor, and thus, happier and more self sufficient. Art flourishes; everyone* wins. *Except maybe billionaires, about whom I cannot find it in my heart to be very concerned, if I’m being honest. 010
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The US has for some reason or other always* has swathes of people, strangely usually but not always the wealthy ones, who present a lack of broad safety net as a feature not a bug. *somewhat, but again strangely not entirely, less back when we had a functional labor movement 020
Reposted by Quality BazSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Even if you don't have time to read all 83 pages of Judge Reyes's opinion barring the Trump administration from rescinding Temporary Protected Status for 350,000+ Haitians, please at least check out the four-page introduction. It's a tour de force: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 14144551732
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Musing on arbitrage for those vs Fortnum & Mason canvas totes 🤔 You could arrange a sweet bidirectional import/export setup by bringing F&M bags back. 010
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026For some reason we are delaying the morning walk but nobody seems to mind 000
Reposted by Quality BazKit Whitfield - fantasy writer @kitwhitfield.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Had an intriguing editorial discussion recently: how did people in the past talk about 'minutes' when they didn't have watches or standardised times? How does that affect your thinking? Come down an Elizabethan/Jacobean rabbit hole with me. 1/ 111042475
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 12/01/2026You will, I imagine, at some point soon, reach the phase where the movie title “A River Runs Through It” begins to have a special significance. My sympathies! It’ll pass … er … it’ll be over soon! 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Is it “hard” SF? Maybe not, but it’s space opera par excellence. 000
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Ian Banks’ (RIP) “The Algebraist” is simply fantastic. Standalone, imaginative; great characters and setting; utterly immersive, I found. 230
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Gonna go with The Gone-Away World, by @nickharkaway.com 130
Quality Baz @qbaz.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Well, on this first day of a new year I brunched with my family and dear friends while watching birds at their feeder as snow wafted, after which I took a nap while dinner cooked and then watched Sinners with my mom and the kids. 16 yo now on the phone with friends exclaiming how good it was. 030
!["On December 2, 1783, then-Commander-in-Chief George Washington penned: “America is open to receive not only the Opulent & respected Stranger, but the oppressed & persecuted of all Nations & Religions.”1
More than two centuries later, Congress reaffirmed President Washington’s vision by establishing the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program. See 8 U.S.C. § 1254a (TPS statute). It provides humanitarian relief to foreign nationals in the United States who come from disaster-stricken countries. It also brings in substantial revenue, with TPS holders generating $5.2 billion in taxes annually. See Part VI.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has a different take. [screenshot of tweet].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreicrroq5taft777rmau2ffjlsphbcatlxnwwigf2yekoke533yycim)
![has terminated every TPS country designation to have reached her desk—twelve countries up,
twelve countries down. See Section IV.A.2. Her conclusion that Haiti (a majority nonwhite
country) faces merely “concerning” conditions cannot be squared with the “perfect storm of
suffering” and “staggering” “humanitarian toll” described in page-after-page of the Certified
Administrative Record (CAR). See Section IV.A.3.a. She ignored Congress’s requirement that
she “review the conditions” in Haiti only “after” consulting “with appropriate agencies.” 8
U.S.C. § 1254a(b)(3)(A); see Section IV.A.1. Indeed, she did not consult other agencies at all.
See id. Her “national interest” analysis focuses on Haitians outside the United States or here
illegally, ignoring that Haitian TPS holders already live here, and legally so. See Section
IV.A.3.b. And though she states that the analysis must include “economic considerations,” she
ignores altogether the billions Haitian TPS holders contribute to the economy. See id.
The Government’s primary response is that the TPS statute gives the Secretary
unbounded discretion to make whatever determination she wants, any way she wants. And, yes,
the statute does grant her some discretion. But not unbounded discretion. To the contrary,
Congress passed the TPS statute to standardize the then ad hoc temporary protection system—to
replace executive whim with statutory predictability. See Section I.A.
As to irreparable harm, the Government contends that, at most, the harms to Haitian TPS
holders are speculative. But the Department of State (State) warns [screenshot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nwnlnixtjh3qhkwpz2uy5uwv/bafkreid3cmawech25ummuj2tjvgxsrvufma2kmrijlfpglalwddd3qkikq)
