SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I hate basically everything happening right now and (mostly) for the last 250 years. But this remains the only country in the history of earth based on an idea rather than a people — and this experiment continues. That’s worth celebrating. Happy 4th to anyone who celebrates it. 010
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 03/07/2026It is more disturbing to know that the magnificent hummingbird shares this horrific trait 111
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I think since every team has changed their entire roster, they should all pick new names and we’ll all learn about this new league together. 030
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 29/06/2026It’s the story of the whole country. Dems should spend the anti-socialist energy and money on reproducing a comparable national report. 000
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 24/06/20265,000 house seats. It’s the easiest way to solve for a lot of issues. 020
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Our biggest political problem, by a million miles, is that only around 15% of people pay attention between elections. I fear that we have to have an all out collapse before this changes. 010
Reposted by SplendidBaubleAnil Dash @anildash.com · 10/06/2026If you need a script for getting your company off Twitter, I WROTE YOU ONE. Multiple people have used it, successfully, to explain the legal liability your company incurs by forcing employees to be on a platform with child sexual abuse material. I will help you use it. anildash.com/2026/02/23/t...anildash.comTaking action against AI harms - Anil DashA blog about making culture. Since 1999. 1425451171
Reposted by SplendidBaubleRebecca Fordon @thefordon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I made a Firefox add-on that lets you find the federal court opinion/docket mentioned in a news story in one click. Using @free.law's CourtListener and RECAP of course. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo... (this is a personal project)addons.mozilla.orgThe Missing Link – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)Download The Missing Link for Firefox. Find the case the article didn't link. Claude identifies the U.S. court case discussed on the page and links you straight to it on CourtListener. Bring your own ... 26917260
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 09/06/2026How can you be so right about everything but this? 000
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Dumbfuck could have just had his hand over his heart like everyone else if his head wasn’t a a storage area for Swiss cheese and halitosis. 000
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 09/06/2026I’m sure he’ll be very cool when we compare Heidi and Talarico’s last two hot girlfriends. It’s kind of a kink for him. 000
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Facts. Genuinely great work. He might be only person out there who makes me think “hey there’s something weird and important going on out there that will never spending one second looking into, but that’s fine - this reporter has me covered.” 010
Reposted by SplendidBaubleThe Downballot @the-downballot.com · 09/05/2026We don't ordinarily publish posts at [checks watch] 8:51 PM on a Friday night, but state constitutional law expert Quinn @yeargain.bsky.social has an outside-the-box idea for reversing the VA Supreme Court that is very much worth taking seriously: Dems can simply lower the retirement age.the-downballot.comHow Virginia Democrats can overturn the redistricting ruling: Retire the Supreme CourtThe state Constitution gives lawmakers complete latitude to set the judicial retirement age. They should use it. 541297538
Reposted by SplendidBaubleAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 08/05/2026This story is WILD. Juan Orlando Hernandez, the Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump for narcotrafficking, seemingly caught on tape in dozens of conversations (if true), discussing plans with GOP and other figures to attack left-wing governments, and saying Israel paid for his pardon from Trump.english.elpais.com‘Hondurasgate,’ the alleged US and Israeli interference plot to destabilize Mexico and other progressive governmentsA leaked audio recording points to former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei, and Donald Trump as attempting to create a platform to spread fake news about the administrations of ... 15068533496
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 08/05/2026$1,000,000 a year for all 5,000 representatives and all 50 Supreme Court justices, solves at least 50% of our current problems. 020
Reposted by SplendidBaublejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/05/2026this is also one of my hobbyhorses. you want a better caliber of lawmaker? you want to reduce the odds of corruption? pay them more. a lot more. 22361941012
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 08/05/2026At least Douglas evolved. Thomas only entrenched. 000
Reposted by SplendidBaubleTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026RESULTS from Texas: The school district of Grapevine Colleyville, near Fort Worth, drew national attention after conservatives running on an explicitly Christian message took over the board (archive: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...). Voters just ousted 3 conservative incumbents tonight. 433093787
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Delete them all. Anyone with a real issue will email you again. If you’re really concerned, put an out-of-office notification on explaining what you did. 010
Reposted by SplendidBaubleTim Heidecker @timheidecker.bsky.social · 02/05/2026you will want to visit theonion.info in MINUTES for a major updatetheonio.info 1152155
Reposted by SplendidBaublejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 29/04/2026The court has simply recreated the pre-Brown world in allowing racial discrimination across a broad number fields as long as it is “facially neutral,” gutting the Reconstruction Amendments in the process. 232136463782
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Damn. I’d had wiped this from my memory. Now I’m standing in a myrven’s getting tickets for living color. 110
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I fully forgot about this. I hope he’s fine and also sucks worse than before-amen and bless Al. 000
Reposted by SplendidBaubleAna Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 28/04/2026New website just dropped. (Getting a lot of use out of my new hand-made, no make-up headshot.) anamariecox.comanamariecox.comAna Marie CoxI make things about people surviving the worlds they're handed—and building the ones they need. 922422
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 26/04/2026You and Katie Nolan?! I promise they cut 40 minutes of Boston-sports-based jokes. 100
Reposted by SplendidBaubleKaren “Will not Toady” Robertson @karenrobz.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Denver folks -- something to support! denverite.com/2026/04/21/d...denverite.comDrivers are challenging Uber with their own Denver startup. Here's how it's goingDrivers Cooperative wants to treat drivers better, but faces one big challenge. 011
Reposted by SplendidBaubleMarc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 20/04/2026If you want to know how to support the work of Democracy Docket -- it is simple become a premium or VIP member. bit.ly/4qr0jTS 4651178
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I was teetering on watching this but that’s all I needed. 110
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Really have a feeling they are going to have a second year of complete busts in the draft. 000
Reposted by SplendidBaubleGarrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026For ideological reasons, I moved from Substack to beehiiv and couldn’t be happier. I’m happy to talk to anyone who wants to make a move. Leaving Substack is like planting a tree. The best day to do it was years ago. The second best day is today. 419964
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 18/03/202615. Three panels of five. No recess. Only novel constitutional questions go to full court. 001
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Chris would be such a natural fit for the show. 010
Reposted by SplendidBaubleMelody Joy Kramer @mkramer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026propublica.org/tipspropublica.orgHow to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublicaOur job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence. 043
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Yet another rewatch (anyone reading this will think I’m way more invested than I am): Kyle notes she was just represented and not a lawyer in the case. True. Fair. But we lawyers also write in a a weird way that says Ms. x says…abc. But ms x didn’t say anything, the lawyer did. Idk. Im skeptical. 250
SplendidBauble @splendidbauble.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I rewatched this. So before, at, and to are all used. I’m not committed to this, but my first parsing of this in the oral v written argument is this: at and to are quite ambiguous. Before is a little less so. But this is like what is better: super, incredible or great? I think this report is wrong. 170
