Federal judge says criticism of Israel — a foreign ethnostate credibly accused of genocide, apartheid, collective punishment, starvation as a weapon of war, forced transfer, and targeting women, children, and journalists — is constitutionally protected speech.
apnews.com Trump cannot deport students for criticizing Israel, judge rules Citing the importance of the First Amendment, a federal judge in California says the U.S. government is unconstitutionally silencing critics of Israel and others in its quest to deport noncitizens who the government says have disrupted college campuses as…Sunday, August 30
Thursday, August 27
It's an exciting dayyy~! Well, not super exciting. But next week will be exciting because of today. #vagueposting
Dolly, Tim Curry, Yayoi Kusama. "They come in threes." No more, please!
apnews.com Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo Pioneering Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum installations around the world, has died. She was 97.Wednesday, August 26
The transition to the AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history. Right now, we are not preparing adequately for that transition. If the world takes the right steps, AI will be a force for good and leave everyone better off. — Bill Gates
Tuesday, August 25
I don't think I've ever once seen a band I've not known show up in my feed, in the KEXP studio, and been disappointed clicking the link.
Monday, August 24
Got a December N3 JLPT seat! 🇯🇵
Yikes, JLPT N2 seats in Washington, D.C. are already filled. I'll have to be on-time and ready-to-go tomorrow to snag an N3 seat. I took the DELE in New York but would prefer not to do that drive again before and after a nerve-wracking test (although I did pass the B2 DELE!)
Sunday, August 23
Ah, negative parallelism, so that's what that tic is called. (That's not X, it's Y.)