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November 3, 12:23 PM / Althouse / We voted.How about you?
November 3, 11:30 AM / Althouse / "It sounds like the plane iced when they flew through the cell. They thought at first it was light to moderate icing. But then it sounds like it got really severe.""The plane can become almost uncontrollable.... They couldn’t recover from it, and they crashed.... This, to me, is just a textbook example of exactly what we’re taught when we’re pilots, and that is, don’t fly through thunderstorms, because you just don’t know their severity." Said Daniel Bubb, ...
November 3, 11:24 AM / Althouse / "'When you’re in a glass house, your whole life changes,' Egan says. 'You live with the light.'""After 21 years of frantic days and late nights in Manhattan, she began rising with the sun and going to sleep at dusk. 'It informed everything about how I worked because it slowed me down.' Inhabiting the building through different seasons helped her understand the way it functioned: how the wid...
November 3, 11:14 AM / Althouse / Faking?Alaskan Voter realizes he voted for the wrong Dan Sullivan on live TV https://t.co/GLyePrmc1T — Spencer Hakimian (@SpencerHakimian) November 3, 2026
November 3, 11:05 AM / Althouse / "What was the educational benefit of showing her first-grader a theoretical image of a conventionally attractive 25-year-old woman?""And what impact might that have on her child’s developing imagination? Anderson was particularly troubled by the way the AI-generated image had seemingly eclipsed her daughter’s own ideas of what her adult life might look like; Harper was thrilled by the appearance of the pictured woman. 'That w...
November 3, 10:40 AM / Althouse / "The comedian’s barrister, Ian Winter KC, argued that that despite what he called mischaracterizations of his client in the media, [Russell] Brand is not a psychopath...""... and only a psychopath could have committed the behavior he is being accused of. 'You would have to be a psychopath to be raping someone and asking them if they were enjoying it at the same time,' Winter said, referring to the first of Brand’s accusers.... He then noted that Brand 'left his a...
November 3, 07:50 AM / Althouse / "Though both are polyamorous, they are not currently dating others.... 'We’re building the foundation of our marriage'...""... Carr said. 'And I think in order to be poly, you need to have a really, really good foundation.'" I'm reading a "Mini-Vows" column in the NYT: "She Gave Dates 30 Minutes. This One Clicked in the 27th/Erin Lee Carr, the daughter of the former Times reporter David Carr, 'can’t do small talk' —...
November 3, 06:16 AM / Althouse / "Virtually no schools offer formal training programs for legal engineers, though some have added classes.""Many legal engineers are former practicing lawyers who taught themselves A.I. skills or learned on the job. Some have backgrounds in legal operations, paralegal work or consulting. Fewer are former software engineers who then went to law school — 'the unicorn,' one hiring manager said.... 'It’s ...
November 3, 06:07 AM / Althouse / "... rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle condition that can be brought on by exertion in which the muscles break down and can poison the body.""'It’s unfathomable,' [her father] said. 'Perfect health, perfect shape, 24 years old.'" From "Runner, 24, Dies During Her First Marathon/Rachel Apa collapsed in Central Park. The cause was rhabdomyolysis, a rare muscle condition that can be brought on by exertion, her father said" (NYT). "Rachel...
November 3, 06:07 AM / Crooked Timber / An open letter to JK Rowling from Sophie Grace ChappellAn open letter to J K Rowling (November 2026) Dear Ms Rowling I see you have published an update on your June 2020 essay on transgender issues. As you probably recall, I responded to that at the time.1 And here I am again, with a couple of brief(ish) remarks about your update. The difficulty with...
November 3, 12:30 AM / Legal History Blog / How and Why I Wrote a Book About the First Woman Judge
November 2, 09:07 PM / Balkinization / Thoughts on Progressive Ethnic Politics and El-Sayed
November 2, 07:38 PM / Althouse / Sunrise.Those 3 pictures were taken at the same time and place. The trees are nearly entirely bare in the third picture because they're in a much more exposed position. Here's one more photograph, about a mile away, taken at 3 in the afternoon, in the rain.
November 2, 01:32 PM / Balkinization / Shifting Conceptions of Neutrality and Equality in St. Mary v. Roy
November 2, 10:19 AM / Althouse / "But did Haley Stevens expect that, by switching her support from a Democrat to a Republican, she would receive the media's Liz Cheney Country Over Party award?""It sounds like you're upset with me, too, Anderson." Indeed, it did. But did Haley Stevens expect that, by switching her support from a Democrat to a Republican, she would receive the media's Liz Cheney Country Over Party award? If so, she was badly mistaken. — Byron York (@Byron...
November 2, 10:01 AM / Althouse / Why did Martha Stewart think it would work to go as a homeless person for Halloween?Martha Stewart addresses her homeless person Halloween costume in statement to Page Six: “I am distressed that my Halloween costume yesterday, which was intended to bring more awareness to the very serious subject of homelessness, has offended people, which was never my intention. […] Homelessnes...
November 2, 09:30 AM / Legal History Blog / Mehrotra Reviews Williamson's "Price of Democracy"
November 2, 08:55 AM / Althouse / The theory that since we haven't protected young girls from seeing photographs of penises, it's not important to protect them from a penis in the girls' locker room..@AbdulElSayed says it’s ok for MEN to be in girl’s locker rooms. Why? “Well because they are going to find out about it on the internet anyway” Completely unacceptable. https://t.co/eXeh70kkeP — Mike Rogers (@MikeRogersForMI) November 2, 2026
November 2, 08:26 AM / Althouse / "As a lifelong economist, I am distraught at what is happening to my profession. What I observe is economists losing status.""Economists used to be highly respected figures, and nowadays, even when they are not pilloried, they are often simply ignored. There is an ongoing bipartisan flight from economic reasoning. And as voters go to the polls this week, neither Republicans nor Democrats are offering anything like a ri...
November 2, 06:12 AM / Althouse / "In tsarist times Russia’s aristocracy sent its daughters to finishing schools known as Institutes for Noble Maidens...""... where social graces and domestic skills were honed in preparation for an advantageous marriage. Similar academies are springing up around the country for the purpose of training the next generation of wives and mothers. Like their forebears these girls are taught floristry, cooking and danci...
November 2, 12:30 AM / Legal History Blog / Welcome, Tracy Thomas
November 1, 07:56 PM / Althouse / Sunrise.
November 1, 02:14 PM / Althouse / "Connecticut’s bears might choose to spend an entire autumn day beneath stands of white oak and black cherry trees, feasting on acorns that fall on the forest floor.""Or they might find their food by scavenging roadkill or preying on small mammals or deer. But when higher calorie, more plentiful human-provided food is accessible, like trash and agriculture... bears seize the opportunity for an easy meal. Bambi Gambino, the co-owner of Country Eatery in Woodbu...
November 1, 02:07 PM / Althouse / "I came as Donald Trump. I didn’t have time to get — people spent a lot of time and money. Rich people. They spent nine hours getting ready. I had 10 minutes, so I came as Donald Trump."Said Donald Trump, quoted in "'I Came as Donald Trump': The President Hosts a Luxury Halloween at Mar-a-Lago/President Trump attended his jungle-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago dressed as a distinctly recognizable figure" (NYT). Like all NYT links, this is a gift link, and this one has lots ...
November 1, 01:44 PM / Althouse / There are 2 reasons why you might not get this.@Brewers @tomhanks I prefer the real Forrest Gump https://t.co/nG7wnQeXWb — LeftyGrove (@Lefty_Grove12) November 1, 2026 1. The man in the top photo is Tom Hanks (who, I know you know, played Forrest Gump). 2. The man in the video is Jacob Misiorowski, the great pitcher, and the manager of the Br...
November 1, 01:21 PM / Althouse / "The Democratic representative who lost a primary fight against Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the progressive Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, endorsed his Republican opponent on Sunday....""The Republican nominee, Mike Rogers, received the endorsement from Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat who represents suburban areas around Detroit, after she appeared alongside him at a church service.... 'I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today,' Ms. Stevens said in ...
November 1, 10:32 AM / Althouse / "'It was a miracle for my brain. All the food noise was gone.' But when her husband of 20 years would ask her where she’d like to go for dinner...""'I’m like, "Here’s the problem, dear. I don’t care about food anymore, so it doesn’t matter where we go,"' she said. 'That part was very frustrating for him.'" From "Is this the era of the GLP-1 divorce? Taken for weight loss, the drugs can dramatically change people’s marriages, for better and ...
November 1, 10:08 AM / Althouse / "But the weave seems to be getting weavier. An A.I.-assisted New York Times review of Mr. Trump’s comments...""... from speeches, rallies, social media, interviews and public meetings found significant changes since he began a run for president at age 69 in 2015, although not as much of a notable shift since 2024 when a similar review was conducted . Broadly speaking, the review concluded, Mr. Trump’s pu...
November 1, 09:37 AM / Althouse / "How many individuals still live whose young lives were shaped by World War I?"I asked, 14 years ago, in a blog post titled "Jacques Barzun has died... at the age of 104." I landed there because I had the idea that people don't talk about decadence anymore, and Grok reminded me that Barzun had published "From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life 1500 to the...
November 1, 06:56 AM / Althouse / "My dream of a beer winning the World Series finally came true!"
November 1, 06:48 AM / Althouse / "Reflecting on the Second World War, Hannah Arendt suggested that totalitarianism takes root in societies where lots of people feel unnecessary or unwanted.""After the 2016 election, it was common for the media to report on underemployed people in the Rust Belt who felt that they’d been cast aside. Today, manosphere ideology rages against a society that, allegedly, claims not to need men, and young people wonder whether there’s room for them in an A....
November 1, 12:30 AM / Legal History Blog / Sunday Roundup
October 31, 10:54 PM / Crooked Timber / Democracy is not on the ballot, affordability is not the answerOne of the recurring themes of the 2024 election campaign was the argument that “democracy is on the ballot”. Trump had attempted to overthrow US democracy, and regularly mused about the desirability of dictatorship, but had nevertheless been renominated by the Republican Party. That argument wen...
October 31, 06:06 PM / Balkinization / "Beat Trump and His Minions:" A Manifesto
October 31, 01:47 PM / Althouse / It's the last day of October.Write about whatever you want.
October 31, 10:02 AM / Althouse / "[M]y speech was not a critique of Arabs or Islam, but of Islamism... a toxic ideology conceived and promoted by the terrorist group, the Muslim Brotherhood."Let’s see which reporters take the time to read this post and then correct their stories." Writes RFK Jr., at great length , at X. He links to various reporters, and I don't think any of them have responded. The Daily Wire and The Washington Examiner have, however, noted his post: here and...
October 31, 10:02 AM / Althouse / "[M]y speech was not a critique of Arabs or Islam, but of Islamism... a toxic ideology conceived and promoted by the terrorist group, the Muslim Brotherhood.”"Let’s see which reporters take the time to read this post and then correct their stories." Writes RFK Jr., at great length , at X. He links to various reporters, and I don't think any of them have responded. The Daily Wire and The Washington Examiner have, however, noted his post: here and...
October 31, 09:51 AM / Althouse / "The Senate race in Michigan... will test moderate and independent voters’ appetite for a combative brand of unalloyed progressivism.""The party’s activist class believes Dr. El-Sayed’s success next week would establish a proof point that left-wing populism is a winning message, even in swing states. He has embraced an economic agenda that sharply attacks the billionaire class and taken a clear stance against Israel. Centrist D...
October 31, 08:56 AM / Althouse / "There was the button that produced literature. And there were of course the buttons by which she communicated with her friends.""The room, though it contained nothing, was in touch with all that she cared for in the world.... The clumsy system of public gatherings had been long since abandoned.... Seated in her armchair she spoke, while they in their armchairs heard her, fairly well, and saw her, fairly well.... Her lectu...
October 31, 08:21 AM / Althouse / "To wander aimlessly is very unswinging. Unhip."
October 31, 07:35 AM / Althouse / Having a hundred thousand beers in Milwaukee.one of the best moments in wisconsin sports history pic.twitter.com/C70YmB5dCZ — Nick Whalen (@wha1en) October 30, 2026 This interview alone cements Jake Bauers and Sal Frelick as Milwaukee Legends
October 31, 07:18 AM / Althouse / Darkness on the eve of election.The view from Memeorandum — where I've gone for many years to see an overview of the day's talked about headlines — is a non-view: Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity : The New York Times invents a Democratic scandal while ignoring a new Trump rape allegation — America...
October 31, 06:42 AM / Crooked Timber / Occasional (Halloween) paper: A mother gives her all“Spiders don’t socialise. Spiders don’t work together. Spiders don’t hunt as packs. Spiders don’t use tools. Spiders don’t organise large structures. “Because if they did, we’d all be dead.” — As it turns out, this isn’t quite corr...
October 31, 12:30 AM / Legal History Blog / Weekend Roundup
October 30, 08:10 PM / Althouse / Sunrise.
October 30, 11:58 AM / Althouse / "[W]hat surprised me most was that nearly all of Lucy’s co-workers and former mortuary classmates are women, specifically young women in their twenties and thirties.""'There were only three guys in our class and one of them was a trans man. There were a lot of queer people,' she explains. I’d assumed she would be a quirky outlier in a class of gaunt, poorly socialized men, but as a tattooed lesbian with a warm Midwestern disposition, Lucy actually represents ...
October 30, 11:44 AM / Althouse / "Democrats were far more enthusiastic about taking the poll than Republicans were. Registered Democrats were more than twice as likely as registered Republicans....""After 2020, many polls, including The Post’s, adopted additional methods to guard against the threat of nonresponse bias, leveraging voter files with extensive information on past turnout and demographics to help ensure more representative samples. Polls also began weighting samples based on whi...
October 30, 11:12 AM / Althouse / Big questions?I'm reading "The Brutal Harvard Class That Suddenly Everyone Wants to Take/It’s an ungodly amount of reading and no easy A. So why are freshmen lining up to get into Humanities 10?" (Wall Street Journal). The philosophy professor posed big questions to the 90 students gathered in Boylston Hall: “...
October 30, 09:57 AM / Althouse / "I knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters."Said Mary Peltola, quoted in "Midterm Elections Live Updates: Peltola Says She Didn’t Know About Alaska Ballot Stacking Plan/As Republican anger grew over the plot, Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Senate, said she had no knowledge of any effort aimed at 'tricking voters'" (NYT). It sou...
October 30, 09:20 AM / Althouse / Brewers at the Packers game.MORE: THE CHAMPS ARE HERE @Brewers https://t.co/WGUpDjmxdG — Green Bay Packers (@packers) October 30, 2026 SAUSAGE RACE AT LAMBEAU FIELD!!!!! OH MY GOD THIS NIGHT IS AWESOME https://t.co/87rDiXSSlQ — Big B (@bigpackers4x) October 30, 2026 After that Lambeau Leap, how is Sal Frelick? &...
October 30, 07:37 AM / Althouse / The Voice Guy.
October 30, 07:34 AM / Althouse / "I'm still standing — no muscles, no tendons — nobody know how I do it."