- Boing Boing, Finnish police confiscate 9-y-o’s laptop after she downloads a song from the Pirate Bay
- Medical Daily, (via, slashdot)
- Mat Taibbi finds One Interesting Thing About Paula Broadwell’s Petraeus Biography (via Leiter)
- Man arrested for theft of “9 million files” said to comprise identity data for roughly 2/3 of the Greek population (via RISKS)
- Naked Capitalism, An Inconvenient Truth About Lincoln (That You Won’t Hear from Hollywood)
- Jon Huntsman continues his strategy of positioning himself as the sane alternative for the GOP. Fortunately, there’s no sign at present that this can work.
- U.S. Deficit Shrinking At Fastest Pace Since WWII, Before Fiscal Cliff & Your helpful Thanksgiving charts about the deficit (via Maddow Blog) … partial corrective at Kevin Drum, The Federal Deficit Is Shrinking Already, But That’s Not Really a Good Thing
Recent Bluessky Posts- There was a student note in the Harvard Law review a few years ago which proposed chopping up the District of Columbia up into a very large number of states. Actually legally feasible compared to some other things people suggest. August 1, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I read that note. It's clever but the solution to a terrible small-d democratic deficit is not to make it much worse, Cf. papers.ssrn.com/abstract=379... August 1, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- More states with tiny populations is not the way. And PR is politically complex, not a solid D state at all. August 1, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Will anyone ask the Governor if he thinks this merits a preemptive pardon? July 31, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- For our mega-survey on populist attitudes, we asked whether people would prefer a more multi-party system or a two-party system. The former blew the latter out of the water. Asked about specific reforms to get there, people are less sure. Also, Trump populists are the most fond of the status quo. July 31, 2026 Andy Craig
