Jacob T. Levy
@jacobtlevy
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Posts here speak only for myself. Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek.
so, I went semi-offline for half a day and came back to find four stories any one of which could have been a weeks-long banner headline story in the before times.
Some poor mapmaker just sighed deeply, threw away his last year of work, pulled out his Sharpie, and started writing “Gulf of GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT” on one map at a time.
You know what else doesn't move that fast? Historical scholarship. morninganswerchicago.com/randy-barnet...
you do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to the space laser lady.
Hey, look at that, what had been subtext is once again just text. This is a Redeemer administration.
2) (Sorry, way too much stuff to alt. It's Fall of the Mutants-era X-Men vs Freedom Force. It goes badly for Blob. But also for Wolverine.)
My two favorite Blob moments. 1) (Sorry, way too much stuff to alt. It's Grey Hulk vs Freedom Force. It goes badly for Blob.)
When I was a grad student TA, I watched this happening to my professors when they taught undergrads and I took a nice vow about the game of trying to make things more relatable to students with references that steadily become out of date, making the point *less* relatable than just teaching it:
hey guys, just because you've prewritten the story doesn't mean you hit publish.
No, see, "overruled 90 years of precedent in order to expand presidential power" is the way *critics* describe it. *Your* side says: resisting intrusion into core executive functions, protecting the sanctity of the separation of powers, and acknowledging that the precedent has been whittled away.
yes yes yes dammit. The liberalism of fear is difficult and ambitious, and the people who tell you otherwise are selling you something (usually a politics whose cruelty they intend to rhetorically minimize.) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/29/b...
One of my least favorite Waid comics, both because Neron is so (ahem) uninspired and because of the sacrifice of the Rogues. A bunch of other characters had long-term interesting character growth undone by making them MOAR NINETIES VILLAINS types, IIRC. But it's interesting to see this...