Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@zx3 Why does the poor rich Barney delay laser's edge in the fair?

@Phorm I could certainly murder a poutine-- or the local equivalent, "debris fries"-- right now. Or a Sicilian pizza from these guys: https://mayhewbakery.net/

If locale were no option, I'd be at U:DON in the Seattle University District (if it's still there). having a Tantan Goma Zaru Udon. (It's chilled sanuki udon noodles with a sesame sauce and spicy pork! Definitely criminal.) Or maybe China Pearl in Boston stuffing myself with dim sum. There's no real dim sum down here. ;__;

@Soreth I mean, I WAS Galactic President* for a couple of days. Long story**.

*disputed
**undisputed

@LexYeen I don't see any reason I shouldn't have all three.

current mood: flooby @__@

that was a more effective tolerance break than i thought

stoned, ama-- you deserve _something_ nice for reading past a zero content warning :D <3

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@eredien @Leucrotta @seventhhorn oh oops nvm :D

@eredien @Leucrotta @seventhhorn SECONDED. YES.

@Leucrotta @seventhhorn I should point out by the way

That all of these cheesecakes were very delicious

@Austin_Dern It admittedly kinda was! Aquapunk is a severely undervalued genre.

@Austin_Dern (Was Bubbles ever NOT mind-controlled?)

@Austin_Dern I want say something snarky, but that show just had too much good kinkbait for me to be unkind to it. n.n;

@chimerror I don't know, but I had a fraternity brother (I know, I know, long story) who had an UNCANNY gift for instantly coming up with the objectively correct name of the porn version of any film. We would bombard him with dozens and he'd just rattle off the replies. I would sacrifice my very soul for this magic.

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@Leucrotta EXACTLY. It's like damn near everything else about uspol-- it's determined purely by who's in charge, who's making the rules, how the rulesmaking process can be gamed, and what they can get away with. Abstract principle means NOTHING in the fact of it.

@LexYeen in your house, stealin your quote <3 <3 <3

A dear dear friend came to me first and foremost for help pronouncing a Chinese name from pinyin. I dunno how much help I was, but I gave it a good try and am just BEAMING that people still think of me sometimes when they have a research need. <3

@Leucrotta I did pick up that basically there has to be a compelling reason-- in the interests of the COUNTRY, not the president-- for the documents to be kept secret.

And oh crap, I'd missed that Bush's 2001 executive order was REVOKED by Obama. There's still precedent but... OK, it's much more complex than I can offer an informed opinion on just yet. Let's just say it's complicated(TM). :)

@Leucrotta Well, it's complicated(TM). There doesn't seem to be any rule that executive privilege CAN'T be exercised by an ex-president. But the ruling was for a specific context and specific cases-- IANAL and couldn't really summarize what those cases are.

So it's still very very possible that Trump's CURRENT issues do not qualify for EP-- it's just that it's flat-out not factually correct to say you "have to still be President" in order to invoke EP. That does not guarantee by any means that Trump can do it as a frickin' insurrection defense.

And this is all my impression based on a frantic 5-minute skim of https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-former-president-assert-executive-privilege-impeachment-trial mid workday so feel free to read and correct me on the details I missed!

And now 4 Non Blondes is trending and I just don't feel like there's a place for me on this planet anymore. :)