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The Abundance of Modesty
Friedrich Zettl Fine Arts
https://zettl.blog/2025/08/abundance-of-modesty/

The Abundance of Modesty Friedrich Zettl Fine Arts
paintings, graphics, calligraphy by Friedrich Zettl

'DO IT!' Trump Pushes Chuck Grassley Hard to Ditch Senate 'Blue Slip' Tradition, Get Appointees Confirmed (Bob Hoge/RedState)
https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/07/29/do-it-trump-pushes-chuck-grassley-hard-to-ditch-senate-blue-slip-tradition-get-appointees-confirmed-n2192247
http://www.memeorandum.com/250729/p147#a250729p147

The Pentagon just rolled over for Laura Loomer to cancel an eminently qualified warfighter, a West Point graduate, a Rhodes scholar, a former chief of NSA's cryptologic services group in Baghdad, a founder of US Cybercom, and head of CISA.
https://apnews.com/article/w…

Army halts West Point hire of Biden's cybersecurity chief
The Secretary of the Army has directed the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to review its hiring practices and rescind the appointment of a newly announced hire who led the nation's cybersecurity agency under President Joe Biden. The directive Wednesday came just a day after Jen Easterly was announced as the new chair of West Point's social sciences department. The move showed how vigorously the Trump administration has sought to wield control over higher education and the military. It also …

A new report sheds light on potential conflicts of interest in
Bill Pulte’s attack against Lisa Cook
and other White House enemies.
Before Donald Trump appointed him to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency,
Bill Pulte was best known to the public as the scion of a homebuilding empire
and an extremely online investor
who hawked various meme stocks and cryptocurrencies on Twitter.
In government, however,
Pulte has gained more notoriety as an …

This Terrifying Company Is Being Used Against Top Democrats. Trump’s Allies May Be Profiting From It.
A new report sheds light on potential conflicts of interest in Bill Pulte’s attack against Lisa Cook and other White House enemies.

It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor.
https://www.righto.com/2025/01/its-time-to-abandon-cargo-cult-metaphor.html

It's time to abandon the cargo cult metaphor
The cargo cult metaphor is commonly used by programmers. This metaphor was popularized by Richard Feynman's "cargo cult science" talk with a...

Die #CriticalMass #Zürich gestern war wieder toll. Wir sind >25km und 4h mit 100 bis 200 Leuten durch die Stadt getingelt, darunter auch ein junges Mädel auf 'nem Einrad ein Jogger! Hab wieder viel gecorkt und sehr viel Lob Dank dafür bekommen, auch noch an der Afterparty auf der

DCMS announces new members of public records advisory body https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/dcms-announces-new-members-of-public-records-advisory-body/

DCMS announces new members of public records advisory body - The National Archives
Seven new members have been appointed to the Advisory Council on National Records and Archives, the independent body which advises the government on access to public records. The appointments were made by Lisa Nandy, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The council advises her on historical public records when they are being transferred […]

https://cyberscoop.com/jen-easterly-west-point-mcdermott-chair-laura-loomer-dan-driscoll-army/
Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly

Army Secretary forces West Point to rescind appointment given to Easterly
The United States Military Academy abruptly ended the appointment of Jen Easterly to a high-profile academic position in West Point’s Department of Social Sciences, according to a memorandum issued Wednesday by the Secretary of the Army.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
issued a scathing dissent in response to the Supreme Court’s majority opinion on Friday
that limited federal judges’ ability to temporarily pause Donald Trump’s executive orders nationwide.
The 6-3 decision, authored by Trump-appointed Justice Amy Coney Barrett, allows the president to implement his order to end automatic birthright citizenship as litigation on the matter continues.
As The New York Times reported,
“the practice of g…

Supreme Court ruling on nationwide injunctions sparks fiery dissent from Justice Jackson
The Biden appointee said the Trump administration “wants to continue doing something that a court has determined violates the Constitution.”

Numerous federal judges have raised concerns about the Trump administration’s readiness to put political expediency and presidential will above professionalism and adherence to the rule of law
https://www…

Opinion | ‘Egregious.’ ‘Brazen.’ ‘Lawless.’ How 48 Judges Describe Trump’s Actions, in Their Own Words
Dozens of judges, appointed by presidents of both parties, have stood up to the administration’s lawlessness.