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Feb 25, 2026 from Above the Law

It’s Not The Size Of The Firm, It’s How You Use It: Ninth Circuit Smacks Down Fee-Shaming Of Small Law

It's not the size of the firm, it's how you litigate. The post It’s Not The Size Of The Firm, It’s How You Use It: Ninth Circuit Smacks Down Fee-Shaming Of Small Law appeared first on Above the Law.

Feb 25, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

"The New Global Tariffs Are Also Unlawful," by Philip Zelikow

A very interesting article by my Hoover Institution colleague Philip Zelikow, who is an emeritus history professor (mostly specializing in… The post "The New Global Tariffs Are Also Unlawful," by P...

Feb 25, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 25 February 2026

Spinning Wheel Edition Top Story AMD and Meta have entered into another of those infamously vague and circular deals with an estimated value of, well, nobody knows. (Tom's Hardware) The Wall Street...

Feb 25, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

Sir, Believe Me When I Tell You You’re DEAD WRONG

Read Sir, Believe Me When I Tell You You’re DEAD WRONG I have a client who is way too familiar for my liking. I am always polite, but cold. He came in, remarking: Client: *Offended.* "I saw you las...

Feb 25, 2026 from It's FOSS

ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 Brings PDF Editor Upgrades With New Signing and Editing Tools

You get a range of improvements across the other editors too.

Feb 25, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Japan Extreme Budget Travel! A trip from Tokyo to Izumo for just 30,000 yen [Part 1]

Can we make it from the capital to the land of the gods, sightsee, eat, find a hotel, and make it home for just 30,000 yen (US$195)? Our Japanese-language reporter Go Hatori has never been one to l...

Feb 25, 2026 from Kev Quirk

Introducing Pure Comments (and Pure Commons)

A few weeks ago I introduced Pure Blog a simple PHP based blogging platform that I've since moved to and I'm very happy. Once Pure Blog was done, I shifted my focus to start improving my commenting...

Feb 25, 2026 from The Public Domain Review

The Blinkered Flâneur: Walking with Franz Hessel in 1920s Berlin

Does the flâneur, that curiously modern figure who wanders metropolitan streets, have a political consciousness? For Franz Hessel — author of Spazieren in Berlin, “a memorization while strolling” t...

Feb 25, 2026 from Your Local Epidemiologist

The test of open dialogue

In the face of Jay Bhattacharya as the new CDC Director

Feb 25, 2026 from kmcd.dev

HTTP/2 From Scratch: Part 2

Diving into the binary framing layer and byte-shifting in Go

Feb 25, 2026 from BIX dot BLOG

Hype Mode

Speaking, as I was, of hype: SmugMug and Flickr are launching something called Mode, or perhaps MODE. It claims to be “the next big thing in photography”. Their welcome email says it’s “the biggest...

Feb 25, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Shiroi Printer – Visual Novel Review

My review of a very short 2018 Japanese horror visual novel called Shiroi Printer. It was released with an English-language version ("White Printer") that can be selected on the title screen.

Feb 24, 2026 from Above the Law

What Separates Rainmakers From Service Lawyers

It comes down to understanding the business of a law firm and committing to client development early, even in small ways. The post What Separates Rainmakers From Service Lawyers appeared first on A...

Feb 24, 2026 from Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com

When They Say It Takes A Village, They Also Mean Supporting Bosses

Read When They Say It Takes A Village, They Also Mean Supporting Bosses Manager: "[Coworker], are you drunk?" Coworker: "No, but I am sleep-deprived, and there's not much functional difference." Re...

Feb 24, 2026 from Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy

Doctor Who: Oh, My Giddy Audio! – The Second Doctor At Big Finish, Part 1

After the first and second seasons of The Companion Chronicles test-drove the concept, Big Finish would regularly return to the Second Doctor era in the context of that series – a special format de...

Feb 24, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Dave Cowens’ 1995 NBA Comeback That Wasn’t

After learning that 1972-73 NBA MVP and Hall of Famer Dave Cowens apparently considered making a comeback with the San Antonio Spurs in 1995, 12 years after his last game, I had to conduct an inves...

Feb 24, 2026 from The Volokh Conspiracy

New in City Journal: "Trump's Tariff Loss Is the Worst Judicial Defeat in Presidential History"

"From Jefferson to Lincoln, Nixon to Bush, no president’s agenda has been so thoroughly undercut by the Supreme Court."

Feb 24, 2026 from Ambient Irony

Daily News Stuff 24 February 2026

Hardly Working Edition Top Story Is age verification a trap? Yes. (IEEE Spectrum) Online age verification intrinsically damages user privacy, while failing to work in both directions:False positive...

Feb 24, 2026 from SoraNews24 -Japan News-

Family Mart’s Shibuya Cat Street shop hosts first-ever rescue cat photo exhibition for Cat Day

In addition to selling delectable cat-themed sweets, the convenience store chain wants to increase cat adoptions and pet food donations. Family Mart has celebrated Japan’s Cat Day (February 22) sin...

Feb 24, 2026 from Your Local Epidemiologist

Endangerment Finding, bird flu, what counts as professional degrees, and more

The Dose (Feb 24)