Michael Li (李之樸)

The front pages of today’s Brazilian papers.

Early voting done ✅

The police preemptively out in force tonight (along with a lot of private security) in front of Galeries Lafayette.

Came back from the Céline Dion concert in Nanterre yo find the aftermath of a day of protests that took a turn: Barricades in the streets, property damage and graffiti at Galleries Lafayette and other stores in the 9e arrondissement. WOW

Student march in the 9e crossing Blvd. Haussmann near the Opéra Garnier just now.

9e arrondissement today walking back from breakfast

Two-page spread on the Texas governor race in today’s NYT.

apnews.comCanadian poet and essayist Anne Carson wins Nobel Prize in literatureAnne Carson, a Canadian poet and essayist, has won the Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy recognized her for her bold and inventive work that engages with classical traditions to create ne...

Canadian poet and writer Anne Carson has won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. apnews.com/article/nobe...

Wednesday fun fact: If Gina Hinojosa wins the Texas governor race, the Texas redistricting case will become known as LULAC v. Hinojosa come January.

Happy Québec Election Day to all who celebrate!

Now that it is October, this year’s Nobel Prize schedule: • Physiology or Medicine: Oct. 5 • Physics: Oct. 6 • Chemistry: Oct. 7 • Literature: Oct. 8 • Peace: Oct. 9 • Economic Sciences: Oct. 12

Fall hanging about in Washington Square Park at a quarter to midnight - 💯

Midtown Manhattan on the LGA approach

Spotted in the DC Metro

Washington, D.C. mural to suffragette Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (李彬華), who campaigned for women to get the right to vote even though she herself was unable to vote because of the Chinese Exclusion Act.

Whew.

An amazing lower Manhattan sunset this evening #NoFilter

The Supreme Court has once again stepped in (for a third time) and restored Missouri’s 2022 congressional map in lieu of the gerrymandered 2025 map. www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?...

Here’s the Supreme Court’s per curiam opinion. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Excellent Whataburger product placement for Gina Hinojosa in this interview.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節)!

Throwback to Trenton’s days as an industrial powerhouse: The “Trenton Makes,The World Takes” bridge

Waiting room light fixture, Baltimore Penn Station (opened 1911).

politico.comAppeals court revives GOP gerrymander in Missouri that Supreme Court killed off twiceThe 8th Circuit on Monday blocked a ruling from the state’s highest court that sharply rebuked the Republican secretary of state.

21 Sept

In Missouri redistricting, the 8th Circuit has ordered the state to use its gerrymandered 2025 map for this year’s congressional elections. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

@stevevladeck.bsky.social

18 Sept

Mayors of New Orleans on the walls of Gallier Hall

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Steve Vladeck

14 Sept

Replying to @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Link: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

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14 Sept

50 days until Election Day 🗳️

#HookEm

Shana Tova to everyone celebrating Rosh Hashanah! Happy 5787!

11 Sept

The 9/11 lights from Trinity Church in FiDi

10 Sept

This is amazing

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com

My favorite doorknobs are the ones the New York City public schools installed at the turn of the 20th century. You can still occasionally find one on eBay!

10 Sept

BREAKING: The Supreme Court pauses a federal district court order that directed Missouri to use a gerrymandered 7R-1D map for this year’s midterms. The midterms instead will be conducted under the old 6R-2D map. No noted dissents.

9 Sept

Today in Missouri redistricting news

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

BREAKING: The Eighth Circuit DENIES the intervenors' request to block Judge Clark's TRO. The panel includes two Trump appointees — Stras and Justin Smith — and a GHWB appointee — Loken. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

wsj.comRobert Caro Is Still Working on ItThe master biographer has written 983 pages of the fifth volume of his Lyndon Johnson series.

9 Sept

Missed this from May, but apparently Robert Caro has instructed that no part of his final LBJ book is to be published if he dies before it is completed. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

But wait, more from Missouri: A federal district court has blocked Missouri from going back to its old 2022 map as ordered by the state supreme court. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The court rejects Missouri’s Elections Clause but finds that switching maps at this juncture after the primary would violate the Equal Protection Clause.

nbcnews.comSupreme Court rejects Missouri Republicans’ request to use new congressional mapRepublicans rushed to the high court after the Missouri Supreme Court ruled the state could not use the redrawn map, which was designed to eliminate one Democratic-held seat, this year.

In redistricting news, Justice Kavanaugh has denied Missouri’s request to stay a state supreme court ruling that ordered the state to use its old 6R-D2 map instead of a newly gerrymandered 7R-1D map for this year’s midterms www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

The fate of the 7R-1D map will be up to Missouri voters this November when they vote on a citizen-led referendum to repeal the new legislatively enacted map.

news.sky.comSaxony-Anhalt election results live: Far-right AfD on track for landslide victory in German state - but 'firewall' may block it from governmentA far-right party could govern a German state for the first time since the Second World War, after exit polls projected a landslide win for AfD in Saxony-Anhalt. But short of an absolute majority, the...

6 Sept

The far right AfD sweeps to victory in Germany’s Saxony-Anhalt state but still not clear if they have won an overall majority. If they form a government, it will be first far-right government jn a German state since WWII. news.sky.com/story/saxony...

#HookEm

For the first time, Québec will mail election information to voters only in French. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

cbc.caQuebec won't reverse course on French-only voter info mailout ahead of provincial election | CBC NewsThe Quebec premier insists 'the rights of the English-speaking community are being respected,' despite voter info not being mailed out in English ahead of the Oct. 5 election.

4 Sept

60 days until Election Day 2026 (first mail ballots go out today).

Canada unveils its new $20 banknote - its first vertical banknote & the first to feature King Charles.

A redistricting twist as the Missouri Supreme Court orders that state to use the old 6R-2D map for this year’s midterms rather than the redraw 7R-1D map adopted by the legislature last year. www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=...

The new map would have gerrymandered Black Democrat Emanuel Cleaver out of his Kansas City area district.

Missouri’s AG has already said the state will appeal to SCOTUS.

The court ruled that the new 7-1 map cannot go into effect until voters vote in November on a citizen-led referendum to repeal it.

bbc.comGloria Steinem: Feminist activist and journalist dies at 92Her foundation said she "passed away peacefully" at her home in New York City, "surrounded by many who loved her".

Gloria Steinem has passed away at age 92. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Chris Geidner

@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

2 Sept

BREAKING: Federal judge hearing the CASA challenge to Trump’s efforts to end birthright citizenship issues a second preliminary injunction in the case, barring application of Trump’s latest executive order to the class members previously covered in the CASA case.