Obsessions This Week: July 6–12, 2025

Soft boygirl folk, Justice Jackson, and Nicole Byer 4eva.

⚖️ Justice Jackson’s two dozen dissents this term

Not that I was ever one to put my faith in the law of the land, but Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s blistering dissents would put even the faithful law-abiding into an existential crisis. They are fire and worth a skim. It’s hard to know if it matters, but when the history of the sunset of the US empire is written, I’m sure her dissents will be cited as a sane voice in the chaos.

“Today, the court exercises neither caution nor scrutiny, especially compared to the reasoned decisions issued by the courts below…With scant justification, the majority permits the immediate and potentially devastating aggrandizement of one branch (the executive) at the expense of another (Congress), and once again leaves the people paying the price for its reckless emergency-docket determinations.”

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🍗 ICYMI: Jonathan Bailey on Chicken Shop Date

Everyone sent this to me. Thank you. #Grateful

Of course he’s the youngest brother of a bunch of sisters! It all makes sense now!

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🎧 “Clay Pigeons,” Tegan & Sara, and Jeffrey Lewis

I’ve long loved the 1989 Blaze Foley song “Clay Pigeons,” (and its famous John Prine cover!), but this week stumbled upon the actor Michael Cera’s 2014 rendition, which is lovely in its unique way.