Nathan Richardson

@nathanrichardson.bsky.social

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Law prof @JacksonvilleU. Climate, air pollution, energy, & institutions. Dad. Formerly @UofSC Law, @RFF. Believe in a better South. Build houses.

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · Jan 9

Sober, precise read of relevant law from Seth Stoughton (who I don't think is on here), a former colleague and the best police lawyer I know:

verdict.justia.com/2026/01/09/t...

The Legality of Deadly Force: Three Critical Questions about the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis

University of South Carolina, Joseph F. Rice School of Law professor Seth W. Stoughton discusses the legal standards and critical factual questions surrounding the use of deadly force by a federal ICE...

verdict.justia.com

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 10h

Everybody: That show was beautiful.

Me: OVERRULE THE INSULAR CASES TOMORROW FFS

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 23h

"I come back to you for the turning of the sides"

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

Levels of surveillance honesty:
1) We do not tap Americans
2) Of course we do counter-espionage taps, don't be stupid
3) You idiots are supposed to find dirt on libs, not us
4) The deep state and the people are one

Reposted by Stuart Shapiro

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

Some of the best environmental economists I know, with decades of experience, on the Trump EPA's decision to value costs but not benefits. It "could lead to suboptimal decisions", they soberly understate. Economically illiterate and actively harmful, I'll add.

www.resources.org/common-resou...

If/Then: Ignoring the Benefits of Air Pollution Regulations Will Lead to Worse Policy Decisions

If the US Environmental Protection Agency doesn’t count the monetary benefits of regulations, then federal actions are likely to lead to worse policy outcomes for public health and welfare.

www.resources.org

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

is this an EV school bus or one with 80s-grade fluorescent paint?

a cartoon character with a mustache and glasses looks out a window

ALT: a cartoon character with a mustache and glasses looks out a window

media.tenor.com

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 2d

Now, I know what you're thinking: "CPSC, why does this look like the room where the bad guy from SAW makes his podcast." The thing you need to understand is that we're not like other agencies. We don't "have things" or "go to the store." We make our own way. We get what we get and we don't get upset

Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Charles West , and 4 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Charles West, Nick Pearce, Julia Lynch, Nathan Richardson, Evan Roberts

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 2d

the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran

The real reason I'm leaving The Great British Baking
Show
Trump is threatening bombing the likes of which Tehran has never seen
Prue Leith

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Dylan @dyl057.bsky.social · 2d

Do you think this is the first time Bartolome de las Casas has been labeled part of the "woke mob"?

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

tell them "manifest destiny" is a reference to a document listing the cargo on a vessel

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

I am once again suggesting that the White House and the National Museum of American History across the street should switch official roles. Then the ballroom can be a living exhibit about this authoritarian moment.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

If Quillette had published in 1850, it would surely have run an "Abolitionism is a Moral Panic" think piece.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 3d

Bored Ape owners to BTC hodlers:

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Kelly R. Zamudio, Richard Price , and 7 more Richard S.J. Tol, Kelly R. Zamudio, Richard Price, Smith, Michael D. McDonald, Sarah Roberts, Nathan Richardson, Alice Marwick, Manisha Sinha, Daniel Zappala

Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · 3d

Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."

This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.

yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...

Reposted by Mark D. White, Robert C. Richards, Nathan Richardson

Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 4d

As far as I know, this is DHS's first effort to explain their position that I-205 forms allow entry into the home. They rely on the dicta in the 1960 Abel case (before Payton) and re-imagine the plurality opinion in Lucas as if it were the majority (and then overrely on it).

Reposted by Nathan Richardson

John Walke @johndwalke.bsky.social · 4d

Trump’s environmental rollbacks contradict RFK Jr’s healthy America promise, report finds.

Dismantling rules will make children vulnerable to chronic diseases ‘make America healthy again’ wants to eradicate.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... 1/

Trump’s environmental rollbacks contradict RFK Jr’s healthy America promise, report finds

Dismantling rules will make children vulnerable to chronic diseases ‘make America healthy again’ wants to eradicate

www.theguardian.com

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

you see because of the carbon cycle,

text on shirt changed to "you cannot kill me in a way that matters"

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 4d

this is basically the story of the first battle of Bull Run

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Nathan Richardson

David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 4d

Many people don't realize how special and valuable having a Department of Justice that is impartial and insulated from political influence is until it's gone.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

You see it's a form of camouflage, so that it's impossible to tell if the White House is heading toward or away from you, especially through a periscope.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

smh, so many memecoins and no one has thought of this

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

you come at the bling, you best not miss

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Can someone better at political messaging than me try to tell all the otherwise OK white dudes convinced that their careers have been held back by woke that getting rid of all the powerful abusers and sex pests really would open up job opportunities at the top?

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Fully anticipate a modern would-be Justice Marshall lamenting that cattle have a title that the courts of the cowqueror cannot deny.

yellowstonian.org/on-blm-land-...

On BLM Land, Sacred Cows Given Precedence Over America's National Land Mammal - Yellowstonian

American Prairie has seven leases yanked where it was allowed to graze bison on public land. A free-market economist, who sides with prairie restoration, says BLM made a bad move. Read our interview w...

yellowstonian.org

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Most disrespectful exit to an agreement since the molotov-ribbentrop pact

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

I really preferred the alternate reality where instead of going reactionary, Richard Dawkins went hip-hop and released an album called God of the Raps

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

(bong rip) 2nd law of thermodynamics means all asset prices eventually go to zero

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

If you aren't following the tech, you won't know sodium-ion batteries are available to normies now. Safer, more durable, and more versatile than lithium, with easy-to-source materials. Should be cheaper too (though not yet). This model does not appear to be a good deal but innovation is here.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 17d

Coalie looks cute, but is an eldritch horror. Formed out of countless dead creatures in the Carboniferous, their souls trapped because detrivores had not yet evolved the metabolic machinery to digest lignin. Now unearthed to tempt humanity with the power to destroy the earth's capacity for life.

Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 5d

Lotta people posting the video of protesting kids administering a beatdown to a guy attacking them and treating it as funny. I get it, but it's also really disturbing. Someone, probably a kid, is going to get killed if this kind of thing keeps happening.

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