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Urbanist and Economist who likes Cats and Beta hats. Also writes mysteries for tabletop games.

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Paul Gregory Fisher is a British economist, who left the Bank of England in July 2016 after 26 years service. In September 2016 he was appointed chair of the London Bullion Market Association and in December 2016, he became a non-executive director at the UK Debt Management Office. Fisher has been a visiting professor at Richmond, The American International University in London since 2012; and is a senior research fellow in the new DAFM Centre of the Business School at King's College London. He was chair of the board of trustees at the London Institute of Banking and Finance, from 2011 to 2017. .. more

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6h

So this article just dropped.

www.theverge.com/policy/87495...

This whistle fights fascists

I print whistles now. You can too.

www.theverge.com

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bag of moons 🏳️‍🌈 @bagofmoons.bsky.social · 15h

i'm baffled by all the people in the replies to posts about the spy doorbells asking for alternatives. like... the alternative is a regualr fucking doorbell with no camera in it. or a door knocker. get you a weird gargoyle guy! you dont need a camera!

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 17h

404 Media just had an ad during the #SuperBowl! We Googled "smallest TV markets in the United States" and bought an ad for $2,550 that only ran in Ottumwa, Iowa, population 25,000. That still counts

www.404media.co/watch-404-me...

Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad

WE BOUGHT A SUPER BOWL AD.

www.404media.co

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cozy fan tutte @ruhee.ca · 20h

No Kings includes Draft Kings

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 23h

Today the crew of weirdo printers that I call the whistle goblins passed A HALF MILLION whistles printed and shipped. I wrote about how we got there and how you can start printing whistles yourself. dansinker.com/posts/2026-0...

Whistle Up 2: Rise of the Whistle Goblins | dansinker.com

dansinker.com

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Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 1d

Y'all, we did it. 💕 This crew of chaotic nerds has sent half a million whistles to people requesting them, for free. With your help!

Need whistles?

linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 1d

Umm, what did they do to my boi?

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 1d

man what is wrong with this judge

www4.courts.ca.gov/opinions/doc...

Travis Rockhill has twice been tried on a charge of murder.
During the first trial, Rockhill made off-the-record, incriminating statements to the courtroom bailiff, who repeated them to the trial judge, Judge Emily Cole. Judge Cole disclosed this information to the parties, but the prosecution decided not to introduce evidence of Rockhill's incriminating statements. The jury ultimately deadlocked, the court declared a mistrial, and the case was tried a second time before Judge Cole. Following Rockhill's testimony in his defense and prior to closing arguments, Judge Cole sent ex parte text messages to a former colleague of hers at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, asking why the prosecutor in Rockhill's trial was not calling the bailiff to testify as a rebuttal witness and suggesting someone talk to the prosecutor about that. The prosecution did not take Judge Cole up on her suggestion, and the jury convicted Rockhill this time around.
After the jury rendered its verdict, the prosecution disclosed Judge Cole's ex parte communications to the defense.
Judge Cole ultimately recused herself, acknowledging the impropriety of her communications but asserting she had been fair and impartial throughout the trial. Rockhill moved for a new trial based on Judge Cole's judicial bias and now appeals the denial of that motion by Judge Denise McLaughlin-Bennett.
Rockhill argues that the ex parte communications Judge
Cole initiated with the prosecution demonstrate a probability of actual judicial bias that is too high to be constitutionally tolerable. He further contends the judge's conduct constitutes structural error, requiring reversal without a showing of prejudice. The People concede both points. We agree with the parties that this is an exceptional case with extreme facts that
amount to a due process violation and structural error. Judge
interest in Rockhill's conviction. Accordingly, we reverse for a third trial.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking more, it might be both. The one guy I knew at one was both rich and getting into trouble.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 2d

Bit of both, its either rich posh kids or miscreants.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 2d

Get him to 3d print the knife. He’ll never see it coming.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 2d

Bree, the dust bunnies have squatter’s rights.

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Colleen Wilson @colleenonthescene.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING: Judge grants TRO in Gateway case

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Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 3d

A new study suggests king cobras may be accidentally boarding trains across India

Snakes on a train? King cobras may be riding the rails in India

A new study suggests king cobras may be accidentally boarding trains across India

www.scientificamerican.com

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 3d

This is a kid who is in trouble for the first time.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, very much extreme panic/stress mixed in with trying to downplay a fuckup up going very poorly.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 3d

I know this is only a very partial view but it’s still beautiful

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Metro @wmata.com · 3d

Metro kept the region moving last week, delivering more than 2.9 million trips during and after the snow and ice storm. While cars were snowed in, Metro continued to provide service - demonstrating the value of transit in our region! 💪

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 4d

Hey, so, I don’t do civil litigation, is it generally considered good when the judge does this?

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Case 1:24-cv-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26
Page 1 of 33
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
FLYCATCHER CORP. LTD and FLYCATCHER TOYS, INC.,
Plaintiffs,
-V.-
AFFABLE AVENUE LLC, doing business as CJ DIST;
OZMOS COMPANY LLC; EYTAN GROSSMAN, doing business as EYG DEALS; CREATIVE REWARDS INC.; JOSHUA CHAVEZ, doing business as ONESTOPFASTSHOP; TOP EXPERIENCE COMPANY LLC, doing business as WE PAY COST LLC; PRETTY PRINCESS LLC, doing business as NORVI; AYANEE LLC; FORTUNA KG LLC, doing business as FORTUNAKG; JASON MANAGEMENT LLC; JOAN ALEXANDER SORIANO, doing business as PRIMECHOICEMART; A WAHABI CORPORATION, doing business as MCPROFITS; MODA ORIGINAL LLC; VALLEY BODEGA WHOLESALE INC.; EYAD WAHBY; SAM SHAMLOO; S&N GLOBAL SUPPLY INC.; VALUE VALLEY WHOLESALE LLC; ADAM HAMIDA; and JOHN DOES 1 to 25,
Defendants.
24 Civ. 9429 (KPF)
OPINION AND ORDER
KATHERINE POLK FAILLA, District Judge:
In June 2025, Steven A. Feldman, counsel for Defendant Affable Avenue
LLC ("Affable"), filed a brief in support of Affable's motion to dismiss that was peppered with false citations. Concerned about both the genesis of these
misstatements and counsel's delay in correcting them, the Court issued an
Order to Show Cause. Perhaps not appreciating the gravity of the situation,
Mr. Feldman responded to that Order with a submission that appeared to have
been created by generative artificial intelligence ("Al"), and that itself contained
a false citation. The Court's response was stern and unmistakable: "Mr.

Case 1:24-CV-09429-KPF Document 227 Filed 02/05/26 Page 2 of 33
Feldman [wals not excused from this professional obligation [of verifying that the cases he submitted to the Court were valid] by dint of using emerging
technology." (Dkt. #169 at 4).
Mr. Feldman persisted. A few days prior to the Court's hearing on the
Order to Show Cause, Mr. Feldman submitted a proposed reply brief in further support of Affable's motion to dismiss. Once again, his brief contained false citations. And at the August 22, 2025 hearing, Mr. Feldman was unable to respond directly to, much less answer, the Court's questioning about his
submissions.
Mr. Feldman has not, and apparently cannot, learn from his mistakes.
And while the Court does not oppose the use of Al to assist in legal research
and writing, it must take a stand where, as here, counsel repeatedly files
submissions with false citations because counsel refuses to verify those
submissions. This Court can do no more. For the reasons that follow, the
Court sanctions Mr. Feldman pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11
and the Court's inherent powers by striking Affable's submissions and entering
default judgment against it.

Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 4d

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex

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Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm.bsky.social · 4d

Bitcoin slides below $70,000 as silver drops 10%:
There is a palpable sense of forced deleveraging and margin calls rippling through the more speculative corners of the financial system.
#bitcoin #gold #markets

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 4d

Some fun misleading ones:
- Cornell College
- Washington University (of St. Louis)
- Californian University (of Pennsylvania)

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Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4d

WE DID IT! And @romancingthevote.com volunteer & @peculiarityshop.bsky.social artist @shivaniswriting.bsky.social is the one who tipped us over! 💓

103,503 shipped this month, 400,217 shipped total!

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Mostly Leftist Supply Depot Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 4d

In honor of the fact that we have now shipped 100,000 whistles in February (yes, in FEWER THAN FOUR DAYS) I would like to celebrate by sharing a glimpse of what it is like to be in the group chat. 🤣

We're normal about whistles.

Need some? linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
Wanna help? linktr.ee/WhistleWishl...

A bitonal whistle family tree, showing the original, two variations people made with a slightly different keychain loop and then the further variations that came from those, including a "silk" genus and whistles named "Dirty Snow" and "Stormy Waters" and I can not tell you more, I really can not. LOL

The Monotone Family of whistles, starting with a basic, following to several variations including a black & orange one named ScarySpooky, and then the infamous PENNE whistle that looks like penne pasta, and a northern variation and western variation on that. it's all so delightfully nerdy.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 4d

Well, that puts my Epstein number at 4. Only way it’s lower is if Gary Comer is in there.

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, its crazy a 500$ printer can do 2k whistles a week so capital costs get small fast. Run for half a year and its 50k whistles or 1c each in machinery.

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Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 5d

PACER SHOULD BE FREE AND IN THE ALTERNATIVE ANYTHING JUICY SHOULD BE FREE

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 5d

I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.

The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.

Luigi "The Adjuster" Mangione @kwh561.cryptoanarchy.network · 5d

I mean, are they really cheaper or easier to produce than just sourcing the right thing from a mass distributor? it's sweet but doesn't seem Pareto efficient, and I feel like that's important to the revolution

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Protopasta Filament for #3DPrinting @protopasta.bsky.social · 5d

Jumping in to keep up with all the whistlemakers!
Protopasta is ready to donate filament to keep the momentum going! Reach out to our support team at support@protoplant.com to find how you can be involved, too!

New Year, New Paul @paulfish.bsky.social · 6d

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