Stephen Ware
profstephenware.bsky.social
Stephen Ware
@profstephenware.bsky.social

University of Kansas Law professor: Alternative Dispute Resolution (arbitration, mediation, settlement negotiation) Contracts Commercial Debt Bankruptcy Insolvency

Dad, travel, greenery, Catan
You can call me Steve

Business 44%
Political science 23%

Today may be setting the new single-day record for most spam emails and texts
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

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Terrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.

Settling litigation:
“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians

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“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.

From “Child Labor in the United States” by Robert Whaples

Meathead and Spinal Tap

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Nope. Doomer nostalgia about a fake past in which "all families were single earners & they all owned homes!" is the reactionary sentiment. Telling the truth is always better for the left.

Good idea! I signed. I hope in the next few years for a program on judicial selection and retention.

Viscerally negative and personal reactions to this on Bluesky suggest some folks’ distaste for profit hungry tech bros may distract from assessing prediction markets’ value at making predictions that help a wide variety of people pursuing a wide variety of goals
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there

Great location for 1L study groups:

Thanks, and not sure which way this cuts, but picture 2 nerdy, white high school boys in an audience otherwise consisting of middle-aged Black people in their Sunday best

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

James Brown opened by Wilson Pickett
The Who opened by the Clash
Springsteen
Nirvana
Melissa Etheridge opened by Jewel
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

1. Violent Femmes
2. Ozomatli (before they were famous)
3. REM (at height of fame)
4. @eve6.bsky.social
5. Willie Nelson (at Houston Rodeo)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

(These are my last four and the next one)

1. Simple Minds
2. Sam Fender
3. @thomasdolby.bsky.social
4. Couch
5. Ben Watt and @traceythorn.bsky.social

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Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen:

1. Violent Femmes
2. Ozomatli (before they were famous)
3. REM (at height of fame)
4. @eve6.bsky.social
5. Willie Nelson (at Houston Rodeo)
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

(These are my last four and the next one)

1. Simple Minds
2. Sam Fender
3. @thomasdolby.bsky.social
4. Couch
5. Ben Watt and @traceythorn.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:

1) Bajofondo Tango Club
2) U2
3) Janelle Monae
4) Gogol Bordello
5) Flogging Molly

Literally dividing the pie in a way that could maximize total value, which is often metaphorically described as “growing the pie“
Gerrymandering
Gerrymandering

Feeling older now
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

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Point taken, but would you not be curious as to why all those sources are saying that? Like, what’s in it for all the mainstream and internet media to gin up a falsehood that everything is less affordable? Wouldn’t convincing everyone that money is tight be what businesses *wouldn’t* want to do?
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.

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If Nvidia had just stuck to soaps and moisturizers they probably wouldn't be mired in all this mess.

Bought a new computer and spent much of the day typing in six digit codes

Leaf pile < mulch mow 

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Incredible work from the president, collecting another $1 trillion from tariffs in less than 10 hours

“Anybody can sue anybody” — good to be reminded of its importance
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president