@kfunk937.bsky.social
My thing, cradle to grave, is mostly healthcare. Later, disaster litigation tourism. Housing 1st; medical attendance; and fed. (<--Lower-case.)
Raised by pirates. Bad pacifist.
Raised by pirates. Bad pacifist.
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It is Judge Mark L. Wolf, who retired in protest, explaining why: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Notable piece I did not know before, "When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president."
#USpol #Justice
Notable piece I did not know before, "When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president."
#USpol #Justice
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is Judge Mark L. Wolf, who retired in protest, explaining why: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Notable piece I did not know before, "When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president."
#USpol #Justice
Notable piece I did not know before, "When I became a senior judge in 2013, my successor was appointed, so my resignation will not create a vacancy to be filled by the president."
#USpol #Justice
The Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Later jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
The Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Later - Confined Space
This the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a tragedy made famous by the Gordon LIghtfoot song.
jordanbarab.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Edmund Fitzgerald: 50 Years Later jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
Please, let's remember how to be a good person, and good people, collectively
let's not ignore how the current regime has lied to the people
any of them
it's a little like working in mental health/substance
let's not ignore how the current regime has lied to the people
any of them
it's a little like working in mental health/substance
Aw, shit. Okay, it's important.
UP
UP
Make Lung Disease Great Again
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Please, let's remember how to be a good person, and good people, collectively
let's not ignore how the current regime has lied to the people
any of them
it's a little like working in mental health/substance
let's not ignore how the current regime has lied to the people
any of them
it's a little like working in mental health/substance
Aw, shit. Okay, it's important.
UP
UP
Make Lung Disease Great Again
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Aw, shit. Okay, it's important.
UP
UP
Please don't feel bad if any affected voters vote against their best interests.
It doesn't matter whether those people are the kind of people who show up
I feel bad for them if they fell for the racism and/or every thing else
It doesn't matter whether those people are the kind of people who show up
I feel bad for them if they fell for the racism and/or every thing else
Make Lung Disease Great Again
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
This should be the Trump Administration's new slogan.
The Mine Safety & Health Administration has stopped enforcing the silica exposure standard and is dismantling NIOSH, which does lung disease research and certifies respirators.
Thanks Margie Mason & @apnews.com
Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'
Lisa Emery, a respiratory therapist, is deeply concerned about West Virginia coal miners suffering from black lung disease.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Please don't feel bad if any affected voters vote against their best interests.
It doesn't matter whether those people are the kind of people who show up
I feel bad for them if they fell for the racism and/or every thing else
It doesn't matter whether those people are the kind of people who show up
I feel bad for them if they fell for the racism and/or every thing else
I am in a love-hate with this LIHTC apartment
the water will never be hot enough and the roll-in shower is an invitation to servitude, because it leaks
concussed by the grab bars and cabinets
more than once
Post-it note, in my household: Lefty-Lucy is from perspective of toilet, when upside-down
the water will never be hot enough and the roll-in shower is an invitation to servitude, because it leaks
concussed by the grab bars and cabinets
more than once
Post-it note, in my household: Lefty-Lucy is from perspective of toilet, when upside-down
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I am in a love-hate with this LIHTC apartment
the water will never be hot enough and the roll-in shower is an invitation to servitude, because it leaks
concussed by the grab bars and cabinets
more than once
Post-it note, in my household: Lefty-Lucy is from perspective of toilet, when upside-down
the water will never be hot enough and the roll-in shower is an invitation to servitude, because it leaks
concussed by the grab bars and cabinets
more than once
Post-it note, in my household: Lefty-Lucy is from perspective of toilet, when upside-down
I would have never come back to the state I now live in, were it not that I thoght that some people I loved were there, who needed care.
I'm stranded here without an adult friend or relative to accompany me to an overdue endocolonoscopy (there are no competent adults here).
Can I hire a "friend?"
I'm stranded here without an adult friend or relative to accompany me to an overdue endocolonoscopy (there are no competent adults here).
Can I hire a "friend?"
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I would have never come back to the state I now live in, were it not that I thoght that some people I loved were there, who needed care.
I'm stranded here without an adult friend or relative to accompany me to an overdue endocolonoscopy (there are no competent adults here).
Can I hire a "friend?"
I'm stranded here without an adult friend or relative to accompany me to an overdue endocolonoscopy (there are no competent adults here).
Can I hire a "friend?"
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It’s true that some scientific results can’t be replicated. And it’s also true that some people do the right thing when that happens:
Taking It Back, The Right Way
www.science.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It’s true that some scientific results can’t be replicated. And it’s also true that some people do the right thing when that happens:
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Full ownership would be communism, partial ownership and blending of the state and profit-seeking companies is more like classic fascism
November 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Full ownership would be communism, partial ownership and blending of the state and profit-seeking companies is more like classic fascism
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Policy saves life instead of prayer
These are all children of God taken far too soon. Let's continue to pray for their families and loved ones during this heartbreaking time. 2/2
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Policy saves life instead of prayer
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
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Ellis says she will not order the plaintiffs to post a bond.
Ellis anticipates the Trump administration's request to stay her injunction pending appeal. She says she will not do so.
Ellis anticipates the Trump administration's request to stay her injunction pending appeal. She says she will not do so.
November 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Ellis says she will not order the plaintiffs to post a bond.
Ellis anticipates the Trump administration's request to stay her injunction pending appeal. She says she will not do so.
Ellis anticipates the Trump administration's request to stay her injunction pending appeal. She says she will not do so.
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Ellis says she is "ordering complete relief to the plaintiffs."
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ellis says she is "ordering complete relief to the plaintiffs."
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Ellis: The use of force during the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz "shocks the conscience."
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Ellis: The use of force during the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz "shocks the conscience."
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Ellis begins reading her order by reading Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" ... the one that called Chicago "the hog butcher to the world."
Chicago
Hog Butcher for the World,
poets.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ellis begins reading her order by reading Carl Sandburg's poem "Chicago" ... the one that called Chicago "the hog butcher to the world."
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Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
November 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs:
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
"May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
Posting again, because
Good morning. Back in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who is expected to rule in 20 minutes on the use of force by federal agents against protesters and journalists in Chicago.
'It's a disgrace': Chicagoans describe jarring encounters with feds as judge prepares to rule on 'blitz'
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Posting again, because
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U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
Good morning. Back in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis, who is expected to rule in 20 minutes on the use of force by federal agents against protesters and journalists in Chicago.
'It's a disgrace': Chicagoans describe jarring encounters with feds as judge prepares to rule on 'blitz'
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
From @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis just took the bench. She's expected to rule on a request for a preliminary injunction governing the use of force by federal agents in Chicago.
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate
Spending plan also calls for smaller research spending cut than feared
www.science.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Canada’s new budget aims to lure U.S. researchers to relocate | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ
The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team
Details TK
The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team
Details TK
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just left the latest hearing in Jim Comey's criminal case. It did not go well for DOJ
The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team
Details TK
The magistrate judge scolded them for an "indict first, investigate second" posture and ordered them to turn over reams of material — including all grand jury info — to Comey's team
Details TK
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I know most of us are listening to SCOTUS' tariffs argument, but don't miss @djbyrnes1.bsky.social live-posting the Chicago trial about ICE attacking protesters outside of Broadview detention.
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I know most of us are listening to SCOTUS' tariffs argument, but don't miss @djbyrnes1.bsky.social live-posting the Chicago trial about ICE attacking protesters outside of Broadview detention.
Even a nine-day-old skeet can tilt today into today is going to be a good day, innit?
Letitia James's attorneys accurately describe @annabower.bsky.social as "polite" (they omit "a joy to be around," but legal analysts argue that it's implied)
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Even a nine-day-old skeet can tilt today into today is going to be a good day, innit?
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Book review: Shark tales from ancient seas www.cell.com/current-biol...
Shark tales from ancient seas
The world’s oceans and rivers are currently home to at least 1,250 species of sharks (broadly including sharks, rays and chimaeras). They live in almost all marine habitats above 3,500 m depth, and…
www.cell.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Book review: Shark tales from ancient seas www.cell.com/current-biol...
I love Will Stancil, in a totally not creepy way. Why?
Reliably makes me swear
in Spanish
Reliably makes me swear
in Spanish
The way you do this is to stop dwelling on the arguments and talk about the people who are making them. The argument is wrong and absurd, someone who raises or persistently is a traitor trying to undermine the constitutional order. The problem is media won’t take this second step.
I don’t know how you do it, but we have to be a filter of “come on, you don’t really believe that” on these arguments. Nobody believes that the 22nd amendment contained a hidden path to reward the diligent seeker with more than two terms. Shut up.
November 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I love Will Stancil, in a totally not creepy way. Why?
Reliably makes me swear
in Spanish
Reliably makes me swear
in Spanish
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what I'm proposing is a three party system:
the first party is around age 10, when you choose your gender and your name
the second party is when you first see the ocean. like, really See the ocean. you'll know, when it happens
the third party is when you have been almost, but not quite, forgotten
the first party is around age 10, when you choose your gender and your name
the second party is when you first see the ocean. like, really See the ocean. you'll know, when it happens
the third party is when you have been almost, but not quite, forgotten
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
what I'm proposing is a three party system:
the first party is around age 10, when you choose your gender and your name
the second party is when you first see the ocean. like, really See the ocean. you'll know, when it happens
the third party is when you have been almost, but not quite, forgotten
the first party is around age 10, when you choose your gender and your name
the second party is when you first see the ocean. like, really See the ocean. you'll know, when it happens
the third party is when you have been almost, but not quite, forgotten