Steve Haley
@niborris.bsky.social
He/him
IT storage professional, avid board gamer and video gamer, somewhat lapsed reader of sci-fi and fantasy, undiagnosed autistic
LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights
IT storage professional, avid board gamer and video gamer, somewhat lapsed reader of sci-fi and fantasy, undiagnosed autistic
LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights
Age verification? My dad bought a new car and it came with a complimentary mixtape.
Age verification? My sister and I rode for twelve hours in the rear-facing back seat of a faux-wood-paneled station wagon, and there were no seat belts.
Age verification? Since before your sun burned hot in space, and before your race was born, I have awaited a question.
February 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Age verification? My dad bought a new car and it came with a complimentary mixtape.
If you've ever wondered what it looks like when a lawyer gets in trouble with a judge and then grabs a shovel and sees just how big a hole he can dig himself into, this is the thread for you
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 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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreigeefuabd636ruucelhxav3v3p43dezhotggrwlgjgsev2z2ggev4@jpeg)
February 6, 2026 at 11:52 PM
If you've ever wondered what it looks like when a lawyer gets in trouble with a judge and then grabs a shovel and sees just how big a hole he can dig himself into, this is the thread for you
The Muppet Show was everything I needed today.
February 5, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The Muppet Show was everything I needed today.
I like them too, sadly I fear mine would not be so good.
Give it a go, it won't be so bad, you say?
But, this IS a Pagliacci joke! *weeps*
Give it a go, it won't be so bad, you say?
But, this IS a Pagliacci joke! *weeps*
I don’t know why, but I love Pagliacci jokes. Clearly so does the rest of Bluesky.
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I like them too, sadly I fear mine would not be so good.
Give it a go, it won't be so bad, you say?
But, this IS a Pagliacci joke! *weeps*
Give it a go, it won't be so bad, you say?
But, this IS a Pagliacci joke! *weeps*
5 classes you took in college:
1. Symbolic Logic/Philosophy
2. Statistics in Sociology
3. Special Relativity
4. Linear & Abstract Algebra
5. Some 400-level class just called "Matrices"
The first 2 were me trying to get humanities done with math classes, the rest were me not ever picking a major
1. Symbolic Logic/Philosophy
2. Statistics in Sociology
3. Special Relativity
4. Linear & Abstract Algebra
5. Some 400-level class just called "Matrices"
The first 2 were me trying to get humanities done with math classes, the rest were me not ever picking a major
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Stars and Galaxies (which turned out to be Black Holes and Math)
2. Reporting in War Zones
3. Environmental Policy as Cultural Violence
4. Abnormal Psychology
5. Symbolic Logic + Philosophy
1. Stars and Galaxies (which turned out to be Black Holes and Math)
2. Reporting in War Zones
3. Environmental Policy as Cultural Violence
4. Abnormal Psychology
5. Symbolic Logic + Philosophy
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Music Theory and Aural Skills
2. Children's Literature
3. Introduction to Astronomy
4. 17th Century Colonial Narratives
5. Writing Process and Practice
1. Music Theory and Aural Skills
2. Children's Literature
3. Introduction to Astronomy
4. 17th Century Colonial Narratives
5. Writing Process and Practice
February 2, 2026 at 6:42 PM
5 classes you took in college:
1. Symbolic Logic/Philosophy
2. Statistics in Sociology
3. Special Relativity
4. Linear & Abstract Algebra
5. Some 400-level class just called "Matrices"
The first 2 were me trying to get humanities done with math classes, the rest were me not ever picking a major
1. Symbolic Logic/Philosophy
2. Statistics in Sociology
3. Special Relativity
4. Linear & Abstract Algebra
5. Some 400-level class just called "Matrices"
The first 2 were me trying to get humanities done with math classes, the rest were me not ever picking a major
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
A lot of my jobs didn't really have job titles so
Contractor Scum (IT version)
Tech Support, But Not Like That
Cheap High School Manual Labor
Owner's Son
Line Manager But With Director Title
A lot of my jobs didn't really have job titles so
Contractor Scum (IT version)
Tech Support, But Not Like That
Cheap High School Manual Labor
Owner's Son
Line Manager But With Director Title
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
Cook - Ground Round/Applebee's
Submarines
Paramedic
Medical Coder
DRG Validator
Cook - Ground Round/Applebee's
Submarines
Paramedic
Medical Coder
DRG Validator
Quote with 5 jobs you've had
Shipping and receiving
Cutting table (rolling out cloth; they wouldn't let me cut)
Typeset (to paper tape)
Radioactive pharmaceutical delivery and tech
Backup the computers (PDP-11, VAX-750)
Shipping and receiving
Cutting table (rolling out cloth; they wouldn't let me cut)
Typeset (to paper tape)
Radioactive pharmaceutical delivery and tech
Backup the computers (PDP-11, VAX-750)
January 28, 2026 at 11:14 PM
Quote with 5 jobs you've had:
A lot of my jobs didn't really have job titles so
Contractor Scum (IT version)
Tech Support, But Not Like That
Cheap High School Manual Labor
Owner's Son
Line Manager But With Director Title
A lot of my jobs didn't really have job titles so
Contractor Scum (IT version)
Tech Support, But Not Like That
Cheap High School Manual Labor
Owner's Son
Line Manager But With Director Title
Time for a story about my mom.
Its 1980, my mom is a girl scout leader, and she gets a call. The area scout cookie mom has an emergency and can't accept the cookie delivery or hand out cookies.
My dad would have an absolute shitfit if he came home and saw cookies everywhere.
My mom said "I'll do it"
Its 1980, my mom is a girl scout leader, and she gets a call. The area scout cookie mom has an emergency and can't accept the cookie delivery or hand out cookies.
My dad would have an absolute shitfit if he came home and saw cookies everywhere.
My mom said "I'll do it"
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
January 26, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Time for a story about my mom.
Its 1980, my mom is a girl scout leader, and she gets a call. The area scout cookie mom has an emergency and can't accept the cookie delivery or hand out cookies.
My dad would have an absolute shitfit if he came home and saw cookies everywhere.
My mom said "I'll do it"
Its 1980, my mom is a girl scout leader, and she gets a call. The area scout cookie mom has an emergency and can't accept the cookie delivery or hand out cookies.
My dad would have an absolute shitfit if he came home and saw cookies everywhere.
My mom said "I'll do it"
It doesn't matter if it's 10F out, I want a little treat so the kids are getting ice cream.
January 24, 2026 at 11:35 PM
It doesn't matter if it's 10F out, I want a little treat so the kids are getting ice cream.
It didn't occur to my wife and I to teach our kids about trans people when they were little. And yet, when they each had a close friend transition, they were supportive, and kind, and never questioned it.
All we taught them is to love their friends. They took it from there.
All we taught them is to love their friends. They took it from there.
Transphobia is a cancer of the heart and mind.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
It is a useless fear, based on ignorance and cruelty.
Trans people are not responsible for a single one of the problems we face.
Do the world a favor and grow the fuck up.
January 24, 2026 at 4:03 AM
It didn't occur to my wife and I to teach our kids about trans people when they were little. And yet, when they each had a close friend transition, they were supportive, and kind, and never questioned it.
All we taught them is to love their friends. They took it from there.
All we taught them is to love their friends. They took it from there.
Jon's reporting from the courtroom was excellent, as always.
The evidence was a Snapchat message that was the text equivalent of saying "I hear they are offering $10k for Bovino's head" and claiming that was a murder for hire plot. No one believed that interpretation. The jury system holds.
The evidence was a Snapchat message that was the text equivalent of saying "I hear they are offering $10k for Bovino's head" and claiming that was a murder for hire plot. No one believed that interpretation. The jury system holds.
#BREAKING: Federal jury finds Chicago man NOT GUILTY of offering $10K for the murder of U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino.
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
The trial of Juan Espinoza Martinez was the first to result from “Operation Midway Blitz”: chicago.suntimes.com/live/closing...
January 22, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Jon's reporting from the courtroom was excellent, as always.
The evidence was a Snapchat message that was the text equivalent of saying "I hear they are offering $10k for Bovino's head" and claiming that was a murder for hire plot. No one believed that interpretation. The jury system holds.
The evidence was a Snapchat message that was the text equivalent of saying "I hear they are offering $10k for Bovino's head" and claiming that was a murder for hire plot. No one believed that interpretation. The jury system holds.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Three Dog Night
Weird Al
Nada Surf
Herman's Hermits
Chicago
Three Dog Night
Weird Al
Nada Surf
Herman's Hermits
Chicago
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Nirvana
Cranberries
Ani DiFranco
Lana Del Rey
KMFDM
Nirvana
Cranberries
Ani DiFranco
Lana Del Rey
KMFDM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Minutemen
Black Flag
Zappa
King Crimson
The Disco Biscuits
Minutemen
Black Flag
Zappa
King Crimson
The Disco Biscuits
January 20, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
Three Dog Night
Weird Al
Nada Surf
Herman's Hermits
Chicago
Three Dog Night
Weird Al
Nada Surf
Herman's Hermits
Chicago
You know, Putin has a Super Bowl ring, doesn't mean he won a Super Bowl though
January 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You know, Putin has a Super Bowl ring, doesn't mean he won a Super Bowl though
The little snack bags of gummi bears I eat usually have 5 bears in them. Sometimes it's a sad day and there's only 4, and sometimes it's a great day and there's 6.
Today there were 7.
If you're looking for a good omen for 2026 that's probably about as strong as it gets
Today there were 7.
If you're looking for a good omen for 2026 that's probably about as strong as it gets
January 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
The little snack bags of gummi bears I eat usually have 5 bears in them. Sometimes it's a sad day and there's only 4, and sometimes it's a great day and there's 6.
Today there were 7.
If you're looking for a good omen for 2026 that's probably about as strong as it gets
Today there were 7.
If you're looking for a good omen for 2026 that's probably about as strong as it gets
My wife and I went to a restaurant in the DFW area, and it was unusually crowded so we simply went to eat up at the bar. My wife noticed the whole restaurant was buzzing and asked the bartender "Who's here?"
She replied that it was Channing Tatum
We stayed at the bar area and didn't see him
She replied that it was Channing Tatum
We stayed at the bar area and didn't see him
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My wife and I went to a restaurant in the DFW area, and it was unusually crowded so we simply went to eat up at the bar. My wife noticed the whole restaurant was buzzing and asked the bartender "Who's here?"
She replied that it was Channing Tatum
We stayed at the bar area and didn't see him
She replied that it was Channing Tatum
We stayed at the bar area and didn't see him
I leave the office for 1 week and now I've got to run around and put a stop to all the fuckery that got started while I was out.
I'm not actually in charge of any of it, it just seems a significant part of my job is reading things people propose and saying "Please don't do that"
I'm not actually in charge of any of it, it just seems a significant part of my job is reading things people propose and saying "Please don't do that"
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I leave the office for 1 week and now I've got to run around and put a stop to all the fuckery that got started while I was out.
I'm not actually in charge of any of it, it just seems a significant part of my job is reading things people propose and saying "Please don't do that"
I'm not actually in charge of any of it, it just seems a significant part of my job is reading things people propose and saying "Please don't do that"
PAX Unplugged was the last straw - my 3 game bookshelves are officially overflowing. Time to buy a couple more.
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
PAX Unplugged was the last straw - my 3 game bookshelves are officially overflowing. Time to buy a couple more.
This is the joy I needed today
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This is the joy I needed today
I'm in tech support. I'm pretty careful to get really specific about what I do to head off the inevitable "Oh could you help me with my printer?"
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I'm in tech support. I'm pretty careful to get really specific about what I do to head off the inevitable "Oh could you help me with my printer?"
The other book I read while flying last weekend - @tkingfisher.com 's Snake-Eater. This is in the amazon prime First Reads program this month.
I'm a big fan of her fantasy horror books in general and this is no exception. This one hit a little differently to me, but I really, really like this book.
I'm a big fan of her fantasy horror books in general and this is no exception. This one hit a little differently to me, but I really, really like this book.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The other book I read while flying last weekend - @tkingfisher.com 's Snake-Eater. This is in the amazon prime First Reads program this month.
I'm a big fan of her fantasy horror books in general and this is no exception. This one hit a little differently to me, but I really, really like this book.
I'm a big fan of her fantasy horror books in general and this is no exception. This one hit a little differently to me, but I really, really like this book.
Did some flying recently - which meant time for reading!
Read @kbspangler.com 's Digital Divide (thanks to @kithrup.bsky.social), the first book in the Rachel Peng series.
I'm hooked. The whole premise is fascinating to me, the characters, especially Peng, are intriguing, the action kept moving.
Read @kbspangler.com 's Digital Divide (thanks to @kithrup.bsky.social), the first book in the Rachel Peng series.
I'm hooked. The whole premise is fascinating to me, the characters, especially Peng, are intriguing, the action kept moving.
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Did some flying recently - which meant time for reading!
Read @kbspangler.com 's Digital Divide (thanks to @kithrup.bsky.social), the first book in the Rachel Peng series.
I'm hooked. The whole premise is fascinating to me, the characters, especially Peng, are intriguing, the action kept moving.
Read @kbspangler.com 's Digital Divide (thanks to @kithrup.bsky.social), the first book in the Rachel Peng series.
I'm hooked. The whole premise is fascinating to me, the characters, especially Peng, are intriguing, the action kept moving.
Officially on vacation. Next stop - PAX Unplugged!
I'm currently in the "Pack all the things so I don't forget the things" stage. Later in the trip will be "I forgot the things" anyway.
I'm currently in the "Pack all the things so I don't forget the things" stage. Later in the trip will be "I forgot the things" anyway.
November 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Officially on vacation. Next stop - PAX Unplugged!
I'm currently in the "Pack all the things so I don't forget the things" stage. Later in the trip will be "I forgot the things" anyway.
I'm currently in the "Pack all the things so I don't forget the things" stage. Later in the trip will be "I forgot the things" anyway.
This was one of the items I was wondering about as it didn't make sense - the two competing indictments. My guess apparently was what happened - she got the returned indictment with 1 charge rejected and 2 accepted, and edited it to only have the 2 charges.
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/19/j...
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/19/j...
Justice Department says full grand jury in Comey case didn’t review copy of final indictment
The Justice Department says the grand jury that charged former FBI Director James Comey wasn't presented with a copy of the final indictment.
www.12onyourside.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This was one of the items I was wondering about as it didn't make sense - the two competing indictments. My guess apparently was what happened - she got the returned indictment with 1 charge rejected and 2 accepted, and edited it to only have the 2 charges.
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/19/j...
www.12onyourside.com/2025/11/19/j...
Senate just passed the Epstein bill via unanimous consent, it's off to the White House.
That turned incredibly fast.
🎶And if he signs me then I'll be a law 🎶
That turned incredibly fast.
🎶And if he signs me then I'll be a law 🎶
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Senate just passed the Epstein bill via unanimous consent, it's off to the White House.
That turned incredibly fast.
🎶And if he signs me then I'll be a law 🎶
That turned incredibly fast.
🎶And if he signs me then I'll be a law 🎶
PAX Unplugged badges have arrived!
While I miss living within driving distance of a PAX event, it makes it easier to justify going to Unplugged each year.
While I miss living within driving distance of a PAX event, it makes it easier to justify going to Unplugged each year.
October 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
PAX Unplugged badges have arrived!
While I miss living within driving distance of a PAX event, it makes it easier to justify going to Unplugged each year.
While I miss living within driving distance of a PAX event, it makes it easier to justify going to Unplugged each year.