Dr. Matthew Reid Krell
@reidkrell.bsky.social
JD/PhD. Alumni of GW, Alabama Law, and Alabama PSC. Assistant Professor CSU-Northridge. Research: institutions as sites of and participants in political dialogues.
Pretty much coming around to repealing the Judiciary Act of 1925. Drown the justices in private-law appeals, create a federal common law, and make the Supreme Court much less attractive both as a clerkship and a judgeship.
January 25, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Pretty much coming around to repealing the Judiciary Act of 1925. Drown the justices in private-law appeals, create a federal common law, and make the Supreme Court much less attractive both as a clerkship and a judgeship.
Shepherd is smart. Listen to him.
Lawlessness is a hallmark of fascism. The law and the rule of law are an agreement we make between each other to be ruled by something other than violence and the inane egotistical urges of a dictator.
January 25, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Shepherd is smart. Listen to him.
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Strongly encourage you, yes you, to hit pause when you’re experiencing the desire to nitpick or correct someone else’s post today. Is the post actually wrong? Or are you just looking for something that you feel like you can fix? Is the nitpick necessary?
January 24, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Strongly encourage you, yes you, to hit pause when you’re experiencing the desire to nitpick or correct someone else’s post today. Is the post actually wrong? Or are you just looking for something that you feel like you can fix? Is the nitpick necessary?
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Look, I believe in America. I love this country. Because we laid foundations to be better than we are. And also, who else would have us?
The montage towards the end hits especially hard. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_71...
ICE Kills Another American
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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January 24, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Look, I believe in America. I love this country. Because we laid foundations to be better than we are. And also, who else would have us?
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1000 percent
The cowardice of so many elites has led us to this moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
1000 percent
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Every single person I know in aerospace has a list like this, which is why I insist that any system requiring perfection from humans is doomed by design - and that there is no amount of training, experience, or talent that can produce perfection.
I approved a change to the Twitter source code that accidentally showed everyone a different, random other person's timeline every time they loaded the page
I've run an airplane fuel tank dry (there was plenty of fuel in other tanks)
I've tried to debug on a server attached to a fueled rocket
I've run an airplane fuel tank dry (there was plenty of fuel in other tanks)
I've tried to debug on a server attached to a fueled rocket
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Every single person I know in aerospace has a list like this, which is why I insist that any system requiring perfection from humans is doomed by design - and that there is no amount of training, experience, or talent that can produce perfection.
She and Matt Kascmaryk deserve each other.
I think all the lawyers on Bluesky deserve to share in the joy of the GREATEST PRO SE LITIGANT OF ALL TIME and her fantastically titled filings
if you don't enjoy this you are the BIGGEST DISCRACE on this app
if you don't enjoy this you are the BIGGEST DISCRACE on this app
January 24, 2026 at 5:38 AM
She and Matt Kascmaryk deserve each other.
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This, the writing of Judith Shklar among others, is why I tend to focus on cruelty -- to the degree I focus on anything -- in my writing, it's why that's the subject of Parker's final speech. Of all the Ordinary Vices, this is my personal trigger.
A valuable read about the core of a republic. "Cruelty, even when legal, corrodes civic trust. It teaches citizens that power is something to fear rather than something they collectively own. It signals that consent is no longer the foundation of governance."
thefulcrum.us/ethics-leade...
thefulcrum.us/ethics-leade...
John Adams and the Line a Republic Must Not Cross
Virtue and the Use of Power.
thefulcrum.us
January 23, 2026 at 4:47 PM
This, the writing of Judith Shklar among others, is why I tend to focus on cruelty -- to the degree I focus on anything -- in my writing, it's why that's the subject of Parker's final speech. Of all the Ordinary Vices, this is my personal trigger.
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Postdoc openings at Kellogg/Northwestern!
Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled).
Apply / details: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...
Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled).
Apply / details: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...
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January 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Postdoc openings at Kellogg/Northwestern!
Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled).
Apply / details: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...
Review begins Feb 15 (rolling until filled).
Apply / details: www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/academics-re...
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Recently, I got a notice from my new pharmacy provider that they wouldn’t cover my thyroid medication and bizarrely suggested insulin instead! I need my thyroid medication. Then a couple of days ago, they called and told me to disregard the letter they had sent. AI is such a time and labor saver!
January 23, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Recently, I got a notice from my new pharmacy provider that they wouldn’t cover my thyroid medication and bizarrely suggested insulin instead! I need my thyroid medication. Then a couple of days ago, they called and told me to disregard the letter they had sent. AI is such a time and labor saver!
The only person I've seen pushing back against that (outside Baghdad Bobs of the Trump regime) is Chris McDaniel, who is a Nazi himself.
something kind of notable to me here is I don’t feel like we’ve gotten the full court press “how dare you compare ICE to the gestapo” harrumphing from the centrist brigade - a couple things here and there but mostly just uncomfortable silence
they’re the bad guys and everyone knows it
they’re the bad guys and everyone knows it
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The only person I've seen pushing back against that (outside Baghdad Bobs of the Trump regime) is Chris McDaniel, who is a Nazi himself.
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People are mad about the variability of the weather storm predictions as if the government didn't just absolutely gut the National Weather Service
January 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Two things can be true:
1) Gavin Newsom is a slick opportunist who under no account should be allowed to get anywhere near the Presidency.
2) The way he and his team get under Trump's skin is hilarious.
1) Gavin Newsom is a slick opportunist who under no account should be allowed to get anywhere near the Presidency.
2) The way he and his team get under Trump's skin is hilarious.
January 22, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Two things can be true:
1) Gavin Newsom is a slick opportunist who under no account should be allowed to get anywhere near the Presidency.
2) The way he and his team get under Trump's skin is hilarious.
1) Gavin Newsom is a slick opportunist who under no account should be allowed to get anywhere near the Presidency.
2) The way he and his team get under Trump's skin is hilarious.
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Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract.
Link below and anyone can sign:
Link below and anyone can sign:
January 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Cal State University’s deal with OpenAI — providing ChatGPT to all faculty, students, and staff — will expire in June 2026. Amid the prospect of layoffs in the CSU, we’re asking the chancellor not to renew this costly and demoralizing contract.
Link below and anyone can sign:
Link below and anyone can sign:
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Ice in Texas. Prepare for all hell to break loose.
Texas grid officials say the state is prepared to meet electricity demand ahead of a powerful winter storm that's expected to bring days of freezing temperatures and the chance of ice or snow across parts of the state later this week.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Ice in Texas. Prepare for all hell to break loose.
Adding a few additional places that are going to need serious reforms when the current wave of right-wing nonsense passes:
Israel bringing Kahanists into government instead of prison.
India blowing up its multiethnic democracy.
Argentina and Chile going whole hawg nonsense.
Israel bringing Kahanists into government instead of prison.
India blowing up its multiethnic democracy.
Argentina and Chile going whole hawg nonsense.
america is the worst right now sure yes true but also Canada was on the cusp of electing a right-wing government, France refuses to deal with their own far right, and Germany had a party of literal Nazis so yeah okay we deserve all the criticism but lil bit of there but for the grace of god go I
January 21, 2026 at 5:23 AM
Adding a few additional places that are going to need serious reforms when the current wave of right-wing nonsense passes:
Israel bringing Kahanists into government instead of prison.
India blowing up its multiethnic democracy.
Argentina and Chile going whole hawg nonsense.
Israel bringing Kahanists into government instead of prison.
India blowing up its multiethnic democracy.
Argentina and Chile going whole hawg nonsense.
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My theory about bbq places:
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
June 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
My theory about bbq places:
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
The better the bread, the worse everything else is.
If you go to a bbq joint and the bread is fancy, brisket will suck, sauce will be too ketchup, sides will be stale.
If they throw a shitty slice of Wonder Bread at you from the counter, you are in for miracle meat.
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On my office door, & at the ready, just in case @jacobtlevy.bsky.social is occupied at any moment 😂
January 20, 2026 at 7:53 PM
On my office door, & at the ready, just in case @jacobtlevy.bsky.social is occupied at any moment 😂
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Every time I listen to the music of Sergio Mendes, I can't help thinking of this photo of him and his band with Harrison Ford in 1970, just after Ford had finished building a recording studio in Sergio's back garden. I like to think Mendes later went to see Star Wars & shouted "That's my carpenter!"
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Every time I listen to the music of Sergio Mendes, I can't help thinking of this photo of him and his band with Harrison Ford in 1970, just after Ford had finished building a recording studio in Sergio's back garden. I like to think Mendes later went to see Star Wars & shouted "That's my carpenter!"
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O .. I just want a lot of people across the political spectrum trim to admit that Trump/ what’s happening was supposed to be a punishment for certain people
That they had a vision where people who didn’t “believe” them got harmed for it
And they now can’t elucidate a fix
That they had a vision where people who didn’t “believe” them got harmed for it
And they now can’t elucidate a fix
January 18, 2026 at 8:29 PM
O .. I just want a lot of people across the political spectrum trim to admit that Trump/ what’s happening was supposed to be a punishment for certain people
That they had a vision where people who didn’t “believe” them got harmed for it
And they now can’t elucidate a fix
That they had a vision where people who didn’t “believe” them got harmed for it
And they now can’t elucidate a fix
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To add to this, almost all of the U.S.’s problems are linked to its hatred of Black people and that it hates Black people more than it loves anyone else. Our laws and policies are largely based on making sure Black people (and sometimes other groups) don’t benefit even at the expense of others.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM
To add to this, almost all of the U.S.’s problems are linked to its hatred of Black people and that it hates Black people more than it loves anyone else. Our laws and policies are largely based on making sure Black people (and sometimes other groups) don’t benefit even at the expense of others.
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To put 200 active measles infections in one state in context, the Disneyland measles outbreak a decade ago - which I did some work on in grad school - was 131 total cases in California. That was a notable outbreak. That's an outbreak with its own Wikipedia page. And it's just like this now
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
'Staring over the edge': South Carolina measles outbreak doubles in a week
More than 500 people are in a 21-day quarantine and about 200 are "actively infected." The largest outbreak currently in the U.S. has spread to at least three other states.
www.nbcnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:29 PM
To put 200 active measles infections in one state in context, the Disneyland measles outbreak a decade ago - which I did some work on in grad school - was 131 total cases in California. That was a notable outbreak. That's an outbreak with its own Wikipedia page. And it's just like this now
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People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
January 17, 2026 at 6:02 PM
People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
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When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
January 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
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PSA: I have voted for, donated to, and advocated for every Democratic nominee in every national and state election since I turned 18 and will continue to do so.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
January 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
PSA: I have voted for, donated to, and advocated for every Democratic nominee in every national and state election since I turned 18 and will continue to do so.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.
I also have the total right to criticize prospective candidates years before primaries even occur.